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White House AI, Robotics Expert to Keynote Feb. 27 Smart Hollywood Summit

When President Obama saw the need to commercialize, research and adopt a policy around robotics and AI, he turned to Dr. Eric Daimler, a leading authority with more than 20 years o... More

Apple’s Cloud, Other Services Helped Offset Weaker iPhone Sales in Q1

Apple reported strong revenue from its cloud and other services in the first quarter (ended Dec. 29) that helped offset weakness in its iPhone business. Services revenue “set ... More

BDA, UHDA: UHD Blu-ray, TVs Growing Significantly but Challenges Remain

Ultra High-Def (UHD) TV and UHD Blu-ray hardware and software sales continue to grow globally, but some challenges remain for the industry, including lingering consumer confusion a... More

Studios, Vendors to Tackle Everything EIDR at Jan. 30 Participant Meeting

Studio executives, experts from the Hollywood vendor community and OTT providers will all be on hand Jan. 30 in Playa Vista, Calif. for the annual Participant Meeting of the Entert... More

MicroStrategy: AI Strategies Becoming a Necessity, More Explainable AI are Among Top 2019 Trends to Watch

Artificial intelligence (AI) strategies becoming a necessity and an increase in both action-oriented analytics and explainable AI that makes people more comfortable with the techno... More

M&E Journal: Best Practices in SaaS and Cloud for the M&E Industry

By Jon Finegold, CMO, Signiant - As cloud technology becomes mainstream in media, the highly customized applications deployed by early adopters are increasingly being retired in... More

AWS Launches Amazon WorkLink for Mobile

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has debuted a new service geared toward enabling workforces to access internal web sites and applications from mobile devices, without connecting to VPNs ... More

Google Cloud Exec: Companies Can ‘Turbocharge Business Impact’ by Building Apps Faster

Companies can take advantage of Google Cloud’s latest technologies and tools to build applications at the increasingly fast speeds that customers are looking for today, according... More

Video: Ooyala, Paramount Execs Offer ‘Business of Video’ Insights at CES 2019

Before the show floor opened for CES 2019 in Las Vegas, online video platform and workflow management system specialist Ooyala hosted a private “Business of Video” panel, featu... More

TiVo Report: Media Fragmentation, Content Fatigue Growing

As media fragmentation continues to grow, there are signs of “content fatigue” among many TV viewers, but there are opportunities for the TV industry to combat that fatigue by ... More

M&E Journal: How Threat Intelligence Enables Cybersecurity

By Christopher Taylor, Security Consultant, Taksati Consulting - “Offense informs defense” has been a driving security tenet for a long time and nothing epitomizes this more... More

Netflix Execs: Expect More Original Content, Bundling, Interactive Storytelling

Along with more original Netflix content, we can also expect to see more bundling of its streaming service with pay TV, internet and mobile services, as well as more interactive st... More

Digital Bedrock, WGBH Team on PBCore Cataloging Tool

Digital preservation specialist Digital Bedrock and media company WGBH have teamed up to launch a new, open-source cataloguing tool, the PBCore Cataloguing Tool. Developed by Di... More

Digimarc CEO: Demand for Its Intuitive Computing Platform Rises

Digimarc is seeing growing demand for its Intuitive Computing Platform (ICP) technologies among retailers and consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies, according to Bruce Davis, the... More

SDI Media Debuts App for Foreign Language Dubbing Community

Localization specialist SDI Media has launched a world’s first app geared directly at foreign language dubbing community professionals, offering direct access to the media produc... More

Veritone CEO: Company Continues to Make Strides in M&E Market

Veritone continues to see strong demand for its aiWARE artificial intelligence (AI) platform, especially in the media & entertainment (M&E) and government sectors, accordin... More

Analysts Expect Little Subscriber Pushback to Netflix Price Increases

Analysts were mostly upbeat on the 13-18% price increases that Netflix quietly made across its three U.S. streaming service plans, projecting we’ll see little slowdown in the com... More

Winter M&E Journal Digital Edition Goes Live

The digital version of the winter edition of the Media & Entertainment Services Alliance’s “M&E Journal,” featuring more than 40 original M&E thought pieces from executives r... More

CES 2019: Comcast Technology Solutions Talks Direct to Consumer; Wipro Eyes ATSC 3.0

LAS VEGAS — CES 2019 came to a close with some 180,000 attendees checking out the latest tech innovations from more than 4,500 exhibitors, and keynotes from AT&T Communications,... More

TPN Next Phase: App & Cloud Security

Announced recently at CDSA’s Content Protection Summit, the Trusted Partner Network (TPN) has targeted 2019 for the next phase of its content security program. The TPN App & ... More

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