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The Truth About Marketing (Wazee Digital Blog)
Genuine marketing seeks truth, reality, and clarity. We muddle through the muck and uncover what really is. And we do it right now. Not next week. Not next month. And certainly not... More
Dolby Marks Dolby Vision, Atmos Gains to Close Fiscal Year
Increased adoption of Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos in consumer electronics devices helped the company’s fiscal fourth quarter results Oct. 25, with Dolby reporting revenue of $24... More
College Football Playoff Extends Exclusive Licensing Partnership with Wazee Digital (MESA)
Wazee Digital, a leading provider of cloud-native video management and licensing services, today announced that College Football Playoff (CFP) has extended its contract with Wazee ... More
IBM Can Run an Experimental AI in Memory, Not on Processors (MIT Technology Review)
Don’t throw out your CPUs just yet, but there may be a new way to run your neural networks. In the regular world of computing—whether you’re running exotic deep learning a... More
OTT Becomes A-OK on the STB (B&C)
After being held off at arm’s length, over-the-top video services are now being embraced enthusiastically by cable operators and integrated on their set-top box platforms at an a... More
Huawei, Dolby Debut HDR STB (Advanced Television)
Huawei and Dolby Laboratories have unveiled the Huawei Q22 set-top box, which they say is the first IPTV set-top box in the world to support Dolby Vision high-dynamic-range (HDR) t... More
TiVo’s Upcoming DVR, the TiVo BOLT VOX, Will Include Voice Support (TechCrunch)
TiVo is nearing the launch of a new product in its BOLT family of DVRs, which can either be swapped in place of your cable company’s DVR, or, in the case of the original BOLT, be... More
Update to Bring Dolby TrueHD to 2017 LG OLED TVs (HD Guru)
LG said that a new firmware update for its 4K Ultra HD OLED TVs is bringing support for Dolby TrueHD lossless sound technology to 2017 models. The update will make it possible for ... More
Research: NFL is Strongest for Live Sports Viewers on Devices (VideoNuze)
Adobe Primetime and The Diffusion Group have released new research, finding among other things, that the NFL is the most popular sport to live stream on digital devices. The resear... More
Subscription Video Services Lift Global App Spending (Variety)
Mobile users around the world keep spending more money on apps every quarter, and one of the big drivers of app revenue growth are subscription video services like Netflix and HBO ... More
Why Blockchain is the Medicine, Not the Cure for Advertising’s Problems (The Drum)
According to Forrester, governments and businesses in Asia Pacific are starting to embrace blockchain technology to drive digital innovation and create more business opportunities.... More
Twitter Introduces a New Video-Centric Ad Format (TechCrunch)
While there’s a larger debate swirling around Twitter’s problems with abuse and harassment, the business side of the business is still chugging along. Today, the company is ... More
Oct. 1, 2017: A Landmark Day in the Migration to File-Based Delivery in the U.K. (Signiant Blog)
The Digital Production Partnership (DPP), an industry organization comprising UK broadcasters BBC, BT Sport, Channel 4, Channel 5, ITV, Sky and UKTV, recently announced that as of ... More
Why Augmented Reality is the Next Big Move for the Sports Industry (Inc.)
The experience of a sports fan is not what it used to be. Gone are the days when fans would only pay attention to football on Sundays and baseball during the month of October. Fans... More
Deluxe Helps Answer Growing Demand for 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Content with Dolby Vision-Approved Authoring Services (MESA)
Deluxe delighted cinephiles today with the announcement that its compression and authoring services are now Dolby Vision approved, which will rapidly facilitate the release of more... More
Linear, VOD Video Worlds Continue to Converge (B&C)
Video consumption will be almost evenly split between linear and on-demand viewing by 2020, Ericsson predicts in a new study based on roughly 20,000 online interviews held in more ... More
Wi-Fi Security Flaw Puts All Wireless Devices at Risk (CNET)
You use Wi-Fi every day -- you may even be on it right this very moment -- and that means the device you're using is at serious risk of being hijacked. Researchers have discovered ... More
Will Congress Kill Facebook and the Rest of the Internet? (AdAge)
Fake news, fake ads, fake accounts, bots, Russians interfering with our elections.... Suddenly, people are waking up to the idea that the internet is a highly chaotic, ungoverned m... More
LG, Dolby Kick Off Roadshow Showcasing Ultimate Home Entertainment Experience (MESA)
LG today launched the "LG OLED TV Cinema House powered by Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos," an immersive consumer experience featuring the superior audio-visual performance of LG OLED... More
Screen Media Selects Sony’s Ci Media Cloud Platform for Centralized Media Production Workflow (MESA)
Screen Media has selected Sony’s Ci Media Cloud platform to centralize its media workflows in the cloud, using the Ci Company Network to gather, prepare and deliver content for c... More
