M+E Connections

A combination of flat revenue growth and growing operational costs for media and entertainment companies means Hollywood needs to start getting inventive, according to Ramki Sankar... More

NeuLion’s purchase of Saffron Digital will create a merged digital video service provider of more than 600 employees in North America and Europe, with a strong presence in multip... More

At the recent Hollywood IT Society’s (HITS) “Holly-wired: Where IT and Entertainment Meet” conference in Los Angeles, Teresa Phillips, SVP for V2 Solutions, called on media a... More

On June 6 in Los Angeles, the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media will hold another in its series of See Jane Salon events, this one tackling how content is being made for Gen... More

Pittsburgh, Pa.-based Avere Systems exists for a pretty specific reason: Unstructured data is doubling every year, but less than 10% of the files in a data center are active, resul... More

Amid the ongoing, revolutionary changes that are being seen in the media and technology sectors, it would be in the best interest of those who work in those industries to start thi... More

Dolby Laboratories sees a “very good opportunity” for it in the mobile space, CFO Lewis Chew said at the B. Riley & Co. Investor Conference in Los Angeles May 25. Use of th... More

Strong film franchises, NBC Universal’s broadcasting of the upcoming Summer Olympics, and continued strength of Comcast Cable’s X1 interactive TV platform are among the key rea... More

Virtual reality (VR) is expected to be among the main stories on both the hardware and software fronts at the annual Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) June 14-16 in Los Angeles, v... More

The supposed death of broadcast TV was premature and network TV has “never been stronger,” CBS CEO Les Moonves told the Needham Emerging Technology Conference in New York on Ma... More

The impact of over-the-top (OTT) services, including the “skinny” bundles offered by a growing number of companies, was among the main subjects discussed by media executives at... More

“The biggest disruption in the next 12 months” for the media industry will continue to be the “skinny, fat” and other TV station bundles that we’ve seen proliferate over ... More

By Chris Tribbey The Content Delivery & Security Association (CDSA) and the Media & Entertainment Services Alliance (MESA) Europe have teamed up to launch a European Con... More

The “explosive growth” seen in programmatic advertising last year will be paired this year with growth in programmatic content, with studios selling, merchandising and pricing ... More

Cord-cutting is among the key trends that are “revolutionizing” the video content delivery sector, along with the growth of streaming subscription services, Serge Kassardjian, ... More

By Jeff Berman Disney’s decision to cancel its “Infinity” video game series and exit the video game publishing business completely was a wise one, analysts said May 12. ... More

Amazon jumped hip-deep into the video production pool Tuesday with the launch of its new Amazon Video Direct service, which allows Amazon users to take a page from YouTube’s play... More

Online streaming powerhouse Hulu has partnered with data management services company Mediamorph, with the former using the latter’s rights-centric software platform to get more r... More

The Media & Entertainment Services Alliance (MESA) has made two moves to help improve the editorial content of its series of newsletters and web sites, promoting senior writer ... More

Deluxe Technicolor Digital Cinema (DTDC) — a joint venture of Deluxe Entertainment Services Group and Technicolor that provides digital cinema mastering, distribution and managem... More