AFI BLOG: Media and Technology

LA Times “Web Scout” blog
Enter a cineplex this summer and you’re basically wandering into a giant circus. Each tent pole — the biz term for a colossally expensive movie — is sure to include at least one outlandish, or even freakish, main character. Step right up. On your left, watch an old man — incredibly! [...]

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AdAge.com
Ovation TV is finally ready for its close-up. Ten years after its birth, and one year after a major overhaul and rebirth under new ownership, the now-national arts and culture TV channel has lined up marketing partnerships and integrated promotions to boost subscriber cable systems and attract more marketers by partnering with the [...]

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The Wall Street Journal
Regal Entertainment Group, the nation’s largest cinema chain, signed a deal to bring 1,500 more 3D screens from RealD Corp. to its theaters. The pact underscores the importance theater owners are attaching to 3D technology, as they fight to keep customers coming to movie theaters rather than watching DVDs at home.
The deal [...]

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