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by Artem Alekseenko
Pixelworks, Inc., the developer of the award-winning TrueCut Motion™ platform, announced that it is working with James Cameron’s Lightstorm Entertainment on multiple motion picture titles. “We’re bringing AVATAR and TITANIC back to the big …
Tags:Movies & Content| Pixelworks
by Artem Alekseenko
MuShang has developed an XR space in Shanghai, equipped with cutting-edge technologies. These include ROE Visual Black Pearl panels, Brompton Technology LED processing, Mark Roberts Motion Control cinebots, Unreal Engine, and disguise media server …
Tags:LED| Movies & Content
by Bob Raikes
What They Say Bloomberg reported that ‘The Age of peak TV is ending’ as mid-level film plans are being shelved and budgets for content are shrinking by up to 30%. Networks are ‘slowing the …
Tags:Movies & Content| Virtual Sets
by Bob Raikes
What They Say Broadcast Bridge reported on a big new virtual production facility being built in LA by Orbital Virtual Productions. There are two stages – one that is 50′ x 25′ and 15′ …
Tags:Movies & Content| Multi-Primary| USA| Virtual Sets
by Bob Raikes
What They Say Amazon and MGM announced that a deal for the tech giant to buy the studio for $8.5 billion had closed. MGM has a library of 4,000 films and 17,000 TV show …
Tags:Amazon| AVOD| Movies & Content| SVOD
by Andy Marken
You may not realize it, but the entertainment food chain has changed dramatically over the past few years. In fact, according to MPA’s (Motion Picture Association’s) head, Charles Rinkin, it’s on the cusp of …
Tags:Broadcast| Content Creation| Movies & Content| Streaming Video| SVOD| USA
by Andy Marken
Looking down from the top of the Hollywood Hills, it’s impossible to imagine what a beating the Media & Entertainment (M&E) industry has taken in recent years. According to many, it’s all been caused …
Tags:Amazon| Disney| Movies & Content| Netflix| Streaming Video| SVOD
by Artem Alekseenko
V-Nova, a leading provider of video compression solutions, announces the release of a movie in the Steam Store showcasing the future of immersive media and metaverse applications. The movie uses V-Nova’s ultra-efficient point-cloud compression …
Tags:Movies & Content| V-Nova| Virtual Reality
by Bob Raikes
What They Say The Broadcast Bridge wrote an article about the continuing use of film scanners to digitise film-recorded content. It has lots of information on telecine and datacine (for digital intermediates) machines. It …
Tags:35mm Film| Movies & Content
by Andy Marken
We like IP (Internet Protocol) because without it there would be no streaming content industry. “I’m the good guy here. I told them this could happen if they didn’t prepare. Did I get a …
Tags:Movies & Content| Piracy
by Andy Marken
I don’t know about you, but we’re getting awfully tired of looking up people’s noses during Zoom meetings. It probably doesn’t bother you; but one of our college degrees was in radio & TV, …
Tags:5G| Movies & Content| Streaming Video
by Steve Sechrist
In case you missed it, a new short – TV format (6.5- to 10-minutes) is looking to change how film content is delivered and consumed exclusively on smartphone screens. The target, Gen-Zers and new …
Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| Movies & Content| Smartphones