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Daily Cinema Roundup – Wed 13 May – “Going forward it will look different after the 3D screens are in place.”

– For those that decry Imax Digital’s 2x2K imaging technology, perhaps we can interest you in JVC’s new 8K projector? (pictured above) From CrunchGear, “8K content is pretty much…impossible to find right now. Unless you were to make a motion-JPEG movie out of full-size shots…

Daily Cinema Roundup – Tuesday 12 May – “Hollywood is providing people with some pretty sweet two-hour vacations.”

– The backlash against IMAX Digital appears to have begun in earnest with a Slashfilm blog post titled ‘Why You Probably Shouldn’t Waste $5 More For Digital IMAX‘. Imax gets taken up for the shrinking screen size (see comparison above), as well as the resolution of the new pr…

Who Does Regal Love More – RealD or Imax?

If the US exhibition industry was a comic strip, Regal Cinemas would be Archie and 3D rivals RealD and Imax would be Betty and Veronica. Things seem to be coming to a head between the three with the opening of Regal’s latest multiplex Thornton Place Stadium 14 & IMAX – to give it its…

Daily Cinema Roundup – Friday 8 May

– Catch someone taping a film off the screen? You have little choice but to let him (it’s rarely a ‘her’) walk free in the UK, according to Sky News. “Tim Richards, who runs Vue cinemas, told Sky News that while his staff are getting better at catching film pirates, he…

Digital Hollywood: Credit Market Starting to Recover

A group of 3D industry leaders shared varying opinions on the future of 3D—as well as their latest impressions of the credit market–during a panel yesterday at the Digital Hollywood confab in Los Angeles. “The market has recovered a little since December,” said James Dix, analyst at Wedbush Mo…

Daily Cinema Roundup – Fri 24 April

– Imax’s presence in China is expanding through a new deal, according to THR.com’s Asia edition. “Imax on Thursday signed a deal with China Film Group to open a super-size screen in a new multiplex in Tianjin, China, this October. The deal brings to 41 the number of screens I…

Daily Cinema Roundup – Wed 22 April

– Belgian digital cinema projector manufacturer Barco did not have a stellar first quarter, according to this article by Reuters. Key bullet points were “*Q1 operating loss 6.0 mln euros, vs 4.9 mln loss forecast; * Says cautiously optimistic for 2009; * Shares rise 3.2 percent.” F…

Regal’s Not-As-Large-As-AMC’s Deal With IMAX

Regal has signed a major deal with Regal for the deployment of its digital 3D system. Major, but not as major as the previous 100 screen deal with AMC. According to Reuters: Imax Corp said on Monday it had entered a joint venture with Regal Cinemas to have 31 of its giant movie screens installedRead…

No Fun For E-City As IMAX Gets $11m Damages

Large format (LF) company Imax has been awarded $11m in damages by an arbitration court, ruling in the case of an alleged breach of contract for the development of Imax screens in India by local exhibitor E-City Entertainment, affiliated with the Essel Group and operating under the brand name…

7/10 of IMAX’s China screens to be digital

Large format (LF) film company Imax has recycled an old press release about a ten-screen deal with China’s Wanda Cinemas first reported here back in September 2007. The only major thing different about the new press release appears to be that seven of the ten deployments will be the as-yet unt…