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Screen Digest’s David Hancock Discusses Europe’s D-Cinema Funding Shortfall

[/caption] On June 21st, just in time for Cinema Expo, Screen Digest published a report titled “Digital Cinema Moves Into The Mainstream“. Twelve pages in length and with 10 tables and charts, the report uncovered a significant “digital shortfall” in the amount of financing r…

Accused “Twilight” Pirate Sues Movie Theatre

[/caption] Remember back in November of last year when the industry was abuzz about a 22-year-old woman who was arrested and jailed for using a video recorder inside a Chicago movie theatre during her sister’s birthday party? Well, she’s back in the news again. This time Samantha Tumpach…

Cinema Expo Thoughts: Manel Carreras of Ymagis and Michael Karagosian of MKPE

Last week I mentioned that we would be running a series of posts featuring comments about last month’s Cinema Expo conference from leading members of the industry. Today we’ll continue with Manel Carreras, Sales and Business Development Director at Ymagis, as well as Michael Karagosian o…

Cinema Expo Thoughts: Howard Kiedaisch of Arts Alliance Media

Not being able to attend Cinema Expo last week was very disappointing since it is one of my favorite conferences each year. The annual trade show held in Amsterdam is always a great opportunity to catch up with exhibitors and distributors from all over the world, especially Europe. Rather than try t…

Christie Takes 3D To The End Of The World

[/caption] Quick, tell me what is the southernmost location in the world where you can see a movie in digital 3D? Silly question I know, but it’s thanks to Christie, the projector company, that I can even ask it. The company sent out a press release yesterday announcing their digital cinema pr…

Sony Expands In Europe With National Amusements, AMC, And Dealer Partnerships

[/caption] If Sony wanted to make a big splash at Cinema Expo in Amsterdam this past week then they did one heck of a job. On Tuesday, the second day of the conference, Sony announced two exhibitor agreements with National Amusements and AMC Entertainment’s United Kingdom based theatres for di…

Datasat’s AP20 Goes Global With 7.1 Surround Sound

[/caption] It is a very rare occasion when I have any personal involvement, however small, in one of the many press releases that make their way to my inbox. This past week was one such occasion when two announcements arrived from an old employer, Datasat Digital Entertainment (formerly DTS Digital…

Cinedigm and Unique Digital Release TMS Upgrades

[/caption] Timed to coincide with this year’s Cinema Expo conference being held in Amsterdam through Thursday two well known integrators have released enhanced versions of their theatre management systems (TMS). North American deployment entity Cinedigm has included centralized management feat…

Ymagis Experiences Growth Spurt In Deals With UGC, Utopia and OCine

In the past few weeks Ymagis, like their European counterpart Arts Alliance Media, has announced a number of new deals with exhibitors. What better time to review them all than on the eve of Cinema Expo, which begins tomorrow in Amsterdam. For anyone who may need a brief refresher on who Ymagis is,…

Disney Turns To Twitter For “Toy Story 3”

It is unlikely that “Toy Story 3” needed any help building awareness as it stormed the box office this weekend and earned USD $109 million in North America making it Pixar’s biggest opening. However, Disney was taking no chances. On top of the massive print, television and outdoor…