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AccessIT Wins Cinema Buying Group Bid

After months of industry speculation, the Cinema Buying Group (CBG) has finally announced which digital cinema integrator they will be going with to help roll out the emerging technology to its more than 600 members in the United States and Canada. The buying program put together by the National Ass…

‘Journey 3D’ to be released in, erhh, 2D

One of the consequences of the absorption of New Line into Time Warner is that some new distribution strategies are being put into place. And someone at WB obviously feels that ‘Journey 3D‘ (aka ‘Journey To The Centre Of The Earth 3D’) will perform better at the box office if…

Regal’s Not-As-Large-As-AMC’s Deal With IMAX

Regal has signed a major deal with Regal for the deployment of its digital 3D system. Major, but not as major as the previous 100 screen deal with AMC. According to Reuters: Imax Corp said on Monday it had entered a joint venture with Regal Cinemas to have 31 of its giant movie screens installedRead…

NYT Wakes Up To Alternative Content As Royal Opera House and Sony Reveal Plans

The New York times gets in on the non-film digital shows in cinemas (ODS? alternative content?) with the in-depth article: At Cineplexes, Sports, Opera, Maybe a Movie (with the tag line: ‘As ticket sales slow, theaters are turning to the Mets and the Met.’ – arf, arf!). Main messag…

THR bemoans the loss of film critics

Many good films are suffering at the box office because newspapers are doing away with film critics, according to the Hollywood Reporter: Reviews from established media outlets are the only reason many low-budget films make it to theaters today, because they trigger word-of-mouth and DVD-ready quote…

NBA to be shown live in 3D with stacked 4K

Maverick billionaire Mark Cuban‘s Dallas Mavericks will have their upcoming 25 March game captured, beamed and shown in live digital 3D, through a partnership with Pace Fusion 3D. From the press release: The March 25 game against the Los Angeles Clippers from the American Airlines Center will…

XDC Finds U.K. Partner In Sound Associates

Pan-European digital cinema integrator XDC has found a local implementation partner in the United Kingdom (and Ireland?) in the form of Sound Associates. No word on whether XDC have had any more luck in signing up UK exhibitor clients than rival Arts Alliance Media – or whether they have final…

The Met Learns About Theatrical Windows

There has been a lot of hoopla in the media of late about the success various opera companies have had beaming high definition simulcasts of their performances into cinemas. New York’s Metropolitan Opera can be credited with starting this trend in alternative content back in 2006 when they tea…

National Theatre Demolished In Los Angeles

The National Theatre, the last single screen movie theatre to ever be built in the United States, is presently being demolished in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles. Since the fall of 2006, when Mann Theatres was forced to give up the lease on the 1112 seat theatre due to increased rent, the…

Protests Erupt In India Over ‘Jodhaa Akbar’ Release

Filmmaker Ashutosh Gowarikar just can’t seem to cut a break these days. The director’s latest film, ‘Jodhaa Akbar’ , was scheduled to be released in 26 countries on February 15th, however multiplexes in India refused to play the movie due to an ongoing dispute with the film…