Digital News Stories
2008-06-19
Marcus Theatres buys 13 NEC Cinema Projectors from Ballantyne - Mumbai: Cinema equipment provider Ballantyne of Omaha announced that Marcus Theatres has purchased 13 NEC STARUS NC2500S Digital Cinema projector systems from its Strong Digital Systems (SDS) division. The financial terms were not disclosed.
2008-06-17
Barco Launches Global Training and Certification Program for Digital Cinema Installers - Barco, a leading manufacturer in digital cinema and display technology, announces the launch of its global digital cinema installation certification program. For the Americas, a dedicated training facility has been specifically designed for the program in Rancho Cordova, California. EMEA training sessions will be performed in Belgium, and APAC trainings will be run in each territory where they will be adapted to each market
2008-06-17
Regal Gets Real but What Does it Mean? - Regal Entertainment Group and RealD 3D have announced a partnership to convert some 1,500 screens to 3D. The deal, when completed, the key phrase here would bring the total number of 3D screens in the US to well over 3,000. But the deal will not take effect until the major studios and the Digital Cinema Implementation Partners come to terms. So the question is what does this all mean?
2008-06-17
Marcus Theatres(R) Purchases 13 NEC Digital Cinema Projectors from Ballantynes Strong Digital Systems Division - OMAHA, Neb.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ballantyne of Omaha, Inc. (Amex: BTN - News), a provider of motion picture projection, digital cinema and cinema screen equipment and services, announced today that Marcus Theatres
2008-06-17
Warren Theatres selects Christie as DLP cinema provider - MUMBAI: Christie Digital Systems USA, Inc. has been selected by Warren Theatres as the exclusive DLP Cinema provider for its new 14-screen multiplex in Moore, Oklahoma.
2008-06-17
Warren Theatres Selects Christie as Exclusive DLP Cinema Provider for New, All-Digital 14-Screen Multiplex - Christie Digital Systems USA, Inc., a global leader in Digital Cinema, was selected by Warren Theatres as the exclusive DLP Cinema provider for its spectacular new 14-screen multiplex in Moore, Oklahoma. The Moore Warren Theatre, the most expensive in the history of the state, is also one of the largest, with luxury accommodations and screens up to 80 feet wide and four stories tall.
2008-06-17
Cineworld Group says forms 50:50 joint venture with Odeon Cinemas - LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Cineworld Group Plc. said it has formed a 50:50 joint venture, Digital Cinema Media Ltd. (DCM), with Odeon Cinemas Ltd. to address cinema advertising.
2008-05-16
Dalsa Looking For A Digital Cinema Partner - Dalsa Corp. is looking for a partner to help seek out strategic partnership opportunities for its digital-cinema division.
2008-05-16
Mixed feelings over going digital on the big screen - Everyone agrees that digital projection is the future of cinema, but the rise of 3D films means cinemas may soon have more incentive to invest in the technology.
2008-05-16
D-Cinema Deadlock - At least 10 3-D digital features are planned for 2009, but the clock is ticking ominously when it comes to the deployment of digital theater installations. "(DreamWorks Animation CEO) Jeffrey Katzenberg has stated that he wants 5,000 3-D-ready digital-cinema screens by March," National Association of Theatre Owners president John Fithian said. "That is aggressive. We can get there, but I kind of doubt it." DWA's "Monsters vs. Aliens" is slated for release March 27
2008-05-16
XDC Official Digital Cinema Partner for Cannes Film Festival - As the Official Partner for Cannes Film Festival, XDC is providing all of the necessary equipment, as well as its know-how, to support, under the technical supervision of the French CST, all the digital screenings including the parallel sections during the May competition.
2008-05-16
DTS sells digital cinema business for $3.3 million - AGOURA HILLS, Calif. (AP) -- DTS Inc., which makes audio parts for speakers, DVD players and computers, said Monday it sold its digital cinema business to Beaufort California Inc., a member of U.K.-based Beaufort International Group PLC.
2008-05-16
Lionsgate, AccessIT sign Print Fee Deal - "Digital cinema integrator Access Integrated Technologies has formalized a virtual print fee deal with Lionsgate.
2008-05-16
The Big Picture:A 3D Journey - One of the most highly anticipated movies in years is this summer’s Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D. The movie, from Walden Media, is the first live-action digitally captured, wide release 3D-feature film in history. I recently interviewed Cary Granat, Walden’s co-CEO about the making of the movie.
2008-04-28
French chain starts to go digital - CGR to have 100 digital screens by July
2008-04-28
Sony Creates New Division in Support of 4k Technology - In hopes of increasing awareness of 4k projection technology, Sony Electronics has created a new business group, called the Digital Cinema Services and Solutions Division, which is located in Los Angeles. This group will install, maintain, and finance programs that deal with the digital cinema industry, primarily servicing clients of the Sony CineAlta 4k SXRD Projector, also known as the SRX-R220. Realizing that the conventional cinema market is moving to digital cinema, this recent move by Sony will be detrimental to encouraging the use of 4k, as opposed to 2k projection. Providing his management experience to the company, Michael Fidler will be senior vice president of the newly created group.
2008-04-27
Digital Cinema 3-D dispute - NATO prexy John Fithian warned Sunday that the cinema industry is headed for “a potential train wreck” over 3-D if studios and theater owners do not settle their dispute over digital cinema fees in short order. And he noted that while heavyweights such as Jeffrey Katzenberg and James Cameron were early and ardent supporters of digital, key helmers like Steven Spielberg remain on the fence.
2008-04-27
The Exhibitionist: Film Appreciation in the Digital Age - Is film really better than digital? Or vice versa? Following the news that Steven Spielberg is allegedly to blame for the slow rollout of digital projectors into cinemas, I've been thinking about the questions all week. And I have no idea. But not because siding with Spielberg, just because he's Spielberg, is difficult when he suddenly announces a new digital 3-D project (Ghost and the Shell) he'll be producing. The reality is that I'm not technologically informed enough and, more importantly, my eyesight isn' good enough for me to really make the distinction anymore.
2008-04-27
Digital cinema in Ireland - Last week the Arts Council launched the report Digital cinema in Ireland (available from the web site), which was commissioned by the Cultural Cinema Consortium, the strategic partnership between the Arts Council and the Irish Film Board.
2008-04-27
Qube Is Digital Cinema Partner at 2008 Tribeca Film Festival - Qube Cinema is proud to announce its partnership with the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival taking place in New York City from April 23 to May 4. This initiative is aimed at introducing and exposing independent filmmakers to Qube Cinema and the DCI JPEG2000 format - the global standard for digital cinema.
2008-04-27
Insight forms 3-D consortium - LAS VEGAS -- Driven by the momentum of 3-D in digital cinema, the U.S. Display Consortium and consulting firm Insight Media launched the 3D@Home Consortium with 22 founding members Tuesday at the NAB Show in Las Vegas.
2008-04-27
Spielberg Blamed for 3-D “Train Wreck” - There’s currently a crisis in the theater industry and apparently it’s all Steven Spielberg’s fault. According to Variety coverage of Sunday’s National Association of Broadcasters Show’s Digitial Cinema Summit, the filmmaker was named as a constant obstacle in the transition to digital cinema.
2008-04-27
Inside the old Odeon cinema, Cambridge Street, Aylesbury - In March 2008 I investigated this long closed and fast deteriorating cinema building with my brother. This is a small documentary of what we found, as shot on my digital stills camera when the battery on my camcorder proved flat.
2008-04-16
Digital cinema dispute in 3-D - NATO prexy John Fithian warned Sunday that the cinema industry is headed for "a potential train wreck" over 3-D if studios and theater owners do not settle their dispute over digital cinema fees in short order. And he noted that while heavyweights such as Jeffrey Katzenberg and James Cameron were early and ardent supporters of digital, key helmers like Steven Spielberg remain on the fence.
2008-04-16
Adobe Rolls Camera on New Digital Cinema Standard - Adobe hopes to become the standard bearer in digital movie making with CinemaDNG. The format would help ease workflows and processes for digital filmmakers by serving as an across-the-board standard for RAW image files. The move has support from major camera manufacturers like Panavision.
2008-04-16
Kodak Selects intoPIX Technology for Digital Cinema - intoPIX, the leading high-performance JPEG 2000 solution provider, announces today that Kodak Digital Cinema will use the intoPIX decoder in next generations of the Kodak Content Player JMN3000. New Kodak units with intoPIX technology inside will be available later this year. The intoPIX decoder, which meets DCI specifications, will bring Kodak new flexibility in its continuing evolution of digital cinema systems that meet the industry
2008-04-16
DTS Sells Digital Images Business to Reliance Big Entertainment - DTS, Inc. today announced that the Company has completed the sale of its Digital Images business to Reliance Big Entertainment Ltd., a member of the Reliance ADA Group of India.
2008-04-16
ODEON BRINGS IN TECHNOLOGY TO SHOW NEXT-GENERATION FILMS - Derby Odeon will embrace digital technology later this year as it faces up to the extra competition from the new Showcase Cinema De Lux.
2008-04-16
Many issues threaten 3-D momentum - LAS VEGAS -- Digital-cinema stakeholders said that while digital-cinema and 3-D has been widely embraced, there remain myriad unresolved technical and business issues that threaten the momentum.
2008-04-11
STRATACACHE Announces New Release of OmniCast for Digital Cinema at the NAB Show - STRATACACHE today announced the newest release of OmniCast for Digital Cinema (DC) 4.0, an updated version of the fast and highly efficient digital cinema distribution software. The 4.0 release is capable of distributing some of the movie industry
2008-04-11
STRATACACHE to Exhibit Newly Released Digital Cinema Solution at 2008 NAB Show in Booth C1247 - DAYTON, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--STRATACACHE, a leading provider of scalable, high-speed data delivery solutions for the digital cinema and digital signage industries, returns to Las Vegas this month to participate in the 2008 NAB Show, April 14-17. Exhibiting in booth C1247, STRATACACHE will spotlight OmniCast for Digital Cinema, a recently upgraded solution for fast, efficient digital cinema distribution, and ActiVia for Media, its award-winning digital signage software.
2008-04-11
QuVIS Unveils Real-time JPEG2000 Mastering Options for the QuVIS Acuity - The QuVIS Acuity now offers real-time digital video mastering capabilities never before seen on a single server, providing workflow solutions that directly increase HD and Digital Cinema content production efficiencies and profitability.
2008-04-11
Hollywood Gets Depth With Digital Makeover - Hollywood studios, theater owners and others have spent more than eight years working to bring digital cinema projectors to the big screen.
