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Analyst: Roku’s New Lineup Puts Others on Notice
Roku’s Sept. 26 unveiling of its new product lineup, with six models priced from $30 to $130, both Apple and Google have been put on notice, according to Paul Erickson, senior an... More
‘Charlie Rose’ Turns to Wazee Digital, AWS
To help mark its 25th anniversary, the acclaimed “Charlie Rose” TV program has launched a new online content portal, allowing the PBS interview show’s staff to curate more th... More
Nielsen: Too Early To Gauge Future of Cord Cutting
As the number of skinny bundles and other over-the-top (OTT) services continue to proliferate, it’s too soon to say whether cord cutting and cord shaving by consumers will stabil... More
Technicolor Touts HDR Gains
Fresh off a successful IBC, where its Advanced High Dynamic Range (HDR) delivery system was named the "Best Digital Video Processing Technology" at the CSI (Cable & Satellite Inter... More
comScore, DEG Partner on Movie Data
DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group (DEG) and comScore have joined forces to offer a combined movie and TV measurement service, covering home entertainment sellthrough, internet V... More
IMAX CEO: Company Probably Won’t Take VR Nationwide Until 2018
IMAX has aggressive plans for virtual reality (VR) at theaters, but the company probably won’t be taking its planned VR Centers nationwide in the U.S. for another two years, acco... More
‘Star Trek Beyond’ Takes Atmos UHD Beyond 50
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the “Star Trek” franchise. So it was only fitting the Nov. 1 home entertainment release of Paramount Home Media Distribution’s “Star... More
M&E Journal: Video in the Cognitive Computing Era
By Steven L. Canepa and Chad M. Andrews, IBM Video is the most popular form of content consumption on the planet, generating behemoth revenues through traditional business model... More
3rd i QC to Tackle VR, AR Experiences, Applications
Culver City, Calif.-based media and entertainment quality-control specialist 3rd i QC announced Sept. 20 that it was opening a dedicated virtual reality and augmented reality QC sp... More
Avere Debuts Cloud-Core NAS System
Hybrid cloud enablement company Avere Systems has launched a new storage system geared toward media and entertainment companies, one that combines network-attached storage (NAS) an... More
Salesforce: Einstein Features to Be Made Available at No Additional Charge
Salesforce Sept. 19 provided more details about its Salesforce Einstein artificial intelligence (AI) platform for customer relationship management (CRM), sharing that some Einstein... More
HITS Fall Keynote to Tackle Big Data’s Role in Entertainment
The co-authors of a new book that looks at the importance of big data for entertainment companies dealing with an increasingly competitive landscape will both be on hand Oct. 18 in... More
