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M&E Journal: Smart Content Will Simplify the Digital Supply Chain
By Uri Kogan, Vice President, Product Marketing, Nuxeo - Everyone in the M&E content ecosystem knows the Holy Grail of content value generation is in serving the right content ... More
Vast Media Smart Screen Round-Up: NBC, Snapchat and the Olympics; A Big Brother Bot
Here’s a run-down of recent second screen-related entertainment items, via Berlin-based research and consulting company Vast Media. • For the 2018 Winter Olympics, NBC Unive... More
MoviePass Brass to Keynote Bi-Coastal Smart Content Summits
The data and analytics behind the business of premier movie-theater subscription service MoviePass will be the topic of the very first bi-coastal keynote address during both the Sm... More
Vast Media Smart Screen Round-Up: HGTV’s Facebook Chatbot, Nickelodeon’s ‘Loud’ VR
Here’s a run-down of recent second screen-related entertainment items, via Berlin-based research and consulting company Vast Media. • To help promote the Jan. 19 return of i... More
Veritone Execs: Company Upbeat on New AI Opportunities, CES Experience
Veritone continues to see new opportunities for artificial intelligence (AI) – both its own software and platform business offerings, as well as the AI sector overall – and was... More
CES 2018: Cisco Debuts Consumption-Based Pricing for Cable Operators
LAS VEGAS — Cisco Jan. 8 used CES to debut a new DOCSIS licensing plan for cable operator customers using the company’s Converged Broadband Router (cBR-8) platform in order to ... More
CES 2018: Expect to See Lots of AI, AR, HDR, UHD & VR
Those attending the 2018 edition of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), taking over Las Vegas Jan. 9-12, can expect to see lots of artificial intelligence (AI), augmented reality ... More
Ooyala Report: Consumer Frustration with OTT to Drive Major Changes in 2018
Although a growing number of consumers continue to cut the cord with their traditional TV service providers, many of those who have turned to over-the-top (OTT) services are frustr... More
PwC: ‘Cord Cutting Has More Momentum Than Ever’
The number of U.S. consumers who have cut the cord with their pay-TV service providers continues to rise, but demand for live sports continues to be one major reason why many peopl... More
TiVo CFO: Company Upbeat About New Opportunities in Evolving TV Market
TiVo likes its position in today’s rapidly evolving TV and video content market and continues to see several opportunities, according to its CFO, Peter Halt. “TiVo isn’t t... More
Vast Media Smart Screen Round-Up: Discovery Endangered Species VR, BET Web Series
Here’s a run-down of recent second screen-related entertainment items, via Berlin-based research and consulting company Vast Media. • On Nov. 21, BET Digital, the online-fir... More
Nagra Study: Different TV Viewers Have Different Needs
A new study from content protection and multiscreen TV solutions company Nagra and U.K.-based TV industry research firm Ampere Analysis offers up both good and bad news for operato... More
PwC: The Content Discovery Challenge is Real
More than half of consumers (55%) are looking for a new TV show or movie to watch at least once per week, 83% are looking a few times each month, and nearly two thirds are struggli... More
M&E Journal: Clear the Hurdles to Descriptive Metadata
By Corinne Whitney, Director of Content Services, Crawford Media Services Most content owners have recognized the need for descriptive metadata. Taking the first steps toward wr... More
Vast Media Smart Screen Round-Up: Hulu Halloween VR, ‘Stranger Things’ Promotions
Here’s a run-down of recent second screen-related entertainment items, via Berlin-based research and consulting company Vast Media. • For Halloween, Hulu debuted the new pro... More
TiVo CEO: Company’s Made ‘Significant’ Progress on Product Growth Initiatives
It’s still early days for new TiVo opportunities including Internet Protocol TV (IPTV) solutions, but the company is making major strides on them, according to CEO and president ... More
Digimarc CEO: Interest in Digimarc Barcode Growing Among Retailers
A growing number of retailers are expressing interest in Digimarc Barcode as the technology company continues to roll out Barcode to existing retail customers including Walmart, ac... More
HITS Fall: Blockchain Presents Opportunity for M&E Industry, DXC Exec Says
Blockchain technology provides a good opportunity for the media and entertainment industry to overcome security and other challenges facing the Hollywood supply chain, according to... More
HITS Fall: VDMS President Stresses OTT Data Opportunities
LOS ANGELES — Among all the mainstage presentations during the Oct. 18 HITS Fall: Hollywood Innovation & Technology Summit event, perhaps the most telling moment concerning t... More
HBO, DPL Execs: Preserving Metadata Still Challenging, But Hollywood’s on the Right Track
There continue to be challenges that content companies face when cataloguing unstructured metadata for preservation in distributed databases, but Hollywood is on the right track, a... More