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Barco and Unilumin Partner for Cinema LED

Barco Takes On the Cinema LED Market in $59M Deal with China’s Unilumin

Barco has entered the race for the next generation of projector-less direct-view cinema LED screens with a major deal in China. The share exchange tie-up with Shenzhen Zhouming Technology will see Barco develop LED screens specifically for the cinema display market, which has so far been dominated o…

Huayi Bros To Sell Entire 90.5% Stake in GDC Technology

Chinese-language media reports that Huayi Brothers is selling its 90.5% stake in GDC Technology, the leading Asian cinema server and equipment vendor [PDF link to financial filing here]. Huayi announced on 3 September that it’s wholly-owned subsidiary Huayi International Investment plans to tr…

Ghost No. 1 with Projector and Camcorder Setup

Hunting Ghost No. 1 – China’s Three Year Quest to Take Down The Most Sophisticated Movie Piracy Ring Ever

It was the piracy nightmare that was supposed to be technically impossible. Hollywood studios had spent years coming up with the digital cinema specifications and a certification process that ensured military-grade encryption would protect the latest blockbuster film releases. Camcording, albeit tra…

A Few Good Ideas – CinemaCon 2019

CinemaCon as a tech show is amazing for new good ideas. 4K RGB for the price of 2K laser phosphor… good idea. 10 years of support included in the price of the projector… good idea. Not blaming Netflix for cinema’s fortunes… good idea. Having a day without a long lunch program…

Hugo Fuhlendorff (Kino & AV Teknikk, left) and Manel Carreras, senior VP Business Development & Studio Relations of Eclar Logistics UK during Den norske filmfestivalen 2018 in Haugesund. (photo: John Berge, / KINOMAGASINET.no ©)

Eclair Delivers Digital Box For Free to Norwegian Cinemas

It was announced at Haugesund Film Festival this week that Unique’s MovieTransit is now no longer the only delivery method for content to local theaters. Eclair has now installed EclairBox in 169 out of 177 cinemas in Denmark, and now Norway is next up. Nordisk Film Kino is the first to get th…

Cinema Tech Innovators: Flexound (Finland)

Cinema Tech Innovators is a series where Celluloid Junkie profiles small innovators looking to make a big difference in the world of cinema. These are companies working in online, technology, social media and other spheres to enhance and expand the big screen experience. They are typically start-ups…

Wim Buyens, Barco. (photo: Barco)

EXCLUSIVE – CJ Interviews Wim Buyens, Newly Appointed CEO of Barco’s New Cinema Joint Venture

Barco has just announced the creation of a global cinema joint venture (JV) for enabling the roll-out of the next generation of cinema technologies and experiences. Celluloid Junkie spoke exclusively to Barco’s currently SVP of the Entertainment division Wim Buyens a day after his returns to Europe…

Samsung and Cineplex sign deal to install Cinema LED screen. (photo: Samsung Electronics)

Thailands Cineplex Signs Samsung Cinema LED Deal

Thailand’s Major Cineplex has become the first international customer to place an order for Samsung Cinema LED (trademarked as Samsung Premier) direct video (DV) screen. The screen will be installed in Bangkok’s Siam Paragon Cineplex in February 2018. Samsung also confirmed that the next…

Lotte Cinema World Tower in Seoul on July 13, Samsung Electronics CEO Kim Hyun Suk, director of the video display business (from the right), Yang Woo-suk, film director, and Lotte Cinema Dimension CEO, are presenting the Cinema LED screens.

First Reviews Are In For Samsung’s Cinema LED Screen

Samsung Electronics unveiled the first installation of its Cinema LED technology on 13 July in Seoul’s Lotte Cinemas World Tower 13 multiplex auditorium dubbed ‘Super S’. Samsung first demonstrated the technology at the CinemaCon convention in Las Vegas in March this year and achie…

Finnkino Scape Omena. (photo: Finnkino)

The Solution to LED Cinema Screens’ Audio Problem Lies in Finland

Anyone who saw the Sony’s CLEDIS or Samsung’s LED Cinema Screen demonstrations at this year’s CinemaCon could not fail to be stunned by the spectacular brightness, colour and detail of the images. Sadly the audio was far inferior to the images, highlighting the biggest problem (oth…