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SR Entertainment Group Installs 65 more Barco DLP Cinema Projectors

Fri, 10/14/2011 - 20:00 -- Nick Dager

SR Entertainment Group has installed Barco DLP digital cinema projectors on 65 screens in rapid succession completing all installations in just five days in sites across California. The latest series of installations is part of a long-term VPF agreement with Cinedigm comprising 81 total screens located throughout California. SR Entertainment selected Barco as its digital cinema projector provider in July 2010 beginning with a novel theatre concept at its Blue Oaks Cinema in Rocklin.

NATO Thanks Universal for Tower Heist Decision

Fri, 10/14/2011 - 20:00 -- Nick Dager

In response to Universal’s decision to cancel its planned release of Tower Heist to the home on video on demand just three weeks after its theatrical debut National Association of Theatre Owners president and CEO John Fithian said “NATO would like to thank Universal for responding to various theater owners' concerns and cancelling the PVOD test it was contemplating.” “They have been engaged with individual exhibitors on this test and while it was something that many theater owners could not ultimately support the open and collaborative nature of the dialogue is appreciated.

UFO Moviez India Announces Major Expansion Plans

Fri, 10/14/2011 - 20:00 -- Nick Dager

UFO Moviez India has announced major expansion plans in India of Scrabble Entertainment Limited in which UFO Moviez has recently acquired a controlling stake. The company will fund the $150 million international roll out plans with international debt and further equity infusion. Kapil Agarwal joint managing director UFO Moviez says The UFO-Scrabble combine is the only alliance in the world that offers non DCI satellite based digital cinema solutions as well as DCI-compliant solutions with virtual print fee deals to the global and Indian film industry.

Ymagis Reaches Agreements with Baditri and Olwyn Films

Fri, 10/14/2011 - 20:00 -- Nick Dager

Ymagis has reached a non-exclusive agreement for digital cinema deployment in Spain with distributors Baditri and Olwyn Films. Ymagis has agreements in place with all six majors distributors. This new deal opens the door for Spanish independent distributors to participate in the deployment of digital cinema in Spain. Under these agreements both distributors will provide their content in digital format when programming films with Spanish exhibitors equipped with DCI-compliant digital cinema systems under agreements with Ymagis.

MTI Film Selects T-Vips Video Gateways for Remote Color Correction and Daily Screening
 


Fri, 10/14/2011 - 20:00 -- Nick Dager

MTI Film has selected a video transport system from T-Vips to facilitate remote collaboration of the 2012 revamp of TV's iconic Dallas series. Featuring old and new generations of the Ewing dynasty at Southfork Ranch the TNT show is also updating its post-production methods to enable real-time transport of show dailies between its Dallas studio and MTI's color correction facilities in Los Angeles. 
  Larry Chernoff CEO and founder of MTI believes that the inherent flexibility and cost-effectiveness of transmitting media over IP networks will soon be standard for post-production.

Sony Digital Cinema Projector Shipments Exceed 10 000 Units

Thu, 09/29/2011 - 20:00 -- Nick Dager

Last month cumulative shipments of Sony’s 4K digital cinema projection system set a new record by crossing the 10 000 units sold mark worldwide. Sony’s system has been adopted not only by Regal Entertainment AMC and National Amusement in the US but also by VUE and CinemaxX in Europe Megabox and Cinus in South Korea and by T-Joy Toho and 109 Cinemas in Japan. Sony’s projection system is based on its ultra-high resolution LCD component device known as 4K SXRD (Silicon X-tal Reflective Display).

NWF Warners Alcon Team Up on Dolphin Tale Release

Thu, 09/29/2011 - 20:00 -- Nick Dager

The National Wildlife Federation has teamed with the Warner Bros. Pictures and Alcon Entertainment to inspire kids and families to learn about dolphins and protect ocean habitat with the release of Dolphin Tale which opened nationwide last month. The film is inspired by the amazing true story of a brave dolphin and the people who worked together to save her life. After being caught in a crab trap the bottlenose dolphin later named Winter is rescued but looses her tail.

Texas Instruments Donates Projection System to the National Archives

Thu, 09/29/2011 - 20:00 -- Nick Dager

Texas Instruments a longtime supporter of the educational initiatives at the National Archives Experience has donated a new state-of-the-art projection system to the Foundation for the National Archives for the National Archives' William G. McGowan Theater. The donation includes a DLP Digital Cinema projector and associated equipment from Texas Instruments' DLP Products and Christie Digital Systems.

Coppola’s Twixt Used AJA Converter for 3D Sequences

Thu, 09/29/2011 - 20:00 -- Nick Dager

American Zoetrope used the AJA Hi5-3D Mini-Converter for the post-production reviews of stereo 3D sequences for Twixt  the 2011 thriller from director Francis Ford Coppola that premiered at the Toronto Film Festival earlier this month. 

Twixt staring Val Kilmer and Elle Fanning is a 2D feature that includes six minutes of stereo 3D in various sequences throughout the film. During post-production American Zoetrope had a SIM2 projector for screenings and needed a solution to feed it the proper signal for playback of stereo 3D material.

UltraStar Organizes Effort to Offer Digital Cinema Management Training in China

Thu, 09/29/2011 - 20:00 -- Nick Dager

UltraStar Cinemas one of Southern California’s largest privately-owned movie theater groups has formed a public-private partnership with the Xiamen Culture and Art Center and Xiamen University of Technology to create an organization dedicated to education and training in digital cinema management. Together they will establish the XMUT UltraStar Academy of Digital Cinema Management with a multi-disciplinary curriculum developed jointly by all three entities.

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