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Festival will run March 27 – April 5, 2020
July 31, 2019 Earlybird
September 6, 2019 Final Deadline
Welcome Filmmakers! The 9th Taiwan International Children's Film Festival (TICFF) will take place in April, 2020. The CALL FOR ENTRIES is open from May 6 to September 6, 2019. We welcome all types of creative, fun and interesting dramas, documentaries, animations, TV/Web programs and “Kids As Directors”productions that are suita...
By Emmanuel Itier
The now legendary ride of Universal Studios Hollywood has a new name and a new attitude! (https://www.universalstudioshollywood.com ).
It has been revamped, pumped up and re-launched with the participation of the films stars: Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard who is full of enthusiasms. “It’s really Jurassic Park on Steroids and it’s fully frightening” laughed Chris Pratt while attending the press red carpet line for the journalists of the Wo...
How we entertain ourselves has evolved. One moment we were hunting to survive, next we are playing cards and finally, we are watching movies and binging on TV shows. However, it is not just what we do to keep us entertained that has changed throughout time. How we access entertainment has changed too.
Once upon a time, there were only a handful of TV channels and much fewer box office releases. This developed into cable TV with hundreds of channels, shows and movies at our fingertips &n...
Photo Credit: Tshombe Sampson
Amy Shi is quickly becoming a cult favorite actress in the short film world. Her short “Zalla” in which she starred and also directed, was named a finalist in the sci-fi category at the 2019 French Riviera Film Festival held in Cannes in May. “Zalla” was also named a finalist at the 2018 Canada Golden Maple International Film Festival and the Macao International Film Festival.
Shi stars in the lead role in the new horror short &...
The Asia TV Forum & Market (ATF) 2019 today announced the first round of Keynote speakers for the ATF Leaders’ Summit on 3 December 2019. They are iQIYI’s founder and CEO, Gong Yu, and Reliance Entertainment’s Group CEO, Shibasish Sarkar.
Themed “Streaming the Future”, this year’s event seeks to reflect the spirit of Asia’s dynamic content industry and its bold step into the future, with prominent C-Level speakers shedding light on opportuni...
By Maria Esteves – July 13, 2019
The Amazon Web Services Summit New York 2019 (AWSSNY19) Opening Keynote Presentation with Dr. Werner Vogels, chief technology officer, Amazon, commenced Thursday, July 11, 9AM at Javits Convention Center. Opening keynote guest speakers included EVP& CIO Steve Randich, FINRA, CTO Andy Fang, DOORDASH; and Senior Director of Engineering Justin Fox, Nudata Security.
AWS Summit New York 2019 Opening Keynote: guest
speaker EVP & CIO Steve Randic...
By Maria Esteves – July 12, 2019
The Amazon Web Services Summit New York 2019 (AWSSNY19) Opening Keynote Presentation with Dr. Werner Vogels, chief technology officer, Amazon, commenced Thursday, July 11, 9AM at Javits Convention Center. Amazon’s legendary keynote presentation by Vogels was par excellence. Launch announcements included Eventbridge, a serverless microservice; Cloud Development Kit (CDK), an infrastructure as code that automates the deployment for serverless applicati...
ConnecTechAsia 2019, 10: Recap
ConnecTechAsia, comprising BroadcastAsia, CommunicAsia and NXTAsia, wrapped-up on 20th June, drawing 38,000 attendees and 1,700 exhibitors, over two venues, Marina Bay Sands and Suntec City, Singapore.
The event unfolded over three days of networking, announcements, thought leadership keynotes and discussions, showcases on the latest innovations and trends, including 5G, AI, IoT, Smart Cities, next-generation broadcasting and more.
Highlights this year inclu...
ConnecTechAsia 2019, 08: WarnerMedia chooses AsiaSat as strategic partner for HD channels distribution in Asia Pacific
Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited (AsiaSat) has been selected by WarnerMedia as a strategic partner for distributing regional HD services of CNN International, Cartoon Network, Boomerang and Warner TV, as well as HBO HD in South Asia, via AsiaSat 7 in the Asia-Pacific.
AsiaSat has been distributing a total of five WarnerMedia SD channels on AsiaSat 7 (previou...
ConnecTechAsia 2019, 07: Hoods Inc. Productions Powers its New Modern Media Operation with EditShare
EditShare, a technology leader in intelligent scale-out storage, AQC and media management solutions, announced last month that Singapore-based Hoods Inc. Productions (Hoods Inc.) has designed its next-generation media operation around EditShare media solutions, putting XStream EFS scale-out shared storage, Flow production asset management and Ark archiving and backup at the core of its media p...
EIZA GONZÁLEZ JOINS ROSAMUND PIKE AND PETER DINKLAGE IN
“I CARE A LOT”
FROM BLACK BEAR PICTURES
Barcelona, SPAIN — Eiza González (Baby Driver, Alita:Battle Angel) is set to join Academy Award-nominee Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl, A Private War) and Golden Globe-winner Peter Dinklage (“Game of Thrones”) in Black Bear Pictures’ I Care a Lot, it was announced today during the STXinternational presentation out of CineEurope.
