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Sony US follows Sony Japan in alternative content

Sony Pictures has woken up to the fact that the big screen real estate will not be occupied 100 per cent by feature films in the future and that third party operators like AccessIT and Arts Alliance Media are getting in on the game. That is why they have launched their own division for alternativeRe…

NYT Wakes Up To Alternative Content As Royal Opera House and Sony Reveal Plans

The New York times gets in on the non-film digital shows in cinemas (ODS? alternative content?) with the in-depth article: At Cineplexes, Sports, Opera, Maybe a Movie (with the tag line: ‘As ticket sales slow, theaters are turning to the Mets and the Met.’ – arf, arf!). Main messag…

NBA to be shown live in 3D with stacked 4K

Maverick billionaire Mark Cuban‘s Dallas Mavericks will have their upcoming 25 March game captured, beamed and shown in live digital 3D, through a partnership with Pace Fusion 3D. From the press release: The March 25 game against the Los Angeles Clippers from the American Airlines Center will…

The Met Learns About Theatrical Windows

There has been a lot of hoopla in the media of late about the success various opera companies have had beaming high definition simulcasts of their performances into cinemas. New York’s Metropolitan Opera can be credited with starting this trend in alternative content back in 2006 when they tea…

Disney digs ESPN sports with AccessIT

Trust Disney to have foresight and show initiative when it comes to alternative content in digital cinemas. While the NFL is sending cease and desist letters to Wisconsin cinemas showing Packer games, Disney has teamed up with AccessIT through its ESPN division to screen live HD college football gam…

Financials of Met Simulcasts Revealed

It’s no secret that with the success of the Metropolitan Opera’s high definition simulcasts into movie theatres, first rate opera companies around the world have jumped on the alternative content bandwagon and struck deals to have their performances beamed to cinemas around the world. Th…

DDCinema Beams Opera To European Cinemas

On Sunday January 27th, Distribution Digital Cinema (DDCinema), the joint venture between XDC, Qubo and Dynamic, jump started their operations by broadcasting a live performance of composer Arrigo Boito’s opera “Mefistofele” from the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy to 19 screens l…

Moore Wants Documentaries In Multiplexes

After starting his career as a documentary filmmaker taking on corporate behemoths like General Motors, Michael Moore turned his attentions to, respectively, the Columbine massacre, the presidency of George W. Bush and the U.S. health care system. Now, according to the Hollywood Reporter, Moore want…

Mexican Cinemas Show TV and Concerts

Mexican exhibitor Cinepolis has begun screening recorded music concerts and plans to show operas and popular television shows on the big screen. The music push came as a result of a deal with Warner Music Mexico to show pre-recorded (high def?) concerts of the likes of Mexican rock band Mana, Pearl…

NFL Goes After ODS Wisconsin Cinemas

As far as show down goes, this is a David v Goliath that puts the might NFL (National Football League) against a small band of cinemas in Wisconsin who plan to show games featuring the state’s Green Bay Packers team on the big screen. Some cinemas, such as Marcus Corp. and the Fox Bay CinemaRe…