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State of the VFX/Animation Industry: Full Speed Ahead (VFXV)

Technological advances in the VFX/animation industry don’t look to slow down anytime soon, despite difficult-to-predict economic adjustments up or down in 2024.... More

Walt Disney Studios, Pixelworks to Expand Reach of TrueCut Motion Technology

In a new agreement, Walt Disney Studios and Pixelworks will bring a collection of TrueCut Motion graded titles to select home entertainment devices. These titles maintain a new lev... More

Collaborative Workflows: Meeting the Global Time Zone Challenge (VFXV)

Driven by the continued demand for visual effects, the industry is booming. Once upon a time, VFX studios were solely working on their own projects. Today, with the VFX surge, stud... More

Synamedia: Understanding the Fundamentals of SSAI

It is 2024 and we are in the middle of a digital revolution where delivering TV advertisements is increasingly becoming more nuanced, precise, and targeted. For video content owner... More

Front Street Pictures: The Quest for a True Plug-and-Play Streaming Solution Leads to ClearView Flex (Sohonet Blog)

Sohonet speaks to Front Street Pictures' Director of Post-Production, Sepideh Merchant, about overcoming unreliable streaming challenges, embracing a seamless plug-and-play solutio... More

Wild Capture Joins HAND Talent Registry Beta for Rights Management (DMW)

Wild Capture and HAND partnered to advance digital human talent authentication and rights management for the volumetric video performances Wild Capture captures.... More

Work Finally Begins on Liverpool’s Littlewoods Film Studios (TVBE)

The work will pave the way for main contractors to move in, with two new 20,000 sq ft studios set to be the first to be constructed on the neighbouring land.... More

Netflix Develops HDR-VMAF to Dynamically Optimise All its HDR Content (TVBE)

HDR-VMAF is designed to be format-agnostic and measures the perceptual quality of HDR video signal regardless of its container format.... More

Overcoming the 5 Most Common Challenges of Remote Post-production (MediaSilo Blog)

Remote workflows have quickly become the norm across much of the post-production world. While bringing significant advantages in flexibility and the opportunity to collaborate glob... More

Adobe is Using AI to Break Apart Messy Audio (The Verge)

Adobe is working on a new audio tool designed to break apart different layers of sound within a single recording. The tool is called Project Sound Lift, and it can use AI to separa... More

The Business Impact of Extended Reality (MIT Sloan)

Following digital revolutions in communications and computation, the next transformation cycle involves human and machine convergence. This challenges organizations to use extended... More

Disney Reveals NFT Platform With Dapper Labs, Including Star Wars and Pixar (Decrypt)

Inspired by the physical pins that Disney sells at its theme parks and that fans collect and trade, Disney Pinnacle will offer pin-inspired digital collectibles that are minted as ... More

Singular.live Integrates Zixi for Dynamic Live Graphics

Zixi announced a partnership with and integration into the Singular.live graphics solution that empowers customers to seamlessly integrate live, customisable graphic overlays into ... More

LucidLink: The Ultimate Guide to Optimising Your Post-Production Workflow

Post-production is an essential component of narrative motion picture films, episodic TV, non-fiction TV and documentaries, commercials, music videos, or any other type of creative... More

Martin Scorsese Calls on Young Generation to Use New Tech, Evolve Cinema (IE)

Scorsese urges filmmakers not to succumb to frustration but instead to re-invent cinema, emphasising that they must be proactive in safeguarding the art form.... More

Web3’s Revolution: Why the Digital Wallet is the New Marketing Gold (CoinTelegraph)

The cookie-less internet presents an opportunity, not a risk. It has the ability to redefine and strengthen the connection and trust between consumers and brands.... More

Breaking Constraints – Re-Imagining Intellectual Property (ICVR Blog)

The collision of creativity and commerce is at a pivotal juncture, as Intellectual Property rights fuel and fetter the boundless potential of innovation in the entertainment and me... More

ZOO Reaches Key Milestone for ZOO Academy Education Initiative

ZOO announced that its cloud-based dubbing and subtitling platforms are now being used to train a new wave of localisation talent at 40 universities and training providers around t... More

How AI, XR Technology are Changing the Face of Film (AnOther Magazine)

At Venice Film Festival 2023, Alex Denney travels to Immersive Island to trial a number of AI and XR technologies changing the future of cinema.... More

Generative AI: What We Know and Where It Could Go (Slalom Blog)

Unlocking the possibilities of human creativity and machine processing with generative AI.... More

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