Gary lands his dream job - He has been enchanted by movies since he was young and now Gary Stevens has fulfilled a lifelong dream to own his own cinema.
Source: Emailed in
2010-09-07
3D killing movie attendance figures -
Source:
2010-09-07
Market Monitor: Digital and 3D market trends in Western Europe Q2 2010 - Total digital screens rose by a further 16.5% in Q2 2010, following a similar hike in Q1, as the economic benefits of 3D continue to provide the major impetus to upgrade to digital. A total of 3,875 3D screens were active at end H1 2010 in Western Europe, accounting for 73% of the total digital screen base, a higher ratio than three months prior (Q1).
Source: Screen Digest
2010-09-07
DLP ships 4K chips to licensees - Texas Instruments (TI) began shipping DLP Cinema
Source: Film Journal International
2010-09-07
Vue, Sony team for 4K digital - U.K. exhibition chain Vue Entertainment has pacted with Sony Europe to install 4K digital cinema projection systems across its circuit.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
2010-09-07
XDC and Rising Alternative Sign Cooperation Agreement For European Digital Distribution Services - XDC, the n
Source: D Cinema Today
2010-09-07
Christie Previews 4K at IBC - Christie
Source: Business Wire
2010-09-07
First Australian circuit chooses digital cinema path - Australian cinema and entertainment group Hoyts has become the first Australian and New Zealand circuit to announce its planned digital cinema rollout, including equipment choices.
Source: Screen Digest
2010-08-24
Interpret LLC to Present Updated Survey Results on 3D Consumer Habits and Attitudes as Part of Third Annual 3D Entertainment Summit? - Interpret LLC, a leading entertainment, media and technology measurement and market research firm, will present its latest survey report on consumer attitudes towards 3D at the third annual 3D Entertainment Summit? presented in association with Variety. The announcement was made today by conference co-producers Bob Dowling, President of The Bob Dowling Group
Source: USA
2010-08-24
Drive-Ins Enter the Digital Age - For more than half a century, the Spud Drive-In has been a local landmark in Diggs, Idaho. Last month, with screenings of Despicable Me and Robin Hood, it became America?s first true digital drive-in. While other outdoor theatres have used digital projectors to show DVDs to large outdoor audiences, Spud is the only drive-in to date to actually employ digital cinema projection and surround sound audio. They plan to install 3D technology this month.
Source: Digital Cinema Report
2010-08-24
UGC staff stage partial strike over digital cinema plans - Some staff at French cinema circuit UGC went on strike in July over plans by the circuit's management to cut 95 projectionist jobs out of a total of 215 (44.2 per cent) as it converts to digital technology.
Source: Screen Digest
2010-08-24
UltraStar Cinema Theaters Installs CornDigital Digital Menu Boards - UltraStar Cinemas, the first and largest theater chain in the nation to be 100 percent equipped with digital cinema capabilities, recently marked another industry milestone by setting up digital menu boards on concession counters and box offices, provided by the embedded digital signage solution provider Corn Digital.
Source: Digital Signage Expo
2010-08-24
PROFITS COME ALIVE WITH BOOST IN 3D FILM - TODAY?S interim results from Cineworld will be essential viewing with the cinema chain set to post a decent performance helped by good revenues from popular 3D films, including Avatar and Toy Story 3. In spite of the negative impact of the World Cup, which kept people away from the big screen, along with the spell of good weather in May and June, analysts expect revenues to increase by 4 per cent in the first half of this year.
Source: City AM
2010-08-24
Cineworld sees slump as World Cup rains on Sex and the City - Cineworld, which operates 10pc of the cinemas in the UK and Ireland, said cinema admissions slumped in June and July because people stayed at home to watch the World Cup on TV.
Source: Telegraph
2010-08-24
Wolff Cinema Groep Now with Sony Digital Cinema 4K - The group equipped three sites with Sony Digital Cinema 4K systems and, thus, sends out a clear signal to the Dutch market
Source: D Cinema Today
2010-08-24
Its Cineworld for Movie-Man - Gary Stevens, former Director of the Central Cinema in Fakenham is to become the new General Manager of Cineworld in Didcot Oxfordshire (UK). Stevens will take over from the current GM in September.
“I am excited by this new challenge which will give me the opportunity to build on the good reputation the cinema already has in the town” said Gary “Cineworld is a leading company brand and I look foreword to working with the team at Didcot”.
Gary has worked with various independent cinema operators throughout the UK including launching Apollo Cinemas first shopping Centre development based in Redditch
Source: Press Release
2010-08-24
Pro Screens invites applications for free Christmas film screenings for charities/schools - For full details and how to apply visit the Proscreens Website
Source: Press Release
2010-08-24
Technicolor 3d Film System-a Case Study - One persons experience of using the Technicolor 3D film system
Source: BigScreenBiz Newsletter
2010-08-17
The Big Picture - In the past the goal of exhibitors was efficient turnover. They wanted to get patrons in the front door, sell them concessions in the lobby, move them into the theatre and when the movie ended funnel them out as quickly as possible to expedite more screenings per day. Today, in part thanks to digital cinema technology, movie theatres are evolving into community centers.
Source: Digital Cinema Report
2010-08-17
Round-the-world Jog: French service provider offers smart digital delivery - If you think juggling some 110 different release versions of Avatar alone would set your distribution partners at Twentieth Century Fox reeling, think again (and check out the sidebar below). While moving cans, cartons and hard drives is still very much part of the theatrical distribution equation, much of the heavy lifting can now be done without actually lifting anything. Except an eyebrow, perhaps, at the wonder, speed and efficiency of it all.
Source: Film Journal
2010-08-17
New media safeguards: Content providers seek protection with digital watermarks & fingerprints - Technology and the Internet are constantly changing the way media content is consumed, a fact of life that is pushing players in the media world to test new ways of doing business and change their business models to fit new kinds of consumer demand.
Source: Film Journal
2010-08-17
DTS Reports Second Quarter 2010 Results - DTS, Inc. (DTSI 33.97, -0.66, -1.91%) today announced financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2010.
Source: Market Watch
2010-08-17
The bigger, the better: Exhibitors super-size the movie experience - Our industry is all about the screen. And the sound, of course, and the movies, and the popcorn. And let
Source: Film Journal
2010-08-17
Technicolor 3D Surpasses 250 Screens in North America - Further supporting the successful launch of Technicolor 3D, the 35mm 3D solution, Technicolor (Euronext Paris: 18453) (TCH 4.92, -0.08, -1.70%) today announced it has installed its Technicolor 3D system on more than 250 screens in North America just four months after its initial debut in theatres. This milestone demonstrates the continued industry demand for 3D and exhibitor confidence in the Technicolor 3D format as a high-quality, affordable 3D solution.
Source: Market Watch
2010-08-17
Arts Alliance agrees deal with Yelmo - European digital cinema company Arts Alliance Media has inked a deal with Yelmo, Spain's largest exhib, to digitize 370 of its screens.
Source: Variety
2010-08-17
Digital Projection wins 400 projector digital cinema contract in India - Digital Projection has won the contract to supply and install 400 projectors to K Sera Sera for a digital cinema rollout in India.
Source: AV Interactive
2010-08-17
Arts Alliance Media & Yelmo Cines ink deal for Spain's D-Cinema deployment - In what is the largest digital cinema deal to date in Spain, Arts Alliance Media (AAM) and Yelmo Cines have reached an agreement to digitize Yelmo
Source: Business Of Cinema
2010-08-10
Barco Dazzles Theaters Around the Globe with DP2K Digital Cinema Projectors - Barco, a global leader in digital cinema projection technology, announces that the first half of 2010 has brought impressive results for its digital cinema business thanks to the worldwide deployment of the DP2K series.
Source: D Cinema Today
2010-08-10
If the Roxy theatre goes dark, Victoria stands to lose a gem - The city?s last single-screen cinema is on the block ? and its future is uncertain in the age of the multiplex
Source: The Globe And Mail
2010-08-10
National CineMedia, Inc. Reports Results for Fiscal Second Quarter 2010 - National CineMedia, Inc. /quotes/comstock/15*!ncmi/quotes/nls/ncmi (NCMI 17.69, -0.31, -1.72%) (the Company), the managing member and owner of 38.3% of National CineMedia, LLC (NCM LLC), the operator of the largest digital in-theatre network in North America, today announced consolidated results for the second quarter and six months ended July 1, 2010.
Source: Market Watch
2010-08-10
Kodachrome?s fade to black - Betting its future on digital photography, Kodak discontinued 74-year-old Kodachrome, the famous slide and motion-picture film, with a production run last August in which a master sheet nearly a mile long was cut up into more than 20,000 rolls.
Source: CTV News
2010-08-10
VUE, what a scorcher! - IT?S been a blockbuster of a week for cinema chain Vue. A remake of the classic TV show The A-Team, Toy Story 3 and Twilight have helped to make it its best ever. Almost ?9m was taken at the box office after a record 1.3 million people flocked to Vue?s 68 venues countrywide during the past seven days.
Source: Mirror
2010-08-10
TITAN THE ROBOT TO JOIN WORK FORCE AT NEW CINEMA SITE - ?Titan the Robot? is set to provide some summer holiday entertainment for children and adults alike when he visits the building site of the brand new WTW multiplex cinema in Crantock Street, Newquay at 11.00 a.m. on Wednesday 11 August, to help oversee the arrival and erection of the cinema?s steel girders by construction services company ISG Pearce.
Source: WTW
2010-08-10
Pete Postlethwaite joins fight for UK Film Council - Shropshire’s Oscar-nominated Hollywood star Pete Postlethwaite today joined the nation’s leading actors and actresses in condemning moves to scrap the UK Film Council.
Source: Shropshire Star
2010-08-10
Digital cinema scheme for rural North Yorkshire - THE Galtres Centre in Easingwold and Selby Town Hall are among the cinemas that will benefit from a pilot scheme to open up digital cinema, 3D and satellite screenings to rural North Yorkshire.
Source: Gazette Herald
2010-08-10
Council sells land for new Dundalk cinema - DUNDALK Town Council has agreed to sell over an acre of land at Marshes Upper, Inner Relief Road, to Finnabair Estates.
Source: Dundalk Democrat
2010-08-10
U.K. film stats go digital - Before the news of its pending abolishment hit on July 26, the U.K. Film Council provided ongoing proof of the essential and successful nature of its support work.
Source: Film Journal
2010-08-03
New Pilot Scheme To Open Up Digital Cinema In North Yorkshire - A newly-formed consortium has been awarded Lottery funding by the UK Film Council to bring the latest in digital cinema to venues across rural North Yorkshire.
Source: 4RFV
2010-08-03
Industry reacts to abolition of UK Film Council - Figures from the British film industry have given their reaction to the government's decision to scrap the UK Film Council.
Source: BBC News
2010-08-03
Film Council axemen could murder an industry - It was nothing short of a hammer blow. This morning, word came through of John Woodward's email to UK Film Council staff informing them that the government was planning to shut them down. Then the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) confirmed it in a written statement at lunchtime. I was genuinely shocked. It felt like I'd nipped out for 10 minutes to get a pie and while I was out they closed the British film industry.
Source: The Guardian
2010-08-03
Axing the Film Council: a move that impoverishes us all - I was on my way home from a meeting with David Thompson at Origin Films about a project called Granny Made Me an Anarchist when I got news of the government's intention to abolish the Film Council.
Source: The Guardian
2010-08-03
U.K. Film Council axed - The U.K. government's decision July 26 to put out the lights at the U.K. Film Council, the government-backed agency set up 10 years ago to support the movie industry here, played out like a horror story for some and a revenge thriller for others.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
2010-08-03
Technicolor Receives a Binding Offer From Francisco Partners for Grass Valley Broadcast Business - Further to discussions started in May, Technicolor (Euronext Paris: 18453) /quotes/comstock/13*!tch/quotes/nls/tch (TCH 5.44, +0.01, +0.18%) has received a fully documented binding offer from Francisco Partners for the acquisition of the Grass Valley Broadcast business. This disposal process contributes to the strategic refocus around its content creators and network service providers customer base, initiated by the Group in 2009.
Source: Wall Street Journal
2010-08-03
Kodak posts bigger-than-expected loss, shares drop - Decaying demand from traditional film businesses proved a second-quarter speed bump for Eastman Kodak Co's (EK.N) prolonged plan for profitability through digital businesses.
Source: Reuters
2010-08-03
Zoom out for a wider view of cinema-goers - Cinema has managed to buck the trend of consumer cutbacks during this recession, but challenges still lie ahead which the industry could overcome by broadening its appeal beyond the core youth audience.
Source: Marketing Week
2010-08-03
Schulich alum at the forefront of digital cinema revolution - Schulich alum Gerry Remers (MBA ?83) toiled in near-obscurity for 10 years as an advocate for digital movie projection. Now his moment has arrived ? and he?s at the forefront of a cinematic revolution, wrote the Financial Post on Tuesday, July 27th.
Source: Schulich School Of Business
2010-08-03
First Digital Cinema Drive-In Movie Theatre in the Country Selects Barco - Barco, the global leader in digital cinema technology, announced today that it has deployed its digital cinema projectors at Spud Drive In, making the venue the first "true" digital drive-in in America. While other outdoor theatres have utilized digital projectors to show DVDs to large outdoor audiences, Spud is the only drive-in to date to actually employ digital cinema projection and surround sound audio, with 3D technology planned for August showings.
Source: Box Office Magazine
2010-08-03
Tangibal Group plc extends its UK Cinema network - Tangibal Group plc ('Tangibal') is pleased to announce that it has extended its network of interactive floor network with Empire Cinemas and Showcase Cinemas. The new sites in the UK are:
Source: Poten
2010-08-03
Barco Dazzles Theaters Around the Globe with DP2K Digital Cinema Projectors - Barco, a global leader in digital cinema projection technology, announces that the first half of 2010 has brought impressive results for its digital cinema business thanks to the worldwide deployment of the DP2K series.
Source: D Cinema Today
2010-08-03
Dolby Laboratories Reports Third Quarter Fiscal 2010 Results - For the third quarter, Dolby reported total revenue of $230.3 million, compared to $171.2 million for the third quarter of fiscal 2009, an increase of 34 percent.
Source: Market Watch
2010-07-27
UK Film Council axed - UK Film Council one of highest-profile quangos to be cut
MLA also abolished in cull by culture secretary Jeremy Hunt
Source: The Guardian
2010-07-27
Cineworld Trials Delux and Clip-on 3D Glasses - With more and more 3D films being shown at Cineworld Cinemas we are pleased to be offering film lovers the chance to buy their own delux 'aviator' style 3D glasses complete with rigid carrying case to keep them in pristine condition.
Source: Cineworld
2010-07-27
IMAX to make equity investment in Laser Light Engines for digital cinema - IMAX Corporation signed a memorandum of understanding with Laser Light Engines, a developer and manufacturer of ultra-high brightness, laser-driven light sources. Under the terms of the agreement, IMAX plans to make an equity investment in Laser Light Engines, and Laser Light Engines would develop a custom version of its laser light technology for exclusive use in IMAX digital projection systems. Laser Light Engines would additionally provide outsourced research and development for new features designed to further enhance and distinguish The IMAX Experience for IMAX theatre operators, film studios and moviegoers.
Source: Opto IQ
2010-07-27
Progressing steadily on many fronts - Barcos order book at the end of June 2010 stood at 513.3 million euro, not including some digital cinema frame contracts. At the end of June 2009 the order book was 336.7 million euro.
Source: Barco
2010-07-27
The Future Of 3D At The SMPTE Stereo Conference - Presentations at SMPTE
Source: Studio Daily (Blog)
2010-07-27
Koreas Largest Theatre Chain CJ CGV Standardizes On MasterImage Digital 3D Cinema Systems - 3D technology company MasterImage 3D, LLC announced today that CJ CGV, the largest theatre chain in Korea, recently converted 58 additional screens to 3D with MasterImage digital 3D cinema systems.
Source: Digital Content Producer
2010-07-27
Cine Planet & Cines Movieland Purchasing Additional NEC Digital Cinema Projectors & Screens from Ballantyne Strong - Ballantyne Strong, Inc. (NYSE AMEX: BTN), a provider of digital cinema projection equipment and services, cinema screens and other cinema products, announced today that it will provide NEC Digital Cinema projection systems and Ballantyne
Source: ADVFN
2010-07-27
Barco releases DCI compliant Series 2 projectors with integrated CineCanvas - Digital cinema specialist Barco announced today that its DP2K family of digital cinema projectors is now available with integrated CineCanvas
Source: D Cinema Today
2010-07-27
NEC Display Solutions Becomes Industry - NEC Display Solutions of America, a leading provider of commercial LCD display and projector solutions, announced today that its entire line (NC1200C, NC2000C and NC3200S) of digital cinema projectors are the first in the industry to reach full Digital Cinema Initiatives (DCI) Compliance.
Source: D Cinema Today
2010-07-27
Cineworld Upgrades 3D Specs: Embarassment Now Optional - Cineworld just upgraded the 3D glasses on offer at its cinemas, plumping for aviator-style specs that mean you won
Source: Electric Pig
2010-07-23
Deluxe Claims Industry 2K Digital First - Deluxe Entertainment Services Group says it has achieved an industry breakthrough with the first of its kind 2K real time uncompressed data file transfer from Los Angeles to London via Deluxe Express, Deluxe's new private, secure global data service. The entire two-hour uncompressed 2K data file of 20th Century Fox's A-Team was transferred SAN to SAN from EFilm Hollywood to Deluxe Digital London in just two hours.
Source: Digital Cinema Report
2010-07-20
Deluxe Digital London Signs Agreement with SmartJog to Distribute Digital Cinema Content to Europe - SmartJog, the global leader in managed digital delivery services, announced today that it has signed an agreement with Deluxe Digital London, a major content distributor in Europe. Deluxe Digital London will service its clients using SmartJogs Pan-European digital cinema network for the delivery of digital cinema packages (DCPs) to theatres in Europe.
Source: Box Office
2010-07-20
Royal Bank Of Scotland Cuts Stake In Technicolor To 2.58% - Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS.LN) has reduced its overall stake in French communications technology group
Source: Wall Sreet Journal
2010-07-20
Cinedigm Digital Cinema: Leveraging The World Cup - CIDM . The global leader in digital cinema and in theatrical distribution of LIVE 3D events, today shared the success of its 2010 FIFA World Cup
Source: World Market Media
2010-07-20
Imax and laser experts to develop new projector technology - 3D cinema leader, Imax Corp., is teaming up with a much smaller laser technology company for a research and development project aimed at producing brand new projector technology.
Source: Projector Point
2010-07-13
London is top digital screen city - With nearly half of its movie theatres counting at least one digital screen, the British capital is by far the leading western European city for the digital transition of cinema sites.
Source: Screen Digest
2010-07-13
Lloyds sells private equity investments - Lloyds Banking Group has agreed to sell a portfolio of investments to buyout firm Coller Capital for
Source: BBC News
2010-07-13
New Cinemark 12-Screen Theatre Coming to Stroud Mall in Stroudsburg - Cinemark Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:CNK) plans to open a new cinema at Stroud Mall in Stroudsburg, PA that will feature 12 screens, all stadium seating, digital surround sound and include a Cinemark XD: Extreme Digital Cinema auditorium. The current five-screen theater location at the mall will be redeveloped to accommodate the new theater. Construction is expected to begin this fall and be completed by the end of 2011.
Source: City Biz Real Estate
2010-07-13
Deluxe Digital London signs agreement with SmartJog to distribute digital cinema content to Europe - SmartJog, the global leader in managed digital delivery services, announced today that it has signed an agreement with Deluxe Digital London, a major content distributor in Europe. Deluxe Digital London will service its clients using SmartJog
Source: D Cinema Today
2010-07-13
XDC/FTT and Kinopolis Cinema Group Basically Agreed To Deploy 123 Digital Screens in Germany - Kinopolis, a renowned German exhibitor, XDC, the n
Source: D Cinema Today
2010-07-13
Ballantyne Strong Secures New Order for 60 NEC Digital Cinema Projectors in China - BEIJING & SHANGHAI, CHINA & OMAHA, Neb.
Source: Centre Daily
2010-07-13
Exclusive: Permira Eyes Blockbuster Vue Deal - Permira, the private equity house which owns Birds Eye frozen foods, is plotting to lead the consolidation of major chunks of the European cinema industry, I have learned.
Source: Sky News (Blogs)
2010-07-13
Cineworld Launch Aviator Style Clip-on 3D Glasses - This has been a long time coming. When the Cineworld chain of multiplexes signed a deal with Look3D last year, the idea was they
Source: Mega Comic News
2010-07-13
Christie Brings 3D Digital Cinema to the - The Packewaia Cinema in Ushuaia has installed a Christie 3D digital projection system that is already playing to packed houses.
Source: Pitch Engine
2010-07-13
Sony Parades Cinemas Newest Toy - For those of you who like cherries on top of an already well-iced cake, the work of Sonys Digital Cinema developers will be worth digesting, writes David Williams.
Source: Sky News (Blog)
2010-07-10
Iconic - At today
Source: D Cinema Today
2010-07-10
Mark Sarfaty looks at digital cinema and asks - Mark Sarfaty is the CEO of the Independent Cinemas Association of Australia (ICAA) and co-chair of the Australian Cinema Exhibitors Coalition (ACEC). He looks at digital cinema and asks
Source: Inside Film
2010-07-10
Ultra-Bright Barco Digital Cinema Projector Used for Premiere of - Chinese film group Huayi Brothers has premiered its latest production
Source: D Cinema Today
2010-07-10
Cineworld unveils iPhone cinema app - UK cinema chain Cineworld has just published a dedicated iPhone App. The release is the only UK cinema chain to full film thickness information in this form Cineworld offer.
Source: Tech Update
2010-07-06
Cineworld invests - The march towards digital cinema advanced further last week, as UK-based cinema group Cineworld said it would convert its 790 screens to digital projection in three years at a cost of
Source: Computing
2010-07-06
RealD and UGC Partner for 3D cinema in Europe - RealD Inc and UGC have inked an exclusive multi-year partnership for the installation of RealD 3D cinema technology on 200 UGC screens across the circuit
Source: Business Of Cinema
2010-07-06
Screenvision Announces New Exhibitor Agreement with Santikos Theatres LLC - Screenvision, the leading innovator in cinema advertising, announced today a new exhibitor agreement with Santikos Theatres LLC, the largest family-owned theatre circuit in Texas. With this deal, Screenvision expands its presence in the key Houston and San Antonio markets.
Source: Business Wire
2010-07-06
Screen Digest Predicts European Digital Cinema Funding Shortfall of 450M - Rapid mainstream take-up accelerates public sectors need to realise their role in the conversion of cinema screens to digital projection technology
Source: D Cinema Today
2010-06-30
35mm 3D or Digital 3D Cinema Projection? - 35mm 3D Films to make a comeback? Going to the movies and going to see a
Source: Real Vision (Blog)
2010-06-30
RealD and UGC Partner for 3D Cinema in Europe - RealD Inc., a leading global licensor of 3D technologies for cinema, consumer electronics and professional applications, and UGC, one of Europe
Source: Business Wire
2010-06-30
Christie ships, installs more than 12,000 cinema projectors worldwide - Cypress-based Christie Digital Systems USA is in demand: The company announced that it has shipped and installed more than 12,000 of its cinema projectors worldwide, marking a new industry milestone. And the visual-tech firm holds a 65 percent share of the global market.
Source: OC Metro
2010-06-30
Opus Arte chooses Arqiva for Royal Opera House Digital Cinema Distribution - Opus Arte has chosen Arqiva to relay all its upcoming live feeds from the Royal Opera House to North America and Western and Eastern Europe reaching more than 300
Source: D Cinema Today
2010-06-30
Datasat Digital Entertainment?s AP20 Audio Processor Heard Around The World - Datasat Digital Entertainment?s AP20 was the audio processor of choice for the Daniel Sorano National Theatre Inauguration in Senegal and recently installed and demoed across the globe in select and premier theatres.
Source: D Cinema Today
2010-06-30
Sony Signs Agreement with National Amusements To Provide its Digital 4k Projection - Sony Professional has today signed an agreement to provide its Digital Cinema 4K projection systems to National Amusements, a world leader in the motion picture industry operating over 950 screens across the UK, US and Latin America.
Source: OZ Seeker
2010-06-30
Digital 3D Screens Rise By 70% in 2010 - There will be 15,300 digital 3D screens worldwide by the end of this year. This compares with 8,989 3D screens at the end of 2009. So says Screen Digest in its latest report, Digital Cinema Moves Into the Mainstream. Sixty per cent of the world
Source: Deadline
2010-06-30
Movie theater companies rush to embrace 3D - After four decades in the movie-theater business, Steve Wiener, the founder and CEO of the U.K.-based Cineworld Group chain, took a look at the grosses for the 2009 3D release "My Bloody Valentine" and knew something wasnt quite right.
Source: Reuters
2010-06-30
IMAX and ODEON Cinemas Expand Partnership - IMAX Corporation (Nasdaq:IMAX) (TSX:IMX) and ODEON & UCI Cinemas Group, Europe
Source: Big Movie Zone
2010-06-30
Imax, Odeon ink deal for flagship cinema - Imax on Tuesday announced a deal with Odeon/UCI to install an Imax-format digital auditorium in the circuits flagship multiplex in Liverpool.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
2010-06-30
DCP-Germany and XDC Agree On Cooperation And Join In Their Efforts to Promote Digital Cinema - XDC, the number one digital cinema service company in Europe and Digital Content Portal Germany, IT service provider for digital cinema data logistics and automation, have agreed on cooperation. XDC and DCP-Germany agreed, that the prospects of cooperation promise added value to both of them as well as being beneficial to the industry.
Source: D Cinema Today
2010-06-30
Odeon and UCI cinemas group joins 30 other London businesses in league table of Britains biggest private companies - Odeon and UCI Cinemas Group is one of 11 companies to enter the Sunday Times Deloitte Top Track 100 this year. Published for the ninth year this weekend, the annual league table ranks Britain
Source: Deloitte
2010-06-30
Datasat Digital Entertainment Inks DC20 Digital Cinema Processor Deal With South Africa?s Ster-Kinekor - Datasat Digital Entertainment is proud to announce that South Africa?s largest cinema exhibitor Ster-Kinekor will be installing the DC20 Digital Cinema Processor at more than 20 of their sites in the coming months.
Source: D Cinema Today
2010-06-30
Bud Mayo retires as CEO of Cinedigm - Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp. co-founder A. Dale "Bud" Mayo retired as CEO and president of the company, effective immediately. Mayo will continue as chairman of the board.
Source: Film Journal
2010-06-30
Canada-based Empire Theatres selects Barco for 300+ screens - Empire Theatres Limited, the second largest movie exhibitor in Canada, is moving forward with deployment of 2D and 3D digital cinema projectors in all 50 of its theatres.
Source: D Cinema Today
2010-06-30
AMC Goes Digital With Sony In The UK - A supplier of AV/IT solutions to businesses across a wide variety of sectors including, media and broadcast, have signed an agreement to provide its Digital Cinema 4K projection systems to AMC Entertainment Inc. in the UK.
Source: 4rfv
2010-06-30
Portugals ZON Lusomundo completes d-cinema deployment - ZON Lusomundo Cinemas, the largest cinema chain in Portugal, completed its digital-cinema deployment with Barcos recently launched DP2K series. ZON Lusomundo has converted all of its 200+ screens to digital with the help of XDC, a leading digital-cinema service company in Europe.
Source: Film Journal International
2010-06-30
Ultra modern cinema set to become massive attraction - The new Vue cinema is ready to reel in a big new audience when it opens in three weeks
Source: Bury Times
2010-06-30
RealD and UGC Partner for 3D Cinema in Europe - RealD Inc., a leading global licensor of 3D technologies for cinema, consumer electronics and professional applications, and UGC, one of Europe
Source: Emirates Week
2010-06-30
Deluxe Digital London to use Arqiva - Deluxe Digital London, a major cinema content distributor in Europe, has reached an agreement with Arqiva to use their European Digital Cinema Platform for the electronic delivery of Digital Cinema Packages (DCPs) from international studios to cinemas across Europe.
