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2014 CinemaCon App Alert

CinemaCon Mobile App Gets Pushy… In A Good Way

For those attending the upcoming CinemaCon trade show later this month who still haven’t downloaded the event’s official mobile app you’ve already missed out on a number of announcements sent out by the National Association of Theatre Owners, the organization running the conference…

CinemaCon 2014 Mobile App

CinemaCon Refreshes Its Mobile App

This year’s CinemaCon is just around the corner (March 24 – 27) and organizers of the world’s largest convention for movie theatre owners are once again providing show attendees with an informative smartphone mobile app. Canadian based Soma Media developed the app for the National…

Cinema Exhibitors' Association and XDC

CinemaCon 2011: Digital Funding Partnership Pacts With XDC For D-Cinema Deployment In UK

At the outset of CinemaCon this past Monday Steve Perrin gave an interesting presentation titled “Harnessing The Power of the VPF”. As the Chief Executive of Digital Funding Partnership (DFP) Perrin is in a position to know a thing or two about virtual print fees. He’ll have some h…

John Fithian At CinemaCon 2011

CinemaCon 2011: Fithian Urges NATO Members To Begin Digital Transition

[/caption] John Fithian, President of the National Association of Theatre Owners, gave his annual State of the Industry address yesterday at the trade group’s inaugural CinemaCon convention in Las Vegas. His speech covered all the necessary points while reiterating some of the comments about t…

Chris Dodd At CinemaCon 2011

CinemaCon 2011: Chris Dodd Makes Debut As MPAA Chairman

[/caption] Nine days into his new position as Chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America, Senator Christopher Dodd showed up at CinemaCon yesterday to address more than 2,000 delegates from the exhibition and distribution industries in what he called “the first performance o…

CinemaCon 2011: Dolby Lines Up New Releases For 7.1 Surround Sound

Dolby is using CinemaCon to announce a slate of new titles that will be released with Dolby Surround 7.1 audio. Most of the films are highly anticipated summer tentpole releases and include Walt Disney Studios “Pirates of the Carribbean: On Stranger Tides”, DreamWorks Animation’s…

Chris McGurk

Chris McGurk Says Cinedigm’s Future Is In Software And Content

[/caption] Not sure if you noticed, but over the past week Cinedigm’s stock price jumped over 33% from USD $1.50 to USD $2.00. It closed Friday out at USD $1.88. The sudden price increase in Cinedigm’s stock is likely due to a number of factors, rather than a single reason. It has been a…

NATO Sets Dates For Inaugural CinemaCon

It’s hard to believe it’s been more than two years since the National Association Of Theatre Owners (NATO) announced they would be taking control of their annual trade show in 2011 when their contract expired with Nielsen Film Group. At ShoWest in March NATO made public the name of their…

NATO To Transform ShoWest Into CinemaCon

On the first day of this year’s ShoWest, the National Association of Theatre Owners (NATO) has made it known that when they take back the event next year it will undergo a name change to CinemaCon. The logo being used for the annual convention of theatre owners and movie distributors can be se…