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NAB 2017: ZOO Digital’s Out to ‘Open Up’ Dubbing; FilmTrack to Improve Security, Workflows; Mediamorph Expands its Scope
LAS VEGAS – The big story for ZOO Digital at the 2017 NAB Show was the launch of ZOOdubs, which it says is the entertainment industry’s first cloud-based dubbing platform. ... More
NAB 2017: Wazee Upgrades Digital Media Hub; Prime Focus Unveils Mobile Production Management Solution
LAS VEGAS — Harris Morris, chairman and CEO of Wazee Digital, couldn’t be more pleased with how the technology behind his company’s cloud-native video management and licensin... More
M&E Journal: Digital Disruption: We’ve Seen This Movie Before
Steve Sobel, Salesforce - Publishers who did not adapt their business models, products and processes to the emerging demands of their consumers are struggling—some even have ... More
M&E Journal: A Recipe for Efficiency and Productivity in M&E
Harold S. Geller, Ad-ID - A recipe is a list of ingredients and the instructions that describe how to prepare or make something. In the case of M&E, and in particular advert... More
MESA Members to Debut New Solutions at NAB
(This is the second of two stories previewing what MESA and its members are up to at the NAB Show. The first can be found here) Members of the Media & Entertainment Services... More
MESA Members to Spotlight AI, DAM and Much More at NAB
(This is the first of two stories previewing what MESA and its members are up to at the NAB Show) Members of the Media & Entertainment Services Alliance (MESA) will be out i... More
M&E Journal: How to Power a Live Video Event
Ralf Jacob, President, Verizon Digital Media Services - Many OTT providers’ platforms were designed with VOD in mind. But live events are a completely different animal, with t... More
NAB 2017: 5th Kind to Unveil All-New DAM System
Marvel, Warner Bros., Disney, Illumination ... Hollywood’s top content companies have long relied on 5th Kind and its digital asset management (DAM) solutions, using the company�... More
IBM’s Latest Use of Watson AI Platform to Boost IT Service, Support
After using its Watson artificial intelligence (AI) computing platform in other sectors, IBM is now bringing Watson ‘s cognitive capabilities to help improve IT service and suppo... More
Ooyala Study: Shift to IP for Video Production a Smart Money Move
A new study from video monetization tech and services firm Ooyala and the nonprofit Digital Production Partnership (DPP) group sees companies that shift to internet protocol (IP)-b... More
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Completes Spin-Off Merger with CSC
It took nearly a year, but Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has completed the spin-off and merger of its Enterprise Services (ES) business with Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) ... More
Dell Technologies Helped by Market Share Gains in Fourth Quarter
Dell’s fiscal fourth quarter results (ended Feb. 3) were helped by market share gains achieved in both its server and networking offerings Infrastructure Solutions Group (ISG) an... More
MESA Launches Dedicated NAB Portal
To promote news from its members before, during and after April’s NAB Show in Las Vegas, the Media & Entertainment Services Alliance (MESA) has launched a dedicated web porta... More
ANG Digital: A New Approach to M&E Services
Those in the M&E services sector should be familiar with Robert Gekchyan’s work over the years, from director of product management for Technicolor, to co-founding and servin... More
Oracle CEO: Company’s ‘Pivot to the Cloud’ is in ‘Full Swing’
Oracle’s shift in focus to the cloud provided the company with a significant lift in its results for the third quarter (ended Feb. 28) as its overall performance came in ahead of... More
Vubiquity CEO Talks the Cloud, Brand Awareness and Monetization
Connecting content owners and video providers with tech solutions and services, all in the name of helping media and entertainment companies monetize content, has been the name of ... More
Wipro Expands Holmes AI, Cloud Initiatives with Cloud Bot Digital Consultant
Wipro on March 14 launched the latest initiative that’s part of its artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud strategies, saying the new Wipro Holmes Cloud Bot is a “continuously ... More
Sony’s ‘Passengers’ Marks VR First for Studio
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — For the first commercial endeavor of Sony Pictures VR, the sci-fi space adventure “Passengers” was a perfect fit, with the virtual reality arm of the ... More
Teradata Introduces Open Source Kylo Software Platform
As part of its ongoing open source software strategy, Teradata has introduced Kylo, a data lake management software platform that the company says will help users quickly build and... More
Salesforce Exec: AI Pact with IBM Will Help Enhance Customer Engagement
The artificial intelligence (AI) partnership announced by Salesforce and IBM March 6 — combining the companies’ respective AI platforms, IBM Watson and Salesforce Einstein — ... More