Source: D Cinema Today
2010-06-30
Doremi Scores with Sensio for Live 3D Broadcasts of FIFA World Cup Soccer - Doremi Cinema today announced that its digital cinema servers are being used to playback Sensios Live 3D broadcasts of FIFA World Cup Soccer matches around the world.
Source: D Cinema Today
2010-06-30
Cineworld adds O2 multiplex to estate - LONDON -- U.K. stock listed theater operator Cineworld Group said Friday it has added the multiplex cinema housed at the 02 live event center in Greenwich, London to its estate.
Source: Hollywood Reporter
2010-06-22
Arqiva will plant a tree for every satellite delivered DCP per cinema - Arqiva has pledged to plant a tree for every feature film Digital Cinema Package (DCP) it delivers to every digital cinema site. As a leading provider of electronic delivery services for major media distributors, Arqiva’s state-of-the-art digital infrastructure delivers feature films and live events to digital cinemas all across Europe.
Barrie Woolston, Commercial Director at Arqiva Satellite & Media, said: “Our pledge to plant a tree for every DCP we deliver reinforces Arqiva’s longstanding commitment to promoting biodiversity by planting tree corridors in the Atlantic rainforest of Brazil – a figure which already stands at 70,000 trees. We are delighted to extend this commitment through our Digital Cinema services.”
Arqiva provides robust satellite and IP networks for the managed delivery of entertainment, information and advertising worldwide. It works with leading media distributors to provide electronic delivery services of live events and feature films into digital cinemas across Europe.
Source: Press Release
2010-06-22
Cineworld, AAM ink digital conversion deal - British-based d-cinema integrator Arts Alliance Media (AAM) has sealed a
Source: Hollywood Reporter
2010-06-22
IMAX and Wanda Cinema Line Sign Theatre Deal; Add More Digital Theatre Locations in China - IMAX Corporation /quotes/comstock/15*!imax/quotes/nls/imax (IMAX 15.83, -0.48, -2.94%) /quotes/comstock/11t!imx (CA:IMX 16.27, 0.00, 0.00%) and Wanda Cinema Line Corporation, one of the fastest growing and most competitive cinema chains in China, today announced an agreement to expand their relationship with the installation of three additional IMAX systems in the cities of Quanzhou, Wuhan and Dalian.
Source: Market Watch
2010-06-22
3D Cinema - Is This The Future - With 3D Cinema now big business this article explores the future for this medium and whether it will replace normal 2D film.
Source: Suite 101
2010-06-22
Arts Alliance Media Announces Digital Cinema Partnership with Cineworld to Fully Digitise Entire Chain - Arts Alliance Media (AAM), Europe
Source: D Cinema Today
2010-06-22
Zon Lusomundo Cinemas Completes Digital Cinema Roll-Out with Barco - Barco, a global leader in digital cinema technology, is proud to announce that ZON Lusomundo Cinemas, the largest cinema chain in Portugal, has completed its digital cinema deployment with Barcos recently launched DP2K series. ZON Lusomundo has converted all of its screens to digital with the help of XDC, a leading digital cinema service company in Europe.
Source: D Cinema Today
2010-06-22
QSC Unveils New DCP 100 Cinema Processor - QSC Audio Products, LLC is pleased to announce the release of their new DCP 100 Digital Cinema Processor which provides complete signal processing and monitoring functions in a single integrated, rack-mount system.
Source: D Cinema Today
2010-06-22
Christie First to Achieve Full DCI Compliance - Christie, the leader in digital cinema projection technologies, announced that it is the first digital cinema projector manufacturer to pass the full range of tests required by the Compliance Test Plan (CTP) for the DCI Digital Cinema System Specification (DCSS), including all procedural and design review aspects.
Source: SVC (Blog)
2010-06-22
Cinema advertising has suffered hard times but dont write off happy ending - Last year, advertising revenues fell by 15 per cent, largely because cinema tends to be used for big-brand advertising and such campaigns have been severely impacted by the recession. Neither did it help that cinema admissions declined last year, though this year has seen a rebound.
Source: Irish Times
2010-06-22
Christie Digital to open plant in China - KITCHENER
Source: The Record
2010-06-22
Britains oldest cinema prepares for a glorious sequel - 100-year-old Phoenix in East Finchley, London to get
Source: The Guardian
2010-06-22
New Cinema System from Panavision Makes 3D - Panavision today announced the first 3D system compatible with all cinema screens
Source: D Cinema Today
2010-06-22
Alternative choices: Live cinema presentations require intricate planning - The digital-cinema networks in the U.S. and Europe are now becoming well-established, though far from complete. While the specifications and requirements for file-based storage and forward digital-cinema delivery are extensively specified and are well on the way to being fully standardized by the SMPTE and ISO, the situation for live delivery is quite unclear.
Source: Film Journal
2010-06-22
Civolution Launches Certification Program for NexGuard Digital Cinema Watermarking - Civolution, the leading provider of technology and solutions for identifying, managing, and monetizing media content, introduced a formal validation program for its NexGuard forensic marking technology used in digital cinema systems.
Source: D Cinema Toady
2010-06-22
Say a long goodbye to the multiplex - Reports of the death of film have been greatly exaggerated. Its not the movies weve gone off, just traditional movie-houses. In their place, finds Alice Jones, are screens at festivals, in fields, car parks and sheds, and themed nights at secret locations and in private clubs
Source: The Independent (Blog)
2010-06-22
Trinnov Teams with Doremi and DMS to Provide Cutting-Edge Audio Processors for Digital Cinema - Trinnov Audio today announced that the company has joined forces with Doremi Technologies - the leading manufacturer of digital cinema servers - and with Digital Media Solutions (DMS) - the new company founded by Herv
Source: D Cinema Today
2010-06-22
Doremis CineAsset - Doremi Cinema, a leader in digital cinema technology, today announced the availability of CineAsset
Source: D Cinema Today
2010-06-22
Dolby Uses Arqiva to Deliver the - Arqiva has provided Dolby with world wide satellite distribution of live video showing celebrities arriving for movie premieres. Arqiva
Source: D Cinema Today
2010-06-22
Barco Provides Series II Projectors for Palace Cinemas - Barco is a global leader in digital cinema technology. Today, the company announced that they have been selected to completely convert all of the screens owned by Palace Cinemas. The Palace Cinemas currently own 21 facilities through out central Europe with over 180 screens total.
Source: About Projectors
2010-06-22
BFI Film Center plans scrapped - The U.K. government has pulled the plug on
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
2010-06-22
Unique Digital Release Latest Rosettabridge TMS - Following the success of their Rosettabridge Theatre Management System (TMS) first released into the market in 2008, Unique Digital are pleased to announce the release of version 1.5 that includes many new features.
Source: D Cinema Today
2010-06-22
Demodone.com Snatches up Major Cinema Chain Empire - Emerging star of the Web video production sector Demodone.com has recently completed a substantial project for prestigious Cinema chain, Empire Cinemas.Creative and diverse, Demodone.com was nominated for the Innovative Service Prize at the 2010 Mobile News Awards and will undoubtedly continue to champion Web video production for years to come. Watch this space!
Source: PR Fire
2010-06-22
Christie First to Achieve Full DCI Compliance - Wokingham, UK – (21st June, 2010) – Christie®, the leader in digital cinema projection technologies, announced that it is the first digital cinema projector manufacturer to pass the full range of tests required by the Compliance Test Plan (CTP) for the DCI Digital Cinema System Specification (DCSS), including all procedural and design review aspects. The tests were completed by HYPERLINK "http://www.cinecert.com/" CineCert, LLC, a technology development and consulting firm that is the only organization in North America licensed by HYPERLINK "http://www.dcimovies.com/" Digital Cinema Initiatives, LLC (DCI) to administer the CTP.
“We are very pleased to confirm that the Christie CP2220, featuring Texas Instruments’ Series 2 DLP Cinema® technology, has passed all the requirements of the CTP,” said John Hurst, CTO of CineCert. “We are dedicated to helping the exhibition community understand all of the technical requirements for passing the CTP and helping manufacturers get through the testing process quickly and efficiently.”
Hollywood studios require exhibitors worldwide to install DCI compliant projectors in their theatres; and passing the CTP is the only approved path to DCI compliance. Christie’s latest generation projector, the Christie CP2220 – from the Christie Solaria Series of 4K-ready projectors – was tested by CineCert, and their tests confirmed that the projector meets the highest level of technical performance, interoperability, and rigorous content security requirements as specified by DCI’s Compliance Test Plan.
“With over 12,000 digital cinema projectors installed worldwide, Christie helps set the standards for quality, reliability and performance,” said Brian Claypool, Senior Product Manager, Entertainment Solutions. “Now that CineCert has confirmed the Christie CP2220 meets the CTP’s requirements, exhibitors have another level of assurance about our commitment to providing them with industry-leading products and services.”
Recognized as “the future of 4K,” the Christie CP2220 projector is built on the proven, highly reliable 1.2” DLP Cinema chip, the only one to offer a 4K upgrade path using Christie’s easy “15 minutes to 4K” process. Smaller than other 1.2” DLP Cinema-based projectors, the Christie CP2220 provides exceptional installation flexibility with a motorized lens option that is the fastest and most accurate available. With more light output than any mid power projector on the market, the CP2220 also offers the lowest cost of operation.
“With more than 80 years in the industry, Christie has earned the trust of the exhibition community by consistently providing products of the highest quality and reliability. This new digital cinema landmark – meeting the strictest requirements for DCI compliance – is further proof of Christie’s commitment to the market,” said Craig Sholder, Vice President, Business Development and Cinema Solutions at Christie.
Source: Press Release
2010-06-22
Christie Surpasses 12,000 Digital Cinema
Installation Milestone
- Wokingham, UK - (21st June, 2010) - Christie®, the leader in digital cinema
projection technologies, announced that it has shipped and installed more than
12,000 digital cinema projectors worldwide, achieving a new industry milestone and strengthening its leadership with a 65% share of the total global market. The accomplishment includes the installation of more than 2,000 DCI-compliant Christie
SolariaT Series 4K-ready projectors. Christie was also the first manufacturer to surpass the 5,000 digital cinema milestone in the Fall of 2008 and the 7,500 installation mark early in 2009.
With 3D movies supercharging ticket sales and spurring demand for digital systems around the world, Christie has ramped up production of the Solaria Series projectors. These include the Christie CP2220 and Christie CP2230, which feature Texas Instruments' (TI) (NYSE: TXN) next generation Series 2 DLP Cinema® technology and are based on the 1.2" DLP Cinema chip platform. This is the only chip upgradeable to 4K resolution - a simple, 15 minute process on Christie projectors.
The world is going digital and Christie is committed to leading the charge," said Jack Kline, President and COO, Christie USA. "From our first, ground-breaking roll-out of 4,000 digital cinema projectors that jump-started the digital cinema revolution, Christie has been a major force in every corner of the world, developing innovative strategies, products and services that are guiding the industry into the digital age."
To address growing demands, Christie announced a new manufacturing facility in China, increased R&D, expanded its base of skilled staff, stocked up on long lead components to ensure sufficient parts in the months ahead, and strengthened its technical training initiatives. At the same time, it has boosted its Christie Managed Services programs in North America to provide the widest range of technical support for resellers and exhibitors making the switch to digital.
"We are in high gear, working with resellers and exhibitors to quickly digitize screens and take advantage of the new crop of 3D movies arriving in theaters," commented Craig Sholder, Christie's Vice-President of Entertainment Solutions. "We are also pleased to report that Christie's phenomenal success in North America, where it holds more than 70% of the market, is now being echoed in Central and South America, where orders for digital projectors have jumped appreciably. Christie is the overwhelming projector of choice because exhibitors recognize our Series 2 projectors offer the best light efficiency and lowest cost of operation."
In Europe, Christie continues to hold a commanding 54% market share. Over the last five years, the leading European, Middle Eastern and African exhibitors have selected and installed Christie digital cinema projectors - including Arts Alliance Digital Cinema (AADC) through the roll-out of the digital screen network for the UK Film Council. This marked the world's first digital cinema deployment on a large scale.
"In 2005, the digital era was relatively new and there were only a handful of digital cinema installations in the entire world," comments Dale Miller, Vice-President, Christie EMEA. "Since then, we have seen exciting growth opportunities globally and notably in the EMEA region. Close to 3,000 Christie digital cinema projectors are now in the European market place, with thousands more contracted to be installed in the near future. Our success is a direct reflection of the loyalty and support of our customers who believe in Christie and the viability of this exciting industry."
A recent triumph for Christie was its framework purchasing agreement for 300 Christie Solaria Series projectors with FTT, its German integration and service partner. Christie's partnership with FTT dates back to more than six years, when the two companies launched one of the first major digital cinema roll-outs in Europe. Such long-term relationships are a hallmark of Christie's market leadership, reflecting the company's full commitment to helping industry partners succeed.
Christie's explosive growth in the Asia Pacific region, where sales have climbed by more than 400% in the past year, has also contributed significantly to its record number of installations. A major development was its agreement with DCK, the joint-venture company of CJ CGV and Lotte Cinema in South Korea, which selected Christie as the primary digital cinema projector provider for DCK's Virtual Print Fee (VPF) deal with major Hollywood studios. The partnership launched South Korea's largest digital cinema deployment to date and introduced a new era in content distribution for the country. The first phase of the agreement utilized 500 Christie CP2000 Series projectors; the current and second phase features at least 500 of the new Christie Solaria 4K-ready DLP Cinema projectors, of which nearly 100 have already been shipped and installed.
Christie's recent success with China Film Group garnered a further 375 Solaria series projectors solidifying its position as the projector of choice for China's power players China Film Group, Shanghai Film Group, Time Antaeus, Wanda Cinemas and Lianzhong Cinemas.
Lin Yu, Vice-President, Christie Asia Pacific, commented, "Christie's accomplishments in the Asia Pacific region are a testament to the company's global vision. It reflects the company's unique ability to respond quickly to the needs of a changing market. In addition to our dominance in the Asia Pacific region, Christie's new manufacturing facility in China, will further strengthen our presence in this region and enhance our manufacturing capabilities globally." She added: "This summer, Christie Solaria Series digital cinema projectors will be coming off the assembly line to meet continued, worldwide demand."
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Source: Press Release
2010-06-22
Civolution Launches Certification Program for NexGuard Digital Cinema Watermarking - Eindhoven June 17th, 2010 – Civolution, the leading provider of technology and solutions for identifying, managing, and monetizing media content, introduced a formal validation program for its NexGuard forensic marking technology used in digital cinema systems.
The validation tools and declaration of conformity, to evidence the validation of the watermarking technology core function, entitle Civolution’s partners (manufacturers of digital cinema equipment, which comply with the requirements of the Digital Cinema Initiative (DCI, www.dcimovies.com)) to verify and confirm activation and operation of the watermarking technology, and correct embedding upon in-theatre projection.
‘’Forensic marking is essential to help identify the source of illicit in-theatre recording of motion pictures,’’ says Michael Karagosian of MKPE Consulting. ‘’This new validation process is an important step in ensuring that fully functional and effective marking is taking place in digital cinema equipment. When implemented in accordance with the DCI specification, digital cinema forensic marking provides seamless content tracking for cinema owners and movie studios, beyond that available today with film prints.’’
‘’Along with the certification procedure, Civolution provides a quality check (QC) software tool that allows easy checking of the NexGuard - Digital Cinema watermarking behaviour implemented in a vendor’s server or media block,’’ explains Jean-Michel Masson, Senior Vice President, Watermarking Operations, Civolution. ‘’The new procedure will facilitate product validation and DCI certification for all of our partners and provides transparency to the industry.’’
The goal is to ensure that every Digital Cinema server or Media Block software release includes the DCI-compliant watermarking function in order to satisfy movie studios expectations and meet one mandatory component of the DCI specification compliance testing for digital cinema equipment. Members of the Inter-Society Digital Cinema Forum (ISDCF, www.isdcf.com) have approved and agreed upon the new tools and procedures.
Civolution’s watermarking technology has already been deployed in volume worldwide by leading server and media block manufacturers. Once media block and digital cinema server manufacturers have completed the certification process, and comply with watermarking licensing terms, Civolution will publish on its website a listing of each digital cinema server model and version with confirmed declarations of conformity.
The NexGuard - Digital Cinema watermarking technology has been in operation in thousands of theatres since the worldwide introduction of digital technology in 2006, and is compatible with 2K, 4K, 2D and 3D systems. Watermarking upon projection enables the identification of the theatre screen and the time of projection, a condition made mandatory by the movie studios that were instrumental in establishing DCI specifications. DCI specifications ensure a uniform, high level of technical performance, along with reliability and quality control.
Civolution will be attending the Cinema Expo (www.cinemaexpo.com), Amsterdam, June 21-24th, for more info contact: info@civolution.com
Source: Press Release
2010-06-22
Digital 3D Screens Rise By 70% in 2010 - There will be 15,300 digital 3D screens worldwide by the end of this year. This compares with 8,989 3D screens at the end of 2009. So says Screen Digest in its latest report, Digital Cinema Moves Into the Mainstream. Sixty per cent of the world’s digital screens will be 3D by Christmas. There will be 25,600 digital screens compared with 16,335 in 2009 – a rise of 57%.
Source: Dealine.com
2010-06-15
QCN launches cinema advertising measurement currency in TN - Qube Cinema Network (QCN), the digital advertising division of Real Image, the technology developer and enabler for the entertainment industry and DCI compliant technology company, had recently commissioned The Nielsen Company to conduct a study in Tamil Nadu on the impact of in-cinema advertising.
Source: AFAQS
2010-06-15
Hollywood Studios Offering Free Movie Streams - Hollywood studios are teaming up with Blinkbox to offer a free streaming service in the latest attempt to counter the destructive influence of file sharing, illegal downloads and piracy. But will it work? The
Source: Film Shaft
2010-06-15
Bluetooth advertising in Vue cinemas with Pearl and Dean - Opportunity to use Bluetooth technology to reach Vue cinema goers of all ages with Pearl and Dean. Bluetooth technology can be used as an efficient and unique way of distributing money-off vouchers, brand messages, trailers and wallpapers direct to mobile phones.
Source: Get Me Media
2010-06-15
Cinedigm's Design and SENSIO Technology to Provide First Ever Global LIVE 3D Sporting Events - Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp. (NASDAQ:CIDM), the global leader in digital cinema, today announced a unique partnership with SENSIO(R) (TSX VENTURE:SIO) to bring the first ever globally broadcasted LIVE 3D sporting event to theatres outside the United States.
Source: Cinedigm
2010-06-15
Multiplex cinema to open in Ballymun - Vue Entertainment, the UK’s leading developer and operator of state-of-the-art multiplex cinemas, has agreed to open a venue in the new Spring Cross centre in Ballymun, Treasury Holdings said yesterday.
Source: Irish Times
2010-06-15
Jenin cinema near reopening after 20 years - The efforts of a German filmmaker and a group of Palestinian young people could result in the reopening of a cinema in Jenin in the Palestinian territories later this summer.
Source: CBC News
2010-06-15
Curtain set to close on Regent Theatre - Despite the protests, the dispute and the deep-seated emotion of those who love the Regent Theatre, Brisbane's iconic picture palace will not be saved.
Source: The Age
2010-06-15
The Utopia Group Appoints Ymagis to Help with its Conversion to Digital - The Utopia Group has appointed Ymagis to help with the Group
Source: D Cinema Today
2010-06-15
A Sound Idea - Despite the fact that sync sound has been a mainstay of motion picture production and exhibition for almost a century, audio is still too often an underappreciated stepchild in the entire process.
Source: Digital Cinema Report
2010-06-15
Technicolor shows its creative side - The longtime film processing firm is venturing into the highly competitive business of making animated TV series. For its first project, it's teaming with Pulitzer-winning cartoonist Berkeley Breathed on 'Pete & Pickles.'
Source: Los Angeles Times
2010-06-15
Dramatic changes for European cinema business - The worldwide motion picture industry has experienced a major transformation over the past 12 months
Source: Film Journal International
2010-06-15
Regal Entertainment Group Presents Toy Story 3 in Disney Digital 3D at More Than 300 Locations - Regal Entertainment Group (RGC 13.20, -0.31, -2.26%), a leading motion picture exhibitor owning and operating the largest theatre circuit in the United States, announced tickets are on sale for Toy Story 3: An IMAX 3D Experience and Toy Story 3 in Disney Digital 3D. The film will be released in traditional 35mm format, digital projection, RealD 3D and IMAX
Source: Big Movie Zone (BLOG)
2010-06-15
Single screen cinemas take on the multiplexes - In recent years, multiplexes such as the Odeon and UCI have taken over from single screen cinemas as the places to go to watch films on the big screen. However, due to the high prices of the multiplexes, MSP Tricia Marwick took it upon herself to set up a community cinema in Glenrothes in Fife at the end of 2009 so that local people could enjoy the film experience without having to spend a small fortune.
Source: Suite 101
2010-06-15
Digital: Cinema’s divisive Phoenix. - A big buzz in the film industry these days, mostly amongst critics and purists, is whether or not, in the age of Pixar and Avatar, traditional cinema still exists. Does printing your shots on 35mm make them any different than a digital projection?
Source: Cyni Critics
2010-06-15
Digital cinema has the potential to take Africa’s under-invested film exhibitors out of the doldrums - Outside of Sub-Saharan Africa’s larger country markets, Africa’s cinemas are few in number relative to population sizes and nearly always in poor shape.
Source: Balancing Act
2010-06-15
Barco Series II Lands on South Korea with the Major Purchase Agreement for DCK Rollout - Barco, a global leader in digital cinema projection, is proud to announce that it has entered into a Supply Agreement with D-Cinema Korea (DCK), an industry leader in digital cinema solutions and ships the 1st order today to DCK. With this agreement signed, Barco can deliver its brand-new 'Series II' digital cinema projectors to more than 150 screens at nearly 20 sites for the Korean roll out.
Source: D Cinema Today
2010-06-15
Microcinema to re-sell Arqiva - Microcinema to promote and sell Arqiva
Source: Arqiva
2010-06-15
Screen Digest agrees to be acquired by iSuppli - Expanding its analysis of the electronics value chain into the fast-growing media market, iSuppli Corp. announced it has entered into an agreement in principle that is expected to lead to the acquisition of Screen Digest, the world's preeminent provider of market research covering film, television, broadband media, mobile media, cinema, home entertainment, TV technology and video games.
Source: EMS Now
2010-06-15
Exhib Cineworld inks with digital partner - Digital cinema company Arts Alliance Media has inked a partnership with Cineworld Group, the second-largest exhib in Europe, for the conversion of its 790-screen circuit to digital over three years.
Source: Variety.com
2010-06-08
Findings of ECs public consultation on digital cinema - The findings have been published from the European Commissions public consultation Opportunities and Challenges for European Cinema in the Digital Era.
Source: Media Desk UK
2010-06-08
Sky City Cinemas gets Eventful with new branding - Sky City Cinemas will have an all-new look from the start of July, with the cinema company changing its name to Event Cinemas.
Source: The National Business Review
2010-06-08
Memories of touring Highlands and Islands cinema sought - Memories of a travelling cinema that toured the Highlands and Islands from the 1930s to 1950s are being sought by a university lecturer.
Source: BBC News
2010-06-08
NZ cinema software firm targets US market - Auckland cinema software firm Vista Entertainment Solutions is gearing up to take on the lucrative United States market after doubling its revenue in the past three years to $20 million.
Source: Stuff
2010-06-08
Family-run cinema chain widening its number of screens - It may seem nuts to open a major business venture at the bottom of an economic downturn. But Frank DeMarsh and his family-run Epic Theatres have history and timing on their side. Theyre confident that new movie theaters in Palm Coast, opening June 25, and Deltona, in the final planning stages, will succeed in large residential communities that lack movie houses.
Source: News Journal Online
2010-06-08
S.Korean cinemas to screen World Cup in 3D - Multiplex cinemas will broadcast South Koreas World Cup matches live in 3D to lure fans away from their televisions at home, an official said Tuesday.
Source: Google
2010-06-08
Landmark Cinemas purchases Christies New 4K-ready Solaria - Christie, a global leader in digital cinema, announced that Landmark Cinemas has selected Christie Solaria Series 4K-ready digital cinema projectors for installation in six multiplexes across Western Canada. Landmark Cinemas will thrill audiences with the latest 3D box office hits using the Christie CP2230 and Christie CP2220 projectors, which utilize Academy Award1-winning DLP Cinema technology from Texas Instruments (TI) (NYSE: TXN). Landmark Cinemas is Canada
Source: Cinema Treasures
2010-06-08
Microcinema to Join Arqiva - Arqiva has signed a partnership with Italian Digital Cinema distributor Microcinema to use Arqiva
Source: D Cinema Today
2010-06-08
UFO Moviez plans investment of around Rs 250cr over 3D Screens - With the three-dimensional (3D) viewing back into picture, backed by the recent success of movies like Avatar globally, UFO Moviez looks to give a boost to the digital cinema viewing in 3D across the country.
Source: Media Mughals
2010-06-08
Fujairah Media Group unveils drive-in cinema - Plans for a four-screen drive-in style cinema in the UAE have been unveiled by Fujairah Media Group.
Source: Digital Production
2010-06-08
UK Film Council Delays BFI Film Centre - The film agency has suspended work on the British Film Institute
Source: Deadline
2010-06-08
3-D cinema World Cup plan in China might be relegated - A plan to let football fans watch the World Cup in 3-D, at cinemas from June 11, may be given the red card because of possible technical problems, high costs and a lack of security.
Source: Xinhuanet
2010-06-08
UFO Moviez gets jiggy with 3D - Indias exhibition sector is about to get a strong shot of 3D. Leading satellite-based digital cinema network UFO Moviez with nearly 2,000 digital cinema screens has drawn up a plan to 3D enable a large part of these in a phased manner.
Source: India Television
2010-06-08
Caribbean Cinemas Expands Digital Footprint with Purchase of 20 NEC Digital Cinema Projectors, Servers and Screens from Ballantyne Strong - Ballantyne Strong, Inc. /quotes/comstock/14*!btn/quotes/nls/btn (BTN 7.93, -0.25, -3.06%) , a provider of digital cinema projection equipment and services, cinema screens and other cinema products, announced today that it will provide NEC Digital Cinema projection systems along with GDC Technologys digital cinema servers and Ballantynes own silver or gain screens to outfit 20 auditoriums for Caribbean Cinemas, the largest motion picture exhibitor in the Caribbean Islands.
Source: Wall Street Journal
2010-06-08
Dolby Unveils New Format for Toy Story - Dolby Laboratories will introduce a new surround-sound audio format, Dolby Surround 7.1, with the release of
Source: The Wrap
2010-06-07
Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp. (NASDAQ:CIDM) Expects Dilution, But Rises - Despite the tiny price increase and the volume spike from yesterday, Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp. (NASDAQ:CIDM, CIDM message board) stock retains its downtrend from the last two months. The stock has high dilution risks and without any significant technology improvements of the company over the past year, investors do not consider it a good investment currently.
Source: Hot Stocked
2010-06-07
Santa Rosa Entertainment selects Barco - Santa Rosa Entertainment has employed a revolutionary cost-effective approach to theatre construction and operations with the purchase of Barco Series 2 projectors and an innovative new lift system
Source: D Cinema Today
2010-06-07
Sony Digital Cinema 4K taking the cinema experience to the next level - At this year’s Cinema Expo 2010 Sony Professional is unveiling for the first time its new Sony Digital Cinema 4K logo trailer, which will introduce this Sony brand category to cinema audiences around the world – of course in 4K.
