HDFEST schedule revealed, indie films hit Dolby Labs in December
by Richard Lawler 
posted Nov 28th 2008 at 7:04PM
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Cablevision's Rainbow Media snaps up Sundance Channel for $496 million
by Darren Murph posted May 9th 2008 at 10:28AM
Don't peek -- which would you think is cheaper? A fiber-to-the-premises network touching 36,000 residents and businesses, or a 12-year old television channel? If you guessed the latter, you'd be badly mistaken. While iProvo was sold for a mere $40.6 million, Rainbow Media, the cable programming subsidiary of Cablevision, had to cough up nearly half a billion dollars ($496 million, to be precise) in order to claim the Sundance Channel as its own. Yes, the Sundance Channel. Richard Greenfield, an analyst with Pali Research, seems to think that Cablevision may try to combine its newest acquisition with Independent Film Channel, which just so happens to have a high-def counterpart. Of course, it's hard to say what will happen with it so soon after the buy, but if the sale ends up creating another (or more widespread) HD channel, we're all for it.Movies aren't the only thing on display at Sundance, Philips shows off Blu-ray
by Richard Lawler posted Jan 27th 2006 at 3:34PM
Turns out Cinematical aren't the only ones hanging out in Park
City this week. With so many films
recorded in HD, Philips decided this would be a great place to show off their Blu-ray players. At their Simplicity
Lounge in the Village at the Lift, Philips is
demonstrating the storage and playback capacities of Blu-ray media. Did the HD-DVD camp miss an important opportunity to promote their technology to content makers? I guess we'll see what format independent moviemakers choose for their HD releases later this year.
Sundance HD Videoblog courtesy of DivX
by Richard Lawler posted Jan 20th 2006 at 6:28PM
More Sundance, more HD. We already know many of the films being shown at the
festival were shot in HD, so of course even people who aren't there shouldn't watch them any other way. To that end,
the Flavorpill lifestyle blog has teamed up with DivX to provide high
definition videoclips direct from Utah. This is a good example of the high quality independent content we can expect to see more of as HD camcorders drop in price. I couldn't find any clips on the page right now, but we should see some 720p goodness before long.
Half of Sundance Festival is high-def
by Kevin C. Tofel posted Jan 19th 2006 at 7:21AM
In all seriousness, we're thrilled to see the number of high-def screenings increase by leaps and bounds. Eventually, whatever happens during the screenings makes it's way to the screens in the theaters, so you go Sundance!
Going to Sundance? Check out the HD House
by Richard Lawler posted Jan 18th 2006 at 2:18PM
Now of course we would say DVGuru is the best place
to go learn about high definition tools for producing independent films, but if you like to get more hands on and
happen to be in Utah starting tomorrow, visit the HD House. They've got panel discussions, product demonstrations and more planned. The tech sponsor for the house is Grass Valley, who will be spotlighting their HD camcorder and media.
Any of you prosumers hitting up Sundance want to tell us how it is?
