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Salesforce Renews Focus on B2C Opportunities
With Salesforce’s “renewed focus on” the business-to-consumer (B2C) segment, it has seen increased “momentum and interest” in that space, according to Tyler Prince, its E... More
Ooyala: AI, Blockchain, AR and VR Usage All Growing
Usage and demand for artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain, augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) continue to grow and are among the most significant technology trends... More
SDI Media Relocates Korean Operations to New Facility
Global localization services provider SDI Media is getting a head start on celebrating the 20thanniversary of operating in South Korea, relocating its subtitling office to Seoul’... More
MESA, MarkLogic to Host Smart Content Webinar with Sony July 18
The Media & Entertainment Services Alliance (MESA) and MarkLogic will host a unique webinar July 18, exploring how bringing together the data (including the operational and enterpr... More
WD Touts Latest SSDs, My Book Hard Drive
NEW YORK – Western Digital (WD) used Pepcom’s new product showcase for media June 21 to spotlight the latest solid-state drives (SSDs) across its SanDisk, WD Black and WD My Pa... More
Video AI, Data Topics Highlight Smart Content Summit East
Among the focus areas of the July 24 Media & Entertainment Day at the Microsoft Conference Center in New York is Smart Content Summit East, a track that will see media and ente... More
NAGRA Pay TV Study: More Diverse Video Products an Industry Priority
Diversifying consumer video offerings, better leveraging consumer data, combating streaming piracy, and more infrastructure investments are among the pay TV challenges weighing on ... More
Adobe’s Editing App ‘Project Rush’ Syncs All Projects to the Cloud
At the VidCon conference in Anaheim, Calif., June 19, Adobe introduced Project Rush, a new app that it said automatically syncs all of one’s digital workflows to the cloud, enabl... More
M&E Day Keynotes to Address Power of Blockchain, Social Media
The keynote addresses have been set for the July 24 Media & Entertainment Day at the Microsoft Conference Center in New York, an event that covers three programs (Smart Content, Co... More
MCF Media: New Solutions for Content Localization
It was a pooling of resources between three companies that resulted in today’s MCF Media Solutions. A few years ago, Westlake, Ohio-based MCF Tech Solutions teamed up with Los... More
Dolby CEO: European Cinema Market Expansion Presents ‘Major Opportunity’
The European expansion of Dolby Cinema that was announced by Dolby June 13 presents a “major opportunity” for the company, according to Kevin Yeaman, its CEO and president. Sin... More
E3 2018: Sony Touts New PS4 Games, Including Several Featuring VR
Sony used its PlayStation (PS) E3 Showcase event June 12 in Los Angeles to tout key new game releases that include several titles featuring virtual reality (VR) as the company look... More
E3 2018: Microsoft Gaming Cloud Team Developing Multi-Device Streaming Service
Microsoft used its E3 news briefing, June 10 in Los Angeles, to disclose that its new Gaming Cloud Team is developing a game streaming service that Phil Spencer, EVP and head of ga... More
PwC Exec: AI Offers Significant Opportunity for Companies Across All Sectors
NEW YORK -- Artificial intelligence (AI) presents a “huge opportunity” for media, healthcare and other companies when it comes to their financial health and how “people commu... More
Western Digital CFO: Data is the New Currency
Big data and fast data in the cloud, as well as mobile and Internet of Things (IoT) growth, are among the largest demand drivers for Western Digital (WD), according to Western Digi... More
PwC Forecast: VR, OTT Video Among Major M&E Growth Segments Through 2022
Virtual reality (VR), over-the-top (OTT) video and Internet advertising are expected to be among the major growth segments within the U.S. media industry over the next five years, ... More
MESA’s Latest ‘M&E Journal’ Edition Goes Live
The 2018 spring-summer edition of the “M&E Journal,” published by the Media & Entertainment Services Alliance (MESA), and geared toward senior media and entertainment e... More
IBM Watson Media, Fox Sports Add AI to World Cup Coverage
For this month’s 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, Fox Sports has partnered with IBM Watson Media to add an artificial intelligence layer to the broadcaster’s coverage of the even... More
Deluxe Exec: UHD Growth’s Helping to Drive IMF Adoption
The introductions of Ultra High-Def (UHD) and high dynamic range (HDR) distribution platforms represent a major force that’s helping to drive adoption and implementation of the I... More
Box CEO: Q1 Saw Strong AI Demand
Box saw strong demand for its Box Skills artificial intelligence (AI) framework and continued to “make great progress” on its “two major objectives” in the first quarter (e... More