The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers today announced that the new officers and governors for the 2017-2018 term. Matthew Goldman, senior vice president of technology, TV and media at Ericsson, will take office as the new SMPTE president on January 1, 2017.
Funimation Films has acquired the highly anticipated Japanese animated film One Piece Film: Gold from Toei Animation. The film, from Eiichiro Oda, original creator and executive producer of the One Piece anime series, is the 13th film in the franchise and the first since 2012.
Unique Digital is providing digital cinema package content management services to GrimmFest 2016, the ever-expanding horror and cult film festival, which begins October 6 at Manchester’s Odeon Printworks cinema. GrimmFest has become one of the largest genre film festivals in the UK outside of the capital.
Veteran exhibition industry executive Travis Reid has joined RealD as the company’s Chief Operating Officer, it was announced today by RealD Founder and CEO Michael V. Lewis
Mirja Wester has been named CEO of the Göteborg Film Festival. Wester is well-established in the film industry and has worked at the festival for several years in different capacities, most recently as festival manager.
QSC has acquired Ultra-Stereo Labs. The acquisition took effect September 30th. The deal adds to the QSC portfolio of audio-visual processing and B-chain products for the motion picture exhibition industry.
CGR Cinemas in France is upgrading its premium screens across its nationwide chain with Christie Solaria CP42LH RGB laser projectors. Cine Digital Service will manage and support the installations. The projectors will be part of CGR’s new Premium Room concept, which is to be unveiled at selected cinemas across France. Openings begin in December.
Severtson Screens has announced that new microperf options are now available for its folded SēVision 3D GX line of cinema projection screens.
With 700 seats, the Kino 10 of CinemaxX Mannheim is among the largest cinemas in Baden-Württemberg. And at nearly 280 square meters, the screen is definitely the largest. Years ago Filmtheaterbetriebe Spickert Entertainment, operator of the CinemaxX installed an Alcons Cinemarray pro-ribbon system. The theatre has converted to Dolby Atmos and new Alcons technology has taken center stage.
Dolby Laboratories today announced five new titles to be shown at Dolby Cinema locations around the globe. The titles include Lionsgate’s Deepwater Horizon, due out September 30; Twentieth Century Fox’s Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, due out September 30; Sony Pictures’ Inferno, due out October 28; Lionsgate’s La La Land, due out December 16; and Legendary/Universal Pictures’ The Great Wall, due out February 17, 2017.
