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The Cinema Theatre in Rochester goes digital

Daily Cinema Digest – Friday 9 May 2014

This small-single screen is one of the last in its area to make the switch to digital. So why aren’t we filing it away further down? Because the area is Rochester, home of Eastman Kodak, aka the Company That Digital Nearly Killed. The Cinema’s swap this week from film to digital projection mar…

Wanda Cinema CBD

Daily Cinema Digest – Thursday 8 May 2014

RealD and Wanda Cinemas have launched a 3D Brightness certification scheme that will ensure that participating screens will be displaying at least 6footLamberts (6FL) of brightness. There is a fear that dim 3D images could soon lead to a similar 3D backlash that has already been experienced in the U…

French cinema box office 2014

Daily Cinema Digest – Wednesday 7 May 2014

Cinema attendance is up in the first four month in France. Let’s hope this is the start of a Europe-wide trend. April 2014, the attendance of cinemas rose +15.4% vs. the same period in 2013, to 19.13 million entries, according to estimates of the National Film Centre and Moving Image Centre (C…

CinemaCon 2014: Press Release Roundup

PLEASE NOTE: If we missed any individual press release it was not done purposefully. If you would like us to include a CinemaCon related press announcement in a future roundup, please forward it to tips@celluloidjunkie.com. Historically companies and organizations doing business at trade shows and c…

Wanda breaks RealD embargo

BREAKING NEWS: Wanda Breaks Embargo on Deal For 780 New RealD 3D Installations

CELLULOID JUNKIE EXCLUSIVE: It seems that China’s Wanda – the world’s biggest cinema operator and owner of American multiplex chain AMC – has broken its own embargo on an announcement for an expanded deal with 3D vendor RealD. It looks like this deal was set to be announced o…

RealD In Russia

RealD Gets Bigger In Russia With Two New Deals

With more than 23,000 movie screens using its 3D cinema technology in 74 countries around the globe, there is little debate over RealD’s market penetration. Yet it seems there are still territories where the company can grow its market share, especially in China and Russia. That said, Russian…

Luxe RealD

Can RealD Rival IMAX In The Premium Large Format (PLF) Market?

With Cinema Europe currently underway in Barcelona, two trends for premium cinema experiences that pull in opposite direction are hot topics for exhibitors gathering in Spain. The first is towards smaller, intimate venues that typically serve fine food and wine, as exemplified by The Electric in Lon…

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…

RealD Releases LP Version

RealD expanded its product line today with the launch of RealD LP (Linear Polarizing Z Screen), which the company describes as a mobile, single-projector, passive 3D system. RealD recommends the system for conference rooms, R&D centers, museum exhibits, mobile education centers, virtual rides an…

Daily Cinema Roundup-Monday April 27

–News on the Croisette: Xpand announced today that it was officially chosen as the 3D digital system provider at this year’s Festival De Cannes. The 62nd Festival de Cannes will begin its opening ceremony on May 13 with Pixar Animation Studios’ first stereoscopic 3D animated feature “Up,” whic…