Cinelytic component will help users better understand revenues, distribution strategies, recoupment potential.
Online content marketplace RightsTrade has partnered with Czech festival management platform Eventival in a move which the companies said will combine the benefits of festival presence with marketplace access to key industry players.
The arrangement will provide filmmakers that register and submit films via Eventival access to RightsTrade’s secure screening service and more than 6,000 vetted buyers and sales agents.
Filmmakers will also be able to access the comps tool from RightsTrade owner and content intelligence platform Cinelytic to better understand revenues, distribution strategies and recoupment potential on a territory-by-territory basis.
Online content marketplace RightsTrade has partnered with Czech festival management platform Eventival in a move which the companies said will combine the benefits of festival presence with marketplace access to key industry players.
The arrangement will provide filmmakers that register and submit films via Eventival access to RightsTrade’s secure screening service and more than 6,000 vetted buyers and sales agents.
Filmmakers will also be able to access the comps tool from RightsTrade owner and content intelligence platform Cinelytic to better understand revenues, distribution strategies and recoupment potential on a territory-by-territory basis.
- 5/16/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Transaction creates one-stop shop for online global transactions.
In a significant merger data analytics firm Cinelytic has acquired content licensing platform RightsTrade to create an integrated data-driven one-stop shop for entertainment industry subscribers.
The transaction will enable Cinelytic to embed its data into Rightstrade’s online marketplace. Cinelytic’s predictive analytics and project management tools help members build budget and recoupment models, predict revenue, and make informed decisions based on talent value. It has been used by sales agents, distributors, producers and financiers for a number of years.
Rightstrade connects content owners and distributors and enables them to conduct deal-making in real time,...
In a significant merger data analytics firm Cinelytic has acquired content licensing platform RightsTrade to create an integrated data-driven one-stop shop for entertainment industry subscribers.
The transaction will enable Cinelytic to embed its data into Rightstrade’s online marketplace. Cinelytic’s predictive analytics and project management tools help members build budget and recoupment models, predict revenue, and make informed decisions based on talent value. It has been used by sales agents, distributors, producers and financiers for a number of years.
Rightstrade connects content owners and distributors and enables them to conduct deal-making in real time,...
- 11/1/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Transaction creates one-stop shop for online global transactions.
In a significant merger data analytics firm Cinelytic has acquired content licensing platform RightsTrade to create an integrated data-driven one-stop shop for entertainment industry subscribers.
The transaction will enable Cinelytic to embed its data into Rightstrade’s online marketplace. Cinelytic’s predictive analytics and project management tools help members build budget and recoupment models, predict revenue, and make informed decisions based on talent value. It has been used by sales agents, distributors, producers and financiers for a number of years.
Rightstrade connects content owners and distributors and enables them to conduct deal-making in real time,...
In a significant merger data analytics firm Cinelytic has acquired content licensing platform RightsTrade to create an integrated data-driven one-stop shop for entertainment industry subscribers.
The transaction will enable Cinelytic to embed its data into Rightstrade’s online marketplace. Cinelytic’s predictive analytics and project management tools help members build budget and recoupment models, predict revenue, and make informed decisions based on talent value. It has been used by sales agents, distributors, producers and financiers for a number of years.
Rightstrade connects content owners and distributors and enables them to conduct deal-making in real time,...
- 11/1/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Imax Corporation on Thursday acquired in a 21 million deal Ssimwave Inc., a video company that uses AI tech to enhance video images in real time and deliver the highest quality video images on any device for both on-demand and live video streams.
Imax acquired Ssimwave as part of its mission to produce the best quality video images on any screen and to further its ambitions with live video. The deal was for 18.5 million in cash and 2.5 million in stock with additional earn-out consideration of 4 million, subject to achieving certain operating performance and financial objectives.
Ssimwave’s tech has won two Emmys and has a 30-person engineering team that has mapped the human visual system to produce one of the most accurate measures of perceptual quality, which its AI-driven software applies to enhance video streams and files in real time. Companies including Disney and Paramount Global currently partner with Ssimwave to optimize their own video.
Imax acquired Ssimwave as part of its mission to produce the best quality video images on any screen and to further its ambitions with live video. The deal was for 18.5 million in cash and 2.5 million in stock with additional earn-out consideration of 4 million, subject to achieving certain operating performance and financial objectives.
