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Sony Announces PMW-300, a 50 Mbps Camera
Broadcast ENG Cam Has 3 HD CMOS Sensors by James DeRuvo (doddleNEWS) Calling it the ideal camera for broadcast producers and corporate event camera operators, Sony has announced the PMW-300 XDCAM camcorder, a 50Mbps behemoth that comes with three 1/2-inch type Exmor HD Sensors that can record … More>>
Trailer: The Wolf Of Wall Street
By Mark Hodge (doddleNEWS) The trailer for Martin Scorsese's The Wolf of Wall Street will excite fans of the director's faster paced, more mainstream fare. Indeed, the New York filmmaker looks to have returned to the fast editing and fast talking style that he popularized in the sublime … More>>
Has DIRECTV Won the Bid to Buy Hulu?
Original Programming Will Position DirecTV as Competitor to Netflix By James DeRuvo (doddleNEWS) The news broke late last weekend that DIRECTV is on the verge of buttoning up a deal the sale of Hulu. The acquisition will position the satellite provider quite nicely to compete with Netflix for … More>>
JVC Announces A Confusing New 4K Camera
HMQ30 Records quadrants of images to 4 separate SD cards By James DeRuvo (doddleNEWS) JVC announced a new 4k camera a few days ago which has a confusing feature set for camera production. Apparently, the engineers thought that it would be a cool feature to record the H.264 4K signal by 1080p … More>>
Man of Steel Writer Talks Batman and Justice League
By Mark Hodge (doddleNEWS) For anyone who survived the computer generated Man of Steel onslaught, there is no doubting that Warner Bros. have successfully transferred the brooding intensity of the Dark Knight onto the streets of Metropolis. But, despite the similarities between the two DC … More>>
Black Sabbath top British album chart again: after 43 years
By Costas Pitas LONDON (Reuters) The British rock band Black Sabbath's album "13!" has given them a first British Number One album in nearly 43 years, a record interval between chart-toppers, the Official Charts Company said on Sunday. Black Sabbath were last at the top of the UK chart with … More>>
Netflix boosts original programming with DreamWorks deal
By Sayantani Ghosh (Reuters) Video streaming service Netflix Inc, facing increasing competition from Amazon Inc, is beefing up its original programming menu through a deal with DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc, the maker of Shrek, Madagascar and Kung Fu Panda. Netflix shares rose as much as 6 … More>>
Google’s Project Loon explores balloon-powered Internet access
(Reuters) Google Inc has launched a small network of balloons over the Southern Hemisphere in an experiment it hopes could bring reliable Internet access to the world's most remote regions, the company said late Friday. The pilot program, Project Loon, took off this month from New Zealand's South … More>>
Samsung analysts ask hard questions as S4 marketing charm wears off
By Miyoung Kim - SEOUL (Reuters) Analysts fell under Samsung Electronics Co Ltd's marketing spell when they made what they now admit were hopelessly optimistic forecasts for its smartphone sales. Samsung's huge share of the high-end smartphone market also persuaded some analysts to downplay … More>>
Bassist Kim Deal leaves alt-rock band the Pixies
(Reuters) Kim Deal, the bass player behind some of the Pixies' biggest hits, has left the 1980s alternative rock band, its remaining members said on Friday. Deal's pulsing bass and understated singing punctuated the influential group's early songs, which won critical acclaim for their quick … More>>
‘Harry Potter’ Director David Yates Replacing Ang Lee on FX’s Howard Gordon Pilot ‘Tyrant’
By Tim Kenneally (TheWrap) FX's drama pilot "Tyrant" lost a high-profile director when Ang Lee dropped out of the project last month. But it's gained another high-profile director in David Yates. Yates - who directed the final four installments of the "Harry Potter" movie saga - has been tapped to … More>>
Adele honored in Queen’s birthday list
By Peter Griffiths - LONDON (Reuters) Grammy Award-winning singer Adele and Mr. Bean actor Rowan Atkinson were among more than 1,000 people recognized by The Queen in her Birthday Honours List on Friday. Marking the monarch's official 87th birthday, the honours went to 1,180 recipients from all … More>>
‘Sleepless in Seattle’ Producer Lynda Obst on Why Nobody Makes Romantic Comedies
By Brent Lang - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap) Lynda Obst went looking for Hollywood and what she found was an industry obsessed with the wants and whims of teenage boys and foreign audiences and indifferent to traditional virtues like originality, humor or heartbreak. Where, the veteran producer of … More>>
Faster than speeding bullet, ‘Man of Steel’ sets June record
By Ronald Grover and Chris Michaud (Reuters) "Man of Steel," the big-budget reboot of the Superman franchise, leaped over the apocalyptic buddy comedy "This is the End," collecting a muscular $113.1 million to lead the domestic box office with the year's second-largest debut weekend and the biggest … More>>
Legal Ruling on Internships a Warning to the Industry
Unpaid Positions may violate labor laws By James DeRuvo (doddleNEWS) When I was an assistant at an agency in the early 90s, one of my jobs was to handle the internship program. And while many just considered it a way to get free, un-tried labor for mundane tasks, I considered it important to … More>>
Disney Lays Out Long Term Marvel Release Dates
Schedule includes two unannounced Marvel Titles By James DeRuvo (doddleNEWS) Disney has announced the release slate for all Marvel films coming out through the year 2017. The schedule, which includes all remaining chapters of Phase II of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and the beginnings of … More>>
Amazon Studios Launches Storyboard Utility for Screenwriters
Use of which requires free 45 day option on your screenplay By James DeRuvo (doddleNEWS) I'm a screenwriter, but for years I struggled with being unable to storyboard past the stick figure phase. Sure, there are some cool apps out there now that allow you to create storyboards, but they're … More>>
