𝗦𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝟯 𝗼𝗳 𝗥𝗼𝗸𝘂 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗼𝗸𝘂 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗹. 🎬
Roku Change Makers is a series of short documentaries created by high school students nationwide that highlight change makers in their local community. 🎥 🌐
To mark this season’s premiere, we hosted a special "𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀" event in our Boston office! 🎞️ Guests were treated to film screenings followed by a conversation with two talented young filmmakers who shared a behind-the-scenes look at how they brought the story of their inspiring change maker to life. 🎤 🎓
This program is part of our ongoing partnership with youth organization Fresh Films DT and Roku’s commitment to transforming pathways for underrepresented youth, empowering the next generation of storytellers. 🎥 📖
🌟 𝗗𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀 𝗥𝗼𝗸𝘂 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗦𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝟯, 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗼𝗸𝘂 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗹: https://lnkd.in/gWHUbhQU#WeAreRoku#SocialImpactAtRoku#RokuSocialImpact#SocialImpact
12-12-2024: Roundtable discussion on digitization, digitalization, etc. at the Goethe institute
12 of December, 2024. Goethe institute. A roundtable discussion on digitization, digitalization, restoration and the future of european film heritage institutions was supposed to take place at the Goethe institute with Pantelis Voulgaris' attendance. Well, it wasn't exactly a roundtable discussion and Pantelis Voulgaris did not attend to the event. However, the speakers were open to suggestions considering the problematic strategy of the institutions when it comes to cinema which by nature has a global view while observing and analysing influences from around the globe. Academically speaking, the term "national cinema" does not exist. Some documentaries may have an "ethographic" point of view but that always causes issues globally, because at the end of the day it's a specific story about specific people (a small subcultural segmented "team" perhaps somebody could say) and cannot be generalized because it would be accurate about other teams who would be suppressed. Since cinema is not a burger shop, the current multinational or an international strategy would not work. It needs a global one that would not cause any kind obstructions in the long-run.#cinema#Athens#press#avantgarde#festivals#film#digitization#digitalization#goetheinstitut
Exploring Trends and Highlights in Sports, Entertainment, and Innovation
On this #DiaMundialDasFreebets, we're celebrating the evolving world of sports, entertainment, and digital engagement! From free bets to exclusive giveaways, the way fans engage with their favorite teams has been revolutionized. Our platform, goaliptv.com, aims to capture the passion of global sports fans by delivering top-tier streaming and access to some of the most exciting games and tournaments.
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On a broader note, the transport industry (#TVDE) is experiencing its own revolution. The ride-hailing and private transport services in cities worldwide are reshaping urban mobility, making it easier for fans to access stadiums, arenas, and local events. Technology is not just changing how we view sports but also how we travel to experience it.
The rise of entertainment giants like #GMMTV2025 and the influence of global icons such as #Renata and #lana reveal how pop culture intersects with sports, creating a fusion of entertainment that resonates globally. This fusion fosters a shared digital experience that connects fans across borders, from sports fans to music lovers and beyond.
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Streaming platforms have invested heavily in sports shoulder content — documentaries, biopics and cultural deep-dives that bring fans closer to their favorite teams, athletes and sports moments. But with over 263 projects released since 2020, is the demand sustainable?
In our latest report, Luminate’s Carolyn Finger dives into the following topics:
1) The genres and formats that drive engagement
2) The sports dominating the space
3) Insights into the challenges of sustaining multi-season projects
https://lnkd.in/gsQkEgvN
New York, New York – August 21, 2024
Sports Video Tech has always been an important project for us, and I'm excited to share that it's now one of our top three priorities. Recently, we’ve made some changes, which made me realize how many tasks in my daily routine weren’t supporting our immediate and larger mission. As a result, I’ve been reorganizing and cutting out the least important tasks this week. This process, which I call prioritizing by elimination, has allowed us to sharpen our focus.
Our top three priorities are now clear:
1. Student Filmmakers Magazine, Network, and Community at www.studentfilmmakers.com.
2. Sports Video Tech at www.sportsvideotech.com, where we’re refining content, design, and features.
3. HD Pro Guide at www.hdproguide.com, with a focus on expanding our community.
It’s crucial to recognize when certain long-term goals need to be set aside so that we can focus on what will have the most significant impact now. If you're interested in contributing articles or learning more, feel free to contact us at https://lnkd.in/eNR7BArS or connect with me on LinkedIn.
Kim Welch
Space Race Agency, Inc.
8.21.2024
The local doccies on showmax are without doubt top tier!
Having imposed myself on exile from the Naspers network for the past 7 years, I look forward to seeing what I've missed out on.
However to be honest with only a week in, I presently find myself disappointed with the writing and story development of the local "afro" scripted formats. The plots ate engaging but the dialouge and character development seem rushed.
Especially since the afrikaans scripted formats aesthetically atleast; look much more polished and structured.
I say this having not engaged the content..
yet, but from previous experience. If you discard the political history of the country it is easy to overlook the investment in culture in the region.
