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Some Bright Ideas At ISDCF’s 3D Luminance Level Demo

[/caption] On Tuesday at the AMC Burbank 16 in Burbank, CA, the Inter-Society Digital Cinema Forum (ISDCF) held a luminance level demonstration of digital 3D content which had been mastered for different light levels. The ISDCF is not a standards body and thus the demo was not a test, but simply a…

Palace Cinemas Brings 3D To Central Europe

Central Europe will soon be able to experience 3D digital releases the way filmmakers had intended thanks to Palace Cinemas. Tomorrow the exhibitor will announce they will be adding twelve 3D digital screens to their circuit just in time for Dreamworks Animation’s “Monsters vs. Aliens” to premiere…

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…

A Comprehensive Review of Paramount’s Direct-To-Exhibitor VPF Agreement

Since January 22nd, when Paramount Pictures announced their plan to offer virtual print fees directly to exhibitors, the news has been a frequent topic of conversation throughout the exhibition community. It didn’t take long before a copy of the agreement began circulating through the industry, in…

How Good/Bad Is Sony Pictures’ Deal With Cinedigm?

Reading between the lines of digital cinema related press releases is often required to understand what a deal really means, as opposed to what those issuing the release want you to think it means. This appears to be the case with the recent announcement that Cinedigm (formerly AccessIT) has signed…

Largest UK Cinema Chain Picks Vendors for 3D While Snubbing Third Party Integrators

The UK’s largest exhibitor Odeon (formed through the merger with UCI) has selected Real Image‘s Qube server and projectors from NEC to extend the company’s digital cinema and (particularly) digital 3D reach. From the Qube press release: Odeon and UCI Cinemas Choose Qube Servers Qub…

Digital Cinema Integrators Continue to Bleed Money

There is a standing joke in the industry that to make a small fortune in digital cinema you need to start with a large fortune. Sadly, this sentiment seems to be vindicated by the latest quarterly figures from Cinedigm (formerly AccessIT). The company’s scorecard is impressive enough: And the…

The Dutch Go Digital With Arts Alliance

These days, with the global financial meltdown in full swing, any announcement about a rollout of digital cinema installations is big news. Just ask Arts Alliance Media. The U.K. based integrator had a press release picked up by several trade publications that announced an agreement to install and…

NATO Reviews D-Cinema Requirements With Vendors

After the positive response the National Association of Theatre Owners received from their meeting last June with manufacturers and service providers to review their Digital Cinema System Requirements, they decided to hold another meeting last Friday in Burbank, CA to go over version 2.1. Brigitte…

Paramount Goes Direct-To-Exhibitors With D-Cinema Deal

On the eve of the National Association of Theatre Owners’ meeting with equipment vendors to review digital cinema requirements on Friday, Paramount Pictures has thrown the exhibition industry a curve ball in the hopes of resuscitating the stalled rollout of the technology. Rather than work so…