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By Lyndsey Schaefer At the upcoming Hollywood IT Summit (HITS) on May 7 at Pepperdine University in Malibu, a panel of industry experts will share their perspectives on the progre... More

By Lyndsey Schaefer The landscape of television, from production to distribution and OTT platform expansion has presented great challenges for the industry. With the growth of str... More

By Lyndsey Schaefer The Hollywood IT Society will host two panels of prominent CIOs and CTOs representing the major Hollywood studios during its HITS morning program May 7 at Pepp... More

By Paul Sweeting Apart from the ongoing dispute over its legality, one of the biggest questions hanging over Aereo has been what it wants to be when it grows up. While that compan... More

Following last week’s announcement that MESA (Media & Entertainment Services Alliance) is to launch a European affiliate, headed by experienced industry specialist, Jim Botto... More

U.S.-based entertainment trade association MESA (Media & Entertainment Services Alliance) has announced the launch of a European affiliate headed by newly appointed Executive D... More

By Lyndsey Schaefer Sony Corporation of America today announced the launch of Sony Media Cloud Services, a new cloud-based collaboration and production service that will be previe... More

By Guy Finley, Executive Director, MESA Saturday morning I woke to terrible news.  I lost a mentor and friend who helped me achieve my childhood dreams -- a man I first admired as... More

By Lyndsey Schaefer Consumer Electronics Association president and CEO Gary Shapiro said Thursday the christening of the Ultra HD format showed that Hollywood and the electronics ... More

Gary Shapiro, President and CEO of the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) and best-selling author, will join the home entertainment industry at the 9th annual ESCA Digital Conf... More

By Paul Sweeting Newly introduced legislation to allow consumers to unlock their cell phones, prompted by a statement from the Obama Administration endorsing the idea, will likely... More

The Hollywood IT Society (HITS) has announced that its 3rd Annual Hollywood IT Summit will be held on Tuesday, May 7th in the George Elkins Auditorium at the Malibu Campus of Pep... More

By Paul Sweeting Efforts to crackdown on online piracy by taking legal action against individual web sites that facilitate it are often likened to a game of Whac-a-Mole -- an endl... More

The Obama Administration issued a statement Monday strongly endorsing consumers' right to unlock their cell phones that could hold broad implications for the use of digital rights ... More

Jargon Technologies announced the launch of JargonTalk 2.0, a cross-platform technology that enables advanced interactive applications which run on a multitude of devices. Building... More

By Paul Sweeting Music streaming services like Pandora and Spotify may be yet to turn a profit but the streaming business is suddenly hot, at least for the record labels. According... More

By Paul Sweeting Sony did not actually show a PlayStation 4 console at yesterday's Future of PlayStation event in New York, or reveal the price or ship date, so the presentation c... More

Special Edition of Industry's Annual Supply Chain Event Announced for March 28 in LA DEG and MESA have announced the return of their acclaimed annual event, ESCA, the Entertainmen... More

By Paul Sweeting Mobile video exceeded 50% of the total data traffic generated by mobile devices for the first time in 2012, and will account for two-thirds of mobile data traffic... More

Dijit, the company lead by CEO Jeremy Toeman which has developed second screen apps NextGuide and Dijit Remote TV, has announced the acquisition of GoMiso, Inc, developer of the Mi... More