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DLP Ships 4K Chips to its Licensees

Mon, 09/13/2010 - 20:00 -- Nick Dager

DLP is shipping DLP Cinema Enhanced 4K chips to its licensees Barco Christie Digital and NEC. The chips are scheduled to be installed in projectors in early 2011. “Regardless of resolution option or screen size exhibitors can count on DLP Cinema’s award winning technology to deliver all the light to all the pixels all the time ” says Dave Duncan business manager for Texas Instruments DLP Cinema Products. Several industry demos are anticipated between now and then by DLP Cinema licensees.

American Documentaries Featured in Film Festivals in Russia

Mon, 09/13/2010 - 20:00 -- Nick Dager

Russian audiences will get unique insights into the American way of life during the next several weeks at film festivals in Vladistock and Moscow. No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo and Vilmos and How to Fold A Flag will be featured at the Pacific Meridian Festival in Vladivostok and the Show US! Film Festival in Moscow. Both films were chosen for the 2010 American Documentary Showcase.

Dolby Introduces the PRM-4200 Professional Reference Monitor


Mon, 09/13/2010 - 20:00 -- Nick Dager

Dolby has introduced the 42-inch PRM-4200 professional reference monitor which the company says is the world's first LCD-based video reference display that accurately reveals true and deep black levels and provides higher contrast across the entire color spectrum and an unprecedented luminance range and level. The monitor will be available later this year. It uses a backlight comprised of red green and blue LEDs that are modulated individually on a frame-by-frame basis. The LCD panel is also modulated in real time as part of the dual-modulation process.

Empire Cinemas to use Arqiva’s Digital Cinema Satellite System



Mon, 09/13/2010 - 20:00 -- Nick Dager

UK exhibitor Empire Cinemas has selected Arqiva’s digital cinema satellite distribution system for its entire 16-theatre circuit. 
Barrie Woolston commercial director at Arqiva Satellite & Media says “We believe that satellite based electronic delivery is the future of cinema distribution as it provides cost effective secure and simultaneous distribution of film content to multiple sites. It also enables the distribution of live alternative content which we see as a major growth area and an exciting commercial opportunity for exhibitors.

ETC Seeks Feedback for Interoperable Master Format Specifications

Mon, 09/13/2010 - 20:00 -- Nick Dager

The Entertainment Technology Center @ USC is seeking broad multi-industry feedback for the Interoperable Master Format draft specification. Over the last year the ETC@USC has hosted the IMF project seeking to develop a voluntary specification for an interoperable set of master files (and associated metadata) to enable the interchange and automated creation of downstream distribution packages within the motion picture and television production and post-production industries.

IFTA Turns 30 and Names 30

Mon, 09/13/2010 - 20:00 -- Nick Dager

The Independent Film & Television Alliance marking its 30th anniversary has selected the 30 Most Significant Independent Films from around the world produced over the past three decades. IFTA chairman Lloyd Kaufman and president and CEO Jean Prewitt jointly made the announcement. 
Since 1981 IFTA members have produced and distributed 18 of 30 films that have won the Best Picture Academy Award. Overall IFTA members produce more than 400 films annually.

German Fans Enjoying Open Air 3D

Mon, 09/13/2010 - 20:00 -- Nick Dager

German movie fans are now enjoying open-air digital 3D cinema outside. The Starpac Open-Air Cinema on the grounds of the Mönchengladbach Germany public swimming pool organized by the local Comet Cine Center is showing numerous 3D movie highlights including Avatar Alice in Wonderland Forever Shrek and Step Up in addition to popular 2D films. The spectators can make themselves comfortable on the 200 deck chairs that have been placed on the lawn or on their own picnic blankets.

SMPTE Fall Conference Focuses on Entire Digital Media Ecosystem

Mon, 09/13/2010 - 20:00 -- Nick Dager

The SMPTE 2010 Technical Conference and Expo and a special-pre-conference seminar will provide an opportunity to gain insights from industry leaders and experts about the latest research affective the communications media and entertainment industries – as well as technologies and tools for monetizing new opportunities across the entire digital media ecosystem.The conference is being held October 26-28.
  Staged at the Hollywood Renaissance Hotel and adjacent Mann Theatre in Hollywood California the gathering will feature three days of technical sessions a high-tech exhibition hall

XDC Rising Alternative Sign Deal for European Digital Distribution Services

Mon, 09/13/2010 - 20:00 -- Nick Dager

Digital cinema service company XDC has signed a cooperation agreement with Rising Alternative a pan-European alternative content distribution company to provide in Europe digital mastering and distribution logistical services for their alternative content programs. The agreement signed between XDC and Rising Alternative covers the technology cinema services required for the distribution of content in digital file format to digital screens installed in Europe. We are very proud to have been selected by Rising Alternative as its technology partner in continental Europe.

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