John B. Birchell Hughes is leaving XDC

XDC’s CEO Serge Plasch said today “We regret to announce we’ll be bidding farewell to our esteemed colleague John B. Birchell Hughes at Cinema Expo in Amsterdam. We wish him every success, as he leaves XDC at the end of June to pursue other activities in the motion picture and entertainment industries. We have known John for just about as long as EVS, and latterly XDC have been involved in digital cinema.

http://www.digitalcinemainfo.com/xdc_05_31_08.php

Cinema INdia Expo 2008

CIE, now in its eighth successive year is India’s only and exclusive trade show and convention for the motion picture industry in India. The CIE is organized by Cinema Systems magazine. Cinema Systems is a globally reputed magazine on cinema technology primarily in cinema exhibition and cinema production and media. Cinema Systems is focused properly on cinema production and projection technology and pushing Digital Cinema with a view on the inevitable future. It is the only professional trade magazine created specifically to report on HD, Digital Cinematography, Digital Post Production and intermediate, digital storage, distribution & delivery, projection & exhibition.

http://www.digitalcinemainfo.com/cinema-india-expo-2008.php

STRATACACHE to Lead Seminar on DCP Distribution at Cinema India Expo 2008 in Mumbai

STRATACACHE, the leader in scalable content delivery, digital media and caching solutions, is scheduled to present a seminar presentation at Cinema India Expo 2008 in Mumbai.

The presentation seminar, titled “DCP Distribution over Satellite and Terrestrial WAN,” will be presented on Friday, June 6 at 11:15 a.m.

http://www.digitalcinemainfo.com/STRATACACHE_05_30_08.php

TobyMac ”Alive and Transported” Screening in Digital Cinema Nationwide June 9

On the heels of winning Artist of the Year at the 2008 Dove Awards and performing for Pope Benedict XVI at a youth rally during the Pope’s recent visit to the United States, 4 time Grammy Winner TobyMac will hit the big screen in “Alive and Transported” for an exclusive, one night-only engagement on Monday, June 9th, courtesy of The Bigger Picture, the alternative content distribution unit of Access Integrated Technologies, Inc. (“AccessIT”).

http://www.digitalcinemainfo.com/accessIT_05_29_08.php

GDC Technology’s EN-2000 DSR™ Digital Film Agile Encoder Scores Well with Users

Building on the success of its highly popular EN-1000 DSR Digital Film Agile Encoder, GDC Technology is pleased to announce the launch of its next-generation
encoder, the EN-2000 DSRTM Digital Film Agile Encoder.
With more studios releasing digital content in the JPEG2000 format, there is need for postproduction facility to be equipped with the proper mastering capabilities to create digital movie files for distribution to cinemas. GDC Technology’s EN-2000 DSRTM Digital Film Agile Encoder is a product specifically designed to address this issue.

http://www.digitalcinemainfo.com/gdctechnology_05_28_08.php

IRIDAS at “Advertising and the Art of Digital Cinema”

IRIDAS, the industry leader in Digital Cinema RAW support, will join an illustrious group of companies on June 5, 2008 at a special event for the advertising industry presented by Simpson Films (SFI). Vision Research, makers of the Phantom camera; post facility Company 3; editing houses Version2 and Cut+Run; and IRIDAS will join Young and Rubicam and other leading New York ad agencies at SFI’s studios in Long Island City.

http://www.digitalcinemainfo.com/IRIDAS_05_28_08.php

DIVE unveils state-of-the-art digital cinema suite

DIVE, a division of Shooters Post & Transfer, will host a grand opening celebration on Wednesday, May 28, 2008 to showcase its new state-of-the-art Digital Cinema Suite.

http://www.digitalcinemainfo.com/DIVE_05_28_08.php

 

Tallinn Cinamon will be the first digital 3D cinema in Estonia

Cinema chain Cinamon announced of its decision to create the first digital 3D cinema in Estonia in the new culture and entertainment centre in the heart of Tallinn.

http://www.digitalcinemainfo.com/digital-cinema-estonia_05_28_08.php

XDC Signs Digital Cinema Deployment Agreements with Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., Paramount Pictures Corporation,Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation and The Walt Disney Studios

Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (“Warners”), Paramount Pictures Corporation (“Paramount”), Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation (“Fox”) and The Walt Disney Studios (“Disney”) will support XDC, acting as a Deploying Entity, in order to roll out and fund digital systems for theatrical presentations in several countries in Europe. Under the terms of the agreements, Warners, Paramount, Fox and Disney have independently agreed to supply European exhibitors with their feature films in digital form for projection on the digital screens, as well as temporarily contribute to the financing of XDC’s DCI-compliant digital cinema projection systems.

http://www.digitalcinemainfo.com/xdc_05_23_08.php

Barco Launches Global Training and Certification Program for Digital Cinema Installers

Barco, a leading manufacturer in digital cinema and display technology, announces the launch of its global digital cinema installation certification program. For the Americas, a dedicated training facility has been specifically designed for the program in Rancho Cordova, California. EMEA training sessions will be performed in Belgium, and APAC trainings will be run in each territory where they will be adapted to each market’s specific language needs.

http://www.digitalcinemainfo.com/barcodigitalcinema_05_23_08.php