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Ooyala Exec: AI, Blockchain, Metadata to Become Increasingly Significant for Video Industry

Artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain technology, metadata and -- despite ongoing challenges -- virtual reality (VR) are going to play increasingly significant roles in the vide... More

M&E Journal: Mitigating Cyber Risks Through Military Strategies

By Martin Mazor, SVP and Chief Information Security Officer, Entertainment Partners - These days, cybercrime is pervasive. Scan the news and you’ll likely run into informatio... More

Analyst Upbeat on Sony CEO Transition Plan, Q3 Results

There were several “positive” takeaways from Sony’s recent announcement that its CEO, Kazuo Hirai, will soon be replaced in that role by its current CFO, Kenichiro Yoshida, a... More

Amazon CFO: Company to Continue AWS, Alexa, Streaming Video Investments

Amazon will continue to make major investments in its Amazon Web Services (AWS), Alexa and streaming video businesses after continuing to make strides on each of them in the fourth... More

DXC, HBR Report: Companies Still Need to Make Major Changes to Succeed in Digital Economy

Companies must be open to making significant changes to their organizations in order to succeed in the digital economy because pressures from digital technology disruption are expe... More

Microsoft’s Azure Revenue Doubles in Q2

Strong performance in Microsoft’s Azure cloud computing and Xbox video game businesses helped boost the company’s revenue in the second quarter (ended Dec. 31), according to CE... More

MoviePass Brass to Keynote Bi-Coastal Smart Content Summits

The data and analytics behind the business of premier movie-theater subscription service MoviePass will be the topic of the very first bi-coastal keynote address during both the Sm... More

OpenText CEO: Magellan AI Platform a Q2 Highlight

OpenText continued to make significant strides with its Magellan artificial intelligence (AI) and analytics platform in the second quarter (ended Dec. 31), according to CEO and CTO... More

M&E Journal: 2017 IT Hiring Environment Was Bright for Job Seekers … and 2018 Should Be Great Too

By Paul Flaharty, Regional VP, Los Angeles, Robert Half Technology - There was good news for tech professionals who planned a career move in 2017: The general IT hiring market ... More

M&E Journal: Entertainment Auditing Reaches a New Level

By Chris Johnson, Global Director, Anti-Piracy & Compliance Programs, Content Delivery & Security Association (CDSA) - This month marks 15 years that I have been activel... More

Vubiquity Acquired by Amdocs for $224 Million

Content services and technology solutions company Vubiquity has been acquired by media and entertainment software and services provider Amdocs, the companies announced Jan. 30, wit... More

IBM: Increased Use of AI Expected to Be Among Top Streaming Video Trends of 2018

Many streaming video companies have been looking to artificial intelligence (AI) as one way to address the changing needs of their audiences, and that is a trend expected to contin... More

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