From: Beet.TV on Fri, Jun 18 2010 11:13 PM

LOS ANGELES — The adult entertainment biz, long on the leading edge of cable and Web pay-per-view, is entering the world of 3-D video with Hustler’s release of "This Ain't Avatar XXX," the company's biggest budget film to date. An industry trade publication reports tha...

From: Beet.TV on Fri, Jun 18 2010 4:11 PM

NextNewNetworks, the New York-based producer and distributor of entertainment Web video, is going to greatly expand its offerings by creating a platform for hundreds of independent video producers. For an overview of the new plan, we spoke with company CEO Lance Podell.  We caught up wi...

From: Beet.TV on Sat, Jan 30 2010 6:20 PM

LAS VEGAS — Producers of Fox’s super-popular freshman hit "Glee" will host an open casting call online for a few new roles in the Glee club. The roles are open to both amateurs and professionals. I sat down with the network's Laurel Bernard, senior VP of marketing, at the rec...

From: Beet.TV on Sun, Jun 07 2009 7:45 PM

On Tuesday, Warner Brothers will release the newly expanded Woodstock film on Blu-ray and DVD to commemorate the fortieth anniversary of the festival.  Excerpts of never before seen videos of Santana and Creedence Clearwater Rival performing at Woodstock have been  provided to Beet.TV*Creedence...

From: Beet.TV on Mon, Jun 23 2008 11:59 PM

CULVER CITY, CA -- The success of digital entertainment will result from true interoperability between consumer devices, says Mitch Singer, Chief Technology Officer of Sony Pictures. Earlier this month I visited him on on the Sony lot. He is among a group of entertainment executives and academi...

From: Beet.TV on Mon, May 12 2008 1:21 PM

Paramount Pictures is doing some very creative marketing of motion pictures in social networks with an application called VooZoo from Hollywood-based FanRocket. At Digital Hollywood last week, we spoke with Danny Kastner, CEO of FanRocket. He gives a pretty lively demo here. Paramount's De...