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CineEurope Basics – Barcelona, 18-21 June

CineEurope 2012 will be held in Barcelona this year, not Amsterdam. ISE tried this twice, going to Brussels once, then Barcelona, just to avoid the inevitable of Amsterdam…expensive, gangly, but able to accommodate 100,000 people, Amsterdam. The dates are 18-21 June, with equipment exhibits on the last 3 days.

But CineEurope is not as huge as IBC or ISE, so perhaps a little corner of the El Centro de Convenciones Internacional de Barcelona will be just right.

We’ll be updating this article frequently with links to sources of info. The first is a map of the public transportation of Barcelona. You can find the convention center at the Forum exit of the T5 Glories Line…which follows the end of the Diagonal if you are looking at a map map.

This site points out which public transport card to purchase:Barcelona Metro, Subway System, Barcelona Underground Guide

Monday thru Thursday, 18-21 June. Click for CineEurope Schedule of Events

The winner of the UNIC competition will be announced at the:

Operating in a Digital World – Digital Innovation Award (Room 112, Level 1)15.15–16.30

Mark de Quervain, Sales and Marketing Director, Vue Entertainment
Jan Runge, CEO, UNIC
Pete Buckingham, Kube Consulting

Digitizing cinema screens is part of a wider revolution in the way people find out about film content.

Growth in smartphone use and tailored ‘apps’ offer huge potential for better engagement with the cinema-going audience.

This session will see the culmination of a competition which invited software developers and others to put forward proposals for a cinema-related ‘app’. After a judging process, dozens of entrants have been reduced to a shortlist of three, who will explain their application and how it would benefit the sector. The convention audience will then have a chance to vote on the winner.

Disability and Access (Room 120, Level 1) 13.00-13.45

Cinema operators across the World are coming under increasing pressure to make their cinemas more accessible to disabled customers, particularly those with hearing or sight problems. In this session, some of the foremost companies offering equipment to deal with these issues will explain the potential that currently exists, and look ahead to future developments.Disability and Access

Clint Koch, Sales Director, USL, Inc
Chris Mullins, Product Manager, Sony Professional Solutions Europe
Herve Baujard, EMA Sales Director, Doremi Cinema
Moderator: Phil Clapp, CEO, UK Cinema Exhibitors’ Association

CineEurope Basics – Barcelona, 18-21 June

CineEurope 2012 will be held in Barcelona this year, not Amsterdam. ISE tried this twice, going to Brussels once, then Barcelona, just to avoid the inevitable of Amsterdam…expensive, gangly, but able to accommodate 100,000 people, Amsterdam. The dates are 18-21 June, with equipment exhibits on the last 3 days.

But CineEurope is not as huge as IBC or ISE, so perhaps a little corner of the El Centro de Convenciones Internacional de Barcelona will be just right.

We’ll be updating this article frequently with links to sources of info. The first is a map of the public transportation of Barcelona. You can find the convention center at the Forum exit of the T5 Glories Line…which follows the end of the Diagonal if you are looking at a map map.

This site points out which public transport card to purchase:Barcelona Metro, Subway System, Barcelona Underground Guide

Monday thru Thursday, 18-21 June. Click for CineEurope Schedule of Events

The winner of the UNIC competition will be announced at the:

Operating in a Digital World – Digital Innovation Award (Room 112, Level 1)15.15–16.30

Mark de Quervain, Sales and Marketing Director, Vue Entertainment
Jan Runge, CEO, UNIC
Pete Buckingham, Kube Consulting

Digitizing cinema screens is part of a wider revolution in the way people find out about film content.

Growth in smartphone use and tailored ‘apps’ offer huge potential for better engagement with the cinema-going audience.

This session will see the culmination of a competition which invited software developers and others to put forward proposals for a cinema-related ‘app’. After a judging process, dozens of entrants have been reduced to a shortlist of three, who will explain their application and how it would benefit the sector. The convention audience will then have a chance to vote on the winner.

