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Coldplay Latest Artist to Tout Dolby Atmos Music
As part of its ongoing Dolby Atmos Music campaign, seven-time Grammy winning band Coldplay is featured in a new video touting the ability of Atmos to bring music to fans in ways th... More
Veritone Helps Deliver AI-Driven MAM Solution for Italian Football Club
Veritone and its OS for artificial intelligence, aiWARE, have partnered up with media asset management (MAM) operator Evolphin Software to deliver an AI-driven MAM platform for Ita... More
TiVo, Xperi to Merge, Will Operate as Xperi
TiVo and Xperi have announced they will merge in an all-stock transaction, creating a giant consumer and entertainment tech business representing the industry’s largest intellect... More
Softtek Acquires Majority Stake in Vector ITC
Global IT services firm Sofftek has acquired a 75% stake in Madrid-based technology firm Vector ITC, giving Sofftek a firmer hold in Europe, Latin America and the U.S., and strengt... More
CPS 2019: Time to Protect Your Networks … and the Government Can Help
UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. — Media and entertainment companies need to step up their cybersecurity initiatives and all too many organizations still don’t even have incident manage... More
Gartner Exec Tackles the Key Competencies for Success in WiTH Keynote
UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. — There are several key competencies that highly successful technology individuals and teams tend to have, according to Erin Griffin, senior executive part... More
CPS 2019: IBM Offers a Deep Dive on Making Your Journey to the Cloud Secure
UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. — A complete security program is required to maintain confidentiality, integrity and availability of our critical data and the infrastructure that holds it... More
CPS 2019: IBM Looks at Non-Traditional Approaches to Cloud Security
UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. — As media and entertainment organizations increasingly embrace the benefits of open, internet-based communications and cloud services, they’re entering ... More
CPS 2019: SHIFT CTO Stresses Proper Vetting for Pre-Release Content
UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. — Sharing pre-release content outside of your organization carries inherent risks, and Alex Nauda, CTO for workflow tech specialist SHIFT, began his breako... More
CDSA Board Names BBC Studios’ Content Security Chief as New Chair
Content Delivery & Security Association (CDSA), the global entertainment industry’s advocate for content security, content protection and information security, has named Alex Pic... More
Salesforce Execs: Company’s Growth Continued in Q3 and There’s More to Come
Salesforce’s growth initiatives, including its international expansion and acquisitions that are helping to boost its revenue, continued in the third quarter (ended Oct. 31) and ... More
Latest Cast & Crew Acquisition Could Be Its Biggest Yet
Theatrical payroll provider Checks & Balances. Screenwriting software firm Final Draft. Live events payroll specialist CAPS. In the last four years, production payroll services... More
Sony Electronics Debuts TEOS Workplace Management Solutions
Sony Electronics Dec. 3 debuted its TEOS suite of workplace management solutions for audio-visual, IT and facilities managers, offering a smart workplace solution that covers devic... More
CPS 2019: NAGRA, LiveTiles to Tackle Watermarking, Security Software
The direct-to-consumer (D2C) market has been a revelation to content owners, allowing them to forgo the middle man and get their intellectual property right in front of the custome... More
Box CEO: Company’s Seeing Significant ‘Early Sales Traction’ for Shield
The third quarter of fiscal 2020 (ended Oct. 31) was a major one for Box as the company “significantly expanded” its cloud management product offering with the launch of its Bo... More
Strong Disney Plus Launch Followed by Mighty ‘Frozen II’ Opening
Disney is currently basking in the warm receptions to its Disney Plus streaming service that analysts have been upbeat on so far and the release of its “Frozen II” animated mov... More
Dolby Launches Atmos Music Consumer Campaign
Dolby has launched its first consumer campaign around its multi-dimensional sound technology, Dolby Atmos, with the first campaign video debuting Nov. 24 at the 2019 American Music... More
MarkLogic: Employ Flexible Technology Now, or Feel the Data Pain Later
All companies today — not just in media and entertainment — are looking to have a better understanding of their customers. And to facilitate that means getting the most value o... More
Latest Google Cloud Security Updates Touted by Company in Google Talks Webcast
The latest Google Cloud Security enhancements were touted by the company during a Google Cloud Security Talks webcast Nov. 20. In the first presentation, “Latest Security Upda... More
IBM Security Debuts Open Tech to Speed Response to Cloud Cyber Threats
IBM Security Nov. 20 debuted Cloud Pak for Security, an industry-first platform offering that connects with any security tool, cloud or on-premise system, without the need to move ... More