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FremantleMedia Centralizes Content and Facilitates Access Through Wazee Digital Core (MESA)
Wazee Digital today announced that global content company FremantleMedia has begun using Wazee Digital Core for enterprise-level asset management in the cloud. In doing so, Fremant... More
Prime Focus Technologies Signs Deal with Turner Latin America to Virtualize Content Operations Across Supply Chain (MESA)
Prime Focus Technologies has signed an agreement with Turner Latin America, where PFT’s CLEAR™ Broadcast Cloud will provide work order and supply chain management along with en... More
CBS Chief Les Moonves: ‘Theatrical Business is Going to Have to Change its Model’ (The Wrap)
The Milken Global Conference drew luminaries from George W. Bush to Joe Biden to several members of Donald Trump’s cabinet, but Los Angeles is still a company town, and there wer... More
Tsujihara Says Studios ‘Making Good Progress’ on PVOD (HMM)
Kevin Tsujihara has turned monetizing stacking rights of TV shows into an art form since becoming CEO of Warner Bros. Another notable legacy project — shortening the theatrical w... More
IBM to Snap Up Remnants of Verizon’s Cloud Business (ZDNet)
After bowing out of the public cloud last year, Verizon is selling its private cloud business to IBM. Verizon Enterprise Solutions on Tuesday said it had reached a deal for IBM ... More
Technicolor Experience Center’s Marcie Jastrow: ‘Alien Covenant: In Utero’ Shows Studios, Production Companies How VR Can Be Leveraged to Maximize Theatrical Assets (Future Trust)
Jastrow: "I think the biggest issue you have at this point is the fact that VR is still nascent. There are still a lot of issues surrounding pipeline and image quality. We have to... More
Europe, Hollywood Denounce European Commission’s Digital Market Plans (Variety)
Flagging a likely Cannes Festival hot button issue, 411 trade orgs, companies and European film-TV executives have signed a open joint letter calling upon the European Commission a... More
Disney Digital Network Unveiled During NewFronts (B&C)
The Walt Disney Co. unveiled the Disney Digital Network, which brings together several Disney-owned sites to help advertisers reach millennial and generation Z audiences. Disney... More
Top Six Digital Transformation Trends in Media, Entertainment (Forbes)
Cord-Cutting Has Led To New Business Models: It used to be that we all had cable or satellite, and we suffered through having to purchase 300 channels just to get the two or three ... More
Pai Pleases Broadcasters with Dereg Pledge (Light Reading)
Even before he called for the rollback of net neutrality rules on Wednesday, new FCC Chairman Ajit Pai had been doing his level best to make most of the communications and media te... More
Xbox Chief: We Need to Create a Netflix of Video Games (The Guardian)
Something big has happened to the video game industry over the last five years – you may have noticed. All the old rules about consoles – the fact that they enjoyed five-to-eig... More
NAB 2017: Microsoft Azure Media Player Adds New Monetization Option (eWeek)
Microsoft has upgraded its Azure Media Player, the company's cloud-based streaming technology, to help Azure Media Services customers monetize their online videos. During the Na... More
Report: Amazon Prime Membership Swells to 80 Million (Twice)
While growth of Amazon Prime membership is slowing due to saturation, the e-tailer is winning the loyalty battle as consumers continue to maintain or sign up for new subscriptions.... More
Digital Drivers: The Race for Consumers (HMM)
Consumers continued their love affair with digital content in 2016, while content owners and digital services — some producing content of their own — vied for their attention. ... More
Tata Supports VICE’s Video Ambitions with Cloud Content Platform (Silicon UK)
Tata Communications is building a completely cloud-based platform for VICE Media, whose recent focus on video has seen it launch linear television channels in a number of countries... More
Source Digital Enhances Viewer Experiences Through Engagement, Content Discovery in Season 2 of ‘ToyMakerz’ (MESA)
Source Digital has entered into an agreement with the Velocity Network's hit show ToyMakerz to build a fully synchronous companion app experience for season 2 premiering in the fal... More
Evolution Digital Deploys eVUE-TV with Seven Additional NCTC Member Operators (MESA)
Evolution Digital today announced the deployment of its fully-managed eVUE-TV™ IP Video on Demand Solution with seven additional member operators in the National Cable Television... More
USA Swimming Centralizes Content, Licensing on Wazee Digital Core (MESA)
Wazee Digital today announced that USA Swimming is using Wazee Digital Core as a central content repository and licensing portal. The governing body’s engagement with Wazee Digit... More
NeuLion Offers Opportunistic Entry Into Video Streaming (Forbes)
Major technology disruption creates winners and losers, and the rise of digital video streaming comes at the expense of traditional cable and broadcast television companies, which ... More
A Conversation About Digital Copyright Reform (TechCrunch)
The European Union is in the process of reforming copyright laws that date back to 2001, as part of a wider strategy to establish a Digital Single Market across the 28 Member State... More
