With the digital 3-D release of Chicken Little, which was also the first release for RealD, Disney offered to reimburse the exhibitor for RealD's polarized 3-D glasses. It was a deal that was not popular among Disney's peer studios, but
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Archives for September 2011
A Non-Recoupment VPF Plan for the US
Christie Digital launched its VPF program in the US in August, joining the ranks of Sony and Cinedigm in offering virtual print fee financing to US exhibitors. (DCIP, while the largest digital cinema deployment entity in the US, limits its
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Other News
There have been many heroic efforts to install digital cinema, but applause is due Marcus Theatres and suppliers Ballantyne, Cinedigm, Doremi, and NEC for converting its circuit of 630 screens 6 weeks after announcing the deal.
In a
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