Film/TV

 

Building the Steampunk Fantasy World of ‘Carnival Row’ (MESA)

VFX Supervisor Matt Glover discusses MR. X’s work on the Amazon Prime series, starring Orlando Bloom and a cast of mythical creatures and Victorian characters. Technicolor’s MR... More

Technicolor Continues to Advance Production Solutions in the Cloud with Microsoft (MESA)

As the industry continues to transition to the cloud, Technicolor and Microsoft have joined forces to empower creatives in new ways. Here, Bob Eicholz, CTO, Technicolor Production ... More

Walt Disney Studios Teams Up With Microsoft to Make Movies in the Cloud (Variety)

The Walt Disney Studios has partnered with Microsoft to move key parts of its movie-making and distribution processes to the cloud. The 5-year partnership is being spearheaded by D... More

Deluxe Toronto Provides End-to-End Post for Fox Searchlight’s ‘Ready or Not’ (MESA)

Fox Searchlight’s “Ready or Not” follows a young bride as she joins her new husband’s rich, eccentric family in a lethal game of hide and seek. Directed by Matt Bettinelli-... More

Disney Leases Bulk of UK’s Pinewood Studios (Digital TV Europe)

Disney has become the latest U.S.-based outfit to secure a long-term arrangement for production space in the UK, after agreeing a far-reaching deal with Pinewood Studios. The agree... More

IBC 2019: Prime Focus Technologies Inks Deal with Channel 4 (MESA)

Prime Focus Technologies (PFT) has signed a strategic deal with UK’s public service broadcaster, Channel 4 for managing media processing and centralised content operations using ... More

Wesley Snipes Launching a Tokenized $25M Movie Fund (Cointelegraph)

Liechtenstein Cryptoassets Exchange is tokenizing a $25M movie fund together with Hollywood actor Dr. Wesley Snipes. According to the report, the partners aim to launch a fully com... More

Digi/RCS & RDS Deploys NAGRA Cardless Content Protection in Romania, Hungary (MESA)

NAGRA announced that cable and satellite operator DIGI | RCS & RDS, the largest pay-TV service provider in Central and Eastern Europe, has deployed NAGRA cardless content protectio... More

IBC 2019: Akamai Takes Online Video, Security to the Edge (MESA)

Akamai showcases new capabilities addressing the advancing OTT industry at IBC 2019; performance, revenue and security at the heart of new online video solutions. (more…)... More

Sony Unveils New IP Live Production Solutions (TVB Europe)

Sony has introduced a number of new IP Live production solutions, including two new IP extension adapters – one for cameras and another for camera control units (CCU). The compan... More

Spider-Man Brings Dolby Vision Back to the Marvel 4K Blu-ray Universe (Forbes)

Sony has just revealed the details of its upcoming 4K Blu-ray release of Spider-Man: Far From Home. Among the goodies being promised are a long list of extra features, a doubtless ... More

Dora Finds Creative Gold With Technicolor’s Mill Film (MESA)

Technicolor’s Mill Film collaborated on one of this summer’s most charming big screen adventures, Dora and the Lost City of Gold. Mill Film’s range of work on Dora covered ev... More

Amazon to Expand TV Business Across Much of Europe (Bloomberg)

Amazon.com is angling for a larger share of European television viewers. The company plans to introduce Fire TV to a handful of new markets and expand its footprint in existing one... More

Technicolor Matches the Raw, Genuine Storytelling Approach to ‘Official Secrets’ (MESA)

Technicolor Picture Post-Production and VFX teams add to the historical and journalistic style of director Gavin Hood’s explosive, untold story of the Iraq war.... More

Disney Sells Its Stake in YES Network (CNBC)

Disney announced it has sold its stake in the YES Network to an investor group including Amazon. Disney agreed to sell the 22 regional sports networks (RSNs) owned by 21st Century ... More

Netflix’s ‘The Irishman’ Gets Select Theatrical Opening (Media Post)

Netflix is giving a select number of theaters an exclusive four-week window of its highly touted movie “The Irishman” a month before the film is streamed on its subscription vi... More

MovieLabs Details the Future of Media Production (Wasabi Blog)

MovieLabs paints a clear picture that cloud services will serve as the home for future media production, with all assets (from scripts to captured images to computer-generated mate... More

Chris Kukshtel Discusses ‘The Matrix’ in Dolby Cinema (1428 Elm)

This year The Matrix was remastered in Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos, which offers exceptional quality in sound and visuals so that fans can experience the action as it was meant to... More

Martin Scorsese, Christopher Nolan Launching ‘Filmmaker Mode’ TV Setting (THR)

Leading directors including Martin Scorsese, Christopher Nolan, Ryan Coogler, Patty Jenkins and Rian Johnson have teamed up with the UHD Alliance — a coalition whose members incl... More

LA-Based PBS Affiliate Selects Sony’s 4K Server as Flexible Backbone of All-UHD Studio (MESA)

KLCS-TV, a PBS affiliate in Los Angeles, recently finished an entire studio facility 4K upgrade, replacing every piece of equipment with new 4K/UHD-capable technology. With 4K/UHD ... More

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