All posts by Chris Tribbey
Trusted Partner Network Discussed July 24 at NYC M&E Day
On July 24 at the Media & Entertainment Day, two of the heads of the new, industrywide Trusted Partner Network (TPN) initiative will share details about the program for the fir... More
Fighting Illegal Sports Streams a Content Protection Summit Highlight
The July 24 Media & Entertainment Day at the Microsoft Conference Center in New York will include the Content Protection Summit East program, featuring media and entertainment ... More
Clarkson Returns to Signiant as Chief Strategy Officer (HITS)
File transfer specialist Signiant announced July 10 that it’s bringing back former VP of product management Rick Clarkson, installing the industry vet into the newly created role... More
SMPTE Publishes Standards for Binding Ad-IDs to Commercials, EIDR Codes to Content
The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) July 9 announced it has published new standards around binding Ad-IDs to commercials and Entertainment ID Registry (E... More
Veritone’s aiWARE to Integrate Third-Party Structured Data Sources
Artificial intelligence specialist Veritone announced that aiWARE, its operating system for artificial intelligence, now offers enterprises and other agencies the opportunity to le... More
Irdeto Sees Massive Illegal Streaming Problem for World Cup
During the group stage of the 2018 World Cup, cybersecurity firm Irdeto detected nearly 5,100 unique illegal streams over the internet, with games featuring Brazil accounting for m... More
IBM Cloud Touts Latest European Partnerships
IBM Cloud July 3 announced it’s added six new European companies to its client list, with an Italian multimedia publishing company and an electronics distributor among those lo... More
Vast Media Smart Screen Round-Up: ‘Westworld’ Maze, World Cup Madness
Here’s a run-down of recent second screen-related entertainment items, via Berlin-based research and consulting company Vast Media. • During the World Cup, German broadcaste... More
Wasabi Technologies Adds Hollywood Vet Fenton to Advisory Board (HITS)
Cloud storage tech firm Wasabi Technologies has added Hollywood industry vet Chris Fenton to its advisory board, tapping the former president and North American GM of production co... More
Technicolor Adds Bajpai as VP, Finishing Artist (MESA)
Technicolor June 28 announced it’s added award-winning finishing artist Pankaj Bajpai to its Los Angeles studio as VP, finishing artist and business development. Bajpai comes ove... More
Ooyala to Showcase VR 360, HEVC Streaming Solutions at July 24 M&E Day
Ooyala has unveiled a suite of new capabilities for its Flex Media platform, including the ability to stream virtual reality (VR) 360 and HEVC content, along with new audio and adv... More
Irdeto Launches Android TV Security Solution
Irdeto June 27 announced a new security solution for protecting the devices, data and services built around Android TV, with the aim of giving pay TV operators better ability to fu... More
SDI Media Relocates Korean Operations to New Facility
Global localization services provider SDI Media is getting a head start on celebrating the 20thanniversary of operating in South Korea, relocating its subtitling office to Seoul’... More
MESA, MarkLogic to Host Smart Content Webinar with Sony July 18
The Media & Entertainment Services Alliance (MESA) and MarkLogic will host a unique webinar July 18, exploring how bringing together the data (including the operational and enterpr... More
Submissions Open for Media Excellence Awards (SSN)
Nominations for the 11th annual Media Excellence Awards (MEA) are now open (mediaxawards.com), with a call for submissions to honor the best in mobile entertainment and technology,... More
IBM Gives a Boost to Cloud-Native Capabilities
IBM has announced that its IBM Cloud Private application platform will now be made available to run on the company's enterprise Cloud Managed Services (CMS), enabling CMS customers... More
Video AI, Data Topics Highlight Smart Content Summit East
Among the focus areas of the July 24 Media & Entertainment Day at the Microsoft Conference Center in New York is Smart Content Summit East, a track that will see media and ente... More
NAGRA Pay TV Study: More Diverse Video Products an Industry Priority
Diversifying consumer video offerings, better leveraging consumer data, combating streaming piracy, and more infrastructure investments are among the pay TV challenges weighing on ... More
SAP Touts European HR Partnerships
SAP June 18 used its SuccessConnect event in Berlin to share several success stories with European companies that have tapped SAP to draw and retain top digitally-focused talent. ... More