Associations
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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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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”
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EMA SVP Sean Bersell to Leave Association
Entertainment Merchants Association SVP Sean Bersell is leaving the association after nearly 20 years. Bersell recently moved to Pittsburgh with his wife Heather Norris to be closer to family and “has decided it is time for him to embark on some new endeavors,” according to an email to board members and other stakeholders from EMA … Continue reading “EMA SVP Sean Bersell to Leave Association”
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SAG-AFTRA Approves Historic Deal with Netflix
Netflix is one of the world’s largest producers of movies and TV shows. As a subscription streaming video distributor, how the service’s productions fit into the traditional Hollywood labor equation sometimes left more questions than answers. Now, SAG-AFTRA, the union representing film and television actors, journalists, radio personalities, recording artists, singers, voice actors and other … Continue reading “SAG-AFTRA Approves Historic Deal with Netflix”
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EMA’s LAES and OTT Conferences Kick Off July 16
The Entertainment Merchants Association will hold its annual Los Angeles Entertainment Summit at the Hilton Universal City starting July 16, along with a concurrent conference OTT_X covering the over-the-top market. Events begin at 9 a.m. following a network breakfast with an introduction from EMA president and CEO Mark Fisher and OTT_X chair Erick Opeka of … Continue reading “EMA’s LAES and OTT Conferences Kick Off July 16”
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USC Annenberg Dean Willow Bay to Receive DEG Hedy Lamarr Award
Willow Bay, dean of the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, will receive the third annual “Hedy Lamarr Award for Innovation in Entertainment Technology” from DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group this fall. The DEG created the Innovation Award to recognize female executives in the fields of entertainment and technology who have made a significant … Continue reading “USC Annenberg Dean Willow Bay to Receive DEG Hedy Lamarr Award”
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Home Entertainment Studios Score Big at 2019 BASE Awards
Try imagining a movie/TV industry awards event without a Netflix nominee/winner and you would get the 39th annual BASE Awards held this week in London. The British Association for Screen Entertainment’s annual gala saw 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment’s The Greatest Showman winning “title of the year,” and Universal Pictures U.K. earning “distributor of the year” … Continue reading “Home Entertainment Studios Score Big at 2019 BASE Awards”
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Video Game Show E3 Opens June 11 With New AR Experience
E3 2019, the biggest annual video game trade show, opens June 11 for a three-day run at the Los Angeles Convention Center. New this year is “The Unreal Garden @ E3,” an evolved version of the San Francisco-based augmented reality experience with new scenes and content. E3 delivers new immersive experiences to E3 attendees each … Continue reading “Video Game Show E3 Opens June 11 With New AR Experience”
