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Has Auro Abandoned Cinema for the Home?

Auro Technologies surprised the cinema industry by announcing partnerships for bringing its immersive audio format to the home cinema market at the recently concluded CES. With only some 100 systems installed in cinemas around the world it would seem early for a switch of focus to the home. However,…

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Russia To Introduce Quotas for Local Films in Cinemas

Russia’s Minister of Culture has announced plans to introduce a 20 per cent quota for domestic film in cinemas. Interviewed by Interfax and reported in German media (such as this Focus article) Vladimir Medinski is quoted as saying that: “Man muss die Quotierung für das russische Kino ei…

Tampa Cinema Shooting – Sign of More Cinema Smartphone Rage to Come?

A retired police officer in Tampa, Florida has been arrested after an argument over cell phone use in a multiplex escalated into a shooting, leaving a man dead and his wife injured. The incident happened Monday 1:30pm at the Cobb Cinema Grove 16 and CineBistro in Wesley Chapel near Tampa, Florida du…

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Daily Cinema Roundup – Monday 13 January 2014

USA: Popcorn business has been tough in 2013 as “prices for unpopped popcorn skyrocketed due to the 2012 drought that dried up thousands of acres of popcorn-growing fields throughout the Midwest.” Despite this “Americans consume 16 billion quarts of popped popcorn annually, or 51 q…

Cinemeccanica Brings Laser Projection to Europe

Italian projector manufacturer Cinemeccanica has announced a test bed installation of its Cinecloud™ Lux laser driven projector in Venezia Mestre, Italy. Calling it “Immersive Cinema” the manufacturer does not go easy on the hyperbole for the installation with IMG Cinema Multiplex: The M…

Cineworld’s Me-Too Eastern Expansion Comes At A Price

UK’s publicly listed exhibitor Cineworld is expanding into Central Europe through £503 cash and equity deal for Warsaw-listed Cinema City International (CCI), which will make it the second largest chain in Europe after Odeon UCI. The deal signals a strategic shift for Cineworld after a small domesti…

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For Your iConsideration (UPDATE): the Nominees

With the nominations announced for the BAFTA awards, it is worth re-visiting the issue of DVD and on-line screeners to analyse what if any impact they had on the films that made the shortlist. The usual caveat applies that BAFTA members watch and vote on films, documentaries, foreign language films…

Six Lessons for Cinemas From This Year’s CES

Celluloid Junkie has not ventured to Las Vegas for this year’s Consumer Electronic Show. Like the Hajj it is a pilgrimage that every technology pundit should undertake at least once in their life time, but once is also enough. We did, however, monitor it remotely and read up on all the news, develop…

Oscar Recognition For Film Lab Technicians – Every Single One of Them

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences or AMPAS (Oscar academy) has just announced this year’s 19 scientific and technical achievement awards, who unlike the Best Film, Best Actor, etc are named and honoured prior to Oscar night, mainly to allow for more telecast time for the Angelina…

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Why China’s Box Office Growth Is Bad News For Hollywood

Spectacular figures showing a 27% year-over-year growth of the 2013 box office in China (PRC) hide several far more troubling numbers for Hollywood studios trying to maintain a hold on the world’s second biggest cinema market. Even before official box office data was confirmed by last year’s merged…