Building on the success of the Phase 1 Christie/AIX Digital Cinema deployment plan, AccessIT has entered into supply agreements with Barco and Christie Digital Systems to bring digital cinema systems to theatres in the United States and Canada.   Christie will provide up to 5,000 projectors for the previously announced AccessIT Phase 2 Digital Cinema Deployment Plan. The planned number of Barco projectors was not announced.

Award winning director and producer James Cameron will deliver a special keynote address at the 3D Entertainment Summit, which will take place at the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles, California, December 1-2. Joining Cameron in discussion will be Vince Pace who, together with Cameron, developed the revolutionary Fusion Camera System allowing for the re-emergence of 3D filmmaking and the advancement of entertainment.

Xpand has reported that the animated 3D release Fly Me to the Moon from nWave Pictures has achieved unprecedented success on Xpand’s screens throughout Europe, capturing an audience of approximately 73,000 during the film’s first five days of release.

A video of the presentation Next Generation Cinema – The Hybrid Theatre by Ron Gillen of The Walt Disney Company is now available on the website of the Stereoscopic Displays and Applications association.  It is the latest presentation from their conference earlier this year to be added to their online video collection. Gillen’s remarks covered a broad range of topics relating to theatre design and in particular the specialist requirements of a 3D theatre.  

Click here to see that video and others from the event.

International Datacasting Corporation has announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding, with OpenSky, based in Italy, for the provision of IDC's broadband satellite technology for the rollout of a new digital cinema distribution network in Europe. The MOU has been consummated with an initial order of uplink broadcast equipment and an initial deployment of IDC's satellite receivers to multiple theatres across Italy. Financial details of the MOU were not disclosed for competitive reasons.

Support for independent storytelling has always been the driving force of Sundance Institute. This year the Institute is celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Sundance Film Festival by collecting anecdotes and memories from the people who know the most about what the Festival means. Only those who have been to the Sundance Film Festival can truly convey the true spirit of Sundance, which is why the Institute is asking those who have been there to share their Sundance stories.