GLG News by Cinema Animation Experts

* There will be 11 3-D titles released to cinemas in 2009.  * Exhibitors have a choice of 3-D technologies, all of which are acceptable to studios, but each has a different business model. * 3-D is the driver for the adoption of digital cinema technology.

Lots of us considered IMAX down and out in recent years as the institutional theater market (museums, etc.) began to dry up and as IMAX and others failed to provide sufficient appropriate content to the commercial theater circuits to which the Company was selling systems. Now with 3D being one of the...

DirecTV has added 21 new HD Channels to their existing tier of 31 toward a goal of 100 by year end. This is great news for their subscribers and for those who understand and appreciate the big difference that viewing in HD can make. However, the question becomes whether this will add a significant number...

live cinema entertainment-via national cinemedia-opens new doors to revenue streams of movie theaters-broad and niche oriented events will create audiences that are not necessarily regular movie goers-by issueing subject matter that are  not normally available.

While the format wars in the next generation DVD systems continue to confuse customers clearly indicating that there is not going to be an obvious winner for some time, if at all, VOD may be sneaking under the radar. This is still a very nascent business. The studios in making their content available...

How does this impact Access IT and Screenvision?

• A 3-D renaissance is taking place in the cinema due to the introduction of DLP digital projection in theatres. • 3-D to the home has its challenges: no standards, difficult to produce, only DLP can display 3-D out-of-the-box. • TI's push to use 3-D to increase DLP sales in the home...

I can hardly wait until tomorrow to find out what is the next news release in the next generation DVD format battle. The stats are nice in this nascent industry, but it is still lying with statistics, so to speak. Earlier this week, there was a story that Sony was in the lead and today this article...

Did you read How To Lie With Statistics in college? Do you practice it in your business? Do you own a high definition TV and also subscribe to a high definition service? Do you own an hd – next generation DVD player of either format?  If not, why not? Have you watched a standard definition (sd)...

If there was ever a question as to whether the public is now aware that all sorts of content will be available on our mobile devices, the release of the iPhone last week has put that to rest. Over the next couple of years there will be continual and rapid growth in all manner of accessories and tools...