M+E Connections
Metarex, EIDR Work Together on Glass-to-Glass Metadata
Everywhere you look in the media industry now, you’ll find the word metadata being used. Consumer experience is navigated with it. Supply chains depend upon it. AI workflows gene... More
Synamedia: Don’t Laugh But Pirates Like Comedies
During the webinar “No laughing matter: pirates enjoy comedy” on Feb. 28, Synamedia and Ampere Analysis provided more details on their recently released study analysing the imp... More
Gracenote: Best Picture Nominees Lean Into ‘Powerful’ Themes
Five of the last six best picture Oscar winners have captured an “emotional->touching” mood according to analysis of the films’ characteristics from Nielsen’s Gracenote. Th... More
Embracing Equity on International Women’s Day
Technology and other companies around the globe are again preparing to mark International Women’s Day (IWD) on March 8 by celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political... More
M&E Journal: How Context Plays a Supersized Role in Scene Analysis
Arguably, the most critical metadata signal for the distribution of film and television, content discovery, and ad targeting is an age rating. Local age ratings are required in mos... More
Reelgood: Romance Films See a Resurgence
That’s according to streaming aggregator Reelgood, which found that five romance movies that premiered this year accounted for 28 percent of the streaming share among the top 100... More
M&E Journal: May You Live in Interesting Times
Although the origin of this saying “may you live in interesting times” is debatable, this very overused phrase accurately describes our current climate. This phrase is very... More
Wasabi Reviews Key Findings From Its 2023 Cloud Storage Index
Industrywide cloud storage data was lacking, so Wasabi decided to research the subject with Vanson Bourne, which conducted a survey for Wasabi last year, Drew Schlussel, Wasabi sen... More
MESA Member Webinar Week Ahead: March 6-10
GeoComply hosts an evening with CEO Magda Taczanowska for International Women’s Day, Equinix discusses how to manage hybrid workloads in a multi-cloud environment, and Eluvio hos... More
M&E Journal: Staying Ahead of the Curve
Film and television content requires intense investment of time and funds. Once content is created, studios and content owners must contend with various market pressures (includ... More
Comcast CFO: Peacock’s Seeing a ‘Ton of Momentum’
Comcast’s Peacock streaming service has seen a “ton of momentum” in recent months, with 5 million subscribers added in the company’s fourth quarter (ended Dec. 31) alone, a... More
MetaBroadcast Offers ‘New Approach to Metadata Management’ eBook
London-based MetaBroadcast, a specialist in metadata management for broadcasters, streaming services and media organizations, has debuted a new eBook, one that explores today’s ... More
M&E Journal: How Far Has Synthetic Speech Come?
Speech synthesis is a technology that has been in the forefront of many discussions recently in the media and entertainment industry, with a strong media presence and funding spree... More
Whip Media: Disney+ Dominates Anticipated 2023 Slate
The third season of “The Mandalorian” is on the way 1st March from Disney+, and its firmly entrenched as the second-most anticipated returning TV show of the month, behind only... More
MESA Member Webinar Week Ahead: Feb. 27-March 3
Wasabi shares key findings from its 2023 Cloud Storage Index, Synamedia and Ampere Analysis join forces to detail results of a piracy report, and the MESA community gathers in pers... More
Sundance: Indie Film Folks Show Their Best
Despite two years of uncertainty, creatives held their breath, crossed their fingers, and hoped the in-person gatherings at the Sundance Film Festival would set the stage for the r... More
Box Highlights Its Latest Updates
Box used its “What’s new at Box” webinar on Feb. 22 to share various updates it’s made in security, collaboration and integrations, while providing insights on reducing com... More
M&E Journal: How COVID-19 Changed the Language Localization Industry Worldwide
There is no doubt that the past couple of years have been challenging, unusual, a learning opportunity and has taught us all a huge lesson that our industry, any industry, can be h... More
Zendesk Highlights AI, Immersive CX, Other Key 2023 Tech Trends
Zendesk highlighted artificial intelligence (AI), immersive customer experience (CX) and other expected significant 2023 trends during a CX Trends 2023 webcast on Feb. 15. Findi... More
Wasabi Explores Its New Surveillance Cloud
Wasabi explored its recently introduced Surveillance Cloud and the challenges it helps solve during the Feb. 16 webinar “What if my VMS was Cloud-Aware? Introducing Wasabi Survei... More