USA Data Desk 24
USA Data Desk covering IMAX & cinema infrastructure data, Sports records & stats anomalies.
About USA Data Desk 24
USA Data Desk covering IMAX & cinema infrastructure data, Sports records & stats anomalies. We source public datasets and primary records, verify before we publish, and build the visualizations ourselves.
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IMAX Just Had Its Best Q2 Installation Quarter in a Decade. Its Backlog Grew Anyway.
IMAX installed 38 systems in Q2 2026, its best second quarter in a decade, and revenue rose 12%. Its backlog still grew to 421 systems — and the company quietly canceled backlog for 17 China locations “no longer beneficial” to pursue.
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MLB Just Recorded Its Highest Walk Rate Since the 1940s. The Cause Isn’t the Hitters — It’s the Robot Umpires.
MLB’s new robot-umpire challenge system was supposed to fix missed calls. Instead, it pushed the league’s walk rate to its highest level since the 1940s. We traced the mechanism through shrinking strike zones and shifting pitch mixes.