All posts by Chris Tribbey

It’s well known that the IT industry in general has a gender gap problem, with only 26% of IT professionals worldwide being women, according to data from the American Association... More

Steve Brown, the longtime president and CEO of Cinram International, has left the company, the Media & Entertainment Services Alliance (MESA) has learned. First coming on as hea... More

The annual Amsterdam IBC tech gathering may still be a week away, but IBM’s Aspera is getting a head start. The company announced Sept. 1 that Sky, Europe’s biggest entertai... More

After more than two years at the helm of Verizon Digital Media Services (VDMS), president Bob Toohey has stepped down, to take over as EVP for AOL, which Verizon acquired for $4.4 ... More

It’s not just video games and Hollywood entertainment looking for an edge with virtual reality. Technicolor-owned VFX house The Mill — which was acquired for nearly $294 mil... More

One of the largest independent media groups in Europe has tapped Israel’s Applicaster to get its TV channels on mobile platforms across Europe. ProSiebenSat.1 Group — which ... More

Media and entertainment data management services company Mediamorph Aug. 29 announced it had closed more than $21 million in series C funding, with the company adding that it would... More

A year after launching Ven.ue, a cloud-based offering, designed to let distributors pair linear broadcasts with OTT and mobile offerings, Sony DADC New Media Solutions is giving th... More

A new forecast out of a Menlo Park, Calif.-cybersecurity research firm doesn’t bode well for the future of protecting against everything from theft of intellectual property to pr... More

There’s no shortage of benefits for broadcasters who latch on to ATSC 3.0, the IP-based, next-gen industry standard that allows for over-the-air delivery of everything from immer... More

For a dozen years now, there’s been a company in Burbank, Calif. that Hollywood’s biggest companies have trusted with everything from disc to digital, from 4K to high dynamic r... More

Reacting to increasing everyday cybersecurity threats, businesses and governments will spend a record $81.6 billion on information security products and services in 2016, an 8% jum... More

Being the oldest in your line of work is one thing. Being the biggest is another. Western Digital Corporation, including the HGST brand, happens to be both. The HGST brand wa... More

Industry leaders from the Hollywood studios, television networks and content production community are again scheduled to meet at the 7th Annual CDSA Content Protection Summit on De... More

If you’re a content company getting a new digital video service off the ground, things aren’t supposed to be plug-and-play simple. Multiple video formats, multiple monetizat... More

Rovi debuted a new version of its entertainment discovery platform i-Guide, upgrading it with a new user interface and high-def support. Rovi also announced that it’s already lan... More

While outside security threats are on every business’ radar today, security leaders also need to keep a constant eye on internal threats. IBM is aiming to help its clients do ... More

Rovi reported better than expected second quarter fiscal results July 28, with revenue of $125.2 million, and a slew of positive news to give investors. Excluding pre-paid pay T... More

Quality assurance and compliance company Testronic Labs announced July 28 that it has opened a dedicated virtual reality testing facility at its Burbank, Calif. headquarters, the f... More