Film/TV
Disney, Sony Set Massive Movie Deal, Bringing ‘Spider-Man’ Films to Disney Plus (Variety)
The wide-ranging deal, which runs through Sony’s 2026 theatrical slate, also calls for Sony titles to run across Disney’s array of streaming and linear platforms, making it unp... More
MR. X Partners With Marvel Studios to Deliver WandaVision’s Wickedly Magical VFX
The VFX team set out to create a balanced visual style that would appeal to the wide-ranging age demographics of the MCU audience.... More
Cinema Advertising Post-Pandemic: What Does the Future Hold for the Silver Screen? (The Drum)
With the latest Bond still delayed and Godzilla vs Kong forced to premiere on Amazon, cinema – and cinema advertising – has been decimated by the coronavirus. But as theatres a... More
Worldwide Content Classification: What Happens When You Get it Wrong (Spherex Blog)
Content producers use strategies to navigate the ratings process. We’ve discussed avoiding them altogether, but another common approach is mapped ratings. Mapping a rating involv... More
Bitmax Launches Podcast Series Aimed at Independent Film Producers
Bitmax has launched a podcast series, Film Distribution with Bitmax, aimed at independent film producers, giving them a behind the scene look at how other independent film producer... More
Eurofins Digital Testing Announces Development of New NEXTGEN TV Test Suite
Eurofins Digital Testing announced the development of updated test suites for the Consumer Technology Association’s NEXTGEN TV Logo program, which will be applicable to 2022 mode... More
Sharpe Sound Delivers for Studios With ClearView Flex
Sohonet sits down with Sharpe Sound’s, Sound Mixer and Supervisor, Kelly Cole to hear about his experience working remotely and delivering for the likes of Disney and Netflix wit... More
As Theaters Open Up, Studios are Starting to Promote Theatrical Movie Marketing Again (Digiday)
Some agency execs who work with major movie studios are bullish about a possible return to theaters as well as a resurgence of marketing for the theatrical experience in the coming... More
CHESA Talks Post Production, Editing Workflows in Latest Podcast Episode
The latest in Chesapeake Systems’ (CHESA) long-running podcast “The Workflow Show” interview series around production workflows features a chat with Robert Lawson, Director o... More
Technicolor’s Creative Studios Add 4 VES Awards to Their Roster of Wins
VFX teams continue to demonstrate strength and range with studios across the Technicolor family receiving 15 nominations from the Visual Effects Society for their outstanding work.... More
Keywords Opens New State-of-the-Art Recording Studio in Paris
Designed from the ground up to feature an industry-leading specification for audio localization, the facility will enable Keywords to meet the evolving needs of its global client b... More
Piracy as a Business: How Movie Thieves Make Billions in a Post-Pandemic World (CPO)
The piracy business model has made significant strides since its inception, evolving from shaky, in-theatre camera shots to crisp, high-quality content stolen straight from the sou... More
Remote Picture Labs Chooses Teradici for Remote Editing Solution (TV Tech)
The company will integrate two Teradici technologies to support remote, collaborative editing.... More
Can Cinemas Bank on a Big Return to the Big Screen? (The Guardian)
The Covid crisis and the TV streaming boom has badly hurt cinemas but experts say a happy ending is possible.... More
Worldwide Content Classification – How Hard Can It Be? (Spherex Blog)
The challenge facing content creators and distributors is their lack of the unique cultural knowledge required to navigate international regulations in their target markets. The sh... More
Sohonet Honoured With Lumiere Award
The company was honoured by the Advanced Imaging Society for its groundbreaking ClearView Flex, a user-friendly, real-time remote collaboration capability with a wide range of uses... More
Ampere: Ad Market Poised for ‘Solid Recovery’ in 2021 (WS)
The latest findings from Ampere Analysis show that the negative impact of Covid-19 on TV advertising revenues began to subside significantly in the fourth quarter of 2020 in both t... More
Regal Cinemas to Reopen in April, Strikes Deal With Warner Bros. (CNBC)
Regal Cinemas will reopen around 500 locations in the U.S. starting April 2. The movie theater chain has struck a deal with Warner Bros. to show its 2021 movies day-and-date and to... More
How Final Cut Craft Control Over Covid (Sohonet Blog)
'Editing is a craft that relies heavily on close collaboration.'... More
How Iyuno Media Group Opens Entertainment to International Audiences (TechCrunch)
In order to make the current scale of its services possible, Iyuno built its own cloud-based enterprise resource planning software. The platform enables uploading of files from con... More