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3net Cuts Content Deal with Comcast Xfinity TV
Stereo-3D cable channel 3net expanded its reach today, signing a deal to provide three hours of programming each week to Comcast's Xfinity 3D TV channel. Some 3net programming will be carried on Xfinitiy On Demand "in the near future," 3net …
Q&A: Light Iron CEO Michael Cioni on His Move to Manhattan
Light Iron CEO Michael Cioni won't be at Sundance this year. He's gearing up for a move to the Big Apple, where he'll be overseeing business at the Hollywood-based company's New York City expansion, in the 580 Broadway Soho offices …
Tim Thorsteinson Back at Grass Valley
Tim Thorsteinson is returning to Grass Valley for a second stint as president and CEO, effective immediately, the company said Thorsteinson previously led Grass Valley beginning in 1996, through an era that culminated with the company's purchase in 2002 by …
Gravity Hires VFX Supervisor Alex Lemke
Gravity named Alex Lemke its new senior VFX supervisor and compositing supervisor for films and commercials. Lemke was previously at Framestore, where he worked for Joel and Ethan Coen as VFX supervisor for Inside Llewyn Davis, and for director David Chase …
Lincoln Leads Oscar Field with 12 Nominations
This is not a hugely surprising year for Oscar nominations, with the plaudits falling into place more or less as pundits had predicted. The biggest snubs took place in the Best Director category, which left Zero Dark Thirty's Kathryn Bigelow …
ASC Names Feature Film Award Nominees
Roger Deakins, ASC, BSC, continued his remarkable run with the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC), nabbing his 11th nomination for an ASC Award for Outstanding Achievement this morning for his work on the latest James Bond movie, Skyfall. Also nominated …
Colorflow Opens 7500-Square-Foot Berkeley Facility
Color-grading facility Colorflow opened a new 7500-square-foot studio with three grading and finishing suites and a DCI-compliant 22-seat DI theater at the Saul Zaentz Media Center in Berkeley, CA. The main DI-grading theater was originally built as the Jacobs Theatre. …
Academy Announces Sci-Tech Award Winners
Visual effects technology, camera support and power systems, and cinema lenses have all been singled out for kudos by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The various tools and techniques will be honored at the annual Scientific and …
Digital Domain Media Group Sells 3D Patents to RealD for $5.45 Million
Tying up one loose thread from the bankruptcy of Digital Domain Media Group (DDMG) earlier this year, the company sold its portfolio of patents covering 2D-to-3D-conversion technology to 3D-exhibition specialist RealD for $5.45 million. The 3D conversion patents represent the …
Studio’s Top Stories of 2012: Part Two
One of my favorite tasks at the end of every year is digging into StudioDaily's analytics and tallying the pageviews for the most popular stories we published in the last 12-month period. The traffic stats always yield an interesting mix …