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Studio Beyond Launch May 25th: A Groundbreaking Concept For The Movie making World

Submitted by Studio Beyond CEO Like many successful businesses, Studio Beyond was created to solve a problem. In Hollywood, there are often significant barriers for film makers who often find themselves unable to tap into Hollywood resources. Since Hollywood is a giant business oriented towards making ‘safe’ decisions, it favors cautious choices, tending to use ‘proven’ people to work with (a...

itzon – a new film platform. It’s film, but different.

from Itzon publicity Film is changing, TV is changing, distribution and audiences are changing. itzon is setting out to showcase and market films on a unique online platform by converging TV, Internet video and film festival with the latest in cloud and streaming technologies. The platform delivers independent films, documentaries and animations from around the world all scheduled into a l...

Register now for Power to the Pixel's Cross-Media Forum, 12-15 October

Power to the Pixel’s Cross-Media Forum has gained a world-class reputation for bringing together the leading international innovators and pioneers who are changing the way films and other stories are being created, financed and are reaching audiences in a digital world. Boasting keynotes from Michel Reilhac, Executive Director ARTE France Cinéma; Mike Monello, Co-founder Campfire, Co-creator T...

One week left to submit a proposal for the Open Video Conference 2010

Arriving at last year's Open Video Conference, after a decade of writing mostly outside of the tech sector about how the web is shaping film, was like walking into a bar after walking across a desert with little water. The excitement of meeting so many similar (and more talented and inspiring) people lasted long into the year. The inaugural OVC in New York was the first attempt to bring togeth...

The movie world is changing - what's next?

from Studio Beyond PR: STUDIO BEYOND - A NEW ONLINE BUSINESS PLATFORM IS NOW ACCESSIBLE TO ALL FILMMAKERS AND TV PROFESSIONALS WORLDWIDE For the first time ever, film makers can access movie-making resources online through a new global online business platform.

Seven projects selected for Power to the Pixel Pitch, 15 October

An all-star jury ranging from UKFC Premiere Fund head Sally Caplan to YouTube's Sara Pollock will judge the Pixel Pitch award for a cross media project, with details of the seven finalists now released and detailed below. One winner will walk away with the £6,000 Babelgum Pixel Pitch Award. Tickets are now on sale for the event, which will accompany the Power to the Pixel conference, where a...

Scott brothers launch Purefold - Blade Runner inspired video universe for brands under CC license

New digital agency AG8 has partnered with Scott Free - digital agency for Tony and Ridley Scott - to launch PureFold, which 'enables participating brands to take an alternative route to brand integration than traditional product placement and embrace invention within a narrative framework'. The project will launch at the upcomming B.Tween Festival in Liverpool. From Paid Conent: Purefold is ...

Sony Pictures CEO 'doesn't see anything good having come from the Internet - period'. Question mark?

It's kind of like a guy who grows his tomatoes in his kitchen complaining about never benefiting from all that lovely sunshine outside. Sony was the company who were five years behind Microsoft with web access for the Playstation, created the alliwantforxmasisapsp.com web hoax PR bomb, and resisted shipping an MP3 player in favor of their own proprietary DRM'd format for three years after the r...

Which video sharing sites offer the best filmmaker-friendly licenses? Not Vimeo

Apologies for the quiet around here lately - I've been completely emerged in a family health crisis. I hope to pick things up in the next few days. Meantime here's some suprising news (by way of BoingBoing) from Markus Weiland, who has compared the license agreements from the main video sharing sites. Netribution's (until now) prefered site Vimeo comes off the worst: "By submitting your Submis...