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A Visit to ‘Broad City’
Comedy Central’s weekly half-hour scripted seriesBroad City, executive produced by Amy Poehler, stars Upright Citizens Brigade alums Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer as a...
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Repurposing TV Closed Caption Files for Internet Video Distribution
More than 48 million Americans have hearing loss and rely on closed captions to comprehend TV shows. Others whose native language is not English...
Saving Bandwidth Before and After Compression
Pre- and post-processing is gaining favor to complement file size reduction.
MobiTV: The Challenges of Establishing a New Interaction Paradigm
An inventor listed on several technology patents related to media streaming and distribution, Cedric Fernandes serves as Chief Technology Officer at MobiTV, Inc., a...
Global IP Traffic Expected to Grow Over 1.5 Trillion Gigabytes Per Year to 2018
New York — In its latest prediction on the growth in the use of online video, Cisco says that by 2018 there will be...
Customize Your Own Country Music Video
Country singer Jon Pardi’s new single “What You Can’t Put Down” comes with its own choose your own adventure type interactive music video. Using...
What OTT Devices Are Getting Wrong…and How to Fix It
Gary Meyer of Wired astutely observes the problem with all OTT devices as they now stand, and what the real future of TV should...
Tumblr Teams Up with CNN for Town Hall with Hillary Clinton
Last week, Tumblr and CNN teamed up for a live town hall interview between Christiane Amanpour and Hillary Clinton, marking the blogging site’s first...
Second Screen Study Examines Who’s Watching What When
A new report from CivicScience examines the use of second screen, and finds that only 37% of users put their devices away while watching...
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‘Cold in July’: Jim Mickle Details How He Directed and Co-Edited This Dark Thriller
Editor and director Jim Mickle details his first time working with an outside editor on 'Cold in July,' his 4th feature film.
Streaming Media Not Necessarily More Eco-Friendly Than Physical Media
A new study from researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Northwestern University has found that streaming media may not necessarily be a greener...
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See the World’s Best Examples of Projection Mapping
CNN’s Kieron Monks gathers 10 of the world’s most spectacular examples of projection mapping. Says Brett Jones, co-founder of Projection Mapping Central, “Projection mapping...
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Will Emmanuel Lubezki’s Work Stun on the Upcoming ‘Birdman’?
HitFix’s Kristopher Tapley gathers all the available information on Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu’s Birdman, including the rumor that cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki performed a “magic trick”...
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Is the World’s Supercomputing Race Slowing Down?
Robert McMillan of Wired examines the bi-annual Top500 list, which ranks the world’s most powerful computers, to come to the conclusion that the supercomputing...
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Kat Candler on Hearkening Back to Youth and Summer with ‘Hellion’
Independent filmmaker Kat Candler turned her coming-of-age short film “Hellion” into a feature-length movie of the same name with a very short turnaround. The...
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See the Openings Credits to IFC’s ‘Garfunkel and Oates’
IFC’s new scripted comedy Garfunkel and Oates, picked up from the HBO web series of the same name, tells the story of a singing...
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Jake Nava Directs Dreamy New Lana Del Rey Music Video
Jake Nava directs the noir-inspired music video for Lana Del Rey’s “Shades of Cool,” which overlays dreamy visuals on top of the pop singer’s...
Sloth Week Returns on Discovery Digital Network
Sloth Week begins today on Discovery Digital Network which consists of sites like Animalist, TestTube.com, Sourcefed and more. Says Animalist executive producer James William...
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Adobe Releases Update to Allow Third Party Developers to Incorporate CC Functionality in Apps
Amongst last week’s big updates to Adobe Creative Cloud comes a software developing kit (SDK) for mobile devices. As Fast Company‘s Co.Design explains, this...
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What’s New in the Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2014 Release
Adobe rounds up the top new features in its latest Premiere Pro CC update. Some of them include: Masking and tracking workflows from After...
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Four Cameras Create a Stunning Time-Lapse of the Night Sky
Vincent Brady’s “Planetary Panorama” uses a four-camera rig to create a surreal and stunningly original view of the night sky. Explains CNET, “Each camera...
