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HITS: Spring 2017: MarkLogic, Avanade Execs to Put Focus on Metadata, Smart Content
The CTO of MarkLogic and the technology innovation lead for Avanade will be among those tackling the role data is playing today in making content smarter, at HITS: Spring 2017, bei... More
HITS: Spring 2017: Azure to Share Thoughts on Security, DADC NMS on Content Delivery
Execs from Microsoft Azure and Sony DADC New Media Solutions will look at what it truly takes today to not only enable content for global distribution, but also securing content us... More
HITS: Spring 2017: Box, 5th Kind CEOs to Discuss Transformation, Collaboration Tools
The CEOs of Box and 5th Kind, numerous studios execs and the lead developer for MediaSilo will share the latest advancements in collaboration and software tools needed to stay ahea... More
M&E Journal: Accelerating Media Production Workflows with Intelligent Scale-Out Storage
Mike Bott, Principal Systems Engineer, Qumulo - M&E organizations are continually seeking ways to increase the business value of their media assets and stay ahead of the curve ... More
Independent Security Evaluators: Holding Applications to a Higher Standard
Baltimore-based Independent Security Evaluators (ISE) has a unique perspective among security firms: the aggressive defense strategies needed to thwart attacks today must be center... More
WiTH Announces 2017 Leadership Awards Winners
LOS ANGELES — Women in Technology: Hollywood (WiTH), an organization that serves as a catalyst for the advancement of women in entertainment technology, has announced the winners... More
Discovery Communications CEO: True Skinny Bundles are ‘Fiction’
Discovery Communications continued to see growth from mobile and over-the-top initiatives in the first quarter (ended March 31), according to CEO and president David Zaslav. But... More
M&E Journal: Profit From Aligning Distribution Readiness Reporting With Avails
Jason Peterson, CEO, and Doug Reinart, Board Advisor, ContentBridge Systems - We easily take for granted the intricacies and complexities that underpin our daily lives. Take, f... More
HITS: Spring 2017 Keynotes Redefine IT as Innovation and Technology
The 2017 edition of HITS: Spring — the largest gathering of Hollywood’s brightest minds in the IT community — has announced the names of the two keynotes for its May 25 event... More
NAB 2017: Kroll, Teradici Offer Tips on Creating Security Strategy, Migrating to the Cloud
LAS VEGAS — The importance of creating a defensible information security strategy and why it might make sense to migrate graphics workloads to the public cloud were highlighted b... More
M&E Journal: Cloud-Powered Collaboration in the Digital Supply Chain
Stuart Green, CEO, Zoo Digital - In 2006 sales of DVDs peaked, online video retail amounted to renting or selling DVDs through a website, and the concept of ‘cloud computing�... More
NAB 2017: OpenText Enhances Media Management; AVS Touts New Studio; Azure Touts Avid Pact
At the NAB Show, OpenText shared what’s it’s doing to help companies deliver content experiences that engage audiences at every moment of interaction, including the latest offe... More
M&E Journal: Changing Decision Making With Micro Services and Big Data
By Jon Christian, Rachel Kelley, David Liu, Faisal Mahmoud, Steven Sabonjohn - OnPrem Solution Partners - In the past, reporting and data were limited by the storage expense of ... More
M&E Journal: The Move Toward Digitizing Back-Office Processes
By Darren Ehlers, Entertainment Partners - In terms of utilizing technology, production office progress has been painfully slow. Paper scripts, paper timecards, paper purchase ... More
NAB 2017: ZOO Digital’s Out to ‘Open Up’ Dubbing; FilmTrack to Improve Security, Workflows; Mediamorph Expands its Scope
LAS VEGAS – The big story for ZOO Digital at the 2017 NAB Show was the launch of ZOOdubs, which it says is the entertainment industry’s first cloud-based dubbing platform. ... More
M&E Journal: Audio Description: Television’s Talking Book
Veronika Hyks, BTI Studios - Audio description (AD) was once a concept known by very few in the TV and film industries, and practiced by even fewer. Today it is, if not the nor... More
NAB 2017: Content Security in the Era of Social Media no Easy Task
LAS VEGAS — Before social media, about the worst way you could spoil a movie for other people was by revealing the ending while walking out of a theater, with others waiting in l... More
NAB 2017: Technicolor Execs Talk VR, AR; Ooyala, Adobe Partner Up
LAS VEGAS — The new generation of immersive experiences that have been created by augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR) and mixed reality offers new opportunities to creat... More
M&E Journal: Digital Disruption: We’ve Seen This Movie Before
Steve Sobel, Salesforce - Publishers who did not adapt their business models, products and processes to the emerging demands of their consumers are struggling—some even have ... More
From A to Z, MESA Members Bringing Their Best to NAB
More than 40 members of the Media & Entertainment Services Alliance (MESA) will be on hand at the 2017 NAB Show, April 22-27 in Las Vegas, sharing the latest solutions in digit... More