Connections
IBM Expands Blockchain Initiatives to Cloud Services
In another example of IBM’s efforts to expand its initiatives around blockchain record-keeping technology, the company said July 14 that it launched cloud services to be used by ... More
Ad-ID Webinar to Address Cross-Platform Ad Challenges
A group of entertainment industry experts will be on hand in a webinar July 26 to tackle one of the industry’s biggest challenges today: breaking down the walls between platforms... More
M&E Journal: U.S. Video Consumption & Viewership Trends
By Greg Boyer, U.S. Entertainment & Media Consulting Leader, PwC Terms like “all you can eat” and “binging” were once relegated to the analog domains of inexpensive food... More
Inaugural Rights & Metadata Madness Event To Tackle Rights Management, Contracts
At the inaugural “Rights & Metadata Madness: Where Legal Meets the Digital Supply Chain” event July 20 in New York City, the current state of media and entertainment content ri... More
Solekai Chosen by Pure Flix for Analytics, Mobile App Support
Software design services and tech integration company Solekai Systems has been chosen by Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Pure Flix Entertainment to analyze user trends on PureFlix.com, and... More
Adobe’s Burke: Connected Assets Improve Content Creators’ Productivity
The shift from traditional boxed software to connected assets that are available on desktop computers, as well as mobile devices, has significantly improved the productivity of co... More
Rovi: Make Content Discovery Easy for Consumers
UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. — During the Hollywood IT Society’s (HITS) recent “Holly-wired: Where IT and Entertainment Meet” event, Michael Jeffrey, VP of market solutions for R... More
Kaplan: Hollywood Deserves Critical Infrastructure Status
UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. — It’s a story almost too bizarre to be true: In 1983, President Reagan got a private screening of the now-classic Matthew Broderick hit “WarGames,” ... More
Data Takes Center Stage at ‘Holly-wired’ Event
UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. — Nick Curcuru, VP of data services for MasterCard, said something May 25 at the "Holly-wired: Where IT and Entertainment Meet" event in Los Angeles that c... More
Fox Futurist to Take HITS Attendees on VR/AR Journey
The worlds of virtual reality and augmented reality are meant to be light-hearted and fun. So that’s the tactic Ted Schilowitz, futurist for 20th Century Fox, will be taking with... More
USC’s Taplin to Tout the Mobile Video Revolution at HITS Conference
At the late-2013 "HITS Digital Marketing & Analytics Summit" in Los Angeles, Jonathan Taplin, director of the Annenberg School of Innovation at the University of Southern Californi... More
MasterCard Keynote at HITS Conference to Tackle Analytics
By Chris Tribbey One of the main keynotes attendees at the May 25 “Holly-wired: Where IT and Entertainment Meet” event in Los Angeles won’t involve someone from the media ... More
NAB Show: Adobe Does DRM, SeeQVault Making Gains
By Chris Tribbey Here’s a rundown of the latest news from Media & Entertainment Services Alliance (MESA) member companies out of the 2016 NAB Show: From an eye-opening report ... More
5th Kind DAM Deploys on Microsoft Azure with Akamai Integration
5th Kind has announced plans to make 5th Kind’s CORE available on the Microsoft Azure with Akamai CDN integration. 5th Kind’s Digital Asset Management solution provides highly ... More
GrayMeta Demonstrates Metadata Solutions at NAB 2016
GrayMeta, a leading provider of metadata solutions that brings tremendous value to your assets, is unveiling today new technologies tailored to help media, entertainment and broadc... More
New Analytic Solution from Teradata Simplifies, Automates Regulatory Review Processes
Companies everywhere are required to monitor and archive communications to ensure regulatory compliance and avoid legal penalties. However, existing labor-intensive compliance proc... More
Portland Trail Blazers Deploy Digimarc Barcode to Elevate Fan Experiences through Engaging Mobile Content
Digimarc has announced that the Portland Trail Blazers have partnered with the company to introduce a first-of-its-kind FanScan feature for the National Basketball Association (NBA... More
Bringing Sanity to Metadata Madness
By Christy King, Strategic Consultant, MESA Who would have imagined that there are 200 people in New York City who are excited enough about metadata to devote an entire day to d... More
Metadata Madness Speakers: Content Owners Still Have Data Work to do
It’s no secret that metadata is a crucial component for success for everyone in the media and entertainment space today, from OTT and service providers to advertisers and markete... More
Smart Content Panel Tackle Content Mining
By Chris Tribbey Before coming over to Universal Music Group last year as its new VP of advanced media planning and management, JR Yasgur spent more than a decade with Sony Pictur... More
