A look back at last year's CIO50: #17 Christopher Johnson, 20th Century Fox
How 20th Century Fox's Asia-Pacific IT director, Christopher Johnson drove a large technology project for the global organisation.
How 20th Century Fox's Asia-Pacific IT director, Christopher Johnson drove a large technology project for the global organisation.
The 2009 sci-fi blockbuster Avatar created a stir with audiences and critics for its themes, storytelling and special effects. Three sequels are in the works, with the first planned for release in December 2017. But this time around, Avatar may become much more than a film.
The next summer blockbuster out of 20th Century Fox might be called "The Incredible Shrinking Data Center."
Amazon announced Monday that it would add more than 2,000 TV shows and movies to its streaming video services this fall in a new partnership with Fox. The new content, which includes classic movies like Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and TV shows like the X-Files and the cult hit Arrested Development, will bring the total number of instant streaming titles on Amazon to more than 11,000.
Fox recently decided to stop releasing free online streams of its TV shows on Hulu the day after they air -- instead, Fox is delaying free streaming for eight days. Perhaps unsurprisingly, this choice by the network has resulted in an increase in over-100-percent increase in piracy.