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Deluxe’s Company 3, EFILM and Deluxe Toronto Post Major Entries in Cannes Film Festival (MESA)

Deluxe Entertainment Services Group has announced that its leading color grading and finishing houses, EFILM, Company 3 and Deluxe Toronto, completed color grading and post-product... More

PwC Names Rob Mesirow Principal (MESA)

Rob Mesirow has joined PwC as a principal based in Washington, DC. With nearly 20 years of experience, Rob will be focused on helping PwC’s clients think through and execute on t... More

Nintendo Could Return To Movie Theaters, ‘Video Content’ As Core Business Shrinks (IBT)

Nintendo may be making a return to the big screen, its president revealed in an interview with Japan’s Asahi Shimbun Monday. The company is exploring the potential of films based... More

Is There a Seat for Google at Old TV’s Table? (AdAge)

Ad buyers will fill venues in New York City this week to watch TV networks stage shows pitching oceans of commercial time in their upcoming seasons. But behind the curtain, ad-tech... More

MPAA Signs Anti-Piracy Deal With Large Domain Registry (TorrentFreak)

Following the failed SOPA and PIPA bills, entertainment industry groups have switched their efforts away from legislation and towards voluntary cooperation with various stakeholder... More

Multi-Cloud: Understanding The Promise Vs. The Reality (Forbes)

Jim Battenberg, CenturyLink: The multi-cloud paradigm is undergoing the kind of post-hype contrition that so many promising ideas experience once their initial glow starts to fade.... More

Salesforce Rolls Out Lightning Platform For Marketing (Forbes)

As Salesforce approaches the three-year anniversary of its $2.5 billion ExactTarget acquisition, its marketing platform boss says the company is finally integrated into the rest of... More

BTI Studios: When Local Means Global (MESA)

Dubbing and subtitling are a major part of bringing a show to as wide an audience as possible. But with the growth of anywhere, anytime viewing, they are central to the success of ... More

Ads Evolve Into New Forms as Media Landscape Shifts (NY Times)

For decades, 30-second television commercials were the gold standard, and as online video proliferated, many digital ads were essentially repurposed from TV. But in the last severa... More

Amazon Takes on YouTube and Others, Opening Video Platform to All Creators (Variety)

Amazon, which touts itself as Earth’s biggest store, has officially launched its bid to be the place to watch any kind of video under the sun. With the launch of Amazon Video Dir... More

Akamai Advances Sustainability Initiative (MESA)

Akamai today announced its carbon reduction commitment to reduce the company's absolute greenhouse gas emissions below 2015 levels by sourcing renewable energy for 50 percent of it... More

Why Movie Theaters Should and Shouldn’t be Afraid of VOD (The Verge)

Many theater owners worry that, in the age of streaming, the cineplex will become less relevant. The message from studios, however, was clear: theater owners have nothing to fear, ... More

FCC’s Media Bureau Issues Video Competition Report (MCN)

The FCC has released its 17th annual--though it has not always been released annually--report on the state of video competition. Per usual, the report does not say whether or not i... More

Wazee Digital Appoints Andy Hurt to Lead Global Business Development and Marketing (MESA)

Wazee Digital, a leading provider of cloud-based video management and licensing services, has announced the appointment of Andy Hurt to the role of Senior Vice President, Business ... More

The Internet Economy (Medium)

We are living in an era of bundling. The big five consumer tech companies - Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon, and Microsoft - have moved far beyond their original product li... More

Salesforce Targets CSPs With New Cloud Framework (Light Reading)

Salesforce is eyeing a bigger slice of business with communications service providers after launching a new framework aimed at helping companies shift their critical systems into t... More

Adobe Acquires Livefyre to Help Brands and Publishers Tap Into User-Generated Content (Adweek)

Adobe announced today that it's buying Livefyre, a platform that helps brands and publishers collect, curate and publish user-generated content. The acquisition will allow Adobe to... More

Internet Powers Open Up Their Wallets (BloombergGadfly)

The tech superpowers don't disclose exactly where their capital expenditures go, but it is clear that buying and maintaining their gigantic computing networks represent a big chunk... More

In an Era of Streaming, Cinema Is Under Attack (NY Times)

Seen any good movies lately? Seen any movies? Chances are you have — but maybe not in an actual theater. Americans used to adore going out to the movies, but that love has been o... More

PwC: News Engagement Continues to Grow (Rapid TV News)

Contrary to conventional wisdom, news consumption is even stronger today than it was ten years ago – it’s just that broadcast news and newspapers are no longer the primary sour... More

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