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IBC Highlights Developments In Digital Cinema

[/caption] There is no question that the IBC conference, held annually in Amsterdam, is primarily aimed at broadcasters and those that supply or service them. After all, the B in IBC stands for broadcasters. However, the conference has always managed to find room for the motion picture industry in s…

AAM Topper Howard Kiedasch Discuss TMS Deal With Hoyts

It’s that time of year in the Northern Hemisphere where everyone wanders off on vacation at the end of summer. It’s very easy to let an important piece of news slip by without digesting it properly. So, I wanted to take a moment to highlight the announcement made early last week that Hoy…

YouTube Announces Support Of 4K Video

On July 9th the ongoing debate between 2K and 4K digital cinema picture resolution took an interesting turn when an unexpected player entered the fray. At VidCon 2010, a conference for online video professionals, came to a close, YouTube announced that they would begin supporting and streaming video…

Cinema Expo Thoughts: David Hancock of Screen Digest

The final entry in our series of posts presenting the comments of industry participants on last month’s Cinema Expo provides us with some valuable information. David Hancock’s name will sound familiar to anyone having worked in motion picture exhibition or digital cinema over the past decade. He is…

Goooaal! Cinedigm Scores With 3D FIFA World Cup Final

[youtube width=”560″ height=”340″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfnXx4mBO4k[/youtube] This past Sunday Cinedigm, a leading North American digital cinema deployment entity, achieved another live event milestone and I was there to witness it first hand. As we reported back in…

NATO Responds To ‘Twilight’ Pirate’s Lawsuit

Less than 24-hours after we posted a story on the lawsuit filed against Muvico by a 22-year-old for being arrested for filming inside a movie theatre an email arrived from Patrick Corcoran, the National Association of Theatre Owners’ Director of Media & Research. Corcoran not only provided a sta…

Cinema Expo Thoughts: Frank de Neeve of Cineserver

[/caption] Here is another entry in our series presenting the comments of industry participants on last month’s Cinema Expo. Frank de Neeve is not only an experienced projectionist working in The Netherlands, but he also runs the digital cinema news website Cineserver.nl. For those whose Dutch might…

Shoe Retailer Jumps On 3D Bandwagon With Spoof

If you were wondering what kind of impact the recent rash of 3D film releases has had on the general public, you need look no further than Fluevog Shoes. The Canadian shoe designer John Fluevog, whose footwear is often deemed trend setting, sent out a promotional email on Friday in which the subject…

Cinema Expo Thoughts: C.J. Flynn of DCinemaTools.com

We continue our series of posts featuring the comments of leading industry members about last month’s Cinema Expo with a robust entry from C.J. Flynn of DCinemaTools.com. Theatre owners thinking about converting to digital cinema (or even those who already have) should swing by Flynn’s w…

“Paranormal Activity 2” Trailer Too Scary For Cinemark

[youtube width=”560″ height=”340″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qt_002jXjs[/youtube] When was the last time you heard about a movie trailer being pulled out of theatres because audiences complained it was too scary? Especially a teaser trailer? It seems unimaginable doesn…