> Fortuitously, almost simultaneously the Multiscreen Corporation was ..
> IMAX made an obvious basis for a high-resolution projection system, and so the then-named IMAX Corporation was added ...
I got confused about the name of the company and even Wikipedia seems to be very inconsistent about it [1].
What exactly was it called in 1960s and 70s, "Multiscreen Corporation" or "IMAX Corporation"?
> IMAX is a Canadian corporation that is based in Mississauga, Ontario. The company was founded in 1967 when three filmmakers—Graeme Ferguson, Roman Kroitor and Robert Kerr—incorporated IMAX Corporation
No mention of "Multiscreen Corporation" other than in the infobox.
I agree that the article text could be clearer. As I understand it, it was originally incorporated as Multiscreen Corporation (probably to work on some kind of multi-projector format which were in vogue at the time) and then renamed to IMAX Corporation after the success of the IMAX system at the 1970 Expo.
I got confused about the name of the company and even Wikipedia seems to be very inconsistent about it [1].
What exactly was it called in 1960s and 70s, "Multiscreen Corporation" or "IMAX Corporation"?
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMAX_Corporation:
It says:
> IMAX is a Canadian corporation that is based in Mississauga, Ontario. The company was founded in 1967 when three filmmakers—Graeme Ferguson, Roman Kroitor and Robert Kerr—incorporated IMAX Corporation
No mention of "Multiscreen Corporation" other than in the infobox.