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EIDR Annual Participant Meeting Set for Dec. 5 in Amsterdam

Following an all-virtual edition due to the pandemic, the EIDR Annual Participant Meeting (APM) returns Dec. 5, this time in Amsterdam as part of the in-person IBC Show, with viewe... More

Solving the Genre Classification Conundrum

“Genre” is one of the most-used terms in the entertainment business. But pinning down exactly what we need by genre is challenging. Is an “animated adventure” an “animate... More

The (Un)Predictability of SVOD Performance

Streaming services are a mystery. Complete and accurate theatrical box office, television audience ratings, and home video rental performance have generally been available throu... More

EIDR Director Kip Welch Departs, ‘Proud’ of Tenure with Registry

Kip Welch, a founding executive officer, longtime board member, and executive director of the Entertainment ID Registry (EIDR) since December 2019, is stepping down from his roll w... More

EIDR Names Hollie Choi Executive Director

The Entertainment ID Registry (EIDR), the source of universal identifiers for digital distribution of movie and television assets, appointed Hollie Choi to lead the organization as... More

Meta CEO: How to ‘Turbocharge’ EIDR Workflows

The Meta Data Systems EIDR matching and registration module is effectively “turbocharging” the Entertainment ID Registry (EIDR) workflows of some of the world’s largest studi... More

How FlickShow Makes it Easier to Register Content on Universal AV Databases

EIDR universal IDs are becoming mandatory for some content buyers before they agree to purchase a movie or TV show, and they will often use the various universal audiovisual databa... More

Tamr Touts the Benefits of Data Mastering at Scale

While traditional data mastering works just fine for small, simple problems, a new approach was needed for larger, more complex projects, according to software company Tamr. As ... More

EIDR Turned to Reshuffle for New Open Source API Proxy

The new EIDR API Proxy was built on the framework of Reshuffle’s integration platform for developers that provides capabilities and applications that go well beyond EIDR’s curr... More

How Premiere Digital, EIDR Make Deduplication Easier

Premiere Digital Services (PDS) supports EIDR in a key technical role: the deduplication process, according to Robert Grayson, EIDR support manager at PDS. “We work with EIDR ... More

EIDR, DDEX Tout the Benefits of Venue ID

The movie, TV and music industries all need to identify venues where content is created and where content is used. To help achieve that for the music industry, EIDR has teamed up w... More

How Common Sense Media and EIDR Help Families Find the Right Content

It can be a challenge for parents to find the right movies and TV shows that their kids can watch, but Common Sense Media and EIDR make their jobs a whole lot easier, according to ... More