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Samsung Electronics' Vice President of Visual Display (VD) Division. (photo: Sedaily)

Cinema News Digest – Tuesday 12 December 2017

Celluloid Junkie is at CineAsia in Hong Kong this week. Hope to see many of you there. Samsung to target lobbies; a look at VIP cinema trends; Korean access ruling; Germany considers unlimited cards; Ster-Kinekor robbery (again); India’s single screens upgrade; birth certificates in Mexican ci…

Samsung Cinema LED coming to Kino Arena Sihlcity in Zurich.

Cinema News Digest – Tuesday 28 November 2017

Samsung LED Cinema in Switzerland; young people cinema attendance surprise; DECIPRO’s Jean-Marc Couffignal dead; IMAX VR in Odeon Trafford Centre; Cineworld revenue up; Vue heart attack help; sex in cinema couple arrested; Curly Wurly or dog poo; cinema attack; Twavox access app; ‘Young…

Owners Brina Stinehelfer and Nikolaus Schneider at Kino Delphi. (photo: Sabine Gudath / BZ)

CJ Cinema News Digest – Friday 20 October 2017

Dear Junkies, How much does the Samsung Cinema LED screen cost? Samsung hasn’t told us, but according to Kris Hesson of Cinema Lasers LLC it is a cool USD $700,000. Yowza! At around twice the cost of a RGB laser projector, that probably doesn’t include the re-configured ‘halo…

Intel VR ad (cropped)

CJ Cinema News Digest – Tuesday 17 October 2017

Dear Junkies, VR is a poor fit for cinema. So why is everyone from AMC and IMAX to Paris art-house exhibitor MK2 leaping into the virtual reality business? Hype and fear of being seen to be overtaken by new technology/content is a large part of the reason. Cinemas can’t screen Netflix shows, b…

Samsung and Cineplex sign deal to install Cinema LED screen. (photo: Samsung Electronics)

Thailands Cineplex Signs Samsung Cinema LED Deal

Thailand’s Major Cineplex has become the first international customer to place an order for Samsung Cinema LED (trademarked as Samsung Premier) direct video (DV) screen. The screen will be installed in Bangkok’s Siam Paragon Cineplex in February 2018. Samsung also confirmed that the next…

Samsung Premier Cinema LED

EXCLUSIVE: Samsung Cinema LED Brand Name Revealed

The brand name for Samsung’s Cinema LED direct view screen will be Samsung Premier. The trademark application was discovered and shared with Celluloid Junkie by consumer electronics website LetsGoDigital, which found that the Korean electronics major filed a trademark application (serial no. 8…

Cineworld share price 25 weeks August 2017. (image: Google Finance)

CJ Cinema News Digest – Tuesday 8 August 2017

Cineworld shares high, Cinemark poor Q2, Picturehouse strike again, Bollywood bottleneck, GST+entertainment tax, Multiline goes VR with Samsung, CineStar heart attack, Adele goes to cinema with Grendel kids. UK – While share prices of US cinema companies continue to be down significantly (NCM…

Lotte Cinema World Tower in Seoul on July 13, Samsung Electronics CEO Kim Hyun Suk, director of the video display business (from the right), Yang Woo-suk, film director, and Lotte Cinema Dimension CEO, are presenting the Cinema LED screens.

First Reviews Are In For Samsung’s Cinema LED Screen

Samsung Electronics unveiled the first installation of its Cinema LED technology on 13 July in Seoul’s Lotte Cinemas World Tower 13 multiplex auditorium dubbed ‘Super S’. Samsung first demonstrated the technology at the CinemaCon convention in Las Vegas in March this year and achie…

Samsung's 'Smart Signage' at CGV. (photo: CJ CGV)

CJ Cinema News Digest – Tuesday 6 June 2017

Samsung-CGV Smart Signage, more opposition to 28% GST, Picturehouse staff suspended, CGV boycotts “Okja”, Kino back to Baden-Baden, no “Wonder Woman” in Algeria, Golden Village at 25 (30?), LA Times on cinema, Pathe robbery, Lotte fire evacuation, Movie Foods to your doorstep…

Samsung Cinema Screen. (photo: Samsung)

EXCLUSIVE: Samsung’s LED Cinema Screen Passes DCI Compliance Test

Samsung Electronic’s LED direct view digital cinema display has passed DCI compliance tests and can thus now be used to screen new Hollywood releases in cinemas. Having first been shown at invitation-only demonstrations at CinemaCon in late March this year, the speed with which Samsung’s…