Exhibition

Striving to be China’s First All-Digital Theatre Chain

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Dadi Digital Cinema, a subsidiary of Dadi Culture & Media Group is China’s first fully digital cinema chain. The company has built approximately 70 cinema complexes in the Chinese Pearl River Delta, Yangtze River Delta and Bohai Rim regions, with a current total of 266 screens. Within one year, Barco will deploy 600 Series 2 digital cinema projectors in Dadi Digital Cinema complexes.

Movies at the End of the World

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The Packewaia Cinema in Ushuaia, the capital of the Argentine province of Tierra del Fuego (land of fire) and the southernmost city in the world, has installed a Christie 3D digital projection system that is already playing to packed houses. With digital capabilities, the system can now offer first-run screenings of the latest Hollywood movies.

Central Europe Embraces Digital Cinema

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Palace Cinemas is working with XDC to install Barco's DP2K series projectors in both XDC screens and new sites to be opened over the next two years. Palace Cinemas currently operates 21 theatres with 180 screens throughout Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary.

Resurrecting a Theatre Complex

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Southern Theatres has selected digital cinema projectors from NEC for its newly renovated and redesigned Theatres at Canal Place in New Orleans.  The move by Southern Theatres extends its current relationship with NEC and master reseller Ballantyne Strong and positions the exhibitor to capitalize on the growing list of upcoming 3D Hollywood movies.

Continuing the Family Tradition

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Canadian exhibitor Cinemas Guzzo has purchased 57 Christie Solaria series digital cinema projectors. Cinemas Guzzo, a family owned business founded in 1974, with 148 screens in 11 theatre complexes throughout the Montreal area, has launched several waves of expansion – the most recent being a new generation of avant-garde entertainment centers.