2008-04-11
Cine-tal Develops 3D Image Processing Solution for Dolby - Cine-tal Systems announced that it has developed customized, image processing technology for Dolby Laboratories that facilitates the playback of 3D movies using a Dolby 3D Digital Cinema process while they are in production. The technology, which will be deployed under the name Cine-tal Color Processor for Dolby 3D, is aimed at movie studios and other producers of stereoscopic 3D films using a Dolby 3D Digital Cinema process for post production operations such as color grading and screenings. The system employs Dolby's advanced color processing for playback of any 3D source material that has not yet been packaged into a DCP (Digital Cinema Package). Cine-tal's solution ensures color accuracy in 3D playback, so that the playback image matches Dolby 3D Digital Cinema systems used in theaters
2008-04-11
ADAG acquires Hollywood film restorer - MUMBAI: In its first acquisition in the digital services space, ADAG
2008-04-11
Barco 3D Cinema comes to NuMetro - In Fourways, Johannesurg, NuMetro Montecasino is installing a Barco 2k digital cinema projector for Questek Advanced Technologies. The D-Cine Premiere DP100 digital projector is capable of 2048 x 1080 display resolution. The system uses Texas Instruments DPL cinema technology for premium performance and reliability. According to Sobi Mokholo, general manager of Questek Advanced Technologies,
2008-04-11
Proavio to Introduce New Line of Fibre Channel Storage Products for Growing Digital Cinema Markets - Proavio, U.S.A., has announced a completely new line of 4Gb Fibre Channel storage solutions designed to accommodate the needs of growing digital cinema storage requirements.
2008-04-11
Digital Projector - At the theater I work at we just got our first digital projector! It's so cool, we control it through a touch screen computer and instead of film the movie is on a portable hardrive. The other day at work we got it running and sat in the theater to watched some of it. The image is amazing, no scratches or little black spots. It was cool to see but at the same time it was kind of depressing because slowly the digital projectors will take over the the movie theater world and us projectionists will loose our jobs. Not that I want to be a projectionist for the rest of my life but there are a lot of die hard projectionists out there.
2008-04-11
UK event to address impact of D-cinema on distributors - The role of distributors in the development of digital cinema is the subject of a London conference this month, organised by analyst Screen Digest and the European Digital Cinema Forum.
2008-04-11
Independent Exhibitors Step Into the Digital Future - NATO's Cinema Buying Group Selects AccessIT to Provide Digital Cinema Equipment and Service to Over 8,000 Independent North American Screens AccessIT Offered the Winning Package of Extensive Experience, Exhibitor Choice, and Competitive Cost, Says Wayne Anderson, Managing Director of CBG- NATO
2008-04-11
XDC and Luxor Make Breakthrough in Russia With Scar 3D Playing on 33 Digital Cinema Screens - Shown for the first time during the Cannes Film Festival 2007, Scar is a first-of-its kind 3D movie. Moviegoers should brace themselves for an entirely new dimension in larger-than-life horror, shot entirely with one vision: to create an amazing full 3D digital cinema experience.
2008-04-11
CBG focused on AccessIT - The Cinema Buying Group -- a buying program of the National Association of Theatre Owners for small and independent theater operators -- has inked a far-reaching deal with Access Integrated Technologies, making the digital-cinema deployer the integrator for the CBG's 600-plus members in the U.S. and Canada.
2008-04-11
UK's leading cinema circuit signs up Royal Opera - In a further sign that alternative content is beginning to make in-roads into the cinema of the future, leading UK cinema circuit Odeon Cinemas and smaller circuit City Screen have agreed a deal with the Royal Opera House (ROH) for the upcoming season'\s events to be shown in its cinemas. Deal is arranged as part of wider distribution agreement between UK digital distribution company Arts Alliance Media (AAM), and Canadian DigiScreen Corp, Pillar Group and Royal Opera House'\s Opus Arte. AAM has an exclusive distribution agreement to take ROH events across Europe and will be responsible for cinema exhibitor booking negotiation, digital print services, security and tracking, live event project management and marketing/PR support. ROH plans to film 14 productions a year in HD and screen them in cinemas, beginning with The Marriage of Figaro in the autumn, although this was shot in 2006. Events will be a combination of Covent Garden'\s opera and ballet; the latter will be new for cinemas and is hoped to tap into a wider family audience. The new strategy for Covent Garden follows the acquisition of spin-off company Opus Arte, Covent Garden'\s DVD and CD sales outfit), by the ROH for £5.7m. Long-time negotiations between unions and management for new performers'\ rights deals (due to extra performaces such as these) have been concluded. In the beginning, screenings will be pre-recorded but Covent Garden aims to show live events. Initially, 13 Odeon cinemas will be involved. ROH is also looking to sell rights to these screenings in Europe and America. Ticket prices may start at £12 at Odeons, although City Screen has been charging around £25 for its previous operatic screenings and says that this is nearer the mark when a satellite transmission is involved. New York'\s Metropolitan Opera is the pioneer in this area, having agreed with cinema groups in several countries, including City Screen, to screen operas live into cinemas). Odeon has already shown three events from Glyndebourne. Both companies have reported seat occupancy of up to 90 per cent.
2008-04-11
Scrabble Entertainment Chooses Qube for Its Digital Cinema Roll out in India - Qube Cinema, Inc. Hannah Cash, +1-818-392-8155 Fax: +1-818-301-0401 www.qubecinema.com Qube Cinema's Qube XP-D digital cinema server has been chosen by Scrabble Entertainment for its digital cinema roll out in India. Scrabble Entertainment is an India based digital cinema group. Over the next 12 months, Scrabble will upgrade 350 key screens in metropolitan cities across the country and release content in the DCI JPEG2000 format. Indian feature films in multiple languages as well as Hollywood Studio films will be released on this network.
2008-04-11
'Going digital is the right step to prevent piracy' - Digital cinema infrastructure providers are bullish that in the year ahead, aggressive digitisation of cinema halls will significantly help in plugging the leak of film revenues due to piracy.
2008-04-11
Interview of Real D CEO Michael Lewis - Real D CEO Michael V. Lewis is approaching the world of 3D Cinema from a different angle, being the head of the technology company who has the biggest job in terms of convincing film directors, producers, studios as well as the theater owners and exhibitors, that 3D is a worthwhile investment and indeed the way of the future. ComingSoon.net had a chance to sit down with Lewis during ShoWest to find out more about his company's origins and how they've been using the Real D technology over the past few years and how they'll continue to provide the main foundation for digital 3D projection as more and more studios get into the act.
2008-04-11
Jason Brenek Promoted to Newly Created Position of Senior VP, Worldwide Digital Cinema and Cinema Programming for Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures - BURBANK, Calif., April 2, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- Jason Brenek, who most recently served as the Studios' vice president of Distribution Strategy, has been promoted to the newly created position of senior vice president, Worldwide Digital Cinema and Cinema Programming, it was announced today by Mark Zoradi, president, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Group.
2008-04-11
Imax Signs Texas Instruments For Digital Projectors - Imax Corp. (IMAX) will use Texas Instruments Inc.'s ( TXN) DLP Cinema technology in its forthcoming digital-projection system, the companies confirmed Tuesday.
2008-04-11
NEC Hires Seasoned Digital media Executive As General Manager Of Digital Cinema Division - NEC Corporation of America, a premier provider of IT and network solutions and services, today announced that Jim Reisteter has joined the company as the general manager of the Digital Cinema Division. He will report to the vice president of the Solutions Business, Yuji Ichimura. Reisteter offers a diverse and successful background in sales leadership, marketing and general management of Fortune 50, mid-cap and re-start organizations.
2008-03-27
Sony 4K Digital Projectors Used for First 3D HD Live-Action Simulcast of Regular Season NBA Game - DALLAS, March 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Sony Electronics 4K digital cinema projectors were used earlier this week for the first live high-definition presentation in 3D of an NBA regular season game, which was shown at a commercial movie theater.
2008-03-27
DTS Digital Images Fine Tunes - BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--DTS Digital Images, Inc. has provided custom image processing services for New Line Cinema and Walden Media
2008-03-27
The Projection Dilemma - I will now take you, reader, on a journey involving both technology and aesthetics intermingled with projection practices that are a century old and how the ways that the digital cinema revolution impacts this, combined with concerns about stereoscopy. Stick with me and it may all make sense by the end. Along the way I
2008-03-27
10,000 More Cinemas To Go Digital - Access Integrated Technologies, the US based digital cinema supplier, has commitments from four major film studios, including Disney, Twentieth Century Fox, Paramount Pictures and Universal Pictures, to continue to pay virtual print fees whilst actually providing movies digitally.
2008-03-27
Kodak enters North American market as D-Cinema facilitator - Eastman Kodak has signed up two mid-sized cinema operators in the US market for entire circuit-wide conversion of their screens to digital. The first major signing was Santikos Theatres with 126 screens in Texas. The first installations of which have already been completed in the newly opened Silverado Houston multiplex, and will be followed by a complete conversion to an all digital circuit. The second signing was Goodrich Quality Theatres which operates 280 screens in 32 venues across the USA. The deployments will begin in 2008, although it is not known how many will be completed during the first phase of the roll-out.
2008-03-27
Digital cinema player Christie eyes India signs multiplexes - Mumbai: Global digital cinema leader Christie has signed an exclusive contract with Scrabble Entertainment to supply 200 Christie DLP Cinema projectors for Indias largest single digital cinema deployment.
2008-03-27
SUNDANCE SPECTACULAR - At this year’s Sundance Film Festival, Dolby technologies, products and services converged in perfect harmony for the world premiere of the critically lauded U2 3D, a new concert film featuring the world-renowned Irish rock band shot during the “Vertigo” tour throughout South America. The film, produced by 3ality Digital Entertainment and distributed in the U.S. by National Geographic, was shown on Jan. 19 at the Eccles Theatre in Park City, Utah.
2008-03-27
FSN Southwest to Televise First Ever Regular-Season NBA Game in 3D HD - FSN Southwest and the Dallas Mavericks will provide a look into the future of sports television on March 25 when they team with PACE, the leader in digital 3D productions, to produce the first-ever NBA regular-season game live in 3D HD secured through PACE Fusion 3D and the third ever live sporting event presented in the innovative format.
2008-03-27
ARTS ALLIANCE MEDIA RANKED IN TOP 50 FASTEST GROWING DIGITAL MEDIA COMPANIES IN THE UK - The Media Momentum Awards 2008 today announces the fastest growing digital media companies. The prestigious invitation-only Media Momentum Awards organised by investment bank GP Bullhound, presents accolades to just five companies selected from an elite pool of fifty, all outstanding achievers and expanding rapidly in their field.
2008-03-26
Cash boost for Cumbria's arts and cinema - NORTHWEST Vision and Media, which works on behalf of the region's film, TV and digital content industries, is to distribute almost
2008-03-26
3D movies taking cinemas by storm in digital age - LAS VEGAS - Now is the time to put on your glasses. Once known as a headache-inducing screen gimmick of the 1950s, 3D is roaring back into movie theaters - thanks to new digital-cinema technology and Hollywood studios eager to exploit the format.
2008-03-26
Imax adds 31 screens to U.S. deal with Regal - Imax Corp. is expanding the screen-count of its joint venture deal with Regal Cinemas to install another 31 Imax digital projection systems at Regal locations in 20 cities in the United States.
