GDC Technology Limited’s Hong Kong manufacturing facility has received ISO 9001:2015 certification, an internationally recognized standard for Quality Management Systems certified by SGS, the multinational certification service based in Geneva, Switzerland.
MetaMedia today announced a partnership with B&B Theatres, the fifth largest cinema circuit in the U.S.
This past weekend marked the two-year anniversary of China’s first lockdown in 2020, which marked the beginning of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on global box office. There have been a lot of ups and downs since then but there has also been recovery and, despite a few limited re-closures in the past two months, the global exhibition sector, and as a result global box office, is in a far more robust place than it was a year ago, according to the latest report from the London analytics firm Gower Street. China’s business was dormant this week with long-running local holdovers Embrace Again and Fireflies in the Sun sustaining the market until the Chinese New Year holiday begins on February 1.
Strong/MDI Screen Systems has signed an exclusive cinema screen supply agreement with the largest theatrical exhibitor in the United States and the world, AMC for its U.S.-based theatres.
Houston-based Star Cinema Grill today announced that it has executed lease agreements and plans to soon re-open two former IPIC locations in the Chicago suburbs of South Barrington and Bolingbrook. Star Cinema Grill is expected to begin operations at both locations in the first quarter of 2022.
Arts Alliance Media has launched its Screenwriter’s smartest theatre management system software release to date to reinforce its position as the world’s leading TMS. As exhibitors look to capitalize on consumers’ renewed passion for the big screen, this landmark Screenwriter update, available exclusively to AAM customers, delivers the means to further fine-tune their daily operations by simplifying tasks, reducing costs, and embracing the art of automation.
Two premium large format auditoriums at Italy’s new Arcadia Stezzano Cinemas are the first global deployments of Meyer Sound Lina line array loudspeakers as screen channels for the Dolby Atmos immersive audio format. The five screen channels each comprise six element Lina arrays which anchor sonic imagery across the front end. An additional 60 Meyer Sound self-powered loudspeakers envelop audiences in a powerful, dynamic, and richly detailed cinema sound experience.
RealD has installed its Ultimate Screen in 500 auditoriums worldwide. The latest and 500th Ultimate Screen is located at the Wanda Cinema Xiamen Guankou.
The Metropolitan Opera rang in the new year with an acclaimed new staging of Verdi’s classic tragedy Rigoletto by director Bartlett Sher, and on Saturday, January 29, at 12:55pm EST, the production will be distributed live to cinemas, over Fathom’s Digital Broadcast Network as part of The Met: Live in HD series.
CineLife Entertainment, a division of Spotlight Cinema Networks, is bringing New Worlds: The Cradle of Civilization, a co-production between Dorn Music, Makuhari Media, and Neda Film, to theatres in the United States on Groundhog Day, February 2nd. On a glorious Greek evening, screen legend Bill Murray and world-renowned cellist Jan Vogler rocked the Acropolis with a timeless mix of poetry and music.
