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Explore the Second Annual Tribeca TV Program Lineup
Tribeca Film Festival has announced the TV projects set to screen in downtown New York City this upcoming April 19-30. The entertainment lineup for TV mirrors the diversity to the film lineup at Tribeca. One of the projects that stands out is Dwayne Johnson's upcoming project titled Soundtracks: Songs That Defined History. The festival has announced background context: World Premieres for new series: Hulu’s highly anticipated The Handmaid’s Tale, followed by a conversation with the dynamic cast of Elisabeth Moss, Joseph Fiennes, Alexis Bledel, Samira Wiley, and Max Minghella; NatGeo’s first scripted series Genius about the fascinating life of Albert Einstein, followed
Tribeca Film Festival 2017 Releases the Feature Film Lineup
The Tribeca Film Festival announced their lineup for feature films being screened in New York this upcoming April 19-30. Tribeca Film Festival 2017 marks their 16th years of film history. This year they will celebrate the brightest minds in filmmaking with world premieres and film screenings across multiple theaters in downtown New York City. March is #WomensHistoryMonth and several of the films in this lineup have stand out female roles, directors and film crew. Festival organizers noted: 'Today’s announcement includes 82 of the 98 feature-length titles in the Festival. In a year of record high submissions, the Festival’s curators chose
YouTube TV Joins the Cable-Cutting Movement Away From Traditional TV
The cord-cutting race to filling demand with a new generation is heating up with YouTube TV recently announcing that they would be launching a television streaming service. This step by Alphabet/Google is a more aggressive move to capture additional revenue for the company. Currently several tech companies are providing streaming television, but each one has its strengths and weaknesses. Currently, users can input their email and zip code to be notified when the service for YouTube TV will be arriving to their area. Sling TV is one of the more established television streaming services with two years of experience.
A Night at the Oscars with Highlights featuring Jimmy Kimmel, Justin Timberlake and La La Land
The buzz surrounding the 2017 Oscars is at a fever pitch, and La La Land once again stole the show by taking home over several awards from The Dolby Theatre on Sunday, February 26. The biggest buzz of the evening took place when La La Land was misinformed of their win for best picture, and the film Moonlight stepped up big to take home the biggest prize of the evening. La La Land awards for the evening included: best director, best actress in a leading role, best original music score, cinematography, best actress, and best production design. Jimmy Kimmel and Justin Timberlake both conducted
GameLift by Amazon Web Services Supports Games Built with C++ or C#
Amazon Web Services has recently announced GameLift, a platform that allows games to be built with any C++ or C# structure. Amazon Lumberyard, Unreal Engine, Unity, and custom developed engines will work with GameLift. One of the biggest benefits to GameLift is that developers can quickly scale their dedicated multiplayer game servers to support millions of players using Amazon Web Services' cloud infrastructure. Developers can utilize this platform without investing thousands of hours in upfront engineering. "The majority of leading game companies use AWS, and our customers have consistently asked us for an easier way to deploy, operate, and
Sling TV Providing Solutions to Cord-Cutting
Millennials are the cross section between Generation X and Generation Y. The group of young adults have shown growth in an era of regression. Pervious generations would work a standard 9-5 schedule, and come home to the warm glow of home entertainment. Adults in the United States prior to The Great Recession, and after the The Great Depression experienced a level of stability that other generations have not been able to share. Streaming services were unneeded before 2009. One example, Netflix went public in 2002, but saw little to no growth until The Great Recession. After 2009, Netflix and other
Abstract: The Art of Design Now Available on Netflix
Netflix has just released a new series titled Abstract: The Art of Design featuring industry leaders in design. Each of the eight episodes in the docuseries contains valuable interviews and points of view from established designers from different parts of the United States. The first season was launched on Friday, February 10. The following designers were featured in the first season: Christoph Niemann, Tinker Hatfield, Es Devlin, Bjarke Ingels, Ralph Gilles, Paula Scher, Platon and Ilse Crawford. When I first heard about Abstract: The Art of Design I was interested in the designers that Netflix selected. The first two episodes of the series were
The Cross Section Between Violent Gaming and Virtual Reality
The Valve platform is launching a series of virtual reality games, and with both the hardware (the Vive) and distribution (Steam), the company is looking to take gaming to the next level. "Right now we're building three VR games." Gabe Newell, Valve founder These new games will have a great deal of influence over the users. I wanted to share and review some of the current VR games to give some insight on the direction gaming should be heading in for the future. As I reviewed different virtual reality games, I found a YouTuber, SayItsBradley that does demos of video games
SXSW Film 2017 Lineup Announcement featuring ‘May It Last: A Portrait of the Avett Brothers’
SXSW Film recently announced a strong lineup of film projects on deck for 2017. This will be the film festival's 24th year at SXSW. The festival will premiere over 90 films during March 10-18 in downtown Austin, Texas. The festival organizers have additional noted that: 'Midnighters, along with Short Film and the VR Program, will be announced on February 7.' Once agin this year, SXSW is hosting international filmmakers with the hottest films within cinema. They will premiere and host screenings of films in downtown Austin, Texas during one of the largest annual events in the United States. SXSW
Sundance Film Festival 2017 Awards and Recap
Sundance Film Festival 2017 showed its true colors this past January 19-29. After ten days and 119 feature films being screened, the festival brought the best independent film to the forefront of entertainment during a dark time in our country's history. As the political pendulum swings back and forth, people all over the country experience a wide range of emotions. A beautiful piece to the Sundance festival is the freedom to express different points of view to help audience members express their own emotions during playback. After the films have screened, the festival awards the top films in different categories. A
Tribeca Film Festival has announced the TV projects set to screen
The Tribeca Film Festival announced their lineup for feature films being
The cord-cutting race to filling demand with a new generation is
The buzz surrounding the 2017 Oscars is at a fever pitch, and La
Amazon Web Services has recently announced GameLift, a platform that allows
Millennials are the cross section between Generation X and Generation Y. The
Netflix has just released a new series titled Abstract: The Art of
The Valve platform is launching a series of virtual reality games,
SXSW Film recently announced a strong lineup of film projects on
Sundance Film Festival 2017 showed its true colors this past January