DCI Ponders Higher Frame Rates

Digital Cinema Initiatives announced that it is currently pondering the development of voluntary guidelines or specifications related to the distribution of motion pictures in stereoscopic 3D at frame rates above the current 24 frames per second per eye.

Six Hollywood Studios Voice Support UltraViolet

Lionsgate Entertainment, Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Twentieth Century Fox, Universal Pictures and Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. announced their support for the UltraViolet service and format created by the Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem (DECE).

Technicolor Delivers 3D to 250 Movie Screens

Technicolor announced it has installed its Technicolor 3D system on more than 250 screens in North America just four months after its initial debut in theatres.

BVA Coordinates Promotional Blu-ray Bundle

The British Video Association (BVA) announced that it is coordinating a promotional Blu-ray Disc (BD) bundle offer ahead of the FIFA World Cup in South Africa, being televised in HD for the first time. According to the statement, as part of the BVA’s continued campaign to promote the Blu-ray format it has brokered a partnership …

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Hollywood and Cable Launch $30 Million Movies on Demand Campaign

Several major Hollywood studios and cable companies announced that they have joined forces for a significant push to expand consumer awareness of Movies On Demand, a service that provides a convenient and affordable way to rent top-grossing box office hits on cable.