Sony Electronics is announcing digital cinema agreements and deployments with five exhibitors across the United States, at the ShoWest trade show here this week. The new agreements range from outfitting facilities with Sony’s 4K digital projection technology to providing complete turn-key solutions for converting to digital technology.
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GDC and RealD Partner to Deliver 3D Cinema to Asia
GDC Technology (“GDC”) and RealD announced today that they have entered into an agreement whereby GDC will become a distributor for RealD’s 3D systems in Asia. Under the non-exclusive agreement, GDC will work with RealD in territories such as China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand, Indonesia, and Singapore.
Twentieth Century Fox, Paramount Pictures International, Universal Pictures International to Support DCI Compliant D-Cinema Korea Nationwide Digital Cinema Initiative.
D-Cinema Korea (“DCK”), Seoul, Korea based company, established in 2008 by two major Korean exhibition chains to help accelerate the transition of Korean theatres to digital cinema, has reached non-exclusive Digital Cinema Deployment Agreements with Twentieth Century Fox (“Fox”), Paramount Pictures International (“Paramount”), Universal Pictures International (“Universal”).
Dolby Debuts “Buy One Get One Free 3D Glasses” Offer at ShoWest 2009
At ShoWest 2009, Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: DLB), announced a limited-time “buy one get one free” Dolby® 3D Glasses offer for exhibitors installing a new Dolby 3D Digital Cinema system. The special promotion will run from April 6 through May 22, 2009.
Sony Electronics Announces Digital Cinema Deployment Agreement with Walt Disney Studios International
Sony Electronics’ Digital Cinema Solutions and Services (DCSS) group has entered into a non-exclusive digital cinema deployment agreement with Walt Disney Studio Motion Pictures and Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International. The companies will work together to provide operational and financial resources to exhibitors that encourage them to feature Sony’s 4K SXRD™ projection technology in both 2D and 3D digital cinema-enabled screens across North America and Europe.
DTS Digital Cinema and Masterimage Announce Partnership for 3D Deployments
DTS Digital Cinema and masterImage USA, Inc. have reached an agreement by which the masterImage MI-2100 3D Digital Cinema System will be offered for sale through the DTS dealer network.
Smaller, More Powerful Computers.
As computing becomes ever more powerful, and “Netbooks” offer mobile computing power on the road with low-power chips, diminutive boxes with powerhouse capabilities are not only inevitable- they’re already here. While home theatre machines may be a “hobby” to some electronics companies, others are taking it seriously and offering some horsepower under the hood…
Where to get 8mm & Super8 film transferred?
Where is a good place to get some 8mm & Super8 footage transferred?
Heavyweights Debate Self-Financing Of Digital Rollout At ShoWest
Las Vegas is a city known for its many spectacles; bright lights, showgirls, casinos, fancy restaurants and prize fights are all just some of the attractions. So, it should come as no surprise that ShoWest, the annual gathering of motion picture exhibitors and distributors in Las Vegas, decided to add to the city’s attractions with […]
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The Commoditization of VPFs, or, Why Having a Deal With Hollywood Studios Isn’t The Big Deal It Used To Be
Scrabble Entertainment has announced virtual print fee (VPF) deals with five Hollywood studios (”Hello Scott from SPE, in the back.”) to roll out digital cinema in India. This may be the last notable VPF deal for some time, if not for ever.
Scrabble has signed up Walt Disney Studios, Warner Bros., 20th Century Fox, plus Paramount […]
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Celluloid Junkie-Monday 11 May
• Digital Cinema integrator Cinedigm (formerly AccessIT) has been thrown a financial life line by its largest creditor GE Commercial Finance. From the press release,…
• Of the 53 films screening at the Cannes Film Festival 50 will be screening in digital, but the press release from Christie frustratingly doesn’t tell us which three won’t. …
• Things are going from bad to worse in India, where the stand-off between the Distributors and the Exhibitors is turning into a WWI-style war of attrition. Now the single screens …
– The Bollywood stand-off is having repercussions abroad, with Hollywood soaking up audiences left high and dry in the Middle East, according to United Arab Emirate’s The National. …
– Up-and-coming London area of Bermondsey Square is getting a 50-seat ‘uniplex’ (pictured on CJunkie site) called Shortwave Cinema, described by the owner as “the first cinema…
– Australia is set to get its first all-digital multiplex as Greater Union unveils its latest multiplex at at Robina town centre on the Gold Coast. From Perth Now, …
– The booming North American box office has dragged Canada’s Cineplex Galaxy back in black, according to THR.com. “Toronto-based Cineplex Galaxy, which operates 130 multiplexes …
DTS Digital Cinema Back From The Not-Quite-Dead With Qube Deal
DTS Digital Cinema has been going through a bumpy ride in the past year, but appears to be seeing a light at the end of the tunnel. One year ago DTS Inc. spun off its two non-licence division. DTS Digital Images reverted to being Lowry Digital under the new ownership of Reliance/Adlabs. DTS Digital […]
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AMC Set To Deploy Sony 4K Digital Projectors
On the eve of ShoWest, the largest trade show for the motion picture exhibition and distribution industry, AMC Entertainment is set to announce that it will install Sony’s 4K digital projectors on all of their screens. According to Variety and the New York Times, the world’s second largest cinema chain will begin installing the equipment […]
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Battle Brews Over 3D Glasses In Europe
Late last week I picked up on a rumor that was circulating about European exhibitors. Apparently, they are rejecting digital 3D versions of DreamWorks Animation’s “Monsters vs. Aliens” in lieu of 2D digital and 35mm prints as a response to being told that distributors will not pick up the tab for 3D glasses. The film […]
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Cinnafilm, Digital Film Central unveil new image-processing technology
This software platform offers format conversion, restoration, optimization, enhancement, film simulation and retiming on a single workstation.
For more information, see the original article at Broadcast Engineering Online