2008-03-26
Digital Projection Changing the Face of Cinema - Since the advent of projection technology there have been various advances in cinema, primarily in the way a creative team develops a motion picture, and how we view the finished product. The various improvements that have been made are due to the ever-growing need for inspiring movies that can touch the hearts of millions and allow the industry to remain active. This digital change is not lacking a future as experts predict the market will grow exponentially with screens making the transition to digital cinema in 2009, some even to three dimensional cinema for specific films.
2008-03-19
NEC Corporation of America Hires Seasoned Digital Media Executive as General Manager of Digital Cinema Division - NEC Corporation of America, a premier provider of IT and network solutions and services, today announced that Jim Reisteter has joined the company as the general manager of the Digital Cinema Division. He will report to the vice president of the Solutions Business, Yuji Ichimura. Reisteter offers a diverse and successful background in sales leadership, marketing and general management of Fortune 50, mid-cap and re-start organizations.
2008-03-19
Planetariums real-time show - A planetarium incorporating some of the worlds most advanced digital projection technology is due to open in the south of England in March.
2008-03-19
RealD 3D Biggest and Brightest at ShoWest - 3D Cinema Leader RealD Uses RealD XL Technology to Bring Digital 3D to Larger Screens Than Ever Before
2008-03-16
Thomson and Cineplex Entertainment Pact for Digital Cinema Test at Flagship Toronto Theatre - Technicolor Digital Cinema to Install Digital Projection Systems at Scotiabank Theatre in Downtown Toronto
2008-03-16
Electrosonic showcases MS9600 2K Digital Cinema Player - If youve been wishing that those double digit theater prices would actually net your local hot spot an upgrade, heres an idea you can certainly nudge their way. Showing off at ShoWest 2008 in Las Vegas, the Electrosonic MS9600 is hailed as a "high-performance JPEG2000 appliance," which plays back unencrypted JPEG2000 content at 2K, 1080p and 720p resolutions. Designed specifically for digital cinema, post production and show control applications, this unit also touts dual HD-SDI / dual DVI-I video outputs and 16-channels of broadcast quality digital audio. Furthermore, it even supports 48fps 3D playback, but unfortunately, weve no idea how soon its destined to hit cinemas of any kind.
2008-03-16
Dolby Spotlights Collection of Digital Cinema Solutions at ShoWest 2008 - LAS VEGAS, BUSINESS WIRE -- At ShoWest 2008 today, Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: DLB) highlighted how its digital cinema solutions address the unique needs of exhibitors and create an efficient digital cinema environment. The comprehensive families of products, designed to work together to streamline business processes, make it easier for exhibitors to transition to digital cinema.
2008-03-16
Dolby Expands Footprint in Asia with Digital Cinema, 3D Digital Cinema Solutions - LAS VEGAS, BUSINESS WIRE -- Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: DLB) announced today at ShoWest 2008 that Shanghai Film Group Corporation (SFG) and UFO India Limited have selected Dolby Laboratories to bring more digital cinema systems to China and India.
2008-03-16
Imax focuses on DLP chips - Imax, which is on the verge of entering the digital era, is in negotiations with Texas Instruments to use TIs Digital Light Processing technology as part of Imaxs proprietary system.
2008-03-16
Theaters, studios see $1.1 billion upgrade deal in Q2 - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Several theater chains and studios are nearing an estimated $1.1 billion financing deal to deploy in cinemas digital technology that promises to boost attendance and save Hollywood billions of dollars in annual print and delivery costs, industry officials said on Sunday.
2008-03-16
Thomson and Marcus Theatres Pact for Digital Cinema Test in Milwaukee Market - Thomson (Paris:18453)(NYSE:TMS), through its Technicolor Digital Cinema business, announced today it will install digital cinema projection systems with Milwaukee, Wis.-based Marcus Theatres(R) at the Cinema At The Renaissance 13-plex in Sturtevant, Wisconsin.
2008-03-16
Access IT, Studios to Add 10,000 Digital Cinema Screens - Morristown, N.J. - Access Integrated Technologies (Access IT) (NASD: AIXD), a provider of digital cinema projection systems for movie theaters, announced on Tuesday a massive deal with four major movies studios, to provide movies to up to 10,000 digital cinema systems in the U.S. and Canada.
2008-03-16
UPDATE: Imax Signs Texas Instruments For Digital Projectors - TORONTO -(Dow Jones)- Imax Corp. (IMAX) will use Texas Instruments Inc.s ( TXN) DLP Cinema technology in its forthcoming digital-projection system, the companies confirmed Tuesday.
2008-03-16
RealD 3D Biggest and Brightest at ShoWest - 3D Cinema Leader RealD Uses RealD XL Technology to Bring Digital 3D to Larger Screens Than Ever Before
2008-03-16
Scrabble Entertainment Contracts Christie for Indias Largest Digital Cinema Roll-Out - Christie, a global leader in Digital Cinema, is pleased to announce it has secured an exclusive contract with Scrabble Entertainment (SE) to supply 200 Christie DLP Cinema(r) projectors for India
2008-03-16
Barco to expand Digital Cinema team in the US. - Barco, a world leader in Digital Cinema, increases its commitment to the digital cinema market, and announces the appointment of Todd Hoddick as new Vice President for Barco Media & Entertainment
2008-03-16
Texas Instruments Announces IMAX Digital Projection System to be Powered by DLP Cinema - 2008 marks the 10th Anniversary of digital cinema led by DLP Cinema
2008-03-16
Empire Theatres Selects Christie DLP Cinema Projectors to Meet Surging Demand for 3D Movies - Christie, a global leader in Digital Cinema, announced that Empire Theatres, Canada
2008-03-16
Christie Offers Expanded Family of Cinema Solutions with More Choice and Higher Brightness - Christie, a global leader in Digital Cinema, with over 4,600 Digital Cinema systems installed worldwide, continues to set the pace in the industry with an expanded family of Digital Cinema products perfectly tailored to meet the needs of the exhibitor. At the 2008 ShoWest convention in Las Vegas, the company will showcase its latest CP2000 series product line, including projectors with three new brightness levels and a new dual projector 3D system.
2008-03-16
XPAND Climbs to Higher Ranks as International Leader in 3D with O - Making great strides in the research and development of 3D technology during the past year, XPAND has wisely incorporated Active 3D delivery as their primary product for the digital cinema marketplace. In a strategic move to position the company as a dominant player in 3D, XPAND joined forces with NuVision Technologies (Portland, OR), creating a compelling business model that will support existing and future XPAND digital theaters.
2008-03-16
DTS Digital Cinema Installs FilmStore - DTS Digital Cinema has announced the installation of its FilmStore
2008-03-16
Dolby Expands Footprint in Asia with Digital Cinema, 3D Digital Cinema Solutions Shanghai Film Group and UFO India Limited select Dolby - Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: DLB) announced today at ShoWest 2008 that Shanghai Film Group Corporation (SFG) and UFO India Limited have selected Dolby Laboratories to bring more digital cinema systems to China and India.
2008-03-16
Cineplex Entertainment Selects Christie For Rollout Of 25 Digitally Equipped 3D Theatres Across Canada - Christie, a global leader in Digital Cinema, announced that Cineplex Entertainment (TSX:CGX.UN), Canada
2008-03-09
NEW CHRISTIE DUAL PROJECTOR SYSTEM FOR 3D CINEMA OFFERS BEST VALUE IN THE INDUSTRY - Christie, a global leader in Digital Cinema now offers the industry
2008-03-09
European Digital Cinema Security Whitebook is Online - This book results from the work of the Enhanced Digital Cinema (EDcine) project established by the European Commission in the context of the Networked Audio Visual line of the 6th framework of IST (Information Society and Technology). The world of digital cinema has been led by Hollywood initiatives. The Digital Cinema Initiative (DCI) is under standardisation by a subgroup of the Society of Moving Pictures and Television Engineers, namely the DC28. EDcine was launched in this environment to maintain the European industrial leading edge in the field and to develop new tools and best practices beyond the Digital Cinema Initiative (DCI). Economic, cultural and technical aspects are more complex in Europe. There is a clear need to go beyond DCI. In its initial functional analysis, EDcine included end-user groups, such as small production studios, local post-production
2008-03-09
ArcLight glows with d-cinema - Technicolor Digital Cinema signed an agreement with Hollywood's ArcLight Cinemas to provide digital projection systems at its complex. The deal encompasses ArcLight's Cinerama Dome, where Technicolor has previously been testing its systems.
2008-03-01
3D Movies Arrive at SilverCity Ancaster Cinemas - CINEPLEX ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCES 25 THEATRES IN CANADA TO BE EQUIPPED WITH DIGITAL 3D PROJECTORS AND PREMIERES WITH HANNA MONTANA & MILEY CYRUS: BEST OF BOTH WORLDS CONCERT
2008-03-01
DTS 4Q Loss Grows on Write-Down - NEW YORK (Associated Press) - DTS Inc. posted a much wider fourth-quarter loss on Thursday due to a write-down on the value of its discontinued digital cinema and images businesses, which it might sell.
2008-03-01
Sounding the Alarm on DTS Inc. - DTS Inc. (DTSI) is a provider of digital multi-channel audio, or surround sound, to the consumer electronics market and Hollywood. The market is a duopoly for audio codecs, with Dolby (DLB) dominating the market. The “duopoly” is more like a monopoly with a second standard for the sake of competition (think Intel (INTC) and AMD (AMD)).
2008-03-01
LOTTERY BOOST FOR REVOLUTIONARY TECHNOLOGY IN SUPPORTING UK RELEASE OF U2 3D - The UK Film Council’s Prints & Advertising Fund is backing U2 3D, the first-ever feature length live action film shot and exhibited in breakthrough digital 3D. Released on Friday 22 February by Revolver Entertainment, the film documents the band’s 2006 Buenos Aires concert in the Vertigo tour and is an exciting and immersive cinema-going experience unlike anything seen in cinema before.
2008-03-01
JPEG 2000 a great step forward for the archival community - The Digital Preservation Coalition has examined JPEG 2000 in a report published today. The report concludes that JPEG 2000 represents a great stride forward for the archival community. The format now allows for greater compression rates and a recompression rate that is visually lossless.
2008-03-01
The Makeup of Digital Cinema Server Systems - Digital Cinema server systems, in production for several years now, are reaching hundreds of placements in cinemas around the world. Digital Cinema harnesses disk based post-production, compilation, transport, distribution, and play-out technologies into an end-to-end solution.
2008-03-01
Schneider Optics Appoints D. Scott Dewald to Director of Product Development - Van Nuys, CA (PRWEB) February 27, 2008 -- Schneider Optics, Inc., the well-known lens and professional filter manufacturer, has announced the hiring of D. Scott Dewald as Director of Product Development. He will lead Schneider's international team on Digital Cinema development while simultaneously helping to expand and improve Schneider's entire optical product line.
2008-03-01
Fishing for revenues - GERMANY: A group of digital cinema suppliers have set up a project designed to look for new sources of cinema revenue.
