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Adrian Pennington @pennington1.bsky.social · 1d

Krypto is far and away the best thing about #SUPERMAN He needs his own show!

Adrian Pennington @pennington1.bsky.social · 2d

Although the broadcast industry has been rife with theft since the early days of cable TV, it now faces piracy at an industrial scale and speed www.ibc.org/piracy-secur...

Paralysing piracy: Industry grapples with growing, industrial-scale theft

Although the broadcast industry has been rife with theft since the early days of cable TV, it now faces piracy at an industrial scale and speed. At IBC2025, a panel of security experts warned that ill...

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Adrian Pennington @pennington1.bsky.social · 3d

A few days in the Lakes

Adrian Pennington @pennington1.bsky.social · 4d

“We wanted #traindreams to feel like a fable but still a salt-of-the-earth American story,” editor Parker Laramie tells @IBC365. “This mix of naturalism and elevated magical realism was the line that we were walking the whole time" www.ibc.org/production/f... #filmediting #Netflix

Behind the scenes: Train Dreams

Editor Parker Laramie explains how frontier drama Train Dreams walks the line between naturalism and magical realism.

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Adrian Pennington @pennington1.bsky.social · 7d

The starting gun has been fired on development of a new video codec beyond VVC with gains of at least 20% claimed by R&D lab InterDigital www.streamingmediaglobal.com/Articles/New...

AI helps InterDigital reach beyond VVC in race to develop next-gen codec

Candidates for H.267 already significantly outperform VVC as the hunt for a new video compression standard gets underway

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Adrian Pennington @pennington1.bsky.social · 9d

Today in Rennes, via Paris

Adrian Pennington @pennington1.bsky.social · 9d

NAB Show Gotham - Buffeted by economics and squeezed by Big Tech, the last thing America’s broadcasters wanted was to have their news operations muzzled or business threatened with political interference, yet that’s the realpolitik of US TV www.ibc.org/ott-streamin...

NAB NY preview: Political backdrop casts long shadow over TV innovation

Buffeted by economics and squeezed by Big Tech, the last thing America’s broadcasters wanted was to have their news operations muzzled or business threatened with political interference, yet that’s th...

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Adrian Pennington @pennington1.bsky.social · 9d

Making the Cannes Palm d’Or winning critique of Iran’s police state was itself an act of defiance against the regime, its editor tells @IBC365 www.ibc.org/production/f...

Behind the scenes: It Was Just an Accident

The Cannes Palme d’Or-winning critique of Iran’s police state was made in secret as an act of defiance. IBC365 sits down with the film’s Editor Amir Etminan to learn more about the fearless filmmakers...

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Adrian Pennington @pennington1.bsky.social · 11d

Academy Award–winning director Pippa Ehrlich tells the story of one pangolin rescued from illegal trade, with wildlife cinematographer Gareth Thomas - my interview & words for RED Digital #PangolinWorking #Netflix www.red.com/stories/pang...

Mystery, Beauty and Threat: The Endangered World of the Pangolin Revealed

Pangolin: Kulu’s Journey, now streaming on Netflix, was recently honored with the 2025 Jackson Wild Media Award for Conservation Long-Form for its powerful storytelling and impact.

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Adrian Pennington @pennington1.bsky.social · 15d

Heat of the Moment: Inside the making of #TheLostBus where DoP Pål Ulvik Rokseth ditched virtual sets to shoot real flames, dusk light, and dynamic camerawork for a visceral survival thriller - @redsharknews.bsky.social #cinematography www.redsharknews.com/filming-real...

Filming Real Fire: ‘The Lost Bus’ and the Art of Authentic Chaos

Cinematographer Pål Ulvik Rokseth reveals how Paul Greengrass filmed real fire for 'The Lost Bus', rejecting LED volumes for authentic, heat-driven realism.

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Adrian Pennington @pennington1.bsky.social · 16d

"Enus. You dipstick" (just because...)

Adrian Pennington @pennington1.bsky.social · 18d

The second time I met Nicolas Winding Refn I reminded him of the interview I’d written 28 years previously that quoted him saying “Fuck film school”
Long critical of mass-produced entertainment, Refn stepped up his attack on the industry speaking with me recently www.ibc.org/production/I... #ibc365

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 18d

Jenrick could have visited Handsworth to listen to residents – he chose to pass through and make a judgement based on the colour of their skin. Instead of getting to know our nation of neighbours, he chose racism.

The Tories, Reform and Labour want to divide us.