Ssimwave’s tech has won two Emmys and has a 30-person engineering team that has mapped the human visual system to produce one of the most accurate measures of perceptual quality, which its AI-driven software applies to enhance video streams and files in real time. Companies including Disney and Paramount Global currently partner with Ssimwave to optimize their own video.
- 9/22/2022
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Rome’s growing Mia market, dedicated to international TV series, feature films and documentaries, has secured a rich roster of fresh international product in various stages and announced a clutch of prominent U.S. and European execs set to make the trek for the mostly in-person Oct. 13-17 event.
While companies such as ITV Studios, Banijay and Fremantle are either bowing out or reducing their presence at the Oct. 11-14 Mipcom market in Cannes — and the AFM has gone entirely online — Mia seems to be succeeding in luring a robust group of international industry heavyweights. They are also boasting a 30% increase in completed films screening on its film market side while some 80 new European film, TV and doc projects will be pitched to prospective partners.
Joe Russo, who with his older brother Anthony became the creative superheroes of the Marvel Universe with a string of four blockbusters climaxing with 2019’s “Avengers: Endgame,...
While companies such as ITV Studios, Banijay and Fremantle are either bowing out or reducing their presence at the Oct. 11-14 Mipcom market in Cannes — and the AFM has gone entirely online — Mia seems to be succeeding in luring a robust group of international industry heavyweights. They are also boasting a 30% increase in completed films screening on its film market side while some 80 new European film, TV and doc projects will be pitched to prospective partners.
Joe Russo, who with his older brother Anthony became the creative superheroes of the Marvel Universe with a string of four blockbusters climaxing with 2019’s “Avengers: Endgame,...
- 9/23/2021
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Like every production company, Jumpcut wants to discover new talent. As a data-driven startup, it leans on machine-learning algorithms to analyze content on YouTube and Reddit — everything from production value to the emotional response of commenters — and spits out a list of prospective content creators.
Jumpstart founder Kartik Hosanagar, who holds down a day job as the John C. Hower Professor of Operations, Information and Decisions at the Wharton School, said the algorithm frequently strikes gold. It found YouTube shorts created by actor Anna Hopkins, who’s appeared in Freeform’s “Shadowhunters” and “The Expanse” but was unknown — and unrepresented — in the industry as a writer.
“We called her and she said, ‘How did you guys find me, did somebody from NBC send you?,'” Hosanagar recalled. “‘We said no, no, no. An algorithm found you.'”
Hopkins had just sold a spec script to NBC around the time Jumpcut...
Jumpstart founder Kartik Hosanagar, who holds down a day job as the John C. Hower Professor of Operations, Information and Decisions at the Wharton School, said the algorithm frequently strikes gold. It found YouTube shorts created by actor Anna Hopkins, who’s appeared in Freeform’s “Shadowhunters” and “The Expanse” but was unknown — and unrepresented — in the industry as a writer.
“We called her and she said, ‘How did you guys find me, did somebody from NBC send you?,'” Hosanagar recalled. “‘We said no, no, no. An algorithm found you.'”
Hopkins had just sold a spec script to NBC around the time Jumpcut...
- 7/15/2021
- by Chris Lindahl
- Indiewire
Cassian Elwes, Viviana Zarragoitia, Elizabeth Haggard among speakers.
AFM 2020 Online executives have announced additional speakers and added sessions on diversity, AI and documentaries to the event, which runs from November 9-13.
All in all the market is bringing more than 70 sessions and 200 speakers over five days, including panels on cultural competency in storytelling, casting for a green light, distributing documentaries, and using artificial intelligence to achieve success.
Producer Cassian Elwes, Participant Media VP of narrative film Elizabeth Haggard, and screenwriting career consultant and coach Lee Jessup will take part in AFM’s Pitch Conference.
The session ’Discover New Voices’ presented...
AFM 2020 Online executives have announced additional speakers and added sessions on diversity, AI and documentaries to the event, which runs from November 9-13.
All in all the market is bringing more than 70 sessions and 200 speakers over five days, including panels on cultural competency in storytelling, casting for a green light, distributing documentaries, and using artificial intelligence to achieve success.
