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Caringo Releases New Server Appliances and Swarm 11.1

Caringo started shipping its latest line of Swarm Server Appliances and also launched version 11.1 of Caringo Swarm Object Storage Software. “This is the third iteration to ou... More

Netflix Subscriber Growth, Viewership Soared in Q1

Netflix added far more subscribers than it expected to in the first quarter (ended March 31) and saw viewership soar also, as expected, as the coronavirus pandemic forced people to... More

SAP Execs: Strong Cloud Demand Gave Company a Q1 Lift

Continued strong cloud demand, especially in January and February, helped SAP overcome COVID-19 challenges in the first quarter (ended March 31), according to company executives. ... More

M&E Journal: A Close Up on Cybersecurity Trends in the Media and Entertainment Industry

By John-Thomas Gaietto, Executive Director, Cybersecurity and Michael Wylie, Director, Cybersecurity, Richey May Technology Solutions - As modern media companies race to create... More

Our Finest Hour Season 1, Episode 4: ‘The Colossal Opportunity’ (‘Sailing into the Storm’)

If COVID-19 has taught us anything thus far, it’s that things we were told weren’t possible — like widespread telecommuting, remote staff meetings and keeping the car in the ... More

NAGRA Touts Akamai Edge Network Watermarking Partnership

NAGRA April 20 announced it’s NexGuard streaming forensic watermarking solution has been integrated with the Akamai Intelligent Edge Platform, adding another level of protection ... More

Diamond: Global Digital Accessibility Challenges Remain

Despite the strides that have been made in recent years, various digital and other accessibility challenges remain all around the world that are making it harder for many people �... More

OTT Producing Excitement on the Screen, Behind the Scenes

By Andy Marken, President, Marken Communications - Anand Sanwal, CEO of CB Insights, constantly reminds organizations that the most difficult decision management has to make is ... More

M&E Journal: Cloud Services: Home to Future Media Production

By David Boland, Director Product Marketing, Wasabi - MovieLabs, the nonprofit technology research lab run by Hollywood studios, recently published a milestone white paper prese... More

Our Finest Hour Season 1, Episode 3: ‘The Hour’

Navigating the response to the late-2014 cyberattack against Sony Pictures required leadership, and executives at the studio showed that quality in spades, according to Eric Iverso... More

Goodwill Streaming: Media Businesses With a Heart

Richard Whittington, Senior Vice President of Media and Entertainment, SAP, and Amos Biegun, Global Head of Rights and Royalties, Vistex — This is the seventh in a series of e... More

The Finish Line Drives Home Importance of Remote Production

By Lee Griffin, Director of Product Marketing, EditShare - Unusual times call for new ways of working. As the COVID-19 crisis deepens, it is becoming obvious that, to maintain b... More

M&E Journal: Unlocking the Power of AI to Solve Media and Entertainment Use Cases

By Muralidhar Sridhar, VP AI and ML, Prime Focus Technologies - Artificial intelligence (AI) offers tremendous promise for the M&E industry. From enabling content creators to au... More

Our Finest Hour Season 1, Episode 2: ‘Not My Box of Chocolates!’

The late-2014 cyberattack against Sony Pictures had long-term impacts that reverberated throughout media and entertainment. Security awareness elevated industrywide. Content owners... More

Whip Media Exec: COVID-19 Social Distancing is Redefining Viewing Landscape

The social distancing being used to fight the coronavirus has led to not only increased TV viewing, including binge watching, but it has redefined the viewing landscape, according ... More

DAM, MAM Specialists Get the (Virtual) NAB Spotlight April 15-16

At this month’s NAB Show, Signiant was ready to show off the latest with its Media Shuttle product, touting how the service is a perfect digital asset management (DAM) companion.... More

Box CPO: Malware Presents ‘Tremendous Amount of Exposure’ for Companies

Malware presents media and entertainment companies and other organizations with a “tremendous amount of exposure” today, according to Jeetu Patel, Box chief product officer. ... More

Our Finest Hour Season 1, Episode 1: ‘The Great Upheaval’

Over the course of just a few weeks, the COVID-19 pandemic has caused massive disruption across most every American industry, and media and entertainment hasn’t been immune to th... More

M&E Journal: How Will Content Evolve for the D2C Marketplace?

By Devendra Mishra, Chief Strategist, MESA - Hollywood is on an epic journey to deliver its content direct-to-consumer (D2C), a journey that will not only transform distribution... More

Akamai CEO Touts Traffic Growth on its Platform, Warns of Increased Cybersecurity Risks

Akamai saw global traffic on its platform grow 30% over the past month as Internet usage soared around the world amid the coronavirus crisis, according to Akamai CEO and co-founder... More

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