Film/TV

 

TV Might Be Everywhere – But Viewers Aren’t (MediaPost)

Throughout the history of television measurement, there was a certain level of cohesion when it came to media access and device ownership. From the inception of television itself,... More

Technicolor Harnesses Baselight’s Hi-Res Capabilities for Big-Screen Retelling of ‘Miracle on the Hudson’ (MESA)

Technicolor LA recently gave Clint Eastwood’s biographical drama "Sully" the full Baselight HDR color grade treatment to achieve its pristine look for IMAX. Eastwood and long-ter... More

New Titles on Deck for Dolby Cinema Locations (MESA)

Dolby has announced five new titles to be shown at Dolby Cinema locations around the globe. "This upcoming slate of impressive Dolby Cinema titles reaffirms our relationship with H... More

ATSC Ratifies Three More ATSC 3 Standards Suite Components (TVNewsCheck)

hree more standards making up the ATSC 3.0 suite of next-gen TV standards — one that links the physical layer to the network layer and one each pertaining to audio and video wate... More

Cinema Trade Group Bristles over Netflix Movie Theater Deal (L.A. Times)

Long-simmering tensions between Netflix Inc. and the traditional movie theater industry may be coming to a boil once again. The National Assn. of Theatre Owners on Wednesday expres... More

Netflix Inks Deal With 15-Theater Chain iPic for Original Movies (Variety)

Netflix has inched its foot further through the movie-biz door: The streaming giant has reached a deal with iPic Entertainment, a luxury-theater chain with 15 U.S. locations, to sc... More

Tim Burton and Technicolor Create A Magical World for ‘Peculiar Children’ (MESA)

Based on Ransom Riggs’ best-selling novel, and directed by Tim Burton, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children follows a young boy as he uncovers a secret refuge for magica... More

Apple TV Gets First Ticketing App With Launch of StubHub (Variety)

Users of the fourth-generation Apple TV can now purchase tickets to thousands of concerts and sporting events available on StubHub, marking the launch of the first ticketing servic... More

Man Who Leaked ‘The Revenant’ Online Fined $1.1m (TorrentFreak)

Following an FBI investigation, former studio worker William Kyle Morarity was discovered as the culprit. Known online by the username “clutchit,” the 31-year-old had uploaded ... More

Ad Buyers Are Bullish on Possible Viacom-CBS Reunion (WSJ)

As Viacom Inc. and CBS Corp. explore a merger that would reunite the two media companies after more than a decade, media buyers who control a large portion of their ad revenues are... More

Laurene Jobs Goes Hollywood, Buys Minority Stake in ‘Spotlight’ Producer Anonymous Content (THR)

The widow of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs is taking a big jump into Hollywood. Laurene Powell Jobs, via her Emerson Collective, is taking a significant minority stake in Anonymous C... More

Legendary is Branching Out with a Subscription App (Digiday)

Legendary Entertainment, the movie studio behind big films like Christopher Nolan’s “Dark Knight” trilogy and “Jurassic World,” is getting into the subscription streaming... More

SyncOnSet Wins a Primetime Engineering Emmy (MESA)

This week, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced SyncOnSet Co-Founders Brett Beaulieu-Jones, Jeffrey Impey, and Alexander LoVerde as recipients of the 68th Primet... More

PwC: Global TV Market Revenues to Reach $325bn in 2020 (Digital TV Europe)

The global TV market will be worth US$325 billion in revenues by 2020, according to research by PwC and the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW). The ‘... More

Cord-Cutting Could Cost Pay TV Industry $1 Billion in a Year, Study Says (WSJ)

Pay-TV providers could lose nearly $1 billion in revenue as 800,000 customers cut the cord during the next 12 months, according to a new study from the firm cg42. The results, whic... More

Actors Can Get Their Age Removed from IMDb Under New Law (CNET)

If an actor doesn't want to reveal their age, they can now keep it off the internet, too. Under a new California law signed by Gov. Jerry Brown on Saturday, entertainment database ... More

Dolby Honored at Cinematographers Guild Awards (THR)

The International Cinematographers Guild honored 10 of its members with Emerging Cinematographer Awards during its 20th annual event, Sunday at the DGA Theater Complex in Los Angel... More

BBC Experiments with Holographic TVs (TVB Europe)

The BBC has continued to experiment with emerging broadcast technologies after creating a holographic TV device for future audiences. The ‘low-fi and low-cost’ device was desig... More

Where Does The Apple TV Go From Here? (FastCompany)

It’s fair to say that the Apple TV is the device that’s had the hardest time finding a place as a "must-have" in Apple’s ecosystem. It’s always seemed to be more of an acce... More

Sony and Wanda Team Up to Market Films in China (Wall Street Journal)

Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. is teaming up with Dalian Wanda Group to help market its films in China, a deal that could boost Sony ’s box-office returns—and strengthen Wand... More

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