M+E Connections
HITS Spring: Microsoft Azure Touts Benefits of Going All-In on Cloud Production
Moving content workloads to the cloud isn’t as hard (or scary) as some media and entertainment companies might expect, and there are advantages when it comes to security and mult... More
HITS Spring: Finding Effective Piracy Solutions More Urgent Than Ever for M&E Companies
Pre-release piracy of content is costly for media & entertainment (M&E) companies and it’s become simple to illegally make copies and distribute pirated content, so it’s more i... More
HITS Spring: LiveTiles Chief Architect Examines Future of AI Tools
For the last decade, everyone in the media and entertainment industry has had some form of the term “digital transformation” beaten into their heads, and from the move away fro... More
HITS Spring: Entertainment Partners Stresses Multi-Pronged Approach to Data Security
It’s important for media and entertainment companies to take a multi-pronged approach to data security, according to Martin Mazor, chief information security officer (CISO) at En... More
HITS Spring: Veritone Execs Talk Upcoming Onslaught of AI Solutions
UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. — During a standing-room only breakout session May 17 during the annual HITS Spring: The Hollywood Innovation & Technology Summit, Daniel Wong asked th... More
Rightsline: Tackling Media Rights, Avails Challenges for Industry’s Biggest Players
With no end in sight to the content craze, the world’s top media producers and distributors are almost exclusively now outsourcing their rights and avails management to a purpose... More
HITS Spring WiTH Leadership Award Winners Focus on Equality
UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. — Honoring the work they’ve done in the advancement of women in entertainment technology, Women in Technology: Hollywood (WiTH) May 17 handed out its sec... More
Cisco CEO: New AI Tech Helped Boost Q3
Cisco continued to make progress on its key initiatives, including an expansion of its artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities, in the third quarter (ended April 28) and exited t... More
WiTH Panel at HITS Spring to Look at Diversity, Inclusion
During the annual HITS Spring: The Hollywood Innovation & Technology Summit in Los Angeles on May 17, a special program presented by Women in Technology: Hollywood (WiTH) will feat... More
Digimarc CEO: Retailers Still Being ‘Cautious’ About Replacing Traditional Barcode
It’s taking a while to expand Digimarc Barcode across retail stores industrywide because retailers are “suitably cautious” about replacing the traditional barcode that they a... More
Dolby CFO: Smart Wireless Speakers a Growth Opportunity
Sound bars already represent one of several growth areas for Dolby, but down the road the company also sees a potential growth opportunity in the smart wireless speaker product cat... More
HITS Spring WiTH Keynoter to Talk ‘Solving for Happy’
When the annual HITS Spring: The Hollywood Innovation & Technology Summit returns to Los Angeles on May 17, Mo Gawdat, founder of the One Billion Happy initiative and former ch... More
TiVo CEO: Company’s Making Progress on Growth Initiatives
TiVo is making progress on the strategic objectives it recently laid out that are designed to “improve execution, drive growth in key market areas” and expand its capabilities ... More
The Buzz on Blockchain
By Guy Finley, Executive Director, MESA - Every few years a new buzz word travels around Hollywood. Some come. Some go. Some are glorified to oblivion. Others ride through Gartn... More
OpenText CEO: Company to Continue Heavily Investing in its Cloud Platform
OpenText will continue “making key investments” in its cloud platform, while remaining on the lookout for more acquisition targets to keep growing its business, according to Ma... More
Disney CEO: Company’s ‘Very Encouraged’ By Initial Response to ESPN Plus
Disney’s ESPN Plus direct-to-consumer streaming service launched only about a month ago, but the company likes the response it’s seeing so far, according to CEO Robert Iger. ... More
M&E Journal: Assurance: The Game Plan to Winning the Battle Against Dynamic Cyber Threats
By Murali Rao, GM, Global Head of Cybersecurity and Risk Management Consulting business, Wipro’s Cybersecurity and Risk Services division - Listening to cybersecurity experts... More
IBM, Google Execs: AI to Open Up More Content Value, Monetization Opportunities
NEW YORK – All media and entertainment (M&E) companies stand to gain by using artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance content value and performance, as well as find and maximize ... More
AWS Elemental Cloud Services Aim to Maximize Value of Video with AI
NEW YORK — Four of the most recent cloud services that Amazon Web Services (AWS) introduced are helping media and entertainment (M&E) companies maximize the value of video with a... More
CBS CEO: Company’s Subscriber Growth is ‘Accelerating’ as OTT Popularity Expands
CBS and Showtime subscribers are “not only growing, but the growth is also accelerating” thanks to the increasing popularity of over-the-top (OTT) streaming services, including... More