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Have Tablets Become the First Screen?
It’s an interesting conceit: Have tablets taken over the living room and become the first screen while traditional large screens have become ‘companion devices’? It’s
Blockbuster Bids Farewell
Blockbuster, as a physical presence, finally threw in the proverbial towel and has called it quits. Home Media Magazine reports that plans are in place
Is DVD Going Extinct?
There’s been a great deal of talk lately about the coming supremacy of streaming over the disc. One of the most authoritative, seen on Techcrunch.com,
Making Waves In the Home Entertainment Business
With the all the news about expanding VOD solutions and new VOD platforms debuting, seemingly every day, it would be easy to think that discs’
Asking the Right Questions: Thinking Through App Development
App marketplace is booming and it seems that every organization, from media companies to sports leagues, non-profits to entrepreneurs, is thinking about making an app.
Do Consumers Still Value Bonus on DVD & Blu-ray?
Are ‘bonus’ features required or optional for a killer DVD or Blu-ray Disc release? Will they eventually disappear from discs entirely? For me, the answer
Netflix Continues to Surprise
Not long ago, perhaps a little over a year, it seemed like Netflix was a bit lost, disconnected from consumers and beaten up by major
Streaming Video Devices Will Soon Outnumber Humans…and Therein Lies Opportunity
If anyone needs any further evidence that the world of entertainment has completely changed in the past ten years…nay, the last five…need only consider the
Blu-ray Continues to Perform
There continues to be talk in the home entertainment industry about how Blu-ray will fare in coming years in the face of increasing competition from
Report from the Digital Media Pipeline 2013
One of the chief messages of the day, a common theme which seemed to inform every panel, every discussion and every presentation — Change is
Giant Happenings at the EMA’s Digital Media Pipeline
We’ll post more about this in a future blog, but we wanted to share a glimpse into the Entertainment Merchants Association’s Digital Media Pipeline 2013,
Giant Steps in the Digital Mediascape with Roku
If you’re delivering content, you need to be where your customers are. And so we are. On September 13, our first Roku channel went live
10 Key Concepts for App and UX Design
Designing an app is much more than simply calling a developer, describing your idea and hoping for the best. There’s a tremendous amount of planning
Top Ten Reasons DVD Will Be With Us for a LLOOOONNNNGGG Time
From where we sit, with clients both big and small continuing to bring us DVD projects, DVD still has legs. We expect that DVD will
Tablets Continue to Gain Momentum in Education
The news about tablet technology and education continues to be overwhelmingly postive. Why just today, one of our favorite sources of tablet-centric news, Tab Times,
Time-Warner and CBS Lead the Charge…in the Wrong Direction
It seems counterintuitive that Time-Warner cable and CBS haven’t made peace and returned the cable universe and America’s primetime viewing back to normal. It’s the
A Peek Behind the Scenes of Season 4, Hawaii Five-0
Well, if SOMEBODY has to create awesome behind the scenes ‘bonus’ for Hawaii Five-0, we’re pleased to take gig. And if this tease from the location is
Even While VOD Expands, Discs Hang Tough
Home entertainment continues to undergo a tremendous realignment from physical media to digital, virtual forms. Yet for all the fanfare and attention which new streaming
Renderyard — A Tabby Award Finalist!
Wow! A Finalist in the Video category for the 2013 Tabby Awards! Congratulations, as well, to our fellow nominees at Hulu Plus and the History
Renderyard Film Network’s App Named One of Three Finalists (Video) — Tabby Awards Press Release
The 60 best tablet apps worldwide are declared as Finalists at The Tabby Awards Independent judges selected them among over 150 iOS, Android and Windows
Have Tablets Become the First Screen?
It’s an interesting conceit: Have tablets taken over the living room and become the first screen while traditional large screens have become ‘companion devices’? It’s
Considering and App? Then Consider These Development Tips
App marketplace is booming and it seems that every organization, from media companies to sports leagues, non-profits to entrepreneurs, is thinking about making an app.
Blog Reprint: Top 10 Reasons DVD Has Legs
Anyone who has been following the evolution of the home entertainment market is aware that Blu-ray and digital are both trending up, while DVD is
Is Cord Cutting Real?
With the explosion of entertainment options available to the internet savvy in the last couple years, there’s been a great deal of discussion and a