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MESA Members at CES 2017: VR, OTT, AI and More

The Media & Entertainment Services Alliance (MESA) will be well-represented at the 2017 edition of the Consumer Electronics Show, taking over Las Vegas Jan. 5-8. Here’s a look at... More

AR, VR to Have Strong Presence at CES Again

Augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) had a significantly stepped-up presence at the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), and those technologies are expected to once aga... More

MPAA: More Work Needed vs. Piracy Sites

The recently released United States Trade Representative’s (USTR) annual 2016 Out-of-Cycle Review of Notorious Markets — which identifies online and physical marketplaces world... More

Tech and the 2016 Holidays went Hand in Hand

While TVs — especially 4K ones — were widely seen as the top-selling consumer electronics products over the Thanksgiving and Black Friday holiday weekend, artificial intelligen... More

UHD Blu-ray Passes Key Sales Milestones, But Challenges Remain

With the Ultra High-Def (UHD) Blu-ray Disc format’s first year on the market coming to an end, the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) reported that hardware and software sales passed... More

Wazee Digital, World Poker Tour Extend Agreement

The World Poker Tour (WPT) has extended its asset management and distribution service agreement with Wazee Digital, with the cloud-native video management and licensing services pr... More

Theaters Get Live-Streamed Harrelson Film

From gaming to comedy to concerts, Fathom Events — a joint venture of AMC Entertainment, Cinemark Holdings and Regal Entertainment Group — has had a niche in the theatrical spa... More

Salesforce Spending Spree Continues with Twin Prime

Salesforce continued its artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning technology acquisition binge by signing a definitive agreement to acquire Twin Prime, a Redwood City, Cal... More

MESA Members at CPS: A Shift in Cyber Security Focus

Dec. 7 at the eighth annual CDSA Content Protection Summit (CPS), Wendy Frank, principal of PricewaterhouseCoopers’ cybersecurity, privacy and risk practice, shared an update on ... More

MediaSilo at CPS: Balance Asset Usability, Security

Piracy is no laughing matter for content owners. Yet Alex Nauda, lead developer for secure video sharing company MediaSilo, did manage to get a few laughs out of a serious subject ... More

Fox Sports SVP: VR Here to Stay

The Dec. 10 MLS Cup marked yet another first for Fox Sports and its virtual reality endeavors, with the network not only marking the first time the league’s championship game has... More

Box at CPS: Adopt a ‘Zero Trust’ Mindset

Joel de la Garza, chief security officer at Box, knows what media and entertainment companies are going through when it comes to securing their content during its complete lifecycl... More

CPS Keynote: No Such Thing as Hackers Today

MARINA DEL REY, Calif. — It may sound like lunacy to those who’ve experienced a cyber security breach, but according to famed “spy-catcher” Eric O’Neill, a cybersecurity ... More

Hollywood Preps for Dec. 7 CDSA Content Protection Summit

Every year, the CDSA Content Protection Summit (CPS_ brings together Hollywood’s top cybersecurity, content protection and anti-piracy experts, with a full-day program featuring ... More

CBS CEO: Company’s in Negotiations with AT&T Over DirecTV Now

CBS is “in discussions” with AT&T about taking part in the new DirecTV Now streaming television service that was recently announced, CBS CEO and president Leslie Moonves said D... More

Expanded AWS, Salesforce Cloud Services Pact Focuses on Alexa

Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Salesforce extended their global strategic cloud services alliance, the companies announced Dec. 2, saying an integration plan will connect the Salesf... More

Deluxe Helps Create Pearl Harbor VR Experience

The day that will live in infamy can now be re-lived in virtual reality. Deluxe VR has partnered with Time’s Life VR, the HTC Vive and semiconductor company AMD to create “R... More

5th Kind Makes an Apple TV Statement

Apple TV owners have access to more entertainment and lifestyle apps then they know what to do with. But one media and entertainment services company is hoping to use the normally ... More

TiVo VP: Netflix Agreement a Boost for MVPDs

Of all the news to come out of the Nov. 28 licensing agreements between TiVo and Netflix, Jim Denney, VP of product management and strategy for TiVo, zeroed in on the one he thinks... More

M&E Journal: Building a Data-Based Team: Quick Wins and Avoidable Speed Bumps

By By Alex Akers, Kurt Stuve, and Jason Ott, Senior Consultants, Cognizant Business Consulting - The avalanche of data generated by consumers annually does not seem to show any... More

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