Reports: Roku Considering Investment Stake In Starz
Roku is reportedly exploring a 20% investment stake in Lionsgate Entertainment’s Starz premium movie and TV program service. According to a Wall Street Journal report Wednesday, the smart TV ecosystem company could be preparing to team up with Apollo Global Management to take a minority…
Lionsgate To Master In Dolby Vision, Atmos Formats
Hollywood studio Lionsgate said Thursday that it will begin mastering some of its content for the Dolby Vision high dynamic range (HDR) format and Dolby Atmos object-based surround sound. Dolby has now enlisted five studios to back its Dolby Vision HDR platform and seven…
Ultra HD Blu-ray Players, Discs Poised To Hit U.S. Retail Shelves
CES 2016 marked the official launch of the Ultra HD Blu-ray format, with three companies showing players slated for deliveries later this year and top-level Hollywood studios announcing plans for supporting the new hardware with Ultra HD Blu-ray titles totaling at least 100 discs by…
DEG, Sony Unveil 1st Ultra HD Blu-ray Discs, Packaging
We may not have Ultra HD Blu-ray players yet, but we now have new packaging that will be used to help promote the new 4K high-resolution media content platform, and Sony Pictures has just revealed its first Ultra HD Blu-ray titles. The members of…
Samsung, Oculus Unveil Affordable VR Viewer, VR Movies
Movies from Twentieth Century Fox, Lionsgate, Netflix and possibly others are coming to a Virtual Reality (VR) headset near you. Oculus and Samsung, developers of VR headgear systems, took the technology closer to the mainstream at the Oculus Connect 2 developers’ conference in Hollywood Thursday…
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