M+E Connections
TV Time Study: Too Many Streaming Services, For Too Much Money
Seventy percent of consumers say there will be too many streaming choices, 87% worry it will become too expensive to keep up, and the need to toggle between services (67%), account... More
Applicaster: Avoid ‘Vender Lock’ With Your D2C Apps
There are various benefits to media companies using Applicaster’s Zapp app management platform to develop and manage direct-to-consumer apps for mobile devices and connected TVs ... More
Infosys Study: Enterprises Begin Banking on 5G
More than half of enterprises say 5G will help with customer acquisition and generate new lines of revenue, and 90% of companies are actively investigating 5G business cases and de... More
Google Cloud Drives Alphabet Q3 Revenue
Strong Google Cloud performance again helped drive Alphabet’s revenue in the company’s third quarter (ended Sept. 30), according to company executives. “Once again, our re... More
AWS Growth Provided Amazon with Another Boost in Q3
Amazon Web Services (AWS) growth continued to be strong in Amazon’s third quarter (ended Sept. 30) and the company picked up “several new customer commitments and major migrati... More
AWS Throws Weight Behind Deepfake Detection Challenge
Amazon Web Services (AWS) will work with Facebook, Microsoft and the Partnership on AI, on the first-ever Deepfakes Detection Challenge, a competition designed to produce technolog... More
Verizon, SAP Developing Next-Gen IoT Analytics Solutions
Verizon and SAP have announced they will jointly develop new, next-gen Internet of Things (IoT) analytics solutions, ones that will enable applications to process data at every gen... More
MicroStrategy Study: Nearly All Real-Time Enterprise Decisions are Data-Deprived
Nearly 95% of companies say data and analytics is important to their digital transformation and business growth, but 60% of employees say it takes hours or even days to get the inf... More
NAB Show New York 2019: MESA Members Tout Latest Offerings
NEW YORK — Adobe, Avid and Amazon Web Services (AWS) were among the Media & Entertainment Services Alliance (MESA) members that showcased their latest products, services and ... More
Netflix: Q3 Sub Growth, Business Performance Strong But New Rivals to Have Impact
Netflix saw strong subscriber growth, revenue and profit in the third quarter (ended Sept. 30), but the impending arrival of new streaming services from rivals including Apple and ... More
TV Time Acquires Mediamorph, Revamps Into Whip Media Group
Content tracking platform company TV Time has agreed to acquire content value management (CVM) platform operator Mediamorph, the companies announced Oct. 15. TV Time, which is u... More
HITS Fall: Genpact Heads Talk New Approaches to Copyright Enforcement
It’s a hyper-connected world and media and entertainment companies are constantly on the lookout for new, digital solutions to protect their content, their brand and their standa... More
HITS Fall: Companies Can Boost Their Digital Workplaces with Office 365, LiveTiles Says
Many organizations have Office 365, but few of them — including in the media and entertainment (M&E) sector — are taking full advantage of it, according to David Salter, direct... More
A Tip for Effectively Measuring Your Video Campaign
By James Maysonet, Head of Business Development, Videocites - The user activity on social media is increasing exponentially every day. There are around three billion estimated s... More
Box CEO: Company’s ‘Well-Positioned to Capture’ $45B Content, Collaboration Market
Box executives expect the company to see significant profit and revenue growth over the next few years, driven in part behind the strength of its products, including the one-two pu... More
Microsoft Exec: Initial Response to Azure Sentinel Has Been ‘Overwhelming’
There has been an “overwhelming response” to Azure Sentinel, Microsoft’s new cloud-native security information and event management (SIEM) solution with built-in artificial i... More
HITS Fall: CEOs, CIOs and COOs Highlight ‘Tech Takes Talent’ Program
The full-day HITS Fall program awaiting attendees Oct. 3 in Los Angeles will tackle everything from how CIOs are addressing new content production and distribution challenges, to w... More
Yangaroo: Go-To Platforms for TV, Radio Ad Delivery, Music Delivery, and Award Show Management
What started out as a simple B2B music distribution workflow enterprise has evolved today into the go-to company for entertainment awards shows looking to manage everything from su... More
HITS Fall: Variety Business Intelligence, MarkLogic to Tackle Data Licensing, Governance
A highlight of the multi-track “Morning Innovation and Technology Showcases” Oct. 3 at the HITS Fall event will be the presentations around data and governance in the industry,... More
WiTH Foundation Update at Women’s SoCal Leadership Summit
Once programming concludes for the annual HITS Fall event Oct. 3 in Los Angeles, the Women’s SoCal Leadership Summit will immediately kick off, with a pair of keynotes and a disc... More