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Videocites Launches Re-Streaming Detection Service
AI-based content protection and management services firm Videocites is launching a new service that automatically tracks illegally shared streaming video on social media platforms,... More
EIDR Joins Forces with DDEX to Streamline Metadata Standards
The Entertainment Identifier Registry (EIDR) and Digital Data Exchange (DDEX) are teaming up for the first time as part of an initiative that’s designed to streamline metadata st... More
NAB 2019: CDSA Details Guidelines to Secure Film, TV Productions
LAS VEGAS — The first content and cybersecurity guidelines for protecting film and television productions against cyber and physical theft were recently released by the Content D... More
NAB 2019: Gracenote Digs Deep into Metadata
LAS VEGAS — Kamran Lotfi, director of product, search and discovery, for Gracenote, spends a lot of time thinking about how metadata can make content — and the user experience ... More
NAB 2019: GrayMeta Turned Attendees’ Eyes to Iris, Curio Solutions
LAS VEGAS — GrayMeta used NAB to tout its latest Iris and Curio solutions, including Iris Cloud and a GrayMeta Curio extension for Adobe Creative Cloud. “Our main focus at t... More
NAB 2019: Akamai Study Details Credential Abuse; Has 8K Arrived?
LAS VEGAS — Content delivery network specialist Akamai kicked off the NAB Show with a new report detailing wide-ranging credential abuses against online video and music streaming... More
Vast Media Smart Screen Round-Up: SAP and NBA Team Up; CNN Debuts an AR App
Here’s a run-down of recent second screen-related entertainment items, via Berlin-based research and consulting company Vast Media. (more…)... More
NAB 2019: Take the Digital Asset Management (DAM) Tours
Each year at the NAB Show, the Smart Content arm of the Media & Entertainment Services Alliance (MESA) brings attendees together for a Las Vegas Convention Center floor tour of the... More
Smart Hollywood Summit: How to Avoid Fatal OTT Mistakes
Negative user comments about over-the-top (OTT) video streaming services are rampant online and can be hard to recover from, but there are several critical considerations and steps... More
Smart Hollywood Summit: Navigating the New Frontier of Smart Rights
As the plethora of rights management and sales solutions proliferate through the media and entertainment sector, content creators must balance their need to analyze and control the... More
5G Update: Infosys Launches 5G Living Labs; 5G to Account for 15% of Connections by 2025, GSMA Says
Infosys established 5G Living Labs in five locations around the world that it said will allow the company to provide new offerings helping enterprises “imagine and create new ec... More
Nordic Entertainment Group Shares EIDR Success Story
Leading Nordic media company Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT) just a few years ago was running into a problem. Growing fast and expanding the business across several regions, t... More
Digital Media Consultant: Avoid Silo Mentality With EIDR Implementation
Although the Entertainment Identifier Registry (EIDR) global unique identifier system is now widely accepted as the industry standard in many technical specifications and workflows... More
Studios, Vendors to Tackle Everything EIDR at Jan. 30 Participant Meeting
Studio executives, experts from the Hollywood vendor community and OTT providers will all be on hand Jan. 30 in Playa Vista, Calif. for the annual Participant Meeting of the Entert... More
CES 2019: Comcast Technology Solutions Talks Direct to Consumer; Wipro Eyes ATSC 3.0
LAS VEGAS — CES 2019 came to a close with some 180,000 attendees checking out the latest tech innovations from more than 4,500 exhibitors, and keynotes from AT&T Communications,... More
CES 2019: CTA Sees Major U.S. 8K TV Push
LAS VEGAS -- The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) expects U.S. 8K TV unit shipments to total only about 200,000 in 2019, but will steadily grow over the next three years and r... More
CES 2019: Ooyala to Host ‘Business of Video’ Event
Before the show floor even opens for CES 2019, MESA president Guy Finley, Needham & Company’s Laura Martin, and Ooyala’s founder and CTO Belsasar Lepe and CEO Jonathan Hube... More
Studio Security Experts Highlight Content Protection Summit Program
Studio security experts, the heads of the Trusted Partner Network, the top vendors in the entertainment sector, and keynoters with decades of security experience will all converge ... More
Vast Media Smart Screen Round-Up: Girls in Gaming, Snapchat Horror
Here’s a run-down of recent second screen-related entertainment items, via Berlin-based research and consulting company Vast Media. • For the comedy series “People Just Do... More
Google, T-Mobile Execs Mull the State of Viewer Expectations
NEW YORK — Now that TV audiences are no longer stuck on their couches to watch television shows and can instead watch video content wherever they want, whenever they want and on ... More