Category: Media & Entertainment

  • MPEG-5 could unlock UHD

    Thierry Fautier, until recently a senior figure at Harmonic and now MD at Your Media Transformation, in a comprehensive paper presented at NAB, said it is about time to change the game on UHD deployment. He especially drew attention to the Brazil TV 3.0 announcement, and its plans to standardise on a UHD VVC together…

  • SES’s O3b mPOWER now operational

    SES has announced that O3b mPOWER, its second-generation software-enabled satellite system, is now operational and can provide high-performance connectivity services around the globe. With the first six O3b mPOWER satellites operating at medium Earth orbit (MEO) or 8,000km away from the Earth and with extensive ground infrastructure built around the world, SES will be introducing…

  • Forecast: New tech could help travelling VR gaming

    Vehicle passengers using VR headsets to pass the time during travel could be set to enjoy games which move at ‘ludicrous speed’ without experiencing motion sickness, researchers say. A team of human-computer interaction specialists from the UK and Canada have developed the first system to manage motion sickness in VR which also allows users to…

  • Virgin Galactic in stock split

    Virgin Galactic, already involved in a legal spat with Boeing over an alleged misappropriation and withholding of certain proprietary IP and trade secrets, has scheduled its June 12th Annual meeting to include a proposal to create a reverse stock split for the company. The intention is for Virgin Galactic to adjust the company’s shares in…

  • Spiderwick Chronicles sets Roku viewing record

    Roku has announced that millions of streamers watched the Roku Original series The Spiderwick Chronicles during its opening weekend, making it the most-watched on demand title to ever debut on The Roku Channel. The Spiderwick Chronicles amassed the highest reach and most hours streamed of any title in The Roku Channel’s history during its opening…

  • The dangerous fallout from Baby Reindeer: should Richard Gadd have been less honest about his abusers?

    The internet is rife with speculation about the real-life stalker and real-life abuser from the Netflix hit. Is this show about exploitation starting to seem uncomfortably careless – even exploitative? Baby Reindeer was only released a little over a week ago, and already it has become a sensation. Richard Gadd’s adaptation of his 2019 Edinburgh…

  • The dangerous fallout from Baby Reindeer: should Richard Gadd have been less honest about his abusers?

    The internet is rife with speculation about the real-life stalker and real-life abuser from the Netflix hit. Is this show about exploitation starting to seem uncomfortably careless – even exploitative? Baby Reindeer was only released a little over a week ago, and already it has become a sensation. Richard Gadd’s adaptation of his 2019 Edinburgh…

  • The dangerous fallout from Baby Reindeer: should Richard Gadd have been less honest about his abusers?

    The internet is rife with speculation about the real-life stalker and real-life abuser from the Netflix hit. Is this show about exploitation starting to seem uncomfortably careless – even exploitative? Baby Reindeer was only released a little over a week ago, and already it has become a sensation. Richard Gadd’s adaptation of his 2019 Edinburgh…

  • The dangerous fallout from Baby Reindeer: should Richard Gadd have been less honest about his abusers?

    The internet is rife with speculation about the real-life stalker and real-life abuser from the Netflix hit. Is this show about exploitation starting to seem uncomfortably careless – even exploitative? Baby Reindeer was only released a little over a week ago, and already it has become a sensation. Richard Gadd’s adaptation of his 2019 Edinburgh…

  • The dangerous fallout from Baby Reindeer: should Richard Gadd have been less honest about his abusers?

    The internet is rife with speculation about the real-life stalker and real-life abuser from the Netflix hit. Is this show about exploitation starting to seem uncomfortably careless – even exploitative? Baby Reindeer was only released a little over a week ago, and already it has become a sensation. Richard Gadd’s adaptation of his 2019 Edinburgh…