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CinemaCon 2011: Dolby Lines Up New Releases For 7.1 Surround Sound

Dolby is using CinemaCon to announce a slate of new titles that will be released with Dolby Surround 7.1 audio. Most of the films are highly anticipated summer tentpole releases and include Walt Disney Studios “Pirates of the Carribbean: On Stranger Tides”, DreamWorks Animation’s…

Chris McGurk

Chris McGurk Says Cinedigm’s Future Is In Software And Content

[/caption] Not sure if you noticed, but over the past week Cinedigm’s stock price jumped over 33% from USD $1.50 to USD $2.00. It closed Friday out at USD $1.88. The sudden price increase in Cinedigm’s stock is likely due to a number of factors, rather than a single reason. It has been a…

Kodak Laser Projection System

Les Moore Discusses Kodak Laser Projection Technology

At the end of February when the FDA approved a variance clearing the way for Kodak to sell their laser projection technology to cinema exhibitors we ran a post which started out stating it was meant to be a competitor to Texas Instruments DLP chip. It didn’t take long for a commenter to point…

Chris Dodd

MPAA Selects Chris Dodd For Top Job And Huge Challenges

[/caption] All the rumors being reported by the mainstream press as a foregone conclusion were actually correct. This week the Motion Picture Association of America announced that Christopher Dodd, the former U.S. Senator from Connecticut, would become their chairman and chief executive beginning Ma…

Studios Are Fighting Movie Piracy On College Campuses

[/caption] It looks as if the MPAA may be spying on college students, or at the very least monitoring their file sharing activity. Last week on CNET’s daily tech news podcast Buzz Out Loud the hosts read an email from a listener named Chris who explained how the MPAA has been leaving notes for…

Apollo Gets More From Sony and Vista

Over the past week Apollo Cinemas has decided that more is… well, more. The United Kingdom’s sixth largest exhibition chain is partnering with Sony Digital Cinema to bring more 3D alternative content to its customers and they have selected Vista Cinema Software to increase their overall…

Kodak Laser Projection System

Kodak Gets FDA Approval For Laser Projection Technology

[/caption] Kodak’s plans to create a light engine for digital cinema projectors that can compete with Texas Instruments DLP chip reached a crucial milestone earlier this week. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the variance application clearing the way for the commercialization of…

Theatre Patron Killed For Eating Popcorn Too Loudly

[/caption] Make a mental note – the next time you happen to be seeing a movie in Latvia, you might want to go with Raisinettes at the concession stand rather than popcorn. Reports surfaced earlier this week that a 42-year-old moviegoer was shot and killed Saturday evening at a multiplex in Rig…

When Polish Movie Posters Were Works Of Art

Hollywood movies are shown all over the world. In fact, American films are cited by some as one of the country’s biggest exports. So I wasn’t exactly surprised to find out that American made flicks are quite popular in Poland. However, I recently stumbled across PolishPoster.com, a cache…

Omnilab Media Lands Its First VPF Deal While Fighting Legal Dispute

[/caption] Do you ever have days where you’re sorry curiosity got the better of you? Back on February 1st Omnilab Media Cinema Services announced that it had signed a virtual print fee agreement with Paramount Pictures. I decided not to post anything about it at the time believing that news of…