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Key Episode Takeaways: 1. Learn more about the sheer power and size of the India influencer market - representing over 1.6 billion total population, 400 million on social media, with an average daily usage of 4 hours per day (double that of the US). 2. Understand the nuances of this market - culturally, regionally, and locally. 3. Gain some tips on how to effectively connect with this market in brand campaigns that leverage the power of influencers and India-specific platforms. *** About Curt Marvis: Curt Marvis currently serves as CEO of QYOU Media Inc., which he founded in 2014. QYOU Media operates internationally in India and the United States producing and distributing content created by leading and emerging social media stars and impactful digital content creators. In India, QYOU Media curates, produces and distributes premium content including television networks and VOD for cable and satellite television, OTT and mobile platforms. In the United States, QYOU Media manages influencer marketing campaigns for major film studios and brands. Prior to QYOU Media, Curt was Lionsgate's President of Digital Media. At Lionsgate, he guided the company's portfolio of digital businesses including its broad spectrum of digital delivery agreements. Additionally, Curt successfully launched original content channels on YouTube, original series in partnership with Hulu and Machinima and several social and mobile games based on iconic Lionsgate properties such as Dirty Dancing and Weeds. Curt also co-founded and was CEO of CinemaNow, a recognized innovator in digital entertainment technology and distribution and predecessor to Netflix. From 1983 to 1994, Curt and his partner, Director Wayne Isham, produced many of the most popular and critically acclaimed videos in the history of MTV. They were awarded MTV's Video Vanguard Award honoring lifetime achievement for their work in 1991. He is a graduate with honors from UCLA with a BFA in Motion Picture and Television Production and is the proud father of four daughters and one son. Corp website: https://www.qyoumedia.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/qyou/ Twitter: @QYOUmedia *** Join our Next Gen Community on social media for daily #marketingsnacks: https://linktr.ee/nextgenmktgpod

We sat down with veteran entertainment CFO Roland Wieshofer, for a double episode special. Roland started his career as supervising accountant and built a deep finance and accounting expertise in film and digital. Roland was instrumental in modelling and building one of the first streaming ventures as well as the financial management of some of the most successful film production companies. Roland Wieshofer has built his career in finance and accounting over the last three decades, serving in increasingly significant positions in industries such as construction, automotive, and manufacturing until he transitioned into the media and entertainment industry more than 15 years ago. When relocating to Los Angeles, he started a deep dive into the entertainment industry where he served as VP Finance, Chief Accounting Officer, and Chief Financial Officer at companies like CinemaNow, Exclusive Media, Media Rights Capital and, until recently, Blumhouse Productions.

We sat down with veteran entertainment CFO Roland Wieshofer, for a double episode special. Roland started his career as supervising accountant and built a deep finance and accounting expertise in film and digital. Roland was instrumental in modelling and building one of the first streaming ventures as well as the financial management of some of the most successful film production companies. Roland Wieshofer has built his career in finance and accounting over the last three decades, serving in increasingly significant positions in industries such as construction, automotive, and manufacturing until he transitioned into the media and entertainment industry more than 15 years ago. When relocating to Los Angeles, he started a deep dive into the entertainment industry where he served as VP Finance, Chief Accounting Officer, and Chief Financial Officer at companies like CinemaNow, Exclusive Media, Media Rights Capital and, until recently, Blumhouse Productions.

TV broadcasters and new media content providers want to have their own content channels with highly engaging media. Finding and licensing quality video content can be time consuming and costly. Getting continuous content that appeals to Millennials and generation X is hard. Branding needs to be added to the channel without detracting from the content value. This session covers a system that continually provides popular quality short format videos, licenses them, and combines the media into branded linear channels. Questions Answered: What is a Short Video TV Channel? Why are Short Video TV Channels Important? Who needs a Short Video TV Channel solution? How do you create Short Video TV Channel (basic)? What Changes are Needed to Implement Short Video TV Channels? How Long Does it take to Setup Short Video TV Channel Solution? What Services and/or Equipment are Needed to Provide Short Video TV Channels? Are there Other Benefits to Branded Short Video TV Channel Solution? Any Special Training Required for Operators or Users? Will Short Video TV Channel Work with Most Systems? Are there Industry Standards for Short Video TV Channel? What Additional information is Available? About Guest Curt Marvis: Curt Marvis is currently CEO and Co-Founder of The QYOU. Marvis previously served as Lionsgate’s President of Digital Media, helping the company evolve into a leading next generation filmed entertainment studio. Reporting to Lionsgate's top management team, Mr. Marvis was responsible for guiding the Company's portfolio of digital businesses including Lionsgate's broad spectrum of digital delivery agreements for its filmed entertainment content. In addition, Mr. Marvis successfully launched original content channels on YouTube, original series in partnership with Hulu and Machinima and several social and mobile games based on iconic Lionsgate properties such as Dirty Dancing and Weeds. Prior to joining Lionsgate, Marvis was Co-founder and CEO of CinemaNow. An innovator in digital entertainment technology and distribution, the brand name CinemaNow is now owned by Best Buy and is their digital movie store while the original CinemaNow platform was purchased by ROVI and now powers numerous digital storefronts at retail and directly via consumer electronics devices.

