M+E Connections

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

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

By Nadya Ichinomiya, Director, Information Technology, Television Marketing, Sony Pictures Entertainment - Once upon a time a clever, apocryphal sage intoned with solemn expecta... More

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

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

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 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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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