M+E Connections

The vast majority of IT hiring managers have made bad decisions when recruiting new talent for their companies, according to new research by Robert Half Technology. Ninety-five ... More

Sony’s PlayStation (PS) VR virtual reality system achieved another major milestone as worldwide sell-through to consumers passed 3 million, according to Mary Yee, VP of PS market... More

As part of its dynamic improvement efforts, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has announced the first update of its Content Security Best Practices since the formati... More

Sprint and Verizon stepped up their 5G deployment plans, making separate announcements Aug. 14 regarding their next-generation wireless technology strategies. Sprint is collabor... More

Veritone’s acquisitions of Wazee Digital and Performance Bridge Media (PBM) will help the company as it continues to expand its presence in new vertical markets beyond the media ... More

By Roz Ho, SVP and General Manager, Consumer and Metadata, TiVo - With the rise of streaming services like Netflix and Amazon Prime Video, and the billions of dollars these serv... More

Piracy continues to be a significant problem for media and entertainment (M&E) companies, as well as consumers, around the world, according to an Irdeto Global Consumer Piracy Thre... More

The stronger results that News Corp. reported for the fourth quarter (ended June 30) were driven by contributions from Australian pay TV company Foxtel, which it bought earlier thi... More

The improved domestic theatrical performance by Paramount Pictures, driven by strong box office for the movies “A Quiet Place” and “Book Club,” provided Viacom a significan... More

Disney continues to be encouraged by the initial consumer reaction to its ESPN Plus direct-to-consumer (D2C) streaming video service and remains bullish about the opportunities pro... More

By Ed Klaris, CEO, and Alexia Bedat, Associate, KlarisIP - A particular type of private information became the focus of increasing attention in 2017: biometric data. Biometric ... More

The Hollywood Innovation & Technology Society (HITS) will be “EPIC” this fall, thanks to a full morning of keynotes, panels and use-case presentations about Entertainment Produ... More

NEW YORK — These remain very early days for blockchain, but the opportunities that the technology presents for media and entertainment (M&E) and other companies are significant a... More

Pay TV operators pay a pretty penny to license the broadcast rights for big sporting events. And along with that comes the inevitability of some people stealing that live broadcast... More

NEW YORK – It’s important for media and other companies to use the right data pattern if they want to truly take advantage of the power of smart content, according to Matt Turn... More

Ninety percent of enterprise organizations say that data and analytics are important to their digital transformation efforts – and that means your organization must now leverage ... More

Cognizant Technology Solutions continued to make progress on its growth strategy in the second quarter (ended June 30) as the company benefited again from its shift to digital serv... More

NEW YORK — Media and entertainment companies stand to see significant benefits from enabling their cloud workflows with artificial intelligence (AI), according to representatives... More

Blockchain is “still nascent” technology, but the business value it generates is expected to grow from $2.5 billion in 2017 to a whopping $2 trillion in 2030, research and anal... More

Martin Wahl, principal program manager of cloud, AI and cognitive services for Microsoft, shared some daunting figures July 24 during a presentation at the Smart Content Summit Eas... More