Film/TV

 

Netflix and Streaming Video are Replacing Hotel PPV Entertainment (Skift)

It might be crazy to think of this — especially at a time when some of us still agonize over the super-slow speed with which it takes to download a simple PDF in some hotel rooms... More

YuMe Debuts 360-Degree Video Ad Tech (MESA)

Audience tech company YuMe has debuted a new 360-degree ad format for both brands and advertisers, opening up new, more immersive video possibilities for its clients. The mobile se... More

Amazon Becoming Moneymaker for Video Publishers (Digiday)

Six months after launching a self-serve video distribution program, Amazon is a growing revenue provider for publishers and independent filmmakers alike. Launched in May, the Amazo... More

Technicolor Explores Role of Synthetic DNA for Archiving Entertainment Experiences (The Future Trust)

DNA, or deoxyribonucleic acid, contains tiny molecules of biological instructions that make each species unique. Those instructions can be stored not only on incredibly small form ... More

Big Studios Consider the Unthinkable: Home Viewing of Movies Two Weeks After They Hit Theaters (The Wrap)

Major Hollywood studios are considering offering movies to home viewers in as little as two weeks after they hit cinemas in the latest sign that major changes could be in store for... More

Turner’s FilmStruck Movie-Subscription Service Now on Apple TV; Roku, Chromecast Promised in 2017 (Variety)

FilmStruck, Turner’s subscription movie service for film fans, is now available on fourth-generation Apple TV set-tops. FilmStruck, which launched Nov. 1 after a two-week delay, ... More

Deluxe’s Company 3, Rushes Combine to Finish Tom Ford’s ‘Nocturnal Animals’ (MESA)

UK-based teams at Deluxe's Company 3 and Rushes worked together on to finish director Tom Ford's romantic thriller Nocturnal Animals, with Siggy Ferstl coloring and the Rushes team... More

Fox Networks Group Inks AT&T Deal, Including Rights for DirecTV Now Streaming Service (Variety)

Fox Networks Group reached an agreement to extend its carriage deal across AT&T and DirecTV’s services, including the telco’s new DirecTV Now over-the-top streaming service set... More

Power Lunch as Donald Trump Talks with Big 4 News, CNN, FNC Execs and Hosts (Deadline)

Ari Emanuel dropped by for a chat yesterday but today executives and on-air talent from ABC, CBS and NBC’s newsrooms and CNN and Fox News are meeting with Donald Trump. The sit-d... More

HPA Honors Aspera Founder Munson with Swartz Award

The Hollywood Professional Association (HPA) Nov. 17 honored Michelle Munson, founder and CEO of Aspera, with the Charles S. Swartz Award, as part of its annual HPA Awards. The ... More

Deluxe’s Method Studios Gets Psychedelic for Marvel Studios’ ‘Doctor Strange’ (MESA)

Marvel Studios’ “Doctor Strange” follows talented neurosurgeon Doctor Stephen Strange as he learns the secrets of a hidden world of mysticism and alternate dimensions from Th... More

Study Projects Addressable TV Advertising Will Double by 2018 (Adweek)

All of that data talk around this year's upfronts is paying off, to the tune of nearly $1 billion in addressable advertising spend this year—and that number is likely to more tha... More

Brown Sugar Blaxploitation-Movie Subscription VOD Service Launches (Variety)

Can you dig it? Blaxploitation films have a new digital home. African-American network Bounce TV is jumping into the subscription VOD biz with Brown Sugar, a $3.99-per-month servic... More

Hulu Acquires Video Genome Project to Enhance Recommendations for Live TV, VOD (Variety)

Hulu has acquired the assets of the Video Genome Project, billed as one of the biggest databases of video content on the market, which Hulu will use to deliver personalized recomme... More

Deluxe’s Iloura Heightens Intensity in ‘Deepwater Horizon’ (MESA)

Deluxe’s Iloura was tapped to heighten realism in many of the film’s high action sequences, adding digital mud, fire and smoke. To ensure continuity across shots and deliver in... More

Does the Crown Signal a New Era of Netflix and Television? (Huffington Post)

Harris Morris, Wazee Digital: A TV phenomenon has occurred this week, although you’d be forgiven for not yet noticing. The Crown, an epic, sweeping saga, respectful yet very inti... More

Influx Of Digital Media Forcing Rethink Of TV Targeting: TiVo’s Zamaniyan (Beet.TV)

The biggest challenge for television advertising buyers and sellers is changing their mindsets and embracing new infrastructure. While it would have been much more difficult a deca... More

Three Trends that Will Secure the Future of Broadcast TV (The Drum)

Mary Kay Evans, CMO of Verizon Digital Media Services: Broadcasters generally focus on making great content, not on how to deliver it. But today, they can’t afford to ignore deli... More

Kaltura Partners with Swiss Public Broadcasting for European Video Cloud (MESA)

Kaltura and SWISS TXT have partnered to enable European customers to take advantage of the popular Kaltura SaaS video platform, hosted locally at the state-of-the-art SWISS TXT Eur... More

Does the Screen Matter for Live Sports? (TVB Europe)

Sports rights are now a target of social media players just as much as extending the reach of sports properties onto OTT platforms is a strategy of sport franchises and broadcaster... More

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