As Covid-19 continues to rage in the US, forcing studios to continually revise their plans, cinema owners hope Europe holds the key to reopening The Los Angeles Times reports that AMC, the world’s largest cinema owner, will remain closed for business while it waits for new films to be released.. In the UK, the doors […]
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Birmingham gets new film & TV production space
To make up for the dramatic loss of revenue caused by the Covid-19 lockdown, the Utilita Arena in the centre of Birmingham and the Resorts World Arena on the NEC campus on the Eastern outskirts of the city are being transformed into a film and television production complex, reports Broadcast. The news will be welcomed […]
The Age Of A.I. Ep. 1: How far is too far?
Back in December 2019 – and how long ago does that feel now? – Robert Downey Jnr. fronted a series of YouTube Originals videos, ”The Age of A.I’., on the origins and development of artificial intelligence and its applications. Episode 1; How Far Is Too Far? The first episode in the series begins in the […]
DPP publishes Covid-19 survey results
A new DPP research paper, Will Covid-19 Change The Way We Work? has been published. From March to June, a hundred media companies of all types were surveyed on a weekly and monthly basis about how they are managing their operations during the pandemic. Will Covid-19 Change The Way We Work? survey findings Most companies […]
Informed Sauce podcast 4: The boys in the bubble
Producing live televised sport in a bio secure bubble is labour-intensive, time-consuming and expensive, but totally necessary if top-flight sport is to be our screens. Our contributors on this fourth Informed Sauce podcast, SVG Europe Editor Will Strauss and former IMG VP Melissa Payne, talk creative compromises and workarounds and the financial pressures of being […]
Deepfaking news of a lunar disaster
A deeply creepy film that first emerged during the latter part of 2019 and that was due to receive wide exposure at this year’s now postponed of cancelled film festivals is gaining wider exposure In Event of Moon Disaster uses deep fakes to reimagine the Apollo 11 moon landing as a disastrous mission that cost […]
