Film/TV

Cable companies like Comcast and European pay-TV leader Sky Plc are deploying new set-top box technology that allows web-style ad targeting by age, demographics, or interests. Thes... More

During a visit to Los Angeles in early June, Barry Diller addressed UTA agents and talked up the future of his streaming platform Vimeo. Just a few days later, on June 7, Vimeo CEO... More

European pay TV operator Sky is set to enhance its movie offering with the launch of subscription service Sky Cinema in the U.K. and Ireland on July 8. Sky Cinema is set to become ... More

Streaming TV apps are great for catching up on your favorite shows. But it’s a pain having to sign in to each app to authenticate your cable subscription every time you open it. ... More

Adobe and Synacor said they’ve thrown their weight behind a new single sign-on (SSO) authentication system that Apple will be making available on the Apple TV as well as iOS-powe... More

Your Facebook posts and tweets may contain hidden creativity. In fact, they could be helping to write the next Hollywood blockbuster. As once-monolithic television audiences splint... More

Have you ever been chatting online with a friend — or group of friends — deciding which movie you all are going to watch that weekend? Well, Fandango and Apple have teamed up t... More

Looking to remove some complexity and consumer friction from the authentication process for TV Everywhere services, CTAM and Adobe said they have teamed on a “non-proprietary” ... More

Twitter has been a boon for Hollywood — if we believe a Twitter-commissioned study by MarketShare on tweets and ticket sales, that is. According to that study, Twitter helped to ... More

Snapchat has been saying for nearly a year that it's the best way for advertisers to reach millennials. The app Thursday took that pitch a giant leap forward by providing data and ... More

When Netflix borrowed a selling point of complete TV show seasons on DVD for its original streamed series, the social phenomenon of binge viewing — watching consecutive episodes ... More

How do you sell video subscription bundles to young viewers who’ve never paid much attention to traditional cable programming? AT&T and the Chernin Group think they have the ... More

Producers Guild president Lori McCreary called for filmmakers to finish their movies and TV series in 4K and high dynamic range (HDR). “If we can future proof our productions,... More

The inclusion of a Netflix app on cable set-top boxes could unlock one of the few demographic segments that have so far been relatively immune to the Netflix streaming video phenom... More

Delta Air Lines will soon stop charging passengers who watch in-flight entertainment, including on-demand new-release movies and pay-TV shows. The Atlanta-based carrier said its... More

If you need an example of just how much the internet has threatened the old ways of Hollywood, look no further than Cameron Dallas. The internet personality, who rose to fame using... More

Post work for Director Rebecca Miller’s new romantic comedy Maggie’s Plan, currently in wide release from Sony Pictures Classics, was a labor of love for Technicolor PostWorks ... More

Less than a decade ago, the TV biz scorned YouTube as a wasteland of user-gen effluvia at best and a haven for stolen content at worst. This year, the Google-owned vidsite could wi... More

In a great many ways, according to those who back Dolby Cinema, a system that’s designed to enhance the moviegoing experience, and one that’s being installed in theaters around... More

If you talk to pay-TV insiders and analysts, the buzz these days is about so-called skinny bundles. Fewer channels. Lower monthly costs. Almost every pay-TV provider is cooking up ... More