M+E Connections
Salesforce Touts IBM Partnership, International Growth Opportunity at Investor Conference
Salesforce’s expanded partnership with IBM stands to provide customers with more valuable data than ever before, according to David Havlek, Salesforce deputy CFO. One of the g... More
Elegant Workflow: Helping Creatives Confront Technological Hurdles
Dave Ginsberg, host and principal of Elegant Workflow Consulting, started the company with a simple mantra: technology needs to “get out of the way” in order to empower creativ... More
Comcast CFO: Olympics, Super Bowl Gave NBC One-Two Punch
Comcast’s NBCUniversal business is off to a strong start in 2018 behind the strength of the Super Bowl broadcast Feb. 4 and then the Winter Olympics broadcast from PyeongChang, S... More
M&E Journal: Media Grabs All the High-Tech Goodies
By Roger Sherwood, Director, Global Strategy & Marketing, Cisco Systems - When you work for a company steeped in internet protocol (IP) technologies, and your job is to help ce... More
CBS, Viacom CEOs Stress Significance of OTT, Direct-to-Consumer Streaming Initiatives
The CEOs of CBS and Viacom stressed the importance of their over-the-top (OTT) streaming initiatives, especially their direct-to-consumer (D2C) offerings, at the Morgan Stanley Tec... More
TiVO CEO: Company’s Exploring ‘Broad Range of Strategic Alternatives’
TiVo will continue to focus on growth areas of its business that take advantage of increased video content consumption and over-the-top (OTT) platform opportunities as it explores ... More
M&E Journal: The Evolving Television Supply Chain: Everything is Changing… and Always Will Be
By Tom Anthony, Senior Product Manager, Content and Licensing, Vistex - Anatural consequence of advancing technology is the ability to get your content delivered to your end con... More
Discovery, NBC Report Strong Olympics Viewership Results
Discovery Communications and Comcast’s NBCUniversal division reported strong viewership data for their coverage of the Olympics Winter Games from PyeongChang, South Korea. “We... More
HPA Tech Retreat Round-Up: HDR, ATSC 3.0 and the Cloud
The 2018 HPA Tech Retreat, held Feb. 19-23 in Palm Desert, Calif. saw record-breaking attendance and nearly a full week of presentations from industry engineering, technical, and c... More
MediaSilo, Wiredrive Rebrand as SHIFT
In February 2017, video sharing tech company MediaSilo and file-sharing platform firm Wiredrive merged, creating one of the largest video collaboration SaaS providers in the busine... More
Cinemark CEO: Strong Initial Results for Movie Club Monthly Subscription Service
It’s still early, but movie theater chain Cinemark is seeing positive initial results from the recent introduction of its Movie Club monthly subscription service, according to Ci... More
Digimarc CEO: Thermal Labels To Be ‘Largest Contributor’ to 2018 Revenue Growth
The new Digimarc Barcode for Thermal Labels are “expected to be the largest contributor” to Digimarc’s 2018 revenue growth, according to CEO Bruce Davis. This year’s Dig... More
Dish Network: Sling TV Subscribers Topped 2.2 Million Mark in 2017
Dish Network ended 2017 with more than 2.2 million Sling TV members, the company said Feb. 21, marking the first time the company provided the number of subscribers that its over-t... More
NAGRA: Content Piracy, Analytics Among Top Pay TV Concerns
Piracy, the need for better data and analytics, and a more personalized user experience are all having major impacts on traditional pay TV operators, according to a new report from... More
AR Presence Strong at Toy Fair, But VR Interest Seems to Be Declining
NEW YORK — Augmented reality (AR) continues to be incorporated into a large number of toys and games targeted at kids, but interest in standard virtual reality (VR) requiring hea... More
MESA Members to Be Well-Represented at HPA Tech Retreat
Members of the Media & Entertainment Services Alliance (MESA) will be out in force at the Hollywood Professional Association (HPA) Tech Retreat, Feb. 19-23 in Palm Desert, Cali... More
CBS CEO: Company’s Expanding Direct-to-Consumer Streaming Service Offerings
CBS is so pleased with the performance of its current direct-to-consumer streaming services that it’s now readying the launches of CBS Sports HQ and “Entertainment Tonight” s... More
Cisco CEO: Company Sees Continued Growth Opportunity with Intent-Based Networking
Cisco continues to see customer acceptance of its intent-based networking solutions that use automation, network analytics and machine learning, and the company still sees a major ... More
M&E Journal: Employ a ‘Make Once/Use Any’ Strategy to Get the Most Out of Your Content
By Andy Hurt, SVP of Marketing and Business Development, Wazee Digital - In today’s world of M&E, an almost immeasurable amount of high-value content is being created every d... More
Signiant Technology at the 2018 Winter Games in South Korea
By Megan Cater, senior manager of digital content, Signiant - Since their inception, the Summer and Winter Games have endeavored to transcend linguistic and cultural difference... More