Adrian Pennington
@pennington1.bsky.social
Journalist, editor, writer of copy. Love movies, sci-fi, travel and the politics of humanity. Cambridge Uni grad, film noir afficionado, lives in Liverpool. Insta - bandido1956 also https://www.linkedin.com/in/adrianpennington/
Earlier this year, Red Bull athlete Sean MacCormac became the first person to surf the cables of San Francisco’s world-famous Bay Bridge—having skydived onto them from 5,000 feet. my interview/words for RED Digital Camera www.red.com/stories/piet...
Extreme athleticism meets engineering excellence
A fictional “behind-the-scenes” video captures part of this meticulous preparation - a stunning skydive over the Italian island of Sardinia.
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November 14, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Earlier this year, Red Bull athlete Sean MacCormac became the first person to surf the cables of San Francisco’s world-famous Bay Bridge—having skydived onto them from 5,000 feet. my interview/words for RED Digital Camera www.red.com/stories/piet...
As XR devices become more accessible and 6G wireless systems emerge, we’ll move from simply watching video to stepping inside it. Maybe. www.ibc.org/immersive-te...
Touch the future: Immersive video will soon make its presence felt
As XR devices become more accessible and 6G wireless systems emerge, we’ll move from simply watching video to stepping inside it.
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November 12, 2025 at 8:34 AM
As XR devices become more accessible and 6G wireless systems emerge, we’ll move from simply watching video to stepping inside it. Maybe. www.ibc.org/immersive-te...
The so-called leaked “dossier”—penned by one Michael Prescott, who himself bailed out of journalism 24 years ago in favour of a life in corporate PR—has handed them just the weapon they need - says Alan Rusbridger www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
The BBC is in a fight for its survival
The BBC only has itself to blame for its handling of a serious error in a documentary on Trump. But its demise—as the US media landscape shows—would l...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 5:31 PM
The so-called leaked “dossier”—penned by one Michael Prescott, who himself bailed out of journalism 24 years ago in favour of a life in corporate PR—has handed them just the weapon they need - says Alan Rusbridger www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
Starmer is going to have expend massive political capital to get out of this one
November 10, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Starmer is going to have expend massive political capital to get out of this one
Paradise Lost - Cinematographer Dan Laustsen explains why Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein is a love story between Creator and Creature www.ibc.org/production/f...
Behind the scenes: Frankenstein
Cinematographer Dan Laustsen tells IBC365 why he and Guillermo del Toro turned the classic nightmare, Frankenstein, into a love story of ice and warmth between father and son.
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November 10, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Paradise Lost - Cinematographer Dan Laustsen explains why Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein is a love story between Creator and Creature www.ibc.org/production/f...
ITV and Sky along with Channel 4 are planning to pool resources into a new advertising marketplace in collaboration with Comcast in 2026 www.streamingmediaglobal.com/Articles/New...
Comcast moves for ITV to create a UK-focused streaming giant
UK commercial broadcaster ITV has confirmed it's in early-stage talks about a possible sale of its broadcasting business to Comcast, which already owns pay-TV broadcaster Sky in the UK.
www.streamingmediaglobal.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:52 PM
ITV and Sky along with Channel 4 are planning to pool resources into a new advertising marketplace in collaboration with Comcast in 2026 www.streamingmediaglobal.com/Articles/New...
They say never work with animals, but filmmaker Ben Leonberg had the skill and patience to spend 412 days creating his pet project: an adult horror movie starring his own dog. Made for peanuts #GoodBoy is a bone-afide hit www.ibc.org/production/f... @shudder @IBC365
October 31, 2025 at 1:34 PM
They say never work with animals, but filmmaker Ben Leonberg had the skill and patience to spend 412 days creating his pet project: an adult horror movie starring his own dog. Made for peanuts #GoodBoy is a bone-afide hit www.ibc.org/production/f... @shudder @IBC365
The first AI-created adverts are coming to TV as broadcasters look to compete with social media. ITV and Channel 4 explain why they are now scaling up www.ibc.org/artificial-i...
Can genAI unlock ad revenue for cash-strapped broadcasters?
The first AI-created adverts are coming to TV as broadcasters look to compete with social media. ITV and Channel 4 explain why they are now scaling up.
www.ibc.org
October 30, 2025 at 1:30 PM
The first AI-created adverts are coming to TV as broadcasters look to compete with social media. ITV and Channel 4 explain why they are now scaling up www.ibc.org/artificial-i...
KSA already owns DAZN and wants a greater share of global video entertainment - why not buy WBD? www.streamingmedia.com/Articles/New...
