M+E Connections
Adobe, comScore Team Up
By Chris Tribbey Adobe used its Las Vegas Adobe Summit event to make several major announcements March 22, including a new partnership with online tracking firm comScore, one that... More
Adobe Previews Mobile Content Tool
By Chris Tribbey Adobe has given its Adobe Experience Design CC tool an early release in the hopes of garnering feedback from long-time Adobe user experience (UX) designers, the c... More
Civolution, Azure, Deluxe Reps to Tackle the State of E-Screeners
By Chris Tribbey Toward the end of 2015, Hollywood was hit with a massive wave of piracy, with most every major blockbuster and every major awards winner seeing a leaked version... More
Wazee Digital Builds B2B Content Portal For BBC Worldwide
Wazee Digital has successfully launched a business to business content portal for BBC Worldwide’s global sales team to enhance the marketing of programmes to broadcasters from ar... More
DADC NMS Helps Launch New Funimation Mobile App
By Chris Tribbey Sony DADC New Media Solutions (NMS) has helped anime distributor Funimation Entertainment launch a redesigned mobile app for its ad-free anime streaming service, ... More
Virtual Reality: Week In Review
By Jeff Hyatt It's been another interesting week in the world of Virtual Reality, highlighted by two big companies integrating VR into their marketing strategies to hopefully sp... More
Dolby Marks 50th Atmos Home Entertainment Title
By Chris Tribbey March will mark a milestone for Dolby Atmos, the company’s next-generation, object-based surround sound technology, with the 50th home entertainment title to be... More
LG Tests ATSC 3.0 4K Broadcast in Korea
By Chris Tribbey LG Electronics has successfully tested the first-ever end-to-end 4K broadcast using the next-generation ATSC 3.0 standard, the company announced, marking the firs... More
DTS Headphone:X, Play-Fi Tech Integrated into New Acer Smartphone
By Chris Tribbey Sound technology company DTS scored another win with its Headphone:X surround sound technology Feb. 22, with mobile phone manufacturer Acer announcing it would in... More
Adobe, Akamai Kick Off Mobile World Congress
By Chris Tribbey Adobe and Akamai both made early waves at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona Feb. 22, while 20th Century Fox also used the annual conference to make a m... More
PwC: Expect More Cable Deals in 2016
By Chris Tribbey The overall value of entertainment, media and communications deals was up 13% to $149 billion in 2015, according to a new report from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)... More
Hallen Named President of HPA
By Chris Tribbey Leon Silverman, president of the Hollywood Professional Alliance (HPA), is stepping down from his position, with Seth Hallen, HPA board member and SVP of global c... More
David Webster Dole, Creator of ISCI, Dead at 101
By Chris Tribbey David Webster Dole, creator of the Industry Standard Coding Identification (ISCI), the precursor to today’s Ad-ID industry standard for identifying ad assets fo... More
M&E Daily Publishing Schedule
Just a quick update that there will be no M&E Daily Monday. But we will be back on schedule for Tuesday. Have a nice weekend!... More
Evolution Digital Launches New IP Video Platform
By Chris Tribbey Evolution Digital — which offers integrated IP hybrid devices and video solutions to the cable industry — acquired i-Velozity and its IP VOD platform for cabl... More
Rovi, Intellectual Ventures Collaborate on OTT Partnership
Rovi and Intellectual Ventures today announced that the companies are collaborating to bring together two of the world’s leading media and entertainment patent portfolios under a... More
Quantum Rides Scale-Out Storage Revenue to Operating Profit
By Chris Tribbey Scale-out storage, archive and data protection solutions company Quantum posted operating income of $2 million for its fiscal third quarter (ended Dec. 31) thanks... More
Dolby CEO: An ‘Exciting’ Time for the Company
By Chris Tribbey The end of 2015 was a banner quarter for Dolby, according to CEO Kevin Yeaman. Speaking Jan. 27 during the sound technology company’s fiscal first quarter ... More
PwC, Forbes: Personalized Content Still a Problem
By Chris Tribbey A majority of companies lack an overriding strategy for their content, allow content to be created in a vacuum within their marketing departments, rarely personal... More
Vubiquity Partners With Cuban TV/Digital Network
By Chris Tribbey Multiplatform video services company Vubiquity has been tapped by a start-up network that will be the nation’s first to deliver multi-platform content dedicated... More