The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers’ second annual International Conference on Stereoscopic 3D for Media Entertainment will feature world-leading academic and corporate researchers who will unveil the most advanced research to date for creating distributing and viewing 3D content. The SMPTE Conference takes place June 21-22 at the Millennium Broadway Hotel in New York City.
The popular gaming franchise Tekken Blood Vengeance in the world is getting the 3D big screen treatment for one night only July 26th. The special digital cinema event presented in RealD 3D will come to life in a 90-minute feature that includes storylines and characters based on the actual Tekken video game series. Following the presentation will be exclusive interviews with the Tekken project director and screenwriter. The event will be broadcast in more than 375 movie theaters across the country courtesy of NCM Fathom Namco Bandai Games America and Bandai Entertainment.
The Aura Group has announced the official launch of its MovieConnect App for Facebook. The new media advertising and consulting firm has partnered with major Hollywood studios to use MovieConnect on Facebook which officially launched with the release of the film The Hangover Part II. The proprietary movie ticketing and showtime advertising technology claims to be the only application that allows for one-click movie times and tickets.
Ubiquity Broadcasting has expanded its creative capabilities with a 30 000 square foot digital cinema and 3D production facility in Los Angeles that includes three sound stages. We have decided to expand our business footprint here in Southern California as we position ourselves to lead the next wave of innovation focused on the integration of video social media and advertising services into a Web 3.0 experience says Chris Carmichael Ubiquity Founder and CEO.
The family-owned Wolff Cinema Group one of the main cinema chains in The Netherlands with 10 complexes all over the country has selected Barco's DLP Cinema projectors for its full rollout to digital. “We had the opportunity to test different projectors and decided that Barco is the best long-term solution for us ” says Jordi Wientjes COO of Wolff Cinema Group. “Its DP2K series offers stunning 2K image quality extreme brightness and vibrant colors – ideal for giving our audience a picture-perfect movie experience.
Tickets are now on sale for Kylie 3D – Aphrodite Les Folies which will have special 2K digital screenings in cinemas across the UK and Ireland on June 19th. The Blink TV production for Darenote/Parlophone EMI Music in association with Sky 3D and directed by William Baker and Marcus Viner captures Kylie’s Aphrodite Les Folies world tour in 3D. Tom Colbourne produced. Brett Turnbull was director of photography. Melissa Byers was head stereographer. Steve Anderson and Toby Alington handle the audio post.
No one ever suggested that the wholesale reinvention of the global entertainment industry was going to be pretty or easy. As studios filmmakers distributors and exhibitors experiment with new digital cinema technology business models and content factions take sides mistakes are inevitably made but successes are also achieved. That’s the nature of experiments and no one can say with absolute certainty precisely what the international entertainment business will look like when all is said and done. The recent dispute over the video-on-demand release of feature films is one example.
In a significant boost to its color grading services for commercials Soho post-production company Unit has purchased a Baselight HD color grading system from FilmLight. The new grading system is installed at Unit’s newly opened 9400 square-foot facility and is part of the service offering of the company’s specialty sub-brand The Finish which also provides visual effects and compositing services.
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group has announced an agreement to acquire Flixster a highly popular movie discovery application company with over 25 million worldwide users per month. The acquisition also includes Rotten Tomatoes a top website devoted to film reviews information and news. Under the terms of the deal Flixster will continue to operate independently and will expand its services beyond movie discovery to enable digital content ownership and delivery across any connected digital device. Warner Bros.
Doremi Cinema has become the first server manufacturer to pass the Compliance Test Plan with an Integrated Media Block for use in a DLP Cinema Series II projector. The DCI standard was created by the Digital Cinema Initiatives to maintain specific criteria for the digital cinema industry such as high quality image interoperability and content security. The Compliance Test Plan was created by DCI as a uniform testing procedure for these standards. CineCert is the third part testing facility licensed by DCI to administer the testing procedures defined in the CTP in the United States.