Paramount Skydance Favorite for WBD but Don't Rule Out a Saudi Bid
The fate of Warner Bros Discovery is complicated by a politically motivated regulator but whatever happens, streaming is about to get shaken up again.
www.streamingmedia.com
October 27, 2025 at 6:24 PM
KSA already owns DAZN and wants a greater share of global video entertainment - why not buy WBD? www.streamingmedia.com/Articles/New...
“This film is a series of brief moves towards what happens in 18 minutes of real time. Hopefully, you feel like you're in the room with them"Barry Ackroyd BSC on the countdown to armageddon www.ibc.org/production/f...
Behind the scenes: A House of Dynamite
Filmmaker Barry Ackroyd reveals how his camera work takes audiences inside the command bunker and gives them no control over the final countdown to nuclear Armageddon.
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October 27, 2025 at 5:13 PM
“This film is a series of brief moves towards what happens in 18 minutes of real time. Hopefully, you feel like you're in the room with them"Barry Ackroyd BSC on the countdown to armageddon www.ibc.org/production/f...
Selecting tools and techniques to reflect the energy or intimacy of a scene were essential for Si Bell BSC, Kate Reid BSC and Neus Ollé BSC AEC -https://britishcinematographer.co.uk/si-bell-bsc-and-more-what-it-feels-like-for-a-girl/ #britishcinematographer
October 27, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Selecting tools and techniques to reflect the energy or intimacy of a scene were essential for Si Bell BSC, Kate Reid BSC and Neus Ollé BSC AEC -https://britishcinematographer.co.uk/si-bell-bsc-and-more-what-it-feels-like-for-a-girl/ #britishcinematographer
well that's the end of that debate then www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Ultra-HD televisions not noticeably better for typical viewer, scientists say
Research shows 4K or 8K screens offer no distinguishable benefit over similarly sized 2K screen in average living room
www.theguardian.com
October 27, 2025 at 10:39 AM
well that's the end of that debate then www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Although the broadcast industry has been rife with theft since the early days of cable TV, it now faces piracy at an industrial scale and speed www.ibc.org/piracy-secur...
Paralysing piracy: Industry grapples with growing, industrial-scale theft
Although the broadcast industry has been rife with theft since the early days of cable TV, it now faces piracy at an industrial scale and speed. At IBC2025, a panel of security experts warned that ill...
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October 22, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Although the broadcast industry has been rife with theft since the early days of cable TV, it now faces piracy at an industrial scale and speed www.ibc.org/piracy-secur...
A few days in the Lakes
October 22, 2025 at 7:06 AM
A few days in the Lakes
“We wanted #traindreams to feel like a fable but still a salt-of-the-earth American story,” editor Parker Laramie tells @IBC365. “This mix of naturalism and elevated magical realism was the line that we were walking the whole time" www.ibc.org/production/f... #filmediting #Netflix
Behind the scenes: Train Dreams
Editor Parker Laramie explains how frontier drama Train Dreams walks the line between naturalism and magical realism.
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October 20, 2025 at 2:38 PM
“We wanted #traindreams to feel like a fable but still a salt-of-the-earth American story,” editor Parker Laramie tells @IBC365. “This mix of naturalism and elevated magical realism was the line that we were walking the whole time" www.ibc.org/production/f... #filmediting #Netflix
The starting gun has been fired on development of a new video codec beyond VVC with gains of at least 20% claimed by R&D lab InterDigital www.streamingmediaglobal.com/Articles/New...
AI helps InterDigital reach beyond VVC in race to develop next-gen codec
Candidates for H.267 already significantly outperform VVC as the hunt for a new video compression standard gets underway
www.streamingmediaglobal.com
October 17, 2025 at 4:12 PM
The starting gun has been fired on development of a new video codec beyond VVC with gains of at least 20% claimed by R&D lab InterDigital www.streamingmediaglobal.com/Articles/New...
Today in Rennes, via Paris
October 16, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Today in Rennes, via Paris
NAB Show Gotham - Buffeted by economics and squeezed by Big Tech, the last thing America’s broadcasters wanted was to have their news operations muzzled or business threatened with political interference, yet that’s the realpolitik of US TV www.ibc.org/ott-streamin...
NAB NY preview: Political backdrop casts long shadow over TV innovation
Buffeted by economics and squeezed by Big Tech, the last thing America’s broadcasters wanted was to have their news operations muzzled or business threatened with political interference, yet that’s th...
www.ibc.org
October 16, 2025 at 10:43 AM
NAB Show Gotham - Buffeted by economics and squeezed by Big Tech, the last thing America’s broadcasters wanted was to have their news operations muzzled or business threatened with political interference, yet that’s the realpolitik of US TV www.ibc.org/ott-streamin...
