Innovation was at the helm of the 2019 Chinese drama Love and Destiny, a love story that tells the tale of the God of War Jiu Chen played by Chang Chen and a fairy maiden, Ling Xi played by Ni Ni. Bringing to life the historical drama through his skilful techniques in cinematography, Love and Destiny’s Director of Photography, Jiang Ji-Zheng wanted to create something new and different for the audience—resulting in a win for Best Cinematography at the 25th Asian Television … [Read more...] about Asian Television Awards Alumni Spotlight: Jiang Ji-Zheng, Director of Photography, ‘Love and Destiny’
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LiveU transforms national live basketball coverage in Australia
For the first time, the National Basketball League (NBL) of Australia has succeeded in live streaming every state basketball game, significantly increasing the popularity of NBL1, Australia's professional semi-elite basketball league in a year impacted by the pandemic. This is due to the deployment of LiveU Solo wireless video encoders at arenas across Australia, using LiveU's cloud platform to stream to online video platforms, enabling fans to watch over 900 NBL1 live games, including final … [Read more...] about LiveU transforms national live basketball coverage in Australia
ABC partners with CBC to bring ‘The Wonder Gang’ to young audiences in Canada
ABC Commercial announced Series 1 & 2 of its warm and playful fact-finding series for preschoolers The Wonder Gang (60 x 15’) has been acquired by CBC, Canada's national public broadcaster. The series premiered in September 2021 on CBC TV and is now available on the CBC Gem streaming service which offers more than 400 hours of advertising-free content for kids. The Wonder Gang is an exciting new series from the ABC commissioning team behind the global success Bluey. Willow, Whyla and Wes … [Read more...] about ABC partners with CBC to bring ‘The Wonder Gang’ to young audiences in Canada
JW Player secures new US patent for real-time ad viewability technology
JW Player, the leading video software and data insights platform, announced the company has been awarded patent number US11,102,546 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for its real-time viewability technology. The technology provides advertisers with an unprecedented degree of certainty on whether an ad will be viewable before they place a bid, optimizing ad spend and opening valuable new inventory that would otherwise be excluded from campaigns due to historically low … [Read more...] about JW Player secures new US patent for real-time ad viewability technology
History and travel series on the move ahead of MIPCOM through DCD Rights
Leading UK-based distributor DCD Rights has pre-sold two of its brand new factual series to a wide range of broadcasters ahead of the titles’ main launches at MIPCOM this month. Produced during the lockdown and now with a full 6 x 60’ episodes available, Treasures with Bettany Hughes has been acquired by SBS Australia, VRT Belgium, Geo Television for German-speaking Europe, Viasat World for Central & Eastern Europe, Scandinavia, Russia and CIS and the Knowledge Network in Canada. This … [Read more...] about History and travel series on the move ahead of MIPCOM through DCD Rights
Toonz Media Group and GuardianLink launch world’s first fully-integrated NFT design lab
Global animation major Toonz Media Group and GuardianLink are jointly launching the world’s first Integrated NFT design lab specializing in state-of-the-art Non Fungible Tokens for custom-made digital assets. The award-winning Toonz studio, with a legacy of more than two decades and over 100 original animation IPs to its credit, is venturing into the NFT space with a first-of-its-kind NFT design lab. The Toonz NFTLabs will provide integrated services for artists, creators, collectors, athletes … [Read more...] about Toonz Media Group and GuardianLink launch world’s first fully-integrated NFT design lab