Tag Archives: NAB 2017

NAB Reflections: Deluxe MediaCloud’s Tom Holmes on 4K Over Public Internet, the At-Home–Production Boom (SVG)

Holmes: "If you look at where the market is going, I think [at-home] production is becoming more of a possibility now that we have networked services and more bandwidth available i... More

NAB: The Largest Data Event (IBM Systems Blog)

One indisputable trend is this: content equals data, data is becoming increasingly unstructured (video, photos, music) and all data is growing exponentially. Video files keep getti... More

CDSA Cybersecurity Pavilion 2017 Audio Now Online

Attendees of NAB Show 2017 were treated to three days of presentations by top cybersecurity and content protection experts from all corners of the media and entertainment sector, d... More

NAB 2017: OnPrem’s Sabonjohn Highlights Advantages of Shifting to Micro Services

LAS VEGAS — Using independent, autonomous, modular, self-contained applications – collectively known as micro services -- can revolutionize the digital supply chain, and offer ... More

NAB 2017: Security, QC Experts Tout Importance of Risk Management Strategies for Content Companies

LAS VEGAS — It’s in the best interest of content creators to develop risk management strategies that make sense for their individual businesses and that are line with their obj... More

NAB 2017: ISE Talks Threatscaping; Box Looks at Cloud Security

LAS VEGAS — Ted Harrington, executive partner for Independent Security Evaluators, used his time at the Content Delivery and Security Association (CDSA) Cybersecurity and Content... More

NAB 2017: Kroll, Teradici Offer Tips on Creating Security Strategy, Migrating to the Cloud

LAS VEGAS — The importance of creating a defensible information security strategy and why it might make sense to migrate graphics workloads to the public cloud were highlighted b... More

NAB 2017: OpenText Enhances Media Management; AVS Touts New Studio; Azure Touts Avid Pact

At the NAB Show, OpenText shared what’s it’s doing to help companies deliver content experiences that engage audiences at every moment of interaction, including the latest offe... More

NAB 2017: MarkLogic’s Turner Looks at Data Security; Sohonet Highlights Partnerships

LAS VEGAS — Matt Turner, CTO of media and entertainment for MarkLogic, used his presentation at the Cybersecurity Pavilion at the NAB Show to make a point: cybersecurity threats ... More

NAB 2017: Accenture, Deluxe, IBM, RSG, Vistex Tout Services to Help Media Companies Remain Competitive

LAS VEGAS – Traditional video companies have been able to “drive efficiencies” out of their core business models until now, but today they must find new growth areas from dig... More

NAB 2017: AWS, Dell EMC, G-Tech Tout 4K Delivery, Storage; Prime Focus Technologies Focuses on CREATE App

Underscoring the huge presence that Ultra High-Def (UHD) had at NAB, Amazon Web Services (AWS) teamed up with the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to prov... More

NAB 2017: 5th Kind Touts Aspera Integration; Crawford Sees Metadata Blossom

LAS VEGAS — 5th Kind CEO Stephen Cronan was all smiles at the Aspera booth at the NAB Show. In addition to a completely revamped web site, the Culver City, Calif.-based compan... More

NAB 2017: ZOO Digital’s Out to ‘Open Up’ Dubbing; FilmTrack to Improve Security, Workflows; Mediamorph Expands its Scope

LAS VEGAS – The big story for ZOO Digital at the 2017 NAB Show was the launch of ZOOdubs, which it says is the entertainment industry’s first cloud-based dubbing platform. ... More

NAB 2017: NeuLion’s MainConcept Business Signs Multi-Codec Deal for Snell Advanced Media’s Broadcast Solutions (MESA)

NeuLion announced that its subsidiary MainConcept GmbH has licensed MainConcept® AVC/H.264, MPEG-2, DVCPRO HD and JPEG 2000 SDKs to Snell Advanced Media Systems for use in its xFi... More

NAB 2017: Microsoft Azure Media Player Adds New Monetization Option (eWeek)

Microsoft has upgraded its Azure Media Player, the company's cloud-based streaming technology, to help Azure Media Services customers monetize their online videos. During the Na... More

NAB 2017: NASA Showcases First-Ever Live 4K Video Stream from Space

NAB Show wrapped up its third day of sessions today. A diverse array of leading industry professionals highlighted the latest advances in streaming, engineering and content creatio... More

NAB 2017: Dolby Laboratories’ Mathias Bendull Addresses the Latest With Dolby Atmos (SVG)

Dolby Atmos is revolutionizing the way live sports-video content is both produced and consumed, offering an immersive surround audio experience. Sports broadcasters, such as BT Spo... More

NAB 2017: Machine Learning and Cyber Threats; Studios Close to Early VOD

LAS VEGAS — Murali Rao, global head of cybersecurity and risk consulting for Wipro, is sympathetic to those charged with mitigating cyber threats inside media and entertainment o... More

NAB 2017: Aspera Partnerships Expand; Signiant Debuts Platform Advancements

LAS VEGAS — The list of companies exhibiting with Aspera at the NAB Show is almost as long and distinguished as the number of partners the IBM-run company has. And there’s good... More

NAB 2017: Tata Communications to Enter eSports Arena; Western Digital’s HGST Tackles UHD Storage Needs

LAS VEGAS -- Tata Communications is looking to capitalize on the soaring popularity of eSports and plans to offer services to help game companies broadcast competitive events globa... More