M+E Connections

Activision Blizzard, Electronic Arts (EA) and Zynga executives had nothing but praise for rival Niantic’s hit augmented reality (AR) mobile game “Pokemon Go” in their latest ... More

The importance of subscription video on-demand (SVOD) services was a common theme during the latest earnings calls of AMC Networks, 21st Century Fox and Viacom. The significance of... More

Time Warner’s decision to take a 10% equity stake in Hulu and provide content to the streaming video service “fits our strategy like a glove,” Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes sai... More

Rovi debuted a new version of its entertainment discovery platform i-Guide, upgrading it with a new user interface and high-def support. Rovi also announced that it’s already lan... More

Rovi reported better than expected second quarter fiscal results July 28, with revenue of $125.2 million, and a slew of positive news to give investors. Excluding pre-paid pay T... More

Quality assurance and compliance company Testronic Labs announced July 28 that it has opened a dedicated virtual reality testing facility at its Burbank, Calif. headquarters, the f... More

By Greg Schoenbaum, Global VP & GM Media & Entertainment Industry, Xerox Business Services The media we consume gives us the vocabulary with which we translate the everyday. It ... More

By Jeff Berman Nielsen continues to make strides in its ability to measure TV content regardless of where it’s being viewed and when, but there are still concerns among advert... More

By Shannon Wingard CULVER CITY, Calif. – Sony Electronics wants to up the ante in the 4K TV space. On July 20, the consumer electronics company debuted its Z series of 4K ... More

By T Shobhana, VP Head, Global Marketing & Communications, Prime Focus Technologies Today’s consumer is an evolved creature and already “cord-cutters” have become old news... More

More than a dozen leading tech companies out of Israel will be on hand in Los Angeles July 28 for the Israeli Sports Tech Showcase, offering the country’s best solutions for spor... More

Even if Screening Room’s planned streaming service wouldn’t hurt movie theaters as much as some exhibitors may think — as Stifel analyst Benjamin Mogil argued July 13 — one... More

There aren’t many 4K streaming services out there, and one of the first that does come to mind is San Jose, Calif.-based UltraFlix. Owned by NanoTech Entertainment, UltraFlix ... More

New security threats are one of “four major driving forces” that are changing business as we know it today, according to Katie Ellis, senior partner marketing manager at Box. ... More

Dolby Cinema continues to represent a major growth area for Dolby Labs, and the expansion of Dolby Cinema in China and other overseas markets is a key part of the company’s strat... More

A lot of media and entertainment companies come from more mundane origins. Los Angeles-based SyncOnSet (formerly Wymsee) started with a pair of sunglasses. Years ago, the founde... More

FilmOn parent FOTV Media Networks plans to grow organically and through acquisitions, the streaming video company disclosed in its initial public offering filing (IPO) with the SEC... More

When San Francisco-based Salesforce launched 17 years ago, the company didn’t just want to start a new, cloud-based customer relationship management (CRM) technology service, it ... More

As Nintendo continues to struggle through the current video game console cycle with the underperforming Wii U, the company is counting on its next console, code-named NX and shippi... More

Is virtual reality going to be the next big thing in how we watch live sports? The immersive technology gets its chance to play on the big stage next month when NBC will offer VR p... More