This week’s recap of news about 21st Century Fox and its businesses includes FOX News Channel enjoying the most-watched primetime year in its history, strong ratings for FOX’s Thursday Night Football game, “Bohemian Rhapsody” becoming the all-time top music biopic, “Once Upon a Deadpool” raking in $1 million on its first day and more.
Tag Archives: Fox Innovation Lab
FOX’S INAUGURAL CONTENT INNOVATION PROGRAM
This summer, Fox launched a new program focused on exploring emerging forms of storytelling enabled by new technologies. Behind the Lights, spoke with the sponsors of this initiative to learn more. The Fox Content Innovation Program is a collaboration between the Fox Innovation Lab and TCFF Strategy & Business Development, which is a research and […]
Fox Innovation Lab promotes learning and advancement at Creating Reality Hackathon
Fox Innovation Lab sponsors 85 students in support of advancing AR/VR in home entertainment Beth is a Fox Home Entertainment communications intern The Fox Innovation Lab recently sponsored 85 college students in the Creating Reality Hackathon held at the University of Southern California. The goal was to explore the limits of augmented reality (AR) and […]
This week in 21CF news: Fox Searchlight and Guillermo del Toro, Star wins major cricket rights, Deadpool fights cancer in pink
This week’s recap of news about 21st Century Fox and its businesses includes Fox Searchlight’s development deal with Oscar-winning director Guillermo del Toro, Star winning cricket broadcast rights in India, FX ordering a pilot based on the comic book series “Y: The Last Man,” Deadpool raising money for cancer prevention with a pink suit and […]
This week in 21CF news: Single FOX NOW app unites content, 21CF joins effort to improve ad targeting, ‘Legion’ renewed
This week’s recap of news about 21st Century Fox and its businesses includes the launch of a single FOX NOW app to unite FOX, FX and National Geographic content; 21CF joining an effort to create a platform advertisers can use to better target ads across TV networks; FX Networks renewing “Legion” for a second season; […]
21CF at CES 2017: Randy Freer talks consumer experience, ‘Alien’ and ‘Planet of the Apes’ go VR, Fox Innovation Lab gives award
21st Century Fox was active last week at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2017 in Las Vegas, the annual showcase of the latest in the world of consumer technology. From business leaders speaking on panels, to the Fox Innovation Lab awarding its first Innovation Award, to “Alien: Covenant” and “Planet of the Apes” getting […]
This week in 21CF news: ‘Mars’ premieres on National Geographic, FOX News gets record ratings, FX sets ‘Taboo’ premiere date
This week’s recap of news about 21CF and its businesses includes a spotlight on National Geographic’s new series “Mars,” FOX News notching record ratings during Election Week, FX Networks setting a premiere date for “Taboo” and more. ‘Mars’ and the rise of ‘Premium Nonfiction’ TV (The Wall Street Journal) A trip to ‘Mars’ signals a […]
21CF participates in $12.6 million Series A funding round for VR storytelling company Within (formerly Vrse)
Today it was announced that 21CF is participating in a $12.6 million funding round for VR storytelling company Within (formerly Vrse), led by Andreessen Horowitz. To learn more about Within and the company’s rebranding, read founder and CEO Chris Milk’s Medium post. The funding of Within follows 21CF’s investment earlier this year in leading augmented and […]
Life on Mars: ‘The Martian VR Experience’ and the new frontier of virtual reality
Robert Stromberg is the director of “The Martian VR Experience.” The digital age of motion picture creation is a constantly evolving art and science. I believe virtual reality (VR) is the next generation of movie entertainment, and we recently marked a significant milestone in that journey with the creation of “The Martian VR Experience.” The […]
