Film/TV
Sohonet on Creative Remote Collaboration (Sohonet Blog)
While much has changed in the past 6 years, the underlying problems haven’t. How do Storytellers work together as seamlessly when 5000 miles apart as they do when in the same dar... More
Sony Launches Cinema Line (AC)
Sony Electronics has launched Cinema Line, a series of camera products for a wide range of content creators. The new series will extend beyond basic cinema-camera and professional-... More
HPA NET Critical Conversations With HPA Engineering Excellence Winners (Sohonet Blog)
Sohonet CEO Chuck Parker discussing the workflow for Sohonet’s award-winning technology, ClearView Flex and how it has been optimized for our “new reality”.... More
How the Pandemic is Shaping the Present and Future of International Co-Production (Variety)
High-end international co-production has seen a significant downturn during the pandemic, but how soon will it return? Data from Ampere Analysis shows that two years ago, in the la... More
Sohonet Wins Engineering Emmy for Advancing Remote Collaboration With ClearView Flex
Sohonet has been honored with an Engineering Emmy Award for ClearView Flex, a user-friendly, real-time remote collaboration capability that creatives can initiate and manage for a ... More
Teradici Honored With Engineering Emmy Award From the Television Academy
Teradici has been honored by the Television Academy with an Engineering Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Engineering Development. The industry recognition highlights Terad... More
NBC Sports Brings Dolby Atmos Back for Notre Dame Home Games (SVG)
A third full season of Dolby Atmos audio is being applied to Notre Dame home football games, and the format is continuing to be a winner for college.... More
Mikros MPC, Vittel Partnered to Create Breathtaking CGI Menagerie and Environment
Technicolor’s Mikros MPC were trusted along with Ogilvy to bring this entertaining and important campaign to life, complete with photo-realistic CGI woodlands full of animated sq... More
MR. X Delivers Seamlessly Realistic VFX for ‘The Old Guard’
Technicolor’s MR. X delivered nearly 300 VFX shots for the film, seamlessly between its Toronto and Bangalore studios.... More
ESPN’s ‘Monday Night Football’ is More Than a Game in NFL Rights Fight (Variety)
In a crucial moment for any TV network that wants to stay in the business of broadcasting NFL football games, ESPN is calling in some big guns.... More
A Closer Look at Rendering: Examining On-Prem, Hybrid Cloud Options for VFX Render Farms (Qumulo Blog)
Many studios do their rendering on-prem, with their own rendering farm on hardware located near the artists.... More
DigitalFilm Tree Achieves Breakthrough Storytelling With Excelero’s NVMesh
DigitalFilm Tree has empowered its creatives through better storage by using Excelero’s NVMesh software as the centerpiece of a new storage architecture. (more…)... More
Chernin Entertainment Inks Spotify First-Look Deal to Adapt Podcasts for TV, Film (Variety)
Peter Chernin wants to spin Spotify’s podcasts into TV and movie gold.... More
Akamai: COVID-19 Lockdowns Saw Spike in Gaming Cyberattacks
The recent pandemic lockdowns had an unexpected consequence: an uptick in attack traffic against both video game companies and players. That’s according to a new report from A... More
Dolby Signs Cinema Solutions Supply Deal With S. Korean Multiplex Operator (Korean Herald)
Dolby has signed a deal to supply its advanced cinema solutions to local multiplex operator Megabox for the next five years.... More
WarnerMedia Pays $3.7B to Renew, Expand MLB Rights (Next TV)
New seven-year deal will deliver postseason baseball, as well as a regular Tuesday night game, to Turner channels ... and perhaps HBO Max.... More
Filmmakers: Maybe Don’t See My Movie in Theaters Right Now (THR)
Even as U.S. exhibitors are hurting, some directors are saying quietly that they can't encourage audiences to return to cinemas despite safety protocols added during the pandemic.... More
Over 6M U.S. Households to Cut the Cable Cord in 2020 (RTN)
Even though there are just over three months left in the year, the story of 2020 can almost certainly be told already with success for streaming and, says research from eMarketer, ... More
Paramount Network Rebrands, Doubles Down on Movies, Minis (Variety)
Paramount Network is shifting strategies — and changing names.... More
Technicolor Teams Win Emmys for Outstanding Sound, VFX
Technicolor scored eight Emmy nominations this year for their work on some of TV’s most talked about episodic shows – from new to long-running series.... More
