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HITS Spring: Execs to Tackle Advanced Production Technologies
At the annual HITS Spring: The Hollywood Innovation & Technology Summit in Los Angeles on May 17, one of the highlights of the day will be a high-level discussion around new produc... More
AWS Elemental Cloud Services Aim to Maximize Value of Video with AI
NEW YORK — Four of the most recent cloud services that Amazon Web Services (AWS) introduced are helping media and entertainment (M&E) companies maximize the value of video with a... More
CBS CEO: Company’s Subscriber Growth is ‘Accelerating’ as OTT Popularity Expands
CBS and Showtime subscribers are “not only growing, but the growth is also accelerating” thanks to the increasing popularity of over-the-top (OTT) streaming services, including... More
Google Cloud Exec: Company Continues to Make Major AI Investments
NEW YORK – Google continues to make major investments in deep learning and other associated areas that fall under the artificial intelligence (AI) umbrella, according to Ron Bodk... More
M&E Journal: In the Decades from Kazaa to Kodi: Have Things Really Changed?
By Mo Ali, U.K. Business Development, Media Science International - In the late 1990s and early 2000s, file sharing had been something of a dark art, strictly for the uber-tech... More
EIDR European Working Group to Meet May 9 in London
The latest updates around the Entertainment ID Registry (EIDR) will be presented May 9 at Google’s Covent Garden offices in London during a free meeting of the EIDR European Work... More
IBM Exec: Quantum Computing to Help AI Grow
NEW YORK – The significant progress that’s been seen in artificial intelligence (AI) over the past few years has been largely enabled by modern advancements in computing -- and... More
AWS: Three ‘Major Trends’ as Customers Adopt Machine Learning
NEW YORK — Amazon Web Services (AWS) has observed “three major trends” as its customers adopt machine learning (ML) in growing numbers, according to Dan Mbanga, AWS global le... More
HITS Spring: A Hollywood Case Study on Strategic Sourcing
At the annual HITS Spring: The Hollywood Innovation & Technology Summit in Los Angeles on May 17, several entertainment execs will take a closer look at how strategic sourcing is i... More
Public Invited to Learn More About Trusted Partner Network May 2
The industry — and the public at large — is invited May 2 to an online discussion around the Trusted Partner Network, the new industrywide content security initiative being und... More
Strong Game, Network Services Growth Boosted Sony’s 2017 Results
Strong growth in Sony’s Game & Network Services (G&NS), Music, Pictures and Home Entertainment & Sound (H&S) divisions helped the company report improved sales in its fiscal 2017... More
Amazon CFO: AWS Growth Accelerated in First Quarter
The Amazon Web Services (AWS) business continued to make strides in Amazon’s first quarter (ended March 31) and played a key role in the strong results it achieved for the quarte... More
