MoviePass says it has raised the seed financing necessary for the beleaguered company to begin its relaunch. The initiative was led by Animoca Brands with participation from Claritas Capital, Emerald Plus, Gaingels, Harlem Capital, PKO VC and Sandhill Angels. Animoca Brands’ executive chairman and co-founder Yat Siu will join the board of MoviePass.
QSC has introduced a new Q-SYS plugin for Barco Series 4 Digital Cinema projectors. This integration allows users to easily add the Barco projector into a Q-SYS system to control and monitor projector functionality including macros, power, lamp, douser, and lens adjustments along with key status indicators all from a Q-SYS network touch screen, iOS UCI viewer or web browser.
Moving Image Technologies and LEA Professional today announced a partnership to distribute LEA’s line of smart power amplifiers to the global cinema market.
The U.S. Representative for Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity National CineMedia have announced the launch of the 2023 Young Lions Competition. The 2023 Young Lions competition opens the door to up-and-coming creative professionals, with an intense focus on smart, strategic, original ideas across disciplines, and an increased emphasis on diversity, equity, and inclusion. It is the most prestigious creative competition for today’s rising stars in the creative, media, public relations, and digital industries.
Multiplex chain Inox Leisure has launched AmpliX, what the company is calling a next generation audio format and has installed AmpliX in one screen of its flagship cinema at Inorbit Mall Malad, Mumbai.
The Chinese electronics company TCL has renewed its partnership with the Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. Under this extended partnership, TCL will apply its technology portfolio and entertainment expertise to enable richer, more immersive experiences at one of the world's most renowned theatres, just as it has done so since 2013, to contribute to the theatre's legacy.
RNR has introduced a new financial technology platform for film copyrights called Cine Marketplace 2.0, which the company says allows individuals to invest and trade partial ownership stakes in film copyrights.
Fathom Events has announced its slate of titles for the upcoming first-ever Fathom's Big Screen Classics series. The series will run throughout 2023, celebrating the anniversaries of 11 of Hollywood's most beloved motion pictures and the debut of a newly restored print of the enduring 1942 classic Casablanca.
As has been widely reported, Cineworld has closed 23 theatre sites since filing for bankruptcy protection last year and plans more closures. In addition, the theatre chain has indicated that it may sever its ties with cinema advertising company National CineMedia.
The shared experience of the cinema is unmatched. But has contemporary scrolling on individual screens hurt audiences’ ability to participate in a collective screening? What happens when a director gets to direct his audience? During an exclusive screening of Triangle of Sadness at the Göteborg Film Festival, director Ruben Östlund will break the fourth wall and step into the movie theater; not only having directed the film showing on the screen, but also directing the audience in the cinema.
