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On the Double Down Film Show, we recently introduced a segment entitled "Startin' Some Sh*t" where we do weekly anonymous "man-on-the-street" audio segments on some controversial debate in filmmaking such as "film vs. video" or "the future of 3-D cinema".Last night during the show we posed the sh*t ...read more
- Anthony
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- Tags: Blu-Ray DVD, new media
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I just got an email from my favorite video hosting platform, Vimeo.com that listed some pretty cool new features for filmmakers. Most notably, Vimeo videos to now have the ability to play on mobile devices such as iPhones and iPads and Vimeo videos are now available on TV via a Roku black box.Anywa...read more
- Anthony
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- Tags: new media, Roku Set Top Box, Vimeo
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Are full episodes of current hit HBO shows and movies coming to cell phones and iPads near you?...Engadget thinks so.The new media landscape (earthquake?) continues to shift beneath our feet and only the sure-footed may still be on their feet when all the shaking stops. Based on past moves, I'll be...read more
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A few weeks ago I wrote a blog post about Apple's reported move to revamp Apple TV to bring streaming content to our living rooms. Well, yesterday the diligent reporters at Engadget dug up some new details.Most prominent are the price point - reportedly now $99.00 and the revelation that it will on...read more
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This week Netflix announced a new $1 Billion deal to further cement their leading role in the rapidly changing new media landscape. They signed a deal with a company called Epix that will allow them to add new movies from Paramount Pictures, Lions Gate and MGM to its online subscription service.(*i...read more
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I admit that I am a "Mac-head". I am Mac-ed out with an MacBookPro, iPhone and most recently iPad and I love and use all of them daily. I think Steve Jobs should be nominated for Sainthood for the technological innovations he's spearheaded that have changed so many people's lives and our industry...read more
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Another little blurb from Film News Briefs. If you didn't know about ustream.tv, this is a service which allows you to stream live videos in real time via Facebook, iPhone, Twitter etc. It also allows you to watch live events, sometimes for free and sometimes for a small fee. Read this article for s...read more
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The September 18 issue of Entertainment Weekly will include an unusual advertisement--the first ever video ad in print! Americhip developed the video technology, which plays the ads on a screen only 2.7 millimeters thick. The battery-powered ads can last for approximately 65 minutes and are actuall...read more
- Anthony
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- Tags: advertising, Entertainment Weekly, new media
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Tonight on Double Down Film Show we talk to the founders of ThisThing Films, Marin Gazzaniga and Anslem Richardson, to hear about how they grabbed some filmmaker friends and a camera and made a web series that caught the Indepedent Film Channel’s attention.Their series, Like So Many Things, is not...read more
- Anthony
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- Tags: Like So Many Things, new media, Web Series
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Apparently some of the major media outlets have taken note of my recent rants about how old media needs to transform itself into new media and retool their models or perish.No doubt due in large part to this blog's massive influence on Hollywood taste and decision-makers, HBO has fired off a bold ne...read more
- Anthony
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- Tags: Flight of the Conchords, HBO, new media