http://www.filmjournal.com Film Journal International News - Motion Picture Industry Trade Publication - Film Industry News en-us Sat, 18 May 2013 06:42:166 EDT News Fri, 17 May 2013 03:57:00 EDT http://www.filmjournal.com/filmjournal/content_display/news-and-features/news/digital-cinema/e3i9bd2b3cfd674af2cf44a257dbbc64a29 News http://www.filmjournal.com/filmjournal/content_display/news-and-features/news/digital-cinema/e3i9bd2b3cfd674af2cf44a257dbbc64a29 After four years in Los Angeles, leading post-production house Light Iron has expanded to New York, opening a new facility at 580 Broadway in Lower Manhattan. Fri, 17 May 2013 03:34:00 EDT http://www.filmjournal.com/filmjournal/content_display/news-and-features/news/cinemas/e3i26b397c428d16d3cd1d468381316b63d News http://www.filmjournal.com/filmjournal/content_display/news-and-features/news/cinemas/e3i26b397c428d16d3cd1d468381316b63d Kerasotes ShowPlace Theatres’ ShowPlace ICON Theatres at Roosevelt Collection in Chicago’s South Loop now houses the circuit’s first premium large-format screen, the ICON•X Dolby Atmos Enhanced Xperience. Fri, 17 May 2013 03:29:00 EDT http://www.filmjournal.com/filmjournal/content_display/news-and-features/news/technology-and-new-products/e3i26b397c428d16d3ca3daf30aecca8bf9 News http://www.filmjournal.com/filmjournal/content_display/news-and-features/news/technology-and-new-products/e3i26b397c428d16d3ca3daf30aecca8bf9 Gold Medal has been a leader in patented cotton candy innovations for 62 years. Now, the company introduces four surprising new flavors: Bacon, Chocolate Orange, Chocolate Strawberry and Chocolate Cherry. Thu, 16 May 2013 01:54:00 EDT http://www.filmjournal.com/filmjournal/content_display/news-and-features/news/cinemas/e3i48fe900a219b52c43013155838b518d6 News http://www.filmjournal.com/filmjournal/content_display/news-and-features/news/cinemas/e3i48fe900a219b52c43013155838b518d6 NCM Media Networks held its second annual upfront presentation, “The Bigger Picture,” at New York City’s AMC Loews Lincoln Square movie theatre on May 15.
 Thu, 16 May 2013 12:28:00 EDT http://www.filmjournal.com/filmjournal/content_display/news-and-features/news/cinemas/e3i48fe900a219b52c48c2bbbf2bf085935 News http://www.filmjournal.com/filmjournal/content_display/news-and-features/news/cinemas/e3i48fe900a219b52c48c2bbbf2bf085935 Screenvision named the first quartet of talent for their Emerging Filmmakers Series, announced in April at the cinema-advertising company’s first-ever Upfront. Tue, 14 May 2013 03:52:00 EDT http://www.filmjournal.com/filmjournal/content_display/news-and-features/news/digital-cinema/e3i4f936f6de9cc823e156f5cc3185a6f0c News http://www.filmjournal.com/filmjournal/content_display/news-and-features/news/digital-cinema/e3i4f936f6de9cc823e156f5cc3185a6f0c Moving iMage Technologies (MiT), with its partners in virtual-print-fee finance and technology industries, offered a digital-cinema solution crafted specifically for converting Act V Theaters’ Cornelius Cinema multiplex in Cornelius, Oregon. Tue, 14 May 2013 03:49:00 EDT http://www.filmjournal.com/filmjournal/content_display/news-and-features/news/digital-cinema/e3i4f936f6de9cc823e7adc1f8c49a73d41 News http://www.filmjournal.com/filmjournal/content_display/news-and-features/news/digital-cinema/e3i4f936f6de9cc823e7adc1f8c49a73d41 RealD will equip 50 auditoriums across the Zhejiang Xingguang Cinema Circuit in China with its 3D technology. Installations have already begun. Tue, 14 May 2013 03:08:00 EDT http://www.filmjournal.com/filmjournal/content_display/news-and-features/news/cinemas/e3i4f936f6de9cc823e216b646914e18fd5 News http://www.filmjournal.com/filmjournal/content_display/news-and-features/news/cinemas/e3i4f936f6de9cc823e216b646914e18fd5 U.K.-based Vue Entertainment is acquiring Multikino S.A., a leading Polish multiplex operator. Tue, 14 May 2013 03:06:00 EDT http://www.filmjournal.com/filmjournal/content_display/news-and-features/news/cinemas/e3i4f936f6de9cc823eb7416da42fa5d164 News http://www.filmjournal.com/filmjournal/content_display/news-and-features/news/cinemas/e3i4f936f6de9cc823eb7416da42fa5d164 National Association of Theatre Owners (NATO) president and CEO John Fithian praised the advances the movie theatre industry has made in providing access to deaf, blind, hard-of-hearing and visually impaired patrons in testimony today before the Senate Health, Education, Labor And Pensions (HELP) Committee.
