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A studio is an artist’s or worker’s workroom, or the catchall term for an artist and his or her employees who work within that studio. This can be for the purpose of architecture, painting, pottery (ceramics), sculpture, scrapbooking, photography, graphic design, filmmaking, animation, radio or television production broadcasting or the making of music. The term is also used for the workroom of dancers, often specified to dance studio.
The word studio is derived from the Ital...

The Original Content Wars Have Begun, But They're Bigger Than Hulu Vs. Netflix

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For several years consumers have enjoyed streaming premium content services like Hulu, Amazon Prime, Netflix, and others. But as more and more television and film content moves online, the owners of the copyrights (typically studios or production companies) have started to see the potential in ...

Two New Original Content YouTube Channels Focus On Entertainment News

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If you're looking for entertainment news on YouTube this year, you'll have a lot of choices.  The latest two original channels, The Young Hollywood Network and ENTV, will be a constant flow of celebrities, news, and Hollywood gossip.  The two new entertainment channels will now ...

Warner Bros Extends New Release Window, Makes Consumers Buy Or Wait Two Months

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What the hell?! Warner Bros. just revamped deals with Redbox, Blockbuster and Netflix effectively doubling the wait time for them to get new releases. What it really means is, they're making you wait longer and trying to force you to buy discs earlier, it sounds ...

Watch The Dark Knight Rises Trailer Online... Right Now

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Here's a little Monday fun for everyone, so take a three minute break from your early work week and watch one of the most anticipated trailers of the year--maybe ever. It's the trailer for The Dark Knight Rises, the final film in Christopher Nolan's Batman ...

UltraViolet Expands Service to UK

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UltraViolet is now rapidly picking up steam. Nearly every time a movie hits disc, it's in a triple pack with DVD, Blu-Ray and UV digital version. Now, it's ready to invade the shores of the UK and start offering our friends on the island nation ...

Can Verizon And Redbox Team Up To Kill Netflix?

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Rumors began circling this week that Verizon might be planning some kind of content distribution service--a Netflix competitor, if you will. There were a great many people quick to jump to judgement, suggesting the company would be getting in over their head. But now new ...

The Week's Best Viral Videos & Marketing Lessons - Caught On Film Edition

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Each week we try to bring you a selection of the week's best viral videos. Some are eyewitness videos from amateur cameramen, while others are full-blown action videos promoting Hollywood films. In between, we have everything from incredible talents to creative musical covers. We'll also ...

YouTube Documentary Life In A Day On YouTube For Free

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I've written quite a lot about Life In A Day over the course of the past year. If you're somehow not familiar with it by name, Life In A Day is the documentary shot by YouTube users, directed and edited by Kevin MacDonald, and produced ...

What Hollywood's Experiments With Online Streaming Movies Means For The Future

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While everyone in the media been debating the many juicy storylines in online streaming services--such as the Netflix price hike and their new content licensing deals, or Hulu's possible sale to Google or other suitors and new ad formats like Ad Swap--and what these stories ...

Web Series Success Leads To New Mortal Kombat Movie

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It was only a matter of time.  It all began when TV director Kevin Tancharoen made a short Mortal Kombat film for YouTube called Rebirth, which led to the successful web series Mortal Kombat: Legacy.  Several million views and a DVD release later (set for ...

Netflix Hopes To Quell The Crowds With New Content Licensing Deals

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Netflix's public apology, and ensuring announcement that the DVD service would be split off into its own service, called Quickster, have been met with a public reaction the company should be getting used to: disappointment, frustration, and scorn. But in the following days, the company ...

Flipboard App Looking To Provide Streaming Television Shows & Hollywood Films

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The creators of Flipboard, Apple's 2010 iPad App of the Year, are now looking to provide TV, movies, and even e-books in the near future. The app has been downloaded more than 3 million times since its summer debut last year.

Netflix Competition Heats Up In Canada As Hollywood Suite Delivers Video-on-Demand

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Cable and satellite up in the Great White North were unhappy with Netflix's crossing the border. That silly imaginary line that dictates what nationality you are, what language you speak and most importantly, what kind of streaming video and TV you can get.

Fox's 8-Day Window For Online Episodes Drastically Increases Piracy

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You might remember that Fox just recently did away with next-day access on episodes of their shows streaming online. That move went into effect about a week ago, and already appears to have nearly doubled the piracy rate of Fox television shows. I'm guessing that ...

Online Movie Trailers Are Ads That Become Destination Viewing

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One of the most common types of branded viral video is the movie trailer. After music videos, it may be one of the most-watched genres of online video. Not every trailer succeeds at going viral, but the ones that do are able to generate huge ...

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