EiDR News

EIDR Welcomes Industry Vet Genevieve Standing Pappas to Board

EIDR is pleased to welcome new board member Genevieve Standing Pappas, a longtime industry veteran and current VP of global production operations for Warner Bros. Discovery. Pappas has been in her current role since early 2021. Prior to that she served in various lead roles with... More

Call to Action: EIDR Encourages Cloud Localization Blueprint Participation

Now that Fabric has announced a partnership with MESA and the Content Localisation Council to continue work on the Cloud Localization Blueprint, companies interested in participating in the development of the first-of-its-kind project are being asked to sign up during the next f... More

Industry Celebrates Emmy Wins for EIDR Creators

Coming into the 75th Engineering, Science & Technology Emmys, held Oct. 18 in Los Angeles, more than 2.8 million unique EIDR IDs had been created to date. After the ceremony, you could add two more: unique EIDR IDs were created to honor MovieLabs’ Jim Helman, CTO, and Raymo... More

EIDR Welcomes New Member ITV

As EIDR makes gains in international markets, the organization is welcoming British public broadcaster ITV, the oldest commercial network in the UK, as its newest member. First launch as Independent Television in 1955, ITV today is a vertically integrated producer, broadcaster, ... More

H.P. Lovecraft

Howard Phillips Lovecraft was born on August 20, 1890, in Providence, Rhode Island. While not a particularly successful writer in his own lifetime, he is now considered one of the most influential American horror writers and a key figure in the development of “cosmic horror”.... More

Fun Facts About the Netherlands

In anticipation of our trip to the Netherlands earlier this month to present the Authenticated Data Specification (ADS) at the 2023 IBC conference in Amsterdam, I researched fun facts about the Netherlands. There were the expected factoids about tulips, windmills, and wooden shoe... More

Next Phase of Cloud Localization Blueprint Highlighted

During the Sept. 15 ITS: Automation event, held during IBC at the W Amsterdam, MESA turned the spotlight on the next phase of Fabric’s Cloud Localization Blueprint (CLB) that was featured as an accelerator at last year’s IBC. Now, in collaboration with MESA and the Conten... More

Specification Project Aims to Revolutionize Data Authenticity

The Entertainment Identifier Registry (EIDR) and automation experts from the Fabric and Flomenco used the Sept. 15 ITS: Automation event, held during IBC at the W Amsterdam, to give an exclusive sneak peek into the Authenticated Data Specification (ADS). Those behind the grou... More

How Smart Automation Can Turbocharge Your Media Supply Chain

As streaming services face a period of consolidation, the ever-present search for value and efficiency in the media supply-chain has increased in intensity – and thankfully due to automation there are plenty of efficiencies to be found. While a huge amount of focus and inves... More

Authenticated Data Spec Unveiled at ITS Automation

The who’s who of media and entertainment have banded together to tackle one of the industry’s most difficult challenges: the consistent, efficient management and delivery of accurate metadata for content. Media and entertainment catalog management firm Fabric is collaborat... More