The Guitammer Company has announced that it shipped equipment for a combined 17 new auditoriums totaling more than 3,700 ButtKicker-enabled seats for installations at movie theatres in the U.S. and China in the third quarter of 2016.
Screenvision Media has formed an alliance with 4K Media to distribute the highly anticipated Yu-Gi-Oh! The Dark Side of Dimensions movie to more than 500 theatres across the United States and Canada. The feature film will be released on January 20th and run as a limited-time theatrical engagement.
Victoria Alonso, executive vice president of physical production for Marvel Studios, will appear in a featured conversation at the annual Women in Technology luncheon on 24 October, presented by Hollywood Professional Association Women in Post and the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers.
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.
