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China to get 5 Star cinema

Anybody who has traveled to a developing country, be it Brazil, Russia, Turkey or India, and visited a new cinema can attest that the emerging middle classes demand no less luxury than their Western counterparts (even Ethiopians, as you can see from the item below). Yet the self-styled ‘Five S…

Korean cinema rivals unite for digital

In the first international example of digital cinema bringing together exhibitor adversaries, South Korea’s CJ-CGV and Lotte Cinema have pacted for a digital cinema deployment venture. The two cinema majors have formed a 50/50 joint venture to accelerate digital cinema deployment in a country…

IMAX goes for digital cinema and 3D in 4K

Large format (LF) exhibitor IMAX is slowly pulling the curtains back on its long-gestating plans for digital cinema and how to hang on to the 3D cinema market segment, just as digital 3D is about to go mainstream with ‘Beowulf‘. Few people remember that IMAX was once going to conquer the…

DCI’s testing plan clears last hurdle for D-Cinema equipment makers

The long awaited compliance test plan (CTP) has at long last been published by Digital Cinema Initiatives (DCI) on its website. This plan will allow the independent verification of digital cinema equipment as being ‘compliant’ (a much misused word in digital cinema circles) with the DCI…

There’s not really 5,000 digital cinemas out there

DLP Cinema(R) Technology Surpasses 5,000 Screen Milestone

Deluxe and Sony Digital Cinema Appointments

Deluxe and Sony have both announced senior management appointments in their digital cinema divisions. Deluxe has appointed former Loews Cineplex VP John Wolski to look after the exhibitor side of their digital cinema operation. From the press release: Deluxe Digital Cinema, a unit of Deluxe Entertai…