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Cinedigm and Unique Digital Release TMS Upgrades

[/caption] Timed to coincide with this year’s Cinema Expo conference being held in Amsterdam through Thursday two well known integrators have released enhanced versions of their theatre management systems (TMS). North American deployment entity Cinedigm has included centralized management feat…

Ymagis Experiences Growth Spurt In Deals With UGC, Utopia and OCine

In the past few weeks Ymagis, like their European counterpart Arts Alliance Media, has announced a number of new deals with exhibitors. What better time to review them all than on the eve of Cinema Expo, which begins tomorrow in Amsterdam. For anyone who may need a brief refresher on who Ymagis is,…

Disney Turns To Twitter For “Toy Story 3”

It is unlikely that “Toy Story 3” needed any help building awareness as it stormed the box office this weekend and earned USD $109 million in North America making it Pixar’s biggest opening. However, Disney was taking no chances. On top of the massive print, television and outdoor…

Christie Gets DCI Compliance And New Manufacturing Faciltiy

[/caption] It’s been a busy week for Christie. The company’s CP2220 was the first series 2 digital cinema projector to pass the Compliance Test Plan (CTP) put in place by Digital Cinema Initiatives (DCI) to gauge whether equipment meets their published specification. As well, they announ…

Panavision Officially Enters 3D Market

[/caption] Earlier this week Panavision took their first public steps into the 3D motion picture exhibition market by announcing a new system that will work with all projectors, film or digital, and all screens, white or silver. While we had already reported that Panavision was working on such a sol…

Heavy Metal Heavy Weights Hit The Big Screen

[youtube width=”640″ height=”385″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUrhJB0_j5Q[/youtube] If you’re into heavy metal music then you’ll be happy to hear that some of the world’s biggest head banging bands will be playing live at a theatre near you. On Tuesday, J…

Arts Alliance Lands Cineworld and €50 Million Funding

With the start of Cinema Expo International only a week away Arts Alliance Media wasted no time in throwing down the gauntlet for major announcements at this year’s event. Earlier today AAM, one of Europe’s leading digital cinema deployment entities, made public two important deals they…

Fandango To Donate “Karate Kid” Ticket Revenue To Starlight

North America’s largest movie ticket website is feeling quite charitable lately. In fact, over the next two weeks (June 7th through June 20th) Fandango will be donating $1 to the Starlight Children’s Foundation for every ticket they sell to “The Karate Kid” which is being rel…

“The Cove” Wins Top Prize At Golden Trailer Awards

[youtube width=”480″ height=”385″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KRD8e20fBo[/youtube] The Academy Award winning documentary “The Cove” was a big winner at the 11th Annual Golden Trailer Awards last night. The documentary, which details the dolphin slaughters taki…

Cinedigm’s Partnership For FIFA World Cup Makes Sensio

Last week Cinedigm announced a partnership with Sensio that will allow them to bring the FIFA World Cup Soccer Tournament being held in South Africa this month to theatres all over the world. What’s more, the matches will be shown live and in 3D. The press release sent around to promote the pa…