Streaming, the pandemic and inflation have shrunk cinema audiences and holed the traditional business model below the waterline. How can operators prevent the industry from sinking? In 2023, apart from Barbie, and Oppenheimer, nothing much got us off our sofas in sufficient numbers. Maybe it’s not the films themselves we should be focusing on? From executive […]
Madison Square Garden Entertainment’s plans to build a Vegas-like sphere to the East of the Olympic Park in Stratford have been withdrawn by the company after it emerged that London mayor Sadiq Khan strongly opposed the project. In December, Levelling-up Secretary Michael Gove offered a lifeline, saying had already issued an “Article 31 direction” and […]
Cinesite has announced that is has taken a stake in Andy Serkis’ performance capture and virtual production company The Imaginarium Studios, which has facilities at Pinewood Studios in Iver, Bucks and Trilith Studios in Atlanta, Georgia. Recent Imaginarium projects include Guardians of the Galaxy: Volume 3 and Spiderman: Far from Home and TV Shows such as Marvel’s She-Hulk: Attorney at […]
We all know NVIDIA for its GPUs, for professional applications as well as for gaming. But what other sectors of the computer industry has it invested in, through acquisition? Mellanox Technologies Ltd. – bought in March 2019 for $6.9 Billion The purchase of the Israeli network and cloud computing company was a clear sign that […]
In its Global Entertainment & Media Outlook 2020–2024 report, PwC predicts that the global M&E industry will contract by 5.6% in 2020. It’s the sharpest fall in global M&E revenue in the 21-years PwC has been conducting this research and represents a $120 Billion hole in the industry’s finances, For context, in 2009, the last year […]
A new report from IDC shows that global AI software, hardware, and services revenues are expected to exceed $156 billion in 2020, with 80% generated from software. The market is expected to grow to $300 billion in 2024. AI-powered CRM and ERM applications account for more than $120 Billion in 2020, with platforms making up […]