 
 Tue, 14 May 2013 02:58:00 EDT http://www.filmjournal.com/filmjournal/content_display/news-and-features/news/cinemas/e3i4f936f6de9cc823e20a23174d0a70f93 News http://www.filmjournal.com/filmjournal/content_display/news-and-features/news/cinemas/e3i4f936f6de9cc823e20a23174d0a70f93 Leading cinema-advertising company Screenvision named veteran television executive Dwight Fairback senior VP of new business. Wed, 01 May 2013 11:40:00 EDT http://www.filmjournal.com/filmjournal/content_display/news-and-features/news/cinemas/e3i5b1f9b92e8214c4cb786bea5cbb0979e News http://www.filmjournal.com/filmjournal/content_display/news-and-features/news/cinemas/e3i5b1f9b92e8214c4cb786bea5cbb0979e The National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center (IPR Center), the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and the National Association of Theatre Owners (NATO) have collaborated on a new trailer aimed at educating the public about the laws against movie piracy. Wed, 01 May 2013 11:39:00 EDT http://www.filmjournal.com/filmjournal/content_display/news-and-features/news/cinemas/e3i5b1f9b92e8214c4c7acb666cad0f551b News http://www.filmjournal.com/filmjournal/content_display/news-and-features/news/cinemas/e3i5b1f9b92e8214c4c7acb666cad0f551b By the end 2013, Hollywood film studios will stop distributing movies on 35mm film and convert entirely to digital. Fri, 26 Apr 2013 01:15:00 EDT http://www.filmjournal.com/filmjournal/content_display/news-and-features/news/cinemas/e3i96de9d48fd9f5c30150c5056be8e3b8e News http://www.filmjournal.com/filmjournal/content_display/news-and-features/news/cinemas/e3i96de9d48fd9f5c30150c5056be8e3b8e Leading cinema-advertising company Screenvision announced the first alignment of the cinema-ad buying process with TV, including a commitment to offer demo guarantees supported by Nielsen’s Cinema Audience Reports to the national advertisers participating in the 2013 Upfronts. Wed, 24 Apr 2013 11:05:00 EDT http://www.filmjournal.com/filmjournal/content_display/news-and-features/news/cinemas/e3i56a0c6ce36fec22bd6b674e96096588e News http://www.filmjournal.com/filmjournal/content_display/news-and-features/news/cinemas/e3i56a0c6ce36fec22bd6b674e96096588e CineEurope will present its 2013 “International Exhibitor of the Year Award” to Mars Entertainment Group and founder and CEO Muzaffer Yildirim at an awards luncheon on June 27 at Centre Convencions Internacional Barcelona (CCIB) in Barcelona, Spain. Tue, 23 Apr 2013 01:00:00 EDT http://www.filmjournal.com/filmjournal/content_display/news-and-features/news/digital-cinema/e3ib0261d57c647040578d56b051a8a7f50 News http://www.filmjournal.com/filmjournal/content_display/news-and-features/news/digital-cinema/e3ib0261d57c647040578d56b051a8a7f50 Scrabble Entertainment announced the rollout of and affordable lease-to-own digital conversion program. Tue, 23 Apr 2013 12:59:00 EDT http://www.filmjournal.com/filmjournal/content_display/news-and-features/news/digital-cinema/e3ib0261d57c647040585ada833551a4b10 News http://www.filmjournal.com/filmjournal/content_display/news-and-features/news/digital-cinema/e3ib0261d57c647040585ada833551a4b10 Moving iMage Technologies announced that it has shipped more than 2,000 units of its RealD XL automated mover system. Tue, 23 Apr 2013 11:40:00 EDT http://www.filmjournal.com/filmjournal/content_display/news-and-features/news/digital-cinema/e3i8131aac6f5ab59b68e59bf0c2680083d News http://www.filmjournal.com/filmjournal/content_display/news-and-features/news/digital-cinema/e3i8131aac6f5ab59b68e59bf0c2680083d Barco has teamed up with CSI Leasing, Inc. to provide financial assistance to theatre owners desiring to upgrade their cinema experience with Barco’s immersive cinema sound format, Auro 11.1. Tue, 23 Apr 2013 11:39:00 EDT http://www.filmjournal.com/filmjournal/content_display/news-and-features/news/digital-cinema/e3i8131aac6f5ab59b66a75a1efca7a2b35 News http://www.filmjournal.com/filmjournal/content_display/news-and-features/news/digital-cinema/e3i8131aac6f5ab59b66a75a1efca7a2b35 Real Image Media Technologies (RIMT) has recently entered into a strategic partnership with Barco in India that will bring 3,000 projectors to theatres across India in the next three years. Tue, 23 Apr 2013 11:38:00 EDT http://www.filmjournal.com/filmjournal/content_display/news-and-features/news/technology-and-new-products/e3i8131aac6f5ab59b657ba25d5cd63cee2 News http://www.filmjournal.com/filmjournal/content_display/news-and-features/news/technology-and-new-products/e3i8131aac6f5ab59b657ba25d5cd63cee2 At CinemaCon 2013, HARMAN’s JBL Professional introduced the 4181 Cinema Subwoofer System, a cost-effective movie soundtrack reproduction loudspeaker for basic cinema applications. Mon, 22 Apr 2013 01:46:00 EDT http://www.filmjournal.com/filmjournal/content_display/news-and-features/news/technology-and-new-products/e3i15e61b5f2b498357aae2f72f077dfc6a News http://www.filmjournal.com/filmjournal/content_display/news-and-features/news/technology-and-new-products/e3i15e61b5f2b498357aae2f72f077dfc6a Paul Brink has joined QSC Audio Products as cinema sales engineer.