Business
Viewster launches video streaming app
Online streaming service Viewster has released a new mobile app for iOS and Android, enabling fans to watch a library of more than 10,000...
Newsfilm
Business
Kering and the Festival de Cannes unveil Women in Motion Talks
As part of the 68th International Cannes Film Festival, Kering and the Festival de Cannes have launched the first edition of the Women in...
News
Business
Major film and TV studio planned for Scotland
PSL Land (PSLL) confirmed today that an application has been lodged for planning permission in principle for the mixed-use studio development site at Straiton,...
Business
Business
Wuaki.tv and Icon Film Distribution unite to bring indies to film fans
Video on-demand streaming service Wuaki.tv has signed a new deal with Icon Film Distribution to increase its focus on independent movies.
News
Business
Easel TV’s Curzon service now available on Amazon Fire
Easel TV, the multiscreen video software company, is celebrating a year of successful work on the Curzon Home Cinema service, with the addition of...
News
Production & Post
BT and Aspera collaborate for high-speed file transfer
Film and television producers will be able to send hours of footage, including high-definition movies, in a matter of minutes, after BT announced a...
News
Production & Post
Greenstone helps power albert for TV industry sustainability
albert and albert+, the sustainability assessment tools for the film and television industry, are enabling production companies across the UK and internationally to reduce...
News
Business
Pinewood to double capacity following £135 million Lloyds funding
Film studio provider Pinewood Group is planning to increase the overall studio production space at Pinewood Studios by approximately 50 per cent.
Business
Business
Osborne promises “generous” TV and film tax credits in Budget
George Osborne, Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday delivered the 2015 UK Budget to the House of Commons, and in his speech to Parliament described...
Business
Business
eDebut movie service seeks support at SXSW
The SXSW festival marked the official launch of eDebut, a service which allows viewers to stream new movie premieres direct to the home.
Business
DiCaprio and Netflix partner on nature docs
Leonardo DiCaprio and his production company, Appian Way, have agreed to partner on forthcoming documentary and docu-series content as part of a first look...
News
Business
385 per cent spike in piracy ahead of Oscars
Millions of people tuned in last night to see which of their favourite films scooped one of the 87th Academy Awards.
BVE
Catherine Hardwicke and Richard Ayoade to present keynote sessions at BVE
Two high-profile figures have been confirmed to speak at BVE 2015, which arrives at the ExCel, London, in less than four weeks.
Production & Post
Berlinale goes digital with Colt, Rohde & Schwarz
The Berlin Film Festival, returns to the city for its 65th year from 5 – 15 March. The ten-day Berlinale will feature 2,500 screenings...
News
Business
Content piracy thrives in Russia
Viewing pirated content is extremely common among Russian consumers, largely due to the cost and availability of legal content, according to new research from...
News
Business
Ridley Scott’s Exodus get Da Vinci treatment
Blackmagic’s DaVinci Resolve was used at Deluxe Creative Services' Company 3 by colourist Stephen Nakamura to grade 20th Century Fox’s Exodus: Gods and Kings,...
News
Business
UK economy boosted by creative industries
The UK’s creative industries, which includes film, television and music, are now worth £76.9 billion per year to the UK economy, according to figures...
Business
News Releases
A new station for Poststation
TV and film audio specialist, Poststation has relocated from Stockholm city centre to the island of Brännö, just outside Gothenburg.
Business
TalkTalk buys blinkbox
Following ongoing speculation, TalkTalk has confirmed its acquisition of blinkbox, in a deal which also included the Tesco broadband and fixed line voice base.
Business
TVBEverywhere
Kaltura drives Moviepilot.de
Moviepilot.de has chosen Kaltura to power video on the site. Moviepilot.de is leveraging the Kaltura HTML5 video player and mobile advertising tools to...
News
News Releases
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...
News
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
Business
Netzkino launches on Amazon Fire TV
German free-of-charge VoD service Netzkino is now available on Amazon Fire TV, which can be connected to an HDTV to allow the user to...
News
Business
Boris FX to acquire Imagineer Systems
Boris FX has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Imagineer Systems, the UK-based developer of the Planar Tracking and masking tools.
Production & Post
Wuaki.tv integrates Civolution’s watermarking for UHD content
Civolution and the European streaming service Wuaki.tv have announced the integration and deployment of Civolution’s content protection technology NexGuard, which is enabling Wuaki.tv to...
Videos
Business
Digital Vision completes management buyout
Digital Vision, supplier of colour grading, restoration and film scanning solutions for the broadcast, film, commercial and archive industries, has been acquired by its...
Production & Post
China’s Cornucopia Films chooses Mistika
Cornucopia Film has invested in a Mistika 4K finishing and colour grading system to deliver post production services to its clients.
News
Business
Winners announced at Rory Peck Awards 2014
The work of freelance cameramen and camerawomen was celebrated last night at the annual Rory Peck Awards at the BFI Southbank in London.
News
Business
Rightster to manage Lehren Networks’ Bollywood channels
Rightster has joined forces with Indian film specialist Lehren Networks, to manage its 77-plus YouTube channels.
TVBEverywhere
BAFTA Cymru Awards chooses XL Video
XL Video supplied LED screens and control for the 2014 BAFTA Cymru Awards
News
Production & Post
Fusion 7 free from Blackmagic
Blackmagic Design has announced that visual effects and motion graphics software, Fusion 7, is now available free of charge.
News
Production & Post
Prime Focus helps in Unlocking Film Heritage for BFI
Prime Focus has been chosen, as one of six partners, to provide its film handling, transfer and digitisation skills to the BFI’s Unlocking Film...
TVBEverywhere
New BFI Player launched
Digital product design consultancy Ostmodern has worked closely with the British Film Institute and Ooyala to create a new responsive on-demand player.
Business
Goldcrest realises expansion plans with Medialease
With this new project Goldcrest Post is aiming to become the UK’s premier ‘one stop post production shop’ for picture, audio and grading post...
News
Production & Post
2D to 3D innovation from Legend3D and SGO
SGO’s Mistika is now fully integrated within stereo VFX company Legend3D’s 2D to 3D conversion process and digital asset management system.
Opinion
Illegal downloading will lead to endless Dave, but no Dr Who
The growth in illegal downloads of TV programmes, if left unchecked, will lead to a world without the ability to fund creativity and a...
News
Production & Post
Denzel Washington thriller finished on Baselight
The Equalizer, the new thriller starring Denzel Washington, was graded on Baselight EIGHT at Colorworks, the finishing facility on the Sony Pictures lot at...
News
IBC
zLense declares ‘world first’ in 3D camera technology
zLense's depth-mapping camera solution captures 3D data and scenery in realtime and adds a 3D layer to the footage
Production & Post
RED Dragon at Wildscreen
RED Digital Cinema has been showcasing its 6K RED DRAGON sensor at Wildscreen 2014 this week, the world's largest and most prestigious international wildlife...
Production & Post
Canon unveils next gen Cinema EOS
Canon has expanded its Cinema EOS System with the EOS C100 Mark II, its latest large sensor professional video camera for single operators.
News
Business
Emma Baehr appointed BAFTA director of Awards
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts has announced that Emma Baehr has become its director of Awards, a new role that oversees...
News
Features
Recording Everest
Award winning sound recordist Adrian Bell gives us his thoughts on recording Everest, a feature film in which a climbing expedition on Mount Everest...