Source: D Cinema Today
2010-06-07
Atrium Cinemas, Pakistan's First Digital Cinema Experience - A press briefing for the upcoming Atrium Cinemas, A project of Atrium Mall and Mandviwalla Entertainment was held at a local hotel in Karachi recently.
Source: Karachi Digest
2010-06-07
Canada-based Empire Theatres selects Barco for 300+ screens - Empire Theatres Limited, the second largest movie exhibitor in Canada, is moving forward with deployment of 2D and 3D digital cinema projectors in all 50 of its theatres.
Source: Barco
2010-06-07
Cineworld H1 Revenues Up 3.7% - Update - Motion-picture theaters operator Cineworld Group plc (CINE.L) reported Wednesday, in a trading statement, that total revenues for 26 weeks ending July 1 grew 3.7% from the previous year, despite a dip in people visits to cinemas during the Soccer World Cup season.
Source: Daily Markets
2010-06-07
Old Odeon Cinema could be knocked down - A heritage pressure group says Jersey's old Odeon cinema must be saved for future generations.
Source: Channel Online
2010-06-07
BFI, Amex ink partnership deal - The British Film Institute sealed a multi-year partnership deal with American Express and in the process secured a headline sponsor for its flagship annual movie event, the BFI London Film Festival.
Source: Hollywood Reporter
2010-06-07
Cineworld strengthens its board - Cineworld Group has appointed Martina King and Rick Senat as independent non-executive directors with immediate effect.
Source: IB Times
2010-06-07
Cinema in Tierra del Fuego opts for Christie digital - Christie digital-cinema projectors are found all over the world
Source: Film Journal International
2010-06-07
Former Odeon cinema opens its doors to the public for the first time in 15 years - CHILDHOOD memories came flooding back for many residents of St Albans who took a step back in time as they entered the dark and dusty Odeon cinema.
Source: St Albans Review
2010-06-01
Loach attacks "closed off" cinema screens - Ken Loach has argued that British cinemas should show a wider range of films.
Source: Digital Spy
2010-06-01
3D Mania: A New Dimension in Movies - Movies are done with film. There is not so much as a single frame of movie film anywhere in the building at Sandhills Stadium 10. Scrapped are reels, splicers, framing knobs, anything and everything associated with motion pictures since the days of Thomas Edison, Charlie Chaplin and D.W. Griffith. Gone forever is the distant clackity-clack of the projector and its mechanical shutter.
Source: The Pilot
2010-06-01
Cinema Operators Raise Prices - Indian cinema-theater operators are raising ticket prices to cash in on several new big-budget releases and because of the waning effect of the economic slowdown that had forced people to cut back nonessential spending.
Source: Wall Street Journal
2010-06-01
Alice to join the cinema big boys - Alice In Wonderland is set to become only the sixth movie ever to take one billion dollars at the worldwide box office, according to reports.
Source: Google
2010-06-01
NEC Display Solutions and Southern Theatres Help Revitalize New Orleans Theaters with Digital Cinema Projectors - NEC Display Solutions of America, a leading provider of commercial LCD display and projector solutions, announced today that Southern Theatres, LLC, has selected digital cinema projectors from NEC for the newly renovated and redesigned Theatres at Canal Place in New Orleans.
Source: Market Watch
2010-06-01
Cinedigm Expands Non-Recourse Credit Facility to $47 Million for Phase 2 Digital Cinema Conversions - Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp. ("Cinedigm") /quotes/comstock/15*!cidm/quotes/nls/cidm (CIDM 1.96, +0.25, +14.62%) today announced its Phase 2 subsidiary has expanded an existing non-recourse $8.9 million credit facility to approximately $47 million. A previous increase of $2.9 million in the facility along with this new increase of $35 million will be used to fund approximately 750 digital cinema systems with exhibitors under signed deployment agreements.
Source: Market Watch
2010-06-01
Lights, camera, real-time 3D action - The 3D movies on today"s cinema screens rely on visual tricks to cope with fast action. A new generation, produced at lower cost but delivering higher quality with real-time action, is soon to follow.
Source: Cordis
2010-06-01
Now Showing at Cineworld: Facebook Share Measurement Insight Directed by Webtrends - Cineworld, the UK"s second largest multiplex cinema chain, is working with customer intelligence specialist Webtrends to gain unique insight into the performance of its Facebook marketing investments, identifying which of its "likers" using its Facebook Share application are the most influential.
Source: Earth Times
2010-06-01
British budget film StreetDance 3D takes #1.8m in first weekend - A small British film about dancers has topped the UK cinema charts, holding off blockbuster Hollywood fare such as Robin Hood and Prince of Persia.
Source: Times Online
2010-06-01
Kodak seeks more of 3D pie - Seeing a matinee showing of Shrek Forever After at Regal Henrietta will set you back $8 for 93 minutes of fairytale parody. Seeing a three-dimensional matinee screening of the flick, with talking donkeys and ogres seeming to pop out of the screen, will set you back $11.50.
Source: Democrat And Chronicle
2010-06-01
Spring Technology - It wasn"t so long ago that deliverables -- the final copies of a movie that are distributed to theaters -- were synonymous with film prints. Then digital cinema came along, and more recently, 3D.
Source: Hollywood Reporter
2010-06-01
International Datacasting supports live 3-D networks worldwide - International Datacasting (IDC), a provider of IP-based datacasting solutions for broadband multimedia content distribution via satellite, has received a series of new orders for its live 3-D solution, in conjunction with the upcoming 2010 World Cup South Africa.
Source: Broadcast Engineering
2010-06-01
Cineworld to open next to Wembley stadium - Cineworld is to open a cinema next to Wembley arena, it was announced today.
Source: Property Week
2010-06-01
Ceremony as work begins on cinema - CHAMPAGNE corks popped and popcorn was thrown into the air as officials celebrated the start of construction work on Newquay"s new cinema.
Source: BNet UK
2010-06-01
XDC to Use Arqiva"s Is905 Digital Cinema Satellite Platform - Arqiva is to provide XDC with satellite based electronic delivery to cinemas using its IS905 Digital Cinema platform and satellite infrastructure. Under a non-exclusive agreement Arqiva will deliver Digital Cinema Packages and live events to exhibitors in XDC"s network, while XDC will also be able to transmit content to all cinemas connected to the Arqiva Digital Cinema network.
Source: D Cinema Today
2010-06-01
Baby boomer cinema: Hollywood"s mid-life crisis - Baby boomers created modern Hollywood, and as they age they are going to cinemas in droves. So why are so few films made for them, and is it their fault?
Source: Guardian
2010-06-01
Successful launch for NEC"s latest range of digital cinema projectors - NEC Display Solutions extends its Series 2 range of digital cinema projectors with the model NC1200C. The new model range has already generated contracts for more than 1,000 units throughout Europe. The projectors are based on Texas Instruments" Series 2 technology and excel on account of their user-friendliness, low maintenance costs and reduced operating expenses.
Source: NEC Europe
2010-05-25
Technicolor shows off 3D system at Cannes - Technicolor showed off its new 3D system for 35mm projectors, dubbed Technicolor 3D, to producers and exhibitors at the Olympia Cinema in Cannes on Monday.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
2010-05-25
Cineworld starts off year ahead - Cineworld plc, national cinema chain are ahead of expected total revenue by 13.9 pct. The UKs second largest cinema chain after Odeon, Cineworld has seen a growth of 13.9 pct mainly due to box office revenue from the success of films like Avatar and Alice in Wonderland.
Source: International Business Times
2010-05-25
Thousand cinemagoers flock to Kubrick festival - NEARLY 1,000 people flocked to this year’s Oxford Mail Film Festival, hosted by the Phoenix Picturehouse in Walton Street, Oxford.
Source: Oxford Mail
2010-05-25
`Avatar’ Digital Aliens Spell Doom for Europe’s Independent Movie Theater - The Prince Charles , a London movie theater that’s more likely to screen “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” than a James Cameron blockbuster, is struggling to pay for Hollywood demands to go digital.
Source: Industry News
2010-05-25
Appeal court rules on Odyssey cinema case - The High Court has been asked to make a new judgement on a cinema operators bid to cancel its lease at the Odyssey complex in Belfast due to noise issues.
Source: BBC
2010-05-25
Macao Digital Cinema Festival Convenes May 27 in China - The first annual, Macao, China International Digital Cinema Festival and Entertainment Technology Expo and Macao 3D Summit is being held May 27-29. China
Source: Digital Cinema Report
2010-05-25
International Datacasting Corporation Rolls Out 3D Live Networks Around the World - International Datacasting Corporation, /quotes/comstock/11t!idc (CA:IDC 0.28, -0.02, -5.17%) -the global leader in advanced solutions for broadband multimedia content distribution via satellite--announced today a series of new orders for its 3D live solution prompted by the upcoming 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa(TM).
Source: Wall Street Journal
2010-05-25
Oxford cinemas get £500,000 facelift - TWO cinemas in Oxford city centre are being refurbished this month and next at a cost of
Source: Oxford Mail
2010-05-25
Leading Canadian Cinema Chain Selects Christie DLP Cinema Projectors to Double Capacity for 3D Showings - Christie® announced that Cinemas Guzzo, a Canada-based leading independent cinema chain has purchased 57 Christie Solaria™ series digital cinema projectors, which utilize Academy Award1-winning DLP Cinema® technology from Texas Instruments’ (TI) (NYSE: TXN).
Source: DCinema Today
2010-05-25
Multiplex Industry growth in Indian cinema exhibition industry - The cinema exhibition industry in India is growing at 10% per annum driven by multiplexes, which are expanding rapidly in major metropolitan cities as well as second and third tier cities.
Source: New Gadget World
2010-05-25
ShoWest and Our Future at the Movies - ShoWest is billed as the largest motion picture convention and trade show in the world. It brings together theater owners
Source: Kodak
2010-05-25
Bangkok cinemas burned by rioters - Several major Bangkok movie theaters have been reduced to ashes, victims of an ongoing uprising against the Thai government that claimed the lives of 44 people in the past week.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
2010-05-25
Work has officially started this week on the construction of Newquay - Work has officially started this week on the construction of Newquay
Source: WTW Cinemas
2010-05-25
Conservatives shelve plans to freeze TV licence fee - THE Tories have reined in plans to freeze the TV licence fee and force the BBC to reveal the salaries of its highest paid stars......He claimed there will be no
Source: Times Online
2010-05-25
XDC Has Begun Utilising A Eur 100 Million Credit Facility to Finance the Rollout of Digital Cinema in Europe - The loan, consisting of two tranches of EUR 50 million, has been structured by BNP Paribas Fortis with the participation of the European Investment Bank (EIB) and KBC Bank. XDC has fulfilled all the conditions required in order to proceed with the first drawdown of this loan facility on 21 May 2010.
Source: D Cinema Today
2010-05-25
Cinematic Change and the End of Film - On Thursday, the day after “Carlos” had its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, I was surprised to learn it had been shot on 35 millimeter film.
Source: Arts Beat (BLOG)
2010-05-25
Kathy OMeara on how part of the Ward Anderson stable acquired Pearl & Dean cinema advertising - Most cinemagoers munching their comestibles in the back row of the local multiplex will be oblivious, but transitions within the cinema industry are set to cause reverberations of a scale equal to that of Eyjafjallajokull or any of its volcanic comrades.
Source: Marketing.ie
2010-05-18
How environmentally friendly are 3D glasses? - Thanks to the success of Avatar and Alice in Wonderland, there are now millions of pairs of 3D glasses kicking around. But what happens to them?
Source: The Guardian
2010-05-18
France Looks Towards Digital Future - Grossing more money in Gaul ($155.90 million as of April 21) than in any other country beside the U.S., Avatar has turned France into Europe's digital frontrunner. UGC, which was initially reluctant to convert its theaters, inked a pact with Ymagis in February to digitize all of its 605 screens, including 373 in France. In April, the country's biggest circuit, Pathe/Gaumont combo EuroPalaces, added four digital Imax screens.
Source: 3D Cinecast (BLOG)
2010-05-18
Doha Tribeca Film Festival raises international awareness of new Arab cinema at Tribeca Film Festival in New York City - The Doha Tribeca Film Festival
Source: Arab News
2010-05-18
Has Cannes lost the plot? - If you want to know why film festivals (even Cannes, the biggest of them all) are struggling to maintain their relevance, start with Jean-Luc Godard.
Source: The Independent
2010-05-18
PVR Plans to Add 60 Cinema Screens - Cinema theatre operator PVR Ltd. plans to add about 60 screens to its network in the current fiscal year in a bid to keep pace with rivals Reliance MediaWorks Ltd. and Inox Leisure Ltd. in India's reviving movie-exhibition market.
Source: Wall Street Journal
2010-05-18
IDC to Expand Live 3-D, Digital Cinema Networks in Europe - (IDC) entered into a contact valued at 1.2 million euro ($1.5 million) contract with an unnamed pan-European content distribution company to provide its Superflex Pro Video product line for the expansion of the customer's 3-D live content and digital cinema content distribution networks, IDC announced May 10.
Source: Satellite Today
2010-05-18
Christie Chosen Again By D-Cinema Korea for Second Phase Digital Cinema Deployment - Christie®, a global leader in digital cinema, is pleased to announce that South Korea based D-Cinema Korea Co. Ltd. (DCK) has committed to installing Christie 4K-ready Solaria™ Series DLP Cinema® projectors in the second phase of their digital cinema deployments, countrywide.
Source: DCinema Today
2010-05-18
TMS Digital Cinema completes 250+ Sony 4K digital systems installations - Digital cinema engineering services provider, TMS Digital Cinema has completed 269 installations of Sony 4K digital systems in its first 180 days of operation at theater including Regal, Hollywood, and Muvico, among others.
Source: Business Of Cinema
2010-05-18
Christie projects at 63rd Cannes Film Festival - A new record has been set at this year
Source: Screen Africa
2010-05-18
MasterImage 3D Expands Operations with Launch of European Office - 3D company MasterImage 3D, LLC has expanded its operations with the opening today of its European office. Located in the UK
Source: Business Wire
2010-05-18
Global options: Alternative content gains momentum In cinemas worldwide - Alternative content (or additional content as some prefer to call it) in cinemas has been slow to develop. From the early days of digital cinema, a small handful of exhibitors have experimented with showing programming other than movies in their venues. They have been very much in the minority, with most exhibitors preferring to wait until digital technology became more widespread to contemplate one of its potential benefits.
Source: Film Journal
2010-05-18
Cinedigm Digital Cinema signs up 6 more theater owners for digital upgrades - Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp. said Wednesday it has signed six more movie theater owners to its program for converting movie screens to digital.
Source: The Washington Examiner
2010-05-18
First 3D cinema projector comes to Borehamwood - FILMS will take on a new dimension from Saturday with Borehamwood's first 3D cinema screening.
Source: Borehamwood And Elstree Times
2010-05-18
Europe: Digital Screens More Than Triple in 2009 with 3D as the Driving Force - Record growth for Europe
Source: D Cinema Today
2010-05-18
China Film Group orders 200 NEC digital-cinema projectors - Ballantyne Strong was selected to provide 200 NEC digital-cinema projectors for China Film Group Corp. in theatres throughout the People
Source: Film Journal
2010-05-18
Questor share tip: 3D gives a new perspective on Cineworld - CINEWORLD has invested heavily in digital and 3D cinemas across the country. It is therefore important to consider whether 3D films such as Avatar and Alice in Wonderland are a fad or a real, sustainable trend.
Source: Telegraph
2010-05-18
Apollo Cinemas: positive developments on digital - Discussions with Apollo Cinemas UK, which runs 17 sites nationwide, have produced positive statements on the future deployment of staff affected by digital projection.
Source: BECTU
2010-05-18
Ymagis and UGC Sign Agreement for the Deployment of Digital Projection Systems - Ymagis and UGC signed today their final agreement for the deployment of digital projection systems in all the complexes of the group. The deployment, which started in March 2010 in the four countries where UGC operates cinemas (France, Belgium, Spain and Italy), will continue in the coming weeks.
Source: D Cinema Today
2010-05-18
Screening strategies: Harkness' Andrew Robinson eyes range of choices for digital-cinema conversions - In an exclusive Q&A, Andrew Robinson, managing director of leading screen manufacturer Harkness Screens, discusses the role of screens in the transition to digital projection, and the options open to exhibitors who want to maximize the impact of the new wave of 3D movies.
Source: Film Journal
2010-05-18
All films will be 3D in 25 years, says Avatar's James Cameron - Avatar director James Cameron today told technology and media executives that 3D will replace 2D as the standard format for film and television in less than 25 years.
Source: This Is London
2010-05-11
Vue cinema pushing me towards film piracy - For years, PC games companies have been pushing me towards pirating their games. Anti-piracy technology (DRM) has become so invasive that some games hardly work at all for legitimate customers, and we risk our computers being damaged if we dare to install a shop-bought game.
Source: Meejahor.com (BLOG)
2010-05-11
Digital cinema takes off worldwide - We are now 11 years into the global digital cinema conversion and the market has moved into mainstream conversion phase.
Source: Screen Digest
2010-05-11
Prince Of Persia to premiere at Westfield - The Vue cinema at Westfield will host the world premiere of Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time.
Source: 1
2010-05-11
Bangladesh anger over India films - Bangladeshi film-makers and actors say they have forced the government to reverse last weekends decision to allow cinemas to show Indian films
Source: BBC News
2010-05-11
UK Film Council Lets Multiplexes Catch Up - The British government has extended its Digital Screen Network scheme, giving multiplexes which have missed their film quotas time to catch up. The DSN scheme will now run until September 2012. Multiplexes that joined the DSN promised to show a quota of specialised films in exchange for free digital equipment. Instead, cinema chains including Cineworld, Odeon and Vue upgraded their DSN screens to 3D. Whereas other exhibitors have had to spend hundreds of thousands of pounds installing 3D digital projectors and screens, the big chains have been given a massive 3D leg-up courtesy of the public purse. It costs between
Source: Deadline London
2010-05-11
3-D here to stay in Vermont theaters - The excitement over digital projectors and 3-D movies
Source: Burlington Free Press (BLOG)
2010-05-11
British Film Institute announces - Major London project in the pipeline as BFI publishes OJEU notice for design team
Source: Building
2010-05-11
Global cinema explodes thanks to Suffolk - Cinemagoers have all felt that feeling of frustration. You
Source: EADT24
2010-05-11
Public Vote 3 to 1 in favour of Abbeygate Picturehouse - live opera from The New York Met on May 1st - The new owners of Bury St Edmunds
Source: Project PR (BLOG)
2010-05-11
D-BOX Technologies Inks First Deal with California-based Cinema West - D-BOX Technologies Inc. (DBO.A on the TSX Venture Exchange), a leader in innovative motion technology for the entertainment industry, announced today it has signed a multi-year agreement with California-based movie theatre company Cinema West, to install D-BOX MFX Seats in four of its movie theatres.
Source: PR Newswire
2010-05-11
Jersey campaign prompts 3D film showings - Jerseys only cinema has announced plans to show 3D films after pressure from an online campaign.
Source: BBC News
2010-05-11
Europe - Sony Professional, RealD and Apollo Cinemas take 3D to a new level with the creation of Europe
Source: D Cinema Today
2010-05-11
Cinema by Satellite: Cinedigm to Double Network of Satellite-Enabled Theaters by End of 2010 - Satellite Delivery Minimizes Hollywood
Source: D Cinema Today
2010-05-11
Ryerson University Asks Is Everything Better in 3-D? - From its heyday in the 1950s to its current resurgence, 3-D technology has gone from a cinematic gimmick to a box-office gold mine. James Camerons Avatar, heralded for its creation of a three-dimensional fantasy world, is now the highest grossing movie ever. So it seems that audiences are keen on three-dimensional media productions, but do they really like it better than 2-D and what do they like about it? According to one Ryerson University researcher, the truth behind viewers perceptions of 3-D media is in their faces and eyes.
Source: Broadcaster
2010-05-11
New ownership makes plans to convert Showcase Cinemas to Rave Motion Pictures - Showcase Cinemas West, formerly owned by National Amusements Theaters, has been bought by a Dallas-based theater company that plans to change its name, boost its digital technology and make other improvements over time.
Source: M Live.com
2010-05-11
Odeon, UCI ink deal with Universal - Odeon and UCI Cinemas said Sunday that a deal has been sealed with Universal Pictures International (UPI) through which UPI will provide digital versions of Universals movie releases in the U.K. and Ireland.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
2010-05-11
Chinas cinemas set for record box office in 2010 - China could earn a record 10 billion yuan (1.5 billion dollars) in box office takings this year, as a growing number of well-off young urbanites flock to the cinema.
Source: Google
2010-05-11
PFEA criticises govt - The entertainment industry has once again been jolted by a notification issued by authorities, directing cinema owners to shut down their cinemas by 8pm.
Source: Daily Times
2010-05-11
Cinedigm to double network of satellite-enabled theaters by 2010 end - Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp plans to more than double its network of satellite-enabled theatre locations across the United States by deploying an additional 300 locations by the end of 2010. This will increase Cinedigm
Source: Business Of Cinema
2010-05-11
Nitrate: small victories are possible - The nitrate films which the BFI plans to screen are a form of social history, says David Gritten
Source: News Day
2010-05-11
Enthusiasts want one year to restore historic cinema - Campaigners battling to save and restore Preston
Source: Lanacashire Evening Post
2010-05-11
Exploring new alternatives at the multiplex - The main attraction at the multiplex will always be the latest movie blockbuster, without question. But adventurous cinemas are increasingly testing other forms of programming, and bringing new and varied audiences to their auditoriums.
Source: Film Journal International
2010-05-11
Cineworld opens website to publishers and social media fans - Cineworld is to allow external website publishers to use cinema, film information and performance schedules from its website through the Cineworld Cinemas application programming interface (API).
Source: Marketing Week
2010-05-11
New 3D cinemas for Nu Metro - Nu Metro cinemas is adding a new dimension to your cinema experience, with the addition of 11 RealD 3D screens to its circuit in the next few weeks.
Source: Times Live
2010-05-11
3D tickets fuel record price surge - Premium ticket prices for 3D movies fueled the biggest quarterly increase in average U.S. admission charges on record during the first three months of the year.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
2010-05-11
Ebert gives 3D a "Thumbs Down" - In a recent commentary posted at the Newsweek online Web site, legendary Chicago Sun-Times film critic and historian Roger Ebert has come out against 3D movies
Source: HDTV Expert (BLOG)
2010-05-11
Construction starts at Newquay on Monday May 17th 2010. - The long awaited construction of the new multi-screen cinema for Newquay has moved a step forward with the announcement from WTW Cinemas that work on the site of the former Vic Bars in Crantock Street will commence from Monday May 17th.
Source: WTW Cinemas
2010-05-11
Supervision Media to Use Arqivas Digital Cinema Platform on IS905 to Distribute Live Alternative Events to European Cinemas - Arqiva is providing events rights holder SuperVision Media with satellite distribution services via Arqiva
Source: D Cinema Today
2010-05-11
Kinoton offers d-cinema remote online service - Kinoton has enhanced its extensive digital-cinema support by introducing a remote online service.
Source: Film Journal International
2010-05-11
Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp. Subsidiary Closes $172.5 Million New Credit Facility -- Funds to Refinance and Extend the Maturity on All Existing Phase 1 Senior and Mezzanine Non-Recourse Debt - Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp. ("Cinedigm") /quotes/comstock/15*!cidm/quotes/nls/cidm (CIDM 2.28, -0.25, -9.88%) today announced the closing of a $172.5 million credit facility co-led by Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking and GE Capital Markets.
Source: Marketwatch
2010-05-11
Reading International Announces 1st Quarter 2010 Results - Net Income of $353,000 for the 2010 quarter, compared to a net loss of $3.4 million in the 2009 quarter
Source: Marketwatch
2010-05-11
New digital cinema opens in Carmarthen - Exciting news for us
Source: Word Press (BLOG)
2010-05-11
Supervision Media to Use Arqivas Digital Cinema Platform on IS905 to Distribute Live Alternative Events to European Cinemas - Arqiva is providing events rights holder SuperVision Media with satellite distribution services via Arqiva’s Digital Cinema platform on IS905. This supports SuperVision Media's distribution and commercialisation of live sport and entertainment events into digitally enabled cinemas in Europe and around the world.
Source: DCinema Today
2010-05-11
TMS Digital Cinema Completes Over 250 Sony 4K Digital Systems Installations in First 180 Days Of Operations - TMS Digital Cinema, fast becoming the worlds leading independent provider of digital cinema engineering services, announced today that it completed 269 installations of state-of-the-art Sony 4K digital systems in its first 180 days of operation, satisfying unprecedented demand from leading theater chains across the country, including Regal, Hollywood, and Muvico, among others.
Source: Bradbenton.com
2010-05-11
European state aid for digital cinema - A successive run of Hollywood 3D blockbusters, like Avatar, Up and Alice in Wonderland have been largely responsible for an upswing in the number of digital cinemas in Europe. The success of these films have also heightened concern among smaller cinema operators who cannot afford the cost of digital conversion.
Source: Screen Africa
2010-04-27
At Kodak, Patents Hold the Key to the Future - As Eastman Kodak Co. struggles to turn itself around, a patent countersuit brought against it by Apple Inc. highlights the camera and printer makers continuing reliance on income from its intellectual-property patents.
Source: Wall Street Journal
2010-04-27
Movie theaters turn to live event screenings to fill seats - Its 7 p.m. on a recent Saturday and every seat in the 294-seat theater inside the AMC 16 Burbank is filled. The crowd isnt there to watch "How to Train Your Dragon" or "Alice in Wonderland," but a not-so-family-friendly kind of entertainment: mixed martial arts.
Source: Los Angeles Times
2010-04-27
Sonic Equipment Company Signs Agreement With Christie Managed Services - Christie®, a global leader indigital cinema, announced that the Sonic Equipment Company has signed a major agreement with Christie Managed Services that will provide Sonic’s
customers with a wide-ranging new tier of technical support and maintenance that includes end-to-end turnkey solutions and a la carte service. Sonic’s expanded technical resources will be available to current customers – already at more than 400 screens – as well as all future customers across the Midwest and beyond.
Source: Press release Point
2010-04-27
Kiwi Cinemas Must Wait For 3D - Cinemas are rushing to invest in 3D, but global demand for the equipment means that it may be a while before the screens are commonplace in New Zealand.
Source: Stuff.co.nz
2010-04-27
Digital age puts small theaters in a bind - At Island Cinema, a metal door leads up to the projector room and projectionist David Fountain. Here
Source: News Press.com (BLOG)
2010-04-27
Iron Man 2 premiere hit by volcanic ash - World premiere moved from London to Los Angeles due to travel disruptions
Source: NME
2010-04-27
IMAX inks new theater deal in Japan - Megascreen theater company IMAX Corp. said Tuesday it will expand in Japan
Source: AP
2010-04-27
Muvico Theaters Expands Cinema Operations with Sony Digital Cinema 4K - Muvico Theaters, one of the earliest adopters of Sony digital cinema 4K technology, has completed the current phase of its digital conversion. The exhibitor now has five theaters equipped with Sony 4K digital cinema technology for a total of 89 screens, of which 17 are outfitted for 3D by combining Sony
Source: D Cinema Today
2010-04-27
Wildwood Theatres Moves to A Digital Future with Sony 4K Digital Cinema Projectors - Wildwood Theatres is installing Sony Electronics
Source: D Cinema Today
2010-04-27
Apollo Cinemas Commits 100% to Arqiva - The Apollo Cinema chain has chosen Arqiva
Source: D Cinema Today
2010-04-27
Agreement reached between Sony Pictures Releasing International and Film & Kino - Film & Kino, the Norwegian cinema organization, announced today that it has reached a non-exclusive agreement with Sony Pictures Releasing International (
Source: D Cinema Today
2010-04-27
Kieft-Group to close VPF deal with XDC and FTT - As the first circuit in the German-speaking countries Kieft & Kieft + Partner group enters into a VPF agreement to deploy 150 digital screens in Germany, Switzerland and Czech Republic.
