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The International Trade Council announced that SoftServe will be participating in the International Trade Councils Trade Mission to Singapore from March 25-28, 2019. "The Trade Mis... More

As Roma, the first Netflix film nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars, helps establish VOD original content, an impressive 46% of consumers are now choosing Netflix to watch a f... More

The number of consumers getting their video programming from over-the-top subscriptions only will grow over the next five year to more than 15.5 million subscribers by 2024, accord... More

As the use of intelligent virtual assistants continues to grow, IBM today announced further worldwide adoption of IBM Watson Assistant, an industry leading AI solution that is desi... More

For many people, the general idea of artificial intelligence still conveys a dark, robot-master future. Yet simply add the word “conversational” in front of it, and suddenly i... More

Ernst & Young announced today that Douglas M. Bell has joined the firm as EY Global Trade Policy Leader and will work across the organization to support clients and advise EY leade... More

Netflix called it “‘Roma’ Experience Day.” On a Sunday in December, the streaming giant rented two soundstages on a historic movie lot in Hollywood to evangelize for “Rom... More

Ooyala has signed its latest client, HBO Asia, an award-winning entertainment provider, to drive efficiencies into their content distribution business across linear and OTT channel... More

Wasabi announced today that Lou Shipley has been appointed to its board of directors. Shipley is the former President and CEO of Black Duck Software, which was acquired in 2017 by ... More

The National Hockey League has expanded its existing multi-year partnership with Snapchat to include highlights and curated stories. The NHL will deliver a weekly highlights show o... More

OWNZONES Entertainment Technologies and GrayMeta are extending their integration capabilities to support the use of GrayMeta data in OWNZONES' cloud-native media supply chain solut... More

Is a "Netflix for games" coming this year? As the video game industry posts record profits ($43 billion in U.S. revenue in 2018), some of the world's most valuable technology compa... More

The Pay TV Show has engaged Bob Gold & Associates as its PR Agency. “Bob Gold & Associates is recognized throughout the pay TV industry as one of the leading agencies entirely fo... More

Netflix is opening up studios in Toronto, Canada. At present, Netflix has production facilities set up in Los Angeles and has announced that new production hubs are to be opened in... More

This is the year when the money spent on digital advertising will finally overtake spending on traditional ads — at least according to the latest forecast from eMarketer. The res... More

Veritone today announced an agreement with Carson Entertainment Group to use Veritone's digital asset portal, Digital Media Hub, to archive and license clips from the Johnny Carson... More

Panasonic has revealed what it calls its "most cinematic and musically refined soundbars ever," the SC-HTB900, SC-HTB700, and SC-HTB510, at its annual launch event in Frankfurt, Ge... More

IBM is set to launch a research center in the Brazilian city of São Paulo focused on development of solutions around artificial intelligence. The AI center will be the first Latin... More

As major conglomerates ready their own streaming services, they'll leave lucrative licensing fees on the table to compete for subscriptions in a contest that, at least in the short... More

Amazon Web Services is now the primary cloud computing, machine learning, and AI provider of Clippers CourtVision, the live, augmented game-watching platform created by the Los Ang... More