TV / Film News

NARIP Announces Seminar on How to Market and License Music to Film and TV

Source: We All Make Music
July 1, 2010

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Clapton Plucked for Pic

Source: All About Jazz
June 30, 2010

“Eric Clapton Crossroads 2010," a feature drawn from sets at the guitarist's June 26 festival in Chicago's Toyota Park, will unspool as a high-definition theatrical event July 27 on more than 475 U.S. screens.

Pic is being presented by National CineMedia Fathom and Rhino Entertainment, Warner Music Group's catalog arm. Clapton records for WMG's Reprise imprint. Clapton, ZZ Top, Steve Winwood, B.B. King, Jeff Beck, Vince Gill, Sheryl Crow, Buddy Guy and John Mayer are among performers featured in the ...

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Copyright Ruling Worries Hollywood

Source: All About Jazz
June 30, 2010

The irony is hard to ignore: Just as Hollywood was hailing a White House plan to fight piracy last week, a federal court was handing down a ruling that many in entertainment see as an invitation to infringe.

It's even triggered suggestions that Congress will have to step in if the decision isn't reversed by a higher court. U.S. District Judge Louis L. Stanton's decision against Viacom and in favor of Google and YouTube placed the onus on copyright holders ...

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'Telling Stories': Spielberg, Lucas, Rockwell

Source: Michael Ricci
June 28, 2010

George Lucas' and Steven Spielberg's Norman Rockwell paintings go on show at Smithsonian American Art Museum. The filmmakers discuss the painter's influence in 'Telling Stories.'

Early on in Steven Spielberg's 1987 “Empire of the Sun," before the Japanese invasion of Shanghai shatters the privileged world of the movie's young British hero, we see the boy in the comfort of his own bedroom. In the dim room, the mother's face glows as she tucks her son into bed, while the father, ...

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Viacom Lawsuit Against YouTube Dismissed

Source: Michael Ricci
June 24, 2010

Viacom's $1-billion lawsuit against YouTube for copyright infringement has been dismissed.

In a decision issued Wednesday, United States District Court Judge Louis L. Stanton granted YouTube owner Google's motion for summary judgment that it qualifies for “safe harbor" protection under the law.

The provision of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act says that Internet companies are not liable for copyright infringement if they take certain preventive measures and promptly take down copyrighted materials when notified by their owners.

A Viacom spokesman ...

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Sound Gets 3D Upgrade

Source: All About Jazz
June 22, 2010

Mixers and theaters alike moving ahead with upgrades. Iosono's Brian Slack, whose multispeaker system delivers so-called 7.1 sound, calls 5.1. one-dimensional.

It's long been a rule of thumb that as moving images improve, sound has to improve with them. And love it or hate it, there's no denying that 3D adds visual information to a projected image.

Stereoscopic 3D gives the audience a second view of the action and more depth information than a 2D movie. That's upped the ante ...

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Bloomberg, WGA West Come Out Against, DGA for Comcast - NBC Deal

Source: Michael Ricci
June 22, 2010

Bloomberg LP has officially come out against the merger of cable conglomerate Comcast Corp. with entertainment giant NBC Universal.

In a letter to the Federal Communications Commission and the Justice Department, Bloomberg, the financial news service company, warned that a combination of Comcast, the nation's largest broadband and cable provider, with NBC Universal is bad news. “Put simply, as the owner of both content and the means of distributing that content, Comcast will have every reason to undermine the many ...

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The 'Soul' of a Remarkable High School Jazz Band

Source: Michael Ricci
June 21, 2010

Anyone compiling a list of the all-time great funk masterminds would inevitably think of names such as James Brown, George Clinton and Sly Stone. One name that may not come as readily to most is Conrad O. Johnson, band director of the Kashmere Stage Band.

As the new documentary “Thunder Soul" makes clear, Johnson and his group of Houston, Texas, high school students likely deserve recognition alongside those pantheon players.

“Thunder Soul," directed by Mark Landsman, tells the story of ...

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