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Topic: The Technicolor Exhibitor Manual: The full story
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Mike Blakesley
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Posts: 12767
From: Forsyth, Montana
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 08-28-2000 12:29 PM
Here is a letter we just received from Mary Ann Grasso of NATO:To: All NATO members RE: Important new tool from Technicolor As you may recall, this time last year NATO conducted a member-wide survey about Technicolor Entertainment Delivery Systems. The survey was very helpful in revealing areas in which communication between Exhibition and TES could be improved. Technicolor Entertainment Services was very open to the concerns expressed by NATO members in the survey and have introduced several new improvements in both communication and service. One important improvement resulting from the survey is the development of an Exhibitor Guide that will serve as a user manual for the Technicolor print delivery system. The Guide will consist of a three-ring notebook with information on Marketing Services, Managed Print Movements, and Billing and is designed to answer commonly asked questions. We are pleased with the development of this important tool and, most especially, with the spirit of cooperation and partnership with which it was developed. The TES Exhibitor Guide is destined for shipment to theatres beginning on or around September 13th. So, watch your mailbox. ------------------------------- Well isn't this nice. I would like to know what the "several new improvements" are. A smaller gorilla stomping on the film cans?
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John Walsh
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Posts: 2490
From: Connecticut, USA, Earth, Milky Way
Registered: Oct 1999
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posted 08-28-2000 08:34 PM
Oh, yes: a three-ring binder will fix all those problem. Dear me, why didn't I think of that. Of course, it's the *theaters* that are wrong, so let's distribute documentation to show them the error of their ways....I don't think TES will significantly change their mode of operation, and no one is gonna make them. Also, NATO is effectively useless. I know several people who have worked damn hard for NATO causes, and I don't mean to belittle their work, but they just can't seem to really accomplish much. (Hey, just my own opinion, so don't get upset!) Now, if we could get Jack Valenti to work for NATO instead of MPAA, then something might get done. If he can get a president into office....
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Mike Blakesley
Film God
Posts: 12767
From: Forsyth, Montana
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 08-31-2000 01:44 AM
I've been thinking about this. I wonder how many responses NATO got when they asked for input about TES? There's always the possibility that "management" in some locations got hold of the letter requesting input, and tossed it...so the poor projectionist didn't get a chance to respond! John P... you know people in the biz, right? Isn't there somebody you can call, a friend of a friend maybe, to let some of the higher-ups know what's REALLY going on with TES? Or is it true that "the suits" really DON'T care about presentation, as long as they get their film rent on time? It just floors me that the only response they could come up with to all the problems we reported was a f#$%ing BINDER. Sheesh. I hope Maryann Grasso is at our regional convention coming up in 2 weeks (she usually is) I'm definitely going to bend her ear about this.
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