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The Promise of Heaven, Play review: The buffoon as philosopher
Viagra in heaven, virgins, virgin-swapping, deflowered virgins re-virginating, really long-lasting erections, homosexuality, masturbation with a prop, sexually stimulating deodorants…what is this play about? (Kashmiri/IS) Suicide bombers. Yes, you read that right. But it is equally about all of the above, and in good measure. Having restricted entry to adults, writer-director Kamlesh Acharya has a field day playing with the...
We did it! Canada just became the first country in the world to ban the import and export of shark fins.
Following more than a decade after Rob Stewart’s launch of #finfree, Canada has now passed historic legislation banning the import and export of shark fin - becoming the first country in the world to do so.
Rob dreamed of a #finfree world and began a movement across Canada, starting with ...
Panel discussion
Have Content, Will Travel
Content producers have more options than ever before to have their projects reach audiences all over the world. How are distributors fine-tuning curation and helping audiences discover new programming? Which kinds of platforms work better in which territories? What is the best way to market at scale and be engaging at the same time across countries and cultures?
Panel Speakers:
Stewart Clarke -...
Panel discussion
Platform (Di)agnostic
It’s easy to get whiplash with content options in every direction. How are global media companies broadening their reach with new platforms and new ways of accessing content? How does audience behaviour vary from territory to territory? How are online platforms staying competitive as traditional media companies sharpen their digital focus?
Panel Speakers:
Leo Barraclough - International Features Editor, Variety
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“Lights, Camera, Action and.. lights!” - You might hear this slightly unusual cue on the sets of “Tron Legacy,” “Star Trek,” “Watchmen,” and other films, where special effects lighting people are ready to shine, however, do not have much battery life in their arsenals. Allow me to introduce you to this often unknown side of moviemaking.
Electrical circuits, switches, conductors, sensors and diodes – you might think this is a dr...
As part of London Tech week, Variety has teamed up with KNect365 and put together an impressive line-up of speakers for the Variety TV Summit in London. The speakers are giving us invaluable insights on how their respective worlds are evolving, on how they are adapting to the tech disruption brought on by players such as Netflix and Amazon in the industry.
VIDEO Day's Summary
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ConnecTechAsia 2019, 02: Techtel to address key business drivers with global leaders at BroadcastAsia
Representing nine global industry leaders, Techtel will be showcasing a great number of broadcast technology innovations, with special emphasis on five key business drivers: Transition to IP-Based content delivery, Autonomous workflows, 4K Content Production, Unprecedented Low Cost Media Distribution and Integrated Newsrooms. This follows Techtel’s appointment of a new country manager,...
ConnnecTechAsia 2019, 06: NSSLGlobal to showcase its innovative maritime portfolio at CommunicAsia
Award-winning global satcom and IT solutions provider NSSLGlobal will be returning to CommunicAsia from 18th--20th June at the Marina Bay Sands, Singapore. The three-day event will see NSSLGlobal continuing its 50th anniversary celebrations and sharing its industry-leading connectivity and management IT solutions, engineered to enhance connectivity for maritime vessels across the globe.
NSSLG...
ConnecTechAsia 2019, 05: Revisiting the Marketing Mix in the Digital Age
The marketing mix of Price, Product, Place, and Promotion has evolved. While classic strategies are often still in play, digitisation has arrived to shake things up in the world of branding. The marketing mix as a concept still holds weight today because it is a series of actions that form a plan to drive revenue and growth. Despite business change, the 4 Ps still require keen scrutiny, market research and competitive an...
ConnecTechAsia 2019, 04: EditShare to Showcase Lineup of Media Workflow Solutions
EditShare, a technology leader in intelligent scale-out storage, media asset management (MAM) and automated quality control (AQC), will be displaying the sought-after solutions HelmutFX, a back-office solution that provides Adobe Premiere Pro CC projects and users management via EditShare Flow, and VBox, the next generation ‘Channel-in-a-Box’ playout automation system, at this year’s BroadcastA...
ConnecTechAsia, 03: Eutelsat, KT Sat, NAGRA and Teledyne at ConnecTechASia, Singapore, June 18-20
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ConnecTechAsia 2019, 01: Singapore to host ConnecTechAsia during June 18-20
Bringing together BroadcastAsia, CommunicAsia and NXTAsia across two centrally located venues, the iconic Marina Bay Sands Exhibition Centre and the old favourite, SunTec Singapore, ConnecTechAsia showcases state-of-the-art communication, enterprise, broadcast technologies and innovations. Coupled with a supercharged agenda, with renowned speakers, at ConnecTechAsia Summit, and a host of experiential activities, Conne...
MinersINC adds new content partnerships including Tom Skerritt’s Heyou Media, Fortissimo Films and LevelK ApS to bring acclaimed, independent world cinema to Indian audiences.
MinersINC unveiled the country’s first blockchain powered film VOD platform ‘myNK’ at the Cannes Film Festival. myNK comprises of a curated library currently consisting of 200+ films and growing - most of which have never before been released into India. Content includes critic...
And We Go Green premiered at the 72nd Cannes Film Festival Thursday May 23rd.
Directed by Fisher Stevens and Malcolm Venville and produced by Leonardo DiCaprio, this highly cinematic documentary uses intimate character-driven storylines, behind-the-scenes vérité, and thrilling race footage to understand how building an entirely new sport might help secure a better future.
Form...
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