Making the Cannes Palm d’Or winning critique of Iran’s police state was itself an act of defiance against the regime, its editor tells @IBC365 www.ibc.org/production/f...
Behind the scenes: It Was Just an Accident
The Cannes Palme d’Or-winning critique of Iran’s police state was made in secret as an act of defiance. IBC365 sits down with the film’s Editor Amir Etminan to learn more about the fearless filmmakers...
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October 15, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Making the Cannes Palm d’Or winning critique of Iran’s police state was itself an act of defiance against the regime, its editor tells @IBC365 www.ibc.org/production/f...
Academy Award–winning director Pippa Ehrlich tells the story of one pangolin rescued from illegal trade, with wildlife cinematographer Gareth Thomas - my interview & words for RED Digital #PangolinWorking #Netflix www.red.com/stories/pang...
Mystery, Beauty and Threat: The Endangered World of the Pangolin Revealed
Pangolin: Kulu’s Journey, now streaming on Netflix, was recently honored with the 2025 Jackson Wild Media Award for Conservation Long-Form for its powerful storytelling and impact.
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October 14, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Academy Award–winning director Pippa Ehrlich tells the story of one pangolin rescued from illegal trade, with wildlife cinematographer Gareth Thomas - my interview & words for RED Digital #PangolinWorking #Netflix www.red.com/stories/pang...
Heat of the Moment: Inside the making of #TheLostBus where DoP Pål Ulvik Rokseth ditched virtual sets to shoot real flames, dusk light, and dynamic camerawork for a visceral survival thriller - @redsharknews.bsky.social #cinematography www.redsharknews.com/filming-real...
Filming Real Fire: ‘The Lost Bus’ and the Art of Authentic Chaos
Cinematographer Pål Ulvik Rokseth reveals how Paul Greengrass filmed real fire for 'The Lost Bus', rejecting LED volumes for authentic, heat-driven realism.
www.redsharknews.com
October 10, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Heat of the Moment: Inside the making of #TheLostBus where DoP Pål Ulvik Rokseth ditched virtual sets to shoot real flames, dusk light, and dynamic camerawork for a visceral survival thriller - @redsharknews.bsky.social #cinematography www.redsharknews.com/filming-real...
"Enus. You dipstick" (just because...)
October 8, 2025 at 2:52 PM
"Enus. You dipstick" (just because...)
The second time I met Nicolas Winding Refn I reminded him of the interview I’d written 28 years previously that quoted him saying “Fuck film school”
Long critical of mass-produced entertainment, Refn stepped up his attack on the industry speaking with me recently www.ibc.org/production/I... #ibc365
Long critical of mass-produced entertainment, Refn stepped up his attack on the industry speaking with me recently www.ibc.org/production/I... #ibc365
October 7, 2025 at 12:36 PM
The second time I met Nicolas Winding Refn I reminded him of the interview I’d written 28 years previously that quoted him saying “Fuck film school”
Long critical of mass-produced entertainment, Refn stepped up his attack on the industry speaking with me recently www.ibc.org/production/I... #ibc365
Long critical of mass-produced entertainment, Refn stepped up his attack on the industry speaking with me recently www.ibc.org/production/I... #ibc365
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Jenrick could have visited Handsworth to listen to residents – he chose to pass through and make a judgement based on the colour of their skin. Instead of getting to know our nation of neighbours, he chose racism.
The Tories, Reform and Labour want to divide us.
The Greens say enough is enough.
The Tories, Reform and Labour want to divide us.
The Greens say enough is enough.
Robert Jenrick complained of ‘not seeing another white face’ in part of Birmingham
Robert Jenrick complained of ‘not seeing another white face’ in part of Birmingham
Shadow justice secretary criticised for suggesting he could tell how integrated Handsworth was based on 90-minute visit
Robert Jenrick complained about visiting an area of Birmingham where he “didn’t see another white face” and said it was not the kind of country he wanted to live in.
After highlighting the lack of white people, the shadow justice secretary said it was not about “the colour of your skin or your faith” and he wanted people to live alongside each other. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 7, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Jenrick could have visited Handsworth to listen to residents – he chose to pass through and make a judgement based on the colour of their skin. Instead of getting to know our nation of neighbours, he chose racism.
The Tories, Reform and Labour want to divide us.
The Greens say enough is enough.
The Tories, Reform and Labour want to divide us.
The Greens say enough is enough.