Newspaper sites have overtaken broadcaster sites in the number of videos uploaded, according to a report by Brightcove and TubeMogul…
https://www.nma.co.uk/news/newspapers-overtake-broadcasters-in-video-streaming/3022397.article
Category: Movies
Francis Ford Coppola: On Risk, Money, Craft & Collaboration
Over the course of 45 years in the film business, Francis Ford Coppola has refined a singular code of ethics that govern his filmmaking. There are three rules: 1) Write and direct original screenplays, 2) make them with the most modern technology available, and 3) self-finance them.
But Coppola didn’t develop this formula overnight…
https://the99percent.com/articles/6973/Francis-Ford-Coppola-On-Risk-Money-Craft-Collaboration
“Schindler’s List 3-D,” Anyone? The Problem With Hollywood’s 3-D Addiction
Movie industry execs are beaming over 3-D technology, which has helped bring about a box-office boom. Roughly 33% of earnings are now generated from 3-D films, and in 2010, six of the top 10 highest-grossing movies were shot in 3-D, with the top two, Toy Story 3 and Alice in Wonderland, banking more than a billion dollars each.
But it’s not all digitally enhanced sunshine and roses in Tinseltown–or, at least, it shouldn’t be. The industry’s addiction to profits is creating a serious dependence on the third dimension, and it’s manifesting itself in some very odd ways…
https://www.fastcompany.com/1715929/hollywood-is-addicted-to-3d-technology
CafeFX closed
“After 17 years in business, CafeFX/ComputerCafe has decided to officially close its doors. The current economic climate and global marketplace have made it unrealistic for us to continue to deliver the highest quality visual effects work, which has been our hallmark, at a competitive price and a sustaining profit…”
https://www.cgrecord.net/2010/12/cafefx-closed.html
https://www.vizworld.com/2010/12/cafefx-shutters-christmas/
https://www.ksby.com/news/big-crowd-turns-out-for-local-visual-effects-company-auction/
Study: Overpriced Tickets Could Kill Hollywood’s 3D Box Office
PricewaterhouseCoopers research shows exhibitors might have to do away with high ticket premiums consumers don’t want to pay…
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/study-overpriced-tickets-kill-hollywoods-69956
BOND IS BACK! Daniel Craig and Sam Mendes Set For Nov. 9, 2012 Release Date
EXCLUSIVE: MGM is announcing that “BOND 23” is set to go into production in late 2011. Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli of EON Productions, together with Gary Barber and Roger Birnbaum, the Co-Chairmen and Chief Executive Officers of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc., today announced that the 23rd James Bond film will have a worldwide release on November 9, 2012…
Fox to put awards screeners on iTunes for SAG members
The Hollywood awards screener is finally catching up with the digital age…
Netflix Aims To Outbid HBO For Warner Bros Films
Netflix’s Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos today said that the company is poised to try to outbid HBO for Warner Bros films that currently go to the cable channel via the studio’s output deal…
https://www.deadline.com/2011/01/netflix-aims-to-outbid-hbo-for-warner-bros-films/
Making 3DTV Pay
If mainstream 3D programming is going to become a commercially funded reality, 3D advertising is going to be inevitable…
Justice Department OKs Comcast-NBCU with Strings Attached
WASHINGTON: The Department of Justice on Tuesday announced a settlement that allows the merger of Comcast and NBC Universal contingent on competitive access. Justice said it was allowing the deal on the condition that Comcast license programming to online competitors, subject itself to “anti-retaliation provisions” and adhere to network neutrality requirements…