The company is celebrating the 200th Christie Vive installation at Southern Theatres’ Movie Tavern Flourtown 8 in Flourtown, Pennsylvania, while anticipating the sale of its 300th Vive Audio system by the opening of Star Wars® Episode VII: The Force Awakens™ on December 18, 2015. Christie noted that Vive Audio is also gaining ground in postproduction, with industry leaders calling the immersive experience “phenomenal.”
Around the world, Christie recently
celebrated the installation of its first all Vive Audio complex at Poland’s
Helios Polska Sukcesja Cinema, also featuring
Christie 4K projection. Upcoming
Vive Audio installations include Dolby Cinema installations with Cineplexx Linz
(Austria) and JT Alkmaar (Netherlands), and Dolby Atmos installations in Taiwan
with LUX Cinemas; Cobb Theatres’ Liberty Luxury 15 in Ohio; as well as
installations in South Africa, Japan, Mexico, and South America highlighting
Christie Vive Audio’s growing worldwide acceptance.
A Sound SolutionThe eight-screen Movie Tavern Flourtown
complex is the latest addition to Southern Theatres Movie Tavern’s national
expansion. It is also the fourth Movie Tavern multiplex to feature
all-exclusive Christie Solaria projection, Christie Vive Audio, and Christie
professional services.
“The Movie Tavern entertainment
concept represents one of the country’s most exciting trends in first-class
movie and dining and offers the highest standard of entertainment demanded by
Flourtown moviegoers,” said Danny DiGiacomo, Director of Marketing, Southern
Theatres. “Christie is an important partner in our continued national expansion
strategy, and we’re proud to use their superior digital cinema and sound solutions
throughout our theatres.”
Vive
Audio is also reaching the education market. The Eileen Norris Theatre at
University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts (USC SCA) features a complete
Christie digital cinema and Vive Audio system as part of Christie’s continued
partnership with the school to enhance its visual technologies, especially its
cinematic ones.
During a recent visit at the USC
Eileen Norris Theatre, Stephen Flick, an Academy Award and Emmy winning sound
designer commented that “…the new Christie Vive Audio system has transformed
the Norris Theater. It has a transparency and depth that is rare to find in any
motion picture theater. This might even be a game changer, introducing young
filmmakers to this immersive audio experience and they, in turn, expecting and
demanding in their future professional work that all venues should sound this
good!”
“The exceptional pace at which Christie
Vive Audio is being embraced by exhibitors worldwide ‘speaks volumes’ to the
industry’s need for a cinema-specific speaker solution that helps unlock the
full potential of DCI-compliant sound technologies,” said Patrick Artiaga,
director of business development for Audio Solutions, Christie. “We continue to
see a growing demand for Christie Vive Audio, and look forward to expanding the
product line to offer efficient performance solution to meet our customer’s
requirements.”
The Christie
Vive Audio LA Series consists of wall and ceiling line array surround speaker
that use
ribbon driver
technology in a single enclosure line array design, purpose-built for motion picture
playback environments. The Christie Vive Audio program consists of screen
channel speakers, subwoofers, surround speakers, and Class D amplifiers
designed specifically for demands of DCI content.
