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HITS Fall: Entertainment Partners to Offer Identity Protection Insights for Productions
It’s a balance every media and entertainment firm is confronted with today: How do you advance your tech capabilities while minimizing the associated risks that comes with digiti... More
Box: Content Fragmentation’s Become a Major Challenge
The explosion we’ve seen in the number of apps, services and tools in recent years has caused a major issue with content fragmentation, where siloed app data and multi-clouds are... More
HITS Fall: LiveTiles Tech Director Offers Microsoft Office 365 Insights
Any media and entertainment office today needs to strike a balance: Your team needs to be productive and engaged, but also creative and agile. And while there’s a need to central... More
HITS Fall: Cinelytic CEO to Share Value of Content Analytics
Content owners today are looking for every edge they can find to improve productivity and the success of what they own. Artificial intelligence-based analytics, made easily availab... More
HITS Fall: Genpact to Examine What’s Behind Piracy Behaviors
We live in a hyper-connected world, one where media companies are now looking at new, digital solutions (powered by AI and automation) to keep up the fight against piracy and stand... More
Ready to Guess Who Will Have the Rights to That Content?
By James Maysonet, Head of Business Development, Videocites - Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls! Step right up to the best streaming content carnival you’ve ever seen! Come... More
HITS Fall: Edgescan COO to Talk Vulnerability Landscape
One of the basic tenants of a security function for any media and entertainment organization is vulnerability management, figuring out your risk exposure. But what may sound sim... More
Verizon CEO: Company’s Encouraged by 5G Performance So Far
Verizon continues to be bullish on the opportunities presented by 5G next-generation wireless service and is encouraged by its performance so far in the limited number of markets t... More
‘Tech Takes Talent’ Returns to the Hollywood Innovation and Technology Summit Oct. 3 in L.A.
There are new hurdles around every corner for Hollywood’s technology community today, from fulfilling the promise of direct-to-consumer, to making good on the potential metadata,... More
Media Excellence Awards Submissions Due Nov. 1
Submissions for the 12th annual Media Excellence Awards (MEA) are being accepted now through Nov. 1. Members of the Media & Entertainment Services Alliance (MESA) — which ... More
IBC 2019: Russia Sees Its First Dolby Cinema; Microsoft Azure Gets Disney Workflow Deal
As the annual IBC event winds down in Amsterdam, several members of the Media & Entertainment Services Alliance (MESA) attending the show had news to share. Here’s what Dolby, Mi... More
IBC 2019: EditShare Launches Academy Education Offering; Sony Breaks Out New Hardware
Several members of the Media & Entertainment Services Alliance (MESA) — including EditShare, NAGRA, Sony, Prime Focus Technologies, Technicolor and Avid — made the most of the ... More
IBC 2019: GrayMeta Adds More Adobe Creative Cloud Functionality; Gracenote Launches ID Distribution System
Several members of the Media & Entertainment Services Alliance (MESA) opened IBC 2019 show in Amsterdam with new feature announcements, new services, and even new hires. Here’s w... More
MediaBridge Capital Advisors: Driving Deals That Redefine Media and Entertainment
For years now, major media and technology deals and mergers have had the same name behind them: Boston-based MediaBridge Capital Advisors, a global investment bank that advises com... More
IBC 2019: IT Services, Cloud Breakthroughs and More From MESA Members
From the biggest cloud tech breakthroughs to the smallest, crucial changes in how digital supply chains are managed, members of the Media and Entertainment Services Alliance (MESA)... More
Avid CFO: Company’s in a ‘Very Good Position’ with its Cloud Products
Avid Technology continues to see opportunities from the growing shift of media and entertainment (M&E) companies to the cloud, according to company CFO Ken Gayron. “As the ind... More
Cognizant CEO: Company Wants to ‘Double Down on’ Communications, Media and Tech Business
Cognizant is looking to boost its focus on those segments of its business, including Communications, Media and Technology, that are growing in double digits, according to company C... More
IBC 2019: MESA Members Offer Merchandising, Automation Solutions
Storefront merchandising solutions, multichannel media experiences and more or media and entertainment companies will be on hand at IBC 2019 from members of the Media and Entertai... More
IAB: Adopting VAST 4.2 Should Be a Priority for Advertisers, Broadcasters
Adoption of the updated Video Ad Serving Template (VAST), VAST 4.2, is important for advertisers and broadcasters and it should be prioritized on their roadmaps, according to indus... More
Mixed Signs for the Future of Movies, TV on Disc
Although streaming and other forms of electronic delivery of movies and TV shows continue to increasingly overtake packaged video sales, it remains likely that movies on UHD Blu-r... More