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How “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” (and M. David Mullen) Locked Down the Long Take
Series DP David Mullen discusses the cinematography behind the Emmy-winning series, now in its third season on Amazon Prime.
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SubtitleNEXT enables virtual study and remote working
Hellenic American College in Athens relies on SubtitleNEXT to allow for remote online study For immediate release – 13 May 2020, Athens, Greece ...
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Frontline’s Amazon Documentary: “There are Very Serious Questions at the Heart of the Film”
“Everything that's amazing or awesome about Jeff Bezos and Amazon is also something to be feared about Amazon and Jeff Bezos.”
Research
How Much of TV Viewing is Now Streaming?
“Content has always been king, but with the growth of streaming, content creators and rights owners are effectively given more power.”
PR Wire
Conductor Enhances Cloud Rendering Capability with Amazon EC2
Cloud Rendering Platform Expands Scalability with AWS Compute Resources
PR Wire
NASCAR Selects AWS as its Preferred Cloud Computing, Cloud Machine Learning, and Cloud Artificial Intelligence Provider
NASCAR enhances the fan experience, accelerates artificial intelligence efforts, and improves operational efficiencies by leveraging the cloud
PR Wire
AWS Cloud Empowers Tangent Animation for “Next Gen” and Beyond
Tangent looked to AWS Thinkbox to help them scale compute resources with Amazon Web Services (AWS) Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), ultimately completing more than...
PR Wire
4K 4Charity Races Past $1 Million Mark At 2019 NAB Show
Annual fun run held to advance equity in the media and tech industries sets new record for registrations and funds raised
PR Wire
New Accelerated Transcoding from Amazon Web Services Delivers up to 25X Faster VOD Processing
Enables high-resolution streaming of on-demand content for broadcasters and over-the-top providers
PR Wire
Amazon Opens New Office in Winnipeg
New 13,000 ft. sq. space is home to Amazon Web Services team
PR Wire
Second Spectrum and L.A. Clippers Select AWS as Official Cloud and Machine Learning Provider of Clippers CourtVision
Sports software engineering leader and National Basketball Association (NBA) team grow relationship with AWS, maximizing its services to bring fans deeper into the game
New Wave of Facial Recognition Tech Invokes Interest, Ire
Amazon’s Rekognition becomes a lightning rod
News
Royalty-Free AV1 Codec Turned Loose
Backed by several major players, new codec claims to hold bandwidth efficiency edge over VP9, HEVC
News
Our Film and Video History Is Threatened By the Rise of Streaming Video
Streaming services more inclined to feature recent or self-produced materials.
News and Features
Wraptastic Posts Episodic Miniseries on the Road with OWC
Because Chris is also the drum and percussion technician for Elton John, much of the show's postproduction took place on the road, while he...
Consumption
Survey: 19% of Streaming Subs Pay for Three or More Services
Original content paying off for Netflix, Amazon, 451 Research finds.
News and Features
‘The Grand Tour’ Cinematographer on Shooting HDR and HFR for Amazon’s Car Show
"It's been a huge step up for everyone but I think we’ve done pretty well overall actually; it’s going to look stunning."
News and Features
‘The Man in the High Castle’ Season 2 Studies the Effects of Totalitarianism
Season 2 of Amazon’s The Man in the High Castle builds on the high-concept premise of the first season: what if the Axis powers...
Distribution
Watch a Sneak Peek of Woody Allen’s Upcoming Amazon Series
Woody Allen’s first foray into television will premiere on September 30th when his six-episode Crisis in Six Scenes streams on Amazon. The comedy, which also...
Consumption
Amazon and YouTube’s Rivalry Spells Golden Age for Content Creators
Amazon’s Video Direct launch last month is just the latest in a series of big companies (like Facebook) attempting to usurp YouTube’s throne as...
Consumption
Amazon Launches YouTube Rival Amazon Video Direct
Amazon is launching Amazon Video Direct, a video upload site that is in direct competition with YouTube. Explains Fortune, “As with YouTube, the lowest...
Production
Why Amazon’s ‘The New Yorker Presents’ Eschews a Binge-Watching Schedule
Amazon’s The New YorkerPresents is a new type of show, one that takes the essence of the venerable magazine and brings something new to it...
