Cinema Next is the leading cinema integrator in Europe. We are looking to consolidate our market leading position in the UK and to further develop our business. Due to continuing growth we are looking to recruit individuals with the skills and expertise to expand our engineering team. Ideally, you will have a career within cinema engineering … [Read more...]
Widening the entertainment horizons: ScreenX arrives in the UK
Launched in the UK in August 2018, CT experienced the first installation of ScreenX, at London’s Cineworld O2. Peter Knight widens his eyes to see how the format performs. Anyone at Cineeurope in June 2018 can’t help but have been impressed by Cineworld’s announcement that it had agreed with CJ-CGV, owner of the ScreenX product, to … [Read more...]
Book Review: Last Reels by Ben Dowell
Last Reels is a novel by Ben Dowell, who maybe known to many in the industry as he was a one time trainer for the Odeon projectionist school in Burton-upon-Trent. Ben worked in the cinema business for almost thirty years, as a projectionist, trainer and engineer. While the book is a work of fiction that describes how the cinema … [Read more...]
The modern-day travelling cinema show
Peter Knight hits the road and investigates the modern-day showmen and women of cinema who carry on the traditions of the early pioneers of mobile cinema. Question – what do you do if you live in a remote location with a tiny population but still want to present the latest movie releases on the big screen? What if your festival doesn’t … [Read more...]
Opinion: Cinema: a church for all
One size does not fit all, a point that Peter Knight celebrates in cinema terms I am pretty sure my idea of a great cinema experience will be different to yours. But I bet my idea of a great car, a day out or a superb meal is different too. What’s more, I bet your definition of all those things depends on how you feel on the day, where … [Read more...]
Available now the June 2019 edition of Cinema Technology Magazine
Twenty years ago, projection technology changed forever — in the June 2019 issue of Cinema Technology we celebrate the technological pioneers that battled to bring digital cinema to fruition. Plus, will 5G networks transform the way content gets to our screens? … [Read more...]
