LONDON – Drive Media Rights, the distribution arm of the production-funding agency led by Lilla Hurst and Ben Barrett today reveals a diverse line-up of factual content for 2018’s MIPTV. The slate features 40 hours factual content that Drive will be bringing to Cannes for the first time. From a documentary exploring the key ingredients of staging a royal wedding to a journalist’s return to Iraq 15 years after the fall of Baghdad, a series on Mafia Killers and an undercover investigative … [Read more...] about Drive reveals factual slate for MIPTV
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Over 20 arts and cultural programmes at Voilah! 2018
SINGAPORE – An exciting line-up of over 20 arts and cultural programmes await Singapore at Voilah! French Festival Singapore 2018, as France and Singapore pay homage to 10 years of cultural cooperation and exchange this year. The highly-anticipated festival returns from 1 April to 5 May, highlighting the best of French-Singapore partnerships and innovation in the arts, culture and science. From exploring visual arts, film and music through new technologies and techniques, to thought-provoking … [Read more...] about Over 20 arts and cultural programmes at Voilah! 2018
Quincy Media Deploys Avid’s Story-centric TV News Workflow Across 14 U.S. Markets
BURLINGTON, MASS. – Avid, a leading global media technology provider for the creation, distribution and monetization of media assets for global media organizations announced that Quincy Media has adopted Avid’s end-to-end story-centric workflow. The new workflow facilitates remote collaboration for journalists and news teams across multiple Quincy television stations, enabling them creating content in the field, share material and break stories faster in broadcast and across digital … [Read more...] about Quincy Media Deploys Avid’s Story-centric TV News Workflow Across 14 U.S. Markets
Casbaa OTT Conference 2018 covers rising OTT trends and issues
SINGAPORE – Opening the Casbaa OTT Conference on 21 March, Radha Rahman, Marketing Director, Asia, for Brightcove set the tone for the day from the start as she told delegates “The end game is to win the viewer over and over again. Consumers now have more choice so services need to be different. Viewers are more savvy and viewing habits have changed to include binge watching and increased mobile consumption”. Topics covering trends in viewership, OTT content strategies, OTT security … [Read more...] about Casbaa OTT Conference 2018 covers rising OTT trends and issues
enCaption4 open captions on live video
SOUTHFIELD, MI – At a time when the broadcast and professional A/V industries are migrating to an IP-based infrastructure, ENCO announces that its award-winning enCaption4 open captions on live video. With its powerful, real-time speech-to-text engine, enCaption4 is an on-premise or cloud-based solution for generating the accurate livecaptioning that live TV and online video require. For the first time, broadcasters, content producers and commercial AV facilities with an NDI … [Read more...] about enCaption4 open captions on live video
Netflix and Formula 1 Announce Exclusive Docu-Series
Formula 1 and Netflix are proud to announce a season-long collaboration culminating in an original docu-series of the 2018 FIA Formula One World Championship, to be screened in early 2019. This Netflix original series will be the first to truly immerse the audience inside the cockpits, the paddock and the lives of the key players in Formula 1. The series will have unparalleled and exclusive access to the world’s fastest drivers, team principals and owners, as well as Formula 1’s own … [Read more...] about Netflix and Formula 1 Announce Exclusive Docu-Series