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It’s Official: TI Targets 4K; Cinemark Makes Deal

It’s official: On the heels of our previous Celluloid Junkie post on this subject, TI announced that it plans to develop 4K as an extension of its next-gen DLP Cinema projection technology. The new platform—which TI said would comply with the DCI spec—is slated to launch at the end of the year and i…

Daily Cinema Roundup-Thursday 27 May

–With his contract recently extended until 2013 and “Monsters Vs. Aliens” one of the year’s top grossing films so far, DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg has now revealed plans to release five feature films every two years, adding an additional film every other year to its existing tw…

Digital Faces Critical (Archiving) Dilemma

“The Digital Dilemma”—a 2007 report from AMPAS’ SciTech Council that examines the challenges of archiving and accessing digital motion picture materials—was the subject of the SMPTE’s Hollywood Section May meeting, held at the Academy’s Linwood Dunn Theatre in Hollywood. The report concludes that th…

The Commoditization of VPFs, or, Why Having a Deal With Hollywood Studios Isn’t The Big Deal It Used To Be

Scrabble Entertainment has announced virtual print fee (VPF) deals with five Hollywood studios (“Hello Scott from SPE, in the back.”) to roll out digital cinema in India. This may be the last notable VPF deal for some time, if not for ever. Scrabble has signed up Walt Disney Studios, Wa…

DTS Digital Cinema Back From The Not-Quite-Dead With Qube Deal

DTS Digital Cinema has been going through a bumpy ride in the past year, but appears to be seeing a light at the end of the tunnel. One year ago DTS Inc. spun off its two non-licence division. DTS Digital Images reverted to being Lowry Digital under the new ownership of Reliance/Adlabs. DTS Digit…

Q & A: Mark Christiansen Talks About Paramount’s VPF Deal

[/caption] Since January 22nd, when we first posted our story on Paramount’s direct-to-exhibitor virtual print fee agreement, we have received quite a bit of correspondence on the topic. Some typed out their thoughts in the comments section of the post, (and thank you for that). Many of your email…

Booming U.S. Box Office Makes Headlines

[/caption] These days, with the global economic crisis at full force dominating headlines, it seems mainstream media will jump on anything that even smells like positive news. So, it’s no wonder with North American box office earning a billion dollars in January and an additional US $800 million in…

How much did AMC pay for 54 Sony 4Ks?

The tail end of ShowEast brings the announcement that AMC Theatres will install 54 of Sony’s 4K projectors in four of its new cinemas. The press release gives the details of how many projectors will go into which multiplexes and when: Sony will provide 54 SXRD 4K digital cinema systems at new…

Rumour mill: Technicolor loses a studio while Arts Alliance gains one

Two items from the unsubstantiated-but-strong-rumour department. Technicolor is said to have lost one of their two large Hollywood studio clients for prints and lab work. That would mean that either Warner Bros or Disney have opted to go with Deluxe – and another nail in the coffin for Technic…

Regal Q2: BO OK, D-Cine and 3D Plans On Track

Regal Cinemas’ transcript of their Second Quarter Earnings conference call provides some interesting insights into their road map for digital cinema and particularly for digital 3D. Overall BO is up slightly, mainly on the back of the billion dollars earnings from the trinity of threequels tha…