Associations
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EMA Elects Officers, Appoints Board Members
Cameron Douglas, VP of home entertainment, Fandango, has been re-elected chairman of the home entertainment trade group the Entertainment Merchants Association (EMA). Douglas will be serving his second term as chairman. Joining Douglas as officers are vice chair Suyin Lim, senior director, content acquisitions and partnerships, PlayStation Video; secretary Pedro Guiterrez Jr., director, digital stores movies … Continue reading “EMA Elects Officers, Appoints Board Members”
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Willow Bay Recalls Career, Praises Young People in Accepting DEG’s Hedy Lamarr Award
Willow Bay, dean of the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, received the third annual “Hedy Lamarr Award for Innovation in Entertainment Technology” from DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group Nov. 12 on the Sony lot in Culver City, Calif. The DEG created the Innovation Award to recognize female executives in the fields of entertainment … Continue reading “Willow Bay Recalls Career, Praises Young People in Accepting DEG’s Hedy Lamarr Award”
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EMA Elects Officers, Appoints Board Members
Cameron Douglas, VP of home entertainment, Fandango, has been re-elected chairman of the home entertainment trade group the Entertainment Merchants Association (EMA). Douglas will be serving his second term as chairman. Joining Douglas as officers are vice chair Suyin Lim, senior director, content acquisitions and partnerships, PlayStation Video; secretary Pedro Guiterrez Jr., director, digital stores movies … Continue reading “EMA Elects Officers, Appoints Board Members”
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Willow Bay Recalls Career, Praises Young People in Accepting DEG’s Hedy Lamarr Award
Willow Bay, dean of the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, received the third annual “Hedy Lamarr Award for Innovation in Entertainment Technology” from DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group Nov. 12 on the Sony lot in Culver City, Calif. The DEG created the Innovation Award to recognize female executives in the fields of entertainment … Continue reading “Willow Bay Recalls Career, Praises Young People in Accepting DEG’s Hedy Lamarr Award”
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DEG Europe Adds Google to Membership Base
The Digital Entertainment Group Europe (DEGE) Oct. 30 announced the addition of Google to its membership. Supplying a vast catalog of movies and TV shows across its Google Play and YouTube platforms, Google joins the DEGE as the trade group works to support and enhance the home entertainment industry and drive consumer engagement with new … Continue reading “DEG Europe Adds Google to Membership Base”
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UHD Alliance Launches New ‘Filmmaker’ Viewing Mode
The UHD Alliance, along with leaders in consumer electronics, the Hollywood studios and members of the filmmaking community, on Aug. 27 announced collaboration on a new viewing mode for watching movies and episodic TV called “Filmmaker Mode,” designed to reproduce the content in the way the creator intended. Rian Johnson, director of Star Wars: The … Continue reading “UHD Alliance Launches New ‘Filmmaker’ Viewing Mode”
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EMA Producing OTT_@Pipeline Conference Sept. 25
The Entertainment Merchants Association is producing OTT_X@Pipeline at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles Sept. 25. It’s the 12th year for the conferences, formerly titled Digital Media Pipeline. The event is a one-day business-to-business conference bringing together the OTT community for research presentations, knowledge sharing and networking. OTT_X@Pipeline kicks off at 8:30 a.m. with … Continue reading “EMA Producing OTT_@Pipeline Conference Sept. 25”
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MovieLabs, Hollywood Studios Publish White Paper on Future of Media Creation
Motion Pictures Laboratories (MovieLabs), together with member studios, has published a white paper presenting an industry vision for the future of media creation technology by 2030. MovieLabs is a non-profit technology research lab jointly run by Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Universal Pictures, Walt Disney Pictures and Television, and Warner Bros. Entertainment. The paper, jointly … Continue reading “MovieLabs, Hollywood Studios Publish White Paper on Future of Media Creation”
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Women in Home Entertainment 2019: A Q&A With BASE CEO Liz Bales
The British Association for Screen Entertainment’s mission statement seeks to champion the growth of screen entertainment across a £2.34 billion U.K. disc and digital video market, while maintaining a business environment with few regulatory burdens. U.S. studio members include Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, Lionsgate U.K., Paramount Pictures, Universal Pictures International … Continue reading “Women in Home Entertainment 2019: A Q&A With BASE CEO Liz Bales”
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DEG Announces Board for 2019-20
DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group on Aug. 9 announced its incoming board of directors at the start of its 23rd year as one of the home entertainment industry’s leading trade associations. DEG’s voting member companies elected the new board to serve for the 2019-20 fiscal year (Aug. 1 – July 31). New board members include … Continue reading “DEG Announces Board for 2019-20”
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EMA Slates Next OTT Conference
The Entertainment Merchants Association (EMA) is gearing up for its next conference, OTT_X @ Pipeline ’19, which will be held Sept. 25 at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles. Celebrating its 12th year, OTT_X @ Pipeline (formerly Digital Media Pipeline) ’19 is a one-day business-to-business conference bringing together the digital OTT_X community for research … Continue reading “EMA Slates Next OTT Conference”
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Netflix Joins Academy Software Foundation
Netflix has joined the Academy Software Foundation (ASWF), a forum for open source software development in the motion picture and media industries, the organization announced. The foundation also announced that OpenTimelineIO has been accepted as a foundation-hosted project and is one of the first projects Netflix will contribute to as a member. Initially created by Pixar … Continue reading “Netflix Joins Academy Software Foundation”