Barco today announced its plans to return to CinemaCon 2024 April 8-11, 2024, at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas with the debut of a long-awaited breakthrough in movie presentation and an expanded cinema team. This year, Barco will showcase the power of its globally renowned entertainment brand in an exhibition across the Roman Ballrooms at Caesar Palace.
PVR Inox is opening a six-screen cinema at the Mall of Faridabad in Haryana.
R/C Theatres has installed Christie RGB Pure Laser Projection technology at its newest multiplex at Richland Crossings Movies 12 in Quakertown, Pennsylvania.
Ten years after the initial rollout of laser cinema projectors, the technology and the people who developed it are being honored with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Scientific and Technical Awards. Sixteen people from seven companies will be recognized on February 23. I am humbled to be recognized for my pioneering utilization of semiconductor lasers for theatrical laser projection systems. My advocacy and education to the cinema industry while at Laser Light Engines contributed to the transition to laser projection in theatrical exhibition. The other honorees are:
In Mumbai, PVR Inox is set to open its first standalone Imax with Laser theatre at Inox Eros in Churchgate. The renovated cinema will have a seating capacity of 305.
The Eden Cinemas in Malta are in the process of upgrading their projectors to laser technology.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, known for the Oscars, has bestowed the Barco team with the Scientific and Engineering Academy Award for their contribution to the design and development of laser projection in cinema. The Academy’s Scientific and Technical Awards honor individuals and companies whose discoveries and innovations have contributed in significant and lasting ways to motion pictures.
Christie’s principal product developer, Mike Perkins, has been awarded the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Award in Scientific and Engineering, along with three other recipients, for his work on the design and development of the Christie E3LH projection system, developed in partnership with Dolby Laboratories. The Academy’s Scientific and Technical Awards honor individuals and companies whose discoveries and innovations have contributed in significant and lasting ways to motion pictures.
Scene Cinemas, the premier movie theatre at District 5 in Marakez, is bringing Imax with Laser to Egypt for the first time.
The Elevate Entertainment Group today announced a new strategic partnership to refresh the Texas-based cinema chain’s projection fleet with Laser Projection by Cinionic over the next three years. Elevate Entertainment Group, formerly EVO Entertainment Group, has more than 200 screens across five states.
