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This section is a window dedicated to innovating French companies working on broadcast, cinema markets in the fields of industry, services and integration…
Screen4All, the Forum on disruptive technologies and uses for cinema, TV and new media, succeeds Dimension3 Forum with a largest window of topics (4K / UHD, 3D, augmented reality, cloud, omniscreen, 3D printing, OTT, Big Data...) but also with a business platform developped to favor the development of digital innovative projects. However Dimension 3 Festival is still remaining with an international competition opened to all S3D and 4k programs...
NETIA today announced the appointment of Mathieu Poussin as regional sales manager for Europe, with a focus on countries in the north, west, and south (Scandinavia, Germany, UK, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Netherlands, Greece, etc). In this new role with NETIA, Mathieu Poussin will be responsible for directing sales activities in the region, as well as for strengthening and expanding NETIA’s business in English-speaking European countries.
Since 2007, Christie, world leader in visual technologies, has been the exclusive provider for digital screening at the Cannes International Film festival, including the Official Selection and the Film Market.
Xiaomi, one of the world’s largest smartphone vendors, launched a tablet with NVIDIA Tegra K1 mobile processor.
4K? Ultra High Definition? UHDTV? Quad Full HD? A whole range of terms that consumers come across more and more often, whether it’s in a TV shop or leaving your local cinema theatre. The industry is already talking about “migrating towards 4K” and boasts about the superior picture quality these higher resolutions bring. But what does it really mean? What are the issues lurking around these new formats? Is it simply a question of picture size?
IDATE’s latest report spotlights premium content right holders’ strategies to tap the new internet territories. It provides a benchmark of OTT services launched by major rightholders. The study also provides the analyses and conclusions on these OTT strategies in highlighting their drivers and hurdles: technology, regulation, consumption patterns. Finally, it addresses the question of viability of an exclusive OTT strategy for Sport, Cinema & TV series right holders.
PAI Partners, a leading European private equity firm headquartered in Paris, has made a binding offer to purchase Euro Media Group (EMG), Europe’s leading provider of audiovisual facilities and services. EMG’s founders and original shareholders, including Sofinim (Ackermans & van Haaren group) and Banijay Holding, will reinvest alongside PAI Partners in the proposed transaction, together with the senior management team.
4EVER consortium presented their UHDTV and HEVC research at the NAB Show 2
ProConsultant Informatique (PCI) has just signed its first big contract in the US with BYU, a Salt Lake City-based TV network. Other projects should follow soon. This is due to the technological progress made by Louise, which has evolved into an end-to-end Business Management Solution application, and to its multi-screen approach.
