Broadcast Audience Research Council India (BARC), the Industry’s Television Audience measurement body, announced Mr. Nakul Chopra as its new Chief Executive Officer effective 25th August 2021. Sunil Lulla has resigned his remit to pursue his ambition as an entrepreneur. Nakul Chopra, who has been appointed as the incoming CEO, joined the BARC India Board in 2016 and was subsequently appointed the Chairman of the company (2018-19). In January 2020, he was appointed a member of its Oversight … [Read more...] about BARC India announces new Chief Executive Officer
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Harbour Rights announces string of new science, history, and wildlife content
Harbour Rights licensed a 4K science title THE IMMORTALS 1x52' to Tokyovision for NTV Greatest world TV prime time show. The film examines animals like tardigrade, lobster, naked rat-taupe which possess superpowers enabling them to fight disease or even ageing. Still, in Japan, NHK acquired SURVIVING 9/11 for September special programming as well as WINTON’S 669 CHILDREN, the true story of British WW2 unsung hero. RTHK in Hong Kong has picked up our 4K Wildlife title BECOMING BUTTERFLY 1x52' … [Read more...] about Harbour Rights announces string of new science, history, and wildlife content
Epic Games drops Unreal Engine 4.27
Epic Games is excited to release Unreal Engine 4.27! This release introduces powerful new features for creators across game development, film and broadcast, architecture, automotive, and beyond. Highlights include major updates to our in-camera visual effects toolset for virtual production, enhancements to GPU Lightmass for significantly faster light baking, integration of the Oodle Compression Suite and Bink Video codecs for free use in Unreal Engine, production-ready Pixel Streaming, … [Read more...] about Epic Games drops Unreal Engine 4.27
Toonz Media Group and K6 Partner with new pre-school title for Christmas 2021
Toonz Media Group and K6 Media Group have come together to bring a charming Christmas treat to Santa-fans everywhere - Li’l Santa, a brand new series based on the superhit comic books by Lewis Trondheim and Thierry Robin. Toonz has acquired the exclusive rights to distribute the pre-school animation produced by K6 Media. Toonz will distribute the series everywhere in the world (except Canada where the series is available in French on TeleQuebec.). The 2D animated series targets pre-schoolers … [Read more...] about Toonz Media Group and K6 Partner with new pre-school title for Christmas 2021
ZEE5 Global celebrates Onam with an epic Malayalam Film Fiesta
ZEE5 Global, the world’s largest streaming platform for South Asian content, has unveiled a special content line-up for the 12 days of Onam which includes Malayalam TV shows and movies, a special ZEE5 Malayalam Film Fiesta, and Onam with Manju Warrier, specially curated for Malayalees across the globe. With a special movie segment called ZEE5 Malayalam Film Fiesta, ZEE5 Global will stream 12 popular Malayalam movies such as the techno-horror film Chathur Mukham, Tharun Moorthy’s … [Read more...] about ZEE5 Global celebrates Onam with an epic Malayalam Film Fiesta
JW Player appoints digital video veteran as Chief Technology Officer
JW Player, the leading video software and data insights platform, announced it has appointed David LaPalomento as Chief Technology Officer, effective immediately. The strategic hire will accelerate JW Player’s product innovation to meet the needs of a rapidly growing Digital Video Economy, leveraging the recent infusion of $100M in Series E funding from LLR Partners. “David has proven himself to be a visionary leader in both developing and scaling innovative video delivery products,” said Dave … [Read more...] about JW Player appoints digital video veteran as Chief Technology Officer