Film/TV
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
Research: NFL is Strongest for Live Sports Viewers on Devices (VideoNuze)
Adobe Primetime and The Diffusion Group have released new research, finding among other things, that the NFL is the most popular sport to live stream on digital devices. The resear... More
Regal Plans 2018 Launch for Moviebill, an Augmented Reality Program (Deadline)
Moviebill will offer an array of activations and digital content via smartphone, but its physical manifestation will launch in 2018 at Regal Entertainment Group theatres. A cust... More
MoviePass CEO: ‘Movie Distribution System Broken’ (HMM)
MoviePass, the fledgling subscription-based theatrical movie ticket service, will continue to rely on debt or equity offerings and increased revenue from subscribers to fund operat... More
Movies Anywhere a Good Next Step, But Some Digital Ownership Holes Remain (HMM)
The introduction of Movies Anywhere, an expansion of the Disney Movies Anywhere platform to include four more studios, is the most significant advancement of the promotion of digit... More
Adobe is Visualizing Sound to Simplify VR Video Editing (Variety)
The clapperboard has been a staple of Hollywood filmmaking for decades. But in an era of virtual reality (VR) 360-degree video, the simple tool may not be enough anymore, and new t... More
Dolby and Les Cinémas Gaumont Pathé Open France’s First Dolby Cinema at Pathé Massy (MESA)
Dolby and Les Cinémas Gaumont Pathé, the largest cinema chain operator in France, the Netherlands, and Switzerland, today announced that the Dolby Cinema at Pathé Massy, south o... More
NeuLion Launches New Cloud-Based Virtual Announcer Technology (MESA)
NeuLion today announced the launch of the NeuLion® Virtual Announcer™. Available as a new technology feature of the NeuLion® Digital Platform, the NeuLion Virtual Announcer en... More
Technicolor Vows You’ll Scream as You Stream Amazon’s ‘Lore’ (MESA)
Amazon Studios continues to create compelling content from a variety of sources, this time from a highly successful podcast for its haunting anthology series Lore. The series revea... More
Study: Digital Video Marketing is a $135 Billion Industry in the U.S. Alone (Forbes)
The rise of video isn’t slowing down. From producing videos to distributing and promoting them, the U.S. digital video marketing industry is expected to reach $135 billion this y... More
Homespun Yarns Finalists to Leverage Sohonet Filerunner for Reliable Short-Film Transfers (MESA)
Sohonet, the global experts in connectivity, media services and network security for the Media and Entertainment industry, today announced their exciting partnership with Stitch Ed... More
NAB: Prime Focus Technologies Showcases Latest Enhancements to CLEAR Media ERP (MESA)
Prime Focus Technologies is showcasing their updated CLEAR™ Media ERP Suite at NAB New York 2017. The world’s first, proven Hybrid Cloud-enabled Media ERP Suite, the CLEAR Medi... More
Nicolas Winding Refn Unveils New Streaming Platform byNWR (Variety)
Director Nicolas Winding Refn on Monday announced an ambitious new online project at the Lumière Film Festival in Lyon that will showcase restored films and other content with the... More
‘The Power Center Has Always Been in LA’: Video Goes Full Hollywood (Digiday)
Since before the first talkie, LA has been the hub for movies and TV. It’s Hollywood, after all. In the past couple of years, some of the attention in digital video shifted to Ne... More
Source Digital Platform Powers dotstudioPRO’s Digital Brand Integration Experience for New Lifetime Series (MESA)
dotstudioPRO announces the launch of a digital video e-commerce platform, a fully brand integrated web and mobile responsive experience, for Lifetime Network's newest show American... More
Pai: Goal Is to Cut as Much Telecom Regulation as Possible (MCN)
FCC chair Ajit Pai may have been stating the obvious given his conservative, deregulatory history, but he did so with gusto at a speech at the Reagan Library in Simi Valley, Calif.... More
Google Pitches TV-Like Quality for Online Ads (Light Reading)
Although navigating the online video ecosystem is complex, Google can help, according to Google's Strategic Partner Manager Michal Stefanski. Speaking in Budapest Wednesday, Stefan... More
Movies Anywhere App Launches with Joint Studio Backing (Variety)
Five of the six major Hollywood studios have joined forces to make digital movie collecting easier than ever. Movies Anywhere, a free app and website digital locker service, launch... More
