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Synamedia Boosts Investment in Compression R&D Alongside a Trio of Video Network Team Hires (MESA)
Synamedia announced a boost to R&D investment in its groundbreaking compression technologies alongside a trio of senior appointments. With the adoption of 4K-ready devices and new ... More
Media Localizer ZOO Digital Sees ‘Reassuring Resumption in Demand’ (Slator)
UK-based media localizer ZOO Digital released a trading update for the 12 months to March 31, 2020, restating previous guidance on revenue and EBITDA for the company’s full year ... More
NAB Show Express Launches ‘Let’s Talk Cine’ Program for Content Creators (MESA)
NAB Show Express, NAB Show’s new digital experience, is introducing “Let’s Talk Cine,” a live, interactive program featuring timely and candid conversations with leading fi... More
HPA Launches Industry Recovery Task Force (MESA)
Hollywood Professional Association announced the formation of the HPA Industry Recovery Task Force. The task force will focus on the sustainable resumption of the production and po... More
Salesforce Announces Tools That Help Businesses Return to Work (CNBC)
Salesforce announced a new platform intended to help businesses and leaders reopen safely during the Covid-19 pandemic. Salesforce is launching a slew of of tools under Work.com, w... More
Salesforce to Hold All Events Online Through Year’s End (CNBC)
Salesforce will not hold its annual Dreamforce conference in person in San Francisco this year as uncertainty continues over when the coronavirus pandemic will be controlled. The e... More
Tom Leighton on the Major Surge in Internet Traffic Triggered by Physical Distancing (MIT News)
Mathematician and CEO of web services company Akamai looks ahead to how the pandemic-driven shift to remote working might change society.... More
Apple Services Revenue Hits $13.3B In Latest Quarter (THR)
The tech giant released its first-quarter earnings, with total revenues of $58.3 billion, up a modest one percent from a year ago but beating Wall Street expectations.... More
Kudelski Group Appoints Hardy Schmidbauer to SVP, IoT (MESA)
The Kudelski Group announced the appointment of Hardy Schmidbauer as Senior Vice President, IoT, effective April 30th, 2020. In this role, Schmidbauer will assume overall managemen... More
ThinkAnalytics Increases Revenues 30% as Growth Accelerates in the U.S., LATAM (MESA)
ThinkAnalytics revealed that revenues increased 30% year-on-year for the fiscal year ending 31 December 2019, particularly driven by strong demand in the US for the ThinkAnalytics ... More
Wasabi Announces Partnership With ALT Systems (MESA)
Wasabi announced a partnership with premiere media systems integrator ALT Systems to resell and deliver cloud object storage to content creators nationwide. As the Media & Entertai... More
ZOO Digital Expands EMEA Dubbing, Media Services With Experienced Hires (MESA)
ZOO Digital has expanded its EMEA dubbing and media services with two experienced hires in new positions. Katie Young joins as Head of Dubbing and Media Services while Igor Kasyans... More
Salesforce Researchers Working on an AI Economist for More Equitable Tax Policy (TechCrunch)
Tax policy is surely a complex beast, and depending on your political leanings, you probably have some strong feelings about how it should be implemented. Salesforce AI researchers... More
Iyuno Media Group COVID-19 Update (MESA)
While more of our global facilities begin to resume operations, Iyuno Media Group continues to take proactive steps to provide a healthy, safe customer, employee, and freelance exp... More
Synamedia Taps Google Cloud for ‘As-a-Service’ OTT Services (MESA)
Synamedia announced that it has partnered with Google Cloud to expand its video network portfolio with new over-the-top “as a service” offerings. This partnership enables Synam... More
Why Hollywood is Sticking With Movie Theaters and Only a Few Films are Heading to Streaming (CNBC)
With the closure of theaters across the country, studios are being forced to make tough decisions about which movies will be delayed and which will be sent to streaming and on-dema... More
AWS Helps Method Studios Take Cloud Rendering to the Next Level (MESA)
To create VFX for global blockbuster “Jumanji: The Next Level,” Method Studios tapped AWS to scale the render capacity of its on-premises compute 4X with low-cost Amazon EC2 Sp... More
Annual 4K 4Charity Run at NAB Show Goes Virtual (MESA)
Organizers of the 4K 4Charity Fun Run series announced that the running and walking event hosted in collaboration with the National Association of Broadcasters’ Show is going vir... More
Ex-20th Century Film CTO Hanno Basse Joins Microsoft Azure Division (Variety)
Hanno Basse, former chief technology officer of 20th Century Fox Film, has landed at Microsoft’s Azure, where he’s the tech company’s liaison to the media and entertainment i... More
Chesapeake Systems Acquires StorExcel (MESA)
Chesapeake Systems April 23 announced it has acquired premier systems integrator StorExcel. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The combined media tech providers will serve both ... More