Source: D Cinema Today
2010-04-27
STV to sell Pearl & Dean for £1 - The media group STV is to sell its cinema advertising business Pearl & Dean for £1. The sale to Image Ltd, a newly formed company backed by Empire Cinemas director Thomas Anderson, is subject to shareholder approval.
Source: BBC News
2010-04-27
German cinemas forced to sharpen focus in 3D age - While Germany enjoys international renown for its generosity to film producers and directors, it has so far done nothing to help its cinemas into the 3D digital age. And now time is beginning to run out.
Source: DW World
2010-04-27
Empire told build cinema or lose your site - PRESSURE has piled on for Empire to complete the redevelopment of the multi-million pound Ealing cinema or lose it for good.
Source: Ealing Gazette
2010-04-27
Phish Fans Flood Theatres for Phish 3D Premiere - Phish 3D, the production of Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp. (NASDAQ: CIDM), AEG NL and Action 3D, made a splash at its April 20th premiere at nine exclusive locations across the country this week, with dedicated Phish fans turning out in droves to experience the groundbreaking concert film.
Source: D Cinema Today
2010-04-27
UK cinemas not daunted by World Cup challenge - UK cinemas are confident that summer box office takings will survive competition from the World Cup in 2010.
Source: BBC News
2010-04-27
Lloyds hoists For sale sign over Vue cinemas - Lloyds Banking Group is putting the cinema chain Vue Entertainment up for sale.
Source: Times Online
2010-04-27
Bollywood films after 40 years - BANGLADESH has lifted a four-decade ban on Indian films in a bid to boost attendance at cinemas, a government minister said on Saturday, drawing loud complaints from local actors and directors.
Source: The Straits Times
2010-04-23
Christie Appoints Stage Audio Works - Stage Audio Works have been appointed as an official distributor of the Christie range of premium projectors and processors in South Africa, from its bases in Port Elizabeth and Johannesburg.
2010-04-23
The Cathedral of Christ the Saviour Hosts its First Film Premiere - Moscow, Russia (14th April, 2010) – The premiere of Vladimir Khotinenko’s new film – Pop (aka The Priest) – which took place on Easter Sunday in the Church Council’s Hall of the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, has become a unique event in the history of the Russian motion picture industry. Kinoproekt Company provided the technical support and installed the digital projection system supplied by Christie.
2010-04-23
Christie Supports Visualisation Show at Hannover Messe - Mönchengladbach, (April 2010) – Under the motto 'Efficiency - Innovation -
Sustainability', the next HANNOVER MESSE- 19 to 23 April 2010 - will be showcasing innovations, new developments and technologies, alongside new materials from the world of industry. As
part of the “Digital Factory”, which is one of nine trade shows taking place within the Hannover fair, there will be a special show in hall 17, focusing on Virtual Reality and 3D
Visualisation.
2010-04-23
Christie Solaria Makes its Debut in Spain at the Malaga Spanish Film Festival - Kelonik equips Screen 1 at the Cines Alb
Source: Press Release
2010-04-23
CHRISTIE TAKES CENTRE STAGE AT PALME 2010 - PALME, Dubai – (18th – 20th April, 2010) Christie Middle East has occupied a central position at
the PALME Middle East shows since setting up its regional office back in May 2007. PALME 2010 (Dubai International Exhibitions Centre, April 18-20) has been no exception with Simon Smith
and his team setting out a range of dynamic and innovative new products.
2010-04-23
Christie Introduces the New Digital Canvas at PLASA Focus:Christie MicroTiles - PALME, Dubai
Source: Press Release
2010-04-23
EFA Partners and Infuse Commercial Capital Create Digital Cinema Financing Program for Small to Mid-Sized Movie Exhibitors - EFA Partners and Infuse Commercial Capital announced that they have jointly created a program that offers favorable financing terms for smaller movie exhibitors seeking viable financing alternatives for their digital cinema conversion.The program is highlighted by offering loans up to $2 million that can finance up to 100% of the digital cinema equipment cost.
Source: Digital Cinema Buyer
2010-04-23
Apollo Cinemas commits 100% to Arqiva’s Digital Cinema Satellite System - The Apollo Cinema chain has chosen Arqiva’s Digital Cinema
Satellite Distribution System for their entire cinema circuit. This will enable Arqiva to electronically deliver Digital Cinema Packages and live events to all of Apollo’s sites around the
UK. The first performance streamed live via satellite for Apollo was the Bolshoi Ballet’s ‘La Flame de Paris’ from Moscow on April 8th 2010.
Barrie Woolston, Commercial Director at Arqiva Satellite & Media, said: “Apollo has a reputation for being at the cutting edge of cinema. Arqiva’s innovative satellite system uses professional broadcast equipment to provide a robust and reliable electronic delivery system for live and feature content. We congratulate Apollo on being the first UK cinema chain to fully deploy digital cinema for which Arqiva’s electronic distribution is ideally suited.”
Arqiva provides robust satellite and IP networks for the managed delivery of entertainment, information and advertising worldwide. It works with leading media distributors to provide
electronic delivery services of live events and feature films into digital cinemas across Europe.
Source: Press Release
2010-04-20
Starplex Cinemas Selects GDC Servers for Digital Rollout - GDC Technology (“GDC”), a world leading digital cinema solution provider, announced today an exclusive server deal with Starplex Cinemas, a leading US cinema chain based in Dall1as, Texas.
Source: D Cinema Today
2010-04-20
Cineworld to bring in 3D technology 'soon' - ISLANDERS will soon be able to watch blockbuster hits in 3D, now that the Island
Source: This Is Jersey
2010-04-20
Carmike Cinemas to Host 2010 First Quarter Results Conference Call/Webcast Monday, May 3 at 5:00 P.M. ET - Carmike Cinemas, Inc. /quotes/comstock/15*!ckec/quotes/nls/ckec (CKEC 16.40, +0.54, +3.40%) , a leading digital cinema and 3D motion picture exhibitor, will host its 2010 first quarter results conference call and webcast on Monday, May 3, 2010 at 5:00 P.M. ET. Carmike's financial results will be issued after the market's close the same day.
Source: Business Wire
2010-04-20
Movie Metrics: Cinema Ads Click With Viewers - A new report from the Cinema Advertising Council and NewMediaMetrics details consumers' emotional attachment to different media, as well as brands appearing in various media contexts. The findings suggest that cinema advertising can compete effectively with television for video advertising dollars.
Source: Media Post
2010-04-20
Big Cinemas eyeing DLF - Anil Ambani's ambitions to expand his cinema business may not end in a battle to acquire the majority in Fame. As sources say Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group Reliance MediaWorks may well be eyeing DT cinemas, which belongs to real estate developer DLF.
Source: NDTV Profit
2010-04-20
Digital 3D Cinema Firm RealD Aims for $200 Million IPO - Beverly Hills, Calif. - RealD, a provider of digital 3D cinema projection systems, on Friday filed for an initial public offering (IPO) of shares on the New York Stock Exchange that hopes to raise up to $200 million. Beverly Hills, Calif.-based RealD's 3D projection systems have been deployed on more than 5,300 screens in 51 countries to date; its technology has been used to screen "Avatar," "Clash of the Titans" and other titles.
Source: Digital Media Wire
2010-04-20
EPC backs digital conversion, opposes pan-European licensing - The European Producers Club (EPC), an association of Europe's leading independent film producers, has announced their support of digital conversion and opposition to pan-European licensing.
Source: Cineuropa
2010-04-20
Pub set to swallow up icon - PADSTOW'S iconic cinedrome could be converted into a Wetherspoons pub, the Cornish Guardian has learned.
Source: This Is Cornwall.co.uk
2010-04-20
Vue helped by recession - VUE Cinemas has narrowed its losses by more than a third after recession-struck Britons opted to save money by going to films rather than to nightclubs or restaurants.
Source: Bnet
2010-04-20
First all-3D cinema a coup for Carmarthen - WALES’ oldest town will become the first place in Europe to have a purpose-built all 3D, digital multiplex cinema at the end of this month.
Source: Wales Online
2010-04-20
Movie Tavern Selects GDC Servers for Digital Rollout - Burbank, California – GDC Technology (“GDC”), a world leading digital cinema solution provider, is pleased to announce the signing of a server deployment agreement with Movie Tavern, a fast growing US cinema eatery chain. The agreement involves the deployment of 76 GDC servers scheduled to commence in Q2 of this year with full deployment expected to be completed by the end of year. As part of Cinedigm’s Phase 2 digital cinema deployment program, GDC servers will be integrated with Series 2 DLP Cinema® projectors supplied by Barco. Participating theatres will become part of Cinedigm Certified™ digital cinema network.
Source: Box Office
2010-04-12
Cinema goes back to the future with 80s classics - Sylvester Stallone versus Arnold Schwarzenegger versus Bruce Willis: it is the screen showdown that action nerds of a certain age have waited three decades to see.
Source: Times Online
2010-04-12
Hyde Park Picture House - The Hyde Park Picture House in Leeds is the second oldest continually operating cinema in the country, one of the oldest surviving cinemas from the silent era and with many of its original features still intact.
Source: Guardian.co.uk
2010-04-12
Q&A With Uckfield Picture House Owner Kevin Markwick - Kevin Markwick owns and runs the Uckfield Picture House in East Sussex (not related to the Picturehouse chain). An impassioned cinephile, Kevin was interviewed by Francine Stock on BBC Radio 4s Film Programme in February and came across as a funny and interesting guy. I got in touch and he was nice enough to answer a few questions for this blog:
Source: Beames On Film (BLOG)
2010-04-12
Dolby Sees a New Vision of Image Accuracy - SAN FRANCISCO, Apr 05, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Dolby Laboratories, Inc. /quotes/comstock/13*!dlb/quotes/nls/dlb (DLB 59.30, +0.21, +0.36%) announced today that for professionals who rely on the most accurate measurement tools for color-critical work, the new Dolby(R) PRM-4200 Professional Reference Monitor delivers the accuracy of previous CRT (cathode ray tube) monitors with the versatility of flat-panel displays.
Source: Business Wire
2010-04-12
Scrabble Entertainment And UFO Moviez To Jointly Roll Out IPL In 3D Format In Theatres - Scrabble Entertainment which have more than 160 DCI compliant digital screens across India and over 60 3D enabled screens have joined hands with UFO Moviez India Ltd., India
Source: Your Story
2010-04-12
State-of-the-art digital tech makes Festival Theatre giant cinema - PERFORMANCES could soon be broadcast live from the Capitals Festival Theatre to other cities across the country using state-of-the-art digital equipment. The venue is set to become Scotlands largest digital cinema by this summer, after a
Source: Edinburgh Evening News
2010-04-12
UK Film Council launches new £15m film fund to champion British film - New £15m film fund opens for business • Experienced team appointed as atekeepers of the Film Fund • Producers to receive equity share of UK Film Council recoupment • Tim Bevan to chair think tank to identify ways to grow uk film companies of scale • Most significant revision of UK Film Council activities in 10 years
Source: UK Film Council
2010-04-12
Cinedigm Announces Agreement With Rave Motion Pictures for Phase 2 Deployment Program - Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp. (NASDAQ: CIDM), the global leader in the digital cinema industry, today announced Rave Motion Pictures, a Texas-based cinema chain, has signed an agreement to participate in Cinedigms Phase 2 digital cinema deployment program. Three hundred fifty-six Rave screens across 20 U.S. states will participate in the Phase 2 program including some that have previously installed digital cinema equipment and 277 that will be converted using Barco Series II projection equipment. All will become Cinedigm Certified
Source: CNN Money.com
2010-04-12
Christie Digital Cinema Projectors Screen Inspiring Movies to More Than 70,000 Haitians - Running until April 11th,
the Cinépolis Foundation’s social outreach program entitled "Lets all go to Cinépolis Haiti" will screen 11 movies on donated Christie digital cinema projectors reaching more than 70,000 people devastated by the February 12th earthquake.
Source: D Cinema Today
2010-04-12
Toledo movie theatres under new ownership - Youll soon see changes at several Toledo movie theatres. Showcase Cinemas will be switched to Rave Cinemas as part of a change of ownership. Rave bought Showcase from National Amusements.
Source: ABC Local
2010-04-12
National CineMedia (NCM) Expands Its Cinema Network with the Addition of Metropolitan Theatres - National CineMedia /quotes/comstock/15*!ncmi/quotes/nls/ncmi (NCMI 18.60, -0.15, -0.80%) , a leading integrated media company reaching U.S. consumers in movie theaters, online and through mobile technology, has entered into a network affiliate agreement with Metropolitan Theatres Corporation for the presentation of cinema advertising and NCM Fathom entertainment events.
Source: Business Wire
2010-04-12
RealD to capitalise on 3D success with IPO - RealD, whose technology has fuelled the explosion in 3D cinema, is working on a potential $1bn listing to capitalise on the success of films such as Avatar and Alice in Wonderland, according to several people familiar with the matter.
Source: Financial Times
2010-04-12
He's the reel deal – restaurant and pub tycoon plots expansion into movie business - ONE of Scotland's leading pub, restaurant and hotel chains is planning to expand into the movie business.
Source: Scotsman.com
2010-04-12
Offhollywood Brings Unique Vision III 3D Lens Technology to Production Market - Leading digital cinema company Offhollywood today announced that, in association with Element Technica 3D and Thales Angenieux, it is providing producers and cinematographers with cutting-edge Vision III Imaging 3D lens technology. The integrated solution unites Element Technicas 3D rigs for capture of stereoscopic 3D images, Vision IIIs patented Digital Parallax Scanning (DPS
Source: Broadcast Newsroom
2010-04-12
The Clash Of The Titans conundrum: Why Animated Films Look Better In 3D - Slates Daniel Engber offers some pretty darn intriguing theories about the issue in a recent post, taking us way past the most obvious explanation -- that the effects were simply done on the cheap. As he explains, if you want to add depth to a flat image, you need skilled 3-D artisans, and skilled artisans cost moolah.
Source: Los Angeles Times
2010-04-12
No, your eyes arent deceiving you - Avatar has seen Hollywood re-embrace the format, but its all about gimmickry, not creative film-making
Source: The Guardian
2010-04-12
Barco and GDC Unveil Integrated Media Block for Digital Cinema at CineAsia - Digital cinema pioneer Barco and digital cinema solution provider GDC Technology (
Source: Barco Projector.Info
2010-04-12
The i-Cinema Standard - Art house cinemas would clearly benefit from a different digital cinema standard than mainstream Hollywood studio films and commercial multiplex exhibitors do. The Digital Cinema Initiative (DCI) standard is indeed technically very impressive but far too expensive and cumbersome for most specialty film venues. Consequently, there are very few DCI equipped art house cinemas operating today in the U.S., and little if any appropriate content.
Source: Emerging Pictures
2010-04-05
Entertainment-starved federal capital: No cinema house for 1.5 million Islooites - ISLAMABAD: The entertainment-starved 1.5 million people of the federal capital are waiting for revival of cinema house in the city to enjoy movies on big screen. The city
Source: Daily Times
2010-04-05
The much-awaited Mahinda Rajapaksa National Tele Cinema Park in Ranmihitenna has completed its stage one. This giant cinema village will be opened by President Mahinda Rajapaksa on March 30. - Ranmihitenna is situated between Tissamaharamaya and Kataragama about seven kilometres from Tissamaharamaya. About two years ago, LTTE had massacred some villagers there. But things have come a full circle now and it has become the scene of festivity.
Source: Daily News
2010-04-05
India's Reliance Media Works Takes Over UFO's E-Cinema Operation - This past week the digital cinema pipeline into movie theatres in India became a little more narrow - figuratively, not literally or technically. On Thursday Reliance MediaWorks (formerly Adlabs), one of India
Source: Celluloid Junkie
2010-04-05
INTERNATIONAL INDEX TO FILM PERIODICALS - Created by the International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF) in Paris in 1938, FIAF is a collaborative association of film archives whose purpose is to ensure the proper preservation and showing of motion pictures.
Source: YUL News
2010-04-05
Through the 3D looking glass - HERE'S A QUESTION for you. If we say 3D game changer we're sure that most of you will think of James Cameron's record breaking Avatar, possibly the first film in a while to be widely acclaimed for its technological merit alone. However, it was the Lumerie brothers, inventors of the cinematograph, who staked the first claim as 3D game changers.
Source: The Inquirer
2010-04-05
Digital cinema takes off in Europe - 3D screens account for 74 per cent of all digital screens in Europe, having increased in number six-fold during 2009. The number of digital screens tripled over the same period. France is now the leading d-cinema territory in Europe, with close to 1,000 d-screens at the end of 2009.
Source: Screen Digest
2010-04-05
Agora shifts away from print with cinema deal - Polish media group Agora AGOD.WA agreed to pay 25 million euros for control of cinema operator Helios in a move to lessen its reliance on the hard hit newspaper business, pushing its shares to an 18 month high.
Source: Reuters
2010-04-05
3D Flicks Spark Cinema Price Hikes - Expect soon to see a marked increase in rabid, shock-horror puff pieces from Hollywood
Source: P2PNet
2010-04-05
Cinema Treasures, Odeon Manly - Located in the Sydney beachside suburb of Manly. The Rialto Theatre was located midway along the southern side of The Corso, the main street in town. It opened on 23rd July 1923 with John Barrymore in "Sherlock Holmes" and Wallace Beery in "Thirty Days".
Source: Cinema Treasures
2010-04-05
NAB 2010 - Another DVS Debut in DCI - Launch of Fuze - Highlighting its current product portfolio for post production and broadcast at booth SL3305, DVS presents the latest addition to its video systems family: Fuze stars with its Digital Mastering capabilities. At this year
Source: DCinema Today
2010-04-05
Davao City eyes digital theater - Davao City (31 March) -- Davao City has a good market for movie theaters with top-of-the-line facilities as can be observed with the first 3D cinema in the city run by SM.
Source: PIA Daily News Reader
2010-04-05
20th Century Fox sign up SmartJog - Twentieth Century Fox and TDF subsidiary SmartJog have announced a non-exclusive deal for the satellite distribution of digital cinema content to theatres in Europe.
Source: Tech Watch
2010-04-05
Contracts Exchanged on St Albans Odeon - THE sale of the former St Albans Odeon to cinema entrepreneur James Hannaway went through today. Contracts have been exchanged between Mr Hannaway and the owners of the Odeon, Wattsdown Developments, following a campaign to raise
Source: The Herts Advertiser
2010-04-05
Bring Back Movies to the Drive-In - The Southington Drive-in is one of the last of its kind, not only in Connecticut but the entire United States and there's a push to restore it to some of its former glory.
Source: NBC Connecticut
2010-04-05
Arts Alliance Media broadens digital cinema reach - UK digital distribution group Arts Alliance Media (AAM) has agreed an exclusive strategic partnership with Japanese company Broadmedia, in order that the latter may launch digital conversion programme in Japan.
Source: Screen Digest
2010-04-05
VUE HELPED BY RECESSION - Vue Cinemas has cut its losses by more than a third as recession-hit Britons choose to save money by going to the cinema rather than nightclubs or restaurants.
Source: Reuters
2010-04-05
3-D Films Are Everywhere This Summer, And So Are New 3-D Screens - the opening today of the 3-D family fantasy
Source: hotnewsreview.com
2010-04-02
Could the 3D fad die like it did during the 50s? - According to an article in the Wall Street Journal, the recent glut of 3D films have moviegoers confused, leaving the future of 3D movies in doubt.
Source: Cinematreasures.org
2010-04-01
State-of-the-art digital tech makes Festival Theatre giant cinema - PERFORMANCES could soon be broadcast live from the Capitals Festival Theatre to other cities across the country using state-of-the-art digital equipment.
Source: Scotsman.com
2010-03-29
Movie costs enter a new dimension - DIGITAL 3D offers a new dimension on the big screen - but at a prohibitively high cost for families. It costs $116 for an average family of four to enjoy the full cinema experience in Adelaide. That includes tickets, popcorn and drinks for two adults and two kids at Greater Union's Marion Megaplex.
Source: Adelaide Now
2010-03-29
GlobeCast - SND, the distribution company of major French television channel M6, recently selected GlobeCast
Source: Satnews.com
2010-03-29
The Det Udom Mini Theatre - Det Udom, Ubon, Ratchathani, Thailand - This is a photographic archive of derelict or converted movie theaters in Southeast Asia. Ever since the convenience of the home entertainment center has become widely available, movie theater-going has been on the path to extinction. Declining audiences and rising operational costs have made the business feasible only for larger conglomerates, while the independent, family-run theater has been squeezed out of the picture. Here their memories are kept alive. Going or gone, but not forgotten.
Source: Seatheater (BLOG)
2010-03-29
It's an (Organic) Wrap - Las Vegas – There was a lot to digest at the recently concluded Showest convention, ranging from matters of life and death (digital conversion, access to diverse movies) to the frankly frivolous (healthier snack foods). On balance, one left with the sense that at least the distribution sector was 1) on relatively stable economic ground and 2) aware of potential problems ahead and taking preventative measures to blunt future turbulence.
Source: MCN Blogs (BLOGS)
2010-03-29
Ballantyne Q4 Net Revenues Rose 28.5% to $18.8 Million and 2009 Revenues Rose 31.6 % to $72.1 Million - Ballantyne Strong, Inc. /quotes/comstock/14*!btn/quotes/nls/btn (BTN 4.80, +0.05, +1.05%) , a provider of digital cinema projection equipment and services, cinema screens and other cinema products, today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2009.
Source: The Wall Street Journal
2010-03-29
3D: cinematic revolution or just a trick of the light? - The studios say it dramatically enhances our viewing experience. But sceptics claim it is merely a ploy to make us pay more at the box office. Jonathan Brown and Kevin Rawlinson investigate
Source: The Independent
2010-03-29
Barco signs digital cinema contract with Zhejiang Time Cinema - MUMBAI: Barco has signed a major contract for the deployment of 100 digital cinema system for Zhejiang Time Cinema, China's seventh largest cinema chain.
Source: BOC.com
2010-03-29
'Titans': Paramount, Warner Battle Over 3D Screens - "The Clash of the Titans" has initiated a real-life battle of industry stalwarts as Paramount competes with Warner Bros. over booking scarce 3D-ready movie screens. On the floor of ShoWest last week, following Warner's abrupt decision to move "Titans'" release date to April 2, rumors were rife that Paramount officials were strong-arming theater chain bookers in order to bolster 3D play for their "How to Train Your Dragon," which opens a week from Friday
Source: The Wrap
2010-03-28
Qlds historic cinema facing demolition - Cinema lovers are being urged not to let one of Australias last remaining Hollywood-style picture palaces go down without a fight, or at least a visit.
Source: Brisbane Times
2010-03-26
Research and Markets: 2010 Analysis on Cinemas in the UK - A Comprehensive Profile of 76 Companies Operating in the UK Marke - Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/822237/2010_plimsoll_anal) has announced the addition of the "2010 Plimsoll Analysis - Cinemas - A comprehensive profile of 76 companies operating in the UK market" report to their offering.
Source: Findarticles.com
2010-03-26
3D debate pops to the fore - Studios stew over stereoscopic pics
Source: Variety
2010-03-26
Technicolor archive donated to George Eastman House - Film preservation continues down the Yellow Brick Road with the announcement from the George Eastman House of a major donation from the Technicolor archive.
Source: Democratandchronicle.com
2010-03-25
20th Century Fox & SmartJog ink deal for digital cinema content - Twentieth Century Fox and SmartJog have signed a non-exclusive agreement for satellite distribution of digital cinema content to theatres in Europe. Under the terms of the agreement, SmartJog will deliver Twentieth Century Fox movies in digital format to exhibitors connected to SmartJog
Source: Businessofcinema
2010-03-22
Alice in Wonderland’ Sets Stage for Dolby Showdown With RealD - March 12 (Bloomberg) — “Alice in Wonderland,” Tim Burton’s reimagining of the Lewis Carroll tale, is doing more than setting box-office records for a 3-D movie. It’s serving as a showdown between two rival projector technologies. On one side is the dominant format from RealD, a company in Beverly Hills, California. On the other: San Francisco’s Dolby Laboratories Inc., which rules the market for audio technology but remains an upstart in 3-D video.
Source: The Goss Magazine
2010-03-22
Welsh film history: 1920-29 - The 1920's were the peak and, ironically, the swansong years of silent cinema - which reached its zenith with the cinematic masterpieces of directors such as von Sternberg, von Stroheim, Murnau, Eisenstein and Gance, and in Hollywood the still incomparable comedies of Chaplin, Keaton and Harold Lloyd.
Source: BBC
2010-03-22
Israel's largest cinema multiplex opens Thursday in Rishon - Innovations include a glass floor with a screen under the moviegoers' feet.Tzahi Hoffman15 Mar 10 17:28 Competition in Israel's cinema scene will hot up on Thursday when Cinema City opens its doors at the G Leisure Center in Rishon Lezion. The 26 screen multiplex will be the largest in the country, just beating the 25 screen Cinema City at Glilot in Ramat Hasharon near Tel Aviv. The 26 screen multiplex has seating for 4,000 moviegoers and covers 45,000 square meters.
Source: Globes Online
2010-03-22
Off The Screen - 3D Cinema - A few years ago, Jeffrey Katzenberg (for the few that still may not know who he is, he is the co-founder of DREAMWORKS, SKG and CEO of DREAMWORKS ANIMATION) made a bold proclamation that 3-D would save the movie industry. Was he right? Mr. Katzenberg knows a thing or two about cinematic success like when he was the head of Disney feature films and he was responsible for revitalizing their feature animated film division which included hits like THE LITTLE MERMAID, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, ALADDIN and THE LION KING. Not to mention that recent box office returns would suggest that yes, he indeed was correct.
Source: Cinemascope (Blog)
2010-03-22
Execs say 'Avatar' transformed 3D cinema - LAS VEGAS -- "Avatar" gave exhibition a big year-end boost, but its effect on the market embrace of 3D has been even more dramatic.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
2010-03-22
A New Leader for Cinema Industry - ShoWest, the annual convention and trade show for those in the movie theater business, is renaming itself CinemaCon, Variety reported on Monday.
Source: The New York Times
2010-03-22
Dolby Exhibits Digital Cinema Solutions at ShoWest 2010 - LAS VEGAS, Mar 15, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- At ShoWest 2010 today, Dolby Laboratories, Inc. /quotes/comstock/13*!dlb/quotes/nls/dlb (DLB 58.00, -0.71, -1.21%) is showcasing in booth 1605 at Bally's Hotel its comprehensive set of digital cinema solutions. On display is the Dolby(R) CP750, the Dolby Screen Server (DSS200), Dolby's Theatre Management System (TMS) with the latest v.4.2 software upgrade, and Dolby 3D Digital Cinema solutions.
Source: The Wall Street Journal
2010-03-22
Birmingham IMAX cinema continues to soar with Alice In Wonderland stepping in for Avatar - BOSSES of Birmingham
Source: Sunday Mercury
2010-03-22
Sonic Equipment Expands Deployment with Christie 4K-Ready Digital Cinema Projectors - Christie®, a global leader in digital cinema, announced that Sonic Equipment Company has ordered 100 Christie Solaria Series 4K-ready Series 2 digital cinema projectors, which utilize Academy Award1-winning DLP Cinema® technology from Texas Instruments (TI) (NYSE: TXN).