2008-03-01
Ballantyne's Cinema Screen Subsidiary Enters Long-Term Supply Agreement with IMAX for Large Scale Cinema Screens - OMAHA, Neb. - (Business Wire) Ballantyne of Omaha, Inc. (Amex: BTN), a motion picture projection, digital cinema and specialty lighting equipment and services provider, announced today that its Marcel Desrochers Inc. (MDI) subsidiary, doing business as Strong Screen Systems, has entered into a long-term supply agreement with IMAX Corp. (NASDAQ: IMAX). Under the agreement Strong Screen Systems/MDI will provide coated cinema screen sheets and structural screen frames (the key components of a cinema screen system) for use with IMAX
2008-03-01
3D Rocks the Future - Digital 3D will spark revolution in cinema that could be comparable to the introduction of colour Digital 3D screens in the UK set to increase tenfold by 2012
2008-03-01
Ballantyne's Cinema Screen Subsidiary Enters Long-Term Supply Agreement with IMAX for Large Scale Cinema Screens - Ballantyne of Omaha, Inc. (Amex: BTN), a motion picture projection, digital cinema and specialty lighting equipment and services provider, announced today that its Marcel Desrochers Inc. (MDI) subsidiary, doing business as Strong Screen Systems, has entered into a long-term supply agreement with IMAX Corp. (NASDAQ: IMAX). Under the agreement Strong Screen Systems/MDI will provide coated cinema screen sheets and structural screen frames (the key components of a cinema screen system) for use with IMAX's proprietary large format digital, analog and 3-D projection systems.
2008-02-16
“Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert” in 3-D Enabled by AccessIT Technology and Deployment - Disney Digital 3-D™ Blockbuster Adds to Growing Demand for Special Event Programming
2008-02-16
DIGITALLY INDEPENDENT CINEMA - Converting theaters big and small to digital projection involves a complex mix of standards, art, money, technology, and logistics.
2008-02-16
The Walt Disney Studios, ESPN, AccessIT Team Up to Bring Fans into Theatres for Live Satellite Streaming of Major College Basketball Event - MORRISTOWN, N.J., Feb. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Walt Disney Studios, ESPN and Access Integrated Technologies, Inc. ("AccessIT") (Nasdaq: AIXD - News) will team up to stream a live HD broadcast of the classic rivalry between the University of Texas and Texas A&M into digital cinema- equipped theatres throughout Texas on February 18, 2008. The game will be shown on a total of 15 screens in Carmike Cinemas, Galaxy Theatres and Rave Motion Pictures cinema locations. Excited fans, unable to be in the Longhorn's sold-out Frank Erwin Center, will be able to cheer together from the equivalent of courtside seats as the teams tip-off.
2008-02-16
Celluloid's still selling - Will 2008 finally be the year that digital cinema comes to a multiplex near you?
2008-02-16
Fun Cinemas aims to have over 1,500 screens by 2011 - Chandigarh, Feb 14 E-City Ventures promoted Fun Cinemas, is aiming to reach the mark of 1,500 screens across India by 2011. New screens will be added in three formats comprising multiplex, digital screen and talkie town (single screen). Talking to FE, Vishal Kapur, chief operating officer, Fun Cinemas said, "At present we have 53 operational screens in multiplexes and talkie towns. We are planning to take the 110 digital screens to 1,000 screens with an investment of over Rs 200 crore in the next four years. An investment of about Rs 500-600 crore is kept aside for multiplexes and more single screens will also be added."
2008-02-16
Qube Cinema chosen for the National Film Board of Canada’s digital cinema initiative - Qube Cinema is the platform of choice for the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) and its new digital cinema pilot project in Atlantic Canada.
2008-02-16
Kodak digital cinema strategy bearing fruit - Italy has entered the digital screen advertising revolution, with Warner Bros International Cinemas (WBIC) aiming to convert its entire network during the first half of this year. WBIC has signed Kodak Digital Cinema to install a networked digital advertising system in all its cinemas, numbering 172 screens in 17 sites when two new sites are completed this year. WBIC is building on Kodak's work in Japan with its sister cinema circuit to digitise its screen advertising in Italian market, generally lagging behind in the wider digital cinema marketplace. Kodak will take control of all packaging and distribution of advertising content, with some tasks taken care of in Italy (such as encoding) but full control remaining with Kodak's network operating centre in USA.
2008-02-16
Project Explores Impact Of Digital Cinema - Digital exhibitor kino cinemas, server manufacturer Doremi, software developer SiTec and consultancy peacefulfish have joined forces to launch a pilot project exploring and testing the added value of digital cinema services as a new source of cinema revenue.
2008-02-16
Digerati Explore 4K Technologies - DJ Woods Productions, in association with Ryerson University and Post DNA Productions, are presenting an opportunity for Professionals in the Film, Television and Advertising industries to expand their knowledge of the concepts and techniques in digital media.
2008-02-16
FISHING FOR REVENUES - A group of digital cinema suppliers have set up a project designed to look for new sources of cinema revenue.
2008-02-16
Barco projects world premiere of U2 3D at Sundance Film Festival - Using the latest in 3-D digital technology, the screening takes the concert movie to unprecedented heights. Crisp images, sharp colors, it’s like being right there in the front row for the best U2 concert imaginable… and projected by Barco.
2008-02-16
Kodak to power Texas’ Santikos Theatres - Kodak has been selected to power the digital transition of the legendary Santikos Theatres chain in Texas. Full Kodak Digital Cinema systems will be installed on all screens of the newly-constructed Silverado 19 in Houston and on nine screens in current Palladium theatre in San Antonio. All installations will be done by Kodak and include several models of Barco Premiere projectors, depending on screen size and requirements.
2008-02-16
Digital technology and the film industry - I read the article called "the film industry should embrace digital technology" in which Lord Puttnam gives a lecture at Cass, Monday 14 June 2004. In this lecture, called ‘The Impact of Digital Technology on the Film Industry – Opportunity or Threat?’ at Cass Business School, he said that digital technology offers a huge opportunity for the film industry but the current trend of treating it as a threat could hasten the demise of parts of the industry. Puttnam said the film industry needed to embrace digital technology otherwise it would share a similar fate to that of the music industry which has witnessed a massive drop in profits due to illegal internet trading. Lord Puttnam also spoke of the impact of digital technology on special effects in films, arguing that special effects are both increasingly important in the success of a film as well as being very reliant on specialist skills.
2008-02-16
WALT DISNEY STUDIOS INTERNATIONAL AND ARTS ALLIANCE MEDIA SIGN DIGITAL CINEMA DEPLOYMENT AGREEMENT - Walt Disney Studios International ("Disney") and Arts Alliance Media ("AAM"), one of Europe's leading providers of digital film distribution services, have reached a non-exclusive long-term agreement for digital cinema rollout across Europe. Disney is the latest studio to support the AAM DCI-compliant rollout. Under the terms of the agreement, Disney will supply European exhibitors with its feature films in digital format and will make provisional contributions towards the digital cinema hardware costs of AAM-deployed DCI-compliant screens.
2008-02-12
Santikos Theatres Joins Kodak Digital Cinema Family - Kodak announced today that it has been selected to power the digital transition of the legendary Santikos Theatres chain in Texas. Full Kodak Digital Cinema systems will be installed on all screens of the newly-constructed Silverado 19 in Houston and on 9 screens in current Palladium theatre in San Antonio. All installations will be done by Kodak and include several models of Barco Premiere projectors, depending on screen size and requirements.
2008-02-11
Digital Watermarking to be Demonstrated at Jan. 30 State of the Net Conference in Washington, D.C. - The Digital Watermarking Alliance (DWA) is a group of organizations that share a common interest in furthering the adoption of digital watermarking and which are actively involved in commercialization of digital watermarking-based applications, systems and services.
2008-02-11
Digital 3D Cinema Company Real D Raises $20 Million - Los Angeles - Real D, a provider of digital cinema 3D projection systems, has raised $20 million in its fourth round of venture capital financing, led by Pequot Capital, PEHub.com reported.
2008-02-11
PATENTS: Movies raise the curtain on digital cinema projectors - This patent review from Nerac explores some new developments in digital cinema that may speed its widespread adoption.
2008-02-11
Digital cinema front, center in Paris - PARIS -- Digital cinema was in the spotlight in Paris on Wednesday as the sixth edition of the International Digital Film Forum (IDIFF) kicked off for the first time in the French capital.
2008-01-20
Barco’s new 0.98 inch digital cinema platform fully endorsed by Major Hollywood studios - Digital cinema pioneer Barco announced today that major Hollywood studios fully endorse Barco’s new 0.98 inch platform for its DP-1500 and DP-2000 digital cinema projectors.
2008-01-20
Projection Industry Players Align to Set New Standard - Today, leading projector manufacturers and technology providers united to endorse a new international specification that will allow users to evaluate the color performance of digital projectors to ensure their investment delivers the most impact and the greatest effect. The new specification called "Color Brightness" measures color light output. With the fast-paced development of vivid color content and the rapid adoption of high definition video, the quality and impact of the color produced by a projector has become extremely important. Leading industry players in support of the movement include 3LCD manufacturers Epson and Sony.
2008-01-20
Sport could be the next big box office attraction - The digital cinema market is worth a potential $8bn (£4.1bn), with half the world's cinemas in a position to replace traditional 35mm projectors by 2013, according to a report by Deloitte.
2008-01-20
Kodak Digital Cinema to Manage Pre-Show Content for Warner Bros. International Cinemas in Italy - Kodak announced today that it has been selected to power the digital pre-show transition of all Warner Bros International Cinemas throughout Italy. Beginning later this month, fully-networked Kodak Digital Cinema pre-show systems will be installed on 172 screens in 17 sites, including two new sites scheduled to open later in the first quarter.
2008-01-20
Cine-tal Opens New Headquarters - Cine-tal Systems (www.cine-tal.com), a leading manufacturer of image processing, display and collaboration solutions used in digital cinema and video production, has moved into a new 17,000 square foot facility in Indianapolis. The move will enable the company to meet rising demand by tripling production capacity for its current product line, including its flagship product Cinemage™ and to bring several new products into production.
2008-01-07
MOVING iMAGE TECHNOLOGIES rolls out its first Dolby 3D Digital Cinema Installations - Continuing its support for the independent cinema exhibitor, Moving iMage Technologies has installed its first Dolby® 3D Digital Cinema systems at Cinema City in Anaheim Hills, CA and Whittier Village in Whittier, CA; as well as Maya Cinemas’ flagship theatre in Salinas, CA. These independent cinema chains debuted Paramount Pictures “Beowulf” in digital 3D using Barco DP100 D-Cinema projectors, Dolby’s 3D Digital Cinema systems, and the Dolby Show Store/Show Player digital cinema servers. The most recent installations complete Cinema City’s transformation to all-digital, with 13 Dolby Digital Cinema servers and two Dolby 3D systems. Four of Whittier Village’s eight screens are now fitted with Dolby Digital Cinema servers, with additional installations planned for early 2008.
