Barco Digital Cinema announces winner of its Cannes Film Festival trip at ShoWest
Atlanta, GA – May 4, 2004 – Barco Digital Cinema is pleased to announce that Tim Johnson of Rogers Cinema, Inc. is the winner of a trip to the 2004 Cannes Film Festival, which takes place in Cannes, France May 12 – 23, 2004. During the festival, Johnson will attend the digital premiere of Shrek 2, which is being screened in Competition on Saturday May 15th, and attend the DreamWorks party following the screening as a VIP guest.
Johnson’s business card was randomly drawn from hundreds of attendees at ShoWest, who entered the contest at Barco’s booth over a three-day period during the trade show and conference. Johnson is the Director of Presentation at Marshfield, Wisconsin-based Rogers Cinema.
Rogers Cinema, Inc, operating since 1972, is owned by Paul J. Rogers and John V. Koran. The company has theatre locations in Marshfield, New London, Waupaca, Wisconsin Rapids and Stevens Point, Wisconsin. The corporate offices are located in Marshfield, WI.
“Tim Johnson has been a long time employee of Rogers Cinema for over 20 years. He is a truly valuable member of our team, and we are all excited for him winning Barco Digital Cinema’s giveaway to the Cannes Film Festival,” stated Scott L. Koran, Chief Executive Officer, Rogers Cinema, Inc, “When Tim left Wisconsin for ShoWest, he probably never imagined he’d come home the winner of a trip to France!”
Sjoerd De Clerck, General Manager of Barco Digital Cinema, who announced Johnson as the winner of the trip, stated, “We are truly pleased to be able to provide Tim Johnson with an opportunity to attend one of the premiere and most celebrated film festivals in the world on behalf of Barco Digital Cinema.”
Following 10 years of pioneering market development, Barco Digital Cinema (BDC) is one of only three projector manufacturers to be awarded the licence for Texas Instruments DLP CinemaTM display technology. Since its award in 2000 BDC has developed the industry's widest range of projection solutions for digital cinema including its state-of-the-art 'D-Cine Premiere' 1.3k and 2k projectors, 'Communicator' software control and 'ACSAR' alternative content processors now installed in leading Post facilities and Digital Cinema's world-wide.
About Barco
Barco, an international company headquartered in Kortrijk, Belgium, provides visualization and display solutions for professional markets. Barco designs and develops solutions for large screen visualization, display solutions for life-critical applications, and systems for visual inspection. Barco has a network of subsidiaries, distributors and agents in almost 100 countries. Barco is quoted on Euronext Brussels and is a BEL 20 and a Next 150 company.More infowww.d-cine.barco.comhttp://www.rogerscinema.com
For more information, please contact
Inge
Govaerts
Public Relations Manager
Barco - Media & Entertainment
Telephone
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inge.govaerts@barco.com
