Archive for the ‘Misc.’ Category
Wednesday, March 7th, 2012
Streamlined Corporation Re-named Meduza Systems Ltd
New Executive Team Consultants includes Imaging and Color Scientist
Matt Whalen & Chief Mechanical Engineer and Program Manager Al Mayer
London, England, and Irvine, CA, March 7, 2012 -- UK based 3D Visual Enterprises has acquired 100% of Meduza Systems LLC, the Irvine, CA based award-winning developer ...
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Monday, January 30th, 2012
DENVER, Jan. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Few aircraft since the Wright Flyer have truly become an "Aircraft of Legend." Like the DC-3, the technological advancements of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner are expected to profoundly impact commercial aviation. The Living Legends of Aviation have chosen the Boeing 787 Dreamliner ...
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Tuesday, January 24th, 2012
Los Angeles, January 24, 2012 -- The Visual Effects Society (VES) is pleased to announce that Patton Oswalt (Young Adult, Ratatouille) will host the 10th Annual VES Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Tuesday, February 7, 2012. This will be the popular comedian and actor's third appearance at the ...
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Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011
Puss in Boots: An IMAX 3D Experience generated $3.1+ million globally in its opening weekend – $2.2 million on 269 domestic IMAX screens and ~$900,000 on 25 international IMAX screens.
The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn: An IMAX 3D Experience grossed ~$1.2 million on 28 international IMAX screens. ...
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Wednesday, October 26th, 2011
CBS has this profile on world champion surfer and star of The Ultimate Wave Tahiti, Kelly Slater:
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Monday, October 17th, 2011
Groundbreaking Technology Will Enable IMAX(R) Film-Based Screens Over 80 Feet and Dome Theatres to Deliver the Highest-Quality Digital Content Available for the First Time Ever
NEW YORK, Oct 17, 2011 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) -- IMAX Corporation (NYSE:IMAX) (TSX:IMX) and Eastman Kodak Company (NYSE:EK) announced today a relationship that will broaden the ...
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Wednesday, September 28th, 2011
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Sept. 26, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- American Solar Direct (ASD), a leading residential solar provider in California, announced today the appointment of Geoff Atkins, a leader in business development and brand strategy, to the newly created position of Chief Marketing and Strategy Officer (CMSO).
Atkins, who most recently held ...
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Wednesday, September 7th, 2011
From the New UK Tech 3D Start-Up, The Meduza MK1 Has Been Designed to Use the Matched Delta 4K S3D Meduza Optics also Launching at IBC
London, England, and Irvine, CA, Sept 05, 2011 -- Meduza Systems, the Mario Award winning developer of the Meduza Camera, will preview the Meduza MK1, ...
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Thursday, August 25th, 2011
Business Insider takes a look into NYSE's move into tech IPOs including acquiring IMAX:
Once the gap in listing requirements and technology between the NYSE and Nasdaq were narrowed, the NYSE played up the importance of a still-potent asset: its 200-year-old brand. It has marketed itself to Nasdaq-listed companies and encouraged ...
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Friday, July 15th, 2011
Partnering with D3D Cinema and Dolby to produce an immersive 3D movie experience, Barco makes history by providing its DLP Cinema® Enhanced 4K DP4K-32B projectors for the inaugural installation of a 4K Double Projection System in the DynaTheater at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science in Albuquerque, ...
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Tuesday, June 21st, 2011
The Columbus Telegram reports on Sean Casey's latest storm chase:
Researchers from Texas Tech University, tour operators and professional chasers following a line of tornadic storms across the state converged on Columbus Monday, creating a spectacle for many locals.
Among the most-popular vehicles was TIV 2, an armor-plated tornado-intercept vehicle that has ...
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Monday, June 20th, 2011
Recognized For Its 'Innovation And Technical Excellence' Upon Its April Debut At The National Association Of Broadcasters (NAB) Convention
The First Ever Professional Stereoscopic Beyond 4K 3D Camera
London, England, and Irvine, CA - June 20, 2011 -- The Meduza, the first single beyond 4K digital stereoscopic 3D (S3D) ...
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Wednesday, May 11th, 2011
Director of such Giant Screen films as Amazon and Grand Canyon: The Hidden Secrets, Kieth Merrill has turned novelist and published his first book. The Deseret News writes:
Thomas Hall is a gifted artist with amazing talent. He knows it and thinks the world should know it, too. He feels ...
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Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
The Meduza is Recognized for its Innovation and Technical Excellence
Los Angeles, CA and London, England, April 18 -- The Meduza, the first single beyond 4K digital stereoscopic 3D (S3D) camera ever developed, unveiled by Meduza Systems at the National Association of Broadcasters Convention (NAB) last week in Las Vegas, is ...
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Friday, March 11th, 2011
From the Montreal Gazette:
Forty years after Birute Mary Galdikas became the world's leading protector of orangutans, the Canadian scientist's quest to secure a more sustainable future for our long-armed primate cousins is about to mark two major milestones.
Next month will see the worldwide release of the Warner Bros. IMAX documentary ...
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Wednesday, February 9th, 2011
World champion surfer and star of The Ultimate Wave Tahiti 3D, Kelly Slater has won the 2011 Laureus Action Sports Award. ESPN reports:
The winners of the 2011 Laureus World Sports Awards were announced Monday in Abu Dhabi. Kelly Slater won his third Laureus Action Sports Award, on the heels ...
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Tuesday, January 25th, 2011
GQ has named Kelly Slater one of the coolest athletes of all time alongside such greats as Michael Jordan, Muhammad Ali and Joe Namath.
Kelly recently won his 10th world championship, an historic achievement unmatched in surfing history. His win has made Kelly unquestionably the most dominant competitive surfer in ...
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Friday, January 7th, 2011
Charleston, South Carolina's The Post and Courier reports:
The cast of owners at the Hippodrome wide-screen theater in downtown Charleston is set to change today.
A local film producer and an attorney are buying the Concord Street venue from two local businessmen who made a run at trying to make the 426-seat ...
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Monday, December 20th, 2010
Principal Large Format CEO Phil Streather
Principal Large Format (PLF) is delighted to announce that it will lead a three-day training course on 3D for cinema and television next January in London. Titled ‘Advanced 3D – The National Stereoscopic 3D Training Programme’, the course is being presented by PLF in association ...
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Tuesday, December 14th, 2010
Paris (France), Hollywood (California) - December 14, 2010 - Technicolor (Euronext Paris: TCH; NYSE: TCH) today announced that it has provided compression, authoring and 3D subtitling services for Warner Home Video's Blu-ray™ 3D titles, including Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore, Clash of the Titans, The Polar Express, ...
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