Be it Noor vir Noot, 7 de Laan, the Nuus on SABC 2 or Mnet formats, the production value is without question even at a low cost strategies deployed at Kyknet head and shoulders above the pack.
Therefore in my opinion for local content in Southern Africa to be competitive, we as storytellers, investors and broadcasters must take stock of what works if the multinational conglomerates entering this market are to be dealt with accordingly.
The streaming market remains incredibly exciting but the need for skills transfer across production is no longer a matter of privilege but one of survival for African storytellers.
Lest the rest of the world is left with the task of telling our stories.
#TheFutureIsBreathTaking#TheGalleryIsAlwaysOpen#AfrikaNOW
Very interesting. So my two cents, up until this year, job posting sites made up about 75-80% of my work over my 20 plus years of experience. Mainly Mandy and Staffmeup. Most years it was an even 50/50 split between the effectiveness of those sites, but I had also used production beast, crewvie and pretty much every other one. The innovative tech or design of the website, *cough cough Mandy has always been ugly af* much to my chagrin NEVER correlated with the success of the platform. It has always been a numbers game. Since merging with Backstage, Mandy has become useless to me. I stopped getting work from it pretty immediately and Staffmeup has been the only site I get work from, although interestingly it now only makes up about 15% of my work this year, the rest being repeat customers or word of mouth. Meanwhile ever since the strikes, a hoard of job board sites, some with more "social" tools than others, popped up; all of them are ghost towns.
It makes sense why these start ups boomed, people are out of work and want to assist in changing that. With all of that said, the success of this platform, I believe, will entirely hinge on two things. 1: Critical Mass. If directors and producers or dept. heads don't actually go to this site and use it to find people to hire, all the features of the site become irrelevant. And 2: For the premise of this profit sharing system to work you need to have it apply to productions outside of YouTube, which will be an up-hill battle, if not an impossibility. The reason is three fold: A. Why would I take a job that pays less for back-end points if those points only amount to a few cents? The problem with YouTube is that advertisers hate content that is violent, has swearing, substance use or is otherwise un-aligned with the brand overall. Also, YouTube has changed its monetization scheme SEVERAL times over, each time benefiting the creators less and less. It is why most youtubers make more money off streaming or merch. B. Since YouTube is an unstable business line that a third party company has no say in how it operates or pays out adsense, the only lucrative way for this to work is on indies and studio work that can sell to theatrical and streaming networks. That CAN work, as mentioned with the film that sold to Netflix, BUT, you will have to convince so many producers to give up profit that it would feed an entire platform, and that is a BIG ask. C. Finally there are copyright implications to putting commercial work on YouTube. This may scare away potential major sales to distributors, complicate chain-of-title or even end up giving Alphabet ownership over the work. Not to mention the music on the YouTube stream will have to have an additional license purchased. All of this to say, I really do wish the platform the best of luck, I would love to join and I would love to see it succeed, but I think to do so will require everyone involved to go into this with sober expectations.
Executive Producer, Storyteller and Content Creator
🚀 The countdown is on! We're just days away from the official launch of SHARE, and we couldn’t be more excited! Over the past few months, the SHARE team has been working tirelessly alongside a group of amazing beta testers to fine-tune the platform and get it ready for YOU—the heart of our filmmaking community. 🎥
🎬 SHARE is more than just a platform; it's a movement to revolutionize the industry and put creative control back in the hands of storytellers. Together, we’re paving the way for a more collaborative, innovative future for independent film.
✨ Stay tuned! Submit your email to www.theshareplatform.com and we’ll SHARE (😉) a direct link to the platform when it goes live in just a few days.
We can’t wait to show you what we’ve been working on and start this journey together!
Warner Bros. Discovery Access Programs International has partnered with @TNT Sports to launch a new initiative aimed at women filmmakers and directors, Reframe The Game.
The programme seeks to give women filmmakers the opportunity to tell untold stories from across women’s sport, with three finalists being given the opportunity to create short-form documentaries that will be broadcast on TNT Sports next year.
For further details head to:
https://lnkd.in/eGQaZVjk
Applications close at 9am GMT on 2nd December 2024.
Introvert Guide : How To Change People’s Minds?
I think it is unfair not to give a movie or film feature a chance. There is always virtue behind providing a rebooted brand a helping hand by experiencing, for the first time, what said Film Company brand is offering.
Yes, true, the said brand made several mistakes, in the past, that diminished its ability to convert potiential movie goers... but it is trying to rebuild itself and hoping to be competitive versus its immediate rivals.
For me, Rebuilding GMA Pictures’ brand is a titanic undertaking. Note the word Titanic. It is like raising a massive ship that sunk many years ago. Perhaps what it needs is to understand the middle class moviegoers’ culture and be more prudent with regards to coming up with stories that affect the bottom line of ordinary people.
Thrashing comments or bashings are part of the game. But acknowledging online hacks or grifters does not help in the effort of rebuilding a faded brand.
We know what will be the outcome of this MMFF charades. The strongest brand will win and Affinity will play an important role. The question is... given these realities...
How do you change people’s minds?
Best wishes to GMA Pictures.
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