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Christie Gets DCI Compliance And New Manufacturing Faciltiy

[/caption] It’s been a busy week for Christie. The company’s CP2220 was the first series 2 digital cinema projector to pass the Compliance Test Plan (CTP) put in place by Digital Cinema Initiatives (DCI) to gauge whether equipment meets their published specification. As well, they announ…

Panavision Officially Enters 3D Market

[/caption] Earlier this week Panavision took their first public steps into the 3D motion picture exhibition market by announcing a new system that will work with all projectors, film or digital, and all screens, white or silver. While we had already reported that Panavision was working on such a sol…

Heavy Metal Heavy Weights Hit The Big Screen

[youtube width=”640″ height=”385″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUrhJB0_j5Q[/youtube] If you’re into heavy metal music then you’ll be happy to hear that some of the world’s biggest head banging bands will be playing live at a theatre near you. On Tuesday, J…

Arts Alliance Lands Cineworld and €50 Million Funding

With the start of Cinema Expo International only a week away Arts Alliance Media wasted no time in throwing down the gauntlet for major announcements at this year’s event. Earlier today AAM, one of Europe’s leading digital cinema deployment entities, made public two important deals they…

Fandango To Donate “Karate Kid” Ticket Revenue To Starlight

North America’s largest movie ticket website is feeling quite charitable lately. In fact, over the next two weeks (June 7th through June 20th) Fandango will be donating $1 to the Starlight Children’s Foundation for every ticket they sell to “The Karate Kid” which is being rel…

“The Cove” Wins Top Prize At Golden Trailer Awards

[youtube width=”480″ height=”385″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KRD8e20fBo[/youtube] The Academy Award winning documentary “The Cove” was a big winner at the 11th Annual Golden Trailer Awards last night. The documentary, which details the dolphin slaughters taki…

Cinedigm’s Partnership For FIFA World Cup Makes Sensio

Last week Cinedigm announced a partnership with Sensio that will allow them to bring the FIFA World Cup Soccer Tournament being held in South Africa this month to theatres all over the world. What’s more, the matches will be shown live and in 3D. The press release sent around to promote the pa…

Technicolor Jumps Into Content Creation

[/caption] If I mention the name Technicolor what is the first thing that comes to mind? Chances are you’ll think of the company primarily known as a film processing lab and the world’s largest DVD replicator. Original content creation is probably not a concept most would associate with…

Disney Gets Social With Facebook App For Movie Tickets

[youtube width=”480″ height=”385″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuzyzLTFFxM[/youtube] While tech industry pundits and media outlets have spent the past several weeks throwing stones at Facebook over its privacy policy, Walt Disney Studios may have figured out a way to exploi…

AMC To Shutter First U.S. Megaplex

Have you ever wondered what the difference was between a multiplex and a megaplex? It’s not a question that keeps me up at night, but every so often I’ll read about a theatre which is described as a megaplex and it will cross my mind. I mean, how many screens does a theatre need toRead M…