Source: D Cinema Today
2010-03-22
Foreign Audiences Speeding Up 3D Cinema Conversion By Paying Double For 'Avatar' - Copenhagen cinemagoers are paying up to 20 euros ($28) a ticket to see Avatar, compared with an average Danish ticket price of 10 euros. Slovakian cinemagoers are paying 8 euros per ticket to see the James Cameron technopic, compared with an average of 4 euros. And the average Avatar ticket price in Europe is 7 euros. One unintended consequence of the amount of money Avatar is making is that it
Source: Deadline Hollywood
2010-03-22
Arts Alliance Media inks partnership with Japan's Broadmedia - Arts Alliance Media (AAM) has inked a partnership with Japanese content and technical services company Broadmedia. The agreement will see AAM providing technology advice and support and also licensing software to Broadmedia as the Japanese company embarks on a digital cinema deployment plan.
Source: Business Of Cinema.Com
2010-03-22
A New Model: The Micro-budget Studio Picture - Paramount is doing something revolutionary, and it couldn’t be better news for aspiring filmmakers.
Source: photocinenews.com
2010-03-22
IMAX and Odeon Cinemas Expand Partnership - TORONTO, March 15, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- IMAX Corporation (Nasdaq:IMAX) (TSX:IMX) and ODEON & UCI Cinemas Group, Europe's largest exhibitor, today announced an agreement to install an IMAX
Source: Globe Newswire
2010-03-22
http://www.cinematical.com/2010/03/14/have-green-band-trailers-gotten-too-racy/ - The green band "appropriate audiences" trailer for the new film She's Out of My League ends with a gag in which characters repeat the double entendre "I came early." In the green band trailers for this Summer's Get Him to the Greek, Jonah Hill has wild sex with a girl in a bathroom stall and stuffs a bag of drugs into his rectum. Since when did green band trailers go completely insane?
Source: Cinematical
2010-03-22
Market Force acquires Ted Costas - Market Force Information, a customer intelligence solutions company, has joined forces with print-checking firm Ted Costas Group to form the company's theater and production division.
Source: Variety
2010-03-22
Panavision Heads Into Theatres With hybrid 3D System - When one thinks of Panavision, what immediately comes to mind is all of the motion picture camera systems they have manufactured since the mid-1950s, ubiquitous on the sets of countless hit movies and television shows. The thought of 3D, be it digital or on 35mm, is probably the last thing any industry professional would ever associate with Panavision.
Source: Celluloid Junkie (Blog)
2010-03-22
Barco completes DCIP purchase agreement for large-scale Cinemark digital cinema rollout - Digital cinema leader Barco has completed the previously announced purchase agreement with Digital Cinema Implementation Partners (DCIP) for the supply and installation of more than 3000 digital cinema projectors to Cinemark Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:CNK).
Source: Creative Cow
2010-03-22
GUERILLA CINEMA - Edinburgh Woodcraft Folk has teamed up with Alchemy Arts project to create a sustainable-bike-driven-mobile-cinema!
Source: Woodcraft Folk
2010-03-22
Doremi Signs Supply Agreement with DCIP Becoming Exclusive Server Provider to Cinemark - Industry leader Doremi Cinema has formally entered into an agreement with Digital Cinema Implementation Group (DCIP) to exclusively provide 2K and 4K server technology to Cinemark Holdings for their digital cinema deployment. Under the multi-year agreement, Doremi will be the sole supplier of servers for Cinemark's digital cinema roll out. Doremi will also support Regal and AMC for their ongoing deployment requirements.
Source: D Cinema Today
2010-03-22
Avatar Redux To Get Summer Release? - Hollywood has suddenly twigged that if you are sitting on a cinematic goldmine then it’s wise to keep the mine open. A reversioned Avatar, with extra footage added, is being contemplated for summer release.
Source: Rapid TV News
2010-03-22
As 3D Cinema Emerges As A Commercial Reality, JBL Offers Comprehensive New Sound Solutions To Complete The Ultimate Cinematic Experience - The increasing volume of quality 3D movies, record setting grosses, a compelling exhibitor business model, and an array of new viewing technologies, indicates that 3D cinema is now finally achieving worldwide success. With the new emphasis on 3D, the necessity of large-scale digital audio is realized, and as the worldwide leader in cinema sound systems and an original pioneer of sound for motion pictures, JBL is continuing its tradition of innovation at ShoWest 2010 in Las Vegas, showcasing a comprehensive range of large format cinema sound systems to designed to enhance the 3D experience
Source: D Cinema Today
2010-03-22
GDC Announces Digital Cinema Deal with Cinemas Guzzo - Hot on the heels of two recent server deployment deals from the US, GDC Technology (
Source: D Cinema Today
2010-03-22
3-D Films Will Push Sales to Record, Theater Group - A larger slate of 3-D movies will push ticket sales in the U.S. and Canada beyond last year
Source: Business Week
2010-03-22
Barco launches Series II digital cinema projectors - The DP2K ‘C-series' projectors is for small and mid-size movie theaters. Within this C-series, the portfolio includes individual models for screens up to 12, 15 and 20 meters wide respectively. For larger venues, Barco has launched the DP2K ‘B-series', integrating TI's 1.2in DLP Cinema chip. Models are available for screens up to 19 and 23 meters wide.
Source: AV Interavtive
2010-03-22
Doremi Experiences Explosive February Shipping Over 850 Units to Now Exceed 11,600 Units Shipped - Digital cinema leader Doremi today announced that it shipped over 850 DCP digital cinema servers in February alone bringing its worldwide install base to over 11,300 units; a remarkable feat given Doremi first demonstrated its digital cinema server prototype at IBC in 2004.
Source: DCinema Today
2010-03-22
Exhibitors get 3D education - A ShoWest University seminar in theater and booth presentation for 3D was filled to overflowing here Tuesday. It was the kind of specs-and-all presentation traditionally offered at the annual ShoWest exhibition confab, along with keynote speeches on loftier topics and screenings of upcoming movies. Digital cinema vet and blogger Bill Mead kicked things off with an overview of the four main digital 3D systems: RealD, Dolby, Xpand and Masterimage.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
2010-03-22
With foreign boxoffice now driving growth, smart exhibitors are thinking globally - The lobby of Hong Kong's ISquare Theater looks more like the reception area at an ultramodern luxury hotel than a movie ticket boxoffice. Perched six floors up in a high-end shopping mall in the city's Kowloon neighborhood, the UA Cinema outpost features mosaic flooring and a glass counter that resembles a diamond display. What's more impressive, however, are the spectacular grosses racked up at the 46,000-square-foot digital five-plex since it opened in January.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
2010-03-22
STOCKS NEWS EUROPE-Barco at 6-mth high on 3D cinema deals - Shares in Barco (BAR.BR) rise as much as 4 percent to a six month high, continuing a rally which started on Friday last week, as investors take heart from a number of deals for digital projectors.
Source: Reuters UK
2010-03-22
Hoyts to buy out Barrie Everard's Berkeley cinemas - Australia’s Hoyts Corporation is beefing up its New Zealand cinema business with the purchase of Barrie Everard’s Berkeley Cinema Group.
Source: The National Business Review
2010-03-22
Sony chairman Michael Lynton calls for healthy alternative to popcorn in cinemas - For many, a night out at the movies would not be complete without the sound of popcorn and chocolate wrappers from the stalls. One of the most powerful studio bosses in Hollywood, however, would like to see cinemas selling healthier snacks.
Source: Times Online
2010-03-22
Dolby, Disney/Pixar pact on new format - Dolby Laboratories announced Monday it is working with Disney/Pixar to develop a new audio format called Dolby Surround 7.1. The Mouse House plans to launch the format in select theaters in conjunction with its launch of 3D toon installment "Toy Story 3" on June 18.
Source: Variety
2010-03-22
Arts Alliance Media Signs Deal for - The rollout of digital cinema to exhibitors across Europe received a significant boost today with the announcement that Arts Alliance Media Ltd, Europe
Source: D Cinema Today
2010-03-22
St Albans residents thanked again for supporting Odeon cinema restoration - THE residents of St Albans have again been thanked by cinema entrepreneur James Hannaway for answering his plea for cash to restore the dilapidated Odeon in the city centre.
Source: St Albans And Harpenden Review
2010-03-22
Barco Expands NOC Services for Digital Cinema - Barco, a global provider of digital cinema technology, has expanded its nationwide digital cinema NOC (News - Alert) (Network Operations Center) with enhanced remote services, diagnostics and monitoring. NOC is a comprehensive set of monitoring tools and services available to all Barco digital cinema customers. This proactive service is designed to ensure the optimum performance of each customer's digital cinema network.
Source: TMC Net
2010-03-22
Digital Cinema Media Select Unique Digital Screen Advertising Accord - Digital Cinema Media Ltd (DCM) will migrate to the new Advertising Accord v4, a full-featured hybrid 35mm and Digital content management solution developed and supplied by Unique Digital Ltd.
Source: D Cinema Today
2010-03-22
VSS-Southern Theatres Rides 3D Juggernaut, Signs Exclusive Agreement with NEC Display Solutions for Digital Cinema Projectors - NEC Display Solutions of America, a leading provider of commercial LCD display and projector solutions, announced today an exclusive agreement with Southern Theatres, LLC, management company for VSS-Southern Theatres, owners of The Grand Theatres and AmStar Cinemas, to provide digital cinema projectors at locations in nine states. The move by VSS-Southern Theatres extends its current relationship with NEC and Ballantyne Strong, Inc., and positions this leading exhibitor to capitalize on the growing list of 3D Hollywood blockbusters coming out in 2010 and beyond.
Source: Virtual Press Office
2010-03-22
Calibre Digital Cinema Alternative Content Processor Gets USA Debut At ShoWest - Image processing, scaling and warping manufacturer, Calibre UK will show their PVProHD-DC digital cinema alternative content processor with key USA partner, Marketing Specialists, Inc on the Moving Image Technologies Booth #1729 at ShoWest.
Source: Showbiz Expo
2010-03-22
Barco Unveils Advanced Digital Cinema Diagnostic Application - At ShoWest 2010, Barco introduces the Diagnostics Companion, an optional new software module purpose-built for intelligently troubleshooting Barco digital cinema projectors.
Source: D Cinema Today
2010-03-22
Female Film-Makers In Islington On The Up - Ask anyone who the most successful woman in the global film industry is and they’ll tell you it’s Kathryn Bigelow, winner of this year’s Oscar for Best Director. Ask them to name a second woman; or a third. Anything? Anybody?
Source: Islingtonnow.co.uk
2010-03-22
BFI opens Wrexham - The British Film Institute is to open a
Source: Art Review
2010-03-22
Lesbian And Gay Film Festival - BFI 24th gay and lesbian film festival running from 17th to 31st March
Source: BFI
2010-03-22
North Adams Cinemas Going 3-D - NORTH ADAMS, Mass.
Source: i Berkshires.com
2010-03-22
Technicolor's Pitch at ShoWest: Don't Have Cash for Digital 3D? Use Us - The bulk of 18 3D movies announced for 2010 still to come, and screens to accommodate that rush are short. Funding for digital cinema retrofitting is limited, so suppliers of inexpensive 3D add-on products are being pushing exhibitors hard at ShoWest this year. Their message: Use our cheaper solution until you have the more than $100,000 per screen to go digital.
Source: The Wrap
2010-03-22
Ballantyne Strong Delivers NEC Projectors For Digital Conversionl - Ballantyne Strong is a provider of digital cinema projection equipment and services. Today, the company announced that they will be providing 66 NEC digital projectors to the National Amusement Incorporated and Marcus Theaters Corporation. Every projector will include RealD 3D technology and a silver screen to complete the installation.
Source: About Projectors
2010-03-22
Cereplast To Put Biodegradable 3D Glasses Into Cinemas - Oh brother. We get the feeling that a monster has been created. In just over a year's time, 3D has managed to take over nearly every part of the entertainment world. 3D is now in cinemas, homes, video games, Blu-ray movies, and even on TV commercials. It's the new "big thing." And we all know what happens each time a new "big thing" comes along: accessories.
Source: Hot Hardware
2010-03-22
Birmingham's Flatpack festival celebrates Odeon founder Deutsch - One of the smallest, neatest and best-packaged film festivals is all set to celebrate one of the industry
Source: Birmingham Post
2010-03-22
Barco signs contract with Jinyi Time Cinema for the deployment of 200 digital cinema projectors - Barco, a world leader in visualization and display solutions, has signed a major contract for the deployment of 200 digital cinema systems for Jinyi Zhujiang Movie Circuit, China's sixth largest cinema chain.
Source: D Cinema Today
2010-03-22
Barco 'Series 2' Digital Cinema Projector First to Pass DCI Compliance Testing Milestone - Barco, a global leader in digital cinema announced today that its 'Series 2' digital cinema projector has successfully passed the procedural test for DCI compliance administered by CineCert, the leading 3rd party authorizing test facility. With these tests completed, Barco has reached another important milestone in the rollout of its brand-new DP2K projector series.
Source: D Cinema Today
2010-03-22
Datasat Digital Entertainment Introduces AP20 Audio Processor and New Dealer Certification Program at ShoWest - Datasat Digital Entertainment introduced the AP20 and unveiled a dealer certification program for the 16-channel audio processor this morning at ShoWest.
Source: D Cinema Today
2010-03-22
Laser Cinema May Be Coming - We have been talking about laser-based digital cinema in this space for years, but one troubling issues has always been reduction of laser speckle to a barely detectable level. At ShoWest this week, Laser Light Engines (LLE) announced they have solved the speckle problem, opening the door for laser-based digital cinema.
Source: Display Daily
2010-03-22
Kenya Tops In Cinema Figures - Kenyans are today attending movie shows more than ever before, and account for half of the total audiences in the five eastern and central African countries. A survey conducted last week on the cinema culture in Kenya shows that the country may soon need more screens to cater for the growing demand.
Source: Sunday Nation
2010-03-22
Arts Alliance Media Signs Deal to Advance Digital Cinema in Europe - Arts Alliance Media Ltd., Europe
Source: Film Journal International
2010-03-22
Movie industry debates DVD releases - A hot topic in Hollywood right now is how long cinema audiences should wait until they can watch a movie on DVD. The subject has been high on the agenda at the ShoWest convention in Las Vegas this week as the industry grapples with the impact of home cinema systems and changing viewer habits.
Source: BBC
2010-03-22
Actor John Hurt receives lifetime achievement award - Veteran actor John Hurt has spoken of his "constant fight" for independent films shortly before he received a lifetime achievement award.
Source: BBC
2010-03-22
Come and Join your friends on the CTC - Enjoy the chance to look around the burgeoning new cinema museum, before it offi cially opens, where you will be able to get
Source: BKSTS
2010-03-22
Titans: Paramount, Warner Battle Over 3D Screens - Clash of the Titans" has initiated a real-life battle of industry stalwarts as Paramount competes with Warner Bros. over booking scarce 3D-ready movie screens.;Rest;1;thewrap.com;1;
;2010-03-10;http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i755f10fb8f89b626e74977f370ab9bf9;D-cinema group secures $660 million;Digital Cinema Implementation Partners said Wednesday that its $660 million loan syndication had closed. Led by JPMorgan Chase, the funding will be used to finance the rollout of d-cinema systems for 14,000 movie screens operated by the nations three largest theater circuits: Regal, AMC and Cinemark.;Rest;1;THR;1;
;2010-03-17;http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118016617.html?categoryId=2502&cs=1;Exhibs show green side at ShoWest;US;1;Variety;1;
;2010-03-18;http://www.thewrap.com/ind-column/technicolors-pitch-dont-have-cash-digital-3d-use-us-15413;Technicolors Pitch at ShoWest: Dont Have Cash for Digital 3D? Use Us;The bulk of 18 3D movies announced for 2010 still to come, and screens to accommodate that rush are short. Funding for digital cinema retrofitting is limited, so suppliers of inexpensive 3D add-on products are being pushing exhibitors hard at ShoWest this year.;US;1;Thewrap;1;
;2010-03-17;http://www.dcinematoday.com/dc/pr.aspx?newsID=1808;Barco "Series 2" Digital Cinema Projector First to Pass DCI Compliance Testing Milestone;Barco, a global leader in digital cinema announced today that its "Series 2" digital cinema projector has successfully passed the procedural test for DCI compliance administered by CineCert, the leading 3rd party authorizing test facility. With these tests completed, Barco has reached another important milestone in the rollout of its brand-new DP2K projector series.;Belgium;1;DCinema Today;1;
;2010-03-15;http://www.dcinematoday.com/dc/pr.aspx?newsID=1779;Digital Cinema Media Select Unique Digital Screen Advertising Accord;Digital Cinema Media Ltd (DCM) will migrate to the new Advertising Accord v4, a full-featured hybrid 35mm and Digital content management solution developed and supplied by Unique Digital Ltd.;UK;1;DCinema Today;1;
;2010-03-15;http://www.deadline.com/print-post/?posttoprint=28350&KeepThis=true&TB_iframe=true&height=500&width=750;Foreign Audiences Speeding Up 3D Cinema Conversion By Paying Double For "Avatar
Source: 1
2010-03-19
20th anniversary of Vue cinema in York - VUE Cinemas will mark this week
Source: Yorkpress
2010-03-17
3D projector bottleneck may leave cinemas reeling - Three dimensional films like James Camerons Avatar have opened up a new chapter for the film projector industry, but a happy ending depends on the ability of electronics companies to make components fast enough.
Source: Reuters
2010-03-17
Cineworld profits from 3-D films boom - Investment in 3-D technology led Cineworld, the cinema chain, to report robust profits for the year, with strong ticket sales leading to an 11.5 per cent increase in revenues to ?333.4 million for the 53 weeks to December 31.
Source: Times Online
2010-03-17
The screen test: Delhi on multiplex radar - With the national capital region now contributing 30-40 per cent to the box-office, leading multiplex chains draw up big plans for the region
Source: Screen India
2010-03-17
Action! ?320,000 lottery grant to keep films rolling at Curzon Cinema - Clevedons historic Curzon Cinema has received a lottery grant to help pay for much-needed repairs.
Source: This Is Bristol.co.uk
2010-03-17
Media Morning: Funds start to flow for digital cinema expansion, Imax - Exhibitors on Wednesday heard the announcement that theyve desperately wanted for more than two years: The three biggest chains -- AMC Entertainment, Cinemark, and Regal Entertainment -- have a $660 million funding deal to accelerate the rollout of digital projectors to 14,000 screens in North America.
Source: USA Today
2010-03-17
Disney moves into south Indian cinema - MUMBAI ? US studio giant Disney is making its first foray into south Indian cinema as part of plans to capture the countrys largest movie market, the company announced on Thursday.
Source: AFP
2010-03-17
Admissions 1955-2008 - World Cinema Stats - There was a Before and After the peak of the Golden Age (due to the development and spread of TV)... The cinema industry is just not like it used to be in term of transversal popularity.
Source: Screenville (Blog)
2010-03-17
Cineworld Group FY09 Profit Rises - Update - Cineworld Group plc (CINE.L: News ) reported Thursday an increase in profit for the full year 2009, reflecting strong growth in revenues. The UKs cinema group also said it is confident of the prospects for business for the forthcoming year.
Source: RTT News
2010-03-17
http://www.scsun-news.com/silver_city-business/ci_14498827 - LOS ANGELES?Technicolor, the French telecoms and film technology company once known as Thomson SA, has reached its first deal to give a theater chain the ability to show 3-D movies without the need for a digital projector.
Source: AP
2010-03-17
Next Generation in Digital Cinema Processing with the JSD-100. - USL, Inc. recognized the demand for a dedicated digital cinema processor and will be taking orders at ShoWest when the JSD-100 makes its debut
Source: RSS News
2010-03-17
The return of 35mm 3D: Two competing processes add a new dimension to stereoscopic race - One of the most important but baffling aspects of the cinema technology market is that innovation can come from anywhere, from any direction, or any point in time. Ideas are presented, systems developed, and equipment installed, all competing to better satisfy the filmmaker?s desire to create new and better experiences for moviegoers. Such is the case with 3D systems, where there is a competitive market for digital 3D vendors. To add to the mix, there have been recent announcements of two competitive 35mm film 3D systems: Technicolor 3D, from one of cinema?s best-known brands, and Oculus3D?, a recent newcomer to the market.
Source: Film Journal International
2010-03-17
Technicolor and Bow Tie Cinemas Pact to Deploy Technicolor 3D - Technicolor (Euronext Paris: 18453) (NYSE: TCH) has reached an agreement with New York City-based Bow Tie Cinemas to install Technicolor 3D in all Bow Tie locations on 25 of its 150 screens. Technicolor 3D is a new 3D system for 35mm projectors, enabling exhibitors to equip theatres for high-quality 3D at a fraction of the cost of installing a digital 3D projection system.
Source: Earth Times
2010-03-17
Pick your palace: Exhibition experts combine experience for Cinema Redux turnkey theatres - Looking at our sixth annual overview of new cinema construction over the past few months, not to mention the ongoing good numbers for our industry, some of you may have taken inspiration to go ahead with those long-held plans for that wonderful new theatre. After all, there are financial incentives on the horizon to help counter these economically troubled times.
Source: Film Journal, International
2010-03-17
Taxpayers Fund 3D For UK Cinema Chains - EXCLUSIVE From Deadline|London editor Tim Adler: Cinema chains including Cineworld, Odeon and Vue have all been able to upgrade to digital free of charge thanks to the British government. Whereas other exhibitors have had to spend hundreds of thousands of pounds installing 3D digital projectors and screens, only to see the big chains receive a massive leg-up on 3D courtesy of the public purse. It costs between ?70,000 and ?100,000 to convert each screen to digital. No wonder rivals to the Big Three think this is unfair competition.
Source: Deadline
2010-03-17
Warner Bros. Pictures International Partners with ODEON & UCI Cinemas Group to Support the Expansion of Digital Cinema into UK. - LONDON -- Continuing its commitment to deliver high quality entertainment across multiple formats, Warner Bros. Pictures International (WBPI) has entered into a comprehensive digital cinema deployment agreement directly with Digital Deployment Associates Limited to advance the conversion to digital cinema in ODEON sites throughout the UK.
Source: Encyclopedia.com
2010-03-17
PELHAM PICTURE HOUSE LAUNCHES MAJOR MAKEOVER - Senator Klein presented a 100K grant for renovation and expansion project at Pelham Picture House
Source: New York State Senator
2010-03-17
Arts Alliance signs Japanese deal - European digital cinema company Arts Alliance Media has inked a strategic partnership with Broadmedia in Japan. AAM will advise Broadmedia on technology issues and provide support as the Japanese company rolls out a digital cinema deployment plan.
Source: Variety
2010-03-17
Europe leads in digital screens - Europes digital cinema makeover has taken off rapidly, overtaking theater conversions in the U.S. That was one conclusion of an EU-Spain conference, The Independent Exhibition Sector and the Challenges of Digitization, held March 5-6 in Barcelona.
Source: Variety.com
2010-03-17
Vicky Mansfield joins the Mad Cornish Projectionist editorial team - The Mad Cornish Projectionist is very pleased to announce that Vicky Mansfield has joined the editorial team to help provide support to Peter J. Knight with the news section of the website. Vicky will be well known from her days at the Odeon Marble Arch, and has previously provided articles for the Mad Cornish Projectionist website.
Source: Press Release
2010-03-17
Barco Announces Significant Expansion of NOC Services for Digital Cinema - At ShoWest 2010, Barco unveils a major expansion of its nationwide digital cinema NOC, with enhanced remote services, diagnostics and monitoring.Rancho Cordova, CA ? 12 March 2010 ? Barco, a global leader in digital cinema technology, proudly announces an expansion of its advanced NOC (Network Operations Center), a comprehensive set of monitoring tools and services available to all Barco digital cinema customers.
Source: D Cinema Today
2010-03-17
Digital Cinema Building Momentum Thanks to 3D - Screen Digest announced that there are 16,405 digital cinema screens around the world, an increase of 86.4 per cent on 2008, with further growth to come in 2010 as digital 3D pushes the market towards a 35mm-free cinema sector.
Source: Hughs News
2010-03-17
Barco Releases Six New Digital Cinema Projectors - Barco is a global technology company that designs and develops visualization products for a variety of selected professional markets. Today, the company was proud to announce the release of their new digital cinema projector line, the Series-II. This new lineup includes six new projectors that all come with the latest DLP display technology and 2K HD (2048 x 1080) resolution.
Source: About Projectors
2010-03-17
NAB Show Digital Cinema Summit to bring 3-D into focus - The 2010 NAB Show will offer those interested in 3-D stereoscopic motion pictures an intensive program devoted to the emerging technology as well as the opportunities it is creating during the 2010 Digital Cinema Summit, April 10-11, in Las Vegas.
Source: Broadcast Engineering
2010-03-17
Deaf community heralds new era with first subtitled film screening - Cork?s deaf community has a date at the pictures next week for what is being described as a landmark screening. Blackpool?s Reel Cinema is set become the first complex in the country to screen a mainstream movie which has been subtitled for the deaf or hard of hearing.The special version of Tim Burton?s latest blockbuster, Alice In Wonderland, starring Johnny Depp, will be screened next Wednesday night.
Source: Irish Examiner
2010-03-16
Arts Alliance Media Signs Deal for €50M Funding - The rollout of digital cinema to exhibitors across Europe received a significant boost today with the announcement that Arts Alliance Media, Europe’s leading digital cinema company, has reached an agreement to secure €50m in funding for its initiative. Funds advised by Sankaty Advisors, the credit affiliate of Bain Capital, have agreed to provide funding to support the rollout over the next two years, subject to final documentation. Sankaty Advisors, which currently manages approximately $20 billion in committed capital, will provide a combination of senior and mezzanine debt for deployment of digital cinema equipment into cinemas across Europe. The deal is expected to close in 30 days.
Source: 3D Cine Cast [blog]
2010-03-16
3-D Films Will Push Sales to Record, Theater Group - A larger slate of 3-D movies will push ticket sales in the U.S. and Canada beyond last year
Source: Businessweek
2010-03-16
Wally Ball - film historian - Wally Ball, who died last month aged 97, helped create the movie magic which kept people entertained throughout the 1920s and 30s.
Source: Southwestbusiness.co.uk
2010-03-16
Last chance to comment on Aldershot cinema plan - PEOPLE have just days left to comment on plans for a cinema, hotel and supermarket development in Aldershot.
Source: gethampshire.co.uk
2010-03-15
3D movies help Cineworld stand out - CINEWORLD has announced that growing momentum behind 3D movies would help it ride out challenging conditions this year as the group posted record results.
Source: thenorthernecho.co.uk
2010-03-10
Historic cinemas - A North Somerset cinema is celebrating an award from the Heritage Lottery Fund of more than
Source: BBC News
2010-03-09
AMC enhanced theatre experience - AMC Theaters has announced a new way for movie goers to experience films on the big screen with the AMC Enhanced Theatre Experience (ETX).
Source: Disneydreaming.com
2010-03-09
Exclusive Report Vue Westfield - The history of cinema exhibition is as interesting as the product it screens. Humble in its origins, much like the art itself, exhibition spaces didn’t necessarily change with the times. This was allowed up to a certain point, then the medium began to force the changes. In the early days films were shown in fleapits, musical halls and country fairs. By the 1930s there were grand structures devoted to luxury and opulence. In 2010, they are multi-faceted entertainment venues situated in shopping malls.
Source: cinema-and-movie.com
2010-03-09
Will 3D see off Cumbrias smaller cinemas? - Even on the printed page, pictures from the mind-boggling new film version of Alice In Wonderland look breathtaking.
Source: Newsandstar.co.uk
2010-03-09
Ipswich Film Theatre set to re-open - IPSWICH: The towns film theatre is set to reopen by early summer, it can be revealed today.
Source: Eveningstar.co.uk
2010-03-09
St Albans cinema purchase appeal enters final days of fundraising - CINEMA entrepreneur James Hannaway has admitted he has just days now to find the remaining £75,000 he needs to buy the old Odeon building in St Albans.
Source: hertsad.co.uk
2010-03-09
DCM ties up with Universal for launch of new media offering - Cinema sales house Digital Cinema Media, is partnering with Universal Pictures UK and MyMovies.Net to launch its ’From The Red Carpet’ show.