The Greens say enough is enough.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 18d

Robert Jenrick complained of ‘not seeing another white face’ in part of Birmingham

Shadow justice secretary criticised for suggesting he could tell how integrated Handsworth was based on 90-minute visit Robert Jenrick complained about visiting an area of Birmingham where he “didn’t see another white face” and said it was not the kind of country he wanted to live in. After highlighting the lack of white people, the shadow justice secretary said it was not about “the colour of your skin or your faith” and he wanted people to live alongside each other. Continue reading...

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Adrian Pennington @pennington1.bsky.social · 20d

Last night St George's Hall hosted the UK's inaugural Location Managers Awards for film & TV. Great venue, great people!

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Adrian Pennington @pennington1.bsky.social · 22d

Here's a piece of marketing I wrote for a GenAI maker which thankfully proves that as yet not even GenAI makers need GenAI to write their copy.... www.screendaily.com/screen-netwo...

How Kling AI is enabling filmmakers to achieve more ambitious visuals than time or budget usually allow

Amazon Prime Video series 'House Of David' used Artificial Intelligence tools to generate dozens of its final shots.

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Adrian Pennington @pennington1.bsky.social · 23d

Price inflation and wage squeeze are not putting a dampener on "TV" as consumers ratchet up their spend and their time spent on home video entertainment, according to the latest Report from Tivo www.streamingmedia.com/Articles/New...

Video entertainment resilient to economic distress

Price inflation and wage squeeze are not putting a dampener on 'TV' as consumers ratchet up their spend and their time spent on home video entertainment, according to the latest 2025 Video Trends Repo...

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Adrian Pennington @pennington1.bsky.social · 24d

For Ben Wheatley’s experimental, low-budget ‘midnight movie’, BULK DoP Nick Gillespie incorporated a mix of formats, DIY effects, and back projection techniques to evoke classic cinema www.ibc.org/production/f...

Behind the Scenes: Bulk

For Ben Wheatley’s experimental, low-budget ‘midnight movie’, DoP Nick Gillespie incorporated a mix of formats, DIY effects, and back projection techniques to evoke classic cinema.

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Adrian Pennington @pennington1.bsky.social · 28d

Braveheart, The Last of the Mohicans "a lot of Terrence Malick and some Tarkovsky too,” says Matthew Chuang ASC. “Then we aimed to put our twist on that" www.red.com/stories/chie... my interview and words for @reddigitalcinema.bsky.social #shotonred

Force of Nature: Matthew Chuang, ACS on Apple TV+ Epic Series “Chief of War”

The epic saga of Hawaii’s violent unification at the turn of the 18th century is powerfully told by filmmakers who lean into the energy of the islands’ natural environment.

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Adrian Pennington @pennington1.bsky.social · Sep 24

AI drains energy but can also be used to overcome some of the worse effects of extreme weather @iecstandards.bsky.social etech.iec.ch/issue/2025-0...

How can AI help us adapt to climatic extremes?

Artificial intelligence (AI) can be used to overcome some of the worse effects of extreme weather. International standards pave the way for its safe and responsible use.

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Adrian Pennington @pennington1.bsky.social · Sep 23

Data centres to bear the brunt of climate change etech.iec.ch/issue/2025-0... @iecstandards.bsky.social

Data centres to bear the brunt of climate change

Artificial intelligence (AI) requirements are boosting the installation of data centres all around the world. Can they adapt to climate change and how can standards help?

etech.iec.ch

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Adrian Pennington @pennington1.bsky.social · Sep 23

christ. I just heard a Xmas ad.

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Adrian Pennington @pennington1.bsky.social · Sep 22

The global reach of social media is essential to the media business but content owners are at the mercy of Big Tech and vulnerable to the algorithm, execs told @rtsmedia.bsky.social www.streamingmediaglobal.com/Articles/New...

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Adrian Pennington @pennington1.bsky.social · Sep 19

The fate of public service broadcasting was transmuted into an existential threat to British culture, politics, and prosperity at the @rtsmedia.bsky.social Cambridge Convention this week www.ibc.org/production/f...

RTS Cambridge Convention: One last wave of the flag for British news and content

The fate of public service broadcasting was transmuted into an existential threat to British culture, politics, and prosperity at the RTS Cambridge Convention this week.

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Adrian Pennington @pennington1.bsky.social · Sep 19

I interviewed 10 broadcast CTOs for Sony Pro Europe written & presented in this 83pp booklet “CTO Round Table: Perspective on Media Transformation” aiming to provide a deeper understanding of the challenges and opportunities facing tech leaders in media. To download it: pro.sony/en_GB/live-p...

Adrian Pennington @pennington1.bsky.social · Sep 18

How far you would go for love? “It’s usually framed positively, but I wanted to ask, can love go too far?” explains writer-director Scott Talbot www.red.com/stories/scot... in interview I wrote for RED Digital Cinema

Scott Talbot Examines The Extremes of Love in Post-Apocalyptic Drama

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