TV / Film News

Cutting Edge Group Eyes Music-Based Films

Source: All About Jazz
May 13, 2010

International music-rights company Cutting Edge Group is looking to broaden its scope into the production sector.

According to CEO Phillip Morris, the group wants to make music-based films through an executive producer role. Cutting Edge has inked multi-picture deals with Joel Silver's Dark Castle Entertainment and Exclusive Media Group (international sales arm to Hammer Films) whereby it invested in a slate of films for each company, providing creative and music rights services to titles. “Because Cutting Edge has had success ...

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With TV Everywhere, Pay-TV Industry Seeks to Fend off an Apple Invasion

Source: Michael Ricci
May 13, 2010

Fearful that they'll suffer the same fate as the music business, television firms are racing to come up with services such as TV Everywhere, which would let paying customers view shows on any device.

In the year since Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes, above, introduced TV Everywhere, his grand plan has hit resistance, even from within his own industry. Three of the most powerful players in cable Disney, NBC and Fox parent News Corp. have championed another alternative, Hulu. Last ...

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ESPN Lands New 3-D Channel on Comcast Cable Systems

Source: Michael Ricci
May 13, 2010

The nation's largest cable operator, Comcast Corp., has jumped on the 3-D bandwagon.

Comcast is expected to announce Wednesday that it will offer ESPN 3D when it launches June 11 with coverage of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The new network has pledged to carry a minimum of 85 live sporting events in its first year, including college football's Atlantic Coast Conference championship game and the 2011 BCS National Championship Game. ESPN announced its 3-D plans at this year's Consumer ...

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Turner Classic Movies to Pay Tribute to Singer-Actress Lena Horne Friday, May 21

Source: CHC Network
May 12, 2010

Turner Classic Movies (TCM) will dedicate the Friday, May 21, primetime lineup to paying tribute to legendary singer-actress Lena Horne, who passed away yesterday at the age of 92.

The nights collection will feature three films with defining Horne performances. Also included is one of Hornes favorite films, the 1943 John Garfield drama The Fallen Sparrow.

8 p.m. The Duke is Tops (1938), Hornes film debut, featuring performances of the songs I Know You Remember and ...

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8-Bit Imagery Invades Music Videos

Source: All About Jazz
May 12, 2010

Like a relentless swarm of Space Invaders, retro videogame graphics have marched into music videos over the past decade.

Directors, never immune to the nostalgic allure of the pixel, have injected bold, blocky 8-bit imagery into the videos of all kinds of songs. The videogame-inspired visuals seem an especially appropriate accompaniment for chiptune music, itself spawned from an aural fascination with retro games.

With more and more filmmakers adopting the visual vibe of old-school videogames, its time to pay tribute ...

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Beatles 'Party' on Bigscreen

Source: All About Jazz
May 10, 2010

Richard DiLello's rock-history tome “The Longest Cocktail Party," which tracks his experience at the Beatles' company Apple Corps, is set to be adapted for the bigscreen.

Pic will be produced by London-based Revolution Films in conjunction with Liam Gallagher's newly formed shingle In 1 Prods. Gallagher, the former Oasis frontman, is known for his love of the Beatles and has often credited the group as an inspiration for his music. Revolution toppers Andrew Eaton and Michael Winterbottom will develop the ...

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FCC Lets Hollywood Turn Off Your Output Jacks

Source: All About Jazz
May 10, 2010

Hollywood will soon have the power to remotely disable the analog outputs on your set-top box, under a decision by federal regulators on Friday intended to prevent home recording of new movie releases. The move by the Federal Communications Commission grants cable and satellite providers the power to block consumers from viewing just-released movies in an analog format through a process known as Selectable Output Control. Hollywood requested SOC powers as a condition of allowing providers for the first time ...

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Media Moguls on Elevated Pay Scale

Source: Michael Ricci
May 10, 2010

While most CEOs of U.S. companies saw their compensation fall in 2009, top executives of TV, movie and cable companies continued to rake it in.

When an executive runs a company whose success depends on stars whether they are richly rewarded TV news anchors or generously compensated movie idols it is only fitting that the boss is paid, well, like a star.

Call it the Katie Couric Syndrome.

That's one take-away from a Los Angeles Times survey of compensation packages ...

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