Film/TV

 

‘The Matrix’ Returns to the Big Screen for 20-Year Anniversary Exclusively in Dolby Cinema at AMC (MESA)

Dolby, Warner Bros., and AMC Theatres announced that The Matrix, winner of four Academy Awards including Best Sound, will return to select theaters nationwide for an exclusive one-... More

Report: TV Viewing Reached a 2-Year High in Q1 (MCN)

Overall TV viewership reversed a two-year downward usage trend in the first quarter, with the average viewer consuming six hours and 25 minutes of sweet, nourishing television per ... More

Once Upon AI Time in Hollywood (IT Pro)

Cinelytic is one of the companies offering AI tools to the film industry to help predict box office success. Founded by producer and director Tobias Quesisser (CEO) and former NASA... More

‘The Lion King’s’ VR Helped Make a Hit – It Could Also Change Movie Making (LA Times)

Walt Disney Co.'s photo-realistic version of “The Lion King” is expected to continue to dominate the multiplex this weekend after already collecting about $729 million in globa... More

FandangoNOW: ‘Avengers: Endgame’ 4K Sales Shine On (MESA)

FandangoNOW, Fandango’s video on-demand service, reports that a substantial number of fans want to experience “Avengers: Endgame” on their ultra-high-definition TVs, with 42 ... More

Technicolor Crosses 4M Mark in Global DOCSIS 3.1 Customer Premises Equipment Shipments (MESA)

Technicolor’s Connected Home business announced it has shipped more than 4 million units of DOCSIS 3.1 devices to cable providers in the EMEA, APAC, and Americas regions. In Nort... More

Solutions to Track Ads Through the Supply Chain (Media Post)

The digital ecosystem is fragmented and broken and will worsen as technology grows if changes are not made. The silos we, in digital, are so used to cannot continue. We need to wor... More

Coming Soon to a Theater Near You – Very Soon (NYT)

Conventional wisdom in Hollywood has long held that big, lumbering “tentpole” movies require protracted promotional campaigns. But moviedom’s top three marketers, who togethe... More

8K Has a Mountain to Climb, But 4K Overcame the Same List of Challenges (Videonet)

The roll-out of 4K has a long way to go before it is anywhere near ubiquitous, but 8K is seen as the next step and natural technological progression. The answer to whether we need ... More

Amid Box Office Woes, Momentum Grows for Variable Pricing at Movie Theaters (THR)

"'Stuber' should not be the same price as 'Avengers,'" says one distribution veteran as cinema chains debate whether to get more creative about what they charge.... More

Disney’s New Lion King is the VR-Fueled Future of Cinema (Wired)

The Lion King was filmed entirely in virtual reality (well, save a single photographed shot). All the locations you know from the original exist, but not as practical sets or files... More

Three Major Tech Trends Surrounding VFX Adoption, Growth (AWN)

The rise in cloud services adoption for content creation over the past few years has aligned with the explosive growth of high-quality scripted media production. Additionally, thes... More

Dubbing an Animated Feature in the Cloud (ZOO Digital Blog)

If you thought that dubbing an animated feature was easier than dubbing other types of content, you’d be mistaken. Recreating an entire animated world with characters that the au... More

How Cinelytic is Revolutionizing the Film Industry With AI (Yahoo)

Video: Cinelytic CEO Tobias Queisser joined The Final Round to discuss how technology has disrupted Hollywood - and that more change is coming.... More

Finding a Solution: Universal IDs vs. Proprietary IDs (Media Post)

As our supply chain becomes more complex, there is more of a need to identify all creative assets — no matter how many hands it touches.... More

ZOO Digital’s Dubbing Talent Ricardo Alanis Talks Cloud Dubbing, New Technology (ZOO Digital Blog)

"Within the ZOOdubs system, the director and the actor are in permanent contact with each other through their screens. The best part for me has been being directed by Cristina Hern... More

Moffett: Let Video Find Its Own Level (MCN)

Cable operators, who have spent the better part of the past two decades trying to stem the rapid loss of video customers have abandoned the chase, instead opting to retain higher m... More

De Niro and Netflix Bet That New York Can Be a New Hollywood (NY Times)

The actor and his son hope to join the city’s exploding film and television production industry with a $400 million facility in Queens.... More

China Opens Door for Foreign Movie Theater Chains, But Will They Enter? (THR)

The country with the world's largest potential moviegoing audience appears to be inviting foreign investment right as growth in the sector finally begins to slow.... More

Testronic Appoints Caballero as New Head of Localisation QA (MESA)

Gaëlle Caballero has been appointed as Testronic’s new Head of Localisation QA. Caballero joined Testronic in 2012 and has since expanded her remit and responsibilities at the c... More

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