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Media barons Bollore and Berlusconi team up to battle Netflix and Sky in £1.25bn bet on streaming future
Silvio Berlusconi and Vincent Bollore, two of Europe’s most powerful media barons, have agreed a €1.75bn (£1.25bn) pact to create a European rival to Netflix and stronger continental opposition to Sky.<p>The deal is expected to be approved this evening by the directors of Mr Berlusconi’s TV company …
NetflixPeople like Netflix's original shows and movies more than its other content
Netflix executives are betting the company's future on original shows and movies, and subscribers are enjoying the content so far, according to new research.<p>AllFlicks, a site that tracks Netflix's catalog, pulled data for Business Insider that shows Netflix's originals get better ratings on average …
NetflixTwitter Beats Amazon, Verizon for Global NFL Streaming Deal
Surprise finish to the fight for NFL streaming rights: They’re going to Twitter.<p>The social media company beat out heavyweights including Amazon and Verizon for global rights to stream the Thursday night games the league will host next fall, according to people familiar with the bidding.<p>The win …
AmazonHollywood's dirty secret to make stars look younger is more common than you realize
If you've ever wondered how your favorite star can look forever resistant to age, well, it turns out there's some technique behind it.<p>That actor may be getting digitally retouched.<p>Special effects aren't just used to create huge explosions or herds of dinosaurs that trample everything in their path. …
Johnny DeppStarz Launches Standalone Streaming Service
Starz has joined HBO and Showtime in going over the top with the launch today of a standalone streaming app that also allows users to download most …
TVApple’s First Foray Into Original TV Is a Series About Apps
Apple’s ambitions to go head to head with Netflix and create its own lineup of exclusive movies and TV shows has long been the subject of much chatter and speculation.<p>But its first original TV project — a nonscripted series about apps — might sound more like a marketing campaign than a blockbuster …
Apple NewsCrowd Funding Site Set Up For Nazi Fast & Furious Spin-Off 'Fast Nein'
Now here’s an idea for the next movie in the ‘Fast & Furious’ series which probably hasn’t been considered.<p>A crowd-funding drive has been set up to …
Netflix Lands Cary Fukunaga’s ‘Maniac’ with Emma Stone, Jonah Hill
Netflix has landed another hot project.<p>The streaming giant has nabbed “Maniac,” the Cary Fukunaga-directed series starring Emma Stone and Jonah Hill …
NetflixHere's the trick directors use when they can't get stars to finish a movie
That trailer you can't stop watching used it. One of Disney's most memorable songs did it. And it's in almost every movie you see on TV or on an airplane.<p>You've probably never heard of voice matching before, but it's one of Hollywood's oldest and most useful tricks.<p>Like stunt doubles or digital …
TVMedium Spins Off Matter and Turns it Into a Media Incubator
Mark Lotto says the new venture will help individual creators fund media projects.<p>Medium, the publishing platform founded by former Twitter CEO Evan Williams, said on Monday that its in-house publication Matter is being spun off as a standalone entity, and will be pivoting from a long-form science …
StreamingAmazon and Netflix Bet on Local TV to Win in Europe?
In a wooded area just outside Berlin, excavators rumble across the sandy soil, and the sound of hammering fills the air as workers clamber up …
Oscars Asian Jokes Protested by Ang Lee, Asian Academy Award Winners
UPDATED: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences apologized on Tuesday for the Asian jokes on the Feb. 28 Oscar telecast, after receiving a …
Ang LeeLosing my Amazon Religion
Benedict Evans asks a good question:<p>If you were running this business, why would you slow down to take profits? pic.twitter.com/mbMNfbyZT4<p>— Benedict …
AmazonSean Parker’s New Plan to Shake Up the Movie Industry
In 1999, Parker disrupted music. Now, he’s going after movies.<p>When <b>Sean Parker</b> was 19 years old, he co-founded Napster, the file-sharing service credited with fundamentally disrupting—or destroying, depending on your perspective—the traditional music industry, paving the way for iTunes and streaming …
Sean ParkerGame of Thrones: Kit Harington Finally Admits He Did Film Some Season 6 Scenes
But the actor is still playing coy with the press.<p>If you’ve been following any of the drama surrounding the “will he, won’t he” of Jon Snow’s return on <i>Game of Thrones</i>, you know by now that <b>Kit Harington</b> has been doing <i>something</i> around the Belfast set for the last year. And though Harington …
Kit HaringtonBen Wheatley: ‘Financing a film as crazy as this takes good casting’
Ben Wheatley isn’t crazy about film critics. “It’s a job that I wouldn’t want or seek out,” he recently told the online film magazine Flickreel. “As a creative person, I think you should be making stuff… and if you aren’t, why should you have a voice to complain about things until you’ve walked a …
MoviesRenowned Filmmaker Ang Lee to Address NAB Show's The Future of Cinema Conference: The Immortal Movie
WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ang Lee will present a keynote address and screen footage from his upcoming film “Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk” at …
Ang LeeChina’s new television rules ban homosexuality, drinking, and vengeance - Quartz
<i>This article was updated with information about new online rules.</i><p>In the past decade, Chinese society has embraced homosexuality more openly than many neighboring nations in Asia. But a new set of rules from a subdivision of SARFT, one of the main media censorship bodies, go in the other direction. …
HomosexualityNetflix Has Started An "Arms Race" For Original Content
The company is expected to spend $5 billion on original programming this year—and other media companies are following suit.<p>The overwhelming popularity of Netflix has set off an "arms race" for original programming at traditional cable media companies to combat declining viewership, reports <i>Bloomberg</i> …
‘Batman V. Superman’ Hits Tracking Boards: Looks To Rule World With $300M-$340M Opening
Warner Bros.’ DC title <i>Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice</i> officially registered on tracking reports this morning, four weeks before its March 25 …
Netflix In Talks To Acquire Revamped ‘Top Gear’: Report
Reports emerged Thursday morning that streaming giant Netflix is in talks with the BBC to acquire some rights on the revamped car show <i>Top Gear</i>. The …
NetflixJJ Abrams' Bad Robot introduces diversity quota
Star Wars: The Force Awakens made waves with the casting of John Boyega and Daisy Ridley, a young black man and white woman, as the lead figures in the biggest Hollywood blockbuster of 2015. Now JJ Abrams has signalled his ongoing efforts to help improve Hollywood diversity after instituting a new …
Star Wars: The Force AwakensSony Cuts Price of PlayStation Vue, Adds ESPN and Disney Channels
Sony has chopped monthly fees for the Internet-delivered PlayStation Vue pay-TV packages as much as 20% — at the same time it is adding ESPN and …
SonyHBO’s plan to compete with Netflix internationally is in full swing
HBO will launch its cable-free service in Brazil and Argentina later this year, kicking its international expansion into high gear.<p>HBO Now, the company’s “over-the-top” streaming service, lets you pay $15 a month to get HBO a la carte. It has so far struggled to keep pace with analyst expectations, …
NetflixChina Box Office Pulls in Massive $1B in February, Topping North America
If the current rates of growth keep up in China, the country will surpass North America as the world's largest film market in early 2017.<p>Fueled by a …
A Massive List of Spring 2016 Grants All Filmmakers Should Know About
The No Film School list of Spring grants is back for 2016, with new deadlines, program changes, and more opportunities than ever.<p>Spring is a great …
FilmmakingThe Terror TV Series is Coming to AMC
The good news: <b>AMC</b> has greenlit a television series based on <b>Dan Simmons</b>‘ <b>The Terror</b>, an acclaimed historical horror novel that could make for thrilling …