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Silverbird Cinemas Opening Nigeria’s First 4DX Theatres

Sat, 04/28/2018 - 14:24 -- Nick Dager

Silverbird Cinemas announced at CinemaCon this week that it is installing the first CJ 4DPlex 4DX theatres Nigeria. The first 4DX theatre will be located at the exhibitor’s Ikeja location – the highest-grossing cinema in West Africa. The second 4DX site will be opened in Abuja, the capital city of Nigeria. Silverbird has 10 locations across Nigeria, Liberia and Ghana, and is known for bringing innovation to the region. It currently holds 60 percent market share in Nigeria.

CJ 4DPlex’s 4DX with ScreenX Concept Wins Silver Edison Award

Fri, 04/13/2018 - 11:54 -- Nick Dager

CJ 4DPlex won a Silver award, given to its new concept, 4DX with ScreenX, at this year’s Edison Awards. Honoring products and innovation around the world, the Edison Awards recognized 4DX with ScreenX in the Media and Visual Communication – Entertainment category. The ceremony was held earlier this week in New York City. Among the other two candidates for the award were Fusion by GoPro and Nvidia ShieldTv by Nvidia.

CinemaNext Debuts Sphera Theatre Concept

Wed, 04/04/2018 - 16:12 -- Nick Dager

CinemaNext recently debuted its new premium format Sphera theatre concept at Village Cinemas in the Mall of Athens. Combining the latest in projection, audio and lighting technologies, the Sphera theatre at Village Cinemas includes an 82-foot wide wall-to-wall screen, 669 luxury seats, 4K digital video projectors and a high-quality Dolby Atmos surround sound system. In order to provide a unique and innovative movie going experience, CinemaNext decided to incorporate Martin VDO Sceptron LED video fixtures to create a dynamic lighting system that complements the visuals on the screen.

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4DX Touches All the Senses

Tue, 03/27/2018 - 10:53 -- Nick Dager

This past Saturday at the CGV Buena Park 8 in Orange County, California, CJ 4DPlex debuted Titanic: An Icy Adventure, a special movie presentation created with blind and visually impaired children in mind. More than fifty children and their families attended the first ever showing of the audio-only story supplemented by 4DX cinema technology.

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CJ 4DPlex to Launch 4DX with ScreenX and 4DX VR Cinema

Thu, 03/22/2018 - 11:26 -- Nick Dager

CJ 4DPlex is launching 4DX with ScreenX to create what the company says is the next revolution of immersive cinema. The concept is a combination of the 4DX and ScreenX cinema formats. In other news, CJ 4DPlex is also introducing 4DX VR Cinema. Both concepts will be showcased in the U.S. for the first time at CinemaCon, April 23-26 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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