Production
Amazon and The New Yorker Break New Ground with ‘The New Yorker Presents’
Amazon’s new original series The New Yorker Presents is a true video magazine, bringing The New Yorker‘s signature mix of culture, humor, news, and...
Distribution
Apple, YouTube and More Stall on Internet TV Services
There’s been chatter that Apple, YouTube, Amazon, T-Mobile and AT&T have been on the verge of entering the Internet TV service with the offer...
Production
Inside Amazon’s ‘The New Yorker Presents’
Amazon’s new series The New Yorker Presents brings the stories and voice of the venerable magazine to a streaming series format–creating something entirely new in...
Production
Streaming Networks Boost Amount of Original Scripted Content
An eMarketer report shows that the number of original scripted TV shows has doubled in the past seven years, thanks in large part to streaming...
Production
‘The New Yorker’ to Release Amazon Original Series
The New Yorker will branch out into the world of video with its new Amazon series The New Yorker Presents. With two new episodes...
Distribution
Amazon to Live-Stream President Obama’s State of the Union Address
Amazon will live-stream President Obama’s final State of the Union address tonight for free on Amazon Video. The company partnered up with the White...
Consumption
How Netflix Used Data to Create a Hit Show
There’s no doubt that Netflix’s very first original series House of Cards, about an ambitious U.S. senator, is a hit and has heralded a slew...
News and Features
Second Coming: Production on Amazon’s ‘Hand of God’
Liz Shannon Miller speaks to director Marc Forster and creator Ben Watkins about the Amazon series, Hand of Good. The series, which has received...
Distribution
Networks Experiment with Putting Up Premiere Episodes on Facebook
Amazon and HBO have recently started experimenting with putting up full premiere episodes of their new shows on Facebook. Though the concept of digital...
Video Edge
Amazon’s Content Strategy: Swim Into Uncharted Waters
Vulture takes a look at how Amazon has reinvented itself over the past couple of years as a sought-after destination for content creators, rather...
Consumption
Two-Fifths of American Households Subscribe to a Streaming Video Service
A new study from Nielsen reveals that 2 in every 5 American households subscribes to a video streaming service. As Gizmodo explains, “Of the...
Video Edge
More Retailers Offering Original Digital Video Content
Following on the heels of Amazon, other retailers–like Overstock.com–are getting into the original video content game. As Forbes’ Laura Heller writes, “Both Amazon and...
Video Edge
How Will Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google Fare in the Digital Media Landscape?
In the below 15-minute presentation from Scott Dalloway, the trademark analyst spends 15 minutes going over who he thinks will win and lose in...
News and Features
Alex Gibney Launches ‘New Yorker’ Web Series
Director Alex Gibney’s new Amazon pilot The New Yorker Presents is meant to complement the magazine with a hodge-podge of shorts, scripted fare, animations...
Distribution
Amazon Studios Branches Out Into Feature Films
Amazon Studios has just announced that it will be branching out into the feature film business, with plans to produce and acquire up to...
Production
Watch the Trailer for Amazon’s First Dramatic Series ‘Bosch’
Amazon will be premiering its first dramatic original series, Bosch, on February 13th. The gritty neo-noir is based on author Michael Connelly’s bestselling books...
Production
Roman Coppola on the Immediacy of Creating a Series Designed for Binge-Watching
Writer/director Roman Coppola talks to Fast Company‘s Co.Create about his first foray into web series with his new Amazon Studios series Mozart in the...
Consumption
Streaming Services on the Rise While Network TV Sites Decline
A new survey from RBC Capital Markets has revealed that streaming services like Netflix, Amazon and Hulu are on the rise, while video watched...
Production
‘Transparent’ Creator Jill Solloway on the Creative Freedom of Amazon
After years of getting rejected by network television, Solloway has found her home on Amazon Prime.
Production
‘Transparent’ Creator Jill Solloway: I’m Thrilled Amazon Is Disrupting TV
Re/code reports from the premiere of Transparent, Amazon’s new original series, where creator Jill Solloway explains what drew her to making a show for...