The Thurso Cinema, the UK mainland’s most northerly cinema, has signed up to a Virtual Print Fee deal with Sony Digital Cinema. The independent cinema, which recently re-opened, will install two SRX-R515 4K cinema projectors.


The National Association of Theatre Owners will honor Amy Miles, chief executive pfficer of Regal Entertainment Group, when they present her with the 2013 NATO Marquee Award during this year’s CinemaCon, it was announced by the convention’s managing director Mitch Neuhauser.

SmartJog has signed with Spanish mastering lab Apuntolapospo to use SmartJog’s delivery platform service to distribute digital cinema preshow content, trailers, and feature films directly to theaters connected in Spain.

For the second year, Fraunhofer IIS’ Department of Moving Picture Technologies was selected as the go-to digital cinema technical expert for the 63rd annual Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale).

Cinedigm Entertainment Group and Tribeca Film have acquired the U.S. distribution rights to director Craig Zisk’s (Nurse Jackie, Weeds) feature directorial debut, The English Teacher. The film will release in spring 2013 with an ultra VOD and digital window, followed by theatrical release, DVD and broadcast.

Last month Rising Alternative presented Verdi’s Nabucco in a live broadcast from Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Italy as part of its Performing Arts in HD Cinema series.

The newly opened In Flanders Fields Museum in Ypres, Belgium interprets the stories of the First World War as seen in the Flanders region using modern museum techniques and multimedia for visitors of today and tomorrow.

Last month’s 63rd annual Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale) saw the premiere of Barco’s DP2K-10Sx projector, which is specifically designed for smaller screens and was used for many screenings in the intimate setting of small cinema theaters.