HITS Exclusives
Google Cloud Exec: Be Flexible During Your Cloud Journey
Shifting to the cloud offers many advantages and there are several paths organizations can take on their journey to the cloud — but each company must evaluate which path is the c... More
Nuxeo: Content Services Platform Done Differently
The last year has been a great one for Nuxeo and its cloud-native Content Services Platform. Along with growing faster than any of its competitors and its market, the New York-base... More
BTI Studios Debuts Burbank Facility
BURBANK, Calif. — On the eve of its 25th anniversary, localization services provider BTI Studios couldn’t have picked a better location to open its 25th facility. Located di... More
Adobe Brings AI-Powered Technology Previews to Adobe Experience Cloud
In a bid to accelerate customer experience management for enterprises, Adobe has announced Technology Previews, which gives brands the ability to leverage exploratory technology po... More
M&E Journal: A Decade of Digital Transformation
By Guy Finley, President, Media & Entertainment Services Alliance (MESA) - At our recent Hollywood Innovation and Transformation Summit (HITS Spring) event, where we brought tog... More
HITS Spring: Empathetic Technologies Present Major Opportunities for Entertainment Industry
Empathetic technologies can help us connect with each other and ourselves in the most human ways, and they present significant opportunities to the entertainment industry and conte... More
HITS Spring: Security is ‘Everybody’s Problem,’ Entertainment Partners CISO Says
Ongoing security challenges that include sloppy handling and storage of personal information and other data, along with newer security challenges including quantum computing and �... More
HITS Spring: Azure’s Sloss Touts Cloud Editing Advantages
UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. — Paramount’s production of Ang Lee’s next film, “Gemini Man,” is seeing the famed director recording at 6K, in stereoscopic 3D, at 120 frames per ... More
HITS Spring: Cinelytic, MicroStrategy Bring AI, ML Know-How
UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. — Experts from both Cinelytic and MicroStrategy were on hand May 23 at the annual HITS Spring event, bringing ideas on how machine learning (ML) and artifi... More
Qumulo Inks Deal with Industrial Brothers
Storage firm Qumulo has inked a deal with Toronto-based Industrial Brothers, with the digital studio using Qumulo’s hybrid cloud file storage solution to handle its growing busin... More
HITS Spring: MarkLogic, Sony Tout Benefits of Leveraging Curated Descriptive Metadata
Curated descriptive metadata can yield significant competitive business value for a media and entertainment company, according to MarkLogic and Sony. “We’re here to talk abo... More
HITS Spring: Film, TV Companies Would Benefit from Going Paperless, Exactuals CEO Says
Going paperless enables media companies to keep pace with the rapidly growing volume of payments without increasing headcount or budget, according to Mike Hurst, CEO and co-founder... More
HITS Spring: Entertainment Partners Makes Data Central to Tools
UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. — In April, “Game of Thrones” actor Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Jaime Lannister) was on “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” discussing the final season of the HBO hit,... More
HITS Spring: Google Keynoter Shares How Search Equals Truth
UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. — Qing Wu, principle economist for Google, earned some easy laughs to begin his keynote presentation May 23 at the annual HITS Spring event: his opening sl... More
HITS Spring: LiveTiles to Look at AI, Bot Strategies
The nascent introduction of artificial intelligence into the workplace means gaining practical insights into how to implement it properly remains a major challenge for many organiz... More
HITS Spring: MicroStrategy to Share Enterprise Analytics Insights
At the May 23 HITS Spring event at the Sheraton Universal Hotel in Los Angeles, Rick Pechter, principal solutions architect for MicroStrategy, will offer attendees ideas on how to ... More
HITS Spring: MarkLogic, Sony Set to Share Data Success Story
An investment in descriptive, time-based metadata has helped Sony Pictures to better understand its content library, and the studio is doing it with the help of enterprise NoSQL da... More
HITS Spring: Spark Digital to Look at the Future of Geotargeting
From targeting content within a physical space to localizing content for global markets, using time and place data to get compelling, targeted content to customers is more importan... More
HITS Spring: SoftServe to Hype Hybrid Recommendation Engines
Digital media companies are facing a recommendation engine challenge today, one that sees many of these solutions falling short, when it comes to making the most of the user experi... More
HITS Spring: Cinelytic CEO to Show Predictive Insights
At the May 23 HITS Spring event at the Sheraton Universal Hotel in Los Angeles, Tobias Queisser, co-founder and CEO of predictive analytics specialists Cinelytic will offer attende... More