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BBC Appoints Alex Kay-Jelski as New Director of Sport (SN)
The executive will lead the teams across commissioning, production, digital, and journalism and work closely with talent and partners to help drive the sport's growth across the BB... More
French Production Returned to Pre-pandemic Levels in 2023 as Mid-budget Films Make a Comeback (ScreenDaily)
A total of 298 films were approved by the CNC last year, driven by French-initiated films which totalled 236, up from 208 in 2022. There were 18 animated films compared to 13 in 20... More
The Rise of Foreign Music and Film/TV Content in the U.S. (Luminate)
U.S. audiences are engaging with non-English music more than ever before. And it appears this trend is here to stay, as Millennial (57%) and Gen Z listeners (59%) show even greater... More
EPAM Achieves Platinum Partner Status with commercetools, Signaling Growing Expertise in Composable Technologies
Fueled by exceptional delivery, product contribution and extensive sales and technical enablement, EPAM's commitment to excellence drives achievement of the highest partner status ... More
Portugal Offers 30% Cash Refund to Lure High-budget Global Productions (Senal News)
It will complement the existing cash rebate aimed at small and medium-sized productions, while the new incentive will aim at productions with higher budgets.... More
Voice Marketplace AI Voices are Now Available on Stellar (Respeecher Blog)
Respeecher integrates with Yella Umbrella to provide a seamless speech-to-speech AI voice conversion experience to Stellar users.... More
2G Digital Post, XL8 Team Up to Provide Advanced Hybrid AI Media Services for Captioning, Localisation
In advance of the 2024 NAB Show, 2G Digital Post announced a partnership with XL8. Combining 2G Digital’s Captioning, Localization and Content Optimization services offering with... More
Fabric Partners with Katch to Enhance Content Discovery with Genomic Data
Fabric has partnered with Katch, a leading technology and data company in the recommendation space, to offer Genomic data to Fabric customers. Katch's highly differentiated, descri... More
NAB 2024: Synamedia Loads the Bases for a Homerun with Quality, Reliability, Scalability
Synamedia will demonstrate its dynamic video network portfolio at the 2024 NAB Show in Las Vegas, April 13-17. From B2B distribution, D2C streaming, edge delivery, ad-insertion and... More
NAGRA, Eluvio Extend Forensic Watermarking Collaboration
In advance of the 2024 NAB Show, NAGRA, Kudelski Group’s provider of content protection and media and entertainment solutions, and Content Fabric pioneer Eluvio have announced th... More
BBC Film Celebrates Four Films in Official Selection at Cannes Film Festival 2024
Andrea Arnold’s Bird will world premiere in competition; Rungano Nyoni’s On Becoming a Guinea Fowl, Sandhya Suri’s Santosh and Ariane Labed’s September Says will premiere i... More
VSI Selected as Prime Video Preferred Vendor for Localisation
VSI Group has been awarded the Prime Video Preferred Vendor badge for localization as one of five global localization partners.... More
Optimizing Revenue Streams in Digital Gaming Through Scalable Rights (Qvest Blog)
There is a lot of passion in the digital gaming industry, both from the side of digital game publishers, who are excited about their creations, and the side of the fans who are loy... More
AMC Networks Int’l Names Ruiz as Southern Europe Chief (DTVE)
Ruiz will lead the management of all the company’s brands in Spain and Portugal. He will report directly to Eduardo Zulueta, president of AMC Networks International.... More
Cognizant Has Awarded $70M to Advance Globally Diverse Communities
Cognizant has awarded $70 million in philanthropic funds through 117 grants to 77 organizations globally since 2018. This milestone builds on Cognizant's long history investing phi... More
The Art of Implementing Responsible and Effective GenAI, Automation Across Your Media Supply Chain (Vubiquity Blog)
Generative Artificial Intelligence, the modern elixir of our digital age, is offering promises of instant transformation, hyper-personalization and untapped creative potential. But... More
NAB 2024: Signiant to Showcase New Advancements on the Signiant Platform
This year is about bringing it all together. Signiant will be showcasing several advancements on the Signiant Platform that highlight how broadcasters, production houses, sports le... More
Ericsson Chooses SAP Software to Connect Supply Chains
SAP announced that Ericsson has selected the SAP Integrated Business Planning for Supply Chain solution to drive further operational efficiencies in its global supply chain network... More
Cognizant Teams with Shopify and Google Cloud to Transform Enterprise Retail
Cognizant announced a strategic alliance with Shopify and Google Cloud to drive digital transformation and platform modernization for global retailers and brands. The alliance is f... More
Latest Ampere Podcast Focused on Streaming’s Path to Profitability
Over the past two years the streaming industry has shifted its attention away from pure subscriber growth, and set its eyes instead on profitability. On this episode of The Amp Pod... More
