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India Opens International Day at CinemaCon 2023 – Keynote by Ajay Bijli of PVR INOX

At CinemaCon 2023’s International Day the honour of the International Keynote Addresses from Exhibition went to Mr Ajay Bijli, Managing Director, PVR INOX Leisure Limited & Founder PVR Cinemas. India’s two largest cinema operators PVR Limited and INOX Leisure had recently merged to f…

Caesars Colosseum Hosts CinemaCon

Converting the Colosseum at Caesars Palace for CinemaCon

In 2010, when the National Association of Theatre Owners (NATO) decided to rebrand and move its annual convention (then called ShoWest) from its previous home at Paris and Ballys Hotel in Las Vegas across the street to Caesars Palace they had to come up with solutions for a number of tricky logistic…

CinemaCon Auditorium at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas

CinemaCon Secures Major Studio Participation for 2021 Conference

As the cinema industry in various parts of the world slowly stirs to life after more than year of COVID closures, one persistent question has been asked over the past few months at every virtual event; will a postponed CinemaCon actually take place in Las Vegas in August, or like last year, will its…

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The CinemaCon Award That Would Have Been

Many disruptions brought about by the coronavirus pandemic have devastated the global cinema industry, with one such example being the cancellation of the annual, much-anticipated CinemaCon. During this year’s Las Vegas conference a host of awards were due to be bestowed upon deserving industry figu…

A Few Good Ideas – CinemaCon 2019

CinemaCon as a tech show is amazing for new good ideas. 4K RGB for the price of 2K laser phosphor… good idea. 10 years of support included in the price of the projector… good idea. Not blaming Netflix for cinema’s fortunes… good idea. Having a day without a long lunch program…

Regal L.A. Live giant screen by Barco. (photo: Patrick von Sychowski / Celluloid Junkie)

Artistically Combining Products Corporately, or, PLFs at CinemaCon

CinemaCon 2019 was bracketed by two PLF-style announcements, with a third announced the week prior. All three involve high profile manufacturers and industry specialists. Each announcement has enough nuanced information to make the future for all of them …interesting. On Day One of CinemaCon,…

CinemaCon 2017 Stage

Conversation: The Tech Potential and Promise of CinemaCon 2017

This is an online conversation about what a group of us saw and thought about CinemaCon 2017 and also a visit to leading facilities, studios and cinemas in Los Angeles the week before. Joining the virtual chat are myself, J. Sperling Reich, the Executive Editor of Celluloid Junkie, one of our regula…

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Tech Potential and Promise of CinemaCon 2017 – Part 1.5

CinemaCon is a NATO construct built on the pillars of The Exhibitor’s movie palaces, The Studio’s mix of movies, and The Techniques and Technology that brings them to life. The pillars sit on a wild and nuanced history which reflects forward to a constantly changing future… ……

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Tech Potential and Promise of CinemaCon 2017

HDR (high dynamic range) seemed very vivid and a lot more certain when it was theoretical. What the term HDR implied for cinemas – Higher and lower luminance, giving both more light and more dark slices of the CIE horseshoe (more volume) and Wider Gamut (or color space if you prefer …either wa…

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CineTechGeek Video Blog Coverage of CinemaCon 2016 Now Online

CineTechGook James Gardiner shares his insights form CinemaCon and NAB in his latest round of video blog posts that explain the latest cinema tech trends.