IFTA President-CEO Jean Prewitt sent the following open letter to MPAA Chairman-CEO Dan Glickman March 14, 2008Mr. Dan GlickmanChairman & Chief Executive OfficerMotion Picture Association of America1600 Eye Street NWWashington, D.C. 20006Dear Dan: The Independent Film & Television Alliance (IFTA) was astounded to read that the MPAA and the six major studios who are its members have taken the step of denouncing the principle of 'net neutrality' and its advocates. I would like to take this opportu...

IFTA President-CEO Jean Prewitt sent the following open letter to MPAA Chairman-CEO Dan Glickman March 14, 2008Mr. Dan GlickmanChairman & Chief Executive OfficerMotion Picture Association of America1600 Eye Street NWWashington, D.C. 20006Dear Dan: The Independent Film & Television Alliance (IFTA) was astounded to read that the MPAA and the six major studios who are its members have taken the step of denouncing the principle of 'net neutrality' and its advocates. I would like to take this opportu...

On March 6th, 2008 at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California, HD EXPO presents a number of educational opportunities for attendees to help define the future. Intel's Françoise Bourdonnec joins Variety's David Cohen in a thought provoking one-on-one conversation entitled "Does Technology Define the Audience, or Does The Audience Define the Technology," which focuses on her research group's groundbreaking global studies that are illuminating how and what the audience is watchin...

This year's TBFF features 3 full days of Texas' best collection of African-American inspired independent short films, documentaries, features, animations and Neo-Soul music videos. Thursday January 31st - Saturday February 2nd This year, a collection of winning films from TBFF 2008! will screen at the Studio Movie Grill-Arlington before traveling to Houston for screening at the Studio Movie Grill-Copperfield. Making this a true Texas Black Film Festival. Schedule of Events -- Thursday January...

NEC Corporation of America, a premier provider of network, IT and digital cinema solutions, today announced that the its STARUS(TM) NC2500S digital cinema projector with DLP Cinema(R) technology from Texas Instruments(R) was awarded a "Stevie" at the 2007 American Business Awards. Hailed as "the business world's own Oscars" (New York Post, April 27, 2005), The American Business Awards are the only national, all-encompassing awards program honoring great performances in business. NEC's digital ci...

Venezia Digitale, 3 and 4 September, 2007, is the new Convergence Arena running parallel with the 64th International Venice Film Festival. The periodical 2-day B2B event finally brings together the leaders and experts of the converging key industries - Film, TV, Digital Content, Game and Music - to exchange expertise, create new business and benefit from exclusive networking opportunities. On day 1, top international experts will provide insight into the creative means and added value generated...

DTS Digital Cinema has announced that it will be introducing its FilmStore(R) Content Management System at Cinema Expo 2007 (June 25-28). The system is designed to provide a complete solution for management of digital content within a multiplex, and consists of three interrelated components: FilmStore Director(TM) content management software, FilmStore Central(TM) ingest and storage system, and the FilmStore(R) Digital Cinema Player. Together they provide a powerful digital cinema management sys...

CinemaNow Inc., (http://www.cinemanow.com) the premier online destination for downloadable Hollywood movies and TV shows, today announced it has re-launched its Web site for music videos, WatchMusicHere.com (http://www.watchmusichere.com). Leading major music company Warner Music Group (NYSE:WMG) is the site's exclusive content provider for a limited time. Music fans visiting WatchMusicHere.com can purchase music videos from renowned Warner Music Group artists such as Big & Rich, James Blunt, Re...

March 8th HD EXPO features David Wertheimer, Jim Matlosz, Josh Greer, Pierre de Lespinois,Terry Brown and more industry leadersFebruary 15, 2007 (Burbank, CA) What’s in store for the production and creative communities as new tools and technologies come to market and evolve? The future is just one of the provocative questions that industry leaders will be addressed during HD EXPO in a variety of forums, panels and intensives, coming up at the Beverly Hilton on March 8th.“Progress, Prediction...