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Marcus Theatres Installs Doremi’s CaptiView Systems

Mon, 05/14/2012 - 20:00 -- Nick Dager

Marcus Theatres has announced that the new CaptiView Closed Caption Viewing Systems and Fidelio Descriptive Audio Systems are now available at virtually all its digital cinema locations throughout the Midwest. The innovative technology developed by Doremi Cinema allows hearing and visually impaired filmgoers to see most movies from any seat in the auditorium. The new technology enhancements are a result of the company's large-scale digital cinema rollout completed last September. We are extremely pleased we can offer a memorable moviegoing experience to all of our patrons.

NCM Presents The Phantom of the Opera—The Complete Story

Mon, 05/14/2012 - 20:00 -- Nick Dager

Andrew Lloyd Webber and Cameron Mackintosh’s The Phantom of the Opera makes its cinematic return on May 21 with a special encore presentation of Lloyd Webber’s long-awaited continuation Love Never Dies on May 23. Presented by NCM Fathom and Omniverse Vision The Phantom of the Opera—The Complete Story will be broadcast to nearly 550 select movie theaters across the country through NCM’s exclusive Digital Broadcast Network.

Odeon Signs with Unique Digital for Key Delivery

Mon, 05/14/2012 - 20:00 -- Nick Dager

Odeon Cinemas have signed up to Unique Digital’s new Basekey key delivery system to distribute the film security keys to all 108 sites across their circuit in the UK and Ireland. 
  
 Basekey provides cinemas distributors and content media houses with a secure and automated system to manage and deliver keys to any digital cinema site equipped with a Rosettabridge Theatre Management System.

Polson Theatres Selects Barco for Circuit-Wide Digital Cinema Deployment

Mon, 05/14/2012 - 20:00 -- Nick Dager

Barco has completed installation of 26 DLP Cinema projectors in Polson Theatre’s 11 sites located throughout Montana. Because the Polson Theatre circuit is spread across many small towns throughout the state the owners wanted to maintain a high degree of self-sufficiency with their projectors. Three of the principals completed Barco’s training and certification program so they could handle the maintenance service and repair needs quickly and efficiently at each theater location.

Quvis Wraptor 2.0 Now Available for DCPs

Mon, 05/14/2012 - 20:00 -- Nick Dager

Quvis has announced the availability of Wraptor 2.0. Featuring Quvis’ proprietary Quality Priority Encoding technology Wraptor 2.0 enables filmmakers to convert Final Cut Pro files to the Digital Cinema Package format used by most theatrical digital projection systems today. Wraptor 2.0 is a plug-and-play system that delivers the quality users expect from a digital format at a low price point.  “Quvis is committed to bringing digital cinema not only to movie theatres but to home theatres as well ” said Kenbe Goertzen Quvis founder.

Requited Finalist for Student Oscar

Mon, 05/14/2012 - 20:00 -- Nick Dager

A Point Park University student film is a finalist for the 2012 Student Academy Awards by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Requited by seniors Mark Christian cinematographer and writer and Madeline Puzzo director and production designer is one of only nine films named as finalists in the narrative category. In all more than 560 films from students in 105 United States colleges and universities have been considered.

Rooftop Films Announces Summer Series Schedule

Mon, 05/14/2012 - 20:00 -- Nick Dager

Rooftop Films 2012 Summer Series presented by AT&T has announced its full line-up including short programs dates and venues. Rooftop Films will screen 23 feature films and 183 short films including New York US and world premieres. The films come from around the world with offbeat comedies intimate and intense dramas and personal documentaries. Most events include live music filmmaker Q&As special appearances by the films’ casts and subjects and after-parties with complementary drinks every weekend until August 18.

Schneider Introduces S2000 Century/Canon 17mm Lens

Mon, 05/14/2012 - 20:00 -- Nick Dager

Schneider Optics has introduced the S2000 Century/Canon 17mm T4 Tilt-Focus Lens in PL Mount. Ideal for use on cameras with up to a S35 sensor this new converted lens offers 360 degrees of rotation and 8 degrees of tilt in any direction for remarkable control of the subject focus plane. The lens' tilt and rotation adjustments can be made before or even during a shot for a wide variety of effects. The desired degree of rotation is fixed via a lever while a locking knob secures the selected tilt angle.

Trevor Forrest Wins Tribeca Cinematography Award for Una Noche

Mon, 05/14/2012 - 20:00 -- Nick Dager

Trevor Forrest won the Tribeca Film Festival Award for Best Cinematography for his work on the much-discussed Una Noche.
 
The riveting story of Cuban teenagers attempting to defect to America has since become a case of life imitating art with the apparent defection of two actors. Una Noche premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival and previously received the 2009 Spike Lee Production Award. The United States premiere of Una Noche at Tribeca Film Festival received an overwhelmingly positive response.

XDC to Present Opera on Ice

Mon, 05/14/2012 - 20:00 -- Nick Dager

XDC Entertainment has announced the Europe-wide release in June of classical ice dancing extravaganza Opera On Ice in cinemas in HD. Through their continued association with Nexo Digital XDC have acquired rights to release the event available on DCP in Poland Spain Portugal Finland Denmark Sweden UK and Ireland.

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