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Goooaal! Cinedigm Scores With 3D FIFA World Cup Final

[youtube width=”560″ height=”340″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfnXx4mBO4k[/youtube] This past Sunday Cinedigm, a leading North American digital cinema deployment entity, achieved another live event milestone and I was there to witness it first hand. As we reported back in…

NATO Responds To ‘Twilight’ Pirate’s Lawsuit

Less than 24-hours after we posted a story on the lawsuit filed against Muvico by a 22-year-old for being arrested for filming inside a movie theatre an email arrived from Patrick Corcoran, the National Association of Theatre Owners’ Director of Media & Research. Corcoran not only provided a sta…

Cinema Expo Thoughts: Frank de Neeve of Cineserver

[/caption] Here is another entry in our series presenting the comments of industry participants on last month’s Cinema Expo. Frank de Neeve is not only an experienced projectionist working in The Netherlands, but he also runs the digital cinema news website Cineserver.nl. For those whose Dutch might…

Shoe Retailer Jumps On 3D Bandwagon With Spoof

If you were wondering what kind of impact the recent rash of 3D film releases has had on the general public, you need look no further than Fluevog Shoes. The Canadian shoe designer John Fluevog, whose footwear is often deemed trend setting, sent out a promotional email on Friday in which the subject…

Cinema Expo Thoughts: C.J. Flynn of DCinemaTools.com

We continue our series of posts featuring the comments of leading industry members about last month’s Cinema Expo with a robust entry from C.J. Flynn of DCinemaTools.com. Theatre owners thinking about converting to digital cinema (or even those who already have) should swing by Flynn’s w…

“Paranormal Activity 2” Trailer Too Scary For Cinemark

[youtube width=”560″ height=”340″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qt_002jXjs[/youtube] When was the last time you heard about a movie trailer being pulled out of theatres because audiences complained it was too scary? Especially a teaser trailer? It seems unimaginable doesn…

Screen Digest’s David Hancock Discusses Europe’s D-Cinema Funding Shortfall

[/caption] On June 21st, just in time for Cinema Expo, Screen Digest published a report titled “Digital Cinema Moves Into The Mainstream“. Twelve pages in length and with 10 tables and charts, the report uncovered a significant “digital shortfall” in the amount of financing r…

Accused “Twilight” Pirate Sues Movie Theatre

[/caption] Remember back in November of last year when the industry was abuzz about a 22-year-old woman who was arrested and jailed for using a video recorder inside a Chicago movie theatre during her sister’s birthday party? Well, she’s back in the news again. This time Samantha Tumpach…

Cinema Expo Thoughts: Manel Carreras of Ymagis and Michael Karagosian of MKPE

Last week I mentioned that we would be running a series of posts featuring comments about last month’s Cinema Expo conference from leading members of the industry. Today we’ll continue with Manel Carreras, Sales and Business Development Director at Ymagis, as well as Michael Karagosian o…

Cinema Expo Thoughts: Howard Kiedaisch of Arts Alliance Media

Not being able to attend Cinema Expo last week was very disappointing since it is one of my favorite conferences each year. The annual trade show held in Amsterdam is always a great opportunity to catch up with exhibitors and distributors from all over the world, especially Europe. Rather than try t…