Goblin King! Goblin King! Wherever you may be - take this child of mine far away from me! Join NostalgiaCast for a lively discussion on LABYRINTH, Jim Henson's musical fantasy adventure beloved by millions... of prepubescent pre-teen girls, while alienating everyone else unequipped to handle its not-so-subliminal sexual subtext. Author R.J. Craddock (THE THIRTEEN TRIBES OF CAIN book series) drops by the studio to school Jonny and Darin in all things Door Knockers, Fireys, and fairies, and helps makes sense of the difference between boy fantasy adventures and girl fantasy adventures. But will it be enough to rescue the film from the Bog of Eternal Stench? Or do the countless Muppet characters - and David Bowie's androgynous (and erotically-charged) rock star persona - have no power over the rest of us? Enter the labyrinth and find out!   Rent/stream LABYRINTH on Amazon, CinemaNow, Google Play, or Vudu today!

It's GHOSTBUSTERS meets NATURAL BORN KILLERS in our spook-tacular Halloween episode of the NostalgiaCast. Listen as Jonny and Darin struggle to make sense of the rules and revelations of Peter Jackson’s post-HEAVENLY CREATURES, pre-LORD OF THE RINGS Horror-Comedy lark, and how Michael J. Fox, icon that he is, might be the world's worst basketball player. Then, grab your torch and pitchfork as our hosts rattle off their Top 3 frightfully funny flicks of all time. Join us for a spell, won’t you?   Rent/stream THE FRIGHTENERS on Vudu, Amazon, Sling, Google Play or CinemaNow!

