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Former Paramount Chairman Brad Grey Dies (Screen Daily)

Brad Grey, the former talent manager, and producer who until recently had served as chairman of Paramount Pictures, has died of cancer. He was 59. Jim Gianopulos, who recently repl... More

iTunes is Coming to the Windows Store (TechCrunch)

Here is a surprise: at its Build developer conference, Microsoft today announced that Apple’s iTunes will come to the Windows Store by the end of the year. The iTunes app will ha... More

Redbox Adding 1,500 Kiosks Nationwide in 2017 (HMM)

Redbox, the No. 1 packaged-media rental service, May 10 announced it is adding 1,500 kiosks nationwide this year, with more planned in 2018. The privately held company said the exp... More

PBS Releases TV Streaming Stick for Kids (CNET)

Hey parents, do you want reassurance that your kids' screen time is valuable and educational? Nobody does that better than PBS Kids. Hot on the heels of the Playtime Pad tablet, PB... More

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

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