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HBO NOW Pushing the Cord-Cutting Trend - App Annie Blog - 3 views

In 2007, Netflix changed the landscape by introducing streaming on PC, allowing customers to instantly watch shows. By 2010, Netflix video streaming became available on additional platforms, including iOS devices. Today, video streaming services Netflix and Hulu have a strong hold among combined iOS and Android Top US Apps.
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These convenient apps have set the stage for a preferred entertainment delivery. A whole generation of consumers have grown up with video streaming, rather than (or in addition to) paying for cable television: cord cutters and cord nevers. Major premium cable networks, HBO and Showtime, are now after a piece of the pie Netflix and Hulu have carved out
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Both HBO NOW and Showtime are taking different approaches to standalone streaming partnerships. HBO NOW has gotten more traction in part to a heavy promotion from Apple, resulting in positive metrics. Showtime’s success is less clear, being married into Hulu’s already strong performance
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Netflix isn’t being left in the dust completely, kicking off their original film initiative with “Beasts of No Nation”, which will launch both in theaters and streaming video on October 16th. HBO, Showtime, Netflix and Hulu will still need to compete with each other to retain users in a new “entertainment as a service” landscape where retention is not a given, but an earned currency.
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Cable provider Comcast hasn’t felt the heat from the cord-cutting trend, having its second best Q2 in nine years. Comcast is also in an advantageous place as a broadband provider, with 22.3 million total customers in Q2. Good quality video streaming relies on broadband internet, meaning cable providers that offer bundled internet service will still be valuable
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Maria Gurova on 12 Aug 15

the rise of streaming services and how cable networks are competing with video streaming services on their battle field

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The Movie Theater of the Future Will Be In Your Mind | Tribeca - 1 views

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Merging SEGA technology and BBC Earth content, the new attraction takes visitors on a multi-sensory journey to explore animals and nature through sight, smell, touch and sound.
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The venue includes one of Japan’s largest screens (131 ft W x 26 ft H) with remarkable visual and sonic resolution and 12 separate walk-through entertainment zones
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evolve into large-scale public attractions becoming urban theme parks, where cinema is only part of the experience
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The merging of real and projected worlds will produce a seamless experience – a complete illusion of being part of a ﬁlm.
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A truly dramatic change will come once scientists discover a way to manipulate senses directly through the brain. That is when cinema will quite literally start to merge and replace real life
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One will be able to choose between real-life exploration or a ﬁctional quest with chosen characters. Since memories will be recorded, one would be able to include anyone they have ever encountered, including favorite celebrities or ﬁctional heroes.
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Just as 3D ﬁlms are only exciting for the ﬁrst few minutes, characters, events and conﬂicts will continue to drive cinema of the future.
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These are the top-earning YouTube stars of 2015 according to Forbes | The Verge - 1 views

The financial magazine has published its first ever list of top earners on the video platform, with the irrepressible Felix Kjellberg (better known as PewDiePie) heading the charts with pretax earnings of $12 million,
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most of these individuals’ income comes from advertising such as sponsored videos and previews, although four of those on the list also have book deals, while a few even offer their own product lines.
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Maria Gurova on 15 Oct 15

The fact that Forbes made an official ranking of income of the YouTube celebrities is an indication that this is an actual economic driver. The numbers might not be accurate at this point of time, as there's no infrastructure to track income individuals' receive through this type of monetisation, but this is only a matter of time

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The fact that Forbes made an official ranking of income of the YouTube celebrities is an indication that this is an actual economic driver. The numbers might not be accurate at this point of time, as there's no infrastructure to track income individuals' receive through this type of monetisation, but this is only a matter of time </div>

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Future of Film: Even Bigger Screens and, Yep, Cinema Selfies - Hollywood Reporter - 0 views

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a new generation of even more ambitious theaters — possibly even including cinema's first holodeck — is waiting in the wings.
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The first Escape theaters — which will include the Cinemark 18 & XD at the Promenade at the Howard Hughes Center in Los Angeles — will open Sept. 19, showing a special edition of Fox's new young adult thriller The Maze Runner
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Escape theaters showing The Maze Runner will project the live-action movie on to the center screen, and the side screens will feature additional visual effects
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"We believe entertainment needs to continue to evolve with a more immersive experience,"
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Movie screens will continue to morph into ever-wider configurations
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That footage will be shown in a special 360-degree OmniCam theater installation planned for the FIFA World Football Museum in Zurich. Meanwhile, startup Jaunt is developing a 360-degree camera for use in virtual reality
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High-tech interactivity also may play a role in the next generation of theaters.
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They would include a theater where a 3D movie is projected onto a 360-degree dome-shaped screen and real-time facial replacement would be used to project audience members into the action
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"You'd have a wristband that identifies who you are, and if you elect to, your body and face can be scanned, allowing the attractions to include you in them and allow you to interact with them
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Visual Perceptive Media - BBC R&D - 1 views

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Imagine a world where the narrative, background music, colour grading and general feel of a drama is shaped in real time to suit your personality.
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Visual Perceptive Media is a film which changes based on the person who is watching the video. Rather than drawing on sensor data to profile the environment, it focuses on the user themselves. It uses profiled data from a phone application to build a profile of the user and their preferences via their music collection and some personality questions.
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MIT Scientists Create Wireless Device That Allows Us To See Through Walls - 1 views

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Scientists have created a new device that allows people to see through walls
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it can "determine where you are, who you are, and even which hand you are moving
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feature that allows the device to contact emergency services if a family member falls on the floor
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operate your lights and TVs, or to adjust your heating by monitoring where you are in the house
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Oleg Batluk on 02 Nov 15

New device can see through walls to monitor & locate family members positioning and operate home entertainment depending on your location.

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Silicon Valley parents are raising their kids tech-free - Business Insider - 0 views

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a new kind of Silicon Valley parent. Instead of tricking out their homes with all the latest technology, many of today's parents working or living in the tech world are limiting — and sometimes outright banning — how much screen time their kids get.
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short-term consequences among teens and adolescents who are heavy users of tech. These include heightened risks for depression, anxiety, and, in extreme cases, suicide.
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parents told Business Insider that it's often hard to strike a balance in limiting tech use, since kids quickly begin to feel left out of their peer group. The longer parents try to impose their restrictions, the more they fear they're essentially raising a well-adjusted outcast.
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