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GDC Comes On Strong With New Features and Dealer Network

Unless you’ve been living on another planet, or simply working in an industry other than exhibition, it would be hard not to know what GDC Technology has been up to lately. After all, they’re not shy about telling you all their latest deals, most recent installations and newly released produc…

DFE Technologies Tackles Hard Drive Distribution

[viddler id=ad507ee&w=545&h=349] Starting with this entry we’re going to try something a little different and from time-to-time begin posting video interviews and demos of some of the technology and companies we come across. You may enter comments directly in each video by clicking on the …

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…

Facebook Helps Malco Theatres Market To Moviegoers

With many of North America’s newspapers presently threatening to cease publication as they try and stave off bankruptcy, retailers of all types and sizes have had to look for alternative advertising methods to market themselves. This can be incredibly difficult when due to the numerous mediums that…

Can Social Media Help A Movie Studio Conduct Market Research?

There used to be a time not so long ago, about two or three years, that motion picture distributors made many of their decisions about release patterns based on a weekly report produced by one third-party company; National Research Group. The company, founded in 1978, became a de-facto standard for…

Opera Industry Voices Concern Over Movie Theatre Broadcasts

[youtube width=”480″ height=”385″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdUzNYGxcJ8[/youtube] Many who know me are aware what a big opera buff I am. I’ve held a subscription to the Los Angeles Opera‘s annual season for at least the past five years, and when I travel I m…

Cinedigm Scores Big With Live 3D Broadcast of NBA All-Star Event

On Satruday evening Cinedigm continued its ongoing effort to bring popular sporting events in 3D to North American movie theatres by broadcasting the NBA All-Star Saturday Night to more than 80 venues in the U.S. and Canada. Since this type of alternative content is all the rage these days I decide…

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…

Sony Selling B-Stock Projectors at 50% Off

Who said recessions can’t be good for something? After spending the last two years lugging countless 4K projectors around the world to show them off to exhibitors Sony now finds itself with an inventory of B-stock units they would like to unload. Last week the manufacturer sent out an email…

Dolby Sheds Jobs From UK Cinema Manufacturing Division

As if the recent quarterly earnings reports from Warner Bros, Walt Disney and News Corp were not proof enough that the entertainment industry is far from recession proof, news is out that Dolby Laboratories will be closing down its UK manufacturing operation. Some 60 people will lose their jobs from…