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Salesforce’s Stephanie Buscemi: Reach is Going Out of Fashion (Digiday)
Brand purpose has become the go-to phrase for chief marketing officers. Stephanie Buscemi, CMO at Salesforce, claims brand purpose is imperative for every brand and it’s even exp... More
Adobe Lightroom Adds Tutorials, Shared Albums, Texture Control (TechCrunch)
Adobe Lightroom is getting its first new slider in a long time today that helps bring out texture in images. This new feature, which will be available in Lightroom, Lightroom Class... More
IFC Film Launching Subscription VOD Channel (Variety)
IFC Films will launch a new subscription video on demand channel, Variety has learned. Dubbed IFC Films Unlimited, it will comprise theatrically released and award-winning titles s... More
BTI Studios Announces New CFO, CTO Appointments (MESA)
BTI Studios announced the appointment of Andrew Court as its new CFO, starting July 1. Court is currently CFO at Agilisys with 20+ years’ experience in board level roles. BTI Stu... More
Why eSports Will Be Bigger Than Live Sports (Techonomy)
You probably don’t understand e-sports the way you think you do. Your immediate intuition is probably to make the analogy to live sports presented in a digital gaming format. But... More
Technicolor’s Mikros Served 17 Films Selected Across the Different Competitions at Cannes Festivals (MESA)
Now in its 72nd edition, the Cannes Film Festival remains one of the most esteemed film festivals in the world. Technicolor Mikros worked on a combined total of nine films that hav... More
Sony Launches HT-X8500 Soundbar With Dolby Atmos (Times of India)
Sony has announced HT-X8500 soundbar speaker in India. According to the company, it can deliver maximum 7.1.2 channel sound experience with Sony digital signal processing tecnologi... More
WarnerMedia Blurs the Line Between TNT, TBS as It Preps for Its Streaming Future (Variety)
The evolution of the former Turner networks continues, as WarnerMedia is making less of a distinction now between entertainment channels TNT, TBS and TruTV. Moving forward, the con... More
In Age of Time-Shifted Viewing, Networks Stay on Schedule (MediaPost)
It seems so quaint, doesn’t it? TV networks, in this day and age, announcing their fall schedules according to such antiquated notions as the day and time. This week’s network ... More
Luke Fay Named ATSC Technology Group Chair (MESA)
The Advanced Television Systems Committee Inc. has named Luke Fay of Sony as Chairman of the ATSC Technology Group overseeing ATSC 3.0 Next Gen TV standards. He succeeds Madeleine ... More
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Adobe’s Photoshop for the iPad is Taking Beta Test Applications (The Verge)
Adobe’s Photoshop CC for the iPad is slated for release sometime this year, and the company is now accepting applications for beta testers. Photoshop CC for the iPad is a more po... More
Portugal’s SIC TV Turns to Avid for State-of-the-Art Graphics (MESA)
Avid announced that Portugal’s leading private broadcaster, SIC TV, has signed an agreement for Avid to provide its Maestro graphics workflow and multi-year service agreement for... More
Salesforce, OpenClassrooms Partner to Prepare the Workforce for the Jobs of Tomorrow (MESA)
Salesforce and OpenClassrooms announced a partnership to prepare individuals around the world for high-demand jobs in the technology sector. The companies are launching the first f... More
Verizon IoT Network Launched Across U.S. (CRN)
Verizon on Tuesday announced that its Narrowband IoT network is now available across the country, covering 92 percent of the U.S population. Verizon's Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Netwo... More
Sony Pictures Television, Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment Launch Joint Venture (MESA)
Sony Pictures Television and Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment launched their new streaming video joint venture named “Crackle Plus” and announce closing of related trans... More
Dolby Appoints Anjali Sud to its Board of Directors (MESA)
Dolby announced the appointment of Anjali Sud to its Board of Directors as a new independent director, effective May 13, 2019. The appointment fills the vacancy resulting from the ... More
Bob Gold & Associates Founder Takes the Reigns of Investment Advisory Firm, Hemisphere Technologies (MESA)
Bob Gold, Founder and CEO of Bob Gold & Associates, has been selected to lead the investment advisory firm, Hemisphere Technologies. He will also continue to lead his eponymous PR ... More
Facebook Introduces ‘One Strike’ Policy to Combat Abuse of its Live-Streaming Service (TechCrunch)
Facebook is cracking down on its live streaming service after it was used to broadcast the shocking mass shootings that left 50 dead at two Christchurch mosques in New Zealand in M... More
Disney Leans Into Streaming, Brings Expanded Family of Brands Together During Upfronts (The Drum)
Armed with an expanded roster of brands, Disney presented a unified pitch during its upfront event. Executives from ABC, ESPN, Freeform, FX Networks and National Geographic all sha... More
