Q & A: Mark Christiansen Talks About Paramount’s VPF Deal ...distributor, who can’t afford a big studio VPF, comes along with their one or two films per year and asks for a cheaper VPF deal? Will that mean Paramount will...
A Comprehensive Review of Paramount’s Direct-To-Exhibitor VPF Agreement ...many integrators VPF agreements can be upwards of 100 pages long, Paramount’s direct-to-exhibitor VPF is only 21 pages. And just because the document is a draft of the agreement an...
How Good/Bad Is Sony Pictures’ Deal With Cinedigm? ...themselves they would seem obvious enough – you would not pay VPF for a film that’s not booked in a theatre and obviously VPF payment would not continue until cinemas...
Largest UK Cinema Chain Picks Vendors for 3D While Snubbing Third Party Integrators ...to convince the exhibitors to go it alone. While it is well known that Odeon et al. have been trying to negotiate their own VPF deal with the Hollywood studios,...
The Dutch Go Digital With Arts Alliance ...last year there has been a lot of talk throughout industry circles over whether the VPF model would actually work for European exhibitors, especially given the differences from the United...
Paramount Goes Direct-To-Exhibitors With D-Cinema Deal ...may be too small for VPF deals altogether. Paramount intends to provide a VPF with a cap of USD $1,000 directly to theatre owners for a period of ten years...
AccessIT Signs VPF Deal With Overture Films ...films through a digital cinema network outside of a VPF agreement can often be costly because integrators usually charge a premium VPF to distributors without an ongoing deal. The VPF...
Universal and Disney Close To VPF Deal With DCIP ...fourth quarter of this year, in time for the flood of 3D movies studios have slated for release next year. Previously, DCIP had reached a VPF deal with Twentieth Century...
DCIP Reaches VPF Agreement With Fox After industrywide speculation and concern over the absence of any news about virtual print fee (VPF) agreements being signed by Digital Cinema Implementation Partners (DCIP) the company finally announced their...
NATO and Warner Bros. Duke It Out ...it.” What Fithian is referring to is Warner Bros. reluctance to enter into virtual print fee (VPF) agreements that provide an exhibitor a subsidy for the installation of digital cinema...