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Gracenote Predicts Germany, Norway, U.S. to Be Top Winter Olympics Medal Winners
Germany and Norway will fight it out to be the top medal winner at the 2018 Winter Olympics, followed by the U.S., whose women’s team will fare especially well in PyeongChang, So... More
M&E Journal: DVR in the OTT World: A Case for Updated Storage Requirements
By Jason Friedlander, Director, Marketing Communications, Verizon Digital Media Services - Thanks to the Supreme Court’s refusal in 2009 to hear the Cablevision remote DVR ca... More
Viacom CEO: Company’s New Streaming Service to ‘Complement’ Existing OTT Services
The new direct-to-consumer (D2C) streaming video service that Viacom plans to launch before the end of the company’s current fiscal year is designed to serve as a “complement p... More
Cognizant CEO: Company Benefited Again from Shift to Digital Services in Q4
Cognizant Technology Solutions once again saw growth in digital-related revenue during the fourth quarter (ended Dec. 31) as the company continued its shift to digital services and... More
Analyst: ‘Too Early’ to Gauge Impact of New ESPN Streaming Service for Disney
Disney CEO Robert Iger on Feb. 6 provided more details about the new ESPN direct-to-consumer app that will be launching this spring — including the fact that the streaming servic... More
IBM Exec: Watson Captioning Leverages AI to Automate Closed Captioning Process
IBM is leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) to automate the closed captioning process as part of its latest offering, Watson Captioning, according to David Kulczar, senior offer... More
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
