Film/TV

 

Content’s Cultural Conundrum (Spherex Blog)

Rather than relying on traditional “subs and dubs” to export foreign content to consumers worldwide, production companies are starting to create local and culturalised versions... More

Avid CEO on 2021 Trade Shows, Urging Editors to Use Latest Editing System Interface (THR)

"We're never going to go back to the way it was," Jeff Rosica says of how the pandemic moved Hollywood toward remote production and what he says is a need for more flexible ways of... More

Sohonet Chats With The Mill’s Head of Technology

Bringing The Mill’s world-class finishing and color team into a remote workflow and utilizing ClearView Flex for critical live streaming sessions with both clients and teams, wit... More

Azure, Howie Mandel to Showcase New Movie Tech at Cinema Week

On June 21 during Cinema Week in Los Angeles, actor, comedian and producer Howie Mandel will show off new technology that reimagines the moviegoing experience, while also reintrodu... More

Mikros Animation Enters New Production Partnership for ‘The Coop Troop’

New animated series will be co-produced by Sixteen South, France TV, Tencent and Technicolor Creative Studio Mikros Animation. (more…)... More

NAGRA to Contribute to the Future of the Open Digital TV System in Brazil

NAGRA is now part of the Brazilian Digital TV System Forum. As a result of this joint work between the private sector and the government, the ISDB-T system (TV standard initially a... More

Qumulo Studio Q Builds Post Production Platforms in the Cloud on AWS

The Studio Q system involves four companies – Qumulo, AWS, Adobe and Teradici. Users can move petabytes of video to the cloud, edit with Adobe tools and connect files to AWS serv... More

A First: Editing Teams at Olympics Will Generate Both HDR, HD Content (TV Tech)

NBC Olympics will be deploying a variety of technologies from Avid for the production of the Tokyo Olympics, including content production and media management platforms for the rem... More

Technicolor’s Animation Services Join Forces Under the Mikros Animation Brand

Technicolor has announced that its CGI animation companies – Technicolor Animation Productions, Technicolor Animation and Mikros Animation – will integrate their operations. (m... More

Will Apple Be the Next Tech Giant to Buy a Studio? (THR)

The iPhone maker has a huge entertainment industry footprint, but its streamer Apple TV+ lacks a huge library, like "a mansion with hardly any furniture in it."... More

GBH Powers Media Workflows With EditShare Cloud Solutions

EditShare announced that public media producer GBH, the largest content creator for PBS, has invested in EditShare’s EFSv cloud solution, hosted in Amazon Web Services, to modern... More

How This Summer’s Blockbusters are Rewriting the Future of the Movie Business (Variety)

There are the obvious unanswered questions: Will audiences pay to see a movie in theaters if they can wait a few weeks to watch it at home? And will attendance get a boost when COV... More

Deluxe, Motion Picture Solutions Set Joint Venture (Deadline)

Deluxe and film services company Motion Picture Solutions have entered into a joint venture after Deluxe acquired 50% of Netherlands-based film delivery firm Gofilex. The companies... More

Sohonet Introduces Simplified Pricing for ClearView Services Solutions

This new model makes it easier than ever for individuals working across film, television and advertising to budget remote technologies for both short and long-term projects. (more&... More

Analyst: Box Office in 2023 Could Return to 2018-2019 Levels (CNBC)

A discussion about whether box office can continue to rebound after a strong Memorial Day weekend.... More

All Major Studios Commit to August CinemaCon in Las Vegas (Variety)

Time to fire up the private jets and saturate Burbank’s airport with chauffeured Suburbans — all the major studios are headed back to CinemaCon. The annual convention of movie ... More

How to Build Better Relationships With Your Localisation QA Provider (Keywords Studios)

As the industry continues to mature, publishers and developers are increasingly turning to specialist service providers to reduce costs, improve quality and bring new content to ma... More

PBS Builds Permanent Bridge Between Producers, Editors With ClearView Flex

Many post-producers and broadcasters had their plans for remote editorial accelerated as a result of the pandemic, but very few had it within their wheelhouse all along.... More

Amazon to ‘Reimagine and Develop’ MGM Shows After $8.45B Deal (DTE)

The acquisition will see more than 17,000 hours of MGM TV fall under the Amazon banner, ranging from dramas such as Fargo and The Handmaid’s Tale to unscripted series including S... More

Amazon to Buy MGM Studios for $8.45B (CNBC)

Amazon said it will acquire MGM Studios for $8.45 billion, marking its boldest move yet into the entertainment industry and turbocharging its streaming ambitions. Amazon said it ho... More

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