Tag Archives: Smart Content Summit East

LMT Release 2.0: Language Code Solution for Broadcast, Media Industries

Global distribution requirements have exposed the need to consistently present languages for audio, text on the screen (closed captioning, subtitles, simplified descriptions for ac... More

IBM’s Andrews: Think Outside the Box with Blockchain

NEW YORK — These remain very early days for blockchain, but the opportunities that the technology presents for media and entertainment (M&E) and other companies are significant a... More

IBM Continues to Enhance Watson AI Solutions for Video

NEW YORK – IBM continues to enhance the various Watson artificial intelligence (AI) solutions it offers to enhance customers’ video services, according to Tim MacGregor, IBM Wa... More

AWS, Machine Learning and a Royal Wedding

It’s been about a year since Amazon Web Services began making it simple for developers to extract metadata from content using machine learning services, and according to Liam Mor... More

MarkLogic Exec: Companies Should Use the Right Data Pattern to Unlock Smart Content’s Power

NEW YORK – It’s important for media and other companies to use the right data pattern if they want to truly take advantage of the power of smart content, according to Matt Turn... More

Microsoft’s Wahl: Video AI Isn’t ‘Pie in the Sky’

Martin Wahl, principal program manager of cloud, AI and cognitive services for Microsoft, shared some daunting figures July 24 during a presentation at the Smart Content Summit Eas... More

Viacom, NYT Share How They ‘Gamify’ the Data Experience

Three experts from three very different media and entertainment companies gathered July 24 for a panel discussion on how to use data and analytics to attract and retain their custo... More

LiveTiles Exec: Companies Should Focus on Intelligent Transformation to be Successful

NEW YORK — Most organizations are going through some sort of digital transformation to allow them to better compete in their market, but organizations really need to focus on “... More

Experts Talk Benefits — and Drawbacks — of Advanced Ads

Dynamic ad insertion and addressable advertising have long been touted as the future of non-linear, ad-supported media, but despite advances in technology making advanced advertisi... More

Data Guru Stilling: Don’t Forget About Your People During the Data Journey

NEW YORK – Every media organization must have a collaborative culture in place built on a clear vision, data fluency and candor, according to data guru Thomas Stilling. “An ... More

Smart Content, Content Protection, Cloud Production Together July 24 in NYC

Nearly 400 members of the East Coast media and entertainment community are set to visit the Microsoft Conference Center July 24 for the second annual Media & Entertainment Day, att... More

Video AI, Data Topics Highlight Smart Content Summit East

Among the focus areas of the July 24 Media & Entertainment Day at the Microsoft Conference Center in New York is Smart Content Summit East, a track that will see media and ente... More

Viacom Execs: ‘Data Democratization’ is Important for Better Decision-Making

NEW YORK — The “democratization” of data is important today for better decision-making in the entertainment industry, according to Viacom data strategy executives. To help... More

TiVo Exec: Company’s Bullish on Open Standard Audio Watermark

NEW YORK — An open standard audio watermark would be a positive for TiVo and the entertainment industry as a whole, according to Scott Maddux, VP of business development at TiVo.... More