IMAX and Sony Pictures Entertainment have expanded their home entertainment partnership to include hundreds of new and library film titles to be released on the giant screen exhibitor’s ‘IMAX Enhanced’ at-home platform – a competitor to the more widely adopted Dolby Vision/Dolby Atmos standard and one that requires specific hardware from licensed partners (ie. Sony TVs, Denon receivers, etc.).
Set to be released over the next two years, the deal will include all upcoming Sony and IMAX theatrical releases which will play on IMAX’s licensed platform that projects digitally remastered 4K HDR images on high-end TV sets and streaming platforms.
The IMAX Enhanced releases will be available across Europe, North America and the Asia Pacific regions. The format is currently available on four streaming platforms (most notably FandangoNow) in fourteen countries and across seventeen consumer electronics manufacturers.
Though not confirmed, one hopeful upside of the deal will be that Sony will be putting out a lot more UHD disc releases in the near future.
Source: THR
