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Changing the Economics of Preserving Media Assets: 4 Tips CTOs Should Follow (Data Center Tech Blog)

Production, broadcast and distribution companies are increasingly collecting high-resolution digital content from every stage of the workflow. Studios are struggling to find effici... More

The Xbox One is Getting a Major Update (The Verge)

Microsoft has been gradually improving its Xbox One dashboard to make the experience a lot faster to use. While the original Xbox One launched with Kinect and voice controls, much ... More

How Augmented Reality Audio Will Let You Soundtrack Your Life (Billboard)

Leaving aside the semantic debate around “Augmented” vs. “Mixed” Reality, as a general category AR can be defined as the “integration of digital information with the user... More

Will Congress Kill Facebook and the Rest of the Internet? (AdAge)

Fake news, fake ads, fake accounts, bots, Russians interfering with our elections.... Suddenly, people are waking up to the idea that the internet is a highly chaotic, ungoverned m... More

‘The Power Center Has Always Been in LA’: Video Goes Full Hollywood (Digiday)

Since before the first talkie, LA has been the hub for movies and TV. It’s Hollywood, after all. In the past couple of years, some of the attention in digital video shifted to Ne... More

Featured Jobs: Cognizant; CBS; HCL

Social Media Content Analyst — Tampa, FL — Cognizant Director, International Research — Los Angeles — CBS Sr. Analyst — Cary, NC — HCL Click here to view all availab... More

LG, Dolby Kick Off Roadshow Showcasing Ultimate Home Entertainment Experience (MESA)

LG today launched the "LG OLED TV Cinema House powered by Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos," an immersive consumer experience featuring the superior audio-visual performance of LG OLED... More

Screen Media Selects Sony’s Ci Media Cloud Platform for Centralized Media Production Workflow (MESA)

Screen Media has selected Sony’s Ci Media Cloud platform to centralize its media workflows in the cloud, using the Ci Company Network to gather, prepare and deliver content for c... More

Yes! Publishers Can Innovate! (MarkLogic Blog)

Frankfurt Book Fair: Publishing is often thought of as a traditional industry. One where words are hand crafted, the book is artfully laid out and the meaning conveyed to a reader ... More

Source Digital Platform Powers dotstudioPRO’s Digital Brand Integration Experience for New Lifetime Series (MESA)

dotstudioPRO announces the launch of a digital video e-commerce platform, a fully brand integrated web and mobile responsive experience, for Lifetime Network's newest show American... More

PwC Launches On-Demand Flexible Lawyering Service for Clients (International Law)

PwC has launched a new flexible lawyering service as part of its ‘New Law’ offering for large in-house legal teams. The new service, dubbed Flexible Legal Resources, will help ... More

Intelsat, Globecast Broaden Audience Reach for France 24 with New HD Spanish-Speaking Channel (MESA)

Intelsat, operator of the world’s first Globalized Network and leader in integrated satellite communications, recently announced that Globecast, a global solutions provider for m... More

Pai: Goal Is to Cut as Much Telecom Regulation as Possible (MCN)

FCC chair Ajit Pai may have been stating the obvious given his conservative, deregulatory history, but he did so with gusto at a speech at the Reagan Library in Simi Valley, Calif.... More

Capgemini Names Two New Chief Operating Officers (MESA)

Capgemini said Thursday that it has appointed Thierry Delaporte and Aiman Ezzat as chief operating officers and executive corporate officers, effective Jan. 1, 2018. The French inf... More

Spotify’s Second App is Here, and It’s Just for Artists (Billboard)

Spotify has unveiled only its second app ever, Spotify for Artists, a one-stop mobile version of its existing artist-centric dashboard client for tracking new music, updating profi... More

Google Pitches TV-Like Quality for Online Ads (Light Reading)

Although navigating the online video ecosystem is complex, Google can help, according to Google's Strategic Partner Manager Michal Stefanski. Speaking in Budapest Wednesday, Stefan... More

Featured Jobs: Cognizant; ABC; DXC Technology

Social Media Content Analyst — Tampa, FL — Cognizant Media Strategy Specialist — Burbank, CA — ABC Information System Security Officer — Raleigh, NC — DXC Technology ... More

Movies Anywhere App Launches with Joint Studio Backing (Variety)

Five of the six major Hollywood studios have joined forces to make digital movie collecting easier than ever. Movies Anywhere, a free app and website digital locker service, launch... More

BTI Studios Provides AD, Subtitles for ‘Loving Vincent’ (MESA)

BTI Studios has provided audio description (AD) for the visually impaired and subtitles for the hard of hearing on behalf of Altitude Film Distribution for an extraordinary new fil... More

Veritone Expansion Fuels Growth in Latin American Market with Fox Sports Brasil Relationship (MESA)

Veritone today announced that it has continued to expand internationally by growing its presence in the Latin American market, where the media and entertainment market in Brazil al... More

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