FELIX & PAUL, ALLIANCE OF GLOBAL TELCOS SIGN DEAL FOR IMMERSIVE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION SERIES
Felix & Paul Studios, which specializes in virtual reality (VR) films, has signed a co-financing and distribution deal with an alliance of global telecom companies for the upcoming season of a show that chronicles the lives of astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS).
Among the participating telecom companies, which are part of a newly formed group, the Global XR Content Telco Alliance, are LG Uplus, Bell Canada, KDDI, China Telecom, as well as Qualcomm Technologies. The deal with Felix & Paul is the first for the alliance.
In addition to the financing, the amount of which has not been disclosed, several of the telcos have also agreed to distribute the series, called Space Explorers, to their subscribers. Space Explorers is created in an immersive, mobile 360-degree format and follows astronauts as they adapt to life on the ISS.