EiDR News

EIDR’s Kroon, WaveSeven’s Crosby Co-Author Metadata Paper

Richard Kroon, EIDR’s director of technical operations, and Cameron Crosby, partner with media and entertainment consulting firm WaveSeven, have co-authored a paper for the “Journal of Digital Media Management.” The paper — “Media and Entertainment Metadata Governanc... More

EIDR Debuts Dedicated Use Case Resource

The Entertainment ID Registry (EIDR) has debuted a new use case resource, detailing some of the organization’s top partnerships and advancements with media and entertainment content companies and vendors. The new resource debuts with six detailed use cases involving EIDR: Aut... More

EIDR’s Got You Covered: 2024 Oscar Nominations

Nominations for the 96th Academy Awards are out and this year 53 different movies have been recognized with 120 individual nominations in 23 separate categories, led by Oppenheimer with 13 nominations, second only to Titanic (1997) with 14 nominations (which resulted in 11 wins, ... More

HAND Debut Webinar to Tackle AI Talent Utilization, Monetization

On Feb. 7 talent ID management technology firm HAND (Human & Digital) will host its first-ever webinar, “Challenges and Opportunities in AI Talent Utilization.” Moderated by Will Kreth, HAND CEO and former executive director of EIDR, and Muki Kulhan, innovation co-lead ... More

EIDR Adds BBC Studios, MediadataTV to International Ranks

The Entertainment ID Registry (EIDR) continues to expand its international member ranks with the recent addition of two notable media and entertainment industry players: BBC Studios and MediadataTV. BBC Studios BBC Studios, the British content subsidiary of the BBC, is compris... More

EIDR Welcomes Fellow Primetime Emmy Award Winners

The 75th annual Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony was held on January 15, 2024, following shortly after the Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards on January 6. To everyone who won a Primetime Emmy award this year, we at The Entertainment Identifier Registry Association say, “Welcome... More

EIDR Registers 3 Millionth ID

Less than five years after it launched, the EIDR registry added its one millionth record in September 2016. January 2019 saw the two millionth recorded. To close out 2023, EIDR reached its three millionth, entered by British broadcaster ITV, with the first episode of season one ... More

Christmas Cartoons

As the holiday season hits its peak, with Lifetime and Halmark channels chock-a-block full of Christmas movies (with the occasional sprinkle of Hanukkah[1] movies mixed in as well) starting in October, we turn our nostalgic attention to the staple of the holiday television schedu... More

EIDR Grows in Both U.S., Internationally, Adding Globo, CJ ENM, Sinclair

EIDR continues to expand its presence outside of Europe and the U.S., with the recent additions of Latin America’s largest media company, Globo, and South Korean entertainment firm and retailer CJ ENM as new members. Additionally, diversified media company Sinclair, which owns,... More

EIDR Hits AWS Data Exchange

The Entertainment ID Registry (EIDR) is now available on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Data Exchange, a service that allows AWS customers to access third-party data using AWS cloud. As a subscriber, you can find and subscribe to thousands of products from qualified data provider... More