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DLP ships 4K chips to licensees
Texas Instruments (TI) began shipping DLP Cinema® Enhanced 4K chips to its licensees, Barco, Christie Digital and NEC. Projectors with the DLP Cinema 4K chip are expected to be installed in Q1 2011 and several industry demos are anticipated before then by DLP Cinema licensees. More »
Digital 3D comes to Mongolia
Digital 3D cinema recently had its Mongolian debut at the Tengis Cinema in Ulan Bator with the opening of Shrek Forever After. More »
Hoyts signs exclusive d-cinema pact with Christie
Hoyts Cinemas signed an exclusive deal to convert its entire circuit of over 400 screens across 49 locations to 2K and 4K-ready Series 2 Christie Solaria™ projectors over the next three years. More »
First digital cinema drive-in in U.S. selects Barco
Barco deployed its digital-cinema projectors at Spud Drive In in Driggs, Idaho, making the venue the first “true” digital drive-in in America. More »
XpanD donates 3D system to cinema in West Bank
German filmmaker Marcus Vetter has teamed with international sponsors, including leading 3D company XpanD, to renovate and reopen the sole standing cinema complex in the city of Jenin in the West Bank. More »
Barco adds CineCanvas subtitling support to d-cinema projectors
Barco’s DP2K family of digital-cinema projectors is now available with integrated CineCanvas™ subtitling support. The new functionality can be installed via a simple firmware upgrade. Barco is the first digital projector manufacturer to offer this feature. More »
NEC attains DCI compliance for full range of projectors
NEC Display Solutions of America announced that its entire line of digital-cinema projectors is the first in the industry to reach full Digital Cinema Initiatives (DCI) compliance. More »
Korea's CJ CGV circuit adds 58 MasterImage 3D screens
CJ CGV, the largest theatre chain in Korea, recently converted 58 additional screens to 3D with MasterImage digital 3D cinema systems. More »
EPIC Theatres chooses GDC for new Palm Coast location
GDC Technology signed an exclusive server deployment agreement with EPIC Theatres, a Florida-based theatre chain. GDC will be the sole server provider for EPIC’s new all-digital theatre in Palm Coast, Florida. More »
Cine Planet and Cines Movieland add Ballantyne Strong d-cinema installations
Ballantyne Strong will provide NEC Digital Cinema projection systems and Ballantyne’s MDI/Strong cinema screens to outfit an additional 12 auditoriums for Cine Planet, Peru’s leading motion picture exhibitor, and two for its Chilean subsidiary, Cines Movieland. More »
Laser Light Engines to develop technology exclusively for IMAX
IMAX Corporation signed a memorandum of understanding with Laser Light Engines, a leading developer and manufacturer of high-brightness, laser-driven light sources. More »
Germany's Cineplex to deploy 451 digital screens
German theatre circuit Cineplex and Belgian virtual-print-fee service provider XDC agreed on a plan for the DCI-compliant digital rollout of Cineplex’s 451 screens. The German integrator FTT played an important role in the pre-negotiations and will also carry out a large share of the installations. More »
'Tangshan Earthquake' premiere uses Barco d-cinema projectors
Chinese film group Huayi Brothers premiered its latest production, Tangshan Earthquake, in Tangshan, China, using Barco's DP2K-32B Series II digital-cinema projectors. More »
Beijing SunWah orders 60 NEC d-cinema projectors
Ballantyne Strong received a new order to provide 60 NEC digital-cinema projectors to Beijing SunWah World Management Co., Ltd, China for theatres located throughout the People’s Republic of China (PRC). More »
Deluxe Digital London signs agreement with SmartJog
Deluxe Digital London, a major content distributor in Europe, signed an agreement with digital delivery company SmartJog. Deluxe Digital London will service its clients using SmartJog’s pan-European digital-cinema network for the delivery of digital-cinema packages (DCPs) to theatres in Europe. More »
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