2008-01-07
Mad Cornish Projectionist launches new Digital Cinema Section - The Mad Cornish Projectionist today launched a major new section on his website dedicated to Digital Cinema. The new section is intended to include all areas of this new technology including alternative content. To the intention is to provide the same range of information and resources digital cinema as have been for the more traditional film cinema. Comments, ideas and content are all welcomed.
2008-01-02
Europe set for wide digital rollout - LONDON — Europe is set for a wide-scale rollout of digital cinema next year, according to U.K.-based cinema research org Screen Digest.
2008-01-02
Parent company of Technicolor Digital to install more digital systems at theaters worldwide - Thomson has agreed to install digital projectors in a number of major theater chains around the world. This includes Clearview Cinemas here in NJ, although this story is not as big as the IMAX/AMC deal.
2008-01-02
InFocus Corporation Announces COO Appointment - WILSONVILLE, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--InFocus Corporation (NASDAQ:INFS - News), the industry pioneer in digital projection technology, is pleased to announce the appointment of Joe O’Sullivan as the Company’s Chief Operating Officer.
2008-01-02
Report: 30 Percent of World’s Cinema Screens to be Digitized by 2010 - The latest report from media analysts Screen Digest claims that Europe has reached a tipping point for digital cinema development and is ready for a wide-scale roll-out.
2008-01-02
European digital cinema foundations are being laid for mainstream market take-up in 2008. Arts Alliance deal acts as a market catalyst - The latest report from media analysts, Screen Digest, entitled 'Digital Cinema: Global and European roll-out, business models and forecasts to 2012', argues that Europe has reached a tipping point for digital cinema development and is ready for a wide-scale roll-out. As David Hancock, the report's lead author and Screen Digest's Head of Cinema argues "The insurmountable obstacle of exhibitor access to key content has been removed with four studios now backing a roll-out programme and the building blocks for a mainstream market deployment are in place."
2008-01-02
Thomson's NexGuard Watermarking Integrated in Dolby Digital Cinema Servers - PARIS--(MARKET WIRE)--Dec 13, 2007 -- Thomson (Euronext Paris: 18453) (NYSE:TMS - News), today announced Dolby Laboratories Inc. (NYSE:DLB - News) offers the option of NexGuard(TM), Thomson's content security solution suite, in its digital cinema servers. NexGuard watermarking is intended to prevent illegal recordings of digital cinema content, as required by the Digital Cinema Initiative's (DCI) V1.1 specifications. This partnership enables Dolby to embed NexGuard's video forensic watermarking solution in its digital cinema server, which can replay DCI compliant 2D and 3D digital cinema images. Thomson and Dolby have been working together since 2006.
2008-01-02
European digital cinema close to breaking deadlock - report - Digital cinema deals signed by studios and exhibitors with integrator Arts Alliance Media (AAM) is close to breaking the D-cinema deadlock in Europe, according to analyst Screen Digest.
2008-01-02
Pearl & Dean kicks off Hull digital cinema campaigns - LONDON - Pearl & Dean will be selling advertising on the first new-build fully digital cinema in Hull, which opens on 21 December.
2008-01-02
Cineplex Entertainment Selects Kodak For Newest Complex - Kodak announced today that Kodak Digital Cinema systems will be the driving force behind all nine ‘next-generation’ digital projectors in Cineplex Entertainment’s SilverCity Oakville Cinemas in Oakville, Ontario, Canada. With nearly 2300 seats in its nine digital -- and three traditional 35mm film -- auditoriums, the entertainment destination offers VIP theaters, bowling, billiards, lounges, child minding services and a retail store, among other leisure activities.
2008-01-02
Qube Cinema Chooses Thomson NexGuard -
Digital cinema systems supplier Qube Cinema has selected NexGuard, Thomson’s content security suite, for integration into its Digital Cinema Initiative (DCI)-compliant servers. NexGuard offers the means to identify the date, time and location of illegal camcorder recordings in an effort to combat in-theater piracy.
2008-01-02
Christie Announces Record Year in Digital Cinema - CYPRESS, Calif., Dec 20, 2007 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Christie, a global leader in Digital Cinema, announced record sales of its DLP Cinema(R: 46.15, -0.86, -1.82%) projection systems worldwide for 2007, outpacing the entire field of competition to take a commanding 80% control of the market, a nearly 20% increase over the previous year. Christie surpassed original industry expectations, setting a strong pace of installation that has culminated in more than 4,400 digital screens to date across North and South America, Europe, South Africa, Australia and Asia.
2008-01-02
Colorfront takes dailies worldwide - Budapest -based Colorfront has introduced Doremi Digital Mastering and Cinema Player technologies at its facility. It is now the first company in Central Europe able to create Digital Cinema Packages (DCPs) for movies and pre-show content in line with DCI specifications, and to offer a service delivering these materials for viewing in digitally-equipped cinemas worldwide.
2008-01-02
U2 in first ever 3D concert beamed live to a cinema near you - December 19, 2007 Irish supergroup U2 has followed film-maker James Cameron’s lead in embracing state-of-the-art digital 3D technology with plans for a concert to be filmed live in 3D and then streamed in real time to digital cinemas around the world.
2008-01-02
2008 is the year to bring a Cimema back to Harborough - The great news is that after advertising the site as a leisure investment at least 2 cinema companies have put a bid in for the former Ritz Building on Northampton Road. Even better, the news is that one of them put in a fair and realistic bid. That is, the full market rate for the land. This is the first time in 3 decades that the town has been able to claim that a serious cinema group has actually bid at full price for the land and has made a commitment backed by cash. The company has drawn up full plans for a 6 seater digital cinema.
2008-01-02
The slow death of digital cinema - Writes Michael Cieply in the New York Times: “To keep to keep the enormous swarm of data produced when a picture is “born digital” — that is, produced using all-electronic processes, rather than relying wholly or partially on film …
2008-01-02
Barco celebrates 2,000th digital cinema projector milestone - Kortrijk, Belgium, 21 December 2007. Barco is delighted to announce that it has reached its 2,000th 2K digital cinema projector milestone further reinforcing its position as a worldwide industry leader in the Digital Cinema Market. Barco now holds more than 55% market share in Europe and 65% in the Asian Pacific region and is further strengthening its position in the US.
2008-01-02
Archiving costs for FILM vs Digital - Interesting article in the NYT about a recent study on film archiving costs vs digital archiving costs.
2008-01-02
The first picture show - Two years after the AMC Art Cinema shut its doors, the same company is opening the Castleton Square 14 on Friday. The city's newest movie theater will feature more than 2,400 plush seats and cutting-edge digital technology.
2008-01-02
And the Oscar goes to? European digital cinema - Europe is the market leader when it comes to digital cinema. But only a small share of what is produced globally is not on film roll. Poor interoperability, lack of standardisation and high costs have, in the past, slowed down expansion. Researchers are now finding ways to make it easier and cheaper to produce digital film.
2008-01-02
Thomson NexGuard Watermarking integrated in Dolby Digital Cinema Servers - Thomson (Euronext Paris: 18453 NYSE: TMS), today announced Dolby Laboratories Inc. (NYSE: DLB) offers the option of NexGuard?, Thomson?s content security solution suite, in its digital cinema servers. NexGuard watermarking is intended to prevent illegal recordings of digital cinema content, as required by the Digital Cinema Initiative?s (DCI) V1.1 specifications. This partnership enables Dolby to embed NexGuard?s video forensic watermarking solution in its digital cinema server, which can replay DCI compliant 2D and 3D digital cinema images. Thomson and Dolby have been working together since 2006.
2007-12-10
European digital cinema foundations are being laid for mainstream market take-up in 2008. Arts Alliance deal acts as a market catalyst - London 10th December 2007: The latest report from media analysts, Screen Digest, entitled 'Digital Cinema: Global and European roll-out, business models and forecasts to 2012', argues that Europe has reached a tipping point for digital cinema development and is ready for a wide-scale roll-out. As David Hancock, the report's lead author and Screen Digest's Head of Cinema argues "The insurmountable obstacle of exhibitor access to key content has been removed with four studios now backing a roll-out programme and the building blocks for a mainstream market deployment are in place."
2007-12-09
Sony signs digital deal with AAM - LONDON -- Sony Pictures Releasing Intl. has signed a nonexclusive long-term deal with European digital cinema deployment org Arts Alliance Media.
2007-12-09
Sony introduces 4K D-Cinema in Singapore - Sony has installed the latest CineAlta 4K SRX-R220 digital cinema projectors, together with the LMT-100 Media Block servers and LSM-100 Screen Management System for the Cathay Cineplexes in Singapore, a cinema operator providing entertainment in Singapore, Malaysia and Dubai.
2007-12-09
Qube Cinema Integrates Thomson - Thomson (Euronext Paris: 18453) (NYSE: TMS) today announced that Qube Cinema, a key supplier of Digital Cinema systems, has selected NexGuard
2007-12-09
Access Integrated Technologies Announces International Distribution Agreement for Its Theatre Command Center(TM) and Library Management System(TM) with Doremi Labs Inc. - -Capitalizing on their successful collaboration in the U.S. digital cinema market Access Integrated Technologies, Inc. (
2007-12-09
Move to digital movie projection is going slowly - Digital projection may improve the look of movies on the big screen, but it hasn
2007-12-09
DOREMI LABS OUTFITS NEW SCREENING ROOM WITH STATE-OF-THE ART DIGITAL B-CHAIN - DOREMI LABS OUTFITS NEW SCREENING ROOM WITH STATE-OF-THE ART DIGITAL B-CHAIN
2007-12-09
Imax to double theaters in United States - Imax says it plans to put 100 large-format digital-projection systems in AMC theaters in the United States during the next three years.
2007-11-30
Thomson Signs Agreements with Three North American Exhibitors to Provide Digital Cinema Projection Systems - PARIS & BURBANK, Calif--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Thomson (Paris:18453 - News) (NYSE:TMS - News), through its Technicolor Digital Cinema business, has signed agreements with Clearview Cinemas, iPic Entertainment and Cinemaworld to install digital projection systems as part of its North American digital cinema equipment deployment.
2007-11-30
Dolby 3D Digital Cinema Extends Reach in Theatres Worldwide - Dolby Laboratories announced that its Dolby 3D Digital Cinema system was available in 75 screens in 12 countries worldwide in time for the release of Paramount Pictures' Beowulf, which premiered November 16.
2007-11-30
Anti piracy stops premiere - PREMIERE Australian screenings of much-hyped 3D spectacular Beowulf descended into farce on Monday night when the digital projection technology failed simultaneously in Adelaide and Perth.
2007-11-23
Great Escapes and Barco debut in Digital Cinema Grand Opening - Digital cinema pioneer Barco is proud to announce that Great Escapes Theatres chose Barco exclusively for its brand new Harrisburg complex located at the Harrisburg Mall in Pennsylvania.
2007-11-23
DTS aims for the digital signage market - UK - DTS Digital Cinema today has announced the availability of its XD10 Media Player for digital signage and commercial A/V applications. The product combines an HD-capable A/V server and control package, suitable for a variety of applications from hotels to airports, theme parks to museums.
