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M&E Journal: The Growing Necessity For Cross-Screen Technology
By Stephanie Gaines, YuMe - As NBC has shared, the network sold $1 billion in ads for the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, a combined total that includes national broadcast, ... More
Harvard Fellow Keynotes on M&E’s Data Challenge at Smart Content West
At the March 9 Smart Content Summit West in Los Angeles, media and entertainment executives will hear about the latest industry advancements in artificial intelligence and machine ... More
Viacom Execs: ‘Data Democratization’ is Important for Better Decision-Making
NEW YORK — The “democratization” of data is important today for better decision-making in the entertainment industry, according to Viacom data strategy executives. To help... More
Dolby, LG Announce First Smartphone to Support Dolby Vision
Dolby and LG Electronics announced that the LG G6 smartphone will be the first mobile phone to support Dolby Vision high dynamic range (HDR) technology. Additionally, Netflix and A... More
TiVo Exec: Company’s Bullish on Open Standard Audio Watermark
NEW YORK — An open standard audio watermark would be a positive for TiVo and the entertainment industry as a whole, according to Scott Maddux, VP of business development at TiVo.... More
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Inks Deals with Tata Communications, AT&T
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) used the Mobile World Congress 2017 in Barcelona to announce a pair of partnerships, one with Tata Communications for cellular IoT connectivity ser... More
IMAX CEO: Company Encouraged by Results of First VR Centre
IMAX is encouraged by the early results of its first Virtual Reality (VR) Centre, in Los Angeles, which attracted more than 7,000 attendees since opening Jan. 6, according to compa... More
Smart Content Summit Keynoter: Benefits of Interoperability Outweigh Risks
NEW YORK — The enormous benefits offered by interoperability far outweigh any of the possible risks, according to John Palfrey, an author and lecturer who has become an expert on... More
Technicolor Eyes Oscar for ‘The Jungle Book’ VFX
When you’re up against a “Star Wars” film, yet another successful Marvel entry and a unique (and wildly popular) 3D stop-motion animation, you’re right to hold your breath ... More
M&E Journal: Content ID Leaves Independents on the Outside Looking In
Ruth Vitale, CreativeFuture — If you were online in May of 2015, you were probably aware that YouTube was having a party because literally everyone was invited. A YouTube-prod... More
M&E Journal: A Cloud-Based Digital Supply Chain: Not Just About Capacity
Andy Shenkler, Sony DADC New Media Solutions - The list of options in today’s world is seemingly endless with tools such as social sharing, instantaneous commenting, photo fi... More
AR, VR Presence Surges at Toy Fair
Augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) are being incorporated into an increasingly larger number of toys and other products targeted at kids, and that was made abundantly ... More
