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In fall 2009, Skyline Cinema made its first giant leap into the new age of theater with 3D movies. This weekend, it's taking another step into the next wave of the future: expanded offerings, which include beaming in alternate content such as operas, classical music concerts and sporting events like Nascar races, said Tom Becker, senior vice president and general manager of Storyteller Theatres Corporation, Skyline's parent company.
At 11 a.m. Saturday, Skyline Cinema will stream the Metropolitan Opera's HD telecast of “The Enchanted Island,” just as Breckenridge's Colorado Mountain College has been doing for the past two seasons.
Becker said representatives from the Met approached the theater six or eight months ago, and Storyteller executives saw it as a win-win. Storyteller already owned the most expensive piece of equipment — the approximately $70,000 digital projector originally purchased for 3D movies. Other equipment needed, such as satellite dishes and receivers, monitors and splitters cost about $5,000 and though some is leased on an annual basis, Becker expects the Met's telecasts to outlast him:
“We know that Dillon's going to be a good site for it,” he said. “Dillon's a prime candidate, certainly with its demographics.”
The Met suggests ticket prices between $22 and $24, then takes half.
“It's very important for us because we like the Met and we want to support the arts,” Becker said.
Storyteller, based in Santa Fe, N.M., cherishes its tradition of community involvement and is positioning itself to become more involved in Summit County this summer with free kids' movies during a six-week period on Wednesday mornings and with 10 a.m. Saturday kids' programs.
“The community's been good to us, and we have to pay the community back,” Becker said. “We would like to be a destination center for the community.”
Storyteller operates 10 theaters in New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona and Wyoming in markets where the population is under 100,000. In New Mexico, they sponsor after-prom lock-down movie nights that include games, food and prizes. They also have a drunk-driving awareness program, in which kids participate in safety courses and then earn a movie night with snacks and prizes.
“We want to start offering more of that, and this (telecast) is the beginning of that,” he said.
At 11 a.m. Saturday, Skyline Cinema will stream the Metropolitan Opera's HD telecast of “The Enchanted Island,” just as Breckenridge's Colorado Mountain College has been doing for the past two seasons.
Becker said representatives from the Met approached the theater six or eight months ago, and Storyteller executives saw it as a win-win. Storyteller already owned the most expensive piece of equipment — the approximately $70,000 digital projector originally purchased for 3D movies. Other equipment needed, such as satellite dishes and receivers, monitors and splitters cost about $5,000 and though some is leased on an annual basis, Becker expects the Met's telecasts to outlast him:
“We know that Dillon's going to be a good site for it,” he said. “Dillon's a prime candidate, certainly with its demographics.”
The Met suggests ticket prices between $22 and $24, then takes half.
“It's very important for us because we like the Met and we want to support the arts,” Becker said.
Storyteller, based in Santa Fe, N.M., cherishes its tradition of community involvement and is positioning itself to become more involved in Summit County this summer with free kids' movies during a six-week period on Wednesday mornings and with 10 a.m. Saturday kids' programs.
“The community's been good to us, and we have to pay the community back,” Becker said. “We would like to be a destination center for the community.”
Storyteller operates 10 theaters in New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona and Wyoming in markets where the population is under 100,000. In New Mexico, they sponsor after-prom lock-down movie nights that include games, food and prizes. They also have a drunk-driving awareness program, in which kids participate in safety courses and then earn a movie night with snacks and prizes.
“We want to start offering more of that, and this (telecast) is the beginning of that,” he said.
