At NAB 2010, April 12-15th come visit the Microsoft booth located in the South Hall #SL220 Microsoft will present a strong vision to the industry for "The Digital Supply Chain, SIMPLIFIED." We have planned a comprehensive set of customer deployed, technology and solution demonstrations spanning...

by Ted Malone Microsoft today unveiled the next version of its Microsoft Mediaroom IPTV software platform - Microsoft Mediaroom 2.0 - which enables subscription TV providers to deliver more digital entertainment to more screens, using a single cloud-based infrastructure. Mediaroom 2.0 will be available...

by Robin Laylin Surprise! Monetization is top of mind On day two of Advertising Week, the focus appears to be on concrete challenges the media industry is facing on the business side. The word ‘monetization' came up repeatedly. And not surprisingly, in some who uttered the word, it carried a tone...

by Erika Bitzer Monday morning's keynote at IBC was about predicting patterns of the future, but it was really specific to the broadcast and news industry. Much of what was discussed was really where the industry is today, but when they finally did get to talking about the future, there were some...

by Erika Bitzer On Sunday at IBC, I attended a panel on new models for delivering technology and content focused primarily on the impact of file-based workflows. Given that this is a focus on many other panels during the week, it is clear that this is an important topic for the industry. Mark Wilson...