2007-11-23
AccessIT Looks to Expand Digital Cinema Deployments - Access Integrated Technologies (AccessIT) announced its intent to provide up to an additional 10,000 networked Digital Cinema systems to exhibitors across the United States and Canada.
2007-11-23
D&E ENTERTAINMENT ROLL OUT FALL 2007/2008 DIGITAL CINEMA EVENT SCHEDULE - LEADING MARKETING AND BRANDING COMPANY OF WORLDWIDE DIGITAL CINEMA THEATRICAL PREMIERES CONNECTING CONSUMERS AND ARTISTS VIA GROUNDBREAKING DIGITAL FORMAT
2007-11-15
3D experience hits Hatfield - THE future of cinema arrived at Hatfield Odeon yesterday- the first cinema in Europe to go digital.
2007-11-14
Digital cinema lifts off, eyes 2013 orbit - LONDON -- After more than 10 years in development, digital cinema finally took off this year, with 4,627 screens converted through September, nearly 5% of the global total.
2007-11-14
Cinema world in a 3D revolution - THE new generation of high-end digital cinemas will boast stunning detail, a wider range of content and amazingly realistic 3D effects.
2007-11-14
AccessIT plans on 10,000 d-cinemas - Access Integrated Technologies is putting in place the largest digital-cinema deployment plan to date.
2007-11-14
$8 billion Digital Cinema Market Beckons - $8 billion Digital Cinema Market Beckons: Half of All Screens Will Be Digital by 2013. The conversion of the world
2007-11-14
QuVIS Serves New All Digital Stadium Cinema in Historic Harrisburg - QuVIS is proud to announce that it has been selected to provide 2D and 3D Digital Cinema JPEG2000 servers for the new Great Escape Digital Stadium Cinema 14 opening today in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The new state-of-the-art multiplex, located in the Harrisburg Mall, will feature 14 all-digital screens with crowd-pleasing stadium seating.
2007-11-14
Digital Cinema Report - Ten years in, digital cinema has become a reality. With most of the technical and business issues at least on the brink of solution, the big questions now are how long is the roll-out going to take, and when is going to be the best time to get on the bandwagon.
2007-11-14
3D experience hits Hatfield - THE future of cinema arrived at Hatfield Odeon yesterday- the first cinema in Europe to go digital.
2007-11-09
A Step Toward the Future of Cinema - There’s a big gamble taking place right now at the highest levels of American filmmaking and it concerns almost every major studio and many of the biggest producers and directors in the industry. Cameron, Zemeckis, Disney, Paramount, and Fox believe they have the future of cinema within their grasp and each has bet hundreds of millions of dollars that audiences will agree. That dream is 3-D cinema, and by all accounts this is not your parents’ Jaws 3 in 3-D. It’s a form of digital 3-D that solves all the past issues, such as headaches due to the crappy cardboard glasses or poorly synched reels. Where available, the films being shown in 3-D have been outselling the non-3-D version of the same pic three to one.
2007-11-09
Rival Korean exhibitors back digital - SEOUL -- South Korea's two leading exhibitors, CJ-CGV and Lotte Cinema, are setting up a 50/50 joint venture to encourage the uptake of digital projection in theaters.
2007-11-08
Ballantyne Reports Q3 Earnings and Updates Progress of Digital Cinema Businesses - Ballantyne of Omaha, Inc. (Amex: BTN - News), a motion picture projection, digital cinema and specialty lighting equipment and services provider, today reported financial results for the third quarter (Q3) and nine months ended September 30, 2007.
2007-11-08
Access Integrated Technologies Announces Plans For New Digital Cinema Deployment Plan Targeting 10,000 Screens - Further solidifying its global leadership in Digital Cinema, Access Integrated Technologies, Inc. (
2007-11-08
AMPAS panel notes digital dilemmas - Just as Hollywood is preoccupied with keeping its content machine running, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has weighed in on the problems of preserving existing digital content -- and it's not a pretty picture.
2007-11-05
Digital cinema reduces carbon dioxide emissions, too - Raaja Kanwar is the new face of the old Apollo Tyre Group. The eldest son of group chairman OS Kanwar is not only involved in running the Rs 3,000-crore family business, but is also spearheading the diversification and development of new businesses for the group. He is on the board of UFO India Limited, which has launched UFO Moviez. It uses digital media instead of conventional prints for film screening
2007-11-05
Industry Vet John Wolski Joins Deluxe Digital Cinema - HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Oct. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Deluxe Digital Cinema, a unit of Deluxe Entertainment Services Group Inc., has announced that John Wolski has joined as its new Vice President of Exhibitor Services. Wolski will be leading Deluxe's relationship management with the exhibition community, helping to build a national satellite network, and representing Deluxe at major industry events and standards bodies.
2007-11-05
Norway's digital cinema roll-out test to expand - Norway's industry-wide attempt to digitise the whole nation in a consensus-led conversion is to expand its screen base and widen its focus to include satellite distribution. Norway's film agency Film&Kino has released extra funding for this project to expand to 23 screens, for a total d-screen base in country of 40. There is a second project involving exhibitor Kristiansand Kino and UK's Arts Alliance. The expansion of NORDIC will result in a screen base that is 10 per cent digitised, similar to USA's current situation. Phase One of the project was completed in May 2007, and resulted in identification of areas to resolve. Second phase is aimed at deepening the research to include some remote locations and assess their operational requirements, add in servers from more suppliers now that more are closer to DCI-compliance especially in field of FIPS certification. The third area is to include satellite distribution with partner Telenor Satellite Broadcasting, including both films and alternative content. An all-digital multiplex is to be opened in Bergen in order to assess the reality of a digital environment and film flow.
2007-11-05
DTS Digital Cinema Supports Release of First Mexican Production in Digital Cinema Quality - DTS Digital Cinema is proud to announce that it has encoded the highly anticipated release of the Mexican production La Leyenda de la Nahuala, utilizing its JPEG2000 variable bit rate encoder. The November 1 release date of La Leyenda de la Nahuala in Mexico will mark the first release of a Mexican production which meets the digital cinema specifications set by the major Hollywood studios. The release will be screened in select cinemas on the DTS FilmStore
2007-11-05
Exclusive Bon jovi concert presented by the bigger picture, an Access IT company, on more than 100 Movie Screens Digital Cinema Movie screens nationwide - Bon Jovi The Lost Highway Event on the Big Screen is being distributed by AEG Network LIVE for digital cinema and other outlets
2007-10-25
Odeon signs up for 500 RealD systems - Owned by private equity group Terra Firma, Odeon and UCI, the leading European multiplex chain, agreed a deal to convert approximately 30 per cent of its 1,700 screens to digital 3D cinema by year end 2009 using the RealD format. This 500 screen deployment across seven European territories including Italy, Spain, Germany and the UK will position Odeon and UCI with the largest 3D footprint in Europe. The deal will see an additional eight sites upgraded to digital 3D capability for the release of Paramounts Beowulf in November 2007 on top of the existing five screens also using the RealD system in the UK. The first round of deployments will see Odeon upgrading its existing digital screens with the RealD system
2007-10-25
THOMSON : GDC SELECTS THOMSONS FORENSIC WATERMARKING FOR DIGITAL CINEMA SERVER ROLL OUT - PARIS--(MARKET WIRE)--Oct 22, 2007 -- Thomson (Euronext Paris: 18453) (NYSE:TMS - News) today announced that GDC, one of the leading solution providers for digital cinema, has selected NexGuard(TM), Thomsons comprehensive, state-of-the- art forensic tracking product line, for integration into 1,200 digital cinema servers.
2007-10-25
IMAX goes for digital cinema and 3D in 4K - Large format (LF) exhibitor IMAX is slowly pulling the curtains back on its long-gestating plans for digital cinema and how to hang on to the 3D cinema market segment, just as digital 3D is about to go mainstream with Beowulf.
2007-10-25
Vue backs all-digital cinema in U.K - LONDON -- Vue Entertainment, the U.K.'s third-largest exhibition company, has pumped £5 million ($10 million) into Europe's first new all-digital cinema, the company said Wednesday.
2007-10-19
Screen Digest - Arts Alliance Media (AAM), the European digital film distribution company, has signed up a third Studio to enable its digital cinema deployment target of 7,000 screens. Paramount Pictures has agreed a non-exclusive long term agreement for digital cinema deployment, under which it guarantees to supply its films in the digital format. AAM is currently targeting roll-out in nine Western European nations as well as the Nordic and Benelux regions. Paramount joins other major Studios Fox and Universal, who have already signed similar agreements with the AAM d-cinema network.
2007-10-19
ACCESS IT TEAMED WITH INTERNATIONAL DATACASTING AND SENSIO TECHNOLOGIES INTRODUCES LIVE 2-D AND 3-D EVENT SATELLITE STREAMING THROUGH CINELIVESM - Access Integrated Technologies, Inc. ("AccessIT") (NASDAQ:AIXD) announced today, CineLiveSM, a new proprietary product that will bring both 2-D and 3-D live content to movie theatres equipped with digital cinema. CineLive, the next step in leveraging the digital era to further enhance exhibition offerings, is a new set of hardware, developed exclusively for AccessIT by International Datacasting Corporation (TSX:IDC) and Sensio
2007-10-19
Qube XP-D Digital Cinema Server now equipped with stereoscopic playback capability - Qube Cinema announced today that the Qube XP-D Digital Cinema Server is now available with 3D playback capability. This feature has been implemented in compliance with the DCI specification and draft SMPTE standards and works with single stereoscopic 48 fps Track Files.
2007-10-19
DCI ANNOUNCES COMPLETION OF ITS COMPLIANCE TEST PLAN FOR DIGITAL CINEMA VALIDATION AND COMPLIANCE TESTING - Digital Cinema Initiatives, LLC (DCI) announced today the completion and availability of the DCI Compliance Test Plan (CTP). Six months ago, DCI engaged CineCert LLC to finalize the CTP, which includes validated test procedures for the DCI Specification, version 1.1, including all referenced SMPTE standards. It details test procedures appropriate for each class of digital cinema device, such as projectors, servers, and media blocks.
2007-10-19
Sony to Install SXRD 4K Digital Cinema Systems in Four New AMC Theatres - PARK RIDGE, N.J., Oct. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Sony Electronics is equipping four of AMC Theatres new movie theatres with CineAlta(TM) SXRD(TM) 4K digital cinema systems.
2007-10-19
Dolby Spotlights CP650DC Audio Processor for Digital Cinema at ShowEast 2007 - Oct 18, 2007 (WORLDWIDE COMPUTER PRODUCTS NEWS via COMTEX) -- DLB | charts | news | PowerRating -- At ShowEast, Dolby Laboratories is showcasing its latest version of the Dolby CP650 audio processor designed exclusively for digital cinema applications.
2007-10-19
Imax moves up launch of digital projection system - Giant-screen movie company Imax Corp. (TSX: IMX) has moved up the launch date for a "stunningly crisp" digital projection system to the second quarter of 2008, from the end of next year to mid-2009.
