International Edition No.3 - year 1 - 3
March 2006 
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The many faces of digital
Editorial by Domenico Dinoia, President
of MEDIA Salles
Our journey inside the world of digital projection
continues. A world which, although still in its early days – or
perhaps for this very reason – is extremely complex and takes different
forms. Starting from the “split” between D- and E-Cinema and
from the related difficulty of finding and agreeing on homogeneous criteria
for defining each of them. In fact, if some of the professional operators
in the cinematographic cycle identify the former with respect for high
standards of quality, for an equal number of other professionals the definition
should be far broader.
For MEDIA Salles, one of whose main objectives is information and training
of exhibitors, what counts, first and foremost, is to give their readers,
and those who take part in their courses and initiatives the most varied
and exhaustive range of elements for making their own evaluation of the
present scenario and choosing the solution that is best suited to their
own requirements.
In these pages we are therefore hosting, and will continue to host, very
different ideas, sometimes opposing ones, and varying experiences in the
field of digital projection, alternatively giving independent theatres,
exhibition chains and international circuits a chance to be heard. [...]
We are also continuing to publish the data on theatres with DLP CinemaTM
projectors in the different countries of Europe: following Italy, it is
now Denmark’s turn (Click
to see the table).
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to read the whole article
Technology: a democratic choice?
Interview with Kees Ryninks, Managing Director
of CinemaNet Europe
In issue no. 2/2005 of our Newsletter and in the “Course Report”
of “DigiTraining Plus” 2004, we discussed the transition from
DocuZone to CinemaNet Europe and the objectives of this circuit. One year
on, how has CinemaNet Europe evolved?
Special Rate at 450€
Extended Deadline
at 10 March
"DigiTraining Plus: New Technologies for European
Cinemas"
Third edition
5-9 April 2006, Kuurne (Belgium),
at Barco headquarters
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Exchange opinions with other exhibitors in an international setting;
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Bring yourself up-to-date with the new technologies through seminars and hands-on sessions;
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Compare, together with experts, different business models for digital transition;
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Listen to the comments of those who have already gained significant experience in this field;
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Visit movie theatres at the forefront in adopting the new technologies;
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Watch films and alternative content digitally projected, right up to the new threshold of 3-D.
Among the lecturers, Mads Egmont Christensen, Mecano Film (Moderator of the course), Eric Dillens, nWave Pictures; Gabriel Fehervari, Chief Executive Officer, Alfacam/Euro1080; Rickard Gramfors, Digital Houses-FHP; Denis Kelly, Cinema Operations Manager, Eastman Kodak; Ben Stassen, nWave Pictures; Glenn Wastyn, Business Development Manager, Barco.
