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Is OpenAI’s Sora heading to Hollywood?

According to Bloomberg, the company will be holding meetings this weeks with Hollywood execs and creatives to pitch its Sora technology

Production & Post

Could 2024 see another Hollywood strike?

IATSE president Matthew Loeb said the union's members "aren't just going to settle" during upcoming negotiations with the AMPTP

Production & Post

And, action! Production to resume following end of Hollywood strikes

SAG-AFTRA, the actors union, has reached a tentative agreement on a three year deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture Television Producers (AMPTP) after...

Business

Writers’ Strike officially over; AI protections revealed

Writers are expected to return to work today even though the deal has yet to be voted on by the union's full membership

Production & Post

Terms of WGA strike deal will ‘set the playing field for the future of the TV and film industry’

" sticking points towards the end of the negotiation process was around generative AI, with the language in this contract very carefully...

Business

Bectu tells AMPTP ‘UK crews are paying for failed negotiations’

Bectu head Philippa Childs said it is time the AMPTP "recognises that this workforce deserves a fair contract, to work reasonable hours and to...

Production & Post

The Hollywood strikes will “hurt people all over the world” warns analyst

"I think the strikes are going to expose some weaknesses in our domestic content production, and how much we really are propped up by...

Production & Post

Picture Shop opens newly expanded, renovated facilities in Hollywood

The transformations are part of the company's commitment to provide filmmakers globally with first-in-class technology

Production & Post

Tentative agreement averts Hollywood production strike

The proposed contract averts a major US strike that would have started today

Production & Post

Could a strike hit Hollywood’s production output?

Hollywood's behind-the-camera union is voting on whether to strike. What impact could that have on content production?

Business

Visual Data acquires Digital Post Services

Continues Visual Data’s expansion into the LA market

Production & Post

Five major studios keep celluloid film alive

New deal commits studios to continuing to use film

Business

AT&T to acquire Time Warner

AT&T is set to buy Time Warner in an $85.4 billion agreement. The deal will combine AT&T’s cable TV distribution platforms with Time Warner’s...

Opinion

Return to OZ: streaming media and the new creative class

During the Golden Age of Hollywood from the late 1920s to the early 1960s, the ‘Big Five’ motion picture studios hired creative professionals under...

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Business

Chinese government launches streaming service with ‘loyalty scheme’ to tackle piracy

Content enabler and technology provider TV2U has announced a strategic alliance with Stereoscope Cloud and Vector International to launch its TARA TV service into...

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Hollywood Blockbusters get Dolby Vision release

Dolby Vision, a complement to both HD and 4K, is a new imaging technology that helps content creators and television manufacturers deliver a dramatically...

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Business

Ireland looks to Hollywood talent, enhances tax incentives

Ireland has introduced new tax breaks for the film and TV sectors with a view to attracting international productions to the country

Business

Production & Post

ZOO Digital delivers 30 million subtitles worldwide

ZOO Digital revealed details of its success since launching in late 2012, delivering 30 million subtitles to global entertainment and media clients.

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Production & Post

Gone Girl has gone 6K

Light Iron has used Quantel’s Pablo Rio colour and finishing system to complete the world’s first 6K feature post production on David Fincher’s Gone...

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