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CJ @ CinemaCon: Q&A Interview With Ymagis’ Jean Mizrahi

In the run-up to CinemaCon 2015 CJ is interviewing and profiling several leading companies, trade bodies and people to capture the mood of the cinema industry as it enters its post-digital era. Today we talk to Jean Mizrahi, Co-Founder and CEO of Ymagis, the pan-European cinema services company whic…

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CJ @ CinemaCon: Q&A Interview with Eying 1958’s Peng Jin

CJ talks to Ms Jing Peng of Eying 1858, the Chinese exhibitor which earlier this year opened the world's largest laser theatre

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Universal’s Pragmatic “Fast & Furious 7” E-Cinema Release

Universal this weekend become the first Hollywood studio to release a major blockbuster in cinemas on digital equipment that falls short of the specifications set out by DCI. Rather than abandoning the hard-fought DCI guidelines, this arguably demonstrates Universal’s pragmatism in the one mar…

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Ymagis FY’14 Results Reflect European Cinema Market

The pan-European cinema integrator and service provider has released financial results for the fiscal year 2014. While the company merged with Belgian-based digital cinema operator dcinex in October, the results are for Ymagis’ operation alone, with the joint results published separately. The…

Fast and Furious 7

Digital Cinema Firm Tries to Block “Fast & Furious 7” India Release

UPDATE: 4:30am IST – KSS claims that the CCI has ruled in its favour. Details at the end of the story. Cinema service provider KSS (K Sera Sera) has filed an injunctive petition with the Competition Commission of India (CCI) to block the release of “Fast and Furious 7” in India, a…

Steve Perrin

UK Film Council’s Digital Screen Network – Looking Back 10 Years On

This month marks the 10th anniversary of the UK Film Council awarding the contract for the setting up and running of the Digital Screen Network (DSN) to Arts Alliance Media (AAM), following a competitive tender process. The DSN was arguably the first large-scale digital cinema roll-out that aspired…

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Laser, the Next Big Digital Transition as the Xenon Lamp Fades Away

This year (2015) is definitively the year the world became completely digital as Sundance Film Festival announced that not one film shown was on celluloid-film. Most of the major markets are now completely digital. If you listen carefully, you can hear tens of thousands of cinema owners letting out…

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EDCF Guide Highlights Film Festivals’ Digital Nightmares

The European Digital Cinema Forum (EDCF) has just published ‘The EDCF Guide for Film Festivals in the Digital Age.’ The free guide, available to download on the EDCF website (PDF link) was created based on feedback from professionals responsible for running major international film festi…

CJ@IBC ‘Immersive Audio – from the big screen to the small screen’

Immersiva audio is seeing increased take up in cinemas and Atmos and Auro are now also being launched in the home. This panel questions industry experts on its ins, outs and future.

CJ@IBC ‘Doug Trumbull Keynote – An Odessey of Cinematic Innovation’

Doug Trumbull delievered the IBC Big Screen 2014 Keynote and screened his film UFOTOG in 14fL high brightness 3D laser projection with Dolby Atmos audio - a truly remarkable experience.