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MOVIE CLASSICS STREAMER FILMSTRUCK CLOSES
Profiled only last month in FEED ’s OTT TV Files, the classic movie-focused service, FilmStruck, is closing down. The service was launched by Turner as an online platform for its Turner Classic Movies library. In early 2016, the online service acquired streaming rights to the Criterion Collection of classic films. The announcement on the FilmStruck site, from parent company WarnerMedia, revealed that the company would no longer enrol new subscribers and that the last day of service is 29 November. The company said that, despite its devoted fan base, FilmStruck was a “largely niche service”. This was followed up with the intention to use what was learned during the running of FilmStruck to help shape an online service for its library and own original content at some point in the future. Film fans, including many high-profile industry talents, publicly mourned – and indeed railed against – the closing of the service. It’s seen by many to be one of the premier online spaces for high-quality, classic cinema.
The closure also extends to FilmStruck International, Turner’s international art house and classic film service. FilmStruck International did not offer the wide range
of Turner Library and Criterion Collection titles that were available in the US, but showed a range of indie and art house films alongside carefully curated classics.
HELPME, VIMEO. YOU’RE MY ONLY HOPE
Streaming platform Vimeo is now offering a channel exclusively for holograms. The company has teamed up with volumetric video company, the Looking Glass Factory. The New York-based images without the aid of goggles or headsets via its transparent cube display. The Vimeo Creative Labs department has curated a number of samples on the site. Without the Looking Glass technology, the videos look like a grid company is trying to create virtual reality
the individual images are stitched together and create the impression of a moving three dimensional scene in front of the viewer. The Looking Glass has dropped its prices for the Christmas season and is available on the company website (www. lookingglassfactory.com) starting at $499. The viewer comes in two sizes. The Standard Looking Glass is 8.9in and aimed at desktop display. The Large Looking Glass is 15.6in and designed for simulation or retail applications.
of images of a scene, all taken from a slightly different point of view –
which is in fact what they are. Using the Looking Glass holographic display,
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