All posts by Jeff Hyatt

Deadline has learned that a letter is going out to the 8,427 members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences offering them a specially made screener in 4K Ultra HD Blu-r... More

You've probably heard the term "machine learning" quite a bit -- basically, it refers to training computers to learn without directly programming them. It's a particularly hot topi... More

When TV metadata company Rovi acquired set-top box software outfit TiVo for $1.1bn last year, it may have seemed like the smaller, younger whipper-snapper buying up the experienced... More

Revenues from online TV episodes and movies for 138 countries is poised to reach $83 billion in 2022, more than double the $37 billion recorded in 2016, according to Digital TV Res... More

Hulu has picked up four new series that are centered around e-sports. The network-backed streaming service, which has been coming in hot lately with an Emmy-winning original drama ... More

Last month at the Ignite conference, Microsoft has announced the commercial availability of Azure Stack, the long-awaited hybrid cloud platform from Redmond. The product that was s... More

Something missing from the TV experience since video-on-demand and streaming media changed the dynamics is the so-called watercooler effect, whereby so many viewers watch the same ... More

Alongside all the new Echo devices Amazon announced on Wednesday, the company also revealed a subtle but significant shift in its smart-home strategy. Alexa is no longer just a ... More

Immersive Experience - While conversational interfaces are changing how people control the digital world, virtual reality, augmented reality and mixed reality are changing the way ... More

Spotify’s valuation continues to rise in private trades, a signal of strong demand for a stake in the world’s largest streaming music company ahead of it going public. The S... More

“We’re still doing a lot of basic research,” it’s not just development. That’s what Jeff Welser, lab director of IBM Research-Almaden told me on a recent visit. Given tha... More

After quietly testing in-stream video ads with UK media brands since summer, Twitter is expected to formally announce their wide availability in the country at this week’s IAB Di... More

Jeremy Hlavacek, IBM Watson Advertising: Before deciding between a manual or an automatic, it is important to understand exactly what is fueling this debate. The answer is data. I ... More

Microsoft is betting on mixed reality to help launch us into the future. Which brings us back to hardware. The availability of the right device at the right price will be a factor ... More

We've known for a while that both Spotify and Apple Music were coming to Facebook Messenger. Spotify was integrated as a chat extension this past August with an AI-powered group pl... More

Digital Media Technician — Los Angeles — Pixelogic Software Development Engineer, AWS Mobile — Seattle — AWS Senior Full Stack Software Developer — NYC — Spotify Cli... More

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Thomas Kurian, Oracle president of product development, has mapped out the technology path ahead for Oracle, and it includes artificial intelligence, machine learning, chatbots, an... More

Whether it’s a smart watch or a fitness tracker, our wrists now contain one of the most popular wearables — one that can also easily be associated with the term “wearable.”... More