2007-10-19
DTS D-Cinema rolls security mgmt system - MUMBAI: DTS Digital has announced its new digital cinema security key management server, KeyPort, to be shown at ShowEast 2007 that is being held in Orlando from 15-18 October.
2007-10-12
PARAMOUNT PICTURES INTERNATIONAL AND ARTS ALLIANCE MEDIA ENTER INTO AGREEMENT TO DEPLOY DIGITAL CINEMA IN EUROPE - London, UK – 11 October, 2007 – In a move that accelerates the conversion to digital cinema in Europe Paramount Pictures International (PPI) and Arts Alliance Media (AAM), Europe’s leading provider of digital film distribution services, have reached a non-exclusive long term agreement for digital cinema deployment. Under the agreement PPI has committed to supply its films in digital format to AAM deployed DCI-compliant digital cinema screens in the UK and Ireland, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Spain, Italy, the Nordic region and Benelux.
2007-10-12
ARTS ALLIANCE MEDIA ADDS PATHÉ TO DOWNLOAD LIBRARY - LONDON, 10th October 2007 – Arts Alliance Media (AAM), Europe’s leading provider of digital film distribution services, has added content from Pathé to its roster of content available for download. The deal announced today will see titles including Talk To Her, Memento and The Queen being made available for customers to rent, from £2.99. The deal also covers Pathé’s forthcoming available current titles.
2007-10-11
Cineworld enters the next dimension - CINEWORLD, which owns the UK's biggest portfolio of digital screens, is to bring 3D to its Edinburgh cinema at Fountainbridge.
2007-10-10
Cineworld strikes largest digital 3D deal in Europe - Cineworld, one of the leading multiplex chains in the UK has agreed a deal with RealD, the leading digital stereoscopic format provider, for the installation of 30 systems for the release of Beowulf in November 2007. In addition, Regal, the largest exhibitor in the US, will also convert an additional 25 screens to digital 3D capability using the RealD system for the re-release of Nightmare 3D, on top of around 100 screens it has already upgraded. The deals are likely to be the first of several announced prior to release of several digital 3D titles in Q4 2007, mirroring the previous pattern of exhibitors responding to early 3D content availability.
2007-10-10
Europe's largest Digital Cinema test bed set to expand - NORDIC Project Phase II will add new digital cinema servers, focus on satellite transmission and include more remote cinema locations
2007-10-10
DTS Digital Cinema Launches KeyPort(TM) D-Cinema Security Key Management System - BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--DTS Digital Cinema (NASDAQ:DTSI - News) is announcing its breakthrough digital cinema security key management server, KeyPort(TM), to be shown at ShowEast 2007 (Orlando, Oct 15-18).
2007-10-09
Dolby Digital Cinema Receives Industry's First FIPS Level 3 Certification for Digital Cinema - Dolby Laboratories, Inc. today announced that the Dolby Digital Cinema server has offically earned its Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) 140-2 Level 3 validation certificate. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a nonregulatory federal agency within the US Department of Commerce, awarded the certificate.
2007-10-09
Feldman Mall Properties Announces New Lease for 14-Screen Rave Theater at Northgate Mall in Cincinnati, Ohio - CINCINNATI, Oct. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Feldman Mall Properties, Inc. , a real estate investment trust focused on the renovation and repositioning of enclosed regional shopping malls, today announced the signing of a new 60,000 square-foot lease with Rave Digital Media/Rave Motion Pictures for the creation of a state-of-the-art 14-screen, all-digital multiplex at Northgate Mall, a 1.1 million square foot mall located in the northwest suburbs of Cincinnati, Ohio. The new theater, which will total approximately 2,850 seats, is expected to open in the fall of 2008.
2007-10-05
DTS Digital Cinema Announces Implementation of Philips CineFence Forensic Watermarking on FilmStore(R) Digital Cinema Player - TWYFORD, England, BUSINESS WIRE -- DTS Digital Cinema today announced that it has implemented the Philips CineFence(1) forensic watermarking technology on its FilmStore(R) Digital Cinema Player as part of its commitment to continue providing solutions that support DCI specifications for digital cinema.
2007-10-05
Star Cinema projectionists work in the reel world - These days it seems like everything is digital but you might be surprised to know that the projectors at movie theaters in the area are not.
2007-10-05
What Are D-Cinema Manufacturers Up To? - DCinematoday’s creator and editor Bill Mead cast a State-of-the-Union eye on the activities of all the different digital cinema equipment manufacturers in an article from Film Journal International. According to celluloidjunkie.com, the conclusion is the most interesting thing about the article.
2007-10-05
Ballantyne to Provide 24 NEC Digital Projectors Equipped with REAL D 3-D Technology to Regal for October 19th Launch of ""The Nightmare Before Christmas"" in Disney Digital 3-D - Ballantyne of Omaha, Inc. (Amex: BTN), a motion picture projection, digital cinema and specialty lighting equipment and services provider, announced today that its Strong Digital Systems (SDS) division will provide 24 NEC STARUS(TM) NC2500S Digital Cinema projectors with REAL D 3-D technology to Regal Entertainment Group (NYSE: RGC). The 24 projectors will be shipped in time for the October 19th release of Walt Disney Pictures" animated feature film The Nightmare Before Christmas in Disney Digital 3-D. Financial terms of the agreements were not disclosed.
2007-10-05
Digital Cinema - What are the true benefits to the exhibitors? - I have been involved on the technologies side for a number of years and consulting with a couple exhibitors for their digital transition. I am, however, finding it difficult to recommend digital equipment(outside advertising systems) for the small 10- to 50-auditorium organizations I speak to.
2007-10-05
Film fans give cinema the flick - More complaints about poor picture and sound quality have surfaced around digital format movies screened at arthouse cinema Rialto Newmarket.
2007-10-05
Barco & Cinemeccanica Further Strengthening Their Cooperation With A Value Added Partnership - With this agreement Cinemeccanica will have access to the new range of 0.98", 2K digital DLP Cinema projectors from Barco which will allow them to promote and develop the world of digital cinema together.
2007-10-05
Ballantyne to Provide 24 NEC Digital Projectors Equipped with REAL D 3-D Technology to Regal for October 19th Launch of ''The Nightmare Before Christmas'' in Disney Digital 3-D - OMAHA, Neb.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ballantyne of Omaha, Inc. (Amex: BTN - News), a motion picture projection, digital cinema and specialty lighting equipment and services provider, announced today that its Strong Digital Systems (SDS) division will provide 24 NEC STARUS(TM) NC2500S Digital Cinema projectors with REAL D 3-D technology to Regal Entertainment Group (NYSE: RGC - News). The 24 projectors will be shipped in time for the October 19th release of Walt Disney Pictures' animated feature film The Nightmare Before Christmas in Disney Digital 3-D. Financial terms of the agreements were not disclosed.
2007-10-04
Editorial: The shock of the new - It's tempting to see digital cinema as a manana technology - perpetually on the horizon but never getting any nearer. The effect is magnified if you count out your life in d-cinema conferences, which have often made a virtue of heated arguments about bafflingly esoteric points. As Arts Alliance Media CEO Howard Kiedaisch puts it: "If you go to more than two digital cinema conferences a year, you need to get a hobby."
2007-10-04
SmartJog unveils the 1st database of digital cinema server certificates for the French exhibition market - During the 62nd Convention of the FNCF (National Federation of French Theater Owners), taking place from October 2nd to the 4th in Deauville, France, SmartJog, the global leader in secure digital delivery of media, plans to announce the first operational certificate database and device registry for digital cinema servers installed in France. Intended for distributors and laboratories, the database objective is to facilitate the generation of valid Key Delivery Messages (used for decrypting) to the theaters.
2007-10-04
DTS DIGITAL CINEMA ANNOUNCES IMPLEMENTATION OF PHILIPS CINEFENCE FORENSIC WATERMARKING ON FILMSTORE® DIGITAL CINEMA PLAYER - DTS Digital Cinema today announced that it has implemented the Philips CineFence[1] forensic watermarking technology on its FilmStore® Digital Cinema Player as part of its commitment to continue providing solutions that support DCI specifications for digital cinema.
2007-09-13
Online Movie Strategies - New Screen Digest Report - Screen Digest have just published our latest report, 'Online Movie Strategies: Competitive review & market outlook'.
The report focuses on the online distribution of digital movies in Western Europe and the US, and contains detailed analysis of the strategies of the major Hollywood Studios as well as five year forecasts of consumer spending and studio level revenues generated from online a la carte movie transactions.
The study also details penetration of technology: including broadband connectivity, portable video device data and in-home broadband-enabled entertainment device forecasts.
The company profiles section of the report presents key details on eight Hollywood Studios, including the size of libraries prepared for digital distribution and a comprehensive bench marking of service deals struck in the US and Western Europe.
Please click on the following link for a full description of the report, as well as a table of contents, sample extract, and pricing details
2007-09-13
Euro d-cinema supporters want to get rolling - AMSTERDAM -- Europe-based stakeholders Tuesday exhorted the industry to get the digital cinema transition rolling on the continent, where the switchover is lagging behind that of the U.S.
2007-09-13
DTS XD10 Media Player Presented at IBC 2007 - TWYFORD, United Kingdom--(BUSINESS WIRE)--DTS Digital Cinema (Nasdaq:DTSI) has announced the availability of its XD10 Media Player for digital signage and commercial A/V applications. The product, which combines an HD-capable A/V server and control package ideal for a variety of applications from hotels to airports, theme parks to museums, was exhibited at IBC 2007.
2007-09-13
National CineMedia and Marcus Theatres® Enter into Affiliate Agreement to Present Alternative Events in U.S. Movie Theatres - CENTENNIAL, Colo. & MILWAUKEE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--National CineMedia LLC (NCM), has entered into a digital network affiliate agreement with Marcus Theatres Corporation, a division of The Marcus Corporation (NYSE: MCS) and the seventh largest exhibition company in the U.S., for the presentation of live and pre-recorded in-theatre events by NCM’s FATHOM division. Under the terms of the new agreement, NCM will expand its live, High-Definition in-theatre network – the largest of its kind in North America – to include 21 Marcus Theatres® locations in multiple markets, including Minneapolis, Minn.; Milwaukee, Wis.; Chicago, Ill.; Columbus, Ohio; Fargo, N.D.; and several others in Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin.
2007-09-10
Dolby Incorporates Philips Watermarking Technology for Digital Cinema - AMSTERDAM, Netherlands--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Philips today announced that Dolby Laboratories will offer its customers the option of Philips CineFence advanced anti-piracy technology to protect its digital content. Dolby Laboratories, a reputable and trusted partner in cinema product and services, has incorporated Philips CineFence in its digital system for storing, managing and playback of digital movies. New cinema releases shown via Dolby's digital cinema solution can be embedded with Philips CineFence forensic watermark, thus allowing the content to be traced and protected.
