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August 2011

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October 2010

ISDCF canceled its November 18 Plugfest and will instead hold a “virtual” plugfest.  Date conflicts and difficulty in booking a screening room have caused this change.  The virtual plugfest is taking place on the iPath reflector, limited to bona fide techies across the industry.
John Woodward left his position as CEO of UK [...]

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3-D

June 2010

Of the four major suppliers of add-on 3-D technology for digital cinema, only three of them are reported in this section.  Dolby, the fourth, appears in the Servers section.  Panavision and Technicolor are reported, but note that neither is active in the digital cinema space at this time.
3-D tickets are sold with a premium added, [...]

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RealD Is Going Public

April 2010

3-D add-on technology provider RealD announced its pursuit of an IPO this month.  The wonderful thing about IPO filings is that everyone gets to see what’s under the covers.  RealD let out a few surprises.
Not a surprise, the company has gained substantial market share.  The screen counts according to RealD as of 25 December, 2009:

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April 2010

NAB Digital Cinema Summit was a huge success this year.  Focusing more on 3-D production, and less on digital cinema itself (your author’s panel being one of the very few on digital cinema), the event pulled in so many participants that additional seating had to be added at several points during the first day.  This [...]

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February 2010

Digital cinema financing in Europe continues to take center stage in European forums.  At this year’s Media Salles event, held in Helsinki, government officials of several Nordic countries explained differences in proposed programs designed to support independent cinema owners.  But some terms were questionable.  The Swedish government, for instance, will finance 60% of equipment costs [...]

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3-D

December 2009

Of the four major suppliers of add-on 3-D technology for digital cinema, three of them are reported on in this section.  Dolby, the fourth, appears in the Servers section.
3-D tickets are sold with a premium added, typically in the $2-$3 range.  The premium is split between exhibitor and distributor in the same manner as a [...]

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3-D

June 2009

Of the four major suppliers of add-on 3-D technology for digital cinema, we report on three of them in this section. Dolby, the fourth, is reported in the Servers section.
3-D tickets are sold with a premium added, typically in the $2-$3 range. The premium is split between exhibitor and distributor in the same [...]

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