The Media and Entertainment industry, like many others, has been deeply affected by current events. Increased streaming demands and unprecedented stress on infrastructure have forced media companies to quickly adapt and accelerate their digital transformation, yet the future remains uncertain. How will this unprecedented crisis affect content product and distribution? Who will be the winners and losers in the aftermath? What technologies will move to the forefront? Join Equinix and ETC for an insightful and provocative conversation with an array of industry experts and thought leaders as Read More
NAB Show Express is Wednesday, May 13 and Thursday, May 14, 2020. Register now for this free digital experience and see ETC sessions programmed by Erik Weaver, ETC’s director of special projects. Digital Storage for Next Generation Media explores the trends in video storage capacity, performance and latency requirements and look at how new storage architectures including NVMe-oF, persistent memories, storage accelerators and other technologies will enable 4K and even 8K media data centers in the near future. In a virtual beings presentation, “Building Character,” ILMxLAB’s Michael Read More
The Entertainment Technology Center at USC’s Spring 2020 semester Immersive Media challenge kicked off on January 29th for students and recent graduates from various disciplines. ETC’s Immersive Media Experience director Phil Lelyveld called upon submitters to ideate an immersive experience that, while not possible or easily built now, should be possible to build in 3-5 years. New to this third ETC Immersive Media Challenge was the question; how will 5G impact the experience? Students detailed what technological advancements need to take place in order to make their Read More
A panel of six USC undergraduates from the Iovine & Young Academy and Dornsife College of LA&S spent an hour answering questions about their media habits asked by ETC member company executives at the December 12, 2019 All Members Meeting held in Burbank at Disney. Where do they get their recommendations? What’s a good length for a viewing experience? What do they think about having their personal data gathered, and about data analytics in general? What do they pay to subscribe to? Listen to this 9-minute highlight Read More
The Entertainment Technology Center at USC held its Digital Town Square, 5G: Planning and Piloting First M&E Services, on December 10, 2019, hosted by ETC member company, Bluescape, at the Haworth Furniture Showroom Penthouse in Los Angeles. Industry experts invited to the half-day forum discussed 5G technologies’ impact upon media and entertainment production, composition, distribution, and consumption. Presentations and a panel covered topics ranging from the transforming nature of storytelling to the more granular and technical aspects of networked production. The Program: 5G Fixed Wireless: Cable in the Crossfire Bill Read More
The Entertainment Technology Center at USC, which kicked off its Fall semester Immersive Media challenge on September 5th, received 26 submissions from students and recent graduates from various disciplines. Organized by ETC’s Immersive Media Initiative lead Phil Lelyveld, the IM Challenge calls upon students and recent graduates to ideate an immersive experience that, while not possible or easily built now, should be possible to build in 3-5 years. This is ETC’s second IM Challenge, the first having taken place during Spring 2019, which received 14 submissions. Students Read More
