Tag Archives: smart content

PCH: Media Companies Should Align Analytics Strategies with Their Business Strategies

Data has the power to be a major catalyst for a company, offering it the ability to better understand customer insights, but if the analytics are not in alignment with what the org... More

ThinkAnalytics: Metadata is Currency in the ‘New Hollywood’

Media and entertainment companies know it’s a competitive world out there today, but on July 25, Gabriel Berger, CEO of personalized recommendations specialist ThinkAnalytics, of... More

AI Integration into Data, Analytics is Transforming the Industry, MESA Members Say

The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into data and analytics platforms is transforming the way media content is being created and distributed, according to Microsoft, RS... More

MarkLogic, RSG Media, BTI Studios Bring Smart Content Know-How to July 25 M&E Day

MarkLogic’s chief strategy officer, the chief product officer for RSG Media, BTI Studios’ chief revenue officer and more will be on hand at the July 25 Media & Entertainment Da... More

Digital Edition of MESA’s Spring ‘M&E Journal’ Goes Live (SCN)

The Spring edition of the “M&E Journal” from the Media & Entertainment Services Alliance (MESA) is now live, offering nearly 30 articles authored by executives from Hollywood�... More

M&E Journal: The Language Metadata Table (LMT): An Industrywide Effort to Collaborate

Mary Yurkovic will be among the presenters Feb. 27 at the Smart Hollywood Summit in Los Angeles. By Mary Yurkovic, Director, Smart Content Council, MESA - Pick a standard, an... More

White House AI, Robotics Expert to Keynote Feb. 27 Smart Hollywood Summit

When President Obama saw the need to commercialize, research and adopt a policy around robotics and AI, he turned to Dr. Eric Daimler, a leading authority with more than 20 years o... More

Winter M&E Journal Digital Edition Goes Live

The digital version of the winter edition of the Media & Entertainment Services Alliance’s “M&E Journal,” featuring more than 40 original M&E thought pieces from executives r... More

Winter M&E Journal Digital Edition Goes Live

The digital version of the winter edition of the Media & Entertainment Services Alliance’s “M&E Journal,” featuring more than 40 original M&E thought pieces from executives r... More

Getting Started with AI

By Mary Yurkovic, Director, Smart Content Council, MESA - Artificial Intelligence (AI) continues to be a big buzzword in the M&E space and for a very good reason. It not only re... More

MESA Publishes HBO-Developed M&E Industry Language Metadata Table

The Media & Entertainment Services Alliance (MESA) Aug. 7 published a new language metadata resource, one developed by HBO and released with the goal of uniting data specialis... More

Smart Content Keynoter: Blockchain Can Empower Artists

Content creators face all sorts of challenges today, including a loss of control over their IP, a lack of a sustained income stream, little transparency in the financial reporting ... 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

Ooyala Exec: All Media Companies Would Benefit from a Connected Supply Chain

NEW YORK — As the content arms race escalates, there is tremendous value in investments that create and connect horizontal platforms and such an approach to managing the content ... 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

MarkLogic, Sony Share Data Gains

As long as there’s been entertainment, one thing has always been true, according to Matt Turner, CTO of media and manufacturing for MarkLogic: “The focus is on the content, mak... More