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White Paper Golden Village Multiplex Pte Ltd, a joint venture between Golden Harvest of Hong Kong and Village Roadshow of Australia, is the leading Singapore cinema operator with more than 45 percent market share. [02 Apr 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: DVD format wars
Comment We already see super high definition formats such as SHD and SHD 3D being developed and demonstrated, with some initial roll-out with Blu-ray in new cinema complexes. There are many theories about how one technology or brand wins the global market... [17 Mar 2008]
Building Scalable Digital Media Post Production Networks: The Role of Ethernet
White Paper The body of this document provides an overview of impact that digital technology is having on television and cinema production and distribution. It then focuses on some of the key data center and networking technologies that are available to build... [07 Feb 2008]
Dear silicon.com... Tax crash, mobile driving, eBay feedback, Vista woes…
Comment Check in late at an airport and you might miss your flight; arrive late at the cinema and the seats might be sold out. What's got silicon.com readers reaching for their keyboards this week? Reader Comments of the Week showcases how our users are... [07 Feb 2008]
Digital Cinema Server Ushers in Next Generation of Movie Technology Worldwide
White Paper Market adoption of digital cinema technology has been slow, especially for movie theaters, which have very stringent requirements for security and reliability. Qube Cinema needed to solve those problems as it developed its next-generation digital... [30 Aug 2007]
Microsoft's 'new JPEG' to get standards vote
News But it has become an option in some specific niche markets such as digital cinema, medical imaging, and mapping and geographic information systems. Microsoft's alternative to the ubiquitous JPEG image format could soon become a standard, a major... [01 Aug 2007]
Steve Ranger's Notebook: Hollywood fears the geek
Comment So having a geek super-villain means Hollywood reckons a large proportion of the cinema-going public are now jealous and slightly scared of techies. Rejoice! Techies are now so feared by the public they are being cast as the master-villains in... [18 Jul 2007]
Photos: The Millennium Dome goes high-tech
Photo The O2 venue houses an 11-screen Vue cinema featuring the country's largest digital screen, measuring 22m. This week silicon.com got a sneak preview of the new-look Dome. The 23,000-seat arena has been built by AEG and is sponsored by mobile... [22 Jun 2007]
Beeb to show off in Second Life
News It will also be aired at two additional timeslots in the virtual cinema, to give Second Lifers more opportunity to catch it. The programme, scheduled for TV broadcast tomorrow, will be screened simultaneously inside Second Life - at the Rivers Run... [31 May 2007]
Photos: BFI switches on film jukebox
Photo Baker said: "The Mediatheque is not like a cinema - once something is available it will remain available forever. The British Film Institute (BFI) has unveiled 14 individual mini-cinemas where the public can view hundreds of rare film and TV titles... [14 May 2007]
Photos: The ideal home of the future
Photo For one customer the company has already installed a £19,000 home entertainment kit which includes networked PCs in every room and a cinema room with concealed drop-down projector and screen. The Ideal Home Show at Earl's Court has gone high-tech... [09 Mar 2007]
Chip and PIN on 98 per cent of UK tills
News Still, some big retail names are yet to commit to chip and PIN, including cinema chain Odeon which does not currently use the system at any of its cinemas due to a 'negligible level of fraud' from face-to-face box office transactions. [15 Feb 2007]
Mobile 'smelly phone' hits Japan
News In 2005 the company trialled a system that would fill a cinema with an odour at an appropriate point in the film. Apple is not the only kit maker causing waves with its latest device. Japanese mobile giant NTT DoCoMo has launched handsets promising... [17 Jan 2007]
Chip and PIN rollout '95 per cent complete'
News Many of the point-of-sale terminals still to be upgraded belong to small businesses but there are still some big retail names yet to commit to chip and PIN, such as cinema chain Odeon. Chip and PIN has become a familiar fixture when paying for... [27 Nov 2006]
James Bond beaten by pirates
News One of the copies being widely circulated online, according to Price, is very poor quality, having been recorded on a camcorder over the heads of other cinema goers. The trade in illegal downloads and pirate DVDs has been boosted significantly by... [22 Nov 2006]
