Management
From DAM to Digital Backbone (MESA)
As the world of Digital Asset Management continues to evolve and mature, the question for asset managers isn’t should I invest in a DAM tool of some kind, but rather how do I fin... More
Major Piracy Group Warns Games May Be Crack-Proof in Two Years (Ars Technica)
In the never-ending battle between pirates and game makers, it often seems like the pirates have the upper hand, releasing DRM-breaking cracks within hours or days of a game's offi... More
Aspera, Irdeto Partner for Real Time Watermarking (IPTV News)
Irdeto has announced a strategic partnership with Aspera, an IBM company that specialises in moving data at maximum speed. The new partnership enables forensic watermarking capabil... More
NexGuard Integrates Watermarking in ALi STB Chips (DigitalTVEurope.net)
Civolution-owned forensic watermarking speclialist NexGuard has teamed up with chipset giant ALi to integrate its technology in ALi set-top box chipsets. According to Civolution, t... More
Infor Delivers PoD to iPhone (Enterprise Times)
How many delivery drivers have iPhones? Actually it seems to be quite a lot. What is surprising is how many apps are in existence already to help delivery drivers with their job,... More
Spotify Announces Database to Properly Manage Royalties (Billboard)
According to sources, Spotify will work in conjunction with the National Music Publishers’ Assn. and other publisher organizations around the globe to build a music publishing da... More
Japan to Build National Rights Database (Variety)
Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) has announced plans to build a centralized database for rights information on Japanese content, including films, animation ... More
Why The Blockchain Is The New Website (Forbes)
The fundamental innovation with the blockchain is that the ownership of the asset is with the owner of the asset, not with a (central) party who owns a database that points to a re... More
Data Management in the Post-Safe Harbor Era (Information Management)
As the U.S. pushes for legislation to reestablish an international privacy agreement, which some are dubbing ‘Safe Harbor 2.0,’ businesses must streamline operations in the mea... More
Six Easy Pieces: Rev Up Your Content-Rights Platform (B&C)
The rights gurus at RSG Media suggest three extra pointers: Go granular, think enterprise-wide, and tie it all together. Let’s take a closer look. Go granular: Every show or othe... More
Digimarc Makes Bold Play for Brands with Walmart App (PBJ)
Digital identification firm Digimarc is moving deeper into retail brand marketing and logistics. In so doing, it has unveiled its ties to an app used by thousands of Walmart suppli... More
Booktrack to Utilize Sony DADC’s User Rights Management Solution (The Bookseller)
Booktrack, which provides a soundtrack for e-books, is to partner with digital publisher Canelo to bring new books to its platform. Booktrack is the creator of e-reader technology ... More
The Ad Blocking Industry: Global, Large, Threatening (Monday Note)
As big as it already is, this might in fact just be the tip of the iceberg. The ad blocking picture in even more startling when considered on a global scale and when the mobile int... More
Ad Blocking Will Force the Industry to Put the User Experience First (Digiday)
If publishers weren’t thinking about the user before, they will in the coming year. Spurred by Apple’s introduction of ad blocking to iOS in September, publishers and advertise... More
Time For Hollywood and Silicon Valley to Stop Fighting Over Copyright (The Hill)
Toughening up the rules around copyright infringement through felony streaming legislation, though, is not the answer to Hollywood’s ills. Legitimate streaming services that, but... More
Why Spotify’s Discover Weekly Playlists Are Such A Hit (Fast Company)
Much of the technology that powers Discover Weekly has lived within Spotify for quite some time. But until July, it mostly resided within the depths of the "Discover" tab of the se... More
IoT and the Supply Chain: The Complexity of Staying Connected (Dataconomy)
In pop culture, the IoT sounds like the final frontier, especially for businessmen. It offers superb optimization of processes, detailed tracking of goods and supply chain analysis... More
Sport Integrity Monitor Enters North America with MLB Deal (iGamingBusiness)
Under the agreement, SportIM will work with the MLB on a variety of initiatives to ensure the integrity of official league events remains beyond reproach. SportIM will utilise its ... More
Thankless Task: Rights Management is a Chore You Notice Only When Something Goes Wrong (B&C)
Rights management- you hear about it only when something blows up in someone’s face. For example, an NBA game plays on your flat-screen at home but won’t show up on your iPad; ... More
FilmTrack Selected by Arab Telemedia Group for Content, Contracts and Rights Management (PRW)
Arab Telemedia Group has selected FilmTrack, the leading provider of intellectual property and rights management solutions for media and entertainment brands, to manage their conte... More
