AT&T announces partnership deal with Discovery channel for a stand-alone media company
On Monday, AT&T and Discovery announced a deal under which their media assets will be combined into a new publicly traded stand-alone media company. The deal subject to regulatory approval will combine two treasure troves of content, including the HBO Max and Discovery+ streaming services. The companies...
SIGGRAPH Asia 2021 opens submissions for Computer Animation Festival
The SIGGRAPH Asia 2021 Computer Animation Festival (SACAF 2021) is now open for submissions. The festival invites creators from around the world to submit their projects and help showcase the world’s most innovative and exciting computer animation. This coming December, SACAF 2021 will convene in Tokyo, Japan,...
GIGABYTE announces its first-ever pre-built gaming PCs
GIGABYTE has announced their first pre-built desktop gaming PCs. The new desktops packed with high-end parts from Intel, AMD, and NVIDIA to date and built with exclusively GIGABYTE components. What makes them further stand out from other conventional pre-builds on the market are their cherry-picked cores. The...
Amazon announces the launch of its new cloud-based VF studio
To boost companies with the digital and streaming revolutions currently underway, Amazon has launched the Amazon Nimble Studio for Media & Entertainment feature. AWS for Media & Entertainment offers new and existing technology from AWS and AWS Partners tackling key areas: VFX, content production; media supply chain...
Universal signs deal with Microsoft for live-action and animation production
Universal Filmed Entertainment Group has inked a strategic partnership with Microsoft Corp. to create and accelerate cloud-optimise live-action and animation productions. This collaboration will streamline workflows, enable frictionless remote collaboration and content creation through a cloud-based production workflow, fast-tracking a return to industry production during the global...
Sony LIV launches version 2.0 with a new logo and interface
OTT platform SonyLIV, from the house of Sony Pictures Networks (SPN) India, has launched SonyLIV 2.0 – a brand new logo and interface, refreshed user experience, enhanced brand identity and new premium content. The phased rollout of SonyLIV 2.0 will complete in an estimated duration of three...
Synamedia joins hands with Google Cloud for its expansion of video networking
Synamedia, one of the world’s largest independent video software providers, has joined hands with Google Cloud to expand its video network portfolio with new over-the-top (OTT) offerings ‘as a service’. With this partnership, Synamedia will be able to further address customer needs for high availability, increased scalability...
Canadian studio Toon Boom provides software for work from home during Social Isolation
Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, Toon Boom Animation, the Montreal, Canada-based company behind software used widely in the animation industry, has made sure that artists at studios and schools can continue to use its software remotely. Toon Boom has announced to be providing studios and educational institutions...
DApps partners with The Sandbox
DApps announces the strategic partnership with one of the world’s highly reputed user-generated content and gaming platforms, The Sandbox. The integration between the two well-known digital platforms is aimed to make blockchain gaming solutions accessible to masses in the most convenient manner. The partnership is aimed to...
GKIDS and Fathom to screen ‘Promare (Redux)’ in 4DX
In September, GKIDS and Fathom Events continued their collaboration to bring exciting, all-new animated features to U.S. cinemas with Promare premiere events. Due to overwhelming fan demand, the companies announce the action-packed anime will return for a special two-night encore showing in December with Promare (Redux). The...