M+E Connections
PwC: Companies Should Invest More in Improving Customer Experience and AI Can Help
Companies need to invest more in improving customer experience (CX) and the use of technologies including artificial intelligence (AI) can help, according to the findings of a PwC ... More
NAB Show 2018: MESA Members to Share Storage Solutions
By Jeff Berman and Chris Tribbey This year at the NAB Show, Caringo will be demonstrating how media and entertainment (M&E) organizations “can leverage object storage to g... More
SHIFT Unveils ‘Creative Fund’ Short Film Grant
SHIFT, the new brand for the combined software-as-a-service businesses of MediaSilo and Wiredrive, has launched a new grant program for up-and-coming filmmakers, providing up to $3... More
M&E Journal: Making Movie Magic Securely in the Cloud: A New Wave of Innovation
By Ziad Lammam, VP Product Management and Marketing, Teradici - Hollywood is no stranger to digital transformation. Evolving from silent, black and white films, today’s enter... More
WiTH Leadership Award Nominations Due March 26
The Women in Technology: Hollywood (WiTH) organization, which is dedicated to the advancement of women in entertainment technology, is seeking nominations for its second annual WiT... More
‘The New Cyber Threat of Disinformation’ at the Cyber Security & Content Protection Summit at NAB Show, April 8
LAS VEGAS — Cyber-disinformation threats are now moving from government to the private sector, and media & entertainment is a prime target, according to the keynoter at the u... More
human-I-T: Removing Both E-Waste and Obstacles to Accessing Technology
Long Beach, Calif.-based human-I-T was first established in order to address two problems: The growing issue of e-waste in the United States, where 150,000 computers are disposed o... More
Oracle’s Ellison: Company to Introduce More Autonomous Cloud Services Soon
Oracle is gearing up to deliver additional autonomous cloud services to its customers soon, according to Larry Ellison, the company’s founder, chairman and CTO. “Over the ne... More
NAB Show: MESA Members to Showcase Connected TV, OTT and App Solutions
Globecast will be touting its new Cloud Channel Playout solution for 4K Ultra High-Definition (UHD), HD and standard-definition (SD) channels at NAB. The new media management servi... More
IBM Prediction: ‘AI Bias’ to ‘Explode,’ But Only ‘Unbiased AI Will Survive’
As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to proliferate, the amount of “biased” AI systems and algorithms will significantly rise, but only “unbiased” AI will survive, acc... More
New Avid CEO: Company to Further ‘Sharpen’ MediaCentral Execution
Avid will continue to “sharpen execution” on its MediaCentral cloud-enabled media workflow platform as part of its 2018 strategy, according to new company CEO Jeff Rosica. �... More
M&E Journal: How Digital Demand Is Disrupting Dubbing
By Dr. Stuart Green, CEO, ZOO Digital - Thanks to the boom in popularity of digital channels and internet streaming services for film, TV and video, content owners are seeing mo... More
Digital Bedrock to Archive, Preserve Soderbergh’s ‘Logan Lucky,’ ‘Unsane’
Los Angeles-based digital preservation service Digital Bedrock has announced an agreement with director Steven Soderbergh and his company Fingerprint Releasing, which will see Digi... More
Disney Combines D2C Platforms, Tech and International Operations as Part of Reorganization
As part of a strategic reorganization of Disney into four business segments, the company has combined the management of its direct-to-consumer (D2C) distribution platforms, technol... More
NAGRA, MTM Gear Up for ‘Pay-TV Innovation Forum’
Starting this month and running through September, content protection and multiscreen TV solutions firm NAGRA and research firm MTM will produce their third annual “Pay-TV Innova... More
Kroll Acquired by Advisory Firm Duff & Phelps
Risk management and cybersecurity solutions firm Kroll has been acquired by global advisory firm Duff & Phelps, the companies announced March 13, with Duff & Phelps picking up Krol... More
Veritone Renews, Expands AI Pact with ESPN to Include TV, Podcasts
Veritone’s aiWARE artificial intelligence (AI) platform will now be used by ESPN for TV and podcasts as part of a renewed and expanded deal that was announced by the companies Ma... More
Smart Content West: NeuLion’s Crawford Stresses Streaming Data
LOS ANGELES — In 2017, NeuLion managed video for 63,000 live events, delivering more than 300 live linear channels, covering everything from ingest and encoding, to monetization,... More
Smart Content West: M&E Companies Must Embrace New Forms of Interactivity
Interactivity keeps evolving and it’s important for media and entertainment companies to embrace new forms of interactive media and also find ways to measure viewer engagement, J... More
M&E Journal: Women in Technology Aren’t Statistical Aberrations
By Bhanu Srikanth, Chief Technology Officer, Giant Interactive - I’m going against popular opinion here: Google made an enormous mistake when they fired James Damore, the eng... More
