HITS Exclusives
With OTT’s Audiovisual Localization Landscape, the New Silk Road is the Cloud
By Yota Georgakopoulou, senior director, research and international development, Deluxe - In June I spent a week in Shanghai as an invited speaker at the 2018 Sino-Foreign Audio... More
Robert Half: Most IT Decision Makers Have Made Bad Hiring Decisions
The vast majority of IT hiring managers have made bad decisions when recruiting new talent for their companies, according to new research by Robert Half Technology. Ninety-five ... More
Veritone to Buy Wazee Digital for $15 Million
Veritone said Aug. 13 that it signed an agreement to buy Wazee Digital, a provider of cloud-native video management and licensing services that enable rights holders to monetize an... More
M&E Journal: The Biometric Data Concerns Around Virtual and Augmented Reality Applications
By Ed Klaris, CEO, and Alexia Bedat, Associate, KlarisIP - A particular type of private information became the focus of increasing attention in 2017: biometric data. Biometric ... More
Save the Date Oct. 4: HITS Fall is Going to Be ‘EPIC’
The Hollywood Innovation & Technology Society (HITS) will be “EPIC” this fall, thanks to a full morning of keynotes, panels and use-case presentations about Entertainment Produ... More
AWS, Machine Learning and a Royal Wedding
It’s been about a year since Amazon Web Services began making it simple for developers to extract metadata from content using machine learning services, and according to Liam Mor... More
MarkLogic Exec: Companies Should Use the Right Data Pattern to Unlock Smart Content’s Power
NEW YORK – It’s important for media and other companies to use the right data pattern if they want to truly take advantage of the power of smart content, according to Matt Turn... More
Avid, Microsoft, Ooyala See Huge Benefits from Enabling Cloud Workflows with AI
NEW YORK — Media and entertainment companies stand to see significant benefits from enabling their cloud workflows with artificial intelligence (AI), according to representatives... More
Microsoft Exec Praises Cloud’s Major Impact on Entertainment Production
NEW YORK — The cloud is bringing significant changes to the way entertainment is produced at every level, and we’re only just getting started, according to Scott Bounds, U.S. M... More
An EPIC Cloud Program Scheduled for July 24 M&E Day
During the July 24 Media & Entertainment Day at the Microsoft Conference Center in New York, Microsoft is sponsoring a new series of discussions centered around cloud production wo... More
AWS Introduces New Machine Learning Capabilities at Annual NY Summit
Amazon Web Services used its annual AWS Summit in New York July 17 to introduce new SageMaker machine learning (ML) features and announce expanded relationships with customers incl... More
OpenText Touts Growth Opportunities, Next-Gen OT2 Platform
OpenText executives, in a presentation to investors during its annual Enterprise World conference in Toronto July 10, highlighted artificial intelligence (AI) and other growth oppo... More
SDI Media Relocates Korean Operations to New Facility
Global localization services provider SDI Media is getting a head start on celebrating the 20thanniversary of operating in South Korea, relocating its subtitling office to Seoul’... More
WD Touts Latest SSDs, My Book Hard Drive
NEW YORK – Western Digital (WD) used Pepcom’s new product showcase for media June 21 to spotlight the latest solid-state drives (SSDs) across its SanDisk, WD Black and WD My Pa... More
Video AI, Data Topics Highlight Smart Content Summit East
Among the focus areas of the July 24 Media & Entertainment Day at the Microsoft Conference Center in New York is Smart Content Summit East, a track that will see media and ente... More
Google Exec: Companies Must ‘Reimagine Work’ to Remain Competitive
Technology is changing rapidly now and companies must “reimagine work” within their organizations to remain competitive and thrive, according to Prabhahakar Raghavan, VP of app... More
M&E Day Keynotes to Address Power of Blockchain, Social Media
The keynote addresses have been set for the July 24 Media & Entertainment Day at the Microsoft Conference Center in New York, an event that covers three programs (Smart Content, Co... More
Smart Consumer Experience Strategies Driving Service Provider CPE Requirements
By Mercedes Pastor, President of Global Customer Premises Equipment, Technicolor Connected Home - As consumers seek new ways to access media and entertainment experiences, net... More
Western Digital CFO: Data is the New Currency
Big data and fast data in the cloud, as well as mobile and Internet of Things (IoT) growth, are among the largest demand drivers for Western Digital (WD), according to Western Digi... More
Cisco Exec: Company Optimistic About Cloud Business Opportunities
Cisco continues to be bullish about its cloud business and is even seeing new opportunities for growth within the sector in areas that include cloud containers, according to Kip Co... More