Curt Marvis is the Co-Founder and President at the Qyou, an international linear broadcast channel for PayTV providers that curates and packages the best of digital video 24/7. Prior to the Qyou, Curt co-founded OTT platform CinemaNow, which was acquired by Sonic Solutions, and then served as the President of Digital at Lionsgate. In this episode, Curt shares his experience producing and selling his first TV documentary at age 17, launching several businesses (The Company, Powerhouse Entertainment, CinemaNow), shooting MTV music videos with Madonna, and competing with Mark Cuban. We also discuss the SVOD phenomenon, the collapse of content windows, and the future evolution of the MCN business model. Host: James Creech ABOUT THE SHOW All Things Video is a podcast dedicated to uncovering the past and charting the future of the online video ecosystem. Listen to interviews with founders, executives, and thought leaders from the world’s leading video networks and engage in thought-provoking debates about the... --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Oppo BDP-103D Blu-ray Player, Darbee Edition Review Oppo Digital has long been a favorite of the HT Guys. There have certainly been more expensive and exotic Blu-ray players built, but we're yet to find a competitor that packs the functionality and features of an Oppo, with the same build quality at the same price. Dollar for dollar, Oppo makes what is probably the best Blu-ray player you should ever need to buy.   Our last Oppo review was the BDP-93 on Podcast 463 back in January of 2011. Since that time, Oppo released a couple new players, the BDP-103 and the BDP-105 that introduced support for 4K up-scaling, 2D-to-3D conversion and an extra HDMI input so you can take advantage of the Oppo video processing capabilities with other video sources. These players were met with the same critical acclaim as their predecessors.   But that wasn't enough for the good folks at Oppo. Sure their players could meet or exceed the specifications of any television or projector you could connect them to, but they kept looking for ways to make them even better. That led to the release of the BDP-103D and the BDP-105D. Both are nearly equivalent to the earlier models, except for the inclusion of Darbees Visual Presence. That D in the name adds an extra $100 to each model, putting them at $599 (Buy Now) and $1299 (Buy Now) respectively.   Features Darbee Visual Presence Universal Blu-ray disc player with Blu-ray, DVD, SACD, DVD-Audio, CD, VCD, HDCD, AVCHD, MP4, AVI, and MKV support Content streaming from Netflix, VUDU, CinemaNow, Pandora, Rhapsody, Film Fresh, YouTube Leanback and Picasa Dolby TrueHD, DTS-HD Master Audio 4k Up-conversion 2D-to-3D Conversion True 24p Video Advanced Picture Controls Dual HDMI Inputs and Outputs MHL-Compatibility DLNA SMB/CIFS Wireless N 7.1-Channel Analog Audio Dual-core processor provides quick startup and fast loading times Darbee Visual Presence Many love it, many hate it, many couldn't care less about it. Whatever you opinion of Darbee Visual Presence, odds are you've met someone with a passionate stance on the technology. Darbee has a different take on video processing that improves depth and detail in an image by increasing or decreasing the local pixel luminance. They essentially use light to increase the details by adding additional light some cases or additional shadow in others, to the image on screen. This is different from the contrast enhancement technologies you may have tried in the past that just adjust the overall white or black levels. Those never work and should always be turned off. But Darbee works at the pixel level, so it is quite different.   Other sharpness or edge enhancing technologies tend to introduce a lot of artifacts to an image. They typically add sharpness where you don't want it and make things just look strange or pixelated. Darbee is different from those as well. Knowing that it is a totally different technology from the picture enhancement options we tell you to always turn off, the question is: will Darbee be something we recommend you leave on, or will it fall in with the rest of them as an option you typically don't want to use.   The technology whitepaper at the Darbee website goes into great detail if you're interested in reading it.   Functionality We don't yet have a 4K television or projector in any of our test setups, which is something we plan to remedy very soon, but due to the lack of a screen for it, we couldn't review the 4k Up-conversion function of the player. Beyond that, we aren't huge fans of 3D, so we opted not to review the  2D-to-3D Conversion either. This review really came down to the Darbee processing and how much we thought it added to or detracted from the standard Blu-ray experience.   To get the Darbee chip into the BDP-103, Oppo had to remove the Marvell QDEO Kyoto-G2H video chip. Fans of the QDEO chips may find that hard to swallow, but it was for a good cause. They added a dedicated Darbee button to the remote so you can have quick access to your Darbee settings to make easy adjustments on the fly. What adjustments? Beyond just on or off, you can choose from three different processing modes, Hi-Def, Gaming, and Full Pop, and within those modes you can dial in the amount of Darbee from 0 to 120%.   The BDP-103D even has a great demo mode that allows you to see a split screen showing the impact Darbee will have on your video. This made the review so much simpler. We could dial up some content, apply Darbee at a ton of different settings and watch the difference. There is no doubt the Darbee has an impact on the video. Those who have said they don't see much impact may be watching on a smaller television or just aren't looking close enough. We did see the most dramatic impact on our 100” projector screen.   Results There were times where we were astonished by the Darbee technology and others were it seemed to make things worse. In some cases, we saw detail we would have had no idea was ever there - skin pocs, whiskers, blemishes. It was astonishing. It almost felt like the Darbee had a way to reveal secret information encoded in the video that our TV or projector didn't know how to display. What you see in the split screen images at the Darbee website aren't just gimmicks, they are for real.   However, there are cases where Darbee did too much. There was so much change in light and shadow that the resulting picture felt fake or cartoony. At full 120, the Darbee ruined just about anything it touched. Dialing it back to 70-80 made some content great, but was too much for other content and in some cases introduced artifacts we don't see with other Blu-ray players without the Darbee technology. Some Amazon reviews complain of motion blur, but we never saw any in our review.   We found that running the Darbee in Hi-Def mode, at somewhere between 20 and 30, gave us the best compromise of being universally applicable to all content without going too far. At that setting we didn't feel like we were getting maximum impact, but we also weren't distracted by it when the technology went a little too aggressive. For $100 extra, we were hoping for a bit more, but there were cases that blew us away, so maybe we got what we wanted.   The decision between the BDP-103 with Marvell QDEO and the BDP-103D with Darbee Visual Presence is entirely subjective. The Marvell chip is an awesome piece of technology that produces, clean, crisp images that you will be more than happy with. The Darbee chip in some cases turns your movies from ordinary to extraordinary, but in others may do the opposite. If you're diligent about adjusting the Darbee on the fly, you'll probably love the 103D. If you just want to sit back and watch, you'll probably set it at a low setting like we did, or just stick to the 103 with QDEO.  

Queue The Day returns for its first episode of 2014 with a cheery discussion about the personal failings of directors that have at times outshined their artistic accomplishments. But first, Jim and Geoff give an update on the ongoing Aereo legal battle, Jim revisits a John Carpenter classic, and Geoff tries not to make his crush on Amber Heard too obvious. For full show notes, visit http://qtdpodcast.com. NOTE: This episode was recorded a few weeks before the current fracas over the open letter by Dylan Farrow regarding allegations of sexual abuse by Woody Allen. So while it remains topical, our discussion does not touch on the most recent information about that particular scandal.