Just a few months after announcing the installation of 12 digital 3D screens, Palace Cinemas, a leading Central European exhibitor has selected XDC as the d-cinema integrator which will deploy digital cinema throughout all its 170 screens. Installations will be financed using XDC’s virtual print fees and will commence in the latter half of 2009.
Budapest based Palace is the largest theatre circuit in Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Of course, XDC will rely on the CineStore server they manufacture in each installation. Every one of Palace’s 20 theatres will be networked and use the CineStore Plaza as their central storage server in conjunction with XDC’s TMS. No word on what projectors have been selected, though they are sure to be DCI-compliant.
In Amsterdam for Cinema Expo, V.J. Maury, Palace Cinemas Chief Executive Officer, seemed excited that digital cinema was finally rolling out at circuit-wide. Read More »
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The Czechs have come up with a new cinema concept, which is to screen a surprise movie at Prague’s largest arthouse cinema where patrons only pay afterwards depending on how much they like the film. From ABC Prague’s website:
Aero cinema in Prague has chosen an interesting way, how to attract people to the screenings: there will be special evenings, called “Naslepo” (“Blind”), where visitors won´t know, which movie they are going to see.
The movies screened on these days will be special – those that cannot be seen in other cinemas (they are not in usual distribution in the Czech Republic), but which are nevertheless interesting and worth seeing.
The first screening took place on 19th of September, though no word has reached us what film was shown, how many showed up or whether anyone paid. It’s an interesting move as cinema owners wouldn’t dare to put on something that they didn’t believe people would genuinely like.
Elsewhere in Prague you had the chance of catching an open-air marathon screening of television series ‘Lost‘ on the big screen, also according to ABC Prague. “Fans of popular TV seriers Lost may look forward to an extraordinary experience in Prague. A marathon of the third season of Lost will be shown on a large screen in the open-air area of Cisarska Louka in Prague. It’s provided by AXN channel for free.” The cinematic series was shown over two Sundays from 5pm to 5am. The website helpfully suggest that you “take a blanket with you as you’ll be sitting on grass,” but sadly does not suggest any collective ‘Lost’ drinking games for the Czech beer that was no doubt consumed.
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