TV's Tipping Point, Talking "Walking Dead," Virtual MVPDs, Jean-Marc Vallée, Hybrid Cinematography, "The Homesman," Smartphone Apps, "Snowflake"

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December 02, 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. DIGITAL MEDIA Virtual MVPDs Join the Race The cloud is ready to rain down some new video providers to take on cable TV. Using the unwieldy moniker of "virtual multichannel video programming distributor," these new services, despite their relative tiny size, are trying harder than ever before to gain traction with consumers. Read More» TELEVISION "Walking Dead" Pulls in 14.8M For Midseason Finale While not a series record, it was the best viewership for a winter finale in the drama's history, topping last year's corresponding episode by 23%. Read More» DIGITAL MEDIA Netflix CEO Predicts Broadcast TV Will Die By 2030 Reed Hastings was quoted as claiming that conventional TV services are "kind of like the horse, you know, the horse was good until we had the car." Read More» PRODUCTION/POST/SOUND The Hybrid Cinematography of "The Homesman" For Tommy Lee Jones's period Western "The Homesman," cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto relied on both film for the movie's day shots, and digital for its low-light and night shots. Read More» DIGITAL MEDIA TV's Tipping Point: Will the Internet Wreck or Revitalize the TV Industry in 2015? With over half a billion internet connected devices in American homes, 2015 promises to be a pivotal year in the future of the TV business as IP and digital technologies show signs of seriously disrupting the business models and consumer habits that have long sustained the $150 billion TV industry. Read More» FILM "Wild" Life: Jean-Marc Vallée Guides Reese Witherspoon on a Pacific Trail Quest for Redemption "Jean-Marc wouldn't let Reese see any of the locations beforehand," recalls "Wild" producer Bruna Papandrea of the film's production. "He wanted her to feel like she didn't know what she was doing. She didn't know how to put the tent up the first time, she didn't know how to light her stove. He wanted her to experience complete solitude, not to do anything but hike in the wilderness." Read More» RADIO NAB Labs: FM Capability in Smartphones Rises With the release of the NextRadio smartphone app now preloaded on some 30 devices, NAB Labs is seeing progress on the availability of FM in devices compared to two years ago. Read More» LIVE & PUBLIC SPACES Interactive Art Installation Celebrates Winter While much of Toronto braces for the winter, an art project at a downtown office tower is celebrating the snow, wind and frost of the upcoming season. Read More» FILM Art Documentary "Levitated Mass" Tells a Very L.A. Story Doug Pray's documentary "Levitated Mass" is as much about the artwork—in the form of a 340-ton rock called "Levitated Mass"—as it is about the city of Los Angeles as the rock made its way to its permanent home in LACMA. Read More» More Articles & Insights DIGITAL MEDIA: European OTT Providers: Poor Broadband, Exclusive Access to Content Are Main Barriers » DIGITAL MEDOA: Aereo May Be Dead, But Internet TV Will Live On » TELEVISION: What "Doctor Who" is Telling Us About the Changing Ways We Watch TV » ENTERPRISE: GV Expo Spotlight: "Meet the Government Producers" Supersession » FILM: How "Interstellar" Director Christopher Nolan Uses Video Games to Create Filmic Puzzles » TELEVISION: A Perry Mason twist in the FCC's Favor » PRODUCTION/POST/SOUND: Here's How Disney Built Its Biggest World Ever for "Big Hero 6" » TELEVISION: How NBC's Refusal to Grow Up Revitalized Its Holiday Programming »
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