Amazon Studios, Alex Gibney, Al Jazeera America, TV Business Analysis, Assessing Cloud Strategies

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August 1, 2014
Connect 2 Media & Entertainment, which launched in 2013, is a resource to help you as a media professional keep up with developments not only in your own business segment but across all industry sectors. Find out what's happening in TV, radio, digital media, film, event spaces, enterprise, and much more by visiting www.c2meworld.com each day. FILM "Finding Fela" Director Alex Gibney on Making Documentaries in a Remix Culture Alex Gibney's latest documentary "Finding Fela" focuses on the life of Nigerian musician Fela Kuti. For the film, Gibney relied on recreations of Kuti's life that were produced as part of the Broadway musical "Fela!"--as well as archival footage of the man himself. Read More» TELEVISION TV Business Weathering Digital Storm, Analyst Says There are few signs that the TV ecosystem is being drained by digital platforms, an analyst concludes in a new report on the future of video. Read More» DIGITAL MEDIA Amazon Studios: Digital Programming Needs to Be More Specific Amazon Studios head Roy Price predicts, "As you look forward into the media business, the distance from creators to customers or viewers or whatever is going to get a lot shorter." Read More» ENTERPRISE Look Past the Hype to Develop the Right Hybrid Cloud Strategy You should assess how the cloud fits into your IT road map, and determine which of its many forms makes sense (and which don't) for your operations. Read More» TELEVISION Al Jazeera America Seeks Out the Next Generation of News Documentaries This month, Al Jazeera America will celebrate its first year anniversary as a network. In that time, it has become a home for several documentary series that SVP Shannon High-Bassalik calls "immersive and experiential." Read More» RADIO How Do We Make Money With Social Media? That is the question. After all, stations are aggregating likes, followers and connections at a rapid rate. Why shouldn't they monetize them? Read More» PRODUCTION/POST/SOUND Digital Beauty: Behind the Camera Choices of Luc Besson's "Lucy" "Luc's films are always very beautiful," Besson's longtime cinematographer Thierry Arbogast says. "It's something that we work on together. He helped me a lot to make this picture so good. It's a collaboration." Read More» TELEVISION Sci-Fi Show "Extant" Tells a Genre Story Rooted in Family "Extant" creator Mickey Fischer explains that the CBS series is heavily inspired by both "Doctor Who" and "Friday Night Lights." He says, "If those two had a love child, it would be 'Extant.'" Read More»   More Articles & Insights Does the FCC Chairman Value Local Broadcast TV? » LTE Spectrum Could Support Both Data and Video Transmission » Anticipating the Next Generation of TV Call-In Shows » Syfy Swims Through a Very Social "Sharknado" Week » The Companies Encroaching on YouTube's Territory » How Social Media Has Impacted War Reporting » MPAA, Aerospace Industries Urge FAA to Support Drone Use in Production » How I Built My Internet Radio Station » John Michael McDonagh Carves His Own Niche With "Calvary" »
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