M+E News Headlines
Disney’s Big Bet on Streaming Relies on Little-Known Tech Company (NY Times)
BamTech grew out of Major League Baseball Advanced Media, or Bam for short, which was founded in 2000 as a way to help teams create websites. By 2002, Bam was experimenting with st... More
IBC 2017: Prime Focus Technologies Wins ‘Best of Show Award’ (MESA)
Prime Focus Technologies has been awarded NewBay Media’s TV Tech Global Magazine IBC 2017 ‘Best of Show’ for its industry-first Interoperable Master Format (IMF) Media Player... More
Oscars: Warner Bros Taking Revolutionary Approach For ‘Dunkirk’ Academy DVD Screeners, Offers Members 4K Ultra HD Blu-Ray Format (Deadline)
Deadline has learned that a letter is going out to the 8,427 members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences offering them a specially made screener in 4K Ultra HD Blu-r... More
Google Created a Fun Way to Learn About Simple AI (Engadget)
You've probably heard the term "machine learning" quite a bit -- basically, it refers to training computers to learn without directly programming them. It's a particularly hot topi... More
How Azure Stack Helps Microsoft Deliver the Promise of Intelligent Cloud, Edge (Forbes)
Last month at the Ignite conference, Microsoft has announced the commercial availability of Azure Stack, the long-awaited hybrid cloud platform from Redmond. The product that was s... More
Study: One-Third of Global Consumers Expected to Use VR by 2020 (THR)
Something missing from the TV experience since video-on-demand and streaming media changed the dynamics is the so-called watercooler effect, whereby so many viewers watch the same ... More
Amazon’s Alexa is a Real Smart Home Platform Now (Fast Company)
Alongside all the new Echo devices Amazon announced on Wednesday, the company also revealed a subtle but significant shift in its smart-home strategy. Alexa is no longer just a ... More
Where Does IBM Research Get Ideas? Open Mikes and Interns (IEEE Spectrum)
“We’re still doing a lot of basic research,” it’s not just development. That’s what Jeff Welser, lab director of IBM Research-Almaden told me on a recent visit. Given tha... More
Featured Jobs: Pixelogic; AWS; Spotify
Digital Media Technician — Los Angeles — Pixelogic Software Development Engineer, AWS Mobile — Seattle — AWS Senior Full Stack Software Developer — NYC — Spotify Cli... More
W is for Wearables (DXC Technology Blog)
Whether it’s a smart watch or a fitness tracker, our wrists now contain one of the most popular wearables — one that can also easily be associated with the term “wearable.”... More
Accenture Interactive Recognized for Innovation, Expertise in Retail Digital Marketing (MESA)
Accenture Interactive has been recognized as a Leader in the recently published “IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Retail Digital Marketing Technology Services 2017 Vendor Assessment*�... More
Motorsport.tv Partners with Tata Communications (Auto Sport)
Motorsport.tv has partnered with global technology and telecommunications giant Tata Communications to power the international growth of the network's internet television platforms... More
AIM Will Shut Down after 20 Years (The Verge)
It’s a sad moment: AIM, AOL’s long-running instant messenger service that was core to many people’s first social experiences on the internet, will shut down once and for all ... More
Adobe: Email Drives Quarter of Retail Visits (MediaPost)
Email marketing has grown in effectiveness this year, according to new retail industry data from Adobe Digital Insights. The study suggest that after two years of declining numbers... More
What if Platforms Like Facebook are Too Big to Regulate? (NY Times)
Social-media companies aren’t new to defending themselves in ideological terms — they’re just not used to doing it on their home turf. While to authoritarian regimes, the thr... More
How Amazon is Readying its Blitz on the Ad Industry (Digiday)
Amazon continues to make serious inroads into the advertising business. Its latest move: a new office in Manhattan that it says will bring 2,000 jobs, mostly in advertising, to the... More
Who Wins and Loses in Media’s Great Pivot to Video (THR)
Things move in a clunky manner in the digital media business, until everybody wakes up and realizes it is now or never. Like social media, like mobile, like apps. Like so many othe... More
Google’s Next Big Goal for the Home: Make Sound Smart (Variety)
When Google introduced its $399 Google Home Max speaker at its press event in San Francisco on Wednesday, the company didn’t just reveal a bigger, better-sounding speaker. The de... More
Featured Jobs: Pixelogic; Irdeto; Cisco
Account Analyst — Burbank, CA — Pixelogic Product Operations Analyst — North Hollywood, CA — Irdeto Software Engineer — Austin, TX — Cisco Click here to view all ava... More
Veritone Recognized by Oracle for Excellence in Application Development (MESA)
Veritone announced today that it has been recognized with the 2017 Oracle Excellence Award: Oracle Cloud Platform Innovation Award for its excellence in application development. Th... More