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A group of scientists and engineers this week released a draft glossary for 3DTV that starkly illustrates its own necessity. Never before has TV had so much power to make people sick…

…If the images are captured too far apart, you could create “retinal rivalry, for example. “Transmission of incompatible images to each eye.” And not just incompatible in the way reality TV is incompatible with normal thinking. Incompatible as in “brain shear.”

James Cameron is credited with applying the term–which actually refers to real, physical brain injury–to the hurl factor of improperly produced 3DTV:…

https://www.televisionbroadcast.com/blog/105186

SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ.: In-Stat says Web-to-TV video is growing more rapidly than forecasters expected. The market researchers now say that by 2014, there will be 57 million U.S. broadband households viewing full-length online video on TV. Revenues associated with the content are projected to grow from $2 billion to over $17 billion over a five-year period…

https://www.televisionbroadcast.com/article/104978

As great as every Pixar movie has been since its release, Finding Nemo has held the title of “Biggest Box Office Success” for the animation company since it was released in 2003. Even more impressive? No other film has come close. Raking in nearly $868 million during its run, the only other film in Pixar’s stable to approach it was Up, which made $731 million. Until now.

According to Box Office Mojo, Toy Story 3 has now made $896,218,546 worldwide, making it Pixar’s new number one…

In ticket sale numbers or due to inflated 3D charges?

https://www.cinemablend.com/new/Toy-Story-3-Replaces-Finding-Nemo-As-Pixar-s-Highest-Grossing-Film-20102.html

Move decriminalizes illegal street sales

In a sign of Spain’s sometimes striking tolerance toward piracy, two regions in Catalonia have suggested penalty-free zones for bootleggers…

https://www.variety.com/article/VR1118022867.html?categoryid=13&cs=1

Disney says premium VOD an ‘interesting opportunity’

LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK — Hollywood studios are getting closer to a deal to make new movies available to cable and satellite TV operators like Time Warner Cable and DirecTV as early as 30 to 60 days after their theatrical debuts, for a premium price.

Under terms discussed so far, cable or satellite customers choosing to watch first-run movies at home would have to pay around $24.99 for a movie 60 days after its theatrical release, and up to $50 for a 30-day window…

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3i2c5aa2b5f24b2a9b4a65f1f5ae089344

A new pact between cable channel Epix and Netflix to stream movies online makes the video rental giant a pay TV player, whether it admits it or not.

After Tuesday’s agreement, Showtime and HBO should start looking over their shoulder, because make no mistake, Netflix is playing on their turf…

https://www.thewrap.com/movies/column-post/look-out-hbo-netflixepix-deal-creates-pay-tv-player-20004

Documentary filmmakers won an important ruling Monday, when the U.S. Copyright Office ruled that they could legally circumvent DVD copy protection in order to rip content covered under fair use.

The ruling, which provides an exemption to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, not only affects documentarians, but teachers and film students, too.

The exemption allows documentarians and other select professionals to obtain short portions of material from DVDs for non-infringing uses, even when that material is behind encryption and other digital locks…

https://www.thewrap.com/movies/article/fed-ruling-lets-doc-makers-legally-rip-dvds-19579

…And the frenzy has continued. Just last Tuesday came Xumanii.com, which said it was “revolutionizing the way in which live entertainment and social networking come together.”

You get the idea.

But at some point, it’s worth asking: Is this a true boom, backed by serious investors with clear-headed business models? Or has the cost of entry become so low that this is just a false flush? To some, it seems like the latter…

https://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/25/business/25steal.html?_r=3&src=busln

NEW YORK — Sandra Bullock was Hollywood’s best-paid actress over the past year ahead of Reese Witherspoon and Cameron Diaz, according to Forbes.

Bullock earned $56 million between June 2009 and June 2010, driven by income from “The Proposal” and “The Blind Side,” it said. “Despite everything that’s gone wrong personally for Sandra Bullock, financially she’s been on fire,” Forbes wrote…

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3ia2bdd85a040b9b01c9a81f8092906353

…At one point, replacing director Paul Weitz with producer-writer John Hamburg was contemplated early on and then rejected after Hamburg visited the set one weekend. That’s because everyone realized what a DGA mess this would result in. Plus, Adam Fogelson had just taken over as chairman and didn’t want to throw the already traumatized studio into a worse funk. So the decision was made to fix the movie in post. For about 4 to 5 weeks now, Weitz, Hamburg, Jay Roach, and Ben Stiller have been going through the footage. The good news is that they just decided that re-shoots aren’t needed. The not-so-good news is that they think a week of pickups with all the principal cast in September is required…

https://www.deadline.com/2010/08/unis-little-fockers-needs-week-of-pickups/#more-59117