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Krugman & Cringley on Ballmer & Microsoft’s ‘Failure’

There is an apocryphal tale of Bill Gates giving a speech to assembled Hollywood executives when he was still head of Microsoft, which ends with him telling them “and I guess you guys also have a problem with piracy.” While software piracy may have trumped film-related piracy in the earl…

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Can RealD Rival IMAX In The Premium Large Format (PLF) Market?

With Cinema Europe currently underway in Barcelona, two trends for premium cinema experiences that pull in opposite direction are hot topics for exhibitors gathering in Spain. The first is towards smaller, intimate venues that typically serve fine food and wine, as exemplified by The Electric in Lon…

Hollywood unites on satellite movie delivery – but is it too late already?

With the overwhelming majority of multiplexes in the US converted to digital, the largest cinema chains have now reached agreement with the majority of Hollywood studios for the satellite delivery of DCPs. The Digital Cinema Distribution Coalition (DCDC) has added Walt Disney, Paramount Pictures and…

First Run Movies Headed Into The Home At Premium Prices

The debate over motion picture release windows heated up again last week as two studios spoke openly about their plans for allowing limited home viewing of movies shortly after their theatrical opening. In addition, news came of a pricey new service looking to make films available in living rooms da…

Technicolor’s Film-Based 3D Format Expands

One question I am asked repeatedly by exhibitors is about the success of Technicolor’s 35mm film-based 3D solution. Rather than being asked by those in an exploratory phase, it oftem seems as if the question is being posed so that I can confirm someone’s doubts or decision not to install…

India’s Reliance MediaWorks Takes Over UFO’s E-Cinema Operation

This past week the digital cinema pipeline into movie theatres in India became a little more narrow – figuratively, not literally or technically. On Thursday Reliance MediaWorks (formerly Adlabs), one of India’s largest entertainment services companies announced a “strategic allian…

SmartJog Continues Partnership Spree With XDC and Fox

Is it just me, or has anyone else noticed that SmartJog has been on a roll lately when it comes to partnerships? After announcing an agreement with Ymagis in February, they formed a partnership with XDC just before ShoWest and earlier this week entered into a deal with Twentieth Century Fox to deliv…

L.A. Times’ Patrick Goldstein Debates Release Windows

[/caption] If you’ve never read Patrick Goldstein in the Los Angeles Times, you’re really missing out. Especially this past Tuesday when the subject of his weekly column, The Big Picture, was none other than release windows. Goldstein has been writing his column for as long as I can reme…

SmartJog and Ymagis Team Up To Deliver D-Cinema Content

SmartJog and Ymagis issued a joint press release yesterday announcing they had reached a non-exclusive partnership agreement and will integrate their technologies to offer theatre owners a more robust digital cinema offering. The pairing seems as if it would be complimentary given that SmartJog spec…

TI’s 4K Announcement Causes Waves – Wither 2K Now?

The announcement on Celluloid Junkie that Texas Instruments is developing 4K projector solutions is causing waves throughout the industry. The story was picked up by both THR.com (DLP making the jump to 4K) and Variety (TI leaping into 4K fray), which despite their headline both acknowledge that TI…