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Analysts Upbeat on Nintendo Switch … If the Price is Right
Analysts had a mostly favorable reaction to the Nintendo Switch game system that the company introduced Oct. 20 and said will be released in March 2017. But while analysts praised ... More
SoCal Women’s Group Picks HITS Fall
For its first-ever cross-industry event, the SoCal Women’s Leadership Group chose to co-locate with the HITS Fall conference Oct. 18 in Los Angeles, drawing more than 350 attende... More
HITS Keynote: Pixar Vet Stresses Importance of Data
Pixar Animation Studios has been able to achieve remarkable success with its feature-length films including “Finding Nemo” and “Toy Story” thanks in large part to the compa... More
HITS Keynote: A ‘Perfect Storm’ of Changes for Hollywood
HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — At the Oct. 18 HITS Fall event, Michael Smith, professor of information technology and marketing at Carnegie Mellon University’s H. John Heinz III College... More
M&E Journal: Wanted: Cable for the Web
By William Mobley, President & CEO, FreeCast - The media industry is facing a dilemma unlike anything it’s ever seen before. The business model upon which cable TV is built is... More
HITS Panel: It’s About Experiences, Not Just Stories
HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — At the Oct. 18 HITS Fall confab, a panel of content creators, talent experts and IT experts all mulled the same questions: what are the biggest challenges fa... More
Netflix: Original Content Drove Stronger-Than-Expected Subscriber Growth
Strong consumer interest in the growing stable of Netflix original content, including the new show “Stranger Things,” was the primary driver of the stronger-than-expected subsc... More
Experts: Fragmentation, No ‘Killer App’ Lead VR Challenges
It’s still very early days for virtual reality (VR), but there are many opportunities for the technology that lie ahead … as well as challenges, including market fragmentation ... More
Box’s Patel: Business Models are ‘Shifting Quite Dramatically’
Companies are facing significant challenges today, whether they are in the technology sector or not, according to Jeetu Patel, SVP of Box Platform and the company’s chief strateg... More
‘Independence Day’ Director Makes a Tough Cut
WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — Famed sci-fi director Roland Emmerich (“Stargate,” “Universal Soldier”) may have made his toughest cutting-room-floor decision ever with his late... More
Hold the VR Hype: VR Headset Install Base Small to Start, Study Says
Despite all the recent hype around virtual reality, just 6% of Americans will own a VR headset by the end of the year, or 11.4 million people, and roughly 93% of those headsets wil... More
Consumers Hit Retail Stores Early for PlayStation VR Launch
U.S. consumers descended on retail stores across the country to buy the PlayStation (PS) VR virtual reality headset when it went on sale the night of Oct. 13, including at select B... More
