M+E Connections
NAB Show: Cloud Solutions Take Center Stage
By Jeff Berman and Chris Tribbey From advanced machine learning services to scalable object storage offerings, members of the Media & Entertainment Services Alliance (MESA) will... More
NAB Show: MESA Members Bring Content Protection, Security Solutions
By Jeff Berman and Chris Tribbey Securing your content and defending against ever-evolving cyber threats are two of the most discussed topics in the media and entertainment spac... More
M&E Journal: Seeking Efficiency, Monetization for Content Owners, Distributors
By Steve Rosenberg, COO, Premiere Digital - A decade-plus into digital distribution the marketplace looks as expected, with millions of avails across hundreds of retailers and p... More
NAB Show: More Avid Cloud Offerings with Microsoft to Be Announced
At this year’s NAB Show in Las Vegas, Avid will be announcing more offerings that are part of the strategic cloud alliance that it announced with Microsoft last year, according t... More
NAB Show: Protecting Live Broadcast Events to be Discussed at Cyber Summit
Wipers, ransomware, and destructive worms have emerged as ways for cyber criminals to disrupt critical operations of organizations, and how the broadcast industry can protect itsel... More
24i Media Acquires Multiscreen Platform Provider Vigour
Streaming applications developer 24i Media has acquired multiscreen video platform provider Vigour, giving Amsterdam-based 24i a boost in its OTT multiscreen solutions technologies... More
NAB Show: VFX Rendering Presents Huge Storage Challenges
By Matt Ashton, Principal Technical Marketing Engineer, Qumulo - Animation and visual effects (VFX) are at the heart of modern film production. Digital production as we know it... More
Adobe Introduces Next-Gen Cloud Platform, Touts New Sensei AI Capabilities at Summit 2018
Adobe introduced its next-generation Adobe Cloud Platform, called the Experience System of Record, and touted new capabilities for its Sensei artificial intelligence (AI) and machi... More
PwC: Companies Should Invest More in Improving Customer Experience and AI Can Help
Companies need to invest more in improving customer experience (CX) and the use of technologies including artificial intelligence (AI) can help, according to the findings of a PwC ... More
NAB Show 2018: MESA Members to Share Storage Solutions
By Jeff Berman and Chris Tribbey This year at the NAB Show, Caringo will be demonstrating how media and entertainment (M&E) organizations “can leverage object storage to g... More
SHIFT Unveils ‘Creative Fund’ Short Film Grant
SHIFT, the new brand for the combined software-as-a-service businesses of MediaSilo and Wiredrive, has launched a new grant program for up-and-coming filmmakers, providing up to $3... More
M&E Journal: Making Movie Magic Securely in the Cloud: A New Wave of Innovation
By Ziad Lammam, VP Product Management and Marketing, Teradici - Hollywood is no stranger to digital transformation. Evolving from silent, black and white films, today’s enter... More
WiTH Leadership Award Nominations Due March 26
The Women in Technology: Hollywood (WiTH) organization, which is dedicated to the advancement of women in entertainment technology, is seeking nominations for its second annual WiT... More
‘The New Cyber Threat of Disinformation’ at the Cyber Security & Content Protection Summit at NAB Show, April 8
LAS VEGAS — Cyber-disinformation threats are now moving from government to the private sector, and media & entertainment is a prime target, according to the keynoter at the u... More
human-I-T: Removing Both E-Waste and Obstacles to Accessing Technology
Long Beach, Calif.-based human-I-T was first established in order to address two problems: The growing issue of e-waste in the United States, where 150,000 computers are disposed o... More
Oracle’s Ellison: Company to Introduce More Autonomous Cloud Services Soon
Oracle is gearing up to deliver additional autonomous cloud services to its customers soon, according to Larry Ellison, the company’s founder, chairman and CTO. “Over the ne... More
NAB Show: MESA Members to Showcase Connected TV, OTT and App Solutions
Globecast will be touting its new Cloud Channel Playout solution for 4K Ultra High-Definition (UHD), HD and standard-definition (SD) channels at NAB. The new media management servi... More
IBM Prediction: ‘AI Bias’ to ‘Explode,’ But Only ‘Unbiased AI Will Survive’
As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to proliferate, the amount of “biased” AI systems and algorithms will significantly rise, but only “unbiased” AI will survive, acc... More
New Avid CEO: Company to Further ‘Sharpen’ MediaCentral Execution
Avid will continue to “sharpen execution” on its MediaCentral cloud-enabled media workflow platform as part of its 2018 strategy, according to new company CEO Jeff Rosica. �... More
M&E Journal: How Digital Demand Is Disrupting Dubbing
By Dr. Stuart Green, CEO, ZOO Digital - Thanks to the boom in popularity of digital channels and internet streaming services for film, TV and video, content owners are seeing mo... More