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.
The Force of Dolby Cinema
CJ Flynn goes behind the scenes at the AMC Dolby Cinema in Burbank to bring us his unparalleled analysis of the next generation movie-going experience.
China Cinema Digest – Thursday 28 January 2016
Wanda 100 screen Dolby Cinema deal, China's global ambitions, Times United IPO, HK cinema building law, Sherlock in China, MediMation
Weekly Cinema Digest – Friday 20 November 2015
Belgium – A riot broke out at the Kinepolis cinema in Brussels screening the gang-themed film “Black” last week. Under-aged patrons entered the sold-out screening and refused to leave. The movie has attracted controversy, not so much for its Romeo-and-Juliet plot as for the ’…
Weekly Cinema Digest – Friday 6 November 2015
France – Gaumont-Pathé is today opening a new cinema in Paris that is exclusively programming old and restored films. The former Gaumont Gobelins is now a beautifully refurbished five-screen cinema located opposite the Fondation Jérôme Seydoux-Pathé – Monsieur Seydoux was himself the dri…
Daily Cinema Digest – Monday 2 November 2015
Australia – Recliner seats as standard are the “new normal” at Hoyts, according to Simon Ruhfus, manager at Hoyts Woden, which together with Hoyt’s Belconnen site is getting recliner replacements in ever row or every screen. And prices won’t go up either. At least not y…
CJ @ IBC: HDR – From Zero to Infinity (Part 3)
This is a live transcript of the presentations made at this year’s IBC Big Screen conference strand held in Amsterdam in September. As such we sometimes paraphrase what is said on stage and any errors are most likely the fault of the note taking and not the speakers. 100% coherence is not poss…
Weekly Cinema Digest – Friday 9 October 2015
USA – With the stocks of the three largest exhibitors off their one-year high by between a fifth and a third, Seeking Alpha contributor Johannes Salim looks at whether there is a buying opportunity. He starts off with Wanda-controlled AMC. The summary (for those that don’t have the patie…
PLF: Investment In The Next Generation of Cinema Exhibition
The following post is a synopsis taken from the recent report on PLF Cinema from IHS Technology, published in June 2015. Premium large format (PLF) is one of the fastest growing and most active areas of cinema exhibition with significant potential to grow in size over the next ten years. The busines…
Daily Cinema Digest – Monday 1 June 2015
USA (CA) – High-Def Digest has the first in-depth review of a Dolby Cinema/AMC Prime, this one situated at the AMC Deerbrook 24. Lots of pictures and a take on both “Tomorrowland” and “San Andreas” in Dolby Vision and Atmos. Prior to venturing to the theater, I contacte…