Independent Cinemas get a Lottery makeover

More than 50 independent cinemas across the UK have benefited from a £475,000 injection of Lottery cash from the UK Film Council to help upgrade facilities and enhance the cinema-going experience for audiences.

The funds will be used to improve a range of facilities, with money being spent on building refurbishment, lighting and seating, as well as new projection, sound and digital equipment. A significant number of the awards will go towards improving access for people with sensory impairments, via the purchase of cinema access equipment such as audio description and subtitling kits

Fox reaches digital cinema upgrade deal

News Corp’s Twentieth Century Fox has reach a deal with a group of theater chains paving the way for a long-delayed $1.1 billion digital cinema upgrade that Hollywood hopes will boost attendance and cut costs, sources familiar with the deal said on Thursday.

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Barco Financial Results – Weak second quarter – Good order intake – Euro 30 million cost reduction plan to improve results

The world’s second-largest maker of digital cinema projectors plans to fire an undisclosed number of workers and signaled it may sell some unprofitable operations to reduce annual expenses by 30 million euros. Chief Executive Officer Martin De Prycker stuck to an earlier forecast that full-year sales will increase after first-half revenue unexpectedly dropped.

De Prycker declined to give an estimate for the total number of workers being fired, saying only that the company reduced its workforce of 3,744 by 3 percent this month.

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New President for European Digital Cinema Forum (EDCF)

Following the recent elections to the Board by EDCF members, the new Board has appointed Antoine Virenque as EDCF President for the next two years.

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Cineplex Entertainment And RealD Sign Major Agreement For 175 3D Installations

Cineplex Entertainment and RealD announced today they have signed a long-term agreement to install a minimum of 175 3D systems into Cineplex Entertainment theatres across the country by December 2009 bringing RealD’s committed screen count to well over 5,500

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Cineplexx Selects Christie DLP Cinema® Projection Systems For XDC’s First Large-Scale Deployment Of 193 Screens In Austria

Christie, a leading provider of visual solutions for business, entertainment and industry today announced that the company’s CP2000 series of 2K DLP Cinema® Digital Cinema Projectors has been chosen by Cineplexx GmbH, the largest cinema chain in Austria, for the deployment of digital cinema systems in all of the circuit’s 193 screens.

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Cinepolis and RealD 3D Announce Exclusive Digital 3D Partnership

Morelia and Santa Fe, Mexico- based Cinepolis, Inc, the world’s fifth largest cinema exhibitor, and RealD 3D, the global leader in 3D, announced today that Cinepolis will add 500 RealD 3D screens to its circuit.

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Countering the Content Piracy Threat

The issue of content security has been a hot topic in the audio-visual market for several years. In more recent times, it has become an increasingly urgent concern. The digital revolution has led to proliferation in digital content creation while the emergence of the Internet and broadband has made it much easier to share illicit copies of content with anyone across the globe. This has increased the window of exploitation for pirates.

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A Paper By Pascal Marie, Strategic Marketing Manager, Thomson Software and Technology Solutions

ARRI Quality Control Player (ARRIQCP) – DCI-Compliant Quality Control Server For DCPs – IBC Stand No. 11.F21

At IBC 2008 ARRI presents the first DCI-compliant quality control server for Digital Cinema Packages (DCPs).

The ARRI Quality Control Player (ARRIQCP) is designed for use in digital cinema content production workflows and offers quality assurance as well as analysis of the digital cinema mastering process.

http://www.digitalcinemainfo.com/ARRI_07_14_08.php

NEC Provides 3D Technology for ‘Journey’ Movie Release

NEC Corporation of America, RealD 3D, and Ballantyne of Omaha’s Strong Digital Systems and Strong Technical Services units have recently teamed to provide the latest in digital 3D projection capability to multiple US theaters.

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