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CineEurope Panel Addresses LED Cinema

by Bob Raikes

At CineEurope, there was a 30 minute panel session headed up by David Monk of the European Digital Cinema Forum (EDCF) who also spent some time in the past promoting DLP in cinema for …

Report: 29% of All European TV Channels Are Based in the UK

by Andrew Fenn

The UK represents 21% of the European TV market, according to a new report by the European Audiovisual Observatory, with 1,203 TV channels out of 3,005 in the EU based in the UK. The …

VR Experience Based on Skyscraper Movie to Run in AMC Theatres

by Andrew Fenn

Universal, AMC Theatres, RealD 3D and HP have announced a new free VR experience based on the upcoming 3D action movie, Skyscraper. “Skyscraper: The Impossible Leap VR Experience”, a recreation of a 110-story jump …

Tags:Cinema| Large Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 26

Vaio to Screen Movies in VR at Tokyo Theatre From Next Month

by Andrew Fenn

Vaio, best known as the brand face of Sony’s previous PC business, has announced that it will begin screening movies in virtual reality at a theatre in Tokyo, Japan from July 2nd, in partnership …

Helios Announces That MoviePass Has Surpassed 3 Million Subscribers

by Andrew Fenn

Movie theatre subscription service MoviePass has exceeded 3 million paying subscribers since launching its movie-a-day subscription plan in August 2017. Projections estimate that the service will exceed 5 million paying subscribers by the end …

Tags:Cinema| Large Display Monitor| USA| Vol 25 - Issue 24

BC11 Cinematographers Have Some TV Requests

by Bob Raikes

The next speaker was a ‘local’ from the TV content business in Los Angeles. David Stump is chairman of the camera committee and display committee of the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC). He gave …

A Visit with IMax’s David Keighley

by Chris Chinnock

I am out in LA for DisplayWeek, but came in early for some extra meetings. One of them was to visit with David Keighley, President and Chief Quality Officer at IMax, and to get …

Tags:3D Cinema| Cinema| Cinema IMAX| Laser Projectors| Vol 25 - Issue 20

Eclair Delivers First Live Screening Via Streaming in a Cinema

by Andrew Fenn

European content service provider Eclair has announced its first screening of a live event via streaming at the CGR cinema in Vitrolles, near Marseille, France. The NBA Playoffs match of the Golden State Warriors …

Tags:Cinema| Large Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 17

Industry Roll-Out Round up

by Chris Chinnock

IMax has a new laser projector and 12-channel audio solution (see separate write up) that is getting good acceptance. A pilot system has been installed in LA where exhibitors can see the solution. It …

THX to Offer Certified Theater Option

by Chris Chinnock

THX has certified sound systems in theaters for a very long time and certified HDR TVs as well. Now, they are extending this expertise in image technology to theaters to offer a new program …

Sony Shows New Laser Phosphor Cinema Projector

by Chris Chinnock

Sony used CinemaCon 2018 to introduce the SRX-R815P, a 15K lumen, 10,000:1 laser phosphor projector aimed at the cinema market, along with the SRX-R815DS, the dual stack version that uses two of these 815R …

Sony Shows Off CLED Screen at CinemaCon

by Chris Chinnock

Sony organized a meeting for the media to showcase and discuss their Crystal LED (CLED) screen. Unfortunately, they did not show a version optimized for cinema, but they did say that a version is …