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‘Coherence’ Writer/Director James Ward Byrkit on Crafting a Movie After a Funhouse
Coherence writer/director James Ward Byrkit talks to Twitch about his unusual and complex sci-fil movie Coherence, which was designed to encourage repeated viewings. Says...
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Webinar: What to Do with a 4K Future, June 24
Moviola is running a “What to do with a 4K Future” webinar on June 24, 2014 at 11:30 AM PDT. Join Gary Adcock as...
HBO Partners with Facebook for ‘True Blood’ Social Marathon
Leading up to the premiere of the final season of True Blood, HBO has partnered with Facebook for a social lookback at the show’s...
U.S. World Cup Fans More Likely to Stream Video from Work to Follow the Action
Experian Marketing Services launches online dashboards to report on key search and online trends from U.S.-based World Cup fans throughout the 2014 games.
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‘Tyrant’: Fusing and Fictionalizing Current Events for the FX Series
If you’re a fan of Homeland (isn’t everyone?), you’ll be counting the days until June 24, when Tyrant begins its 10-episode first season run...
New Study Shows 133% Increase of Mobile and Tablet Video Views
Ooyala’s Q1 2014 Global Video Index shows a 133% increase in video consumption on mobile devices and tablets over 2013. Writes Jessica Klein of...
BBC to Use Facial Recognition Technology to Gauge Audience Reaction
BBC Worldwide is planning to use CrowdEmotion’s technology to gauge audience reaction to their shows via facial recognition software. Writes TBIVision, “CrowdEmotion, which uses...
Why Second Screen Shouldn’t Come to a Theater Near You
Not everyone is convinced that bringing second screen to the movie theaters is a step in the right direction. In an impassioned post on...
PESA Showcases Xstream Live
Huntsville, Ala.— PESA, a manufacturer of professional audio and video distribution solutions, showed its new Xstream Livestreaming mobile solution at the Infocomm show this...
On-Demand Congestion Leads to Online Service Disruption for UK Broadcaster ITV
Rio de Janeiro — Clearly data traffic congestion problems are not limited to the U.S. During the very first match of this year’s World...
Ultra HD, GLT Among New Technologies at This Year’s World Cup
Host country Brazil’s efforts to take the World Cup from defending champion Spain will surely be the top story line at this year’s FIFA...
New Study Reveals Almost 50% of People in Their 30s Watch Online News Videos
A new study from Pew Research found that 36% of all U.S. adults watch their news via online video, about the same amount who...
New Study Supports Twitter’s Positive Effects on TV Advertising
A new study from Twitter and Starcom Mediavest Group supports the claims that Twitter and TV compliment each other’s efforts when it comes to...
New Competition Series ‘Rising Star’ Brings Second Screen to the Forefront
ABC’s new live competition series Rising Star doesn’t just have a second screen app, it’s building its whole concept around it. Hopeful competitors can...
Why Shrink the Chocolate Bar? Five Reasons Uncompressed Video is the Future of the Media & Entertainment Industry
Does everyone remember Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory? Towards the end of the movie, Wonka unveils “Wonkavision” in which he physically compresses a...
Complexity, Creativity, Conspiracies: Intertwining the Stories in the BBC Thriller ‘Orphan Black’
BBC America’s conspiracy thriller Orphan Black is back for its second season. Co-created by Graeme Manson and John Fawcett, with Manson also serving as...
The Difference Between Online TV and TV Online
Sean Cunningham of MediaPost differentiates between online TV and TV online and why advertisers need to be keenly aware of each one’s strengths and...
Which TV Shows Had the Biggest Twitter Reach?
A new chart from Statista showcases the TV shows that had the biggest Twitter reach from September 2013 through May 2014. Breaking Bad sits...
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Soldier and Storyteller
Robert Ham is passionate about filmmaking; he takes a video camera and tripod whenever he travels and capturing people’s stories. From 2007 to 2013,...
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Now Netflix Uses All Its Data
Netflix is known for its innovative recommendation engine, but a new blog post on the company’s site shows that it uses its enormous amount...
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in Multiscreen Viewing, What Gets the Most Attention?
A new study from ProSiebenSat.1 Group has studied the effects of multiscreen viewing, and found that TV collects 70% of people’s attention while other...