Cinema Technology — March 2020

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Supporting the Industry in 2020 2019 PROVED TO BE A stellar year for CTC where the

add in to the mix our podcast which, due to its popularity is set

organisation continued to provide impartial support and

to go bi-monthly, our ever increasing members-only web

guidance

movie-going

content and our continued support of trade events around the

experience and helped exhibitors to realise better outcomes

world along with our very own Cinema Technology Magazine

from technology. Among a range of deliverables including a

and its clear that CTC has a busy year ahead.

on

technology,

champion

the

report on 3D ghosting, a guide to Premium Cinema Experiences, providing support and educational sessions on

New governors

three continents, podcasts, video content and raising

To deliver on our vision, CTC has recently welcomed three new

awareness of diversity and equality in cinema through our

members to our team to help provide support and expertise

leading Women In Cinema series, CTC continued to educate

with our deliverables. Saul Mahoney

with training courses aimed at ensuring movie-goers get the best possible experience.

Join our cause

(Sundog Media Toolkit), Grainne Peat (Event Cinema Association) and Suhaila

In 2020, the CTC board is going all out with a plan to

Behind everything that we do

Mahmoud (Goldcrest Film International)

support the industry further sharing knowledge and expertise

at the Cinema Technology

join our highly talented cross industry

in key areas including the production workflow process, event

Community is a passion for

experts.

cinema, accessibility, the customer journey, end of VPF

ensuring that moviegoers — in

technology upgrade pathways, 3D consumer insights, diversity

fact cinema-goers — have the

in cinema and a long awaited new edition of CTCs leading

best experience that it is

Continued thanks to our sponsors and members

Digital Projection Handbook. Our educational programme will

possible to achieve. If you

As a not-for-profit organisation, the

also continue to grow with new advanced projection and DCP

share that ambition, you can

CTC’s rapid growth and ambitious plan

creation courses set to launch this year to complement our

please join our community

is only possible because of the support

highly successful courses. Add if all of that wasn’t enough then

today by heading over to our

of our members and sponsors. As we

site: cinema-technology.com

enter 2020, we’d like to say thank you to our

CTC EXECUTIVE TEAM Richard Mitchell (President), Graham Lodge (Vice President), Mike Bradbury, Sandie Caffelle, Michael Denner, Danny Jeremiah, Peter Knight, Sarah Lewthwaite, Adam MacDonald, Suhaila Mahmoud, Saul Mahoney, Andre Mort, David Norris, Alessandra Pavan Bernacchi, Grainne Peat, David Pope, Toni Purvis, Jim Slater, Simon Tandy, Patrick von Sychowski, and Paul Willmott.

www.cinematech.today

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CTC ADVISORY COUNCIL Tom Bert (Barco), Mark Christiansen (Paramount Pictures), Laurence Claydon (Consultant), Brian Claypool (Christie Digital), Theresa English (TK Architects), Nicolas Hamon (Kinepolis), Roland Jones (Vue International), Dominic Simmons (BFI), Russell Smith (Motion Picture Solutions), Sriram Sistla (Harman India), Debbie Stanford Kristiansen (Novo Cinemas), Alexey Vinokurov (RealD)

individual

particular

to

members our

and

Sustaining

in and

Corporate sponsors for their generosity in supporting us. Christie Digital, Harkness Screens, QSC, RealD, Arts Alliance Media, Movio, NEC, Picture House Uckfield and Strong MDI — thank you for your support. 0 3 / 2 0

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Accessibility: a way forward to closed-caption subtitles?

9min
pages 76-79

The resolution revolution: is 8K heading to our cinemas?

3min
pages 82-84

Going large: reflections on the Widescreen Weekend

8min
pages 73-75

Backyard Cinema: the popup with a passion for detail

13min
pages 64-68

The Royston Picture Palace: cinema for the community

9min
pages 69-72

Why gaming in cinemas is a real technical challenge

9min
pages 30-34

Peter Knight peeks under the hood at CinemaNext

16min
pages 53-58

The end of Series 1 digital: it’s not the end of the world

5min
pages 59-61

Istanbul was the scene for, a second successful ECM

12min
pages 43-47

Why Kenya is an overlooked force in African cinema

6min
pages 48-52

We need to walk before we run in presentation terms

5min
pages 62-63

Build a cinema in 6 weeks? Anything’s possible in KSA

10min
pages 38-42

After the gold rush: we look at the Saudi cinema market

7min
pages 35-37

Paramount Decrees”: an old law with significance today

9min
pages 21-25

The latest from around the world of cinema exhibition

11min
pages 8-12

Merger mania: which chains are heading down the aisle?

12min
pages 15-20

Cinema Tech Community’s regular quarterly update

2min
pages 13-14

Are exhibitors capitalising on the esports revolution?

12min
pages 26-29
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