All posts by Jeff Berman
‘Parasite’ Gets Major Post-Oscars Demand Bump
Bong Joon Ho’s “Parasite” has seen a noticeable increase in demand on FandangoNOW, Walmart's Vudu and Apple's iTunes streaming services, in optical disc sales and in theatric... More
Akamai CEO: Continued Cloud Security Solutions Strength Drove Q4 Growth
Akamai’s Cloud Security Solutions business provided a major boost for the company’s results in its fourth quarter (ended Dec. 31), according to CEO Tom Leighton. The company... More
Deluxe GM: ‘Balanced Fusion’ of Talent, Technology Needed to Meet Today’s Challenges
Deluxe is using new technology and tools to help meet new post-production challenges. That and a huge, distributed workforce, made up of more than 6,000 translators, scripting edit... More
Starzplay Streaming Service Provided Lionsgate with a Q3 Boost
Lionsgate continued to see strength from its Starzplay international subscription video on demand (SVOD) and other over-the-top (OTT) streaming services in the third quarter (ended... More
DXC Execs: Company Made Progress with New Strategy in Q3
DXC Technology saw promising signs in the third quarter (ended Dec. 31) as progress was made on its new business strategy, according to company executives. “I'm pleased with t... More
AWS Innovations and Results Strong Again in Q4, Amazon Says
Strong Amazon Web Services (AWS) results helped Amazon report stronger results than a year ago in the fourth quarter (ended Dec. 31), during which the company unveiled multiple new... More
Microsoft Q2 Results Helped by Continued Azure Momentum
Continued Azure innovation and business momentum played a key role in the strong results that Microsoft reported Jan. 29 for its second quarter (ended Dec. 31). Revenue in Micro... More
MicroStrategy Expects HyperIntelligence Adoption to Keep Growing in 2020
MicroStrategy continued to see strong demand for its HyperIntelligence advanced “zero-click” analytics in the fourth quarter (ended Dec. 31) and expects adoption to continue ex... More
SAP Execs Eye AI Opportunities, Tout Cloud Strength in Q4
SAP executives Jan. 28 pointed to the growth opportunities they see in artificial intelligence, while touting the strength in the firm’s cloud business that provided it with a si... More
Analysts: Peacock Holds Promise for Comcast
Comcast’s upcoming Peacock streaming service, along with the broadcasting rights it has for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and its high-margin and growing data business all pr... More
BeBop, Teradici Tackle the Ins and Outs of Cloud and Remote Editing
Remote editing and cloud editing are what all media companies want to be able to do thanks to all the flexibility they provide and, in the 2020s, everyone will need that flexibilit... More
Netflix CFO: Q4 Was Strong, But Increased Competition’s Having Some Impact
Despite the strong results that Netflix enjoyed in the fourth quarter (ended Dec. 31), the increased competition from streaming services including the new Disney Plus is having som... More
Comcast’s Peacock Streaming Service to Be Offered in Free and Pay Subscription Tiers
Comcast will launch its new Peacock streaming service April 15 for current Comcast subscribers and July 15 for other consumers in multiple free, ad-supported and pay subscription t... More
Veritone CFO: Company’s Seeing Increased Traction for Illuminate, Redact Applications
Veritone is seeing growing interest in its Illuminate and Redact applications, according to Veritone CFO Pete Collins. The company just started selling Illuminate in the second ... More
Discovery CEO’s Prediction: There Will Only Be 2-3 Streaming War Winners
Although there’s many streaming service players today, with newcomers still entering the field, there’s going to eventually be more consolidation and very few major players wil... More
AMC Entertainment CFO: Stubs A-List Continues to Give Company an Edge Over Rivals
The AMC Stubs A-List subscription movie service that AMC Entertainment launched in 2018 continues to give the company an edge over rivals in the film exhibition sector, according t... More
Salesforce Touts Einstein Voice Skills, NYC Initiatives at World Tour Stop
NEW YORK — Salesforce spotlighted its new Einstein Voice Skills capabilities and multiple other components of the Salesforce Customer 360 customer relationship management (CRM) ... More
CPS 2019: LiveTiles on Securing Collaboration from Insider Threats
UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. — Safeguarding sensitive information from insiders can be just as important as securing that info from those outside an organization — especially when us... More
CPS 2019: Convergent Risks on Getting Security Right in the Cloud
UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. — If correctly configured and when relevant best practice standards are followed, cloud workflows create undisputed speed, cost and security benefits — b... More