All posts by Jeff Hyatt

What the Bundesliga’s AWS Collaboration Really Means (SportsPro)

Bundesliga International CEO Robert Klein and AWS MD Klaus Bürg explain how Amazon's cloud infrastructure and AI technology will create more data-led experiences for fans of Germa... More

Data-Driven Cultures Start at the Top (HBR)

We’re in the middle of an analytics revolution. The change is being driven by numerous factors, but two are more important than all of the rest. The first is an explosion in the ... More

Google Cloud Launches New Tools for Deploying ML Pipelines (TechCrunch)

Google Cloud announced the beta launch of Cloud AI Platform Pipelines, a new enterprise-grade service that is meant to give developers a single tool to deploy their machine learnin... More

Driving Revenue With Customer Analytics (Zendesk Blog)

Businesses have a chance to think about CX data with fresh eyes: Customer feedback can be gathered, iterated on, and influence revenue generation down the line. Their customer rela... More

Why Every Ad Tech Company Must Understand Differential Privacy (AdExchanger)

Big tech is all in on differential privacy. Differential privacy was first invented by Microsoft researchers in 2006 as a privacy-safe model for data analysis. Rather than an algor... More

Veritone Expands Content Classification Capabilities to Power Contextual Advertising at Scale for Podcasts (SCN)

Veritone announced the expansion of its content classification capabilities to support IAB Tech Lab Content Taxonomy-compliant metadata output via aiWARE APIs. The new offering wil... More

DXC Technology, Tradeshift Align to Transform Accounts Payable, Procurement Processes (MESA)

DXC Technology and Tradeshift announced a collaboration to help enterprises automate and transform their procure-to-pay processes while driving competitive growth through better an... More

Global Entertainment Industry Surpasses $100B for the First Time Ever (Variety)

The global entertainment market — consisting of theatrical and home entertainment — has surpassed $100 billion in revenues for the first time in history, with earnings reaching... More

Spotify Patents a Voice Assistant That Can Read Your Emotions (Forbes)

Spotify appears to be interested in challenging Alexa and Siri with its own state-of-the-art voice assistant. Last month, the streaming service was awarded a patent on new ways to ... More

TV Academy’s Emmy Screener Ban Is Here to Help the Planet, but Not Necessarily the Wallet (Variety)

The Television Academy’s decision to ban DVD mailers from the Emmy Awards campaign initially earned widespread raves from networks and studios. But then came the fine print. Beca... More

Prime Focus Technologies Appoints Andy Steele as VP, Operations for the EMEA Region (MESA)

Prime Focus Technologies is strengthening business in the EMEA region with the appointment of Andy Steele as Vice President, Operations. Based out of PFT’s London office, Andy wi... More

Churn on the Up Among U.S. OTT Operators (Digital TV Europe)

According to a new study from Parks Associates, the churn rate among all OTT services in 2019 was 35%. This is up from 25% in 2019 and a trend that operators will want to curb. Of ... More

Disney+ Faces Content Challenges as Coming Rivals, and Now COVID-19, Ramp Up Pressure (MediaPost)

Disney+’s accumulation of some 28.6 million subscribers in just four months after launch generated industrywide envy, and rightfully so. But even for Disney, with its unparallele... More

AWS Launches Bottlerocket, a Linux-Based OS for Container Hosting (TechCrunch)

AWS has launched its own open-source operating system for running containers on both virtual machines and bare metal hosts. Bottlerocket, as the new OS is called, is basically a st... More

SAP.iO Foundry Berlin Launches Industry 4.0 Startup Acceleration Program (MESA)

SAP announced that SAP.iO Foundry Berlin kicked off its second Industry 4.0 program earlier this month, with six international business-to-business startups focused on manufacturin... More

Box Response to COVID-19 (Box Blog)

As the COVID-19 epidemic continues to evolve, we want to let you know that Box has a comprehensive plan in place to ensure the highest level of security, uptime, resiliency, and av... More

Addressing Security Holes to Protect Valuable Content (NAGRA Blog)

In today’s M&E industry, to remain competitive, you must stay on your toes when it comes to innovation and evolution. From pay-TV operators to broadcasters and content owners, th... More

In 2020, IoT Security Must Be Part of Your Threat Management Strategy (Security Intelligence)

Internet-enabled devices are emerging more and more in business and personal environments. Often going unnoticed, they simply appear within network infrastructures, using wired or ... More

Gen Z Leading a New Wave of Internet Piracy (Motherboard)

Between Netflix, Hulu, and Disney+, it seemed like streaming giants might have finally won. Gen Z is proving that piracy will never die.... More