Source: marketingweek.co.uk
2010-03-09
Will 3D change cinema for ever? - The Observer conversation: James Camerons Avatar is the biggest box office draw in history and is expected to triumph at the Oscars on Sunday. But how much of its success is due to the fact it was shot entirely in 3D? Bloggers discuss what the technology might mean for the future of entertainment.
Source: The Guardian
2010-03-09
Vue Entertainment outsources IT Support & Service Management across its cinema estate to Retail Assist - Vue Entertainment, one of the UKs premier cinema chains, has outsourced the management of user support and technical service management in its head office and across its 69-strong cinema estate to Retail Assist. It is a milestone for Retail Assist, marking the companys entry into the leisure sector.
Source: it-director.com
2010-03-09
Record spending at the cinema - JAMAICANS spent a record $299.5 million at the cinemas over six-months to December 2009 which was 32 per cent more year-on-year due to blockbusters including Avatar and price increases.
Source: jmaicaobserver.com
2010-03-09
Final thousands needed to purchase former St Albans cinema - AMBITIOUS plans to restore the Odeon cinema back to its former glory are slowly edging closer to reality.
Source: St Albans Review
2010-03-09
Cinema screens pledge for plan - State-of-the-art 3D digital cinema will come to Oswestry if timber firm Richard Burbidge Ltd wins the four-way battle to build the town’s new supermarket, developers revealed today.
Source: Stropshire Star
2010-03-09
Sonic & Cinedigm ink deal for phase 2 deployment plan of Digital Cinema systems - Sonic Equipment Company has inked an arrangement with Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp through which exhibitors signing on to Cinedigm’s Phase 2 digital cinema deployment plan may use Sonic for sales, service and installation.
Source: Businessofcinema.com
2010-03-09
Cinemas in Girona to emphasize alternative entertainment - Girona cinemas will debut with the idea of programming preferably "Catalan, Spanish and European original versions dubbed into Catalan" said Francesc Felipe.
Source: arcelonreporter.com
2010-03-09
Zhang Yimou: China needs more cinemas - As a CPPCC member, the renowned director Zhang Yimou proposed with five other film directors that more cinemas should be built in small and medium sized cities in China.
Source: Peoples Daily Online
2010-03-09
Phone request leads to stabbing in Los Angeles cinema - A MAN was stabbed in the neck with a meat thermometer after he asked a woman to turn off her mobile phone at a cinema in Lancaster, Los Angeles.
Source: heraldsun.com.au
2010-03-09
Technicolor and Bow Tie Cinemas pact to deploy Technicolor 3D - Technicolor has reached an agreement with Bow Tie Cinemas to install Technicolor 3D in all Bow Tie locations on 25 of its 150 screens.
Source: businessofcinema.com
2010-03-09
GDC delivers server upgrade for Series 2 DLP Cinema projectors - Digital-cinema company GDC Technology is introducing the S2 upgrade for all SA-2100 digital-cinema servers, the first servers to be commercially deployed with the new generation of Series 2 DLP Cinema® projector.
Source: FilmJournal
2010-03-09
Cinema dream in St Albans inches to go - LESS than £30,000 is needed to make the cinema dream in St Albans a reality.
Source: 0
2010-03-09
End of an era for cinema worker - After 44 years working in a community cinema, Brian Harries has decided to call time and retire.
Source: BBC News
2010-03-08
Marcus Theatres to Install 19 3D Digital Cinema by April 2010 - Marcus Theatres announced today that they will be increasing their 3D capability with 19 new installations to take place by April 2010. Ten of these installations will be at locations with no previous 3D setups, with the remaining nine at locations that already have at least one 3D installation.
Source: Bigscreen.com
2010-03-05
CINEPLEX GALAXY INCOME FUND ("CGX.UN-T")
] - Cineplex Entertainment is about to change the movie going experience in
Windsor forever. As of March 28th, 2008, Windsor residents will be able to
experience the best in digital cinema including 3D movies, with the
installation of a digital projection system located at Cineplex Odeon
Devonshire Mall Cinemas. Additionally, we are very pleased to announce in
association with Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Canada, the first 3D
movie to premiere using these new digital systems will be Hanna Montana &
Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert.
Source:
2010-03-05
Year 11 and We’re Still Talking About Rollout - Eleven years have passed since the first public introduction of digital cinema at ShoWest. The industry has since come a long way…and it has still a long way to go. With nearly 100 percent worldwide digital screen growth in 2009, and with the three major circuits in the US set to rollout in 2010, one might get the sense that digital cinema is on a roll. While the US is on track to convert approximately 50 percent of its screens, there is still the remaining 50 percent to think about, as well as the rest of the world.
Source: Digital Cinema Report
2010-03-05
Village Cinema to go 3D - FILM lovers in Gerrards Cross are about to take a step into the future thanks to new 3D technology being installed at the villages cinema.
Source: Buckinghamshire Advertiser
2010-03-05
Funds Pour in to Purchase St. Albans Cinema - Donations and investments have been pouring in to help James Hannaway, who restored the Rex Cinema in Berkhamsted to its former glory and wants to repeat the achievement in St. Albans, purchase the former Odeon Cinema in London Road.
Source: 0
2010-03-05
Alice truce is just the beginning - In 1983, U.S. exhibitors were so angered over Universal releasing "Pirates of Penzance" simultaneously on the bigscreen and pay per view that only 92 theaters played the film.
Source: Vareity
2010-03-05
Exhibitors silence on digital projection speaks volumes - BECTU has signalled that it will now seek meaningful talks with Odeon and Cineworld management to address the impact of digital projection on staff.
Source: BECTU Press Release
2010-03-05
Concern over cinema snacks - Film fans should be given more information about how many calories they consume during a trip to the cinema, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) has said.
Source: Google News
2010-03-05
AAM opens digital content services facility in Paris - Arts Alliance Media (AAM) has opened a French digital content services facility in Paris, to complement the end-to-end facility that already exists in London.
Source: Business of Cinema
2010-03-05
Christie Projector Selected by Great Escapes Theaters - Christie is a global leader in digital cinema. Today they announced that Great Escapes Theaters recently purchased 174 digital projectors for their theaters. The theater chain is the 14th largest in North America and has installed Christie projectors in the past for the premier of Avatar.
Source: Aboutprojectors.com
2010-03-05
Alice and the disappearing cinema window - The title of this blog may sound like a recently discovered third volume of of Alice tales by Lewis Carroll but the row that has threatened to rob us of Tim Burtons latest flight of fanasty has signalled another shift in the uneasy world big screen cinema and home viewing.
Source: EADT.co.uk
2010-03-05
Financing Package Takes Shape for More 3-D Screens - Details of a prospective financing package for the deployment of 14,000 new digital theater screens are beginning to emerge. The long anticipated build-up by the Digital Cinema Implementation Partners — a consortium operated by the AMC, Cinemark and Regal theater chains — will allow theaters to increase the number of 3-D screens beyond the 5,100 total that has been projected by this year’s end.
Source: NY Times
2010-03-05
Nordic Digital Alliance to Digitise Norwegian Screens as Part of Film & Kino Rollout - Nordic Digital Alliance (NDA), the joint venture run by Arts Alliance Media and a Norwegian consortium of businesses, has been awarded the contract to roll out digital cinema across the largest region of Norway (the West region), as part of the nationwide rollout scheme run by Film & Kino.
Source: Dcinema Today
2010-03-05
Holographic 3D Digital Projection Explained -
Source: YouTube
2010-03-05
Berliners brave the elements to experience cinema history - Film fans braved snow for an outdoor screening of Fritz Langs legendary movie Metropolis in front of Berlins Brandenburg Gate. The 1927 classic included 25 minutes from the original that were feared lost forever.
Source: DW-World.de
2010-03-05
35mm to 4K digital projection - Cinema conversion - Thought some of you might like to see some photos of the current work being done at the cinema where I work as the chief projectionist. Having worked here for 14 years this past week has seen what must be the single biggest change in this cinemas history - a complete conversion to digital cinema, no 35mm will be left in the building this time next week.
Source: Cultmovieforums.com post
2010-03-05
Cornish mines archive film discovered - Archive film dating from the 1920s has been discovered, which shows the day-to-day life of workers in Cornwall.
Source: BBC News
2010-03-05
Labour activist: We still need a multiplex cinema in St Albans - The restoration of the Odeon in London Road, which is teetering on the edge of reality, should not blur ambitions for a multiplex cinema in St Albans, a Labour activist has insisted.
Source: St Albans Review
2010-03-05
Christie First to Ship and Install ‘Series 2’ DLP Cinema Projectors - Christie® is pleased to confirm full production, shipping and installation of the latest generation of 4K-ready DLP Cinema® projectors, the Christie Solaria™ series, beginning with the Christie CP2220. The Christie CP2220 digital cinema projector features Texas Instruments’ (TI) (NYSE: TXN) next generation Series 2 DLP Cinema technology. Shipments began early January to North and South America, Europe and Asia and are now installed and showing feature films worldwide, including Australia, Canada, Korea and the United States. With orders arriving daily, Christie continues its lead in digital cinema deployment resulting in 70% of all digital cinema installations worldwide since the introduction of DLP Cinema projectors – which Christie was also the first to market.
Source: Digital Content Producer [blog]
2010-03-05
Warner Bros. Pictures International Partners with ODEON & UCI Cinemas Group to Support the Expansion of Digital Cinema into UK - LONDON - (Business Wire) Continuing its commitment to deliver high quality entertainment across multiple formats, Warner Bros. Pictures International (WBPI) has entered into a comprehensive digital cinema deployment agreement directly with Digital Deployment Associates Limited to advance the conversion to digital cinema in ODEON sites throughout the UK. Under the agreement, Warner Bros. will supply digital feature films to DCI-compliant digital projection systems installed at all ODEON sites, and the Studio will make financial contributions supporting the digital conversion. The announcement was made jointly today by Veronika Kwan-Rubinek, President, Distribution, Warner Bros. Pictures International (WBPI), and Rupert Gavin, CEO of ODEON and UCI Cinemas Group.
Source: Earthtimes.org
2010-03-05
St Albans cinema dream tantalisingly close to realisation - THE cinema dream in St Albans is tantalisingly close to realisation, with a grand total of nearly £800,000 in the kitty.
Source: St Albans Review
2010-03-05
Barco posts €68m loss in 2009 - Barco has suffered a loss of €68.9 million in 2009, and seen its order book drop nearly 20 per cent and sales drop 13 per cent in its latest quarterly results. The company posted a loss of €54.1 million (EBIT) for Q4 2009 including provisions for restructuring. In the one ray of light from the results, the company saw a large increase in digital cinema sales (up from €37m to €100m).
Source: AV Interactive
2010-03-05
Alcons Introduces the CRMS Pro-Ribbon Reference Surround System - Alcons introduces a reference-quality sound reproduction system with fully matched loudspeaker, processing and amplifier components. It is designed to offer the most realistic (surround) sound-for-picture reproduction possible, making it the ideal choice for high-end home theatre theatres, Digital Cinema mix/screening rooms, post-production facilities, dubbing stages and quality-conscious cinemas with less than 100 seats or room depth less than 15m/45ft.
Source: DCinema Today
2010-03-05
Sony Electronics Announces Digital Cinema Deal with Warner Bros. Studios - Sony Electronics’ Digital Cinema Solutions and Services (DCSS) group has entered into a non-exclusive digital cinema deployment agreement with Warner Bros. Studios that will provide operational and financial resources to exhibitors to encourage them to feature Sony’s 4K SXRD™ projection technology in both 2D and 3D digital cinema-enabled screens across the United States and Canada. Future plans include other key international markets.
Source: DCinema Today
2010-03-05
The Carlton Cinema to be Saved - A few months ago came news that the Carlton Cinemas would close and on December 6th they did just that. But now comes word that the days of films screening near the corner of Yonge and Carlton is not a thing of the past. Last week, Magic Lantern Theatres, owner of the Rainbow Cinemas theatre chain, purchased the space and plan to refurbish and then re-open it this June.
Source: Blogto.com
2010-03-05
Unique Cinema Systems win 9 out of 10 Digital Cinema regions in Norway - The much awaited result of the Norwegian Film & Kino tender process was announced today, with 9 of the 10 regional zones, representing more than 300 screens, being won by Unique Cinema Systems.
Source: DCinema Today
2010-03-05
Cinedigm Announces Agreement with Times Square Cinema For Phase 2 Deployment Program - Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp. (NASDAQ: CIDM), the global leader in the digital cinema industry, today announced Times Square Cinema, a Texas six-plex, has signed an agreement to deploy digital projection systems as part of Cinedigm’s 10,000 screen Phase 2 digital cinema deployment program.
Source: DCinema Today
2010-03-05
New plan for digital cinema - An alternative way of helping French cinemas go digital has been put forward by the Centre National de la Cinematographie, Gauls government-backed film and TV funder.
Source: Variety.com
2010-03-05
Cinema Tarantino: Quentin Saves the Art House - It’s no surprise that Quentin Tarantino loves movies like spaghetti loves Westerns. What is less well known is that while he was busy blowing up a Nazi-occupied cinema in Inglourious Basterds, he was simultaneously saving the last full-time revival house in Southern California, The New Beverly Cinema
Source: Vanityfair.com
2010-03-05
Alice in Wonderland Film Controversy - Get a full list of links to the various stories relating to the release of Alice in Wonderland and the potential cinema exhibitors boycott of the film because Disney wanted to reduce the DVD window from 17 weeks.
Source: Google
2010-03-05
Fifth screen planned for Reel Cinema in Blossom Street, York - PLANS have been drawn up to create a fifth screen at York’s Reel Cinema as bosses continue with a rolling refurbishment of the former Odeon.
Source: York Pres
2010-03-05
Curtains close for Showcase Cinemas at ailing mall - FAIRFIELD — After a little more than an eight-year run, Showcase Cinemas at Cincinnati Mall has closed.
Source: Journal-news.com
2010-03-05
Gerrards Cross Odeon to get 3D projector - THE Odeon cinema in Gerrards Cross is to get a digital projector, allowing it to show 3D films.
Source: thisislondon.co.uk
2010-03-05
PEP said to be planning float of Hoyts cinemas - he private equity owner of the Hoyts cinema chain, one of the smaller exhibitors in New Zealand, is said to be planning a share float later in the year.
Source: nbr.co.nz
2010-03-04
Radio 2 Comedy - Cinema - Cinema is a brilliant new sitcom from Simon Nye, the writer of Men Behaving Badly and How Do You Want Me?
Source: BBC
2010-03-03
Technicolor cuts first film 3-D screen deal - LOS ANGELES — Technicolor, the French telecoms and film technology company once known as Thomson SA, has reached its first deal to give a theater chain the ability to show 3-D movies without the need for a digital projector.
Source: The Associated Press
2010-03-03
Digital Cinema building momentum as 3D drives market - There are 16,405 digital cinema screens around the world, an increase of 86.4 per cent on 2008, with further growth to come in 2010 as digital 3D pushes the market towards a 35mm-free cinema sector. This means that 14.8 per cent of the world’s modern cinema screens are digitized, and 9,000 are also equipped with digital 3D (55 per cent of total digital screens). The eventual and inevitable conclusion of full digital cinema will take the best part of another decade to complete, although some countries will be all-digital well before then.
Source: Screen Digest Press Release
2010-03-03
Technicolor Provides Host of Services for 2009 Oscar(R) Nominated Features - Technicolor (Euronext Paris: 18453) /quotes/comstock/13*!tch/quotes/nls/tch (TCH 1.42, +0.11, +8.44%) today announced that its industry-leading services were instrumental to 30 of the 2009 Academy Award(R) nominated theatrical features.
Source: Marketwarch.com
2010-03-03
GDC installs first ever digital cinema servers with series 2 DLP Cinema Projectors - GDC Technology has introduced the new S2 Upgrade for all SA-2100 Digital Cinema Servers, the first digital cinema servers to be commercially deployed with the new generation of Series 2 DLP Cinema projector.
Source: businessofcinema.com
2010-03-03
Movie exhibitors' stocks seeing big gains - NEW YORK -- With the Oscars putting a spotlight on last year's creative accomplishments in moviemaking, films' commercial successes have the nation's top movie circuits riding a hot streak on Wall Street.
Source: Hollywood Reporter
2010-03-03
Parkway Cinemas to close in May after 20-year run - After a 20-year run, Bloomington's Parkway Cinemas will fade to black this spring, the first casualty of an over-saturated market.
Source: Pantagraph.com
2010-03-03
St Albans Cinema £79,000 off target - CINEMA entrepreneur James Hannaway was this afternoon just £79,000 short of the money needed to buy the old Odeon building in St Albans.
Source: The Herts Advertiser
2010-03-03
New call to rescue city centre cinema - Calls have been made to re-open an historic former Preston cinema which has been put up for sale.
Source: lep.co.uk
2010-03-03
Cinema City plan to put film focus on Glasgow - Glasgow is set resume its historic title of ‘cinema city’ as part of a new tourism campaign.
Source: Eveningtimes.co.uk
2010-03-03
Warner, Odeon make UK digital cinema deal - Warner Bros Pictures International and Odeon have made an agreement to speed up digital cinema conversions across the UK.
Source: Digitalspy.co.uk
2010-03-03
Arts Alliance Media Announces Opening of French Digtal Content Services Facility in Paris - Arts Alliance Media (AAM) – Europe’s leading provider of digital cinema technology, content and deployment – announced today that it has opened a digital content services facility in Paris, to complement the end-to-end facility that already exists in London.
Source: DCinema Today
2010-03-03
Filmstrips gone with the wind - It is a digital age and Creekside Cinema is ready to join in.
Source: mtairynews.com
2010-03-03
Portsmouth picturehouse faces an uncertain future - It's been hailed as a masterpiece, is up for an Oscar and BAFTA and proved a winner at this year's Golden Globes.
Source: portsmouth.co.uk
2010-03-03
Harwich: Palace to go digital - A NEW campaign has been launched to bring Harwich's iconic cinema into the digital age.
Source: Harwich Manningtree Standard
2010-03-03
Bafta Awards 2010: not Cameron's night - Well, they gave Avatar more Bafta awards than they gave Titanic, which won zero from ten in 1998. [see also these stories on the BAFTA awards]
Source: The Telegraph
2010-03-03
Saffron Screen's "Going Digital" film - - Our local community (not for profit) cinema promotional film; written, directed and produced by pugmen-mikrofilm to kick off their fundraising campaign. Other versions and probably outtakes to follow...
Source: Direct email
2010-03-03
Academy Board of Governors Bestows 2009 Scientific and Engineering Award to DLP Cinema Team for Color Accuracy
- On Saturday, February 20, the Academy Board of Governors bestowed the 2009 Scientific and Engineering Award (Academy Plaque) to four individuals responsible for the color accuracy of Texas Instruments DLP Cinema projectors.
Source: Digital Cinema Info
2010-03-03
Facebook Group for the St Albans Odeon Campaign - A fairly active facebook group as been setup for this campaign.
Source: CTA-UK email list
2010-02-25
Deluxe Acquires MediaRecall - BURBANK, Calif., Feb. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Deluxe Entertainment Services Group, Inc. announced today it has acquired the assets of metro-Chicago based MediaRecall Holdings, LLC, a fast growing player in the digital video services space, founded in 2007.
Source: prnewswire.com
2010-02-25
Norways Film & Kino appoints Unique to handle digital roll-out - Norwegian cinema association set to start digital conversion of theatres in the late spring.
Source: Screendaily
2010-02-25
Microspace Digital Cinema Distribution Adds To Content Delivery Offerings - Raleigh, NC (PRWEB) February 23, 2010 -- It
Source: PRWEB.com
2010-02-25
Alice in Wonderland will not be shown in Odeon cinemas - Tim Burtons new film version of Alice in Wonderland will not be screened at Odeon cinemas in the UK, Irish Republic and Italy, the cinema chain says.[As this is one of the biggest stories of the week there is a link to Google News so that you can read all the stories which have been written about it]
Source: BBC News
2010-02-25
BANKSY CREATES UNDERGROUND CINEMA TO SCREEN EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP - After creating a serious amount of hooha at Sundance with his film Exit Through the Gift Shop, British graffiti artist Banksy kept the momentum going for the London premiere yesterday by deciding to forgo the usual glitzy Leicester Square cinemas and instead creating his own cinema to introduce British audiences to the film.
Source: Thedcoumentaryblog.com
2010-02-25
Trouble in Europe: Italy Says 3D Glasses Pose a Health Risk - Theres been lots of interesting things going on in the European movie exhibition industry recently, most of which flies by us because its a whole different industry. First up, Odeon Cinemas has boycotted Alice in Wonderland from their movie theaters in the UK, Ireland, Italy, and also the Netherlands because Disney changed the "release window" from four months after opening to 90 days (we wrote about that here). Other theaters are considering following in suit. Another interesting article popped up in Reuters (via SlashFilm) stating that the Italian government thinks that 3D glasses pose a "health risk" for moviegoers. They do?
Source: Firstshowing.net
2010-02-25
CINEMA SHOWMAN BOWS OUT - It was announced today that the company in control of the Central Cinema in Market Place Fakenham, Stevens Cinemas Ltd, has decided to sell the business in order to protect the venues future.
Source: Press Release
2010-02-25
Film Institute launches first digital archive in Wales - The British Film Institute (BFI) is to launch its first "digital jukebox" in Wales, allowing people to access its archive.
Source: BBC News
2010-02-25
Boy gets arm wedged in cup holder at Medway Valley Park Cineworld - A boy had to be freed by firefighters after getting his arm stuck in his cinema seat.
Source: Kentonline.co.uk
2010-02-25
Sale Agreed Sign Taken Down As Plans To Secure St Albans Cinema Dream Runs Into Borrowed Time - ITS not yet curtains for the citys cinema dream but the Sale Agreed sign has now been taken down from the former Odeon in London Road, St Albans.
Source: Hertsad.co.uk
2010-02-25
Christie and FTT enter into an agreement for 300 Christie Solaria Series projectors - Christie announces the successful agreement for 300 Christie Solaria series projectors with FTT, its German integration and service partner headquartered in D
Source: digitalcinemainfo.com
2010-02-25
AMC Entertainment And Kerasotes Theatres Announce Entry Into Definitive Agreement - AMC Entertainment Inc. ("AMC"), and Kerasotes Showplace Theatres, LLC ("Kerasotes"), two leading theatrical exhibition and entertainment companies in the U.S., announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement pursuant to which AMC will acquire substantially all of the assets of Kerasotes.
Source: Digitalcinemainfo.com
2010-02-25
Major new 3D training initiative unveiled - A ground-breaking partnership between Skillset, Sky and the UK Film Council was announced yesterday to develop and run pioneering gold standard 3D training for the UK film and television industries.
Source: UK Film Council
2010-02-25
Curtain to fall on famous old city buildings - LANDMARK buildings in the centre of Newcastle are facing demolition as part of a regeneration scheme.
Source: Chroniclelive.co.uk
2010-02-16
Cinemas golden age reaches the final reel - They brought glamour into simple lives, but Britains Art Deco picture palaces are being pulled down by developers with grand ideas
Source: The Independent
2010-02-16
Early Chaplin films quite nasty, quite naughty, quite adult - Charlie Chaplin won the world over playing the Little Tramp, but the comic actor wasnt always such a loveable guy
Source: CNN
2010-02-16
Oil City Confidential Groundbreaking New Cinema Event - Live Event to Be Beamed to Vue, Odeon, Picturehouse and Independent Cinemas Across UK & Ireland
Source: DCinema Today
2010-02-16
Kinoton installs XL digital 3D cinema systems - The Cineplex Marburg and the Cinedom Koeln multiplexes are the first German cinemas that offer their audience large scale digital 3D Cinema. In the run-up for the theatrical release of Avatar, both cinemas have been equipped with Kinoton 3D2P systems, each operating with two DCP Digital Cinema Projectors that bring brilliant 3D pictures even to large screens.
Source: Business of Cinema
2010-02-16
Cinema managers urged to develop projectionist skills - BECTU has called on cinema circuits across the country to build on current technical expertise in preparation for digital cinema.
Source: BECTU PRESS RELEASE
2010-02-16
Confectionary killed the cinema goer - For centuries the cinema was part of the staple diet of anyone who wanted entertaining night or day, I remember the days of having a Saturday afternoon double-bill and going to the packed cinema of a late night (after the pub) screening, but today there is a hidden agenda of the movie theatres that out ways the entertainment factor they are really designed to provide.
Source: Tele2002 [Blog]
2010-02-16
Carmike Cinemas Secures 295M Loans - Digital cinema and 3D motion picture exhibitor Carmike Cinemas has received a new 265 million senior secured term loan and a 30 million senior secured revolving credit loan
Source: Institutionalpartners.com
2010-02-16
$4 mil more for German digital cinema - Germany is hoping to kick start the digital conversion of its arthouse cinemas with a
Source: Hollywoodreporter.com
2010-02-16
Thomson Renamed Technicolor, As Restructuring Plan Approved - Thomson SA, the Paris-based company that sells set-top boxes, video transmission gear and other telecom equipment, has adopted the Technicolor name after its debt-restructuring plan was accepted Wednesday by shareholders.
Source: Multichannel.com
2010-02-16
Film society hits out at cinemas blockbusters - FILM enthusiasts have asked Harrows multiplex cinema to show a wider range of films after the Observer highlighted that a locally-shot film could not be seen there.
Source: Harrow Observer
2010-02-16
Latest Picture House Plans Available on the Internet - Full story: The Pelham Weekly Picture House plans submitted to the Village of Pelham Zoning Board of Appeals are now available on the Internet.
Source: NY
2010-02-16
Last reel for Miramax as Disney closes studio - From humble origins in the US rustbelt, the Weinsteins brought foreign and arthouse films to a huge American audience
Source: The Guardian
2010-02-16
Bournemouth seafront Imax in council ownership - A "detested" 3D Imax cinema building that blocks Bournemouths seafront view is a step closer to being demolished after the council took ownership.
Source: BBC News
2010-02-16
St Albans Civic Society loan - St Albans Civic Society has pledged
Source: St Albans Review
2010-02-16
TECHNICOLOR : Technicolor Announces Strategic Partnership with Warner Bros. - Technicolor has entered into a strategic partnership with Warner Bros. covering a broad number of areas.
Source: Earthtimes
2010-02-16
Exclusive Report: Vue Westfield: Building The Future Of Cinema - The history of cinema exhibition is as interesting as the product it screens. Humble in its origins, much like the art itself, exhibition spaces didn
Source: Filmshaft
2010-02-16
3-D is helping brighten the picture for Imax - The big-screen-projection pioneer has generated more than $150 million in ticket sales for Avatar alone. The once-troubled company expects to post its first annual profit in four years.
Source: LA Times
2010-02-16
Storm Cinemas Odyssey club noise complaint rejected - A High Court judge has told the operator of Storm Cinema at Belfasts Odyssey he cannot cancel his lease.
Source: BBC News
2010-02-16
Why IMAX and 3D movies are the future of cinema - Cinema
Source: Birminghampost.net
2010-02-16
Regal cinema wins reprieve - The Regal Cinema has won a reprieve as Newcastle council considers a call by 20 Australian film and television identities to re-open it.
Source: ABC.net.au
2010-02-16
U.K. Film Council issues upbeat report - The U.K. film industry is weathering the recession well,
Source: Filmjournal
2010-02-16
English Rugby - The England rugby union team begins its 6 Nations campaign on Feb. 6, with coverage in HD and SD on the BBC and in 3D in 40 Odeon and Cineworld cinemas around the UK. The game against Wales is hailed as the biggest British sporting event to be screened live using stereoscopic technology so far and comes barely a week after Sky previewed its 3D service with the Premier League football match between Arsenal and Manchester United.
