All posts by Jeff Berman

Whip Media: Streaming Fatigue Has Set in Amid the Growing Popularity of AVOD

As viewers increasingly suffer from “streaming fatigue” due to the huge and still growing number of subscription video on demand (SVOD) services,  advertising-based video on d... More

CPS 2021: Synamedia Provides a Closer Look at Consumers’ Illegal Streaming Behavior

When it comes to pirated content, sports serves as the “gateway to all other pirated content,” whether it’s movies, TV shows or video games, according to Justin Caple, VP of ... More

CPS 2021: Richey May Explores What’s Keeping M&E Companies Up at Night

Media and entertainment organizations continued to be a popular target for pirates and other bad actors, and that is expected to only continue into 2022 and beyond, according to Ri... More

CPS 2021: IBM Security Explains the A-Z of Zero Trust

Delivering security and protecting content is crucial in enabling media and entertainment organizations to thrive, build brand awareness and establish customer trust. But it’s di... More

CPS 2021: IBM Security Explains the A-Z of Zero Trust

Delivering security and protecting content is crucial in enabling media and entertainment organizations to thrive, build brand awareness and establish customer trust. But it’s di... More

CPS 2021: Richey May Explores What’s Keeping M&E Companies Up at Night

Media and entertainment organizations continued to be a popular target for pirates and other bad actors, and that is expected to only continue into 2022 and beyond, according to Ri... More

CPS 2021: The Rise of Virtual Film Festivals

In 2020, when the pandemic lockdowns took hold, the film festival circuit seemed to be in jeopardy. But virtual film festival technology platforms saved the day and came into pr... More

MESA Members Tout Their Latest Products, Services at CES

Several MESA members took part in CES 2022 this week, in Las Vegas and/or virtually as the COVID Omicron variant led several companies to opt against attending or exhibiting in per... More

CPS 2021: Richey May Explains How to Not be a Ransomware Victim

Media and entertainment businesses get attacked more often than companies from most other sectors and there are no signs that ransomware is going away or even slowing down anytime ... More

Sony Touts Virtual Production, Next-Gen VR at CES

Sony put the spotlight on its latest production and virtual reality (VR) offerings at CES 2022 in Las Vegas on Jan. 4 as the annual show returned to a physical, in-person event aft... More

CPS 2021: The ‘Bad Guys’ are Still Out There – And They’re Everywhere

2021 proved to be a difficult year when it came to identifying (and stopping) threat actors, who were out in force and continue to pose a major challenge to media and entertainment... More

Alibaba Execs: Company’s Cloud Business Continues to Grow

Alibaba’s cloud business continues to grow and make up an increased percentage of overall revenue for the company, which sees the potential for increased profit potential from th... More

Adobe’s Q4 Results Get a Lift From Strong Digital Media, Digital Experience Growth

Adobe reported strong results on Dec. 16 for its fourth quarter (ended Dec. 3), with new company CFO Dan Durn noting on a combined earnings call and financial analyst meeting that ... More

PacketFabric: Private, Optical WAN’s Being Transformed by New Software-Defined Network Automation

As enterprises increasingly move to a hybrid cloud infrastructure that includes multi-tenant colocation data centers, IT teams are looking for ways to turn Wide Area Network (WAN) ... More

ZOO Digital Introduces Online Course in Dubbing Script Adaptation

ZOO Digital has started an online academic course that it said Dec. 15 was designed to train dubbing script adapters. (more…)... More

How Box Integrations With Microsoft 365 Help Companies ‘Level Up Productivity’

Having all your apps at your fingertips empowers you to move work forward, especially when it comes to Microsoft 365, according to Box. (more…)... More

Technicolor, Sinclair: ATSC 3.0 is Helping to Blur the Lines Between OTT and OTA

Growing adoption of the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) version 3.0 standard is providing an opportunity for the over-the-air (OTA) broadcasters to be competitive in t... More

MicroStrategy Touts ‘3 Pillars’ Behind Analytics Industry’s Lowest TCO Solution

MicroStrategy’s enterprise analytics platform provides its customers with “Intelligence Everywhere” and the industry’s lowest total cost of ownership (TCO}, enabling organi... More

Microsoft Azure: AI Must be Treated Responsibly

Artificial intelligence (AI) is one of the most significant technologies we have and can be used to achieve many great things for companies, people and society, but if treated irre... More