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Vaccarelli Touts Side Gigs at Next ‘Lunch and Learn’
Lou Vaccarelli, the executive producer of “The Donna Drake Show,” COO of Drake Media Network, founder of Lou Vaccarelli Associates, and chairman emeritus of the Content Deliver... More
M&E Journal: The Roadmap to M&E’s Future
The media and entertainment industry runs on content. Talent agreements, scripts, production specs and marketing assets, content is your business. Files like these are at the heart... More
M&E Journal: Defining the ‘Cloud’ Means Defining Your Priorities
There are a lot of different “cloud” services, and I don’t put it in quotations to be dismissive. Rather, we should realize there are different definitions depending on what ... More
Smart Content Summit: PacketFabic Talks Demands of Production Connectivity
Virtual production today essentially means creative teams have gained the freedom to create without the limits that once stood in their way. That includes the ability of indepe... More
M&E Journal: Innovation Remix
“Innovate or die, and there’s no innovation if you operate out of fear of the new or untested,” writes Bob Iger, former CEO of The Walt Disney Co. in his recently published b... More
Smart Content Summit: Qumulo Eyes Future of Productions
Let’s be honest: it’s a night-and-day different production landscape today compared to a decade ago. Faster-paced, higher-resolution, ever-changing workflows, a new remote-c... More
Disney Business Uplift Discussed at Next MESA ‘Lunch and Learn’ Event
The March 17 edition of MESA’s “Lunch and Learn” series — held every Thursday via the MESAverse platform and Zoom, and intended to bring MESA members together to network, s... More
WiTH Smart Content Summit Keynoter Shares Joy-Filled Tips
Shari Alyse, a TEDx and inspirational speaker and best-selling author (“Love Yourself Happy”), arrived at the March 10 Smart Content Summit feeling a bit of pressure to deliver... More
Alteon Tackles New Workflow Tech at Smart Content Summit
At the March 10 Smart Content Summit in Los Angeles, Taylor Donohue, VP of product for Alteon, will discuss the challenges facing professional creatives today and going forward wit... More
M&E Journal: Could Automation be the Key to Keeping Creatives Creative?
There comes a time in most jobs where the work you do starts to feel less and less like the work you signed up for. This is particularly true in the creative world. You finally ... More
M&E Journal: The Future of Media Production: Faster, Cheaper, and More Secure
M&E companies leverage disconnected technology solutions to help creative teams work faster and more collaboratively. As the number of tools increase, defining workflows that e... More
MESA Debuts All-Virtual ‘Lunch and Learn’ Series
Beginning March 3 and held every Thursday after, MESA will host a weekly “Lunch and Learn” discussion via its MESAverse platform and Zoom, bringing members together to network,... More
MESA Provides Update, Roadmap for Coming Events
During a special presentation on Feb. 17 inside the MESAverse — MESA’s metaverse virtual environment platform, using ICVR’s RendezVu — members of the MESA community were gi... More
Wasabi: Three Great Reasons to Implement a Hybrid Cloud Strategy Now
Cloud storage has made significant advancements over the past few years and there are three major reasons for media and entertainment organizations to implement a hybrid cloud stra... More
MESA Takes Part in Feb. 9 Super Bowl Celebrity Golf Tourney
On Feb. 9, MESA sponsored the Super Bowl LVI Celebrity Golf Tournament, held at the Brookside Golf Club next to the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, where all proceeds went toward the educat... More
M&E Journal: Road-Mapping the Industry’s Digital Future
As both the range and volume of consumed content increased dramatically during lockdowns, audience engagement evolved together with the accelerated shift to digital channels. At th... More
AWS Revenue Growth Continued for Amazon in Q4
Strong AWS results again helped Amazon report stronger results, in its fourth quarter (ended Dec. 31), the company said Feb. 3. (more…)... More
M&E Journal: What a Difference a Global Pandemic Makes
The COVID-19 pandemic that began in December 2019 was an accelerant of change in the media and entertainment (M&E) industry for which no one could have prepared. Unprecedented ... More
M&E Journal: The Hole at the Center of the M&E Industry
Imagine you’re an influencer on YouTube. Video is your entire life. You’re making good money doing what you love and racking up hundreds of hours of footage every month. Yo... More
M&E Journal: New Hollywood Post-COVID: Hybrid and Still Running
The media and entertainment industry, along with MESA’s communities surrounding the end-to-end supply chain, has faced innumerable challenges this last year and a half. These cha... More