All posts by Jeff Berman

CBS: ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Gave a Huge Lift to All Access Streaming Sign-Ups

The premiere of the new TV show “Star Trek: Discovery” provided a huge lift for CBS All Access streaming subscriptions, according to the network. The show “broke a new rec... More

Cisco: Moving the Media Industry to All-IP, Cloud-Native Apps

Thirty-two years after its start in San Francisco, Cisco Systems has gone on to become the largest networking company in the world. Now located in the heart of Silicon Valley, Cisc... More

Adobe Reports Continued Strength in Cloud Businesses During Q3

Adobe saw continued strength in its cloud businesses during the third quarter (ended Sept. 1) and continues to invest in its Sensei artificial intelligence (AI) platform and virtua... More

IBC 2017: ZOO Digital Online Dubbing Technology Honored (HMM)

Zoo Digital, a global provider of localization and digital distribution services, saw its online dubbing technology honored Sept. 16 at the IABM’s awards reception as part of the... More

IBC 2017: Record Visitors Reported, LiveArena Taps Microsoft Azure for AI-Driven Broadcast Room

IBC attracted a record number of visitors in its 50th year, IBC said Sept. 19, as the six-day event came to a close in Amsterdam. Attendance grew to 57,669 this time, as visitor... More

Oracle’s Ellison: Company to Tout New, Machine Learning-Based Database

Oracle is preparing to unveil its next-generation, machine learning-based cloud database at its annual OpenWorld conference Oct. 1 in San Francisco, the company reported Sept. 14. ... More

IBC 2017: Aspera, Cisco, G-Technology, Irdeto Introduce New Solutions

IBM’s Aspera, Cisco, G-Technology and Irdeto were among members of the Media & Entertainment Services Alliance (MESA) to introduce new products, services and technologies on the ... More

Adobe Touts New VR Features at IBC

On the eve of IBC in Amsterdam Sept. 13, Adobe introduced new virtual reality (VR)/360-degree video, collaboration and other features for Creative Cloud, many of which it said were... More

Viacom CEO: U.S. Pay TV Market Still Desperately Needs Sub-$40 OTT Bundle

The U.S. TV market continues to desperately need a skinny over-the-top (OTT) TV bundle priced under $40, according to company CEO Robert Bakish. The market is still “in a tran... More

Box, Cognizant CFOs: Early Days or Not, AI Presents Many Opportunities

Box and Cognizant see abundant opportunities in artificial intelligence (AI), but it’s still early days for the technology, according to comments made by both companies’ CFOs a... More

Analyst: Disney’s Plans for Marvel, ‘Star Wars’ a ‘Big Deal’ But ‘Not a Big Shock’

The disclosure by Disney CEO Robert Iger that his company will be including its Marvel and “Star Wars” movies on its coming direct-to-consumer streaming service was significant... More

Digimarc CFO: Company Continues to See ‘Large Growth Opportunity’


The bulk of Digimarc’s revenue continues to come from its core business that’s mainly centered around the central banks and its counterfeit deterrence system for much of the wo... More

Caringo Exec: Object Storage Helps Keep Costs Down, Keeps Data Accessible

Challenges that media and entertainment (M&E) companies are increasingly facing today include storing all those constantly growing loads of data that they have on hand and keeping ... More

Cognizant Exec: Company Continues to Benefit from Digital Transformation

Cognizant continues to benefit from the ongoing digital transformation that includes cloud computing and artificial intelligence, according to Prasad Chintamaneni, president of Glo... More

Data Scientist: Companies Should Start Their AI ‘Journey’ Now

The advantages for companies to use artificial intelligence (AI) to analyze all their data are many, and they should get prepared and start developing an AI strategy now, because i... More

Microsoft Exec: Mixed Reality is ‘Next Evolution in Human Computing’

Microsoft is stepping up its Windows Mixed Reality initiatives on the hardware and software fronts, according to comments made by EVP Terry Myerson in a keynote webcast from IFA in... More

Box CEO: Company to Continue Adding AI, Machine Learning Capabilities to Platform

Box will continue to add artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning capabilities to its cloud content management platform in the months to come after recently introducing im... More

Box: Improving Security Among Benefits to Managing Your Content in the Cloud

Content is important to the success of everybody in the media and entertainment industry, and there are several benefits to managing one’s content in the cloud, according to Beth... More

Okta Introduces New Identity Enhancements, Solutions at Annual Conference

Okta introduced expanded multi-factor authentication and several other new enhancements to its identity management service offerings Aug. 29 in Las Vegas, during its annual confere... More