Behind the scenes: Rooster When Cinematographer Blake McClure signed on to shoot HBO’s new comedy Rooster, he wasn’t looking to reinvent the sitcom; he was looking for a way to stretch the visual language of comedy to integrate...

Cinematographer Blake McClure stretches the visual language of comedy with use of large format for HBO's Rooster www.ibc.org/production/f...

Can't shake him off

Meeting a hero of mine. Jean-Michel Jarre

Today in Nice

NAB preview: Automation, reinvention and politics to steal the show NAB 2026 looks set to bring a raft of creativity and technological innovation, yet serious political and environmental questions remain.

NAB 2026 looks set to bring a raft of creativity and technological innovation, yet serious political and environmental questions remain www.ibc.org/production/f...

Preparations are coming to a head for the latest running of the world’s greatest steeplechase, and for ITV Sport Production’s lead creative director Paul McNamara, “it’s all about giving people a comfortable ride”. www.svgeurope.org/blog/headlin... @itvsport.bsky.social

The State of Live Sports Streaming 2026 www.streamingmedia.com/Articles/Edi...

Live from the Grand National: NEP saddles up for three-day course-wide coverage - SVG Europe For the team at NEP, the Grand National is the culmination of a year-round operation that must scale, adapt and perform under intense pressure. “This is our tenth year working on the National for ITV,” explains Jon Harris, NEP UK’s head of technical project planning and management. “We cover around 100 transmissions a year, week

Live from the Grand National: NEP saddles up for three-day course-wide coverage www.svgeurope.org/blog/headlin... @itvsport.bsky.social

Doug Allan Captured Images We’d Never Seen Before The pioneering "Planet Earth” and “The Blue Planet" cinematographer's own connection with animals has changed nature documentaries.

In memory of Doug Allan; I profiled him and his work for Indiewire www.indiewire.com/influencers/...

You won’t hear Baa Baa Black Sheep in quite the same way after seeing Undertone, the latest twist on found horror which emphasises sconic scares over visual gore www.ibc.org/contents/art...

How vertical video became the new frontline for live sports Live sports entertainment remains the most powerful driver of real-time engagement in media, but the format through which it’s delivered is rapidly evolving.

“Around 90% of our viewership comes from vertical video,” Ricardo Perez-Selsky, Sr. Director, Digital Production Operations, Fox Sports. “That alone shows the scale of demand.” www.ibc.org/distribution...

Digital twins: Creating XR experiences that go beyond what’s possible at the venue - SVG Europe A new front is being opened up in the way sports are covered. Real-time digital twins, immersive AR experiences, and live gaming are bringing sports to a new generation of fans. “Because we have that ...

A new front is being opened up in the way sports are covered. Real-time digital twins, immersive AR experiences, and live gaming are bringing sports to a new generation of fans. www.svgeurope.org/blog/headlin...

Peter Deming ASC / Mulholland Drive Peter Deming ASC recounts working on legendary director David Lynch’s surreal LA noir Mulholland Drive (2001).

"David loved Los Angeles and the city is often sunny but through David’s eyes behind that sunny facade, a lot of dark things go on. That’s a reoccurring theme in his work; the facade versus what’s really happening.” britishcinematographer.co.uk/peter-deming...

Just the King of England visiting some Nazis

Frederick Elmes ASC / Eraserhead Frederick Elmes ASC recalls bringing David Lynch’s disturbing debut to the screen, revealing how Eraserhead emerged from the darkness.

“It became a very intimate relationship with David because it really was just a few of us shaping this story scene by scene." britishcinematographer.co.uk/frederick-el...

All Gorilla no filla...Gorillaz at Liverpool Arena. fabulous 😍

6G is coming and promises massive improvements in efficiency across society. But beyond those with vested interests, 6G may not justify either hype or investment. www.ibc.org/connective-t...

Crafting the Contenders: Michael J. Benavente on The Last of Us and the Art of Listening | Sohonet Michael J. Benavente on The Last of Us, sound editing, and how listening shapes storytelling in award-winning film and TV.

Michael J. Benavente may be the "least technical sound editor on the planet" but he is one of the best - from Dallas to The Last of Us via RoboCop - my interview and writeup for Sohonet www.sohonet.com/article/craf...

Why the Future of Remote Production May Run at the Speed of Light If immersive, real-time and AI-driven production is the future, the underlying network must change, argue photonics advocates and members of IOWN.

If surging data demands for online video, interactive and immersive experiences and AI stretch the world’s communication networks to breaking point - does the answer lie in switching out electrons for photons? www.streamingmedia.com/Articles/New...

"He wanted to grow beyond YouTube — not abandon it, but expand.” DOP Philip Roy on Markiplier's hit movie that rocked Hollywood www.red.com/stories/iron... - my interview/words for RED Digital Cinema

60 years after the release of the film Fantastic Voyage, science is finally going beyond fantasy with nanorobotic agents designed to traverse thousands of km of vessels inside a living being, delivering drugs directly to lungs, brain + heart. @iecstandards.bsky.social etech.iec.ch/issue/2026-0...

Contender breakdown for #cinematography #filmediting and #vfx at #Oscars www.ibc.org/production/f... #ibc365

Style, warmth, humour and FUnKY tunes...last night in Manchester

Hydrogen, hybrids and swarms - the new tech powering UAVs etech.iec.ch/issue/2026-0... @iecstandards.bsky.social

The house is physically altered by time, grief, and artistic inspiration just like the generation of characters that inhabit it - www.ibc.org/production/f...

In Oscar week, my interviews with editors of One Battle After Another editfestglobal.com/cinemaeditor... and Sentimental Value editfestglobal.com/cinemaeditor... for ACE CinemaEditor

“You don’t prompt your way into a movie,” says Barbara Ford Grant. “You layer AI into existing processes. What worries me most is that there’s still not enough understanding of how much AI is already integrated into everything we do" www.ibc.org/artificial-i...

Very few cities have a truly harmonized, end-to-end transportation system. If that foundation isn’t in place, integrating autonomous vehicles becomes an even bigger challenge - etech.iec.ch/issue/public... @iecstandards.bsky.social

With global 5G coverage now surpassing 50% of the world’s population, but consumer willingness to pay barely shifting, operators at #MWC26 argued that the next chapter must be defined by utilisation www.ibc.org/connective-t...

Robots are still in their gimmick phase. Don't be fooled #mwc2026