Film/TV

Technicolor has gone live with 160TB of Excelero NVMe flash-based storage in a move that has allowed it to hugely boost performance in movie production processes. Technicolor is... More

The network will broadcast on television and digital from a special studio from Red Square in Moscow. Four shows – FIFA World Cup Today, FIFA World Cup Live, FIFA World Cup Tonig... More

Six-second video ads are on the rise in a big way. The number of vendors running this ad format is up 300% compared to the same quarter last year, according to Extreme Reach’s Q1... More

As it does with retail, grocery stores and subscription VOD, Amazon looms large over the pay TV business. It’s becoming clearer that Amazon could even further extend its reach in... More

iQiyi has launched an offline on-demand movie theatre, Yuke, in a bid to showcase the content and convenience of the online entertainment platform. iQiyi has opened the first Yuke ... More

After making a stunning bid, Fox has pinned down the rights to air the WWE’s SmackDown series starting in the fall of 2019. 21 Century Fox has agreed to sell most of its televisi... More

Earlier in the year, the BBC announced plans to produce its first ever virtual reality documentary series. The two-part series, which follows BBC Africa Correspondent Alastair Leit... More

Tomorrow's double header of both the Royal Wedding and FA CUP final could be the last time traditional linear broadcasters attract huge audiences according to one analyst. Jim O'Ne... More

BT Sport will broadcast the 2018 FA Cup final live in 4K with Dolby Atmos sound, and make 360-degree highlights of the game available online, as it uses its position as host broadc... More

With its blacker blacks and whiter whites, high dynamic range is viewed by many in Hollywood as an imaging feature that could create a noticeable difference in the cinema. Studios ... More

Hulu is getting ready to tweak its mobile apps to put a bigger emphasis on live TV viewing: The company is set to launch new versions of its iOS and Android apps next week that wil... More

Viewers are much more likely to follow up on a TV advert when simultaneously using their phone or tablet. This is according to new research, dispelling one of advertising’s bigge... More

Between June 14 and June 17, most of the world’s elite golfers will converge on Shinnecock Hills Golf Club on Long Island to take part in the 118th US Open Championship. This yea... More

Moving further toward the addressable TV advertising world, CBS Corp. and Nielsen say they will work together to deliver Dynamic Ad Insertion (DAI) for marketers for live, linear n... More

Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam told CNBC that the carrier plans to bring 5G to Los Angeles this year, and he highlighted the important role that city governments are playing in helping ... More

Fox execs offered ad buyers a vision of the “New Fox” future, walking them through its new “JAZ” commercial pods and a fall lineup they expect will draw 82% live viewing th... More

Leading Norwegian football club Odds Ballklubb has used AWS Media Services’ platform to enable the fast launch of a new OTT TV subscription video streaming service. AWS and Cryst... More

HBO has won international acclaim for “Game of Thrones.” Fewer people have heard of “Mamon.” Yet the Czech drama about a journalist who uncovers evidence of fraud, implicat... More

Apple’s plan to reinvent cable TV is starting to look a lot like the strategy of its rival Amazon.com Inc. For the first time, Apple plans to begin selling subscriptions to ce... More

Technicolor's Academy Award winning VFX studio, Mill Film, will open a new facility in Montréal, Québec with operations starting in the summer of 2018. The announcement comes in ... More