Film/TV
The Importance of a Media Preservation Strategy (Crawford Media Services Blog)
We are in the digital age. Every business owner seems to understand this on a theoretical level, but they don’t appear to make the connection to their own company or organization... More
Mark Cuban: NBA Rights Fees to ‘Skyrocket’ Because Live Content Still Hard to Create (CNBC)
Billionaire investor Mark Cuban believes sports rights fees for the NBA are going to "skyrocket" because ongoing media consolidation has been "irrelevant" for traffic thus far. ... More
Avid Enters Into Multiyear Enterprise Agreement with Viacom to Enhance its Production Infrastructure Worldwide (MESA)
Avid today announced a multiyear enterprise agreement with global entertainment company Viacom to enhance its worldwide production infrastructure on Avid’s MediaCentral® platfor... More
AMC Theatres Launching Digital, Physical Movie Sales (HMM)
Facing a challenging box office, AMC Entertainment Nov. 6 announced it would begin selling digital and physical movies on the AMC website in 2018. The move is the first by a nation... More
Survey: Too Many Shows? Peak TV Overwhelms Viewers (Variety)
With no end in sight to the peak-TV phenomenon as the likes of Netflix and Apple load up on original series, a new survey indicates U.S. viewers may have already had their fill of ... More
Vubiquity Teams with Cell C to Offer VOD, Linear Entertainment Service in Africa (Rapid TV News)
South African mobile operator Cell C has signed a three-year deal with premium content and marketing services provider Vubiquity to provide new and exclusive content and entertainm... More
Study: 6.5% of North American Homes Get Illegal Live TV (MCN)
Sandvine issued a study finding that 6.5% of homes in North America are accessing illegal live TV services each month, estimating that the filching of that content could cost pay T... More
Nielsen Will Use Gracenote’s Smart TV Data for Ad Targeting (TechCrunch)
Nielsen is expanding its Marketing Cloud by plugging in smart TV viewership data from Gracenote. Kelly Abcarian, senior vice president of product leadership at Nielsen, explained t... More
With Help from Deluxe Entertainment, ESL Broadcasts Worldwide (SVG)
The Electronic Sports League (ESL) saw huge demand for live video from its championship event this year, and that was a first. Luckily, it found a partner that could work on a nerv... More
Amazon Studios, IMDb Moving to Historic Culver Studios Site (Variety)
Amazon’s L.A. entertainment groups are moving into the iconic Culver Studios, a site steeped in Hollywood history. Amazon Studios, IMDb, Amazon Video and Amazon’s worldwide ... More
New Generation of Storytellers Choosing Avid ‘First’ Creative Tools to Build Skills for Success in Music, TV, Film (MESA)
Avid announced strong uptake from new users across the globe for its First family of creative tools, that are empowering a new generation of aspiring storytellers. To date, more th... More
Study: Piracy Set to Cost Streaming Players More Than $50 Billion (Variety)
The cost of piracy to Netflix, Amazon and their streaming peers will top $50 billion between 2016 and 2022, according to new research released Monday. Digital TV Research measur... More
Fox Will Air Nine Six-Second Ads During Thanksgiving NFL Game (AdAge)
Fox is certainly looking to prove its move into six-second ads isn't a fad. The network will air nine of them during its Thanksgiving Day NFL game between the Minnesota Vikings and... More
Spotify Cancels TV Shows in Reboot of Video Efforts (Bloomberg)
Spotify is planning to reboot its video strategy for at least the third time in as many years as the world’s largest online music service searches for ways to make money that don... More
Apple’s Billion-Dollar Bet on Hollywood Is the Opposite of Edgy (Bloomberg)
With $262 billion in cash and securities in its coffers, Apple has the money to make as much TV as anyone, but some in Hollywood are beginning to wonder whether it has a clear stra... More
All 2018 World Cup Matches to be Filmed in UHD (TVB Europe)
FIFA has announced the 2018 World Cup will be the first to produce all 64 matches in UHD and HDR. With the use of a hybrid UHD/HDR/1080p setup, multiple choices of video formats... More
Startup Studios Go Hollywood as CAA Launches Creative Labs (TechCrunch)
The ties that bind the tech industry and Hollywood continue to get tighter as the Creative Artists Agency launches a startup studio to develop new businesses with — and for — i... More
Redbox Selling Digital Movie Codes (HMM)
Redbox has begun offering digital codes to select Disney movies accessible on the kiosk vendor’s website and playable on compatible media devices. Dubbed “Digital Codes At The ... More
Dolby Technologies Integrated with Cinema West’s First Complex in North America (MESA)
Dolby today announced the Cinema West Veranda LUXE Cinema as the first cinema complex to fully integrate all Dolby technologies delivering an immersive Dolby Atmos audio experience... More
Feel the Fire as HDR Engulfs the Screen in ‘Only the Brave’ (MESA)
Sony Pictures’ Only the Brave is the story of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, an elite squad of firefighters who came to national attention in 2013 battling a major Arizona wildfi... More
