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5G technology may be the best thing to happen to media and entertainment in ages, the industry’s use of blockchain for content management is being hamstrung by state regulations,... More

There’s a new — and novel — supply chain approach today for streaming and servicing film and TV catalogue content direct from their source assets, for sales, licensing, and t... More

Mike Forde, strategic advisor to the NBA’s San Antonio Spurs and advisor to McLaren Formula 1’s Applied Technologies division — and longtime director of football operations a... More

One of the most potentially far-reaching trends we’ve seen over the past couple of years in the industry is a huge upsurge in interest amongst rights holders for going direct-to-... More

Collaboration among professional audio localization providers going forward can make the most of the lessons we’ve learned along the way. When the COVID-19 pandemic blindsided... More

Zixi, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Verizon representatives used a webinar on Sept. 23 to highlight the benefits of 5G and the significant role each company is playing in the promo... More

Halsey Minor, a serial entrepreneur, the founder of CNET, and one of the initial major investors in Salesforce, will deliver the opening keynote address of the Oct. 20 Media & Ente... More

The beginnings of the COVID-19 pandemic signaled changes both monumental and fast. Whereas at the start of 2020 one would not have hesitated to shake hands with a col-league (or ev... More

The Oct. 7 Women’s SoCal Leadership Summit, presented by Women in Technology Hollywood (WiTH), will host presenters on a wide range of topics, covering diversity, leadership, rem... More

There’s an old saying in business: Your biggest assets (people) leave in the elevator every night. That’s doubly true in the creative talent management business, where your... More

As the world shelters at home to stall the spread of COVID-19, families, co-habitants and individuals alike are discovering newfound time to occupy. (more…)... More

The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) announced Sept. 9 that the 2021 edition of the NAB Show will be held in Las Vegas, but pushed back from its normal April slot, to Oct... More

While TV networks continue to rely mainly on viewership ratings to determine whether or not a freshman TV series should be renewed, there is significant value in being able to gaug... More

SAP will host the Sept. 10 webinar “Brace Yourselves for the Next Disruption in the Media Industry” By Richard Whittington, SVP M&E, SAP - The maxim that “content is k... More

The Smart Content Summit — an annual gathering of the entertainment industry’s top minds in the areas of big data, AI, machine learning, automation and blockchain — is expand... More

For premium content providers, pay TV operators and telecommunications alike the pandemic has opened up all sorts of issues around how to successfully manage business and keep subs... More

By Alex von Krogh, VP Data Sales, Whip Media Group - In this environment, traditional windows and content distribution strategies are being impacted. Disney+ released Frozen II ... More

Andres Angelani, CEO of Cognizant Softvision, will take part in the free Aug. 5 webinar “Agility Done Remote? Software Product Engineering in a Virtual World” By Badhrinath ... More

Women in Technology Hollywood (WiTH) is bringing back its popular Women’s SoCal Leadership Summit on Oct 7, this time as an all-online event. Running from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.... More

By Russell Wise, SVP, Digital Nirvana - New OTT platforms are entering the streaming marketplace at a dizzying speed, vying to address consumers’ continually increasing deman... More