Organisations across the M&E industry are invited to help design and develop the future of professional media creation as part of the new Industry Forum launched today by the technology joint venture of the major Hollywood motion picture studios, MovieLabs.

Applications for membership are now open for technology service providers, creative application and service providers, software development companies, systems integrators, and cloud providers. Membership provides a way for organisations to participate with MovieLabs and its member studios Paramount Pictures Corporation, Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc., Universal City Studios, LLC., The Walt Disney Studios, and Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. more deeply and directly.

Rich Berger, CEO MovieLabs

Rich Berger, CEO MovieLabs

The forum will be the focus of the MovieLabs session at IBC on Friday at 3:30pm in the conference.

Since the 2019 release of the pivotal MovieLabs whitepaper, “The Evolution of Media Creation: a 10 Year Vision for the Future of Media Production, Post and Creative Technologies”, aka “The MovieLabs 2030 Vision,” MovieLabs has been inspiring the global media industry.

The 2030 Vision’s 10 Foundational Principles have become implementation touchpoints, engineering and technology areas of focus, and goals for media organisations worldwide, exploring the impact of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence and a greater need for appropriate industry collaboration.

The MovieLabs Industry Forum aims to enable industry implementors and adopters to play a deeper role in engaging with MovieLabs and their industry peers.

Richard Berger, CEO of MovieLabs said “We’re excited to announce the MovieLabs Industry Forum and invite organisations of all sizes and across the global media creation landscape to join MovieLabs and other industry leaders in accelerating the work we are all doing to help the industry forge ahead in achieving a more secure, interoperable and efficient media creation ecosystem.”

Membership Benefits

Members of the MovieLabs Industry Forum will participate with the major studios in a range of activities including:

· Participating in Implementor Working Groups focused on delivering specific areas of MovieLabs 2030 work – including Security, Ontology for Media Creation and Workflow Interoperability

· Working with industry peers in developing and testing interoperable software and service solutions in the 2030 Greenlight programme

· Receiving early access to prerelease MovieLabs documents, specifications, best practices and recommendations

· Attending member-only events

· Using exclusive branding in their marketing and industry messaging to show their membership of the MovieLabs Industry Forum and their alignment with the 2030 Vision’s principles.

More information about how to apply to the MovieLabs Industry Forum is available here.