Source: Sportsvideo.org
2010-02-16
Consultation on Digital Cinema - On 16 October 2009, the European Commission launched a public consultation of all stakeholders from the European Union
Source: merlin.obs.coe.int
2010-02-16
Dolby Laboratories Reports First Quarter Fiscal 2010 Results - Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE:DLB) today announced the Companys financial results for its first quarter of fiscal 2010.
Source: Businesswire.com
2010-02-16
Regal cinema in sale drama - A LAST-MINUTE plea from film and television industry heavyweights has won a reprieve from sale for the former Regal Cinema.
Source: The Herald
2010-02-16
Harris Awarded Cinema Evaluation Contract - In the UK, Harris Interactive has been awarded the Film Audience Measurement and Evaluation (FAME) and Film Monitor research contracts by the Cinema Advertising Association (CAA). The contracts were previous managed by TNS and BMRB.
Source: mrweb.com
2010-02-16
Alice in royal premiere Wonderland - ALICE in Wonderland has been handed a Royal premiere, with Prince Charles booked to attend a gala Odeon Leicester Square showing of See the trailer for Alice in Wonderland Tim Burtons film on 25 February.
Source: Londonnet.co.uk
2010-02-16
We want 3D! - IT is more realistic, it makes you feel closer to the action and you get to wear a silly pair of glasses.
Source: thisisjersey.com
2010-02-16
Cobb Theatres select Barco for luxury theatre launch - New upscale CineBistro venues elegantly combine dining and movies, with projection provided by Barco DP-1500 and DP-2000 digital cinema projectors
Source: DCinema Today
2010-02-16
3D offers new spectacle for cinemas - Could we be watching the 2012 Olympics at cinemas in 3D?
Source: Wharf.co.uk
2010-02-16
Doubts raised over Farnborough cinema - A DEVELOPER has cast doubt on the prospect of Farnborough
Source: Gethampshire.co.uk
2010-02-16
JP Morgan raises financing to pay for rollout of digital cinema - Lifting a roadblock to the rollout of 3-D in theaters, investment firm JP Morgan has raised nearly $700 million to finance the digital conversion of thousands of screens around the country, three people familiar with the matter said Friday.
Source: LA Times
2010-02-16
A classic movie theatre to be recreated in a town centre shop - THE magic of the silver screen is being revived in Widnes, where six cinemas once flourished.
Source: Runcornandwidnesworld.co.uk
2010-02-16
Cinema must leave 30 seats unsold - A GRANDMOTHER has criticised Haverhill Cineworld after two members of her family were prevented from buying tickets because the auditorium was sold out
Source: Haverhil Echo
2010-02-16
Englands three-dimensional rugby is just the ticket for fans - It turns out rugby union
Source: Guardian
2010-02-16
Film Institute launches first digital archive in Wales - The British Film Institute (BFI) is to launch its first "digital jukebox" in Wales, allowing people to access its archive.
Source: BC News
2010-02-16
Library of Birmingham to partner British Film Institute - Hours of classic films, television, documentaries and even home movies will form a fascinating window to the nation
Source: Birmingham News Room
2010-02-16
Rod Wheeler joins Unique Digital Ltd as International Sales and Marketing Director - Rod Wheeler has 18 years experience in film and television, having worked at the forefront of the digital media revolution initially in post production and more recently in digital cinema for exhibition.
Source: DCinema Today
2010-02-16
2009 best year ever for Barcos digital cinema business - Digital cinema pioneer Barco announced that 2009 has been a record year for its digital cinema business, with a very significant growth of more than 100% in sales, orders and production capacity. By the end of 2009, Barco had reached a total install base of 6500 projectors worldwide.
Source: DCinema Today
2010-02-16
CEA members to the fore at RAAM Awards - Several key CEA members won out at the 2010 RAAM Awards, held in London last night.
Source: Cinemauk.org.uk
2010-02-16
Solid State completes installation at UK cinema - Leading installation company, Solid State, has completed yet another prestigious cinema project, this time at Newburys magnificent new Vue cinema.
Source: Securityinfowatch.com
2010-02-16
UK cinema chains may boycott Tim Burtons Alice in Wonderland - A dispute with Disney over the release window could see Alice in Wonderland barred from Odeon, Vue and Cineworld screens. []
Source: The Guardian
2010-02-02
Cinema to be demolished to restore famous view - A multi-million pound seafront Imax cinema has been bought by Bournemouth council so it can be demolished and the view restored.
Source: Daily Telegraph
2010-02-02
Not coming soon - Despite record revenues and high demand, cinema operators are suffering from a shortage of new venues
Source: Propertyweek.com
2010-02-02
Barco DP-3000 Projector Selected to Screen 3D Entry at Sundance Film Festival - Barco is the global leader in digital cinema projection. Today, the company is proud to announce that their DP-3000 projector has been selected to screen Cane Toads: The Conquest at this year
Source: Aboutprojectors.com
2010-02-02
Welsh venue for 3D showing of England v Wales match - Welsh rugby fans will get the chance to watch the Six Nations clash with England in 3D at the cinema after all.
Source: BBC News
2010-02-02
Curtain to fall on famous old city buildings - LANDMARK buildings in the centre of Newcastle are facing demolition as part of a regeneration scheme.
Source: ChronicleLive
2010-02-02
Avatar is highest grossing film at Londons Odeon Leicester Square - Avatar has become the highest grossing film yet at one of Britains most famous cinemas, the Odeon in Leicester Square.
Source: Daily Telegraph
2010-02-02
Cineworld Jersey have apologised for box office closure - The cinema on Jerseys waterfront has apologised for closing its box office and making film-goers queue for tickets and food in the same place.
Source: BBC News
2010-02-02
Communications Committee - First Report - The British Film and Television Industries - Here you can browse the report which was ordered by the House of Lords to be printed 14 January 2010.
Source: Parliament.uk
2010-02-02
Avatar propels digital and 3-D revolution in movie theaters: Where are we headed, and what will it cost? - To D or not to D, that is the question.
Source: Cleveland.com
2010-02-02
3D film Avatar to become most successful movie of all time - Film director James Cameron is well on the way to breaking his own record with his new science fiction cinema hit Avatar!
Source: bild.com
2010-02-02
Dolby Helps Red Bull Screen First 3D Movie - The most innovative brand in sound technology have provided digital cinema mastering and technical support for the screening of Red Bulls first 3D movie. Dolby Laboratories, Inc. supported the screening as part of the 70th annual Hahnenkamm World Cup Alpine ski event in Kitzb
Source: 4rf.co.uk
2010-02-02
XDC Moves Forward in Digital Cinema - XDC says it has taken a major step forward by reaching virtual print fee digital cinema deployment agreements with all six major US film studios for a total of 8,000 digital screens in 22 European countries. As only five percent of the European movie screens have already been digitalized, digital cinema is expected to grow tremendously in the coming years, thanks to the VPF system and a strong market demand for 3D movies and alternative content. XDC intends to deploy its 8,000 screens by 2015.
Source: Digitalcinemareport.com
2010-02-02
Carmike Cinemas Completes New $265 Million Senior Secured Term Loan Facility and $30 Million Revolving Credit Facility to Replace Existing Credit Facilities - Carmike Cinemas, Inc. (NASDAQ: CKEC), a leading digital cinema and 3D motion picture exhibitor, today announced that it has entered into a new $265 million senior secured term loan facility and a $30 million senior secured revolving credit facility.
Source: Businesswire.com
2010-02-02
Warners taps intl film acquisitions chief - With an eye toward bolstering its presence in the overseas market, Warners has named Camela Galano to the newly created post of president of Warner Bros. International Film Acquisitions. Based in Burbank and reporting to executive vp international Richard Fox, Galano will be responsible for acquiring the rights across all media to non-Warner Bros.-produced English-language films that can be exploited abroad. Galano spent more than 20 years at New Line Cinema, which...More
Source: Hollywood Reporter
2010-02-02
Avatar delivers record takings and 11.2m impacts - LONDON - James Camerons Avatar has broken box office records, becoming the highest-grossing film of all time and delivering more than 11.2 million impacts for UK advertisers along the way.
Source: Brandrepublic.com
2010-02-02
St Albans cinema project at risk from cashflow problems - TIME is running out to find the money to ensure a big screen dream for the city becomes reality.
Source: hertsad.co.uk
2010-02-02
Renovated cinema to bring new life to Jenin - Standing in the dusty, half-lit lobby of Cinema Jenin with paint splattered builders beavering away all around, its hard to imagine that this venue was once the place to be on the Jenin social scene.
Source: BBC News
2010-01-27
2009 cinema admissions highest since 2002 - Cinema admissions in 2009, were the highest since 2002 according to the latest Cinema Advertising Association (CAA) figures.
Source: UTalkMarketing.com
2010-01-27
Vue Entertainment Soon to Unveil ‘The Future of Cinema’ at Westfield London - The UK’s biggest and most technologically advanced, fully digital, 14 screen multiplex cinema, Vue Westfield, has only two weeks to go until its official opening at Europe's biggest urban shopping centre, Westfield London in West London.
Source: Fashionandrunaway.com
2010-01-26
Carmike Cinemas hires Sony executive - Carmike Cinemas on Tuesday named industry veteran John Lundin as vp film to oversee the circuits studio relationships.
Source: Hollywood Reporter
2010-01-26
Carmike Cinemas hires Sony executive - Carmike Cinemas on Tuesday named industry veteran John Lundin as vp film to oversee the circuit's studio relationships.
Source: Hollywood Reporter
2010-01-26
UK cinema attendances at seven-year high - UK cinema admissions in 2009 were at their highest level since 2002, the Film Council has revealed. [See also here]
Source: BBC News
2010-01-26
UK Cinema Chain Vue Ups Profits By - The UK cinema chain Vue has increased its post-tax profits to
Source: Deadline.com
2010-01-26
Startup retrofits 35mm projectors for 3-D - SAN JOSE, Calif.
Source: EEtimes.com
2010-01-26
China axes 2D Avatar from cinemas - China has pulled the 2D version of Avatar from cinemas amid claims the plot mirrors forced land evictions in the country.
Source: BBC News
2010-01-26
New €10m cinema planned for roof of Stephen’s Green - A new €10m cinema will bring 100 jobs and a new level of 3D to Dublin in 2011.
Source: Herald.ie
2010-01-26
Last of the Summer Wine: Meet Compos stunt double - The 83-year-old former Leeds picture house projectionist spoke to Neil Hudson about rubbing shoulders with some of the silver screens great and good
Source: Yorkshire Evening Post
2010-01-26
3D technology takes us closer - 3D technology is coming on in leaps and bounds, and filmgoers are captivated by its ability to make them feel part of the action. A growing number of brands and properties are preparing to turn the trend to their advantage.
Source: Marketing Week
2010-01-26
3D Jackson Tribute Planned for Grammy Awards - LOS ANGELES: A 3D short created for the late Michael Jackson
Source: Television Broadcast
2010-01-26
Assets of Star Cinema - Nearly all the assets of Kerasotes Showplace Theatres Co., a Chicago-based owner of movie theaters throughout the Midwest, including one in Fitchburg, will be sold to Kansas City-based AMC Entertainment Inc. under an agreement announced this week.
Source: Madison.com
2010-01-22
Mercia Cinema Society Closes - The Mercia Cinema Society is in the process of being wound up after a dissolution proposal was accepted by an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Society on January 16th 2010. The Committee will now work towards an orderly shutdown and disposal of the Society assets in line with the Constitution.
Source: n/a
2010-01-21
3D Jackson Tribute Planned for Grammy Awards - LOS ANGELES: A 3D short created for the late Michael Jackson’s “This is It!” tour will be featured on the Jan. 31 Grammy Awards telecast as a tribute to the singer. Grammy organizers are saying the feature, “Earth Song,” will debut in the broadcast on CBS. The network is teaming up with target to provide glasses--presumably anaglyph--for the show.
Source: televisionbroadcast.com
2010-01-19
Cinemas to show Six Nations England matches in 3D - We know that Sony and Fifa have teamed up to bring us some of the World Cup matches in 3D come June, but much sooner than that we’ll be able to watch England in the Six Nations rugby tournament in an extra dimension as well. More on this story here
Source: Stuff.tv
2010-01-19
India sees red over 3D glasses - While Avatar has raked in millions across the Indian continent (starting with a $4.68 million opening weekend), rage continued to grow at the box office over the quality of 3D glasses used in city multiplexes. The criticisms ranged from glasses slipping off the noses of viewers to fingerprints on the lenses.
Source: Film Journal
2010-01-19
DCM Promotes Cinema With Help Of National Film & Television School - Digital Cinema Media (DCM) is to run a national ad campaign promoting cinema using 60-second ads created by competition winning students from the National Film and Television School (NFTS).
Source: IT News Online
2010-01-19
3D TVs one-up theaters - Director Cameron says movies better raise their game
Source: Variety.com
2010-01-19
A year for the record books - It is most fitting that the film that helped propel the industry to a record-breaking 2009 is also one of the most talked-about movies in recent memory. James Cameron’s Avatar certainly did not disappoint fans and is truly a major entertainment vehicle for the masses. Moreover, the film is an event that just might change the way the industry looks at 3D in the near term. The New York Times recently compared Avatar and how it will impact the future of filmmaking to The Jazz Singer and the role it played in the movies’ transition from the silent to the talking age.
Source: Film Journal
2010-01-19
Vue highlights recession-busting credentials - Releases such as Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs and Slumdog Millionaire helped cinema chain Vue Entertainment defy recession with a jump in annual profits and turnover .
Source: FT.com
2010-01-19
More films set to come to life in 3D - Film fans will soon have even more movies brought to life in front of their eyes when a cinema trebles its 3D film capacity.
Source: Northantset.co.uk
2010-01-19
Dismay as Poly closes - SHOCKWAVES reverberated across Falmouth this week as its longest-running arts and theatre venue closed its doors without warning.
Source: Thisiscornwall.co.uk
2010-01-19
Arthouse Cinema a Splendid Idea - Clasic cult films and some of the best in world and independent cinema are set to hit the silver screen in Worcesters first dedicated arthouse cinema.
Source: Worcester Standard
2010-01-19
Avatar sends IMAX sales into orbit as it sets new box office record - SCI-FI spectacular Avatar has become the biggest grossing movie at Glasgows IMAX cinema.
Source: The Glaswegian
2010-01-19
Farewell to celluloid? - In three years the number of digital cinema has jumped over 1,000 percent worldwide. How are Thai multiplexes catching up with the new and inevitable platform?
Source: 0
2010-01-19
British Cinemas Set To Break £1B Again - So say distributors and exhibitors, who are confident that 2010’s box office will match last year’s £1 billion total. Last year’s £1,054,351,651 box office total was accompanied by a rise in ticket sales. There were 170 million tickets sold for UK cinemas in 2009 – the best year since 2004’s record-breaking 176 million tickets sold. According to Nielsen EDI, 2009’s box office total was 11% higher than the final tally for 2008. While no single film could compete with the £69 million grossed by Mamma Mia!, Warner Bros’ Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince was the top performer. It grossed more than £50.7 million. Fox’s Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs was in second place at £35 million. Disney’s Up took third with £34.3 million.
Source: Deadline.com
2010-01-19
Cinema must improve screening procedure - STAFF at bars, shops, supermarkets and entertainment venues have to be extra careful these days as they increasingly find themselves at the frontline of ensuring age regulations are enforced.
Source: Highland-news
2010-01-19
The Independent Spirit - If digital cinema is going to fulfill its promise of truly bringing about a new era of movie making and exhibition, then the independent theatres that are an important part of the cultural lifeblood of small towns around the world can not be left behind. Fortunately the independent spirit that has kept these theatres alive through many difficult times is still evident in many communities and there are signs that a significant number of them are taking part in the digital transition. Cinema Centers in the rural mountains of central Pennsylvania is a good example.
Source: Digital Cinema Report
2010-01-19
Who Do You Trust? - Who do you trust is the most fundamental issue of security. Digital cinema was originally devised so that studios could conduct business with exhibitors without concern for theft of content in its pristine, digital form. As the number of digital cinema installations grows, the management of security keys becomes increasingly difficult to perform and the entities that supply security keys struggle to keep up with new installations.
Source: Digital Cinema Report
2010-01-19
Beacon Cinema Returns - Opening night of the all-digital Beacon Cinema complex in downtown Pittsfield, Massachusetts was one of the most highly anticipated events in the community in recent memory. The new $23 million complex, whose six screens are powered exclusively by Christie CP2000-ZX DLP Cinema projectors, is helping to revive the city’s core. Built within a restored century-old historic building, The Beacon Cinema brought the excitement of the movies back to the downtown area after a 15-year absence.
Source: Digital Cinema Report
2010-01-19
Fire halts 3D Avatar screening at cinema in Swansea - Film fans at a 3D screening of the hit movie Avatar got more special effects than they bargained for when a speaker caught fire behind a cinema screen.
Source: BBC News
2010-01-19
Wales will miss 3D Six Nations England clash - Welsh rugby fans who want to see their heroes in 3D at the cinema for the first time will have to go to England.
Source: BBC News
2010-01-19
Are we heading towards a 3D screen future? - The technology is suddenly everywhere – heralded as the future of television and transforming cinema-goers experience. This week rugby sponsors O2 announced that Englands upcoming Six Nations matches with Wales and Ireland would be beamed live in 3D to 40 Odeon and Cineworld cinemas nationwide next month. Meanwhile James Camerons Avatar is proving the most successful 3D movie ever made, with takings that have topped over $1bn, and Pixars Up took $680m globally. In 2010 around 20 out of 170 movies will be made in 3D, double the number from last year
Source: 0
2010-01-19
St Albans Cinema Dream A Step Closer - THE BIG screen dream for St Albans came a step closer this week as the cheques started to roll in.
Source: Hersad.co.uk
2010-01-19
Local press man dies after 60 years on one paper - Starting out in journalism as a teenager after working as a projectionist and theatre assistant, Mr Gale won a deserved reputation for the high quality of his work.
Source: Hold the Front Page
2010-01-19
Barco Installs DP-2000 Projectors for Cinema West - Barco is a global leader in digital cinema technology. Today, the company announced that they have been selected to install DP-2000 projectors for Cinema West in their new Palladio 16 Cinemas site. The projectors will all be equipped with 3D capabilities in order to play RealD 3D movies. The DP-200 also features a 2K HD (2048 x 1080) resolution and a 2000:1 contrast ratio. “We’re honored to have been selected by Cinema West for their new installation, which is noteworthy on many levels,” explained Terri Westhafer, Director of Business Development for Barco Digital Cinema. “Not only are we part of the largest 3D installation in California, but we also play a part in the company’s high regard for ‘green’ energy use. This all-digital complex in Folsom is a showplace for customers who are visiting our Sacramento offices. Cinema West’s high presentation standards align with our own, and Barco is proud to partner with such an innovator in digital technology.”
Source: Techmagnews
2010-01-19
Cinema Centers installs Christie d-cinema projectors - Cinema Centers’ multiplex theatres in central Pennsylvania installed Christie CP2000-ZX digital projectors with Christie Brilliant3D™ triple flash.
Source: Film Journal
2010-01-19
Off to work ... with a movie theater projectionist - ew other jobs put a man so squarely in two different technological eras as movie theater projectionist.
Source: Californi Chronicle
2010-01-19
David Puttnams Century of Cinema - BBC Radio 2 Series - In the closing days of 1999, British film producer David Puttnam, with broadcaster and author Brian Sibley, presented a major series for Radio 2 to mark the first one hundred years of popular film.
Source: BBC
2010-01-16
Pretty Woman - back on the big screen for Valentine's Day - To celebrate the 20th Anniversary of PRETTY WOMAN, Cineworld Cinemas will host exclusive screenings nationwide on Valentine's Day, Sunday 14 February 2010.
Source: Press Release
2010-01-13
Tim Richards: The cinema boss who made room for a Vue - Tim Richards, the affable chief executive of Vue Entertainment, admits that many industry executives feared this downturn would be different. "Many people were nervous, but in the end 2009 was a very good year."
Source: Independent
2010-01-13
Good start for St Albans cinema project - MORE THAN 1,000 people have come forward with offers to support the project to restore the Odeon in London Road as a working cinema.
Source: St Albans Review
2010-01-13
Part of the Odeon/Reel cinema building in Blossom Street, York on the rental market - THE lease for part of the Odeon/Reel cinema building in Blossom Street, York, is on the rental market.
Source: York Press
2010-01-13
HMV offering £46m to buy Nelly Furtados MAMA - HMV boss Simon Fox is hoping to take another big step in re-shaping the business by clinching a £46 million takeover.[More on this story here]
Source: Daily Mirror
2010-01-13
Chippenham cinema to remain open during refit - The Reel Cinema in Chippenham is to stay open during its upcoming re-fit and hopes to minimise disruption to customers by doing most of the building work during the day.
Source: Gazette and Herald
2010-01-13
Stories from our old city cinemas - MANY Cardiffians have happy memories of the old cinemas that used to be in Cardiff and their recollections of them are a feature of my book Cardiff Voices
Source: Wales Online
2010-01-13
US cinema sales highest in recent history - Box office sales have hit "unbelievable" heights over a three-day weekend in America, according to the Los Angeles Times.
Source: Digital Spy
2010-01-13
NEC extends digital-cinema financing program - NEC Display Solutions of America announced the extension of its financing program for theatre owners looking to upgrade cinema projector capabilities to digital. The company will continue the program until March 31, 2010, offering eligible organizations special financing packages with low introductory payments on eligible NEC 3D-enabled digital-cinema projectors
Source: Film Journal
2010-01-13
XDC secures EUR 15.3 million growth capital - Gimv, SRIW and existing shareholders provide additional funding for XDCs pan-European roll-out of digital cinema
Source: CNN
2010-01-13
Curtain up on cinema expansion plans for 17 screens - A DUBLIN cinema is planning to expand by adding five screens, with seating for more than 400 people.
Source: Herald.ie
2010-01-13
National Amusements sells Showcase Cinemas - Rave Motion Pictures, a Dallas-based company that owns 30 theaters in 14 states, has completed the purchase of Showcase Cinemas 53.
Source: QCTimes.com
2010-01-13
Kodak Quits Hardware Manufacture in Digital Cinema - Kodak will cease manufacture of all hardware within its Digital Cinema System and will instead focus on licensing the technology to other companies. Kodak cites an ever-increasing level of technical requirements and costs in digital exhibition for their decision to pull out.
Source: 2-pop.com
2010-01-13
Actor Alan Cumming supports cinema revamp - Hollywood actor Alan Cumming is backing a campaign to reopen a derelict cinema in his Perthshire home town.
Source: BC News
2010-01-13
Cinedigm Announces Agreement With R/C Theatres for Phase 2 Deployment Program - First Exhibitor-Buyer Contract Based on Just Completed NATO Cinema Buying Group Agreement
Source: CNN
2010-01-13
Arts Alliance Media Signs Deal with Reel Cinemas - Arts Alliance Media has signed an agreement with Reel Cinemas to digitize Reel’s entire circuit in the UK. The Virtual Print Fee based deal covers all 60 of Reel’s screens throughout the country, across 15 sites, as well as 60 affiliated screens programmed by Reels programmer, Steve Reynolds.
Source: Digital Cinema Report
2010-01-13
£1bn year for British cinemas - British cinemas are on track for a record year, taking more than £1 billion at the box office for the first time in history.
Source: The Telegraph
2010-01-13
Odeon Chester nightclub battle hots up - BUSINESS leaders are being urged to bombard councillors with objections to proposals to transform the former Odeon Cinema into a nightclub.
Source: Chesterfirst
2010-01-13
Cinedigm Reports on the State of Digital Cinema - MORRISTOWN, NJ -- (Marketwire) -- 12/17/09 -- Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp. (NASDAQ: CIDM) today issued an update on the state of digital cinema in the United States. In 2008 and 2009, the digital transition -- defined as the industry's conversion from analog to digital technology -- was slowed, largely due to the lack of necessary financing. That trend shows signs of reversing; financing is now available and industry-wide momentum has returned. Hollywood movie studios have embraced digital cinema, both from a financing and a creative perspective. These factors, coupled with the growing slate of popular and successful 3D movies from all the Hollywood studios, including James Cameron's "Avatar" on December 18, suggest that 2010 will be a watershed year for digital cinema.
Source: Audio Video Producer
2010-01-13
Electric cinema celebrates its centenary - A cinema in Birmingham celebrating its centenary is to show newsreels found when it was renovated.
Source: BBC News
2010-01-13
Cameo roles offered in major cinema revamp - FOUR years ago its historic auditorium was threatened with being turned into a bar-restaurant.
Source: Scotsman
2010-01-13
Harkness Screens Provides Out Of This World 3D Viewing Experience For Avatar Premiere - Years Most Anticipated Film to Open on Over 4,000 Harkness 3D Screens Worldwide
Source: Briefing Room
2010-01-13
Technicolor to Launch Digital Content Distribution Business - Technicolor has announced that Greg Gudorf and Peter Lee have joined its team to launch a newly created business focused on digital content delivery and device management.
Source: Home Media Magazine
2010-01-13
Cinema rekindles old-fashioned theatre experience - Audiences will have a unique opportunity to follow the yellow brick road across the big screen tonight.
Source: Westernwheel.com
2010-01-13
D-Day for Crystal Palace cinema campaigners - Tomorrow evening thousands of Crystal Palace residents will learn if one of the biggest community campaigns in recent memory has made a major breakthrough.
Source: Your Local Guardian
2010-01-13
Worlds First 3-D Laser Projector Unveiled by Prismatic Magic - FORT WORTH, Texas, Dec. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Prismatic Magic, LLC, today introduced Laser-3D, the worlds first 3-D laser projection system on the eve of the 50th anniversary (in 2010) of the invention of the laser. Laser-3D combines the vibrant, scintillating colors of traditional laser-light shows with full-color, stereoscopic 3-D technology. Laser-3D marks the latest technical milestone in Prismatic Magics effort to enhance laser projection technology for novel applications in entertainment and academic settings.
Source: PR Newswire
2010-01-13
Case against businessmen over Odeon site is settled - AN ACTION in which an Isle of Man businessman sought summary judgment orders for €12 million against former Irish rugby manager Pat Whelan and another Limerick businessman over a loan for the proposed redevelopment of the Odeon Cinema site in London has been settled at the Commercial Court.
Source: Irish Times
2010-01-13
New rate for cinema staff in 2010 - Cinema staff, not covered by a collective bargaining agreement, can join BECTU for just £5.99 per month in 2010
Source: BECTU
2010-01-13
Revamped cinema is to reopen for 2010 - CINEMA-GOERS could be watching movies at Westgate cinema before the new year.
Source: This is Kent
2010-01-13
A 3D First - Disneys adaptation of Charles Dickens classic A Christmas Carol. which was released last month in the UK, became the first 3D movie that is accessible to people with hearing or sight loss.
Source: Digital Cinema Report
2010-01-13
Digital Cinemas First Decade - The case could be made that digital cinema has been around much longer than just the past ten years. For example, I wrote an article for Variety in 1990 about electronic cinema’s potential to transform the movie industry. The consensus at that time was that any serious implementation was a decade away. However, cut to May 1999. That was when Star Wars: Episode 1 – The Phantom Menace opened with a handful of digital screenings in movie theatres in and around New York and Los Angeles. Admittedly major developments were decidedly slow for many years after that, but that movie gave the idea of digital cinema serious momentum and the transformation had begun: digital cinema’s first decade was underway.
Source: Digital Cinema Report
2010-01-13
Alternative content will offer significant income for cinemas - The global market for alternative content in cinemas is forecast to be worth over half a billion dollars by 2014 ($526m), rising from $45.7m in 2008, according to a new report entitled ‘Alternative Content in Cinemas: Market assessment and forecasts to 2014’ by media analyst Screen Digest.
