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New products debut at ShoWest trade show
The annual trade show at ShoWest begins March 16 at Bally’s in Las Vegas and runs through March 18. Here are some select highlights of products and technologies debuting at the show. More »
Harkness introduces Digital Screen Selector
Harkness Screens announced the launch out of its Digital Screen Selector. Intended as an aid to theatre operators seeking to maximize their investment in digital cinema, the Digital Screen Selector can help to reduce operating costs for 2D and optimize light levels for both 2D and 3D. More »
Dolby plays supporting role in Oscar audio races
Dolby audio technologies play a role in all films nominated for Academy Awards in the sound editing and sound mixing categories. More »
XpanD partners with Phillips on 3D TV
XpanD announced a partnership with Philips to provide consumers with co-branded iterations of its patented pi-cell active 3D glasses with Philips’ 3D television sets. More »
Bow Tie Cinemas to deploy Technicolor 3D
Technicolor reached an agreement with New York City-based Bow Tie Cinemas to install Technicolor 3D in all Bow Tie locations on 25 of its 150 screens. More »
Tempo introduces new seat-mounted LED light
Tempo Industries is introducing the Sentinel™ Seat Light 2 LED, a seat-mounted stairway/aisle light with a back-lit integral row marker/information panel. More »
DTS sponsors Entertainment Technology Center
The Entertainment Technology Center at University of Southern California (ETC@USC), a nonprofit consortium that brings together top entertainment and consumer-electronics companies to listen to and evaluate consumer feedback towards future technologies, announced that audio company DTS Inc. has joined ETC@USC as an executive sponsor. More »
3-D Glasses Global introduces line of 3D eyeware
3-D Glasses Global, LLC, is introducing a new line of 3D eyeware. “EYE-D” (copyright pending) 3D eyeware features molded plastic frames and is available with either circular or linear technology lenses that are manufactured by US Polarizer LLC. More »
Bow Tie Cinemas wrap up digital signage installations
Bow Tie Cinemas recently completed digital signage installations at three of its theatre locations. Bow Tie chose Texas Digital’s signage solution and content-management software, VitalCAST™, for its theatres at Annapolis Mall 11 in Annapolis, Md.; Movieland 6 in Schenectady, NY; and Movieland at Boulevard Square in Richmond, Va. More »
Goldberg distributes OptiPure projection window glass
Goldberg Brothers, Inc., a longtime manufacturer of equipment for the motion picture industry, announced its partnership with FLABEG Technical Glass Corp. U.S., whose headquarters are in Germany. More »
London's O2 arena hosts 'Mamma Mia!' singalong screening
London’s O2 arena hosted the biggest screening and sing-along ever of the film Mamma Mia! on Jan. 24, using a specially built 108-foot Harkness Matt Plus screen. Some 8,000 fans attended the event. More »
Empire Theatres introduces mobile ticketing
Empire Theatres customers at 22 locations in Canada can now receive their movie tickets on their mobile devices as a text message. More »
D-Box motion seats coming to Japan
D-Box Technologies announced the upcoming installation of 13 D-Box MFX seats with Warner Mycal Corp., one of the largest theatre circuits in Japan. The transaction marks the first sale of D-Box motion systems for commercial theatre applications outside of North America. More »
Givex gift cards now certified with Omniterm
Point-of-sale provider Omniterm Data Technology Ltd. and Givex, a global provider of closed-loop card technologies including gift, loyalty and other stored-value programs, announced the successful integration of Givex gift card technology to Omniterm POS. More »
D-Box moves 50,000 moviegoers
D-Box Technologies announced that more than 50,000 moviegoers in North America have experienced their motion-enhanced seats during one of nine major motion pictures. More »
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