Love it or hate it, no one can stop talking about Darren Aronofsky’s “Mother!

It’s been the spark for many a furious argument ever since its initial premiere at the Venice Film Festival, where it debuted to a hearty mixture of both cheers and boosand resulted in a fascinating mix of critical reviews – Guy Lodge hailed it as “spectacular” over at Vanity Fair, while Observer’s Rex Reed named it “the worst movie of the century,” though Rotten Tomatoes averaged it out at a 68% “fresh” rating.

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Sorgente: ‘Mother!’ has had the most divided reaction of any film this year

Digital video consumption has gone viral with the upsurge in online video distribution networks such as Netflix and YouTube creating a new connected landscape with data at the centre according to a new study from IBM and IBC.

More than half of those surveyed in the “Creating a ‘living’ media partner for your consumers: A cognitive future for media and entertainment” study are using mobiles every day to watch streaming videos, and that number is expected to grow 45% over the next three years.

Sorgente: IBC 2017: Increased mobile video viewing drives demand for better content experience | Media Analysis | Business

Donald Glover’s show never sacrifices the impact of the joke or the grace of the message.

Sorgente: How ‘Atlanta’ Expanded the Limits of Storytelling | WIRED

The series’ showrunners used a creative challenge to make one very potent show.

Sorgente: The Single Season of ‘The Night Of’ Is the Future of TV | WIRED

Hulu’s Emmy-nominated show presents a familiar scenario that seems far more horrifying than drought or an AI takeover.

Sorgente: ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Reinvented Dystopia | WIRED

Service providers need to appeal to a highly segmented viewer composition amidst fierce competitive pressure says a TiVo survey of pay-TV and over-the-top (OTT) service subscribers across the US, Europe and Latin America.The study revealed that globally, respondents watch an average of 4.4 hours of video content each day.

Sorgente: Younger viewers shun pay-TV as search difficulties lead viewers to off button | Media Analysis | Business

The HBO show’s robots of the future are most interesting when they’re least human.

Sorgente: The Greatest Strength of ‘Westworld’ Is Its Inhumanity | WIRED

IndieWire spoke with the director and star of this buzzy Midnight Madness selection, which almost didn’t make it to the screen.

Sorgente: Revenge: Inside the TIFF Debut so Intense That Paramedics Were Called | IndieWire

In the latest scandal to hit Facebook, it has emerged that the company has been claiming it can reach demographics that are greater than actually exist.

Sorgente: Should advertisers be worried about Facebook’s false audience figures?

So a Brexited Britain might not be quite the economic power it once was, its football team (yes, that football) consistently underperforms, and they’ve yet to convince anyone else of the merits of room-temperature beer or beans on toast. But Brits do have one thing that’s the envy of the world: comedy. At times sharply witty, at others childishly absurd, occasionally so bleak as to make you feel guilty for laughing, it’s always ruthlessly innovative, endlessly pushing the boundaries of humor — so much so that Britain sent John Oliver across the pond because he was too mainstream.

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You cannot escape the screen!

Sorgente: Binge-Watch Every Apple iPhone Announcement Right Here | WIRED

“Westworld,” “Stranger Things,” and “Saturday Night Live” emerged as the early leaders in this year’s Emmy race.

Sorgente: Creative Arts Emmys 2017: Westworld, Stranger Things, SNL Take Lead | Variety

The man behind viral ads for Poo-Pourri and Squatty Potties is on an unexpected quest to scrub the profanity out of feature films.

Sorgente: The Poo Pourri Ad Creator Is On a Quest to Take the Curse Words Out of Movies | WIRED

The big-screen version of Stephen King’s novel is a blast from the past—until it deflates.

Sorgente: The Nasty New ‘It’ Doesn’t Clown Around | WIRED

The final conclusions of the 2017 Pay-TV Innovation Forum have revealed a market that in order to prosper will need to address quickly a number of issues such as piracy, intensifying competition and business model disruption.

Set up by content protection firm Nagra and research and strategy consultancy MTM,the forum is designed to examine the state of innovation in the pay-TV market and provides perspectives on the most attractive areas of opportunity for both service providers and content owners in Europe, Asia Pacific, Latin America and North America.

Read more: Unprecedented global transformation creates a perfect storm of slowing pay-TV growth | Pay-TV | News | Rapid TV News https://www.rapidtvnews.com/2017090848740/unprecedented-global-transformation-creates-a-perfect-storm-of-slowing-pay-tv-growth.html#ixzz4s9jMxZ2S
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When it comes to awards and appraisal, there are some films that clean up every year. In 2017, we had “La La Land” and “Moonlight,” while 2016 saw “Deadpool,” “Rogue One,” and “Finding Dory” take the stage. With so much attention on these superstar blockbusters, it becomes far too easy for a quality movie to fall through the cracks — even with a star-studded cast and reputable director behind it.

Sorgente: The 28 best films of all time you’ve probably never seen | The Independent

For decades, video has been presented horizontally. Smartphones are shifting that dramatically.

Sorgente: Phones Are Changing How People Shoot and Watch Video | WIRED