Film/TV

The Other Side of the Wind and Shirkers show how the streaming giant could save historic films—even as past-facing services like FilmStruck prove unsustainable.... More

Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Christopher Nolan was presented with the DEG “Vanguard” award at the 4K UHD Summit in L.A. on Nov. 6. The event, held at the Skirball Cultural... More

Anyone who’s seen a film in a theater built to Dolby Cinema specification will know what a difference it can make. The extra contrast, the deeper blacks, the richer color, the pr... More

Media rights are the largest component of the sports industry market in North America and are projected to be the fastest growing, according to a new report from PwC. Gambling will... More

Global digital video advertising revenues are climbing at a much faster rate than traditional TV -- but it still has a long way to go to surpass worldwide TV advertising. By 2023, ... More

Smartphone video starts topped 50% globally for the first time, a 13.2% year-over-year change and the largest in five quarters, per Ooyala’s Q2 2018 Global Video Index Report. De... More

The big wireless companies are building better networks, with more bandwidth. The ultimate goal is to offer a product to compete directly with the wireline and cable TV industry. C... More

Big media companies, sports teams, private-equity firms and a rapper are among those kicking the tires of nearly two dozen regional sports channels that Walt Disney is divesting as... More

Netflix will open three of its fall award contenders first in select cinemas ending the streamer's long-standing insistence on making its original movies immediately available to c... More

Avid was named the recipient of the Philo T. Farnsworth Award by the Television Academy. The award was presented to Avid at the 70th Emmy Engineering Awards on October 24 in Los An... More

As new competitive dynamics and shifting consumer behaviors change the economic landscape for the Network Service Provider community, new go-to-market strategies that leverage part... More

Google is allowing users in the U.S. and Canada to upgrade SD and HD titles purchased through Google Play Movies to 4K free of charge. The company revealed the offer on its website... More

Five Dolby Laboratories employees received recognition Thursday night from the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers including their highest honor at a ceremony held i... More

The MPAA has long kept its rating methods a tightly guarded secret as it continues to wield enormous power over the types of explicit content that can been shown in U.S. cinemas. N... More

Casting and audition management software company Casting Networks is investing $10 million to accomplish its goal of creating a global, end-to-end platform for all stages of castin... More

What has a stronger impact on an audience’s perception – a great experience or a singularly awful one? In a world where every viewer is also a social media publisher in their o... More

The Motion Picture Association of America (MPA) pushed at Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) for an anti-piracy site blocking policy in Japan, where concerns about the consti... More

NAGRA and Sky Italia have launched a new DVB-T pay-TV service secured by NAGRA's broadcast and direct-to-TV content protection technologies. The new terrestrial service is availabl... More

Los Angeles-based rendering company OTOY is teaming up with startup Light Field Lab to build a pipeline for holographic content creation and display. The partnership between Light ... More

Tata Communications and golf’s European Tour have completed what is believed to be the world’s first test of live 360-degree video in 8K UHD. The trial, which was carried out a... More