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ECA Technical Handbook

ECA Handbook: Live Delivery Via Satellite (Part II)

Earlier this year The Event Cinema Association (ECA) published its “Technical Delivery Handbook”, a step-by-step guide to live delivery of event cinema, written by ECA members for the benefit of the industry. With satellite delivery the preferred mode of delivering live opera, theatre, c…

ECA Technical Handbook

ECA Handbook: Live Delivery Via Satellite (Part I)

Earlier this year The Event Cinema Association (ECA) published its “Technical Delivery Handbook”, a step-by-step guide to live delivery of event cinema, written by ECA members for the benefit of the industry. With satellite delivery the preferred mode of delivering live opera, theatre, c…

Gfinity Arena Vue

Why eSport Is The Next Major Cinema Trend

With the Great Blockbuster Year of ’15 well underway, non-film content in cinemas such as opera, theatre and concerts is seeing its steady rise temporarily eclipsed. But for eSports (electronic sports or pro-gaming) on the big screen this is set to be the breakthrough year. Having already won…

CinemaCon ICTa Carolyn Giardina

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…

Arts Alliance Eric Steven and Rich Philips

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…

Rich Welsh

CJ @ NAB: Q&A Interview with Sundog Media Tools’ Rich Welsh

In the run-up to NAB and 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 Rich Welsh, Founder and Head of Sundog Media Tool, which last week announced its…

Uber SPI Cinemas

SPI First Cinema to Integrate With Uber API

India’s SPI Cinemas (formerly Sathyam Cinemas) has become the first exhibitor in the world to integrate with the Uber API for the city of Chennai. The deal between one of south India’s best known cinema brands and the world’s largest car-ride service allows users to book cinema tic…

Audiovision

Film Festival for Blind Highlights France’s Accessibility Gap

Paris is currently hosting its 6th annual film festival blind and visually impaired people at the UGC Gobelins cinema. The event is arranged by l’Association Valentin Haüy (AVH) and this year sponsored by Luc Besson, whose films “Lucy” and “Taken 3” are being shown. However,…

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…