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NDTV
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- NDTV
NDTV Exclusive: Inside India's First Dolby Cinema In Pune
New Delhi: Dolby Laboratories announced the launch of India's first Dolby Cinema at City Pride multiplex in Kharadi, Pune on July 3, 2025. Dolby Cinema is a state of the art, premium movie-going experience where viewers are treated to cinema in a highly immersive & distraction-free environment. Pune's City Pride Multiplex is the first of many that Dolby will gradually roll out all over India. Talks are already going on to bring similar experiences to Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Trichy, Kochi & Ulikal next. Dolby Cinema is the combination of Dolby's proprietary audio & visual technologies, Dolby Atmos & Dolby Vision. Dolby Atmos is Dolby's premium audio technology whereby creators and filmmakers can treat audio sources in their scene as objects around the viewer & place them spatially, thereby allowing a level of creative flexibility that makes their content sonically immersive. Dolby Vision unlocks the full potential of HDR technology by dynamically optimizing the image quality based on the user's service, device, and platform to deliver mesmerizing visuals every time. In a Dolby Vision optimised theatre, viewers are treated to dual 4K Laser Projection systems that offer individual pixel-level clarity, extended dynamic range with billions of colours and an almost infinite contrast range with true blacks and true whites becoming easily distinguishable in the same frame, thereby allowing darker scenes to come alive and feel as close to real life as artistically possible. At the City Pride auditorium in Kharadi, Pune, these two technologies come together with the help of Dolby's Design aesthetics to turn a 310-seater hall into an experience. The auditorium is completely treated in black with blue guiding lights, so all eyes automatically focus on the screen. Black cloth interiors also absorb all light spills so there are no hot zones visible inside the theater and with all the speakers hidden as well, one soon loses oneself to the story being told on the screen, guided by the creator. Sharath Nair Present at the launch were Friedrich Deininger, Sr Director Cinema and Partner Management EMEA and India Dolby & Pushkaraj Chaphalkar, Partner, City Pride Multiplexes and both emphasised on the use of premium technologies to make cinema-going an immersive experience for viewers, where the environment becomes so life-like, every scene feels real and powerful, every detail becomes lifelike that it transports the viewers into the heart of the story, leaving them wanting for more. Dolby Cinemas at Kharadi, Pune is open to public starting July 4 with titles like Jurassic World Rebirth that are already generating great buzz amongst moviegoers, adding to the list of over 740 theatrical features confirmed to be released in Dolby Vision & Dolby Atmos globally.
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Business Standard
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Business Standard
Half of all films released on Dolby Atmos are from India, says John Couling
The San Francisco-based Dolby, which made revenues of $1.3 billion in 2024, offers audio and visual technologies that filmmakers from Christopher Nolan to SS Rajamouli swear by Vanita Kohli Khandekar Pune Listen to This Article The first Dolby Cinema in India opened on Thursday at City Pride in Pune. It is among the six — one each in Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Kochi, Trichy and Ulikkal — to open this year in the country. Dolby Cinema is a combination of Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos (3D sound). The San Francisco-based Dolby, which made revenues of $1.3 billion in 2024, offers audio and visual technologies that filmmakers from Christopher Nolan to SS Rajamouli swear by. In a video interview from San Francisco, John Couling, senior vice-president (Entertainment), Dolby Laboratories, spoke to Vanita Kohli-Khandekar. Edited excerpts:
Yahoo
13-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
City Pride volunteer projects to beautify Scranton
The Garbage Olympics and other cleanups will return in Scranton under the annual City Pride volunteer beautification program May 27 through June 7. A joint program of three nonprofits — Scranton Tomorrow, NeighborWorks Northeastern Pennsylvania and United Neighborhood Centers of Northeastern Pennsylvania — the spring spruce-up projects make a big impact, organizers said Monday in announcing this year's edition. Last year, 4,188 volunteers participated, contributing 2,190 hours, completing 57 projects and removing 3,600 pounds of trash from city streets. A new initiative this year will have Scranton Tomorrow partnering with the Lackawanna Blind Association to create a sensory garden on June 3 at 10:30 a.m. outside the association's center at 248 Adams Ave. downtown. A sensory garden's plants are chosen for their unique textures or scents, said Steve Ward, Scranton Tomorrow's project manager of Safe, Clean, Green and Design programs, and who also is a master gardener. The sidewalk area outside the association already has one large planter and four more will be added to create the sensory garden, Ward said. Plants might include mint, basil, lamb's ear and dusty miller, he said. 'It really is an incredible thing to experience nature with your other senses, other than your sight,' Ward said. The smell of victory The third annual Garbage Olympics will take place June 7 at 10:30 a.m. Teams in West Scranton hosted by NeighborWorks and in Pine Brook hosted by UNC will speed clean their respective areas. The team that removes the most trash and debris from city streets and sidewalks in two hours wins. Parties will follow. 'It's a great way for people to come together in the spirit of friendly competition and make a difference in their neighborhood,' UNC Director of Community Revitalization Roger Young said. Since the Garbage Olympics began in 2023, 100 volunteers on Team West Scranton contributed 200 service hours to remove 3,830 pounds of trash. For the first Garbage Olympics, NeighborWorks wasn't sure what kind of community response to expect, but the event has grown into an annual spring tradition in West Scranton, said Alyssa Espinoza, NeighborWorks' Aging in Place project specialist. 'It's inspiring to see people of all ages coming together to make their community a better place to live, and they have fun, too,' Espinoza said. Individuals, families, corporate teams and community groups are encouraged to join Team Pine Brook or Team West Scranton. To learn more and register, see Scranton Tomorrow's website and click on the link for Scranton City Pride. Volunteer opportunities Additional volunteer opportunities include: • Beautification/plantings: Weed, prune, plant flowers and enhance curb appeal. • Cleanups: Remove litter, rake, sweep, and paint over graffiti in parks and green spaces. • Environmental stewardship programs: Participate in storm drain cleanups to protect the Lackawanna River Watershed or help to expand the local pollinator garden network. • Design a project: Scranton City Pride team members will help volunteers develop their own project ideas from concept to completion. Contact Steve Ward at steve@ or 570-963-5901. • Beautify the Downtown Business District: Business owners are encouraged to tidy up sidewalks and storefronts in downtown Scranton. They may also enter creative floral container arrangements in Scranton Tomorrow's Downtown Business Class Category of the Electric City Flower Show. For information on downtown floral displays, email Liz Baldi at lizbaldi@ • Be a good neighbor: Homeowners are encouraged to clean, spruce up or improve their home's exterior or front yard, and take advantage of free educational programs offered during Scranton City Pride. Local experts will offer tips on gardening, home maintenance and more. Learn more at Volunteers can register as individuals or teams representing nonprofit organizations, neighborhood associations, businesses or other groups, and will be provided with work gloves and trash bags. For information or to register, see the Scranton Tomorrow website or contact Ward at his email and phone number above. Citywide City Pride Scranton Tomorrow began City Pride in the mid-1990s as an annual week of spring cleanups and plantings throughout the city. Over the years, City Pride grew into a Scranton Tomorrow signature project, annually drawing more than 1,000 volunteers pitching in on over 30 projects in parks, neighborhoods and business districts. Scranton Tomorrow eventually reduced the scope of City Pride to the downtown and the program paused in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It relaunched citywide in 2021. NeighborWorks joined in 2022 and UNC joined in 2023. Scranton City Pride is made possible with support from American Water Charitable Foundation, Pennsylvania American Water, Penn State Master Gardeners in Lackawanna County and Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful.
