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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