EiDR News

Will Kreth Interviewed by Marketplace’s Erika Beras

Will Kreth was recently interviewed by Marketplace’s Erika Beras to discuss Netflix’s new hit, Bird Box, and its record breaking launch capturing 45 million user views. The podcast also discussed various strategies both streaming and legacy media companies can take to remain ... More

The Engineer’s Room: Christmas Favorites Across the US

By: Richard Kroon, Director of Engineering, EIDR In years past, we’ve delved into the hotly-contested controversy of exactly what constitutes a “Christmas Movie”: The movie is set during the Christmas holidays, even if that’s not the focus of the story: e.g., Th... More

EIDR’s Got You Covered: 2019 Writers Guild Award Nomination Edition, Part 1

EIDR would like to congratulate all the nominees for the 2019 Writers Guild Awards for Television, New Media, and Radio, which will be presented by the Writers Guild of America during their 71st annual awards program on February 17th, 2019 (WGA East in New York City and WGA West ... More

EIDR’s Got You Covered: 2019 Golden Globe Nomination Edition

2019 Golden Globe nominations EIDR would like to congratulate all the nominees for the 2019 Golden Globe awards, which will be presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association during their 76th annual awards program on January 6th, 2019 (on NBC in the US). Across twenty-fiv... More

Vice Media Joins the Entertainment Identifier Registry Association

The Entertainment Identifier Registry Association (EIDR), the source of universal unique identifiers for digital distribution of movies and television assets announced today that VICE Media, the world’s preeminent youth media company and content creation studio, has become an E... More

The Engineers Room: Remembering Stan “The Man” Lee

By: Richard Kroon, Director of Engineering, EIDR Stan Lee (née Stanley Lieber) stood 5′ 11ʺ and was larger than life. He was born in New York on December 28, 1922 and died in Los Angeles, his home since 1981, on November 12, 2018, just a few weeks short of his 96th birthda... More

EIDR’S Universal ID’s Now in Both Linear & On Demand TV at NENT Group

The Entertainment Identifier Registry Association (EIDR) today announced that Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group), the Nordic region’s leading entertainment provider and a contributing member in the EIDR community, has made a major overhaul of its publishing workflow, utili... More

HITS Fall: EIDR Identification Can Help M&E Companies Boost Efficiency

By: Jeff Berman, October 23, 2018 Entertainment ID Registry (EIDR) identification and the automation made possible by it can significantly help media and entertainment (M&E) companies increase efficiency by integrating titles into their existing workflows and supply chains... More

British Board of Film Classification Joins the Entertainment Identifier Registry Association

NEW YORK (PRWEB) OCTOBER 16, 2018 - The Entertainment Identifier Registry Association (EIDR), the source of universal identifiers for digital distribution of movies and television assets, today announced that the British Board of Film Classification, a leader in the global enter... More

The Engineer’s Room: Horror for Halloween

By: Richard Kroon, Director of Engineering, EIDR Halloween, observed on October 31 each year, has its origins in the Celtic festival of Samhain (or “Summer’s End”), which marked the last day of the Celtic year and the traditional start of winter. On this night, the bound... More