
''Playback'' is an online Canadian
film
A film, also known as a movie or motion picture, is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, emotions, or atmosphere through the use of moving images that are generally, sinc ...
,
broadcasting
Broadcasting is the data distribution, distribution of sound, audio audiovisual content to dispersed audiences via a electronic medium (communication), mass communications medium, typically one using the electromagnetic spectrum (radio waves), ...
, and
interactive media
Interactive media refers to digital experiences that dynamically respond to user input, delivering content such as Text (literary theory), text, images, animations, video, Sound, audio, and even Artificial intelligence, AI-driven interactions. O ...
trade journal owned by
Brunico Communications. It was previously published biweekly as a print magazine for the
Canadian entertainment industry.
History
The first issue of ''Playback'' magazine was published, in tabloid format, on 29 September 1986.
The magazine has since begun to report on advancements in the online
digital media
In mass communication, digital media is any media (communication), communication media that operates in conjunction with various encoded machine-readable data formats. Digital content can be created, viewed, distributed, modified, listened to, an ...
industry as well, specifically
web series and
related events, media, and culture. The magazine also reports on funding resources for filmmakers, technical advancements in the industry, and
trends.
It is widely considered to be a "must read" amongst industry professionals.
In May 2010, ''Playback'' magazine stopped publishing its biweekly print edition and became an exclusively
online magazine
An online magazine is a magazine published on the Internet, through bulletin board systems and other forms of public computer networks. One of the first magazines to convert from a print magazine format to an online only magazine was the comput ...
.
References
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Biweekly magazines published in Canada
Broadcasting in Canada
Canadian film websites
Defunct magazines published in Toronto
Film magazines published in Canada
Magazines established in 1986
Magazines disestablished in 2010
Online magazines published in Canada
Online magazines with defunct print editions
Professional and trade magazines
Websites about digital media
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