Dolby Laboratories Archives - Celluloid Junkie

NEWS

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…

Mark Christiansen of Paramount Pictures, Ioan Allen of Dolby and Robert Sunshine of Film Expo Group during the 2023 ICTA Los Angeles Seminar Series

ICTA Icon Award Presented to Ioan Allen

The International Cinema Technology Association presented Ioan Allen of Dolby Laboratories with the ICTA Icon Award on 10 January during the organization’s 2023 Los Angeles Seminar Series (LASS). Allen becomes the second honoree to receive the award, which was first bestowed upon the Will Roge…

We’re All Grounded: The Impact of a Lack of Trade Shows on the Cinema Business

I squinted at my phone at 6:00 am on the 12th of March. “Did you see that they cancelled CinemaCon as well as all flights to and from Mainland Europe?” read the text. The news had broken overnight (for those of us outside of the United States) and the email from the show’s Managing DirectorRead More

CinemaCon 2017

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… ……