Netflix eyeing Latin America, Britain for next international launches..

While Wall Street eagerly awaits word on where Netflix will expand next overseas, the fast-growing home entertainment company has signaled its plans to Hollywood. According to entertainment industry insiders, Netflix executives have said they plan to expand soon to Latin America -- with Mexico and Brazil considered particularly promising markets -- and Britain. A spokesman for Netflix declined to comment on the company's plans abroad. Netflix launched in Canada last...

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YouTube to require 'tutorials' for copyright offenders...

Google Inc.'s online video behemoth YouTube toughened its enforcement of copyright laws, requiring violators to attend "copyright school" and pass a test before they can resume uploading videos to the site. The changes come amid calls -- both in Hollywood and in Congress -- that YouTube do more to combat piracy. Google General Counsel Kent Walker recently defended the search giant's commitment to content protection in testimony this month before the House Judiciary...

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3Ality Digital to Show New Tech at NAB That Will Make 3D Productions More Cost-E

CEO Steve Schklair also is testing its use for network series. LAS VEGAS -- 3Ality Digital-whose 3D production technology is currently being used on The Hobbit and The Amazing Spider-man -- is demonstrating new, automated technologies designed to make 3D production work more cost effective at the NAB Show currently taking place in Las Vegas. OUR EDITOR RECOMMENDS James Cameron, Vince Pace to Reveal New Business Model for 3D Broadcasting While it is aiming to create...

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Online Ad Revenues Hit Record High in 2010

Advertisers spent a record $26 billion in the U.S. marketing their wares online last year, putting the Internet ahead of newspapers for the first time. The 15 percent year-over-year surge in online advertising put the Internet second to television as the leading medium for generating ad revenue. Television, which includes local, cable and broadcast spending, brought in $68.7 billion. Newspapers took in $22.8 billion. The data was released Wednesday in a 26-page report...

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Le bout de plastique qui va révolutionner l'électronique

Le bout de plastique qui va révolutionner l'électronique Il suffisait d'y penser, une société française l'a fait : le panneau solaire transparent Par CLÉMENT PÉTREAULT source:http://www.lepoint.f C'est une petite avancée technologique qui pourrait donner lieu à un véritable bond en avant. La société française Wysips a mis au point un film photovoltaïque souple et transparent, capable de recharger un téléphone portable à la lumière du jour. La démonstration a été...

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Theater chains escalating fight with studios as premium video-on-demand looms

With the launch of a new premium video-on-demand initiative that will get movies from the theater to the TV screen a lot quicker around the corner, the nation's largest theater chains are waging a public war with the Hollywood studios involved. Representatives from Regal Entertainment and AMC Entertainment have been meeting with movie studios this week to inform them that they will not play or promote any movies that will be part of "premium VOD," through which the...

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Funky dress made of multi-colored Legos by Michael Schmidt.

Black Eyed Peas singer Fergie got into the kid-friendly spirit at Nickelodeon's 24th Annual Kids' Choice Awards, sporting a funky dress made of multi-colored Legos by L.A.-based designer Michael Schmidt. But she's not the first band member to make a fashion statement out of the retro-cool building blocks: will.i.am rocked a Lego hat and necklace at last year's American Music Awards. ------------------------------------------------------ --> Submit to: Show contact...

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2011 Great Lakes International Film Festival Call For Entries

onsidered among the top 100 most popular film festivals in the world and a 501c(3) non-profit organization, the 10th annual Great Lakes International Film Festival has officially opened its Call for Entries and will accept submissions internationally of independently produced feature length and short length films and scripts in the genres of documentary, horror, experimental, Religious/Spiritual, animation, and all genre of music videos and Gay/Lesbian for the 2011...

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SAG, AFTRA Inch Closer to Merger...

The next big step will be committee formation in May. Efforts to merge the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists are moving ahead, though not quite so fast as some have suggested. The next big step in the process will take place in May, when SAG and AFTRA hold their respective national board meetings. According to sources close to and directly involved in talks between the two unions, those meetings will likely see the creation...

