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BrightRoll (www.brightroll.com), the largest branded video advertising network, today announced it has built a joint integration path for online video ad serving with Brightcove (www.brightcove.com), the leading...
Fitch Ratings believes a strike by the Screen Actors Guild of America (SAG) would have limited impact on the credit profile of the media and entertainment sector over the short-term of six to nine months. However, a prolonged strike could impact specific sub-segments of the industry and would be...
TV Worldwide, (www.tvworldwide.com), the Internet's first and fastest-growing TV Network, announced that it was expanding its existing facility near Washington, D.C. to create the largest Internet TV Studio in the U.S. The state-of-the-art facility will support...
M-Audio®, a part of Avid Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: AVID), and a leading provider of creative tools for musicians, is proud to collaborate with premier electronic music resource Beatport to co-sponsor the Viva Music Tour. Having started in Montreal on October 16, 2008, artists Steve Lawler,...
615 Music, one of America's preeminent Production Music companies, providers of production music and original themes, for television networks and programs, feature films, radio, commercials, on-air promos, interactive applications and multi-media clients, has recently contributed music to a...
If so, you are a Cinner.....Pictorvision, a leader in stabilized and precision control solutions for the entertainment industry is pleased to sponsor the next Innovation Night event designed to foster and support ideas for the advancement of innovation in the film and video production industry...
In a press statement released on October 28, 2008, from Dubai, claims were made by former employees of the late filmmaker Moustapha Akkad, in which plans were underway to remake the classic film, "The Message," also known as "Mohammed: Messenger of God." The original film was released in the U.S...
Online TV viewing has been gaining in popularity. Nearly one-fifth of American households who use the internet watch television broadcasts online, double the viewership from 2006, The Conference Board and TNS report. The top two destinations for online broadcasts are the official TV channel...
Tourism Australia today launched "Transformation", a new advertising campaign being rolled out in 22 countries around the world. Baz Luhrmann, known for his movies Moulin Rouge and William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, was responsible for the television...
Final Draft, Inc., publisher of Final Draft® software and Script magazine, will be working with Garza High School (Austin), Hollywood Arts (LA), Chica Luna (NY), and the Academy for Careers in Television and Film (NY) to advance education through the craft of storytelling. By donating Final...
Stereo Vision Entertainment Inc. (OTCBB:SVSNE), a film production company focused exclusively on producing high-quality, low-cost, polarized 3D feature films, announced today that Stereo Vision's long time partner, and former Chairman, Doug Schwartz, has signed a three year production deal with...
In its continuing efforts to pursue creative excellence, Elias Arts, a world renowned creative collective devoted to music composition, strategy and production, has expanded its highly successful multi-cultural division, Avenida Acceso, with the addition of its new Creative Director, Composer...
Randy Wachtler, founder/president, 615 Music, has been named Chairman of The Production Music Association (PMA,) which promotes and protects the rights and interests of publishers and composers of music for use in film, television, radio and new media. Concurrently the PMA has also elected APM...
HimAnI Productions, Inc., a boutique visual effects design and production company co-founded by veteran visual effects artists Kevin Kutchaver, an Emmy(R) Award winner, and award winning animator Kathy Zielinski, has announced its latest VFX projects, covering the gamut of film, TV and direct-to...
Transpera, providers of the first comprehensive solution to monetize Web video on mobile phones, today announced the launch of a new mobile video ad campaign from Ford Motor Co., the global automotive industry leader whose brands include Ford, Lincoln, Mercury, Volvo and Mazda. The ad campaign,...
This weekend Nike (NYSE: NKE) kicks off a new football campaign, "FATE," which captures the true essence of the game by following the journeys of two top athletes from their first steps to playing in the NFL.
The "FATE" TV commercial features San Diego Chargers All-Pro running back...
Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced the immediate availability of Adobe® Flash® Player 10 software. Interactive designers and developers can leverage the new expressive features and visual performance improvements in Flash Player 10 for unprecedented creative control to...
On October 28, the MIT Enterprise Forum of Cambridge will host a panel conversation to discuss the re-emergence of advertising networks and their growing role in reaching an increasingly fragmented audience.
The keynote panel will include thought-leaders from advertising agencies and...
AvatarLabs, one of Hollywood's leading online marketing agencies specializing in the creation of online rich media, sites and original branded digital content (designed to offer Internet users additional information and interactive features while promoting major motion pictures), has recently...
Persona, a New York and Moscow-based production company, signs Orange, a directing collective, for worldwide spot representation.
The collective members' decision to stay anonymous...