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Deathly Hallows - Part 2 Breaks IMAX Record Too

IMAX Corporation (NYSE:IMAX) (TSX:IMX) and Warner Bros. Pictures announced today that Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows -- Part 2, the final installment of the blockbuster film series based on the beloved books by J.K. Rowling, surpassed opening weekend IMAX box office records globally by generating $23.2 million of the film's record-setting estimated worldwide gross of more than $481 million, for an IMAX per-screen average of $59,000.

Digital Headline News

3ality Digital, OFFHOLLYWOOD Partner To Advance East Coast S3D Market

3ality Digital, world leader in cutting-edge technologies to empower creative digital stereoscopic 3D (S3D), announces a new partnership with OFFHOLLYWOOD, who is a recognized leader in providing advanced cameras and production gear for television, film, and mobile media production.

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IMAX & AMC Ent. Expand Joint Revenue Sharing Relationship

IMAX Corporation (NYSE:IMAX) (TSX:IMX) and AMC Entertainment Inc. (AMC), today announced an expansion of the companies' joint revenue sharing arrangement to include the installation of 10 additional IMAX(R) theatres in the United States.

Digital Headline News

Adler Planetarium Blasts Off With World’s Most Advanced Digital Theater

After two years of construction, Chicago’s Adler Planetarium reopens today, after replacing its 40-year-old star projector with a supercomputer that drives 20 military-grade projectors.

Digital Headline News

India's Reliance MediaWorks Partners with Digital Domain

Reliance MediaWorks Ltd , India's fastest growing film and entertainment services company and a member of the Reliance group, has partnered with Los Angeles-based digital production studio Digital Domain Productions to create visual effects and 3D Stereo Production services studios in Mumbai, India and London, UK that will cater to motion pictures, television, commercial, and stereo 3D conversion for catalogue projects from August 2011 in phases.

Blogs

When The Rules Don’t Apply

By Lisa Kaye | Tuesday, July 12, 2011 at 8:48am

Making sense of the rules and regulations that govern every aspect of our lives, particularly how we work and whom we choose to work with, isn’t always a case of black and right. You think there is a higher judge, a fairness police that sorts it all out, making the nimrods with jobs seem like the lucky ones when the rest of us need to struggle to survive the politics. Not knowing which end is up is never easy. Not knowing which end is down is even harder. When the rules of the game change and you seem to be lost in figuring it out, don’t sweat the small stuff, just change the rules.

Blogs

The A.D.D. of the Deal

By Jan Nagel | Tuesday, July 12, 2011 at 8:29am

Now it’s time to look at the other ways of getting brilliant content in front of audiences. Distribution is the heart’s blood of any production. If you have a Letter of Intent (LOI) or a pre-sale from a broadcaster in almost any part of the western world you have a winner in the eyes of co-producers and financiers.This means that your idea is not just looking great in the pitch bible, but someone likes it. . .

Blogs

Examining the VES Open Letter

Recently, the Executive Director of the VES delivered an open letter to the VFX community describing what he believes are a number of issues currently facing the VFX industry. The letter was passionate, but is his approach to the issue of globalization potentially damaging?

Media Headline News

VIZ Media, Autodesk Team On Art For Hope To Benefit Japan Disaster Relief

VIZ Media, the largest distributor and licensor of anime and manga in the North America, announced today a collaboration with Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) to create a limited edition digital art book anthology that will be sold through VIZ Media’s Manga App, with 100% of VIZ Media’s net proceeds going to support disaster relief efforts in Japan.

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At MIFA the Movement for Creator Driven Contents Begins to Spread Abroad

By Dan Sarto | Wednesday, July 6, 2011 at 3:57pm

US networks like CN, Nick and Disney have been producing creator driven shows for years. With few exceptions, it is a fairly new approach abroad. At the Annecy International Animated Film Festival this year, it was apparent that this method is starting to catch on abroad and regional channels from US studios like CN and Disney have been leading the charge.

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