Film/TV
Technicolor Enters the World of Competitive Skating for Netflix’s ‘Spinning Out’ (MESA)
Technicolor VFX was the sole VFX vendor for the Netflix original series while Technicolor provided dailies and full picture and sound post-production services.... More
Netflix Made More Films Than Any Other Studio – Now It Wants an Oscar (Bloomberg)
Netflix has been making its own movies for years, but 2019 may be remembered as the year it truly became a film studio.... More
Why the 2020 Streaming Wars Will be Won by Robots (TNW)
We’re living in a golden era of TV content, and in 2020 we will start to see new providers emerge as the preferred choice of viewers and others lagging behind. In 2019, the battl... More
For Filmmakers This Season, it’s Hip to be Square – at Least on the Screen (LA Times)
When director Robert Eggers set out to make his mind-bending 19th century drama “The Lighthouse,” starring Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson as a pair of lighthouse keepers des... More
Netflix’s ‘The Two Popes’ Comes Alive With ‘the Language of Color’ (MESA)
Technicolor worked closely with cinematographer César Charlone to develop the color palette, addressing shifts in time and place, and giving everything the look of authenticity mi... More
Redefining Promo, Sports Highlight Creation Using AI (PFT Blog)
Promos are key for Media & Entertainment enterprises to create an audience pull. M&E marketing teams create promos to sell their content to a distributor/syndicator or to attract v... More
Synamedia: Cross-Service TV Bundles Center Stage in 2020 (Advanced Television)
Jean-Marc Racine, Chief Product Officer, Synamedia has offered his 2020 industry predictions, forecasting that new ecosystems and partnerships will boost the demand for linear TV a... More
TV Academy Reveals Fees for Digital Screeners, Now That DVDs are Over (Variety)
No DVDs, no problem: The Television Academy is sharing details on how it will charge studios and networks for digital Emmy screeners next year, now that the organization will no lo... More
Cineuropa Joins the Entertainment ID Registry (MESA)
European cinema news outlet Cineuropa has joined the Entertainment Identifier Registry (EIDR) association, and will begin registering film titles to enable universal identification... More
Hoppr CEO Gelavis Touts Technicolor Set-Top Partnership (MESA)
New developments in CPE-based advertising technology are creating a broad range of new opportunities for Network Service Providers (NSPs) to tap into an important and sustainable s... More
Red Bee Lands Fox Sports Netherlands Deal (MESA)
End-to-end managed services firm Red Bee Media has inked a deal with Fox Sports in the Netherlands to handle the broadcaster’s master control room needs, the companies announced.... More
Red Bee Demonstrates Video Encoding, Statistical Multiplexing on Private Cloud (TVB)
Red Bee Media has completed a demonstration of software-defined video encoding and statistical multiplexing on its private Cloud infrastructure in the Red Lab facilities at Broadca... More
MovieLabs Publishes White Paper on the Future of Security for Production Workflows (MESA)
Motion Pictures Laboratories, together with member studios, has published a new white paper that lays out security principles for the future of production where all assets will be ... More
TVkey Cloud, Developed by NAGRA, Samsung, Takes Home ‘Innovation’ Honors (MESA)
NAGRA announced that TVkey Cloud, the cloud-based direct-to-TV security solution developed together with Samsung Electronics, won the Pay-TV Service Innovation of the Year award at... More
Star Wars, Dolby Partner for Epic Installation in New York (Comicbook)
If you're in the New York area and looking for a way to celebrate the galaxy far, far away, a new installation is right up your alley. Dolby Laboratories and Walt Disney Studios of... More
ZOO Digital Works With ODD London on New Ad Campaign (MESA)
Nothing signifies the start of the holiday season to Brits more than the launch of heart-warming, festive commercials from the UK's biggest retailers. ZOO Digital was happy to play... More
Fox to Use AWS for Cable, Satellite Broadcasts (Bloomberg)
Fox is turning to Amazon.com’s cloud to route video to the broadcaster’s cable and streaming customers, the latest Digital Age tie-up between the high-tech newcomer and big med... More
TiVo Integrates Amazon Prime Video App Into U.S. Pay TV Set Tops (MCN)
TiVo has announced that the Amazon Prime Video app has been natively integrated into “select TiVo devices” deployed with U.S. pay TV operators. According to the technology comp... More
NFL Heads to the Supreme Court in TV Rights Case (THR)
On Feb. 2, the NFL will showcase Super Bowl LIV in Miami. But those looking for an even more ferocious competition may look past the big game to something that’s coming just a fe... More
Is the Pay TV Industry Ready for Digital Transformation? (NAGRA Blog)
Digital transformation is critical to future-proofing the pay-TV industry, and the industry acknowledges its need to transform.... More
