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Today the Companies Released The Hunger Games Explorer, the Groundbreaking Digital Home for The Hunger Games Fans LOS ANGELES, April 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Kicking off a multifaceted partnership between two global leaders in the areas of entertainment and technology, Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF) and Internet Explorer announced the debut of The Hunger Games Explorer (www.thehungergamesexplorer.com), the groundbreaking, definitive online destination for fans to find all of The Hunger...
South America's Largest Exhibitor Expands IMAX Footprint as Demand for The IMAX Experience® Grows NEW YORK, April 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- IMAX Corporation (NYSE: IMAX; TSX: IMX) and Cinepolis, one of the world's largest exhibition circuits, today announced an agreement to install five IMAX(®) theatres in existing multiplexes across Mexico. The deal brings to 13 Cinepolis' total IMAX commitment, with seven IMAX theatres currently open in Mexico and one open in Brazil. (Logo:...
Multi-channel Ultra HD Mira drives video wall content in the new Arnold Palmer studio MENLO PARK, Calif., April 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Abekas announced today the first 4K Ultra HD Mira Production Server has been deployed by Golf Channel. The server feeds two separate panoramic video walls in the brand new Arnold Palmer Studio at their facility in Orlando, FL. The signature look of the "Morning Drive" program is accomplished by linking twenty 90-inch and ten 52-inch monitors to...
RENOWNED FILM ARTISTS AND THE NATION'S LEADERS DISCUSS TODAY'S WORLD PRESENTED THROUGH DOCUMENTARY FILM LOS ANGELES and WASHINGTON, APRIL 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Film Institute (AFI), founded in the White House Rose Garden in 1965, announced today an expansion into the heart of the nation's capital with its premier documentary festival, AFI Docs presented by Audi, through which powerful films will serve as a catalyst for artists and our country's leaders to confront...
BERKELEY, Calif., April 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- DeliRadio has been nominated for Best Music App in the 17th Annual Webby Awards. Hailed as the "Internet's highest honor" by The New York Times, The Webby Awards is the leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet. They are presented by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, which nominates and selects The Webby Award Winners and is comprised of web industry experts, including media mogul Arianna...
On Heels of Theatre Renaming, Chinese Theatres LLC Signs Agreement with IMAX to Bring The World's Most Immersive Experience to Hollywood's Premier Historic Landmark HOLLYWOOD, Calif., April 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- IMAX Corporation (NYSE: IMAX; TSX: IMX) and Chinese Theatres LLC today announced an agreement to add an IMAX(®) theatre to the iconic TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, through an extensive transformation of the landmark site. The addition brings the theatre into the...
WASHINGTON, April 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Lord of the Rings is one of the most successful and well-known stories of all-time. As such, the books and movies are ripe for parody. And that's what one fan, Stuart Anderson, has written, with his new book The Lord of the Ring Dings. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130409/PH91542 ) Tracking closely the movies, the story follows the adventures of Dodo and Sam-I-Am as they travel to Door-Door to destroy the golden Ring-Ding. To...
To Celebrate, Company Launches "Year of Fun" Contest to Win Free Apps and Books SAN DIEGO, April 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Silver Dolphin Books is quickly receiving top accolades from respected children's educational app review sites for its first two fun-filled interactive apps for young children, The Trip - Little Critter Reading Adventure and The Trip - Little Critter GamePak, featuring Mercer Mayer's beloved character. To celebrate, Silver Dolphin Books has launched the Year of...
SkillSurvey®, Inc., the inventor and leading provider of online reference-checking solutions, now includes Chuck E. Cheese’s (CEC Entertainment) among its users of its Pre-Hire 360® solution. Wayne, PA (PRWEB) April 10, 2013 SkillSurvey®, Inc., the inventor and leading provider of online reference-checking solutions, now includes Chuck E. Cheese’s (CEC Entertainment) among its users of its Pre-Hire 360® solution. “Through the ease of Pre-Hire 360®, we no...
LAS VEGAS, April 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- At NAB Show(®) 2013, Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE:DLB) and Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG; AEX: PHI) in association with CAMERON | PACE Group (CPG) announced that they have signed an agreement to integrate the Dolby(®) 3D format into CPG's 3D video content production workflow and to collaborate on the use of the Dolby 3D format. All parties believe that glasses-free 3D presentation in the home can be improved by delivering...
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Spinosaurus, meaning “Spine lizard,” is a genus of theropod dinosaur from the lower Albian to lower Cenomanian stages of the Mid Cretaceous Period (112 to 97 million years ago). It lived in what is now North Africa. The type species is S. aegyptiacus. A potential second species, S. maroccanus, was discovered in Morocco. It was the first known dinosaur fossil from Egyptian remains discovered in 1912 and described by German paleontologist Ernst Stromer in 1915. The original remains were...
Charles Francis Jenkins and Thomas Armat created the Vitascope, an early film projector, in 1895. They demonstrated the Vitascope at the Cotton States Exposition in Atlanta, they called it the Phantoscope. Armat and Jenkins fought over the rights to the invention and eventually Armat, with legal authority, sold the rights to the Kinetoscope Company. The company eventually approached Thomas Edison to finance the manufacture of their machine before it was outdated. He agreed on the term...
The Flat Huntsman Spider (Delena cancerides) is a species of arachnid that is native to Australia. In New Zealand, where it was accidentally introduced in the early 1920s, this species is known as the Avondale Spider. It is commonly found under loose bark and in woodpiles in colonies of up to 300 individuals. The range of this species in New Zealand has only expanded slowly out of Avondale (a suburb of Waitakere City near Auckland). Species have been found as far down the country as the Otago...
