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Mediamorph Lands $21.2 Million in Funding
Media and entertainment data management services company Mediamorph Aug. 29 announced it had closed more than $21 million in series C funding, with the company adding that it would... More
Sony DADC New Media Solutions Launches Ven.ue Unlimited
A year after launching Ven.ue, a cloud-based offering, designed to let distributors pair linear broadcasts with OTT and mobile offerings, Sony DADC New Media Solutions is giving th... More
Technicolor: ATSC 3.0 an HDR Opportunity for Broadcasters
There’s no shortage of benefits for broadcasters who latch on to ATSC 3.0, the IP-based, next-gen industry standard that allows for over-the-air delivery of everything from immer... More
AI Expert: Growing Number of Enterprise Sectors Targeted
Recent advancements in machine learning, thanks in part to growth in computing power, have significantly increased what is possible to achieve using artificial intelligence (AI) ac... More
M&E Journal: Evolving Business Cases in the EIDR Growth Path
By Don Dulchinos, Executive Director, Entertainment ID Registry - The EIDR registry has grown in many dimensions. The raw size of the registry has grown to over 840,000 unique r... More
Best Buy CEO: VR Won’t Be Huge Factor For It This Year
Virtual reality (VR) may contribute to Best Buy’s growth in the future, but the retailer doesn’t expect the nascent technology to play major role in its performance this year, ... More
Microsoft Buys Genee in Latest Move to Expand AI Initiatives
In the latest move by Microsoft to expand its artificial intelligence (AI) initiatives, the company announced Aug. 22 that it signed a deal to buy Genee, a Mountain View, Calif.-st... More
MESA Europe/BASE Entertainment Summit set for London on September 7
MESA Europe, in partnership with BASE (British Association of Screen Entertainment), is hosting the Entertainment Summit in Central London on September 7, combining MESA Europe’s... More
My Eye Media: Keeping QC Pace in an Evolving M&E World
For a dozen years now, there’s been a company in Burbank, Calif. that Hollywood’s biggest companies have trusted with everything from disc to digital, from 4K to high dynamic r... More
CBS COO: Company’s Open To New ‘Skinny’ Bundles, M&As… If They Make Sense
CBS remains open to making its networks part of new “skinny,” over-the-top (OTT) bundles, as long as the “terms and conditions” make sense for the company, according to CBS... More
M&E Journal: How Entertainment Will Be Altered by Immersive, New Consumer Experiences
By Bob Eicholz, CTO Production Services, and Gaël Seydoux, R&I Lab Director, Technicolor The interest, energy and excitement currently building up around entertainment experien... More
Pandora’s Paschel: Company Working on Deals for New On-Demand Service
Pandora is still working as fast as it can to complete deals with music labels — especially the major three labels — before it can launch its planned on-demand subscription mus... More
