Boxoffice - February 2016

EXHIBITION BRIEFS
GEORGES GARIC
Garic received his degree
from France’s EISTI Graduate
School in Computer
Science and Mathematics
Engineering. He began his
professional career in 1990
at Cartier Industries and ten
years later joined Valeo, a
multinational automotive
supplier, where he successively
managed several business
divisions. He relocated to
the U.S. in 2004 to head up
Valeo’s motors and actuators
subsidiary. Shortly after, he
joined Asteelflash—6,000
employees and $900 million
in revenue—where he was
head of business development
(2005) and executive VP, USA and China (2008)
before becoming executive VP of the group and president,
EMEA, in 2012.
Garic is currently based in Paris and reports directly
to Jean Mizrahi, president and chief executive officer
of Ymagis Group. He is also a member of the group’s
executive committee.
Garic replaces Jean-Marie Dura, who joined the
board of directors in 2015.
CHRISTIE PROJECTOR BREAKS SALES
RECORDS IN CHINA
n Christie’s CP2208 digital cinema projector has
generated record-breaking sales in China since it
started shipping in October, according to a company
statement.
To date, Christie’s partner Beijing Donview Technology
Development Co. has purchased over 500 units
of this projector, making it the best-selling cinema
projector of its class in China. This is four times the
amount of cinema projectors of the same class sold by
a competitor in the Chinese market between October
and December 2015. Aimed at theaters whose screen
sizes are less than 10.6 meters (35 feet) wide that
require an affordable solution in a compact footprint,
the CP2208 is the latest from Christie’s Xenon lamp–
based Solaria projector line. The CP2208 is capable
of delivering images at 9,000 lumens within the DCI
color space and up to 10,000 lumens when presenting
alternative content.
The Christie CP2208 can be ordered with a variety
of lamp sizes and lenses, and allows feature film
content to be displayed using the optional Christie
integrated media block (IMB-S2) or another popular
Series-2 integrated media block (IMB) system using
the open IMB slot. The Christie CP2208 also offers
HFR upgrade capabilities and support for advertising
and alternative content.
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