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M&E Journal: The New Normal Isn’t All That New

When COVID-19 struck, the impact was felt overnight. With doors shut, and employees locked down in their homes, a digital transformation took place. Many businesses re-invented the... More

M&E Journal: How to Build Security Into the Development Process

Most mornings, I have a smoothie for breakfast. It’s packed with wholesome stuff: organic spinach, bananas, pea protein, cashew butter, and plenty of good ol’ H2O. Once I�... More

M&E Journal: Preparing for Opportunities, Complications in the Post-Pandemic Streaming Space

COVID-19 has provided a blueprint for what the in-home entertainment market will look like in 2021. Expect continued intense competition along with brand new experiences for consum... More

M&E Journal: Helping Build the ABCA Talent Registry

The COVID crisis rapidly shut down the dubbing industry in March and April, with many productions in the midst of the dubbing process, and many more just scheduled to begin. Con... More

M&E Journal: Tracking Pandemic’s Piracy Impact

After a tumultuous nine months of living amid a pandemic, our lives will remain changed, knowing we won’t be attending a live event or going into a movie theatre as freely as we ... More

M&E Journal: The Video Boom

Due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 has been an unprecedented year in many ways. Over the past several months, we have been thrown into a “new normal” in which in-person ... More

M&E Journal: Going Remote

What once was difficult and unknown is now necessary ... and maybe not so difficult after all. The production world, like everything and everyone else, has been turned upside down ... More

M&E Journal: Tool Up Your Remote Workforce

In 2019, 68 percent of business leaders felt their cybersecurity risks were increasing. 2020 may have seen another challenge take precedence. It’s safe to say that COVID-19 c... More

M&E Journal: Going Beyond In-Person or Digital Experiences

When we first responded to COVID-19, we didn’t expect we’d be living our lives so differently for so long. We’ve learned how to operate under pressures of quarantine, and at ... More

M&E Journal: Welcome to What’s Next – The New Hollywood

Have you been enjoying your stay in the Upside Down World? These past nine months have been an astonishing 17 years for us, too. We are in awe of our friends in data, IT, and secur... More

M&E Journal: Doing it Right: What to Look for When Implementing a Rights Solution

The reality is rights management system (RMS) implementations are difficult. No matter how much you know about system implementations, enabling rights management has unique challen... More

M&E Journal: Get the Most Out of Your Colour Grading Session, While Preserving Artistic Vision

Ray Dolby founded Dolby Laboratories in 1965. Since the earliest days of the company, Dolby’s mission has been to harness science and engineering to improve media fidelity, enabl... More

M&E Journal: Remote vs. Rosé: Pandemics and Our Future

With the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, travel and congregations of people have been shut down and remote communication tools are on a tear. Will content distribution events become les... More

M&E Journal: Physically Distancing Your Data

When pandemics strike and people are physically isolated, data must still be monitored and protected even if physical workplaces are closed down. Storing files in the cloud can... More

M&E Journal: The Formula for Smart Content: Make the Future Now

Making content smart requires technology, processes, data and, of course, people. What’s equally important — and the driving force to making content smarter — is innovati... More

M&E Journal: Content Stands Tall By Getting Shorter

According to a recent PricewaterhouseCoopers’ M&E outlook, the U.S. entertainment marketplace is expected to reach more than $825 billion. The report includes revenues from a... More

M&E Journal: Defining FYC

As with the movies and shows they honour, every awards season comes with its own dramatic narrative: whether it be the sudden rise of a plucky underdog, the shocking snub of a fan ... More

M&E Journal: Maximize Subscriber Retention by Delivering an Exceptional Viewer Experience

The market for subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) is evolving at breakneck speed. Major players such as Netflix and Hulu are spending heavily on original content as they look to s... More

M&E Journal: Why Siloed Solutions Won’t Win in the D2C Economy

We’re living in a time where a single Spotify download means breaking down a penny into hundredths of a cent, just to pay all the parties involved that are owed royalties. It... More