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Perforce Explores Working With Realtime Tech in Live Environments

During the Nov. 8 webinar “Helix Core and Unreal Engine: Working with Realtime Tech in Live Environments,” Perforce Software took a look at what’s involved with working in li... More

MicroStrategy ONE Platform Now Available in AWS Marketplace, Empowering Businesses with AI-Driven Business Intelligence

By bringing together MicroStrategy's powerful generative artificial intelligence capabilities for business intelligence and the scalability and reliability of Amazon Web Services, ... More

Technicolor Explores ‘Animation For Toons’

Technicolor took a deep dive into animation creation on Oct. 31, during the 13th episode of the “Learn, Create &a Grow” webinar series, on “Animation For Toons.” During ... More

CoreSite Accelerates AWS Direct Connect Hosted Connections on the Open Cloud Exchange

The new OCX capabilities will further enable businesses to support the next wave of high-bandwidth, low-latency hybrid applications such as artificial intelligence (AI), machine le... More

Qvest Named SoCal Women’s Leadership Summit Title Sponsor

Qvest has been named the title sponsor for the upcoming 2023 SoCal Women’s Leadership Summit, hosted by Women in Technology: Hollywood Foundation (WiTH), and being held Nov. 3 at... More

Whip Media Explores the Data Needed to Build a Successful FAST Channel

Audiences are increasingly embracing free ad-supported streaming television (FAST), with almost 50 percent of US viewers already watching FAST channels and most watching the same o... More

WiTH Oct. 6 Connection Corner Event to Discuss Practical AI

Several top minds in the media and entertainment space will gather Oct. 6 for a one-hour panel covering perhaps the most crucial question the industry is facing today: what, exactl... More

Technicolor Explores the Significant Role of Roto in VFX

Rotoscoping has been widely used in animation for many years, but the technique is also being used extensively now for film and TV production visual effects (VFX), according to Raj... More

ICVR Receives Epic MegaGrant for Project Lightfall

ICVR, a Los Angeles-based company, has been selected as a recipient of a prestigious MegaGrant from Epic Games for its visionary animated virtual production project, Lightfall. ... More

Nominations For DEG’s Third Annual EnTech Awards Now Open

Nominations for DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group’s third annual EnTech Awards are now open, with the winners to be honored live and in person in Los Angeles on Oct. 12. (more... More

Dolby Releases Native Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos Plug-ins for Unreal Engine

Dolby is introducing two free plug-ins to provide developers the ability to natively create games in Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos all within Unreal Engine. With the convenientl... More

MESA’s Winter M+E Journal ‘Giving Voice to Chaos’ Wins APEX Award

MESA’s winter 2022 M+E Journal — “Giving Voice to Chaos” — has won an APEX (Award for Publication Excellence) “Award for Excellence” in the category of “Magazines, ... More

The Rise of VR/AR/VFX and Live Entertainment

In one breakthrough after another, AR, VR and VFX are augmenting live entertainment, from ABBA’s avatars to XR concerts to Madonna dancing live on stage with her digital selves. ... More

HITS 2023: Embracing Disruption, Innovating Amid Economic Turbulence Can Drive M&E Success

The media and entertainment industry is constantly evolving, with new technologies and shifting consumer demands shaping the landscape, and economic disruptions only accelerating t... More

Eluvio, Warner Team on ‘Superman’ Web3 Experience

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has teamed up with content blockchain specialist Eluvio once again to deliver a unique Web3 movie experience, this time with the classic superhero f... More

SAP and Tchibo Brew Up Web3 Innovation

When Tchibo worked with SAP to develop the NFT Launchpad, it wasn’t simply “stirring the pot.” Tchibo’s innovation-driven DNA and SAP’s 50-year history of tackling busine... More

New Virtual Production Paper Aims to Demystify the Process

A new white paper from Entertainment Technologists and NEP Virtual Studios — “Demystifying Virtual Production” — examines key questions about how to budget, plan and execut... More

HITS 2023 Keynoter: Combo of Technology, Talent Makes Amazon Studios Stand Out

CULVER CITY, Calif. — Amazon Studios and its Media Engineering and Innovation (MEI) team take an artist-first approach to designing and supporting creative and technical postprod... More

Shapiro, Fortinet’s Lakhani Bring Latest on Web 3.0 to May 23 HITS

A pair of presentations at the May 23 Hollywood Innovation and Transformation Summit (HITS), at the Culver Theater in Los Angeles, will examine the future of (and opportunities and... More

Amazon Studios Brings Innovation, Virtual Production Insights to May 23 HITS

An inside look at the latest production innovations, a panel covering the state of virtual production and game engines, and a Prime Video discussion around consumer privacy and sec... More

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