Business
Inside Apple’s Long, Bumpy Road to Hollywood (THR)
After a few false starts and a little offscreen drama, AppleTV+ finally makes its big debut with a slate of shows, Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon, and a billion potential c... More
DXC Technology to Add 1,200 Jobs at Arkansas Location (MESA)
End-to-end IT services firm DXC Technology has announced it will bring 1,200 new jobs to its Conway, Ark. location, with new positions in security IT services, healthcare and life ... More
Getty Images, Verizon Media Announce $40K Disability-Focused Creative Bursary (MESA)
Getty Images, in collaboration with Verizon Media, announced its latest global Creative Bursary grant centered around life with disabilities. Aimed at elevating photographers as th... More
ZOO Digital Celebrates Localization Award (MESA)
The Broadcast Tech Innovation Awards 2019 winners were revealed last week, which featured ZOO Digital picking up a trophy for 'Excellence in Localization for a Global TV Project' a... More
EY Report: U.S. Most Attractive M&A Target Country (Consultancy)
Despite geopolitical and economic headwinds, global executives are bullish on mergers and acquisitions activity, according to EY’s 21st Global Capital Confidence Barometer. A maj... More
SAP, Microsoft Partner for First-In-Market Cloud Migration Offerings (HITS)
Building on a joint commitment to simplify and modernize customers’ journeys to the cloud through project “Embrace,” SAP and Microsoft announced an extensive go-to-market par... More
Discovery Selects Synamedia’s Virtualized DCM to Support Its Asia Pacific Migration to Cloud Encoding (MESA)
Synamedia announced that Discovery has chosen its virtualized Digital Content Manager (DCM) from its video network portfolio to increase operational efficiencies for its Asia Pacif... More
Arts Alliance Media, Motion Picture Solutions Partner on Content E-Delivery Solution (MESA)
Digital cinema software and support solutions firm Arts Alliance Media (AAM) and international theatrical services company Motion Picture Solutions (MPS) have joined forces to prod... More
The Boxoffice Company Partners With Cinemark Theatres (Variety)
The Boxoffice Company has unveiled its first overall content partnership with the Texas-based Cinemark Theatres chain. The announcement comes a month after France-based media-techn... More
Deluxe Aligns Creative Services Division Under Jamie Haggarty (MESA)
Deluxe announced that it is aligning Deluxe Post Production, Method Studios and Beast under a single business unit, Deluxe Creative Services, to better serve the growing post and v... More
Synamedia Looks to ATSC 3.0 Transition (HITS)
Independent video software provider Synamedia is partnering with metadata management and data broadcasting company Triveni Digital to enable broadcasters to transition to ATSC 3.0,... More
Cosynd Partners With Distribution Platform YANGAROO (MESA)
Cosynd is partnering with YANGAROO Music, the provider of DMDS, a digital asset distribution platform serving broadcasters and tastemakers. The partnership will bring Cosynd’s po... More
Cognizant Acquires Enterprise DevOps, Cloud Transformation Consultancy Contino (HITS)
Professional services firm Cognizant announced Oct. 16 it will acquire London-based tech consultancy Contino, which helps clients with their digital moves via a combination of ente... More
The $50B 5G Battle (Fortune)
As the big wireless companies roll out super-fast 5G technology, they're facing a significant crunch in airwave spectrum to cover the whole country. There's a possible swath of air... More
Irdeto Adds McCarthy as COO of Video (MESA)
Digital platform security specialist Irdeto has brought on Shane McCarthy as its COO of its video entertainment business, where he’ll oversee the strategy of that division. (more... More
Genpact Acquiring Digital Consultancy Rightpoint (MESA)
Global professional services firm Genpact is acquiring Chicago-based digital company Rightpoint, giving Genpact a tech-focused consultancy that will help it offer end-to-end digita... More
Synamedia, Triveni Digital Partner for ATSC 3.0 Solutions (MESA)
Synamedia and Triveni Digital announced their partnership to enable customers to seamlessly transition to ATSC 3.0. Also announced today is their current deployment with a major U.... More
Salesforce CEO: What They Don’t Teach You In Business School (Forbes)
In 1996, Marc Benioff took a sabbatical from his executive post at Oracle and traveled to India and Nepal. Along the way, he thought about what a new kind of company would look lik... More
EY Launches Public Finance Management Blockchain Solution (MESA)
EY announced the launch of EY OpsChain Public Finance Manager (PFM), a blockchain-enabled solution designed to help governments improve their processes for financial management of ... More
SAP Names Former Juvo Executive as Head of Product for SAP SuccessFactors (MESA)
SAP today announced that Meg Bear has joined SAP SuccessFactors as head of product. In this role, Bear will be responsible for developing, scaling and integrating technologies — ... More
