All posts by Chris Tribbey
CES 2020: NAGRA Looks at the Complete Security Picture; Verance Ups Watermarking Game
LAS VEGAS — NAGRA and its parent company Kudelski Group decided to make CES 2020 a first: every security product the company has — Internet of Things (IoT), enterprise security... More
CES 2020: Irdeto Announces New Partnership; Dolby Debuts Vision IQ
LAS VEGAS — Digital platform security specialist Irdeto used CES to announce that the governing body of football in South America, CONMEBOL, has tapped it to protect its brand an... More
CES 2020: Gracenote Helps Bridge Linear-Digital TV Ad Gap; TiVo Unveils HDMI Streamer
LAS VEGAS — With the help of Gracenote’s metadata and automatic content recognition technologies, company parent Nielsen has unveiled a new addressable TV advertising platform,... More
CES 2020: Synamedia Shares Dire Illegal Streaming Stats; Luxoft Debuts New Mobility Tech
LAS VEGAS — To kick off the 2020 edition of CES, video software provider Synamedia shared its findings of a new anti-piracy study, showing more than three million streaming crede... More
Sony Hits CES for 49th Year, Brings Shark Group CEO to Stage (MESA)
Sony Electronics will mark its 49th year exhibiting at CES this month, and will broadcast its press conference worldwide from its Las Vegas Convention Center floor booth at 5 p.m. ... More
Luxoft Partners with Microsoft on Connected Vehicle Solutions
DXC Technology’s Luxoft division announced Jan. 2 that it’s expanding its partnership with Microsoft, working with Microsoft’s Connected Vehicle Platform to more quickly deli... More
Gracenote to Tout OTT Guide Solutions at CES
At this year’s CES in Las Vegas, Nielsen-owned metadata and content recognition tech firm Gracenote will debut new OTT guide offerings, geared toward helping content providers of... More
Cognizant Adds Sam Club’s Becky Schmitt as EVP, CPO
Cognizant is bringing aboard Becky Schmitt, SVP and chief people officer (CPO) at Walmart’s Sam’s Club, as its new EVP and CPO, beginning Feb. 1. Schmitt will take over for ret... More
Veritone Helps Deliver AI-Driven MAM Solution for Italian Football Club
Veritone and its OS for artificial intelligence, aiWARE, have partnered up with media asset management (MAM) operator Evolphin Software to deliver an AI-driven MAM platform for Ita... More
TiVo, Xperi to Merge, Will Operate as Xperi
TiVo and Xperi have announced they will merge in an all-stock transaction, creating a giant consumer and entertainment tech business representing the industry’s largest intellect... More
EditShare Workflow Solutions Selected by Digital Agency TeamWorks Media (MESA)
Collaboration and media management specialist EditShare has been selected by digital agency TeamWorks Media to provide workflow solutions that will enable the company to better del... More
Softtek Acquires Majority Stake in Vector ITC
Global IT services firm Sofftek has acquired a 75% stake in Madrid-based technology firm Vector ITC, giving Sofftek a firmer hold in Europe, Latin America and the U.S., and strengt... More
CPS 2019: CDSA Leadership Praises Hollywood Community for New Security Mindset
UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. — Speaking Dec. 4 at the 10th annual Content Protection Summit (CPS), Alex Pickering, the newly elected board chairman of the Content Delivery & Security A... More
Red Bee Lands Fox Sports Netherlands Deal (MESA)
End-to-end managed services firm Red Bee Media has inked a deal with Fox Sports in the Netherlands to handle the broadcaster’s master control room needs, the companies announced.... More
Irdeto Credited with Assist in South African Pirate Streaming Arrest (CDSA)
A Dec. 4 arrest of a Cape Town man accused of illegally selling pirate internet streaming devices and online content subscriptions is being celebrated by digital platform security ... More
CPS 2019: Inaugural Content Protection Month Was a Hit
UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. — Content protection and security may be a year-round endeavor for major studios and production companies, but bringing a sharper focus to its importance �... More
CPS 2019: Hollywood Better Prepare Now for Deepfakes, Keynoter Says
UNIEVRSAL CITY, Calif. — You can go all the way back to Joseph Stalin for some of the earliest examples of image manipulation, where you’ll find the Soviet leader air-brushing ... More
New MESA Newsletter Schedule
Following the Thanksgiving holiday, MESA newsletter subscribers saw a change to our publishing schedule, with the WiTH Wire — a weekly newsletter covering the latest news, innova... More
CPS 2019: NSA Security Expert Points to People as the Main Problem
UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. — Dr. Eric Haseltine, chairman of the board for the U.S. Technology Leadership Council, was once head of research and development for Walt Disney Imagineer... More
