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YouTube TV is rolling out an option for streaming in 4K as well as enhancements like 5.1 Dolby Audio, with the aim of improving the experience of watching next month’s Tokyo Olympics. The new features of the streaming TV bundle are available as of today. The Olympics are due to kick off on July 23. YouTube TV said the…

The really interesting stuff is always in the fine print, especially when it comes to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences financials. When the latest numbers popped up in a bond disclosure statement on Christmas Eve, it was easy to brush past the footnotes. But Note 1 on Page 6, as it turns out, contains…

Signature Entertainment has picked up a quartet of movies for 2019 release: Russian Submarine pic Kursk, starring Matthias Schoenaerts and Colin Firth, from Europacorp; Ethan Hawke and Noomi Rapace thriller Stockholm from Sierra Affinity; Kate Winslet and Willem Dafoe-voiced animation Manou The Swift from Sola Media…

Barco has scored a hit in the immersive audio turf war previewed at April’s CinemaCon. Global chain Cinemark is siding with the open sound format employed by Barco’s Auro 11.1 over competitor Dolby Atmos. The theater company has committed to deploying Auro 11.1 in over 150 premium Extreme Digital (XD) screens…

The battle over next-generation “immersive audio” is afoot, even if its top two major competitors are playing nice on the surface. For now. NATO’s pushing the theatrical innovation hard this year at CinemaCon, where industry leader Dolby scored crucial placement of its Dolby Atmos system in the main Coliseum theater…

The three companies made the joint announcement today at NAB. They’ll work together to integrate the Dolby 3D format into Cameron-Pace Group’s 3D video content production workflow and develop a premium glasses-free in-home 3D experience using Dolby 3D. Cameron-Pace’s 3D content will be showcased at Dolby’s booth at…

The bottom line, as Academy Of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences President Tom Sherak told me this morning, is that, “I wanted to stay in Hollywood. And the Board Of Governors said the awards should definitely stay in Hollywood. I think the Board always felt the awards belonged in Hollywood. There is a connection between…

We’ll probably hear a lot of announcements like this one over the next few days as movie technology companies try to wow theater execs who are gathering in Las Vegas for their annual CinemaCon convention.  Dolby Laboratories is putting its marketing muscle behind a new audio platform called Dolby Atmos that it says…

Bloomberg is reporting that Dolby Laboratories is in naming-rights talks with owners of the venue formerly known as the Kodak Theatre. Eastman Kodak filed for bankruptcy in January and was only halfway through a 20-year rights deal when it pulled out just before this year’s Oscar ceremony (media outlets were asked to…

SAN FRANCISCO (December 19, 2011) — Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE:DLB) today announced it has engaged Sid Ganis to support its cinema business and expand relationships with the industry’s creative leaders. Ganis, who most recently served as president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), will…

San Francisco, October 18, 2011—Dolby Laboratories, Inc., (NYSE: DLB) today enabled the first discrete 7.1-channel surround sound entertainment experience available to streaming media using Dolby® Digital Plus audio. VUDU, a leading subscription-free, video-on-demand movie service and wholly owned subsidiary of…