News Headlines: ‘Iron Man 3′: Red Bull Skydiving Team Enlisted for Free-Fall Scene

May 10, 2013

Welcome to Connect 2 Media & Entertainment News Headlines, featuring highlights from our just launched news and information source and online community for media and entertainment professionals, inspired by NAB Show and produced in partnership with NewBay Media. Our goal is to provide you a truly unique collection of perspectives with respect to the many content-based communities that intersect both at NAB Show, and now for the first time here, online. This is your opportunity to stay connected to NAB Show 365 days a year, online and on the go! 'Iron Man 3': Red Bull Skydiving Team Enlisted for Free-Fall Scene Carolyn Giardina of the Hollywood Reporter writes: Aiming to maximize the realism, Christopher Townsend and Brian Smrz chose to shoot it as an actual free-fall sequence rather than using wires against greenscreen. Read More» Nielsen Estimates 115.6 Million TV Homes in the U.S., Up 1.2 Percent The universe of U.S. television homes is growing — and so is the TV audience. Read More» PBS Takes Beat-Making Worldwide PBS Digital Studios has debuted Beat Making Lab, a 20-week series of two- to three-minute episodes, chronicling a music producer and a UNC Chapel Hill professor as they set up laptop-based recording studios. Read More» Microsoft Mulling Nook Media Purchase for $1 Billion Eric Eldon and Ingrid Lunden of TechCrunch write: Microsoft is offering to pay $1 billion to buy the digital assets of Nook Media LLC, the digital book and college book joint venture with Barnes & Noble and other investors. Read More» Discovery Reports Higher First-Quarter Earnings Discovery Communications reported higher first-quarter earnings as international growth offset a decline in digital distribution revenue. Read More» The Future of Tablets? Visit the Connect 2 Media & Entertainment website's Weekly Connection and let us know your thoughts on the future of the tablet. Read More»

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