All posts by Chris Tribbey
CES 2017: Dolby Keeps Riding High; DEG Entertainment Data Shows Promise
LAS VEGAS — Dell had plenty to show off at the Consumer Electronics Show, debuting a 27-inch QHD smart workspace computer, touting its ability to be used at an angle or flat on a... More
CES: Wipro Hooks Up with Hisense; Dolby Scores with Sony, Philips
Las Vegas — information technology and business process services company Wipro announced at CES that its digital TV middleware solution is enabling Hisense 4K TVs in Japan, suppo... More
CES: Dolby Vision Gets a Boost; Dell Does eSports
LAS VEGAS — Dolby Vision, the company’s high-dynamic range (HDR) video technology, has already been included on more than 80 major studio titles for streaming services. Beginni... More
Amazon Gets Off to Fast Start at CES
LAS VEGAS — Two days before the show floor opens at the Consumer Electronics Show, Amazon has made perhaps the earliest splash at the conference, announcing several new partnersh... More
Adobe Marks Five Years in TV Everywhere Space
While most media and entertainment service providers are closing out the year by focusing on what’s around the corner, Adobe chose to use the last week of 2016 to look back. And ... More
Vast Media VR Round-Up: Moon Landings, Award Shows and Amazon
Here’s a run-down of recent virtual reality-related entertainment items, via Berlin-based research and consulting company Vast Media. A&E and VR production company VOKE teamed... More
MESA Members at CES 2017: VR, OTT, AI and More
The Media & Entertainment Services Alliance (MESA) will be well-represented at the 2017 edition of the Consumer Electronics Show, taking over Las Vegas Jan. 5-8. Here’s a look at... More
MPAA: More Work Needed vs. Piracy Sites
The recently released United States Trade Representative’s (USTR) annual 2016 Out-of-Cycle Review of Notorious Markets — which identifies online and physical marketplaces world... More
Wazee Digital, World Poker Tour Extend Agreement
The World Poker Tour (WPT) has extended its asset management and distribution service agreement with Wazee Digital, with the cloud-native video management and licensing services pr... More
Sony Android TVs Adds Google Home Support (SCN)
Sony Electronics has added support for Google Home voice control to every one of its 4K HDR televisions with Android TV, as well as a slew of internet-connected speakers, thanks to... More
Theaters Get Live-Streamed Harrelson Film
From gaming to comedy to concerts, Fathom Events — a joint venture of AMC Entertainment, Cinemark Holdings and Regal Entertainment Group — has had a niche in the theatrical spa... More
Accenture Powers Video Analytics for Group M6 Companies
Global professional services company Accenture has had M6 Publicité and M6 Web, subsidiaries of French firm Group M6, sign on to use Accenture’s new Advanced Video Analytics ser... More
Fox’s Dunn Promoted to President, Product Strategy, Consumer Business Development (MESA)
Mike Dunn, longtime president of 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Worldwide and a director of the Fox Innovation Lab, has been elevated at the studio to the newly created positi... More
PwC: Cord Trimming Becomes More Costly
A new report from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) finds that cord cutting is actually happening slower than predicted, with fewer pay TV subscribers saying they’ll cut the cord in t... More
MESA Members at CPS: A Shift in Cyber Security Focus
Dec. 7 at the eighth annual CDSA Content Protection Summit (CPS), Wendy Frank, principal of PricewaterhouseCoopers’ cybersecurity, privacy and risk practice, shared an update on ... More
MediaSilo at CPS: Balance Asset Usability, Security
Piracy is no laughing matter for content owners. Yet Alex Nauda, lead developer for secure video sharing company MediaSilo, did manage to get a few laughs out of a serious subject ... More
Fox Sports SVP: VR Here to Stay
The Dec. 10 MLS Cup marked yet another first for Fox Sports and its virtual reality endeavors, with the network not only marking the first time the league’s championship game has... More
Box at CPS: Adopt a ‘Zero Trust’ Mindset
Joel de la Garza, chief security officer at Box, knows what media and entertainment companies are going through when it comes to securing their content during its complete lifecycl... More
You.i TV: Creating Fans — and Customers — Across Screens
Privately held company You.i TV has had a straight-forward goal since day one: help media and entertainment companies create fans of content — and keep them — via a multi-scree... More