All Digital articles – Page 137
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NewsUKFC and Nesta call on industry to exploit digital world
The UK Film Council and the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA) is calling on the film industry to expand digital distribution, seek new sources of funding and work with online audiences as publishers not just viewers, as part of series of findings from their digital innovation ...
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NewsStern says indies are hurting, but have huge opportunities online
Despite the economy, there was a slightly sunnier outlook at the Los Angeles Film Festival’s Film Financing Conference this weekend.James D. Stern, chairman and CEO of LA-based production and financing company Endgame Entertainment, struck a more positive note than 2008’s famous keynote speech by The Film Department’s Mark Gill.In his ...
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NewsTexas Instruments moves into 4K digital cinema
Texas Instruments has announced plans for a 4K option for its next generation digital projectors. US exhbitor Cinemark has already committed to using the technology when it is ready.
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NewsScreenDaily offers a free iPhone application
ScreenDaily has launched a free iPhone application so readers can access the latest news and reviews from the international film business on the move.
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FeaturesTheatres of opportunity
The UK’s ambitious exhibition sector is pioneering new release concepts to defy the credit crunch and harness the territory’s cinema-going boom.
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CommentDigital Britain's clear vision
Digital Britain lays an impressive and abitious framework for the future of communications in the UK, but leaves many questions unanswered.
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NewsISPs must cut filesharing by 70% over next year
UK media watchdog Ofcom and internet service providers (ISPs) have been charged with cutting online piracy by 70% over the next year under plans revealed in the Digital Britain report today (June 16).
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NewsHere completes merger with Planet Out
Here Networks has completed its merger deal with PlanetOut Inc. The new public company will be called Here Media.
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NewsSmartJog strikes digital server deal with Europalaces
French cinema chain Europalaces, which owns Gaumont and Pathe cinemas, has struck a deal to use SmartJog Digital Cinema Central Library Servers.
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NewsDigital Britain: Industry Reaction
ScreenDaily rounds up the industry reaction to key proposals for film industry from the Digital Britain report.
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NewsDigital Britain to allow commercial access to orphan works
The British Film Institute (BFI) is set to benefit from plans to allow commercial access to orphan works; content where the rights owner can not be identified or found.
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NewsDigital Britain: Key Proposals
The highly-anticipated Digital Britain report has been unveiled and includes key proposals for the future of the licence fee, broadband and a potential tie-up between BBC Worldwide and Channel 4.
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NewsTilda Swinton’s film festival gets funding from EventScotland
Tilda Swinton, organiser of Swinton Pilgrimage: A Scottish Road Movie Film Festival, is to receive an investment of $15,000 (£9,000) from EventScotland, the national events agency.
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CommentHow to negotiate the net's legal minefield
The future for film may be on the internet, but marketers and distributors who want to exploit it face a multitude of legal issues, says new-media lawyer Andrew Sparrow
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News2009 to kick-start 3D revolution in Japan
The Japanese film industry has dubbed 2009 “year zero” for 3D with high-profile releases and new screens expected to finally kick-start local interest in the format.
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NewsBig Cinemas pacts with More2Screen for alternative content
Indian exhibitor Big Cinemas has signed a deal with London-based alternative content provider More2Screen under which it will screen operas and classical concerts in Indian cinemas.
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NewsRap fans get digital preview of West Coast Theory
DVD distributor Potemkine is hoping to tantalize rap fans with an online preview of straight-to-DVD film West Coast Theory.
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NewsSwedish court denies bias in Pirate Bay trial
The Stockholm District Court has hit out against claims that the judge in the Pirate Bay trial was biased because of his alleged links to pro-copyright groups.
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NewsIce Age 3 to bypass Chinese quotas with 3D release
China Film Group Corporation has confirmed that Twentieth Century Fox’s Ice Age: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs will be imported into China as a 3D-only release before mid-July.
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NewsGenArts and LucasFilm reveal digital partnership
Digital effects software provider GenArts and effects house Lucasfilm have expanded their long-standing relationship with a broad strategic alliance.