HITS Connections
New Asset ID Standards the ‘UPC Code’ for Media
In early July, the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) published new standards that bind Ad-IDs to commercials and Entertainment ID Registry (EIDR) codes to ... More
Building a Workforce Where Belonging is the Rule — Not the Exception
Cognizant Reports: Organizations with a diverse workforce and an inclusive work environment are better prepared to meet the complex demands of today’s dynamically changing, digit... More
Western Digital Revenue, Profit Rise
Western Digital reported both higher revenue and profit for its fiscal fourth quarter (ended June 29), thanks to higher demand for its products and from its cloud customers for hig... More
G-Technology: Protecting, Accelerating Creative Professionals’ Data Workflow
G-Technology’s origin story reads like a Silicon Valley startup playbook. In 1994, Roger Mabon co-founded a little storage solutions company called Medea while pursuing his MBA d... More
Piracy, Cybersecurity Topics Slated for Content Protection Summit
During the July 24 Media & Entertainment Day at the Microsoft Conference Center in New York, studios, piracy experts and industry groups will all be featured presenters during the ... More
M&E Journal: The Evolution of Entertainment Business Models
By Bradley Soroca, CMO, Deluxe - It is no secret the media and entertainment marketplace finds itself in the midst of the most tumultuous time in its history. Headlines blare of... More
MESA, MarkLogic Webinar to Examine Sony’s Smart Content Work
When the Media & Entertainment Services Alliance (MESA) and MarkLogic host the July 18 webinar “Smart Content Connecting the Data Behind the Hits with Sony Pictures,” Matt Turn... More
Trusted Partner Network Discussed July 24 at NYC M&E Day
On July 24 at the Media & Entertainment Day, two of the heads of the new, industrywide Trusted Partner Network (TPN) initiative will share details about the program for the fir... More
Four Reasons Why Studios are Moving to the Cloud
By Ziad Lammam, VP Product Management and Marketing, Teradici - As consumers become more accustomed to the instantaneous delivery of content, the cloud will evolve into a missi... More
Veritone’s aiWARE to Integrate Third-Party Structured Data Sources
Artificial intelligence specialist Veritone announced that aiWARE, its operating system for artificial intelligence, now offers enterprises and other agencies the opportunity to le... More
IBM Cloud Touts Latest European Partnerships
IBM Cloud July 3 announced it’s added six new European companies to its client list, with an Italian multimedia publishing company and an electronics distributor among those lo... More
Ooyala to Showcase VR 360, HEVC Streaming Solutions at July 24 M&E Day
Ooyala has unveiled a suite of new capabilities for its Flex Media platform, including the ability to stream virtual reality (VR) 360 and HEVC content, along with new audio and adv... More
MESA, MarkLogic to Host Smart Content Webinar with Sony July 18
The Media & Entertainment Services Alliance (MESA) and MarkLogic will host a unique webinar July 18, exploring how bringing together the data (including the operational and enterpr... More
IBM Gives a Boost to Cloud-Native Capabilities
IBM has announced that its IBM Cloud Private application platform will now be made available to run on the company's enterprise Cloud Managed Services (CMS), enabling CMS customers... More
Google Exec: Pure Cloud-Native Solution Helps Mitigate Security Risks
A “pure-cloud native” data storage solution can help mitigate the many security risks that companies increasingly face today, according to Reena Nadkarni, head of product manag... More
SAP Touts European HR Partnerships
SAP June 18 used its SuccessConnect event in Berlin to share several success stories with European companies that have tapped SAP to draw and retain top digitally-focused talent. ... More
MCF Media: New Solutions for Content Localization
It was a pooling of resources between three companies that resulted in today’s MCF Media Solutions. A few years ago, Westlake, Ohio-based MCF Tech Solutions teamed up with Los... More
Cognizant: M&E is Nearing the ‘End of Digital’s Beginning’
A new white paper from IT consulting firm Cognizant looks at the new digital economics of the media and entertainment industry, as well as the ways in which leadership and strategy... More
Box CFO: Progressly Purchase to Help ‘Accelerate’ Workflow Offerings
Box’s recent acquisition of Redwood City, California startup Progressly was designed to help “accelerate” the company’s automated workflow solutions, according to Dylan Smi... More
SAP Teams with Accenture, Others on S/4HANA Cloud Adoption
SAP has announced it will work with Accenture, Capgemini and Deloitte to accelerate adoption of SAP S/4HANA Cloud in numerous industries, with the companies looking to develop solu... More