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Dish CEO: Sling TV Remains ‘Well-Positioned’ in Crowded OTT Market

Dish Network sees its Sling TV over-the-top (OTT) streaming service as being “well positioned to perform in the dynamic marketplace, but we also need to execute,” according to ... More

Moving to the Cloud: White Paper Examines Post, VFX Concerns

At this week’s HPA Tech Retreat in Palm Springs, Calif., Entertainment Technologies Inc. and cloud specialists RStor will debut a new white paper “Moving to the Cloud: A Practi... More

SDI Media, IMAGICA Lab Open New Tokyo Dubbing Studio

Entertainment localization provider SDI Media has teamed up with fellow IMAGICA Group subsidiary IMAGICA Lab — Japan’s largest post-production facility — to open a new dubbin... More

M&E Journal: What Will 2020 Bring to Media and Entertainment?

By Mary Yurkovic, Director, Smart Content Council, MESA - Now that 2020 has arrived, it’s time to reflect: Has your organization met its expectations for the last decade? Was ... More

Global Eagle Quick to Add Oscar Winners

Inflight entertainment specialist Global Eagle wasted no time making sure its clients have access to some of the 2020 Academy Awards top films. The Los Angeles-based company has... More

Cognizant CFO: Expect More Investments Like Code Zero

Cognizant plans to continue making partnership investments along the lines of its recently announced acquisitions of Atlanta-based Code Zero Consulting and the French operations of... More

Sohonet Launches ClearView Pivot

Sohonet is introducing ClearView Pivot, a solution for real-time remote editing, colour grading, live screening and finishing reviews at full cinema quality. The new solution w... More

Google Cloud CEO Touts Company’s Aggressive Growth Strategy

Google has an aggressive cloud computing growth strategy in which it’s accelerating digital transformation by offering the best infrastructure, platform and industry-specific sol... More

Akamai CEO: Continued Cloud Security Solutions Strength Drove Q4 Growth

Akamai’s Cloud Security Solutions business provided a major boost for the company’s results in its fourth quarter (ended Dec. 31), according to CEO Tom Leighton. The company... More

M&E Journal: Artfully Forecasting Intelligent Ratings With Artificial Intelligence

By Shiv Sehgal, Chief Product Officer, RSG Media - As we look to the future to TV advertising, one thing is certain: Broadcast networks have had a difficult time fighting the po... More

Dolby, Technicolor, Deluxe Celebrate Oscar Wins

Dolby Labs, Technicolor and Deluxe Entertainment Services are all celebrating their contributions to those films that took home Oscars following the 92nd Academy Awards Feb. 9. ... More

M&E Journal: Why a Platform Approach to Direct-to-Consumer is the Right One

By Mark Cokes, VP Marketing, Applicaster - “We apologize for the delay in responding to your call, but we are currently experiencing higher than usual call volumes.” How man... More

Starzplay Streaming Service Provided Lionsgate with a Q3 Boost

Lionsgate continued to see strength from its Starzplay international subscription video on demand (SVOD) and other over-the-top (OTT) streaming services in the third quarter (ended... More

DXC Execs: Company Made Progress with New Strategy in Q3

DXC Technology saw promising signs in the third quarter (ended Dec. 31) as progress was made on its new business strategy, according to company executives. “I'm pleased with t... More

Citadel Information Group Acquired by Miller Kaplan

Los Angeles-based Information security management services specialist Citadel Information Group has been acquired by public accounting firm Miller Kaplan, the companies announced ... More

AWS Innovations and Results Strong Again in Q4, Amazon Says

Strong Amazon Web Services (AWS) results helped Amazon report stronger results than a year ago in the fourth quarter (ended Dec. 31), during which the company unveiled multiple new... More

Microsoft Q2 Results Helped by Continued Azure Momentum

Continued Azure innovation and business momentum played a key role in the strong results that Microsoft reported Jan. 29 for its second quarter (ended Dec. 31). Revenue in Micro... More

SAP Execs Eye AI Opportunities, Tout Cloud Strength in Q4

SAP executives Jan. 28 pointed to the growth opportunities they see in artificial intelligence, while touting the strength in the firm’s cloud business that provided it with a si... More

Study: Seattle, Boston Top U.S. Metro Areas for STEM Professionals

With growing demand nationwide for professionals with STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) education (the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics forecasts 9% growth in ... More

Premiere Digital Acquires Inflight Entertainment Specialist CMI Media

Media services, distribution and tech solutions firm Premiere Digital has acquired Stamford, Conn.-based CMI Media Management (CMI), a localization vendor that acts as a preferred ... More

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