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NAB Technology Summit on Cinema

NAB 2015: Do We Need A Digital Cinema Initiatives Specification Version 2.0?

This year at the Technology Summit on Cinema, held during the annual National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) convention, there was a turn away from the now of digital transition to the future of what might come next. As the bulk of the world’s movie screens have been converted from film to digita…

Adam Gottlieb

CJ @ CinemaCon: Interview with Adam Gottlieb of Continental Concession Supplies Inc.

Many North American cinema operators probably associate Adam Gottlieb with candy, refreshments and a wide variety of cinema concessions. During the past 17 years Gottlieb has been the cinema industry liaison for Continental Concession Supplies Inc. (CCSI) helping exhibitors of all sizes improve thei…

Valmir Fernandes of Cinemark International

CJ @ CinemaCon: Interview with Valmir Fernandes of Cinemark International

There are only a handful of people working in the entertainment industry that can go solely by their first name and still have everyone know who is being referenced. Most of them are performers such as Beyoncé, Madonna, Prince, Cher and, more recently, Rihanna. Easily joining this list of mononymous…

Marcelo Lima

Profile: Interview with Marcelo Lima of Expocine and Exibidor

As the worldwide motion picture exhibition and distribution industries head to Las Vegas next week for CinemaCon, their annual convention, few will be thinking about trade shows later in the year, let alone ones outside North America. That’s not true of Marcelo J. L. Lima, the CEO of Tonks, a…

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…

Bill Campbell in Sheridan Wyoming

CJ @ CinemaCon: Q&A Interview With Cinema Buying Group’s Bill Campbell

With the conversion to digital projection mostly complete at North American cinemas, it should come as no surprise that those who played a significant part in the adoption and rollout of the technology are now being recognized for their contribution. Bill Campbell, who will receive the Marquee Award…

Jean Mizrahi Ymagis

CJ @ CinemaCon: Q&A Interview With Ymagis’ Jean Mizrahi

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. Today we talk to Jean Mizrahi, Co-Founder and CEO of Ymagis, the pan-European cinema services company whic…

Melissa Cogavin ECA

CJ @ CinemaCon: Q&A Interview with ECA’s Melissa Cogavin

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. Today we talk to Melissa Cogavin, Managing Director of the Event Cinema Association (ECA), the trade body…

MasterImage Invalidates RealD Russian Patent

UPDATED: MasterImage Wins Patent Fight With RealD In Russia

The Russian Patent office has invalidated RealD’s ‘light doubler’ patent within the country, handing a victory to rival 3D firm MasterImage, which had challenged RealD’s utility model patent. With Russia one of the major growth markets for 3D and premium large format (PLF), t…

Dolby Cinema at AMC Prime Announcement

AMC Goes Big With Dolby In A Deal That Underscores Current Industry Trends

The announcement last Thursday of an agreement between Dolby Laboratories and AMC Theatres to partner on what they’ve dubbed “Dolby Cinema at AMC Prime” isn’t altogether unexpected. Back in February AMC’s CEO Gerry Lopez told financial analysts during an earnings call t…