Film/TV

Talk about a change of heart. When Walt Disney Co. agreed to put ESPN on Dish Network Corp.’s new Internet TV service in 2014, it wanted guarantees the business wouldn’t steal ... More

So far the US sporting franchises have been pretty lethargic about embracing the next generation of TV technology. As I discussed in an earlier story, even North America’s showpi... More

Hundreds of independent and art house theaters are protesting Sean Parker and Prem Akkaraju's controversial new plan to make new movies available in the home for $50 on the same da... More

Jackie Chan Cinema and Dolby Laboratories announced that the premium Dolby Cinema™ experience will be coming to the top-grossing movie site in China, Jackie Chan Cinema’s Beiji... More

Comic-Con is going OTT. Lionsgate and Comic-Con International March 14 announced their joint-venture subscription streaming service -- Comic-Con HQ -- will roll out free beta acces... More

When a veteran industry analyst released a report last week stating that Netflix was to blame for half the decline in traditional TV viewing last year, he included a number of inte... More

Vubiquity said it has struck a five-year multiscreen video deal with FlixFling, a new OTT streaming service that touts a catalog of more than 15,000 movies and TV shows. Under the ... More

Technicolor and DHX Media have finalized an agreement with the U.K.’s BBC to air the underwater adventure series “The Deep” on kids’ channel CBBC from this month. Alison Wa... More

After developing a new DI stitching methodology for the Oscar-winning "Birdman," Technicolor raised the bar for dealing exclusively with uncontrollable natural light on this year's... More

Technicolor has decided to license its HEVC IP portfolio directly to device manufacturers rather than through the HEVC Advance patent pool in order to accelerate adoption of the st... More

The most recent advancement? A new, private fiber-optic cable that connects Hawai‘i to more than 450 studios worldwide, so filmmakers can collaborate with colleagues remotely in ... More

Vubiquity is to manage video-on-demand (VOD) content distribution for three growing independent networks: Bright TV, Grokker and RIDE TV. Spanning a range of content, demographics ... More

As part of the 10th anniversary of “New Frontier” at the Sundance Film Festival, audiences will experience two virtual reality (VR) pieces over headphones, featuring the immers... More

By Chris Tribbey Multiplatform video services company Vubiquity has been tapped by a start-up network that will be the nation’s first to deliver multi-platform content dedicated... More

We've heard about cord cutters, cord shavers and cord-nevers. Now, Showtime has a new term to add to the growing vernacular: cord cobblers. That's how Showtime's president and CEO,... More

As it becomes increasingly difficult to reach and engage consumers, marketers are asking for more from their media partners, including direct access to their creative and sales tea... More

When a cable network rebrands itself, it’s usually failing. The recent transformations of Style to Esquire Network and TV Guide Network to Pop, as well as next month’s change o... More

Hulu is stepping up its game in 2016, signing a multi-year licensing deal with Sony. The new pact will amp up the streaming service’s library, adding full seasons of TV series an... More

This was a share-the-wealth year for TV at the Golden Globes; no networks won more than the two awards grabbed by Amazon and USA, a cable unit of NBC Universal. It was a particular... More

Here’s a cool CES product: A gadget that gives you the ability to watch anything on TV you want to watch, wherever you want to watch it. Wait a minute. It’s 2016. Haven’t we ... More