 |
|||||
|
|||||
 Everyday, the Hollywood Byte serves up the latest headlines in the world of media and entertainment technology.
Sign up for our daily email digest and get the news from the categories you choose!
|
Paramount Pictures Intl. opened an office in Shanghai — its first in China — on Wednesday. The Par China rep will work with the state-run China Film Group, which oversees all international releases in the country, as well as China Film Distribution and HuaXia Distribution on future Paramount theatrical releases. Source:
Jul
02
With millions of devices in homes now connecting HDTVs to the Internet, online movie services are poised to send a flood of high-def movies down those digital pipes.
Source:
The recent prosecution of The Pirate Bay, a popular site for finding and downloading bootlegged movies, songs, video games and software, suggested that the company's gleeful flouting of copyright law might not be sustainable.
Source: piracy OR anti-piracy entertainment - Google News
Sony, Paramount and Fox are in early discussions regarding a plan that would collapse some physical-service operations in their respective home-entertainment divisions into a single entity.
Source: Hollywood Reporter
 comments (0) categories: Studios, Home Entertainment, Sony, Fox, Paramount |  Stumble It | del.icio.us
| Digg it
| Internet TV service Joost has given up on its attempt to compete with YouTube and the increasingly successful Hulu, backed by Fox, Disney and NBC. Source:
The service will use WiMax technology and roll out in Portland, Ore., making Comcast the first major cable TV operator to provide wireless broadband outside of Wi-Fi hot spots.
Source: L.A. Times - Technology News
comments (0) categories: Broadcast, Top Headlines, Technology | Stumble It | del.icio.us
| Digg it
| Jun
30
The Screen Actors Guild's top attorney has warned the guild's elected leaders -- again -- that they're not allowed to bash the American Federation of Television & Radio Artists.
Source:
Cable subscribers would be able to store programs to watch later. Justices turn down an appeal from broadcasters and Hollywood studios, which said the extra viewings would violate copyrights.
Source: piracy OR anti-piracy entertainment - Google News
comments (0) categories: Studios, Home Entertainment, Broadcast | Stumble It | del.icio.us
| Digg it
| In line with its increasing tendency to release films theatrically in stereoscopic 3D projection, Disney plans to adopt the technology to its video games, starting with two titles releasing in the coming months.
Source: studio universal OR paramount OR sony... - Google News
TV studios plan a strong presence at Comic-Con, the annual fan convention that seems to feature a greater number of series each summer. Source:
comments (0) categories: Studios, Broadcast, Universal, Warner Bros | Stumble It | del.icio.us
| Digg it
| |
|
Email Digest
