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Phoenix Now Running Two of Pittsburgh’s Largest Cinemas

Mon, 08/13/2012 - 20:00 -- Nick Dager

Phoenix Big Cinemas Management is now running two of Pittsburgh's largest cinemas Chartiers Valley 20 in Bridgeville and North Versailles 22. After closing for two days this month the theatres re-opened with all new digital cinema technology. Other changes to the sites include the introduction of RealD 3D online and advance ticketing through MovieTickets.com and an expanded concession menu. Guests can also join the free Motion Picture Points loyalty club to earn points for free popcorn soft drinks and movie tickets at both locations.

Marcus Upgrades Its Duluth Theatre

Tue, 07/31/2012 - 20:00 -- Nick Dager

Marcus Theatres has completed a new UltraScreen auditorium and remodeled its cinema in the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center in Duluth Minnesota. The project included the renovation of the former adjacent DECC OmniMax Theatre structure into the company’s 14th UltraScreen adding a Take Five Lounge and remodeling the cinema’s lobby entrance and box office. “The new UltraScreen takes moviegoers to a totally new level of excitement and entertainment with an extremely wide screen award-winning sound custom seating and the amazing D-Box motion seat technology ” said Bruce J.

New York Triples The Empire State Film Post Production Credit

Tue, 07/31/2012 - 20:00 -- Nick Dager

The Post New York Alliance has announced that Governor Andrew Cuomo has signed into law a bill tripling the Empire State Film Post Production Credit from 10 percent to 30 percent (35 percent for Upstate).  It is effective immediately. The new post-production credit is a fully refundable 30 percent (35 percent for Upstate New York) tax credit on post-production costs: the main determining factor is that a project must spend 75 percent of the post-production costs in New York.

Digital Domain Settles 3D Lawsuit with Prime Focus Signs Reliance

Tue, 07/31/2012 - 20:00 -- Nick Dager

Digital Domain Media Group and Prime Focus World have signed an agreement whereby Digital Domain Media Group will license its 3D conversion technology to Prime Focus World. The agreement settles and terminates the patent infringement litigation action filed by DDMG against Prime Focus World in 2011. Under the agreement DDMG and Prime Focus World will collaborate on visual effects and 2D-to-3D conversion services work for feature films.

Quvis Announces Wraptor DCP Services

Tue, 07/31/2012 - 20:00 -- Nick Dager

Quvis Technologies has announced the availability of Wraptor Digital Cinema Package services. Available immediately Quvis now offers indie filmmakers a fast reliable and attractively priced alternative for creating archiving and distributing studio quality DCPs. With all cinemas expected to convert to digital projectors by 2015 the Digital Cinema Package is replacing film print as the standard cinematic format globally. Up until now filmmakers have paid anywhere from $5 000 to $20 000 to convert their films to DCP.

Sony Digital Cinema Sells First SRX-R515 4K Projector to Spurling Group

Tue, 07/31/2012 - 20:00 -- Nick Dager

Spurling Group Cinema the leading Irish independent cinema chain has purchased the first Sony SRX-R515 4K projectors for its site in Dungarvan Ireland. The projectors will be installed in November.
 
 With Sony’s launch of the SRX-R515 smaller exhibitors like SGC will now be empowered to expand their current role to become entertainment venues offering new services beyond traditional content such as sports music theatre opera multi-user big screen gaming and cultural events.

New Report Looks at the Next Phase of Media Growth

Tue, 07/31/2012 - 20:00 -- Nick Dager

The first phases of digital cinema and HDTV have matured. Companies are now assessing what to do next for growth and are making their moves now. A recently released report looks at five elements of the digital entertainment experience in the theater and the home. It summarizes the current situation and rules that the industries have followed so far. This report then goes on to list 14 new rules that point to how the industry is (or may be) moving into the next phase.    The transition from the analog world of entertainment to a digital media world was based on old rules.

Planet Earth Playing Twice Daily at Technorama

Tue, 07/31/2012 - 20:00 -- Nick Dager

The Planet Earth is playing twice daily at the Orbitarium at Switzerland’s Technorama science center. From its location in the town of Winterthur Technorama offers a series of experimental spaces that gives visitors of all ages and backgrounds the chance to become acquainted with natural phenomena in an informal hands-on and self-directed way. One such space is the Orbitarium which first opened in 2008 as a way of giving visitors an ‘astronaut’s eye’ of Planet Earth and the natural events that take place around it such as hurricanes tsunamis and earthquakes.

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