Reading International which runs some of the nations most prestigious and successful independent arthouses has signed a long-term virtual print fee deployment agreement with Cinedigm. Under the terms of the agreement contemplates that Reading through its affiliates will deploy up to 253 digital systems with installation expected to be completed by the end of 2012.
Douglas Sloan’s latest effort Saigon ’68 premiered this week at the DOC NYC Festival. “One image had a radical effect on two peoples lives and was said to be the photo that stopped the Vietnam War ” Sloan says. “Eddie Adams said ‘photographs do lie’ after watching this film. I hope there will be a healthy debate about whether or not viewers agree.
After successfully deploying digital cinema in India and the Middle East Scrabble Entertainment has announced its expansion into Latin America. The company plans to deploy DCI-compliant digital cinema equipment to cinemas in the region.
The Stereoscopic Displays and Applications conference has announced the advance program for its February 2013 event. Spanning three days from February 4-6 the conference will highlight a wide range of technical development in the stereoscopic imaging field. Themes in the technical program include: Auto stereoscopic and Volumetric Displays 3D Image Quality 3D User Studies 3D Games Applications 3D Content and Coding and Multi-layer 3D Displays. The 3D Theatre session at each year’s SD&A conference is one of the conference’s most popular sessions.
Theatre Service Network has installed Cinedigm’s Exhibitor Management System to further integrate and streamline its feature film booking and buying services. EMS will manage the planning and booking of all feature films and alternative content for Theatre Service Network clients. EMS will integrate with all theatre point of sale systems consolidate and reconcile box office data compute film rental expense across multiple client companies and more.
Visual effects company Luma Pictures is proudly celebrating its 10th anniversary. Payam Shohadai and founding partner Jonathan Betuel say they created Luma in 2002 under the guiding principles: treat people well quality is king and always spend smart. Since our humble beginnings we wanted Luma to be a company that is artist-run.
Syufy Enterprises which operates drive-in theaters located in California Arizona and Nevada is converting all of its outdoor screens to digital projection. Independent equipment integrator and installer Moving Image Technologies is supplying Barco DP2K-32B projectors for the transition. “Although we’d worked diligently to optimize the quality of our film projectors the crispness sharpness and color rendition of the Barco digital projectors are taking us to an amazing new level of image quality.
The famous Dakar Rally is considered the hardest desert rally in the world. Participants are not the only ones who are put to the test; so are the people covering the race.
Illinois Theater the longest-operating movie theater in the city of Jacksonville Illinois is making the transition to digital cinema. Illinois Theater first opened its doors in the late 1800’s as the Grand Opera House. It was renamed the Illinois Theater in 1927 when it was owned and operated by the Fox Theatre Corporation. A decade later the theater was demolished by a fire and again reopened in 1939.
Thanks to a high-speed cloud network that allows colorists to work in a collaborative environment with grading tasks distributed in a unique manner. “I equate our workflow to a restaurant ” says Encore’s senior colorist Pankaj Bajpai. “I’m like the head chef. I design recipes to satisfy the tastes of our customers. But we also have sous chefs dessert chefs and line cooks. We’ve worked it out so that everyone is aware of what’s needed and at the end it all returns to me. I finish every shot.
