A new report from Conviva has found that word of mouth is the most frequent way consumers discover new content, ahead of advertising, social media and platform recommendations. State of Streaming: Content Discovery showed content streamed for the first time was discovered in four ways: word of mouth (59 percent), advertising (52 percent), social media[…..] […]
Get ready for the return of the 18th London International Animation Festival. The UK’s longest-running, largest and most eclectic animation festival is back and screening in-cinema and online all across the UK for 10 days from November 26th. There will be live in-cinema screenings and this year as well as our regular venues the Barbican,[…..] […]
Warner Bros. Games Appoints David Hewitt Studio Head of Monolith Productions Warner Bros. Games announces industry veteran David Hewitt has been named Vice President, Studio Head, Monolith Productions. Hewitt will oversee Monolith’s development team to deliver AAA games as well as shape the ongoing studio culture. In his role, he will partner with Monolith’s award-winning[…..] […]
Blackmagic Design announced on Sept 13 that Hibino Corporation installed a Blackmagic 12G and optical fiber workflow, including Blackmagic URSA Mini Pro 4.6K G2 and ATEM Television Studio 4K, for their new virtual production studio, Hibino VFX Studio. The new studio features one of the first in camera virtual production services in Japan. Hibino offers[…..] […]
Two months after she teased a new Marvel animation studio, Victoria Alonso has been promoted. She has been promoted to president of physical and post production, visual effects, and animation production. Alonso will oversee those departments across all Marvel films and series，including “Eternals,” “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” and “Thor: Love and Thunder.”[…..] […]
The Licensing Awards have announced their winners for 2021，revealed in a ceremony held September 14. More than 200 retail buyers formed a judging panel offering their expert input across the product categories. Various panels convened to discuss, debate and validate all the other categories to arrive at the finalists. Animation properties coming out on top[…..] […]
2021 PROGRAMME LAUNCH ON MONDAY! The MAF 2021 programme launch is finally here, with all the details for our first ever hybrid edition going live at 12 noon (BST) on Mon 27 Sep via YouTube. The Festival Director Steve Henderson will be leading a video presentation on this year’s proceedings which is not to be[…..] […]
The virtual reality unit VR Beijing at the 2021 Beijing International Film Festival Under the theme of “Space between”, VR Beijing presents each work and the creative energy of the author with the three concepts of “Back(Hui), Sam(Tong)e and Ask(Wen)”. Happily, each film has received sincere comments and sincere love from fans. “Space between” opens[…..] […]
From Super RTL to Nelvana—producers and broadcasters from the kids industry sound off on their plans for this year’s market. Usually at this time of year, inboxes and calendars are flooded with meeting requests as the TV industry prepares to take over the French Riviera for MIPCOM. But as the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, the[…..] […]
First films of IDFA 2021 announced: Hito Steyerl’s Top 10 and Artavazd Pelechian selection The International Documentary Film Festival (IDFA) announced the first films selected for its 34th edition: the Top 10 program curated by Guest of Honor Hito Steyerl, and a four-title program with the films of Artavazd Pelechian. Both directors will be in[…..] […]
