First phase of £250m Telford development to open in July
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Curzon Cinemas Invest in Sony Digital Cinema 4K Technology
Barcelona, June 17 2014 – The UK’s leading independent cinema chain and home cinema content provider, Curzon, is investing in state of the art Sony Digital Cinema 4K technology for their cinema venues across the UK to ensure their customers … Continued
Paris-based MK2 buys Spanish exhibitor Cinesur – Celluloid Junkie
Paris-based exhibitor and distributor MK2 has bought Spain’s third largest exhibitor Cinesur in a deal valued at around €10.5 million. MK2, which this month celebrates its 40th anniversary, is based only in France’s capital where it controls 11 multiplexes with 65 … Continued
Opera Screenings Do Not Drive Actual Opera Attendance, Study Finds – Celluloid Junkie
A UK study just released has found that screening opera in cinemas is not boosting the interest to attend performances in actual opera venues. The research would seem to provide ammunition to those who claim that event cinema screenings of … Continued
Premium VoD Just Killed the Cinema Release Window – Celluloid Junkie
One single tweet was the final nail in the coffin of the cinema exclusivity window, given added poignancy by being in French; “100 000 locations en une semaine, rien ne sera plus comme avant” (’100,000 viewings in a week, nothing … Continued
InPark Magazine – New IMERSA Special Interest Group, Association of Fulldome Innovators, to Develop Standards for Immersive Dome Convergence
At the 2014 IMERSA Summit in March, key stakeholders in specialty cinema discussed the convergence taking place between giant-screen film domes and digital dome theaters (aka fulldome theaters, or digital planetariums). The dialog moved representatives of leading fulldome system providers Sky-Skan, SCISS … Continued