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Digital Offering, Expanded NAB NY Show to Replace NAB 2020 Vegas
The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) announced March 20 that the 2020 NAB Show, originally scheduled to be held in April in Las Vegas, will not be rescheduled this year, ... More
BeBop, Sony, NHRA Tout Benefits of Moving Post-Production to the Cloud
Sports brands need to increase the value of their assets while keeping their fans engaged in compelling content and there are several advantages for them to move their post-product... More
MESA Members Go Remote, Offer Free Product Access in Response to COVID-19
With the continued spread of the coronavirus, members of the Media & Entertainment Services Alliance (MESA) have responded with free offerings of their top products, moves to f... More
Update on Tap for Language Metadata Table
Enhancements continue to be made to the Language Metadata Table (LMT) open-source table of language metadata codes geared toward the broadcast and entertainment industries, and the... More
Whip Media: Streaming Wars a ‘Brute Force’ Game Today
LOS ANGELES — Dave Cornella, SVP of global strategic accounts for Whip Media Group, looks at the streaming landscape today, and sees a problem. “If you look at our industry ... More
Adobe CEO: Company Continued to See Document Cloud ‘Momentum’ in Q1
Strength in Adobe Document Cloud, as well as continued growing demand for Adobe’s mobile applications, provided a boost for the company’s results in the first quarter (ended Fe... More
MESA Update on COVID-19 Impact on Events
As news coverage of the impact and severity of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) unfolds, and reverberates in context to our industry, we will continue to provide updates to our rea... More
BeBop Technology Offers Remote Work Insights
To keep the industry working when remote is needed, what are some of the best practices needed to make that happen? That’s the question BeBop Technology is tackling in a serie... More
April NAB Show Postponed Over COVID-19 Concerns
The late-April NAB Show is the latest media and entertainment conference to be put on hold over concerns with the growing spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), with NAB presi... More
COVID-19 Statement to All MESA Communities
Over the past six weeks we have closely monitored the impact of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) as it has spread throughout the world. The cancelation of Mobile World Congress in ... More
NASA JPL CIO Explores Hollywood Similarities With Space Exploration
LOS ANGELES — Randi Levin, CIO for NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL), sees a lot of similarities between the technology needs for Hollywood and for space exploration. And not jus... More
Cinelytic CEO: Finding the Silver (Data) Lining in Pervasive Piracy
LOS ANGELES — Nobody in the industry is a fan of piracy and peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing. It’s billions out of the pockets of content owners, creators, and everyone associat... More
Shazam Founder: Building to Scale Takes Perseverance … and a Bit of Luck
LOS ANGELES — When Chris Barton and his friends came up with the idea of Shazam in 1999 — to allow for mobile identification of any song, anywhere — it was years before smart... More
EIDR 2.5 to Launch April 25
LOS ANGELES — The latest significant stack improvement to EIDR, EIDR 2.5, will launch on Saturday, April 25, bringing with it reliability and resilience for both registry and de-... More
Cinelytic CEO to Decode Streaming Audience Demand at Smart Summit
Both on the main stage and during a breakout session March at the at the Smart Content Summit in L.A., Tobias Queisser, co-founder and CEO of Cinelytic, will get a unique insight i... More
Sohonet CEO to Examine Remote Post Options at Smart Content Summit
It used to be that working remotely in the media and entertainment space was a luxury. But with those working on productions spread around the world, and ever-increasing travel cha... More
Whip Media to Talk Consumer Engagement at OTT Supply Chain Event
Sure, consumers are cutting the cord at an ever-increasing rate, thanks to the onslaught of direct-to-consumer choices available. But how do consumers actually feel about all these... More
CDSA’s Cybersecurity & Content Protection Summit Returns to NAB
With more cyberattacks dominating the news, more live broadcast streams being pirated, and more privacy concerns for consumers than ever before, media and entertainment executives ... More
Whip Media to Stress Importance of Consumer Insights at Smart Content Event
The explosion of direct-to-consumer offerings has also seen a major jump in media companies creating their own distribution platforms. And with that growth, data-driven decisions a... More
BeBanjo to Examine Streaming Metadata, Rights Conundrum at Smart Content Summit
The growth of direct-to-consumer and other OTT services has led to some interesting challenges for content owners: how do you manage the sheer volume of content that’s being deli... More