HARMAN Professional Solutions Helps CinemaNext Create An Immersive Cinematic Experience with Sphera Theater
CinemaNext recently deployed a complete Martin by HARMAN LED wall lighting solution in its first Sphera theater installation at Village Cinemas. Owned by Ymagis Group, CinemaNext is Europe’s leading cinema exhibition services provider, offering innovative theater technologies like ÉclairColor HDR pr…
Industry-Leading Cinema Technology 4DX Hits Record-Setting 500 Screen Milestone
CJ 4DPLEX, the world’s leading 4D company, has reached the 500th 4DX screen milestone with the launch of its newest location at Pathé Belle Épine Cinema in Thiais, France. The first film screening in 4DX at this location is “Ready Player One” – an ideal showcase for the innovative…
The 49th Annual Nashville Film Festival Announces the 2018 Tennessee First Selections
The 49th Annual Nashville Film Festival continues its rollout of film announcements with the seven selected Tennessee First films that include the World Premiere of “Other Versions of You” and “Straight Up: Kentucky Bourbon” as well as the Southeast US Premiere of “Triu…
UPI Amsterdam Screening Room Improves With Alcons Upgrade
As sound technology in the movie industry gets ever more refined, the screening rooms of film distributors also need to stay in step and at the cutting edge of audio technology. At the Amsterdam facility of Universal Pictures International (UPI), an Alcons Audio CRMS mkII cinema reference monitor sy…
Harkness The Exclusive Screen Provider For Cinemacon 2018
Harkness Screens the world’s leading screen technology company and thought-leaders in on-screen brightness is delighted to confirm that Clarus XC technology will be the screen of choice for 2D and 3D theatrical presentations during Cinemacon 2018, for the fifth successive year. The show’s auditorium…
EclairGame and Les Cinémas Gaumont Pathé Strengthen their eSport Partnership with Fifa Tour 2018
EclairGame, the new eSports-based entertainment solution for cinemas from Ymagis Group (FR0011471291, MAGIS, PEA-PME, TECH 40), the European specialist in digital technologies for the film industry, and Les Cinémas Gaumont Pathé are strengthening their partnership established in December 2017, with…
Dakota Johnson to Receive “CinemaCon Female Star of the Year Award”
Dakota Johnson will receive the “CinemaCon Female Star of the Year Award,” it was announced today by Mitch Neuhauser, Managing Director of CinemaCon. CinemaCon, the official convention of The National Association of Theatre Owners (NATO), will be held April 23-26, 2018 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas…
RealD Wins European Patent Office Decision Upholding Patent in Volfoni Fight
Global visual technology market leader RealD Inc. announced today that the European Patent Office’s (EPO) Opposition Division has upheld the validity of one of the Company’s key patents for light-doubling 3D cinema projection systems. Volfoni and MasterImage had both challenged the EPO’s grant of Re…
Arraiy Raises Over $10 Million in a Series A to Build an AI Platform for Film
Arraiy, a computer vision and machine learning platform for the motion picture and television industry, announced today that it has raised over $10 million in a Series A round of funding. The round was led by Lux Capital and Softbank Ventures, with new participation from Dentsu Ventures and Cherry T…
‘Ready Player One’ Opening Weekend Audiences Will Be First to Preview Moviebill Trailer at Regal Cinemas Nationwide
Concourse Media’s principals Matthew Shreder and James Andrew Felts’ announced today, that this Friday, at Regal Cinemas nationwide, ‘Ready Player One’ opening weekend audiences will be the first to preview a trailer for Moviebill, the cutting-edge Augmented Reality (AR) plat…
Movio’s Data-Driven Marketing Tool to Boost Box Office Ticket Sales by 15%
The U.S. Box Office took over $160M in revenue over the 2017 Easter weekend, and many are hoping for another boost in sales this weekend. According to Movio, new machine learning technology could help the industry create a further 15% rise in ticket sales for 2018. Movio’s Audience Insights tool lau…
All Film Information Now Available on the Spot Thanks to New Image Recognition Functionality in Kinepolis App
Kinepolis has added a new image recognition functionality to its Android and iOS apps. The Kinepolis app now enables users to scan a film poster (for example at a bus shelter, in a magazine, on a website or in the cinema) after which all information about the film will be displayed. If the film conc…
Harkins Theatres Announces Unprecedented $150 Million Circuit-wide Theater Enhancement Initiative
Harkins Theatres, the largest privately-owned theatre chain in the country, announced today plans to invest over $150M into their existing theatres nationwide. This is part of a continual effort by Harkins to provide the most state-of-the-art amenities and the Ultimate Moviegoing® experience for gue…
D-Box’s Bob Raposo Named Head of Sony Electronics Theater Business
Bob Raposo has joined Sony Electronics’ Professional Solutions Americas group as head of its Theater business. The exhibition industry veteran will focus on expanding Sony’s relationships with exhibitors and delivering a new experience for movie-goers through Crystal LED direct view technology as we…
China Film Giant Screen at China Film Cinema Hangzhou East Station Xizi Site Becomes the 1200th Dolby Atmos Screen in China
China Film Digital Giant Screen (Beijing) Co., Ltd. (China Film Giant Screen, also known as CGS) and Dolby Laboratories Inc. (NYSE: DLB) today announced the opening of the 1200th Dolby Atmos cinema screen in China, which is the CGS at China Film Cinema Hangzhou East Station Xizi site. This milestone…
Lil Rey Howery to Receive “CinemaCon Breakthrough Performer of the Year Award”
Lil Rel Howery will receive the “CinemaCon Breakthrough Performer of the Year Award,” it was announced today by Mitch Neuhauser, Managing Director of CinemaCon. CinemaCon, the official convention of The National Association of Theatre Owners (NATO), will be held April 23-26, 2018 at Caesars Palace i…
MoviePass and Landmark Theatres Sign Exhibitor Agreement
MoviePass, the nation’s premier movie theater subscription service and a majority-owned subsidiary of Helios and Matheson Analytics Inc. (Nasdaq:HMNY), today announced an agreement with Landmark Theatres, the nation’s largest theater circuit dedicated to exhibiting and marketing independent film. La…
Introducing the New GEMINI 5K S35 Sensor From RED Digital Cinema
v3 Glasses-Free, Three-Dimensional Technologies Comes to Movie Theatres Nationwide
Vision III Imaging Inc. announced today that it has entered into a sales promotion agreement with Screenvision Media, a national leader in cinema advertising. Together they will make the revolutionary v3 glasses-free, three-dimensional imaging technologies available for advertisers to engage moviego…