ALMOST 70 years ago, the Scottish television pioneer John Logie Baird tried to turn cinemas into places where you’d go to watch live events on the big screen. This month, his idea approaches reality.
Four Odeon cinemas across Britain are being equipped with digital video projectors that will run a series of test screenings. The first shows will include recorded Broadway musicals and a video transfer of Brief Encounter, David Lean’s poignant 1946 tale of unconsummated temptation. Eventually, the Odeon group has its sights set on screening live sports events.
In June 1932, at the Metropole Theatre in Victoria, London,…
