Television’s biggest night took place in Century City, CA Saturday, September 21st, where the entertainment industry came together for the 13th annual “Evening Before” party, benefitting MPTF (Motion Picture & Television Fund). The television industry, from Emmy presenters and nominees, to other TV industry members, helped raise funds to support their industry colleagues and friends […]
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13th Annual “Evening Before” Benefitting MPTF (Motion Picture & Television Fund)
Viacom Acquires Exclusive Cable Rights to Seinfeld From Sony Pictures Television
Viacom (NASDAQ: VIAB, VIA) today announced the acquisition of Seinfeld from Sony Pictures Television, in a deal that features the exclusive cable rights for all 180 episodes of the iconic series. Beginning in October 2021, the full library of Seinfeld episodes will air amongst Viacom’s entertainment brands, including Comedy Central, Paramount Network and TV Land. […]
CommScope Announces Wi-Fi 6® Smart Media Device and IP Client Platforms: Service providers can now rapidly develop and launch new services from the RDK Video Accelerator on CommScope next-generation CPE platforms
CommScope today announced two next-generation additions to its RDK Video Accelerator portfolio: a Smart Media Device (SMD) platform 7852 featuring Wi-Fi 6® connectivity, as well as an IP Client VIP7802 with Wi-Fi 6®. Both devices include AOMedia Video 1 (AV1) and high dynamic range (HDR) capabilities. Each of the advanced device platforms support RDK for […]
NAB Show New York to Debut Podcast Series and Exclusive Podcast Sessions, October 16-17 2019 at the Javits Convention Center
NAB Show is launching a podcast series featuring prominent speakers and highlighting NAB Show New York-related themes leading up to the 2019 event, October 16-17 at the Javits Convention Center. MediaVillage Head of Content Strategy and Marketing, E.B. Moss, will host the series. Episodes will be released periodically beginning the week of September 16 on […]
Governor Gavin Newsom Signs Bill Protecting Motion Picture and TV Production Workers: SB 271 ensures full access to California UI, SDI, AND PFL benefits for California residents
California Governor Gavin Newsom late yesterday signed into law SB 271 (Wiener), a bill co-sponsored by the California IATSE Council (CIC) and the Entertainment Union Coalition (EUC). Set to go into law January 2020, SB 271 will ensure full access to Unemployment Insurance (UI), State Disability Insurance (SDI) and Paid Family Leave (PFL) benefits for […]
A Boost for Mobile AR Takes the Honours at IBC Conference
The IBC2019 Best Technical Paper award will be presented to Sebastian Schwarz and Mika Pesonen of Nokia Technologies and Jani Nurminen, co-founder of Innogiant. Their paper, Real-time decoding and AR playback of the emerging MPEG video-based point cloud compression standard, is a comprehensive and concise look at the prospects for delivering immersive experiences to mobile […]
IBC 2019: Qumulo and axle ai Partner on Advanced Media Workflow Solution Delivering AI Driven Real-time Automation and Analytics to Video Workloads
Qumulo, the leading provider of enterprise-proven hybrid cloud file storage, today announced a partnership with axle ai, the leader in AI-driven media management software for video teams, to provide media and entertainment organizations with a complete solution for storing, managing, and automating search of their content. The partnership enables film and television studios, broadcasters, post-production […]
Editorial 2019: Journalism Uncovered
African Interfaith Leaders Call for Collaboration to Address Regional Migration, Peacebuilding and Environmental Challenges Boeing, KLM Announce Order for Two 777 Jets Garlic farmers profit from US-China trade war Parliament is Closed More Tariffs Mean More Taxes, More Trouble for Consumers Remarks by Vice President Pence at the Commemoration of the 80th Anniversary of the […]
UHD Alliance Brings Together Filmmakers, CE Companies and Hollywood Studios For New “Filmmaker Mode”
The UHD Alliance (UHDA) along with leaders in consumer electronics, the Hollywood studios and members of the filmmaking community announced today their collaboration on a new viewing mode for watching movies and episodic TV called “Filmmaker Mode™”. “When Paul Thomas Anderson, Ryan Coogler, Patty Jenkins, Martin Scorsese, and Christopher Nolan reached out to the UHDA […]
Digital Book World Announces Finalists of the 2019 DBW Awards
Digital Book World (DBW) – the gathering of the wide world of publishing – announced the finalists of the 2019 DBW Awards. Digital Book World will take place Sept. 10-12 in Nashville, Tenn. (with pre-conference workshops on Sept. 9) at the Loews Vanderbilt Hotel. “Congratulations to all of the 2019 DBW Awards finalists,” said Bradley […]