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CDSA Names New Chairman, Announces Officers, Committees for 2017

CDSA, the international content protection association, has named Ben Stanbury, director of studio content protection for Walt Disney Studios, its new Chairman.  Stanbury will dir... More

MESA’s Winter ‘M&E Journal’ Goes Live

The winter edition of the “M&E Journal,” published by the Media & Entertainment Services Alliance (MESA), and geared toward senior media and entertainment executives who overse... More

MESA at CES: YuMe Marks VR Efforts; Dolby Picks its Top News

LAS VEGAS — Audience tech company YuMe debuted its new 360-degree ad format for both brands and advertisers ahead of CES, with the goal of opening up more immersive video possibi... More

AI to Have Strong Presence at CES

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is expected to have a far more significant presence at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas Jan. 5-8 than it did only a year ago as a large... More

MESA Members at CES 2017: VR, OTT, AI and More

The Media & Entertainment Services Alliance (MESA) will be well-represented at the 2017 edition of the Consumer Electronics Show, taking over Las Vegas Jan. 5-8. Here’s a look at... More

MPAA: More Work Needed vs. Piracy Sites

The recently released United States Trade Representative’s (USTR) annual 2016 Out-of-Cycle Review of Notorious Markets — which identifies online and physical marketplaces world... More

UHD Blu-ray Passes Key Sales Milestones, But Challenges Remain

With the Ultra High-Def (UHD) Blu-ray Disc format’s first year on the market coming to an end, the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) reported that hardware and software sales passed... More

Wazee Digital, World Poker Tour Extend Agreement

The World Poker Tour (WPT) has extended its asset management and distribution service agreement with Wazee Digital, with the cloud-native video management and licensing services pr... More

MediaSilo at CPS: Balance Asset Usability, Security

Piracy is no laughing matter for content owners. Yet Alex Nauda, lead developer for secure video sharing company MediaSilo, did manage to get a few laughs out of a serious subject ... More

Salesforce Exec: Company’s Benefiting from ‘Radical State of Change’ in Tech

Salesforce is significantly benefiting from the growing popularity of mobility and increased acceptance of cloud services, according to David Havlek, its EVP of finance. “The ... More

Wazee Launches Digital Media Hub

Cloud-native video management company Wazee Digital is launching a new service geared toward broadcasters, one that allows them to capture live video moments and immediately integr... More

Source Digital Launches Smart Content Platform

Digital platform product and service provider Source Digital has launched a new smart content platform — dubbed SourceSync.io — that promises to connect consumers with personal... More

5th Kind Makes an Apple TV Statement

Apple TV owners have access to more entertainment and lifestyle apps then they know what to do with. But one media and entertainment services company is hoping to use the normally ... More

VirtusaPolaris: Helping Companies with Digital Transformation

In March, IT and business consulting and systems implementation firm Virtusa Corporation acquired a majority stake in Polaris Consulting & Services, creating VirtusaPolaris, a ... More

M&E Journal: The Future of Content Sales is Programmatic and Adaptive — and It Will Be Huge

By Rob Gardos, Mediamorph - On October 27, 1994 the first banner ad appeared on the Web. By the end of the decade, Internet usage exploded, driving online advertising revenue to... More

Media Execs at HITS N.Y.C.: Challenges Remain for Metadata, Master Data

NEW YORK — The importance of metadata and master data was stressed by several media and entertainment executives at the HITS N.Y.C. event, held Nov. 8 at the Microsoft Technology... More

Vast Media VR Round-Up: MTV, Discovery Tackle VR in Different Ways

Here’s a run-down of recent virtual reality-related entertainment items via Berlin-based research and consulting company Vast Media. Before the Nov. 8 election, MTV and Viacom NE... More

Okta: Consumer IAM More Important than Ever

More than two thirds of CEOs are “betting on digital transformation,” and as many as 75% of companies on the S&P 500 could be replaced in the next 15 years, thanks to “creati... More

Dynamic Ad Insertion Gets its Due at HITS N.Y.C.

Dynamic ad insertion and interoperability in cross-platform advertising may be hitting its stride, but does that mean the actual content siloes are a thing of the past? That discus... More

AMC SVP: Cognitive Computing a Must for Marketing

The seventh season of the No. 1 show in TV, AMC’s “The Walking Dead,” is well underway, and, as usual, it’s the biggest ad cash cow for the network. But, if you decide t... More

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