"I approach 'Homeland' like a feature," explains the show's cinematographer Dave Klein, "except you don't have nearly as much time. Television moves quickly, but I try to maintain a feature film standard in the images."
"Technology rarely develops with any degree of logic," explains Alan Wolk, global lead analyst at Piksel, "something we can see in the current state of the second-screen industry, which consists of a random collection of unrelated third-party apps, show-specific apps, Facebook, and Twitter."
The 4K ecosystem can be summarized as Capture-Play-Connect-Display (or CPCD for short), and all four pieces have to be in place to create a useful solution.
The single biggest challenge facing U.S. radio commercial companies right now, says Marketron Deborah Esayian, chief revenue officer and co-president, is "balancing the need to invest in the future with the financial challenges of today's environment."
Sony has opened the doors to Video Unlimited 4K, a video download service that will offer more than 100 titles in the eye-popping Ultra HD format for rent or purchase by the end of the year.
In a recent story on Connect 2 Media & Entertainment, Nestor Bailey of Intel IQ predicted that audiences can expect to use second-screen apps that sync with the plot as part of their viewing experience. Do you anticipate wanting a second screen during the theatrical viewing of a film?