Producer Cassian Elwes, Participant Media VP of narrative film Elizabeth Haggard, and screenwriting career consultant and coach Lee Jessup will take part in AFM’s Pitch Conference.
The session ’Discover New Voices’ presented...
- 11/3/2020
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Cinelytic has agreed with Fandango to incorporate Rotten Tomatoes’ Tomatometer and audience scores into its business intelligence platform, Variety has learned exclusively.
“During these critical times when the filmed entertainment business model is experiencing accelerated changes, Rotten Tomatoes’ critic and audience scores will provide users of our platform additional capabilities and insights that will be helpful for deciding how best to bring content to market – whether via Ott or theatrical,” said Cinelytic co-founder and CEO Tobias Queisser.
Based in Los Angeles, Cinelytic features machine learning and artificial intelligence driven tools pioneered at NASA that provide major studios and independent companies insights on talent value, content potential/risk and audience demand in real time.
Rotten Tomatoes is a 22-year-old review aggregator site that’s been owned by Comcast’s Fandango ticketing site since 2016. A movie’s Tomatometer score is aimed at providing an overall look at reviews with a film considered...
“During these critical times when the filmed entertainment business model is experiencing accelerated changes, Rotten Tomatoes’ critic and audience scores will provide users of our platform additional capabilities and insights that will be helpful for deciding how best to bring content to market – whether via Ott or theatrical,” said Cinelytic co-founder and CEO Tobias Queisser.
Based in Los Angeles, Cinelytic features machine learning and artificial intelligence driven tools pioneered at NASA that provide major studios and independent companies insights on talent value, content potential/risk and audience demand in real time.
Rotten Tomatoes is a 22-year-old review aggregator site that’s been owned by Comcast’s Fandango ticketing site since 2016. A movie’s Tomatometer score is aimed at providing an overall look at reviews with a film considered...
- 9/15/2020
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Warner Bros, which nearly 20 years ago released A.I. Artificial Intelligence, is bringing futuristic tech tools into its everyday operations, enlisting a customized AI platform recently introduced by La tech firm Cinelytic.
The companies announced an agreement Wednesday during CES in Las Vegas, where WarnerMedia has a significant presence this year. It is leveraging HBO’s Westworld to plant a flag at the tech confab. Two of its top executives spoke Tuesday about the May launch of streaming service HBO Max.
Cinelytic, which has gotten buy-ins from other film entities since rolling out its new project management system last year, will aim to “inform decision making around content and talent valuation to support release strategies.” Its system will be used “throughout the content value chain,” according to the official announcement.
According to Cinelytic, the sheer amount and scope of data and insights in its platform will “reduce executives’ time spent on low-value,...
The companies announced an agreement Wednesday during CES in Las Vegas, where WarnerMedia has a significant presence this year. It is leveraging HBO’s Westworld to plant a flag at the tech confab. Two of its top executives spoke Tuesday about the May launch of streaming service HBO Max.
Cinelytic, which has gotten buy-ins from other film entities since rolling out its new project management system last year, will aim to “inform decision making around content and talent valuation to support release strategies.” Its system will be used “throughout the content value chain,” according to the official announcement.
According to Cinelytic, the sheer amount and scope of data and insights in its platform will “reduce executives’ time spent on low-value,...
- 1/8/2020
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
It’s a turbulent time in the entertainment business. TheGrill conference this year reflected that turbulence in an intense day of conversation and debate — in the anxiety expressed by independent producers and digital entrepreneurs and from the sense of uncertainty from corporate leaders on the main stage.
As a result, I learned a lot of things. And as expected, Ryan Kavanaugh mixed it up.
Let’s start there. Kavanaugh is a polarizing figure in Hollywood, to be sure. Some admire him for having built an independent studio in a tough economic climate and for his ability to constantly raise new rounds of capital. Others accuse him of spinning wild tales and taking his past investors for a ride. I suspect that the truth lies somewhere in the middle. Kavanaugh seems to chronically invite controversy, but he also undeniably brings a brash optimism, new ideas, as well as fresh capital to...
As a result, I learned a lot of things. And as expected, Ryan Kavanaugh mixed it up.
