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CinemaCon: David Hancock Delivers Digital Cinema Update

The very first CinemaCon was held in 2011 with the worldwide conversion to digital projection at movie theatres already underway. Maybe that’s why David Hancock of IHS Technology has been a regular speaker on the first day of the event since it’s inception, presenting an update on the gl…

Dolby Cinema at AMC Prime Announcement

AMC Goes Big With Dolby In A Deal That Underscores Current Industry Trends

The announcement last Thursday of an agreement between Dolby Laboratories and AMC Theatres to partner on what they’ve dubbed “Dolby Cinema at AMC Prime” isn’t altogether unexpected. Back in February AMC’s CEO Gerry Lopez told financial analysts during an earnings call t…

TCX toho Dolby Atmos

Daily Cinema Digest – Friday 13 March 2015

Japan cinema major Toho is going all out with Christie Vive Audio and Dolby Atmos solutions in several of its flagship cinemas, with particular focus on the Toho Cinemas Extra Large Screen (TCX) premium large format (PLF). Christie®, a world leader in entertainment solutions, announced that TOHO Cin…

Imax Carnival Vista

Daily Cinema Digest – Monday 26 January 2015

USA – Given how large cruise ships have become it was inevitable that sooner or later one of them would get an Imax cinema. Carnival is partnering with entertainment innovator IMAX® to bring the world’s most immersive cinematic experience to sea with the first-ever IMAX® Theatre on a ship. Gue…

Daily Cinema Digest – Monday 15 December 2014

Perhaps the biggest news announced at CineAsia was Arts Alliance Media partnership with Wanda Cinemas. It would be good, however, to have a bit more specifics on what exactly the deal entails for both parties. The partnership will see AAM serving as a primary technology partner to Wanda with the aim…

Dolby cinema

Daily Cinema Digest – Wednesday 3 December 2014

THR has an exclusive on Dolby unveiling its own digital premium large format (PLF) concept, incorporating both Dolby Atmos and Dolby Vision high dynamic range (HDR) technologies, in partnership with Christie. Initially, Dolby’s new projection system will use two Christie 6P 4K laser projectors…

What we did on our holiday

Daily Cinema Digest – Wednesday 19 November 2014

The UK CEO of Lionsgate has suggested cinema ticket prices should be lower for (small) British films than for (big) Hollywood blockbusters. This has been suggested before, but always met with resistance. Rather than Brit films becoming cheaper, expect big blockbuster prices to go up. But don’t…

CJ@SMPTE Conference – Listen Up: Immersive Sound

In an effort to provide updates on the proceedings of the 2014 SMPTE Technical Conference and Exhibition presently taking place in Los Angeles, CA, this post was written live, and in the present tense, during one of the event’s panel discussions. Comments attributed to panel members are paraph…

Chen Xing technology laser

China Special Cinema Digest – Thursday 25 September 2014

Today we catch up Chinese cinema news from the last couple of weeks, which I was unable to report while travelling. As always, the Google translation is not perfect, but as we do not have a journalist on staff who can translate perfectly from Mandarin (yet!), it will have to do. We are also savingRe…

CJ@IBC ‘Immersive Audio – from the big screen to the small screen’

Immersiva audio is seeing increased take up in cinemas and Atmos and Auro are now also being launched in the home. This panel questions industry experts on its ins, outs and future.