M+E Connections
Amazon Web Services Highlights Growing Trends, New Services at re:Invent
Growing demand for containers and data lakes are among the major trends being seen by Amazon Web Services, according to its CEO, Andy Jassy. “Everybody wants a data lake,” h... More
Azure Exec: Microsoft to Continue Supporting Customers Using IBM’s Red Hat Solutions
Microsoft Azure intends to continue supporting those of its customers that also have been using the services of Red Hat despite IBM’s recent purchase of that open source software... More
M&E Journal: Grow the Pipeline (in Almost No Time)
By Nadya Ichinomiya, Director, Information Technology, Television Marketing, Sony Pictures Entertainment - Once upon a time a clever, apocryphal sage intoned with solemn expecta... More
AWS Deepens Relationship with Intel via Mobileye Pact
Amazon Web Services (AWS) deepened its long relationship with Intel as Mobileye, an Israel-based subsidiary of Intel, selected AWS to be its preferred cloud provider for Mobileye�... More
M&E Journal: It is the Dawning of the Age of Transparency
By Guy Finley, President, Media & Entertainment Services Alliance (MESA) - I see you. You see me. We see everything. Welcome to the Age of Transparency. It’s a world where we ... More
Q&A: Industry Vet Ludovisi Talks Fan Engagement
By Devendra Mishra, Executive Director, HITS and Chief Strategist, MESA - The emerging direct-to-consumer (DTC) initiatives of the Hollywood studios and networks have been a lon... More
Cognizant CEO: Company to Continue AI, Analytics Investments
Cognizant will continue to invest in artificial intelligence (AI) and analytics as it looks to expand the scope within its three digital practice areas – Digital Business, Digita... More
OTT Provided a Q4 Boost for Viacom
The strong performance of “Mission: Impossible – Fallout,” combined with growth in revenue from over-the-top (OTT) streaming and other digital services, helped Viacom report ... More
Convergent Risks Expands to Tackle TPN Security Assessments, Consultancy Demands
Risk identification, assessment and mitigation specialist Convergent Risks has announced it’s expanding its resources by 50% to meet increased demand for both the Trusted Partner... More
Content Protection Summit Keynotes to Examine Security Awareness, Disinformation Campaigns
A trio of keynote presentations Dec. 5 during the Content Delivery & Security Association’s (CDSA) annual Content Protection Summit (CPS) in Marina del Rey, Calif. will look ... More
Dolby Debuts ‘Dimension’ Wireless Headphones
Dolby unveiled what it called “the first wireless headphones perfected for home entertainment,” saying Nov. 14 that the $599 Dolby Dimension is available now exclusively at Dol... More
M&E Journal: For Hollywood, Fusing Creativity with Analytics is Still a Work in Progress
By Devendra Mishra, Executive Director, HITS and Chief Strategist, MESA - Over the past two decades, data analytics in global business have evolved from the early recommendation... More
DISH, NAGRA Mark Win in SetTV Streaming Piracy Case
Content protection and multiscreen TV solutions provider NAGRA and DISH Network marked a legal victory Nov. 12, taking home a judgment against the Kodi-based SetTV streaming servic... More
‘Disney Plus’ Direct-to-Consumer Streaming Service to Launch in U.S. Late Next Year
The long-awaited, Disney-branded direct-to-consumer (DTC) streaming service has finally been given a name – Disney Plus, matching the already-launched ESPN Plus – and it will l... More
Fox Reports Stronger SVOD, TV Ad Revenue for Q1
Twenty-First Century Fox reported stronger subscription video on demand (SVOD) revenue in its Filmed Entertainment segment for its first quarter (ended Sept. 30), along with increa... More
Getting Started with AI
By Mary Yurkovic, Director, Smart Content Council, MESA - Artificial Intelligence (AI) continues to be a big buzzword in the M&E space and for a very good reason. It not only re... More
DXC Strengthens ServiceNow Collaboration with Two More Acquisitions
DXC Technology made two more acquisitions – U.K.-based TESM and Nordic consultancy firm BusinessNow -- that it said Nov. 5 “significantly extended the reach and capability” ... More
M&E Journal: Turning E-Waste Into Opportunities for Others
By Brandon Smith, VP of Sales, human-I-T - We begin with Amir Patel, age 7, of the village of Sangarampur in northeast India. Nearby, piles of electronics nearly 6-feethigh wai... More
Program, Keynotes Announced for Dec. 5 Content Protection Summit in Los Angeles
The annual Content Delivery & Security Association’s (CDSA) Content Protection Summit (CPS) on Dec. 5 in Marina del Rey is the largest conference of the year dedicated to sec... More
CBS Exec: Death of Broadcast TV Has Been Greatly Exaggerated
NEW YORK – Despite the revolutionary changes that have been taking place in the TV sector in recent years, broadcast TV continues to do just fine – especially the networks like... More