Let’s start there. Kavanaugh is a polarizing figure in Hollywood, to be sure. Some admire him for having built an independent studio in a tough economic climate and for his ability to constantly raise new rounds of capital. Others accuse him of spinning wild tales and taking his past investors for a ride. I suspect that the truth lies somewhere in the middle. Kavanaugh seems to chronically invite controversy, but he also undeniably brings a brash optimism, new ideas, as well as fresh capital to...
- 6/9/2019
- by Sharon Waxman
- The Wrap
‘We are witnessing a seismic shift in the entertainment industry.’
Los Angeles–based data and analytics platform Cinelytic has secured $2.25m investment from Thai film fund T&B Media Global to improve its evaluation of content.
Cinelytic’s entertainment-focused AI and project management platform analyses content and forecasts performance as early as script stage. The service is available at a range of costs to clients from studios to independent producers.
“We are witnessing a seismic shift in the entertainment industry,” said Cinelytic co-founder and CEO Tobias Queisser (pictured). “While rapid technological advances have disrupted the traditional entertainment industry, they have also created huge opportunities.
Los Angeles–based data and analytics platform Cinelytic has secured $2.25m investment from Thai film fund T&B Media Global to improve its evaluation of content.
Cinelytic’s entertainment-focused AI and project management platform analyses content and forecasts performance as early as script stage. The service is available at a range of costs to clients from studios to independent producers.
“We are witnessing a seismic shift in the entertainment industry,” said Cinelytic co-founder and CEO Tobias Queisser (pictured). “While rapid technological advances have disrupted the traditional entertainment industry, they have also created huge opportunities.
- 9/5/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
In today’s film news roundup, “Scarface” will back in theaters for three days in June, Bill Hader will be at the Produced By conference, and PR vet Gita Amar is named to a statewide census panel.
Re-release
Universal Pictures, Screenvision Media, and the Tribeca Film Festival are bringing back “Scarface” to movie theaters on June 10, 11, and 13 in celebration of its 35th anniversary.
Additionally, screenings will be followed by footage of the Tribeca post-screening conversation in April, during which “Scarface” director Brian De Palma, along with actors Al Pacino, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Steven Bauer reunited to discuss the film and its lasting impact. Screenings will take place at select sites in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, Dallas, and other cities.
“’Scarface’ is a timeless film that has influenced pop culture in so many ways over the last 35 years,” said Darryl Schaffer, executive vice president of operations and exhibitor relations,...
Re-release
Universal Pictures, Screenvision Media, and the Tribeca Film Festival are bringing back “Scarface” to movie theaters on June 10, 11, and 13 in celebration of its 35th anniversary.
Additionally, screenings will be followed by footage of the Tribeca post-screening conversation in April, during which “Scarface” director Brian De Palma, along with actors Al Pacino, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Steven Bauer reunited to discuss the film and its lasting impact. Screenings will take place at select sites in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, Dallas, and other cities.
“’Scarface’ is a timeless film that has influenced pop culture in so many ways over the last 35 years,” said Darryl Schaffer, executive vice president of operations and exhibitor relations,...
- 5/24/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Event runs on Paramount lot from June 9-10.
Hyde Park Entertainment founder Ashok Amritraj has joined the 10th annual Produced By Conference line-up in Los Angeles, while Barry star Bill Hader will take part in a “Conversation With” session.
The Producers Guild Of America’s Produced By Conference takes place from June 9-10 on the Paramount Pictures lot in Los Angeles and includes new additions such as Cinelytic co-founder Tobias Queisser, and HBO vice-president of comedy programming Steve Baker.
Saturday Night Live alumnus Hader stars in Barry as a hitman from the Midwest who moves to Los Angeles where he...
Hyde Park Entertainment founder Ashok Amritraj has joined the 10th annual Produced By Conference line-up in Los Angeles, while Barry star Bill Hader will take part in a “Conversation With” session.
The Producers Guild Of America’s Produced By Conference takes place from June 9-10 on the Paramount Pictures lot in Los Angeles and includes new additions such as Cinelytic co-founder Tobias Queisser, and HBO vice-president of comedy programming Steve Baker.
Saturday Night Live alumnus Hader stars in Barry as a hitman from the Midwest who moves to Los Angeles where he...
- 5/23/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
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