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Dolby, Phillips, Cameron-Pace Pact On Glasses-Free 3D: NAB

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Tuesday April 9, 2013 @ 2:15pm PDTTags: Cameron-Pace Group, Dolby, NAB Show

The three companies made the joint announcement today at NAB. They’ll work together to integrate the Dolby 3D format into Cameron-Pace Group’s 3D video content production workflow and develop a premium glasses-free in-home 3D experience using Dolby 3D. Cameron-Pace’s 3D content will be showcased at Dolby’s booth at the conference, which runs through Thursday. “James Cameron and Vince Pace’s artistic and technological vision make CPG a great partner in our quest to make glasses-free 3D successful for creative professionals, broadcast networks, consumer electronics manufacturers, and ultimately for consumers”, said Dolby’s Roland Vlaicu in a statement.

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Chase Carey Threatens To Make Fox A Pay TV Channel If Aereo Prevails

By DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor | Monday April 8, 2013 @ 11:15am PDTTags: Aereo, Big Deals TV, Chase Carey, Fox, NAB Show, News Corp

BREAKING…This would be a nuclear option for News Corp, which owns 27 TV stations and serves dozens of affiliates. But the company COO’s threat to take Fox off the public airwaves — made today at the NAB annual confab in Las Vegas — suggests how deeply concerned broadcast moguls are about the possibility that they might lose their legal battle against Aereo, and how much that could undermine their ability to extract retransmission consent fees from cable and satellite providers. Aereo uses tiny antennas to capture broadcasters’ over-the-air signals which it then streams to local subscribers. It does so without TV stations’ permission, and without paying them a dime. Broadcasters say that violates their copyrights. But last week a U.S. Appeals Court rejected the industry’s plea to shutter Aereo during the trial over that claim. What’s more, it seemed to favor Aereo’s counterargument that it simply rents antennas, enabling customers to watch transmissions already available to them for free.

If Aereo prevails — and cable and satellite companies decide that they, too, can retransmit broadcast signals for free — then Carey says “We have no choice but to develop business solutions that ensure we continue to remain in the driver’s seat of our own destiny. One option could be converting the Fox broadcast network to a pay channel, which we would do in collaboration with both our content partners and affiliates.” News Corp-owned stations collected about $308M in retransmission consent fees last year, SNL Kagan estimates. That’s up 20% vs 2011 and accounted for about 19% of their total revenues. Read More »

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NAB Chief Says Stations’ Mobile Technology Dreams Require More Local Programming

By DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor | Monday April 8, 2013 @ 10:16am PDTTags: Gordon Smith, NAB, NAB Show

Gordon SmithNAB chief Gordon Smith told station owners today that they must redouble their efforts to persuade tech companies to build TV and radio receivers into smartphones and other mobile devices. Internet streaming services “will never have … Read More »

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‘Avatar’ Sequels To Include Underwater Performance Capture: NAB

By JEN YAMATO | Sunday April 7, 2013 @ 5:07pm PDTTags: Avatar 2, James Cameron, NAB Show

Producer Jon Landau revealed today at the 2013 NAB Technology Summit on Cinema that Jim Cameron “will do performance capture in water” on the sequels to his 2009 Fox megahit. “We want to take advantage of the technologies brilliant people are putting out to make the next two movies even more emotionally engaging and visually tantalizing, and to really wrap up the story arc of our two main characters”, Landau said in his keynote chat today. The filmmakers are currently exploring technologies to allow for underwater capture of actors’ performances “because we can simulate it visually but can’t simulate it experientially for them”.
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Jon Landau To Keynote NAB Show Tech Summit

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Wednesday February 27, 2013 @ 12:58pm PSTTags: Jon Landau, NAB Show

WASHINGTON–(February 27, 2013)–Academy Award and two-time Golden Globe winning producer Jon Landau will keynote NAB Show’s Technology Summit On Cinema on Sunday, April 7 in Las Vegas. The Summit is co-produced by

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NAB To Honor CBS News’ Bob Schieffer

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Wednesday February 20, 2013 @ 8:30am PSTTags: Bob Schieffer, NAB Show

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) announced today that Bob Schieffer, renowned broadcast television journalist for CBS, will receive the NAB Distinguished Service Award (DSA) during the 2013 NAB Show. Schieffer will accept the award at the opening keynote session, sponsored by Blackmagic Design, on April 8 in Las Vegas.

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Chase Carey Added To NAB Show Opener

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Monday November 26, 2012 @ 9:15am PSTTags: Chase Carey, NAB Show, National Association of Broadcasters

WASHINGTON–(November 26, 2012)–The National Association of Broadcasters announced today that News Corporation President and Chief Operating Officer Chase Carey will participate in a question-and-answer session with NAB President and CEO Gordon Smith during the 2013 NAB Show opening

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James Cameron To Address 2012 NAB Show On ‘The Secrets Of Making 3D Profitable’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Monday April 2, 2012 @ 7:13pm PDTTags: 3D, James Cameron, NAB Show

James Cameron will be addressing the 2012 NAB Show at the Las Vegas Convention Center. The session is titled, appropriately enough, “The Secrets of Making 3D Profitable”, on April 16th from 10:30 to 11:45 AM conducted by Cameron and Vincent Pace for their company Cameron | Pace Group (CPG). The decription of the session follows: Read More »

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Garry Marshall Set For NAB Hall Of Fame

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Friday January 27, 2012 @ 12:59pm PSTTags: Garry Marshall, NAB Show, National Association of Broadcasters

Washington, DC — The National Association of Broadcasters announced today that Garry Marshall, legendary Hollywood actor, director, writer and producer, will be inducted into the NAB Broadcasting Hall of Fame during the 2012 NAB Show Television Luncheon, sponsored by

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