Disability and Access (Room 120, Level 1) 13.00-13.45

Cinema operators across the World are coming under increasing pressure to make their cinemas more accessible to disabled customers, particularly those with hearing or sight problems. In this session, some of the foremost companies offering equipment to deal with these issues will explain the potential that currently exists, and look ahead to future developments.Disability and Access

Clint Koch, Sales Director, USL, Inc
Chris Mullins, Product Manager, Sony Professional Solutions Europe
Herve Baujard, EMA Sales Director, Doremi Cinema
Moderator: Phil Clapp, CEO, UK Cinema Exhibitors’ Association

Entertainment Technology Center–3DTV Resources

The Entertainment Technology Center has put up a series of FAQs and other information about 3D named 3D Resources for Industry and the Press. It seems quite 3DTV Centric, which means that all the information will be wrong within a moment of publication, but it is a good idea.

The first article (that your editor saw, 15 things your salesperson should know, or s/g like that) played a bit fast and loose with the definition of high definition, but it is better then nothing.

Nothing will help; 3DTV is doomed to fail in the present configuration. It is barely good enough when hot-rodded by gamers. Home users at a close distance with ambient light providing mismatched eye info will not have a fun time. Odd generations of set top boxes mis-matching with TV inputs…who could ask for a worse situation during a depression?

Taste Treat: The Schubin Cafe

Regardless, the days of chance stumblings across his material for this TechTrainspotter, and abortive trial runs at various sites for Mark’s podcasts and other materials, appear to be over.

The site has been running in background mode since July, with expectations to go “Live” with an Official Launch in October.

Lest we waste any more of your time here, this article will end. Be certain to come back when you need some DCinema information. We’ll understand if you disappear for a while, addicted to the years and years of data and nuance to munch on at the Schubin Cafe…we’re already well into the l’Antipasto section of the menu, and have charted a plan through Il Primo…

It’s Microsoft Patch Tuesday: September 2009

Microsoft Patch Tuesday BugThis month’s patch release is about average for Microsoft Patch Tuesday,
but there were a huge number of out of band patches in late August. I’m
really not a big fan of that for non-critical security patches. It
makes sense, though; the patches are related to Windows 7 and Windows
Server 2008 R2, both of which RTMed recently and are just now finding
their way onto systems.

By reader request, I am now listing the updates’ approximate sizes.
I am rounding the numbers, so don’t treat the numbers as accurate to
the byte; the numbers are meant to let you know if this is worth the
download in locations with restricted or metered bandwidth. Please let
me know in the forums whether you find this change useful or think it
adds clutter to the report.

We are continuing to use our new rating system, where one flag means
“patch only if applicable,” two flags means “patch during your next
regularly scheduled patch cycle,” and three flags indicates “patch
immediately.”

[Editor’s Point] Why is this important? Well, obviously, it ain’t. Most of the production and post and exhibition machines are, a) not connected to the internet and b) are not Windows machines.

Not so obviously, how many of us get a USB stick with a file we need from a Windows machine? or where the original information came from a Windows machine? Those ads that need playing before the movie may or may no have come from a hard disk that come from a Windows machine, but I’ll bet money that the key distribution system is on a Windows machine.

Is there a recorded instance where a Unix virus was put onto a USB stick that got inserted into a film play-out server? I don’t know. But constant vigilance and watching the buts of our co-workers is going to save more than one problem in the future. 

Tech Republic is a responsible journal for this type of info. If they say Update Now, please, Update Now.

Read the entire article at: It’s Microsoft Patch Tuesday: September 2009 | Microsoft Windows | TechRepublic.com

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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3D? Opera? Celluloid Junkie calls the Tune

I wish that people would respond to their articles more, especially the ones that are single issue and filled with their opinions. People get in trouble for having opinions, so when someone is brave enough to put one out there, they should be supported </end opinion>

They recently seem…

It seems that recently they are summing up daily news in the exhibition field in one long report. We’ll see how this works.

Whatever, check them out. They are an asset. We’ll try to highlight the critical writings on our site to give you a heads up.

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