All posts by MESA Operations

The 2nd Screen Society announced today the 2nd Screen Summit: Amsterdam an afternoon event on Saturday, September 8 from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Okura Hotel.  The Summit will be ... More

By Lyndsey Schaefer When the 2012 Summer Olympics kick off this week in London, the BBC predicts that during the 100m finals, it will service a third of the UK’s Internet traffi... More

By Terence Keegan There may never be a single standard for what a second screen app should look like, or what functions it should serve — and that’s a good thing, judging from... More

By Lyndsey Schaefer Microsoft recently announced its SmartGlass™ service, which connects the Xbox experience to tablets and smartphones in an intelligent way. SmartGlass™ comm... More

I just came off of a day-long UltraViolet download. Eight hours of data and details about the next big Hollywood format. There were 250 of some of the smartest folks in home entert... More

A new industry group has been launched to meet the needs of the rapidly evolving ecosystem for companion screen viewing of broadcast television and home entertainment.  The 2nd Sc... More

By Lyndsey Schaefer Executives from Hollywood studios, their IT and marketing departments, and their service provider partners discussed how data and analytics are impacting the e... More

By Lyndsey Schaefer Game consoles are now becoming general entertainment consoles, as evidenced by the slew of announcements at this week’s E3 Expo, where Microsoft, Nintendo an... More

By Chuck Parker In the on demand video world, title availability can either help or hinder consumer adoption.  Finally ready to try a new digital video service but can't find you... More

by Chuck Parker When I attend industry conferences, I often spend time asking myself if I am generating enough value by attending to justify the travel cost, the time away from fa... More

by Chuck Parker I’ve spent the last few weeks having renewed discussions with a variety of people whose opinion I respect in this space, including those in the Twitter-sphere, t... More

by Colleen Quinn, Teradata The “web” seems to know weird things about me. Take my old friend Netflix – just the other day, I was thrilled and shocked to see that Netflix had... More

Will Walmart “convert” DVD consumers to its new Disc to Digital service? Chuck Parker has some new conclusions about the campaign, after taking another armful of DVDs to his lo... More

By Lyndsey Schaefer The upcoming Academy on UltraViolet, set for May 16 at the Luxe Hotel on Sunset in Los Angeles, is a unique chance for the home entertainment industry’s key ... More

Two security experts from Microsoft and The Walt Disney Studios shared their perspectives on content protection during a CDSA-produced panel at Tuesday’s LA Games Conference. Aar... More

by Chuck Parker Last week, it was trying to tackle one of the hardest problems on the internet -- video Discovery. Looking at consumer video services (Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, and e... More

by Lyndsey Schaefer Two security experts from Microsoft and The Walt Disney Studios shared their perspectives on content protection during a CDSA-produced panel at Tuesday’s LA ... More

by Chuck Parker A few weeks ago when the story first broke about Walmart planning to launch an UltraViolet-compatible disc-to-digital conversion service thru their own Vudu video ... More

New MESA member Rimage Corporation supports businesses in delivering digital content directly and securely. Rimage’s CD, DVD and Blu-ray-Disc™ publishing solutions enable busin... More