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Paul Mayer
Oh get out of it Melvin, before it pulls you under!

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From: Albuquerque, NM
Registered: Feb 2000

posted 01-28-2004 08:28 PM

Heh heh, looks like I won't be doing Super Bowl at the Palms afterall. Channel 3 News here reports that the NFL pulled the plug on the Palms party today. The NFL says the Palms cannot show the game on any screen larger than 55", in other words, a home TV-sized image. Oh well, it would have been a nice gig, but I wonder how the NFL will handle all the other hotels here, since they all do Super Bowl parties with portable screens much bigger than 55"... [Smile]

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William Hooper
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From: Mobile, AL USA
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posted 01-29-2004 04:24 AM

I'd like to know more about the licensing arrangements for the Super Bowl parties as well. There's a VERY nearby theater charging $10 a head to watch it on a 15' screen.

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Mark Lensenmayer
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From: Upper Arlington, OH
Registered: Sep 1999

posted 01-29-2004 07:00 AM

2 local theatres are running the Super Bowl on Sunday.

One, a downtown 8-screen independent, has free admission and is showing in one of the large auditoriums with a 65' screen. Even giving away SPIDERMAN II posters to the first 50 people! (OOOHHH!)

Another, a neighborhood independent (how rare that is!), is charging $1. They have a liquor license and bring in pizza/subs from a shop down the street. Should do very well there.

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Scott Norwood
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From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas)
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posted 01-29-2004 08:01 AM

So has anyone figured out how the licensing works? Is it negotiated with the league (NFL, MLB, etc.), the TV station, or both? Is it a flat rate, a per centage of the boxoffice gross, or some other amount?

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Mark Lensenmayer
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From: Upper Arlington, OH
Registered: Sep 1999

posted 01-30-2004 03:13 PM

Not sure what effect this will have over theatre screenings, but this was posted (via DrudgeReport) by KNRV in Reno:

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Big screen TV's are causing a problem for a Las Vegas casino planning a Super Bowl party.

The NFL has sent a letter to the Palms Hotel Casino over an advertisement.

The Palms planned a super-sized party for Super Bowl Sunday, with the game to be shown on theater-sized big screens. But the NFL is barring the casino from showing the game on the big screens.

Jim Hughes is the General Manager of the Palms Hotel. He says it is all about copyright laws. "Copyright laws that the National Football League is quoting allows us to show it on big screen TV's up to 55 inches in diagonal. However, forbids showing it on any kind of a screen larger than that or any kind of commercial screen."

More than 600 tickets had been sold for the Palms Super Bowl party. The hotel is now refunding the money and offering a free Super Bowl party to those who had tickets, with the game on 130 regular-sized screens.

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John Pytlak
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posted 01-30-2004 03:34 PM

If the licensing can be worked out, one of the neatest applications of high-end digital projectors would be in a betting or sports bar environment, with wall-to-wall rear screen displays. Imagine a bar or restaurant patron surrounded by multiple 9x16 foot screens, maybe even covering different angles on the action. [thumbsup]

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System Notices
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posted 10-19-2006 11:36 AM

It has been 992 days since the last post.

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Mark Lensenmayer
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From: Upper Arlington, OH
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posted 10-19-2006 11:36 AM

ESPN is screwing Central Ohio this weekend, and some cinemas will benefit.

Living in football crazy Columbus, Oh (Home of the currently #1 Buckeyes), we are used to seeing OSU football games. But, this weekend, ESPN is putting the screws to local cable companies by placing the OSU/INDIANA game on ESPN-U, a channel almost no one gets around here. ESPN has done this to pressure Time-Warner to get this channel and other new Disney channels. As of now, it looks like there will be no chance of a deal before this weekend.

ESPN-U will be on the satellites, and a number of cinemas will be showing the football game on Saturday. They charge no admission, and make a killing on concessions, especially beer. Right now, there are 5 locations (all independently run) that will have the game. Some are already booked by radio stations and other groups. One advertises free hot dogs, and the Arena Grand shows it on 65' screens! (I have not seen this, so I can't vouch for what it looks like.)

Cost for an entire season of ESPN channels is $600 per year. The service is through Direct TV Commercial.

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posted 01-07-2008 06:40 PM

It has been 445 days since the last post.

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Mark Lensenmayer
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posted 01-07-2008 06:40 PM

Well, its BCS night and, once again, the Ohio State Buckeyes are after the national championship.

Things are very weird around Columbus tonight. Many businesses are closing at 7:30 so the employees can get home for the game. Arby's is closing early, and even Texas Roadhouse will send its employees home.

If the Buckeyes win, the local Macy's stores will open after the game to sell OSU victory memorabilia.

There are at least 4 and maybe 6 theatres showing the game, all with free admission. Studio 35, Arena Grand and Drexel Gateway (all independents), and the Starplex derivitive, Movie Tavern. Marcus Pickerington and Screens at the Continent may also have the game.

We'll know soon if OSU is embarrassed again or they pull out a victory.

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Paul Mayer
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posted 01-07-2008 09:07 PM

The all-digital projection Galaxy Theaters at the Cannery Casino here are also showing the BCS game for free.

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Edwin Schwing
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posted 01-08-2008 02:21 AM

I watched the game at the Galaxy Cannery and it is truly an awesome event!

I hear they are having the playoffs on the 20th and will have the Superbowl on the 3rd!

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Mark Lensenmayer
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posted 12-18-2008 07:17 PM

The local RAVE theatre will be carrying the BCS Championship game on January 8 in 3-D. RAVE says this is the first 3-D event carried on a national basis. Tickets will be $25. This will show in the 258 seat Auditorium #1 which is the only one at that location with a Real-D unit.

RAVE will also be carrying the NBA All-Star game. Tickets for that are $20.

Should be interesting to see how this works out.

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Frank Angel
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posted 12-18-2008 08:12 PM

Mark, any idea how the 3D programming is being produced and by whom? Will there be two separate systems...the full network setup with their 2D cameras and RAVE's own duplicate system using their own 3D equipment?

I can see that piggy-backing on the network production when they were just showing the network broadcast would be viable, the network are able to do this kind of sports coverage with their eyes closed and the highest production values (best cameras and plenty of them plus veteran production teams). That would be costly enough for RAVE to have to pay to simulcast the network's broadcast to their theatres, but to duplicate an entire production system with multiple 3D cameras -- I would guess that the cost to pull that off would be astronomical. I would even guess near impossible to find that many qualified pros around. What kind of 3D cameras rigs will they be using? How many for really good coverage? Consistance between camera rigs would be a nightmare -- going from one camera rig to another while still keeping convergence from changing radically so that people don't go crosseyed would be a big issue, no?

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Caleb Johnstone-Cowan
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posted 12-18-2008 11:32 PM

Sky (sister company of Fox) in the UK have tested 3D sports events, which can apparently be delivered to customers via existing set top boxes. This link explains briefly how they did it.

We've started to get live sporting events in the cinema in the UK. However we really like a drink in this country, and I think the problems that occur as a result make owners apprehensive about organising screenings. Last thing you need is a whole auditorium wrecked or negative local press because things got out of hand.

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