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CinemaCon 2026 Product Preview - Seating & Auditorium Design

CinemaCon 2026 Product Preview: Seating & Auditorium Design

As cinemas continue to differentiate the in-theater experience, seating and auditorium design remain central to how audiences perceive value. At CinemaCon 2026, exhibitors are highlighting a range of seating solutions and structural upgrades designed to improve comfort, flexibility, and overall pres…

CinemaCon 2026 Product Preview - Projection, Sound & Presentation Technology

CinemaCon 2026 Product Preview: Projection, Sound & Presentation Technology

While much of the focus at CinemaCon is on the business of cinema, the core theatrical experience still depends on how a film looks and sounds on screen. At CinemaCon 2026, cinema equipment manufacturers and providers are highlighting advances across projection, LED cinema displays, immersive audio,…

CinemaCon 2026 Product Preview - Business, Marketing & Operational Platforms - Featured Image

CinemaCon 2026 Product Preview: Business, Marketing & Operational Platforms

Beyond ticketing and concessions, a growing layer of systems is shaping how cinemas operate, connect with audiences, and make decisions. At CinemaCon 2026, numerous companies are showcasing platforms that sit behind the scenes of the moviegoing experience; spanning theatre management, content delive…

CJ Tech: Phosphor vs RGB Laser Projection

CJ Tech: RGB Laser vs Phosphor Laser – Understanding the Difference

Back when xenon lamps ruled the booth, life had a certain rhythm to it. You’d climb the ladder, unscrew the lamp housing, feel the residual heat radiating through your gloves, and carefully extract a bulb that had given its last flicker somewhere during the third act. The replacement cost stung, the…

Inside one of the premium auditoriums at Georgia Theatre Company's Trilith Cinemas in Fayetville, Georgia is Samsung’s direct-view LED cinema technology — a flagship 14-meter (approximately 46-foot) Onyx screen

Can Cinema LED Scale? Samsung Bets Trilith Cinemas Can Help Prove It

There is something almost too tidy about the geography of Samsung’s latest cinema showcase. Directly across the street from Trilith Studios in Fayetteville, Georgia — one of the largest production facilities in the United States outside Hollywood — sits Trilith Cinemas, a new nine-screen luxury comp…

CJ Tech - Xenon vs Laser Projection

CJ Tech: Choosing the Right Projection System: Xenon vs Laser Projection

Walk into any cinema projection booth and you’ll quickly realise one thing: the machine at the centre of it all isn’t just a box of optics and fans. It’s the nerve centre of the auditorium, dictating everything from visual clarity to your monthly maintenance bill. And in a world of tightening budget…

Firdavs Abdukhalikov, Director-General of UzbekFilm, Uzbekistan’s national film agency, has announced new investments in the nation’s film industry

CJ Exclusive: Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Bids to Be Crowned Capital of Central Asia’s Film Industry

Firdavs Abdukhalikov, Director-General of UzbekFilm, Uzbekistan’s national film agency, announced a raft of new investments in the nation’s film industry, with the opening round of funding set to begin the positioning of Tashkent as the region’s capital of film and television production. …

Wim Buyens, CEO of Cinionic

Cinionic’s Wim Buyens Sheds Some Light on Laser Projection

Even with onerous pandemic travel restrictions preventing the cinema industry from convening at trade shows for the better part of two years, Wim Buyens, the CEO of Cinionic, always managed to attend what few gatherings actually took place. He was one of the very few European executives to attend Ci…

AET Cinema LED Display - Certification

New Chinese Cinema LED Gets DCI Certification

Chinese company AET Altai has become the latest manufacturer to get DCI certification for its Cinema LED screen technology. AET Altai thus joins the likes of Samsung, Sony and LG Electronics in having a non-projector cinema display solution that is certified to show first-run Hollywood films. The ce…

Storytelling, Technology, and Community – the Everlasting Ingredients of the Cinema Experience

CJ + Christie: Storytelling, Technology, and Community – the Everlasting Ingredients of the Cinema Experience

Cinemas around the world are beginning to light up their marquees once again after COVID-19 has kept them closed for more than a year. Throughout the ongoing pandemic, the ability to release new movies theatrically was impractical, forcing exhibitors to search for alternative routes to reach audienc…