CinemaCon: Bill Alberti Looks At Cinema’s Generation Z Challenge
At CinemaCon 2015 Bill Alberti of Communispace looks at the challenges of making cinema relevant for today's always-on Generation Z.
CinemaCon: ICTA Presents – The Unintended Consequences of Digital Cinema
(“Motion seats will be the death of me.” – Un-Named Studio Executive at CinemaCon) Joe deMeo of Barco and President of the International Cinema Technology Association (ICTA) introduces the panel session with the question, “after the [digital cinema] roll out what are we looki…
CinemaCon: Barco Looks to Post-VPF Future
“VPFs are gone and they are not coming back,” was the stark message from Barco’s Todd Hoddick, delivered at Barco’s big CinemaCon press event on Tuesday. While this should not come as a surprise to any cinema industry insider, this message is also one that appears to guide Ba…
CJ @ CinemaCon: Q&A Interview with Arts Alliance Media
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. Arts Alliance Media (AAM) was an early digital cinema pioneer with the UK Film Council’s DSN, as wel…
CJ @ CinemaCon: Q&A Interview with ECA’s Melissa Cogavin
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 Melissa Cogavin, Managing Director of the Event Cinema Association (ECA), the trade body…
CJ @ CinemaCon: Q&A Interview With NAC’s Dan Borschke
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 Dan Borschke, Executive Vice President of the National Association of Concessionaires (NA…
CJ Coverage at NAB and CinemaCon
NAB and CinemaCon are upon us. I am happy to announce that I will be covering them for CJ as well as CineTechGeek video-blog. This year at NAB I have a theme. “Emerging SMPTE standards and how they will be effecting Cinema Production”. Then onto CinemaCon where it is all about Laser and how itRead M…
Was CineAsia Right to Honour Indonesia’s Cinema 21?
Should success at any price be celebrated? Because when it comes to cinema in Indonesia it is hard to escape accusations that ‘success’ is linked to unsavory business practices, tax evasion, rent seeking, crony capitalism and corporations tainted by links to the world’s most corrup…
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.