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MPAA Sues Movie-Streaming Service Zediva...

UPDATED: It files a copyright infringement suit, claiming Zediva illegally streams movies to its customers without obtaining required licenses from the movie studios. The MPAA is taking action against one of the hottest, if legally questionable, online streaming services, Zediva, which has gained a boisterous following since its launch earlier this year by going places that Netflix won't -- streaming relatively recent films like The Fighter, The Social Network and...

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Unions Speak Out Against Piracy...

Joining federal lawmakers at a piracy press conference, the labor organizations denounced "profiteers" who traffic in illegally obtained content. Representatives from the DGA, AFTRA, IATSE and SAG joined Congressional lawmakers at a press conference today on Capitol Hill to discuss fighting copyright infringement and Internet theft. RELATED TOPICS •Labor The unions released a statement decrying "Illegal downloading and streaming of the content made by our members"...

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In One Day, $100 Million to Be Handed Out by California Film Commission....

We will exhaust all $100 million in tax breaks on June 1st," says Amy Lemisch, executive director of the California Film Commission. The California gold rush started 162 years ago but on June 1, there will be another kind of gold rush in the golden state. That morning, movie and TV producers can drop off applications for a share of $100 million in annual state tax credits for productions that meet certain requirements and shoot in the state during the year. What's...

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Music labels lash out at Amazon's cloud service...

Amazon is in a battle royale with music labels over its digital music locker service. Launched on Monday, Amazon's Cloud Player is drawing criticism from record companies chagrined that the Seattle company did not secure music licenses from labels and publishers before releasing its service. Sony Music Entertainment said in a statement, "We are disappointed that the locker service that Amazon is proposing is unlicensed by Sony Music, and we hope that Amazon will resolve...

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On Location: Making a film about being film friendly...

It looked like any other film shoot in Los Angeles. About 70 cast and crew members converged on a neighborhood in Studio City last week. Only this wasn't just any ordinary film production. The actors, crew members and vendors were there as volunteers, donating their services to produce a short public service announcement touting the economic benefits of filming in L.A. The segment will be one of several spots that will be shown at Mann Theatres this summer as part...

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China's Top Online Search Engine Baidu Encourages Music and Movie Piracy

A report on so-called "Notorious Markets" by the United States Trade Representative showed that Baidu linked to illegal pirating websites. BEIJING – Baidu, China's top online search engine, perpetuates theft of copyright and undermines respect for the rule of law, a report on so-called "Notorious Markets" issued late Monday by the United States Trade Representative said. RELATED TOPICS •International News The USTR accused Baidu, the most visited website in China, of...

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Canadian Co-Pro Market Adds Australian Focus...

Australian state agencies sending local producers to Halifax to fill out budgets for indie projects. TORONTO – Australian film and TV producers are to get their close-up at the upcoming Canadian co-production conference Strategic Partners. Organizers added Australia to U.S. and South Africa as focus countries for their summer gathering. State agencies Film Victoria, Screen NSW, Screen Queensland, ScreenWest and South Australia Film will send their best and brightest...

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Theater Owners Fuming Over Studios' VOD Plan...

News of the DirecTV deal, which is likely to include titles like Sony's "Just Go With It," adds new twist to CinemaCon. LAS VEGAS – Feeling blindsided, theater owners were furious Thursday that four Hollywood studios didn't brief them on plans to launch a new premium VOD service on DirecTV late next month, followed swiftly by Comcast and VUDU. Exhibitors could respond by changing how they book films and play trailers. OUR EDITOR RECOMMENDS DirecTV to Launch Premium...

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ony Online Entertainment Slashes Hundreds of Jobs, Shutters Three Studio...

As part of the restructuring, the game publisher cancels the release of the long-in-development action espionage massively multiplayer online game "The Agency." Sony Online Entertainment has closed three of its game studios and laid off 205 workers as part of a massive restructuring. The game publisher has also canceled the release of the long-in-development action espionage massively multiplayer online game, The Agency. "As part of this restructuring, SOE is discontinuing...

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