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Business as Usual: More Important Than Ever, Even If It Takes Extra Planning

By Jack Wyrick, Business Development, Chesapeake Systems - Coffee: check! Power cable plugged in: check! Favorite home-office chair: check! Remote access to media: check? Wh... More

The Engineer’s Room: A Touch of the Irish

Each year, March 17 brings us St. Patrick’s Day – originally celebrated as the Feast of Saint Patrick, in honor of the patron saint of Ireland,[1] and one of four national sain... More

EIDR Aims For 100% Title Registration By End of 2020

The Entertainment Identifier Registry (EIDR) board has a plan for achieving 100% title registration by the end of 2020. That means all new content being released from each particip... More

Update on Tap for Language Metadata Table

Enhancements continue to be made to the Language Metadata Table (LMT) open-source table of language metadata codes geared toward the broadcast and entertainment industries, and... More

EIDR Power User Group Leverages Member Knowledge, Influence

The EIDR Power User Group is looking to continue leveraging member knowledge and influence this year, according to EIDR board members. “Something that has always moved EIDR fo... More

EIDR 2.5 to Launch April 25

LOS ANGELES — The latest significant stack improvement to EIDR, EIDR 2.5, will launch on Saturday, April 25, bringing with it reliability and resilience for both registry and de-... More

The Engineer’s Room: Happy Lateran Treaty Day

As you all well know, February 11 is celebrated each year as Lateran Treaty Day in Vatican City, marking, as it does, the anniversary of the 1929 treaty between the Italian state a... More

EIDR’s Got You Covered: 2020 Oscar Nominations

Nominations for the 92nd Academy Awards are out and this year 57 different movies have been recognized with 124 individual nominations in 24 separate categories, led by Joker with ... More

The Engineer’s Room: A Look Back at a Look Ahead

2019 was an eventful year, but it may turn out to be most memorable for what didn’t happen. Audiovisual works – movies, TV programs, and video games – are often set in an uns... More

A Message From EIDR’s Executive Director

As most of you know, the Board has asked me to serve as Interim Executive Director following Will Kreth’s departure. It is a familiar role for me, since I was part of the origina... More

EIDR’s Got You Covered: 2020 Golden Globe Nominations

EIDR would like to congratulate all of the nominees for the 77th Golden Globe Awards, presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA). The awards telecast, hosted by Ri... More

The Engineer’s Room: New, For Christmas

There are various debates as to when the Christmas season officially begins. In the US, traditionalists and other right-thinking individuals put it on the Friday after Thanksgiving... More