2007-09-10
"This is England" released digitally in Norway thanks to the European project: D-PLATFORM - This is England, directed by Shane Meadows, is the first movie digitally released through the D-PLATFORM initiative. It is currently being digitally screened in three cinemas in Oslo, Tromsoe and Fredrikstad. Arthaus, the movie's Norwegian distributor, has thus achieved its first step in the digital world.
2007-09-10
DVidea INTRODUCES ITS INNOVATIVE THEATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR DIGITAL CINEMA EXHIBITORS at IBC 2007 - DVidea, the company focused on developing tools to meet the challenges of digital asset management for theater owners, today unveiled its state-of-the-art Theater Management System (TMS) at IBC 2007, currently underway in Amsterdam from September 7-11. Designed to meet the needs of digital cinema exhibitors, the TMS was developed with the cooperation of industry partners and end-users to provide the most comprehensive tools for media management and automation. Appointments for private demonstrations can be reserved by contacting William Sully at wsully@dvidea.com or by phone at +33 6 82 61 51 56.
2007-09-10
Cinema Ambasciatori chooses Kodak for digital feature presentations - Kodak today announced that Il Cinema A Trieste has purchased the Kodak Digital Cinema system for feature presentations in its highly-popular Cinema Ambasciatori auditorium in Trieste. The Kodak sale and installation includes the flexible and reliable Kodak Content Player JMN3000 and an NEC NC2500S cinema projector supplied by Prevost, NEC’s Italian distributor.
2007-09-10
DTS DIGITAL CINEMA TO SHOWCASE FULL SERVICE SOLUTION @ IBC 2007 - TWYFORD, UNITED KINGDOM - DTS Digital Cinema today announced its plans to showcase, at IBC 2007, its complete full range of product and service solutions designed to connect content creators with their audiences. Due to the importance of the motion picture industry’s transition to digital cinema, DTS-DC has developed this technology in line with its singular focus on supporting all elements of the migration.
2007-09-10
Dolby SCC2000 Secure Content Creator Streamlines JPEG 2000 Digital Cinema Mastering in Europe - Dolby SCC2000 Delivers Reliable, Efficient Encoding and Encryption for Digital Content to Mastering Facilities in the UK, Belgium, Iceland, and the Netherlands
2007-09-07
Strategies for online movies - The latest report from Screen Digest released today examines how the individual Hollywood Studios are adapting their businesses to online movie distribution. Notably, the report finds that a viable business will emerge in the US and Western Europe for movie downloading, but warns that the Studios are following a fragmented path to digital distribution, with each major following a different strategy. This is likely to hamper the development of movie downloads and ultimately confuse and fragment the consumer market.
2007-09-07
Dolby Does 3D - ShoWest 2007 provided another big boost to digital cinema. With numerous announcements and equally enlightening panel presentations on the subject, it nonetheless seemed at times as if the deployment of d-cinema systems was becoming old news. Instead, all the excitement was bubbling up into a new dimension. After an exclusive media preview on March 12, news that Dolby Laboratories had developed another and apparently more flexible cinema solution for digital 3D quickly spread throughout the convention. Theatre operators and technology experts signed up in record numbers at the Dolby tradeshow booth to attend an invitation-only demonstration of the all-new Dolby 3D Digital Cinema (D3DDC). And even though the company carefully spoke of a "sneak peek" and about developments that are "still in the early stages of testing," from all accounts received, people were deeply impressed by what they saw. [Disclosure: Due to an eye deficiency, this author cannot properly see any images produced by 3D systems.]
2007-09-07
Access IT Lands 13th Digital-Cinema Client - Access Integrated Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:AIXD), a provider of digital cinema software and services, has landed its 13th client. Allen Theatres of Las Cruces, N.M., will convert 87 screens in 14 locations to digital cinema using Access IT
2007-09-07
D-Cinema -- coming soon to this movie theater - Digital films of outstanding picture quality are set to attract movie fans back to the cinema. At the International Broadcast Convention IBC in Amsterdam on September 7-11, Fraunhofer research scientists are presenting important components of an all-digital film-production chain.
2007-09-07
The Digital Age Hits Tipping Point in Theaters as AccessIT Installs 3,000th Digital Cinema System - MORRISTOWN, N.J., Aug. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Access Integrated Technologies, Inc. ("AccessIT") , the industry leader in digital cinema, announced today that the company has installed its 3,000th digital cinema system. The company is continuing to work toward its goal of completing its initial 4,000-screen deployment by the end of October.
2007-09-07
AIT's digital cinema goal 75% complete - Access Integrated Technologies has installed its 3,000th digital cinema system in the U.S. its goal is 4,000 screens by the end of October. The systems include AccessIT's Theatre Command Center software, Christie DLP Cinema projectors and networked hardware.
2007-09-06
VENICE FILM FESTIVAL SELECTS DOREMI CINEMA - As the official digital cinema partner of the prestigious Venice Film Festival, Doremi, in collaboration with cinema installer Decipro, will provide all the necessary equipment and technical support to ensure a successful DCI-JPEG2000 digital movie file playback during the festival. Six Doremi DCP-2000 servers were installed in the main auditoriums and successfully integrated with the existing traditional 35mm equipment for both image and sound.
2007-09-06
ACCESSIT SIGNS ATLAS CINEMAS TO DEPLOYMENT AND PRE-SHOW PROGRAMMING DEAL - Exhibitors already using PreFlix pre-show entertainment solution to account for more than 800 digital cinema screens
2007-09-05
The Big Picture:A Summer of Milestones - This summer has seen a long list of milestones in the evolution of digital cinema, but for me none captures the possibilities the technology has to offer quite like the fact that tonight the residents of Silsbee, Texas can see the new Harry Potter film in their hometown theatre. This past weekend the fifty-year old single screen Pines Theatre there became the 2000th screen in the Carmike Theatres chain to go digital.
2007-08-17
Digital Cinema for Independents - The Cinema Buying Group (CBG), a semi-autonomous buying program under the NATO umbrella for small and medium-sized independent theaters, took a big step forward in making digital cinema equipment available for independent theater operators by issuing a request for proposals for digital cinema equipment and service providers.
2007-08-17
Foreign films no longer lost in translation - Foreign-language films are seven times more likely to be British box-office hits than they were a decade ago, thanks to Mel Gibson, digital technology and the cultural awakening of the multiplex cinemas.
2007-08-17
IBC2007 digital cinema day to look at 3-D moviemaking - The theme of IBC2007 will shift to digital cinema Monday, Sept. 10, with an emphasis on major issues such as retaining and increasing movie theater audiences and how the availability of HD broadcasts and packaged media for home viewing will impact movie attendance, as well as emerging issues such as 3-D movie production and presentation.
2007-08-14
AccessIT Just Got on the Trampoline - Digital cinema projection is hitting its stride, and none too soon for ailing movie theater chains like Cinemark (NYSE: CNK), Regal Entertainment (NYSE: RGC), or Carmike Cinemas (Nasdaq: CKEC). Access Integrated Technologies (Nasdaq: AIXD) has a big hand in that slowly unfolding revolution, and it looks like economies of scale are about to kick its results into the ionosphere.
2007-08-14
Cinema Expo 2007 - David Hancock, Screen Digest's Head of Film and Cinema, moderated a high-level panel discussion at Cine Expo, aimed at highlighting the evolution of a European Business Model for Digital Cinema by distributors and studios, on the day when Arts Alliance Media announced the first European VPF deal with Fox and Universal. David presented an overview of the digital cinema market and his view of the challenges still facing the market, before moderating the panel discussion with Chuck Goldwater, Julian Levin, Howard Keidaisch, Tom Cotton, Scott Sherr and Tom Molter.
2007-08-07
Digital cinema standard is coming soon - The number of digital-cinema screens in the U.S. could exceed the number of traditional screens employing film projection within four years.
2007-08-07
Paramount Pictures to make Beowulf available to Dolby 3D Digital Cinema Exhibitors - Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: DLB)today announced that Paramount Pictures' Beowulf, scheduled for release on November 16, will be made available to select exhibitors who have installed Dolby(R) 3D Digital Cinema technology by the film's release date.
2007-08-02
XDC at the 60th Locarno International Film Festival: 17 Motion Pictures - 30 Digital Screenings - 5 Digital Systems - As the official digital cinema technical partner, XDC is providing all of the necessary projection equipment and technical support for the digital screenings which will be performed on the famous Piazza Grande and in the Teatro Kuursal, the Auditorium Fevi, La Sala and the Rialto.
2007-07-31
NEC DIGITAL CINEMA DIVISION WINS THE 2007 AMERICAN BUSINESS AWARD - NEC Corporation of America, a premier provider of network, IT and digital cinema solutions, today announced that the its STARUS
2007-07-31
CN Films chooses SmartJog - CN Films has named SmartJog, the global leader in secure digital delivery of entertainment media, to operate a platform for digital delivery of independent European films.
2007-07-31
NEC DIGITAL CINEMA DIVISION WINS THE 2007 AMERICAN BUSINESS AWARD - NEC Corporation of America, a premier provider of network, IT and digital cinema solutions, today announced that the its STARUS
2007-07-31
CN Films chooses SmartJog - CN Films has named SmartJog, the global leader in secure digital delivery of entertainment media, to operate a platform for digital delivery of independent European films.
2007-07-25
Thomson Plays a Key Role for this Summer Season Record-Breaking Motion Pictures - Thomson provided a full-range of digital and physical services for several blockbusters, such as DreamWorks Shrek the Third, Pixars Ratatouille, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, and Oceans
2007-07-25
NATIONAL CINEMEDIA AND NATIONAL AMUSEMENTS ENTER INTO AFFILIATE AGREEMENT TO PRESENT ALTERNATIVE EVENTS IN U.S. MOVIE THEATRES - National CineMedia LLC (NCM), has entered into a digital network affiliate agreement with National Amusements, Inc., one of the leading movie theatre exhibition companies in the U.S., for the presentation of live and pre-recorded in-theatre events presented by NCM
2007-07-21
Showplace Cinemas Latest to Sign Digital Deployment and Pre-Show Programming Deal with AccessIT - MORRISTOWN, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Access Integrated Technologies, Inc. ("AccessIT") (NASDAQ:AIXD - News) today announced that Showplace Cinemas, (North Park Cinemas, Inc.) will be the eleventh chain to convert 39 megaplex screens in three locations to Digital Cinema using AccessIT's Theatre Command Center(TM) software and pre-show programming and Christie DLP Cinema
2007-07-21
Saving the cineplex - Upstairs in one of the dark, dusty projection rooms at Brooklyn's Pavilion Digital Cinema, owner Bud Mayo watches an employee struggle to lift a 50-pound reel of 35-millimeter film out of its giant metal canister. After placing the film on a shelf the size of a tractor wheel, the projectionist will manually splice reels, inserting ads and trailers that will get fed into a bulky projector. The process can take as long as four hours. Mayo shifts his weight. He's impatient, and with good reason. Near the projector sits a sleek network server system it looks like a stack of industrial hard drives - that can do this entire job almost instantly, with a few c