Source: Digital Cinema Info
2010-01-13
British Library and BBC sign archive access deal - The BBC and the British Library are to work together to make their assets more widely available
Source: BBC News
2010-01-13
Moviegoers get more motion at the pictures - Hold onto that popcorn. Like, tight. Coming to a theater near you soon: a moving seat.
Source: Signonsandiego.com
2010-01-13
Dolby 3D and Barco Projection Take Center Stage at Avatar World Premiere - LONDON - (Business Wire) Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE:DLB), and Barco (Euronext Brussels:BAR) announced today that the Empire Leicester Square will show the world premiere of the James Cameron movie Avatar on Thursday, December 10, using the Dolby® 3D solution for large screens. An invited audience of more than 1,300 guests will fill the Empire Leicester Square, which will act as the lead theatre for this much-anticipated premiere.
Source: Earthtimes.com
2010-01-13
Barco surpasses 1,300 Chinese d-cinema installations in 2009 - Barco announced it deployed more than 1,300 digital-cinema projectors this year across Greater China. Key customers include Chinas most prominent players in digital cinema such as the China Film Group, Stellar Megamedia and Heng Dian, who all selected from Barco’s portfolio of 0.98” and 1.2” DMD platforms.
Source: Film Journal
2010-01-13
UK cinemas enjoy £1bn boomtime with 3D renaissance - Restaurants and retailers are counting the cost of the recession but cinema has enjoyed rather a different year. In fact, mass escapism and a surge in 3D blockbusters have put UK box offices on course for record takings of £1bn in 2009.
Source: Guardian
2010-01-13
Hollywood sets 2009 box office record with $10bn ticket sales - LONDON - Hollywood has set a new box-office record as the year’s annual ticket sales head beyond 10 billion dollars for the first time.
Source: entertainment Daily
2010-01-13
European Commission Launches Digital Cinema Consultation - The European Commission has launched a public consultation on digital cinema. The purpose of this consultation is to gather information and views from all stakeholders on digital cinema, laying particular emphasis on digital cinema distribution and the digital equipment of European cinemas
Source: IFTN
2010-01-13
Hope for St Albans cinema restoration - CINEMA enthusiast James Hannaway is optimistic he will be able to raise the £1 million he needs to exchange contracts on the purchase of the former Odeon cinema next month. [See also this story]
Source: St Albanns Review
2010-01-13
Blockbusters and 3D films boost Cineworld - Cineworld said the upcoming release of the next Harry Potter film, Shrek 4, Toy Story 3 and Sex and the City 2 would be highlights of 2010. [See here for related stories]
Source: The Guardian
2010-01-13
Falmouths The Poly cinema closes - Falmouth’s famous indie cinema, The Poly, has announced its closure.
Source: Devon-Cornwall-Film
2010-01-13
Avatar nabs No. 2 spot at global B.O. - Only three weeks into its release, 20th Century Foxs "Avatar" has become the No. 2 grossing film of all time at the worldwide box office, cuming $1.14 billion through Wednesday.
Source: Variety
2010-01-13
Odeon And UCI Cinemas Further Extend Digital Screens Across Europe - ODEON and UCI Cinemas, Europe’s largest cinema operator, has announced plans to extend its network of DCI-compliant Digital Cinema screens to 111 key cinema locations, out of a total of 200. This next phase of the ODEON UCI Cinema Group’s groundbreaking digital rollout will commence before Christmas and continue into early 2009 in the UK, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Germany & Austria.
Source: in2town
2010-01-13
Little Tramp stays silent as Charlie Chaplin reborn in 3D animation - Charlie Chaplins Little Tramp, one of cinemas most famous characters, is to become a 3D animated competitor to Mr Bean
Source: The Guardian
2010-01-13
Chippenhams revamped cinema to stay open - The Reel Cinema in Chippenham is to stay open during its upcoming re-fit and hopes to minimise disruption to customers by carrying out most of the building work during the day.
Source: Thisiswiltshire
2010-01-13
Kinoton Installs XL Digital 3D Cinema Systems - The Cineplex Marburg and the Cinedom Koeln multiplexes are the first German cinemas that offer their audience large scale digital 3D Cinema. In the run-up for the theatrical release of “Avatar”, both cinemas have been equipped with Kinoton 3D2P systems, each operating with two DCP Digital Cinema Projectors that bring brilliant 3D pictures even to large screens.
Source: DCinema Today
2010-01-13
Shanghai film group selects Christie - Shanghai-based United Circuit (a subsidiary of the Shanghai Film Group (SFG) Corporation) has purchased an additional 100 Christie DLP Cinema® projectors for its second phase roll-out. The CP2000 Series projectors are expected to be installed in the circuit’s theatres in China within the year. According to Christie, the success of SFG’s first phase instalment of Christie projectors re-enforced its decision to continue exclusively with the company.
Source: Screen Africa
2010-01-13
Barco and Cinema West partner in Californias largest 3D digital cinema multiplex - Cinema West, an independent California exhibitor, chooses Barco DP-2000 digital cinema projectors for every screen in their new Palladio 16 multiplex in Folsom, California.
Source: creativecow.net
2010-01-13
Detained, boy who took revenge after cinema noise complaint - A teenager who poured bleach over a woman after she asked him to be quiet in a cinema has been detained for a year.
Source: The Independent
2010-01-13
Belgiums XDC acquires cinema equipment firm FTT - XDC, the Belgium-based digital cinema services company, has acquired Dusseldorf-based cinema equipment firm FTT.
Source: Screendaily.com
2010-01-13
Cinema Centers Multiplexes Select Christie DLP Cinema Projectors for Digital Conversions - Christie, the world leader in digital cinema projection installations, announced the recent installation of Christie CP2000-ZX digital projectors with Christie Brilliant3D™ triple flash technology in Cinema Centers’ multiplex theatres in central Pennsylvania. The installations were completed in time to premiere the highly anticipated “Avatar” from visionary director James Cameron.
Source: DCinema Today
2010-01-13
Dolby Needs A 4K Solution - It is not just the great three-dimensional sound effects in “Avatar” where you will hear the Dolby effect. Dolby today is everywhere, as part of, fittingly enough, its Dolby Everywhere campaign for Web-connected TVs, Blu-ray movie players, PCs, smartphones, set-top boxes, and game consoles. Let’s take a closer look at the company’s performance.
Source: Sramanamitra
2010-01-13
England Battle Wales In 3D Cinema Screenings - Rugby fans will be able to watch England's next match with Wales live in 3D at cinemas.
Source: sky.com
2010-01-07
The Barbican has shut the portcullis on cinephiles - The Barbicans decision to shut two of its three screens to placate luxury-flat owners is a slap in the face for everyone who cares about cinema
Source: The Guardian
2010-01-07
Newly refurbished IFI Opens - The IFI unveiled its new luxury cinema screen and upgraded public areas today, January 7th. The event will also mark the launch of its new programme for the coming year.
Source: IFTN
2010-01-01
Queen Honors Odeon Cinema Manager Chris Hilton - The Odeon Cinema in Leicester Square remains London most revered movie theatre.
Having hosted The Queen and the British Royal family countless times to premieres in his career as General Manager of the UK flagship cinema, Odeon Leicester Square, Chris Hilton retired in the summer of 2009 and was subsequently named, in the New Year's Honors list, as being awarded an MBE for services to the film industry. It's not often the ' cinema back room boys' are recognized for their work, and the ever-popular Chris Hilton is one of only a very few cinema managers ever awarded such an honor.(On a personal level, Mr. Hilton was instrumental in helping to arrange for members of our film location tours to attend various events at the Odeon in Leicester Square. We send our heartfelt congratulations to him- Lee Pfeiffer and Dave Worrall) »
Source: IMDB
2009-12-21
Cameron’s ‘Avatar’ Opens With $73 Million, 3-D Record (Update2) - (Bloomberg) -- “Avatar,” James Cameron’s science- fiction epic, led the box office with $73 million in U.S. and Canadian ticket sales its opening weekend, a record for a 3-D movie that may aid in expanding the format.
Source: Bloomberg
2009-12-21
Blockbusters benefiting British cinemas - (UPI) -- British films are expected to surpass $1.6 billion in ticket sales this year for the first time thanks to several blockbusters, industry officials say.
Source: UPI.com
2009-12-21
Ogles and goggles: life in a new dimension - The science-fiction epic Avatar is shaping as the turning point for movies in 3D.
Source: SMH.com
2009-12-21
Cinema ticket takings hit - Annual ticket sales at British cinemas will crash through the
Source: The Times
2009-12-14
The in70mm editor Receives BKSTS Award - Honorary Membership of the BKSTS for the work in preserving the history of 70mm and for keeping it alive in arranging screenings. The award was presented at the 2009 Cinema Technology Christmas Party on 14th December 2009 at the Odeon Leicester Square in London.
Source: in70mm.com
2009-12-09
Work begins on extra screen at Reel Cinema in Blossom Street, York - WORK has started on creating an extra screen at York’s Reel Cinema.
Source: York Press
2009-12-09
CHRISTIE® SELECTED AS EXCLUSIVE DIGITAL CINEMA PROVIDER FOR MOVIE PALACE’S NEW, ALL-DIGITAL MULTIPLEX IN WYOMING - Christie® was selected by Movie Palace, Inc., as the exclusive digital cinema provider for its new all-digital Studio City Stadium 10, a 10-screen classic multiplex theatre in Casper, Wyoming. It is the second Movie Palace theatre in Casper to use Christie digital projectors. The company has also installed the Christie CP2000 series projectors – the world’s most popular digital cinema projector – in its other locations in Cheyenne and Rock Springs, Wyoming.
Source: Digital Content Producer
2009-12-09
Vintage Mobile Cinema to hit the Devon roads again after 34 years - Movies on your mobile will mean something different with the former Ministry of Technology’s Vintage Mobile Cinema starts doing the rounds in March 2010. Emma Gifford explains the project
Source: Devon-Cornwall-Film.co.uk
2009-12-09
2010 World Cup kicking into 3D - The 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa will be offered in stereoscopic 3D.
Source: HollywoodReporter
2009-12-09
CINEPLEX ODEON CARLTON 1981-2009 - As the lights dim this weekend on the Carlton Cinemas, the city mourns the loss of another quirky cultural landmark on the block between Yonge and Church. Having swallowed the fruit-market-fate of Maple Leaf Gardens earlier this week, Torontonians now have to say goodbye to the Carlton, too
Source: Kelowna.com
2009-12-09
£1 million needed to secure new St Albans cinema - FILM fans supporting a scheme to restore the old St Albans Odeon as a cinema have to raise less money initially than was originally feared.
Source: Hertad.co.uk
2009-12-09
RealD Signs 3D Pact With Australias Greater Union, Event Cinemas, Birch Carroll & Coyle and Village Cinemas - RealD, the worlds leading 3D cinema provider, announced today agreements with top Australian circuits Amalgamated Holdings (Event Cinemas, Greater Union and Birch Carroll & Coyle) and Village Cinemas for the installation of a total of 139 RealD 3D screens. Installations have already begun across both circuits with completion expected by the end of 2009.
Source: PR Newswire
2009-12-09
WBPI strikes direct digital deployment deals with Asian circuits - Warner Bros Pictures International (WBPI) has entered into a slew of direct digital cinema deployment agreements with key Asian circuits.
Source: Screendaily.com
2009-12-09
Barco Announces Upgraded DP-2000 and DP-3000 Projectors - Toady, Barco has announced that they have teamed up with digital cinema solution provider GDC Technology to combine GDC’s Integrated Media Block with Barco’s cinema projectors, the DP-2000 and the DP-3000. Both of these projectors feature DLP display technology, a 2000:1 contrast ratio, and a 2K HD (2048 x 1080) resolution. “We are very happy to continue our strong partnership with Barco, and to offer the digital cinema industry a total solution with an integrated media block” said Dr. Man-Nang CHONG, founder and CEO of GDC Technology. “The GDC media block has been designed to meet the DCI v1.2 Specification ‘Media Block in Projector Configuration and supports 12-bit XYZ uncompressed playback for resolutions up to 4K. It further features lesser perimeter of security for content and keys compared to an external media server solution and requires less cabling between the media block and storage server.” Barco plans to display the projectors with the new IMB this week at the CineAsia convention from December 8th to the 10th.
Source: Aboutprojectors.com
2009-12-09
Crystal Palace cinema campaigners prepare for battle at planning meeting - After months of lobbying and campaigning, thousands of Crystal Palace residents hoping a vacant bingo hall will become a cinema and not a church will learn the buildings fate next Thursday.
Source: Yourlocalguardian.co.uk
2009-12-09
Digital Cinema Conversion - Whats Taking So Long? -
Source: Blockbustingbook [blog]
2009-12-09
GDC to add digital cinemas at Hong Kongs UA and Broadway circuits - GDC Technology closed deals with Hong Kong’s UA Cinemas and Broadway Circuit to supply DCI-compliant digital-cinema equipment under the virtual-print-fee (VPF) scheme.
Source: Filmjournal
2009-12-02
Fury at club plan for Odeon cinema - ONE OF the city’s much loved buildings could be transformed into a massive new nightspot complex under new controversial plans.
Source: Chesterfirst.co.uk
2009-12-02
Alternative content will offer significant income for cinemas - MUMBAI: The global market for alternative content in cinemas is forecast to be worth over half a billion dollars by 2014 ($526m), rising from $45.7m in 2008, according to a new report entitled Alternative Content in Cinemas: Market assessment and forecasts to 2014 by media analyst Screen Digest. The USA accounted for two-thirds of global alternative content revenues in 2008, but this will decline to 47.9 per cent by 2014, as the market for non- movie programming in cinemas expands globally.
Source: Business of Cinema
2009-12-01
Odeon installs evacuation chairs for mobility impaired - Odeon has specified Evac+Chair International to provide emergency evacuation chairs to the new cinema complex in Wrexham.
Source: Cinema Business
2009-12-01
Reel signs VPF deal with Arts Alliance Media - Digital cinema technology, content and deployment specialist Arts Alliance Media (AAM) has signed an agreement with Reel Cinemas to digitise Reel’s entire circuit in the UK
Source: Cinema Business
2009-12-01
Leicester Square redevelopment will threaten home of cinema - Cinema fans have hit out at the "highly destructive" development of Leicester Square which they claim threatens its future as the home of British film.
Source: This is London
2009-12-01
St Albans cinema plans - dream is in your hands - THE man trying to make a big screen dream come true for St Albans is urging people to put their money where their mouths are.
Source: Hartsad
2009-12-01
Cineworld plans Irish expansion - Britains second-biggest movie-theatre operator has said it wants to open up cinemas in Ireland because people of the high number of film-goers here.
Source: Irish Times
2009-12-01
Final stage of demolition work on old cinema takes place - MOST of the Art Deco frontage of the Doncaster Odeon was pulled down yesterday in the final stage of the buildings demolition, leaving the site ready for redevelopment in 2010.
Source: The Star
2009-12-01
Actress backs new cinema for town - Actress Tilda Swinton has backed efforts to reopen a cinema in Nairn for the first time since the 1970s.
Source: BBC News
2009-12-01
Vue takes over Wood Green Showcase cinema - SHOWCASE cinema in Wood Green will close this week for refurbishment and re-open as one of the Vue franchise.
Source: Haringey Independent
2009-12-01
Of Dollars and Values - The world’s exhibitors are in the process of spending close to $10 billion to transform their theatres from film to digital. One of the goals of this transformation is to enable exhibitors to offer their patrons the opportunity to see movies in clean, crisp 3D. And while I share the same passion that many of you do for movies of all kinds and I want the movie business to flourish and grow, I also believe strongly that there are more important applications for this technology than just having the ability to show Shrek Forever After in 3D. Someday soon, as was demonstrated at the recent annual meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, digital cinema technology may be used to save lives.
Source: Digital Cinema Report
2009-12-01
Cinemark, Imax Sue over XD - Cinemark USA and Imax Corporation have filed lawsuits against each other over Cinemark’s XD digital theaters. Cinemark, the third largest theater chain in the U.S., filed a suit on November 4 seeking to invalidate two patents Imax holds on “Conversion of a Cinema Theater to a Super Cinema Theater.” Imax countered on November 12 with a complaint that alleges fraud, breach of contract, misappropriation of trade secrets, and tortious interference, and seeks an injunction to prevent Cinemark from “producing, using, and selling its XD system.”??
Source: Digital Cinema Report
2009-12-01
£1m needed to buy former Odeon and start plans to open a new cinema in London Road, St Albans - FILM fans must help raise £1 million if their dream of a cinema in St Albans city centre is to become a reality.
Source: This is London
2009-12-01
Disneys A Christmas Carol breaks new ground as the first ever fully accessible 3D movie - This weekend marks a milestone in UK cinema - the release of the first ever 3D movie that is accessible to people with hearing or sight loss.
Source: Beecareful.info
2009-12-01
St Albans MP Anne Main backs London Road cinema project - AN AMBITIOUS project to transform the dilapidated Odeon in London Road into an art deco cinema has won the backing of St Albans MP Anne Main.
Source: St Alban Reviews
2009-11-24
German nationwide digital exhibition plan in tatters - An all-industry solution for a nationwide digital roll-out in German cinemas has stalled after the UCI Kinowelt cinema chain refused to withdraw its legal action against the German Federal Film Board (FFA).
Source: ScreenDaily
2009-11-24
All change at the pictures - ASK anyone who grew up in Leeds in the 1950s and 60s and chances are they will be able to tell you the name of their local cinema
Source: Yorkshire Evening Post
2009-11-24
Carlton Cinemas to close in December - No longer able to compete with flashy multiplexes, the Carlton Cinemas will close early next month after Cineplex Entertainment decided not to renew its lease on the space.
Source: The Global and Mail
2009-11-24
Water company secures cinema deal - A COMPANY that specialises in bottled spa water has secured a lucrative deal with a national cinema chain.
Source: The Businessdesk
2009-11-24
Arts Alliance Media signs UK digital deal with Reel Cinemas - European digital provider Arts Alliance Media (AAM) has signed an agreement with UK regional exhibitor Reel Cinemas to digitise all 60 of Reel’s screens.
Source: ScreenDaily
2009-11-24
Campaign to save cinema - A CAMPAIGN to save the cinema complex and bowling alley in Thurso, which closed earlier this year, has been launched by a local pressure group
Source: John O' Groat Journal
2009-11-24
Jaw-dropping cinema nears - THE region's first digital IMAX cinema screen is due to open at Gateshead MetroCentre on December 16
Source: JournalLive
2009-11-24
Imax 3D cinema opens soon - WALES’ first Imax 3D cinema is set to open in Cardiff Bay next month.
Source: Wales Online
2009-11-24
Charlie Chaplin museum planned at screen legend's last home in Switzerland - GENEVA — Charlie Chaplin's last home in Switzerland will be turned into a permanent place of pilgrimage for fans of the actor who immortalized the "Little Tramp," one of his sons said Monday.
Source: Sf Examiner
2009-11-24
AAM inks deal with Denmark Digital - LONDON -- British-based d-cinema integrator Arts Alliance Media (AAM) has sealed a $9 million deal with Denmark Digital, a group of 31 Danish independent cinemas, to convert around 60 screens across the country to digital, the parties said Tuesday. AAM already has Virtual Print Fee (VPF) deals in place with five of the Studios -- Twentieth Century Fox, Universal, Paramount, Sony Pictures and Disney -- and these studios will be brought in under this agreement as part of the existing deals
Source: Hollywood Reporter
2009-11-17
ITV puts Carlton Screen Advertising contracts into liquidation - UK commercial broadcaster ITV has put its remaining interests in cinema advertising company, Carlton Screen Advertising (CSA), into voluntary liquidation. It appointed Grant Thornton to handle the process on October 26.
Source: Screendaily
2009-11-17
Unseen colour 3D film of Queens Coronation to be broadcast for first time - Unseen colour 3D newsreel of the Queen’s Coronation, which was lost in an archive for more than 50 years, is to be broadcast for the first time.
Source: Daily Telegraph
2009-11-17
Zoo Digital to help restore nations films - DVD software specialist Zoo Digital has won a £350,000 grant to work on restoring Britains archive of thousands of films.
Source: Yorkshire Post
2009-11-17
End of era for Savoy Cinema - THE FINAL curtain is set to fall on a much-loved independent cinema.
Source: Stockport Express
2009-11-17
St Albans cinema set to rise from the ashes - CINEMA entrepreneur James Hannaway has launched a £3 million bid to restore the fortunes of the Odeon in St Albans in the same way as he has done at The Rex in Berkhamsted.
Source: Herts Ad
2009-11-17
Dorset deaf missing out on cinema - DEAF people are missing out on the latest Hollywood blockbusters because the major cinemas in Bournemouth and Poole are not showing films with subtitles, it is claimed.
Source: Bournemouth Echo
2009-11-17
Cinema goers celebrate Odeon resurrection - CINEMA-GOERS say they are delighted that James Hannaway could bring back films to the doomed Odeon in London Road
Source: St Albans Review
2009-11-17
Oscar actress inspires cinema bid - Oscar-winning actress Tilda Swinton has been the inspiration behind a new groups bid to reopen the first cinema in a Highlands town since the 1970s.
Source: BBC News
2009-11-17
Opinion - St Albans Civic Society welcomes cinema announcement - St Albans Civic Society welcomes the news that the former Odeon may well arise from grievous dereliction and become a cinema again – thanks to James Hannaway of The Rex, Berkhamsted.
Source: St Albans Review
2009-11-17
Financing 101: Digital Cinema - Exhibitors today are faced with several options for acquiring digital cinema equipment. If seeking a financing plan in which studios provide financial assistance through the virtual print fee mechanism, it is worth taking time to understand the hurdles to financing such deals.
Source: Digital Cinema Report
2009-11-17
Kinepolis deploys SmartJog solution for storage & D-cinema delivery - European exhibitor, Kinepolis Group, has selected SmartJogs Digital Cinema Central Library Servers to use in all of its 23 theaters.
Source: Business of Cinema
2009-11-17
Ten-year wait for new cinema over - A 1,000-seat multiplex cinema has opened in Berkshire after a 10-year campaign by residents.
Source: BBC News
2009-11-17
Plans to create an extra screen at York’s Reel Cinema have hit a glitch with City of York Council - A conservation officer has said he cannot support proposed internal alterations to the former Odeon building which would allow for the installation of a small fourth screen.
Source: York Press
2009-11-17
Special_advanced_showing_of_St_Albans_Odeon - St Albans and Harpenden Review reporter Adam Binnie visits The Rex to see whats in store for the London Road cinema.;Cinema-goers in St Albans can soon look forward to the Odeon reopening thanks to Rex owner James Hannaway. St Albans and Harpenden Review reporter Adam Binnie visited The Rex, in Berkhamsted to see whats in store for the London Road cinema.
Source: This is local london
2009-11-11
Space, AAM sign digital deal - ROME -- Anticipating the release of James Camerons "Avatar" along with a slew of other upcoming 3D pics, Italys top exhibition chain, the Space Cinema, has inked a deal with leading European digital cinema company Arts Alliance Media to digitalize its multiplex circuit.
Source: Variety
2009-11-11
Security fears after vandals hit old cinema - CAMPAIGNERS fighting to save a former B-listed cinema from demolition have called for better security after vandals broke into the historic building.
Source: Edinburgh News
2009-11-11
Cinema set to open next week - THE long wait for Newbury’s new cinema is nearly over. The new seven-screen cinema in Cheap Street, operated by Vue Entertainment, is due to open to the public next Friday (November 13).
Source: Newbury Today
2009-11-11
Real Images Qube XP-D is D-Cinemas official digital servers partner - South Korea-based D-Cinema Korea (DCK), a digital transition firm in Korea, has chosen Real Image Media Technologies (Real Image) Qube XP-D as one of the official digital cinema servers for its 1000 screen rollout across Korea.
Source: Indian Television
2009-11-11
Westfield faces White City legal battle - Westfield is facing a multi-million pound legal battle with a major US entertainment group that claims it was forced to pull out of a deal at the £1.7 billion White City development because the cinema complex was not built to agreed specifications.
Source: CNPLUS
2009-11-11
Kinepolis to deploy SmartJog servers for storage and digital delivery - European exhibitor Kinepolis Group selected SmartJog’s Digital Cinema Central Library Servers to use in all of its 23 theatres. The servers are capable of storing large amounts of content as well as receiving Digital Cinema Packages (DCPs) via satellite and fiber.
Source: Film Journal
2009-11-11
Abu Dhabi cinema chain invests in 4K projectors - Abu Dhabi cinema operator RoyalCine will install four Sony CineAlta 4K digital cinema projectors in its Delma Mall-based theatres, marking a first for the region in the rollout of 4K digital cinema technology.
Source: Digital Production Me
2009-11-11
Carlyle calls for ‘British’ screens in multiplexes - Actor Robert Carlyle has called on cinema chains to set up dedicated British screens in a bid to save the country’s film industry.
Source: Herald Scotland
2009-11-11
Industry slowly embracing new media - Hollywood seems stuck in first gear when it comes to the race to embrace the Digital Revolution.
After more than a decade of dithering over how to release film and TV content over the Internet and other new-media platforms -- and how aggressively to do so -- the industry remains tentative in its approach to digital distribution
Source: Film Journal
2009-11-11
Demolition starts on old cinema - Demolition work has started on Doncasters former Odeon cinema to make way for a new development.
Source: BBC News
2009-11-11
RealD Delivers Over 50% of $31 Million Opening Weekend Gross for Disneys A Christmas Carol - LOS ANGELES, Nov. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Theatres equipped with RealDs market-leading 3D cinema technology brought in nearly $16 million of the total box office for "Disneys A Christmas Carol" in Disney Digital 3D(tm), which earned an estimated $31 million during its opening weekend. The RealD box office total accounted for over 50% of the weekends receipts
Source: Dotnet
2009-11-11
Cinema projection goes digital: discussions continue - Representatives from the Cinema Exhibitors Association have met with BECTU to discuss the unions concerns about the future for projectionists as digital projection takes off.
Source: BECTU
2009-11-03
Viewers enjoy 3D experience at Wotton Electric Picture House - THE AUDIENCE at Wotton Electric Picture House could barely believe their eyes last weekend.
Source: Gazette Series
2009-11-03
Cinema booms as Britons seek escape from reality - Cineworld yesterday provided further evidence that the recession has only deepened the British publics love of the big screen. The listed operator of 77 cinemas in the UK and Republic of Ireland said that its box-office revenues – the number of admissions multiplied by prices – soared by 10.9 per cent over the 43 weeks to 22 October. This was despite it being up against a strong third quarter last year, when hordes of women were singing along to Abba songs in the blockbuster musical Mamma Mia!
Source: Independent
2009-11-03
This Is It: world awaits Michael Jackson premiere - Michael Jackson documentary This Is It will make cinema history when it premieres around the world tonight, but fans are divided over whether the film honours his memory. For further articles have a look at this link to Google News stories
Source: Telegraph
2009-11-03
Revenues rise at Cineworld, 3D movies boost market share - The UK and Ireland cinema operator Cineworld has reported a 6.5pc increase in revenue for the 43 weeks to 22 October 2009, noting the impact of 3D movies on its market share. See also this link from Google for related news stories
Source: Business and Leadership
2009-11-03
Christie® Delivers Broadest Range of Next-Generation Digital Cinema Projectors - Christie®, the leader in digital cinema projection technologies, will debut its next-generation digital cinema solutions, the Christie Solaria™ series, at ShowEast with the launch of the Christie CP2220 digital cinema projector. Recognized as “the future of digital cinema,” the projector features Texas Instruments’ (TI) (NYSE: TXN) next generation DLP Cinema® technology and an optional integrated 2K/4K media block. Christie’s next-generation 4K digital cinema projectors will display 4096 x 2160 pixels of resolution. While maintaining support for 2K external servers, these new models allow exhibitors to easily project 2K or 4K content, giving them the widest choice in digital cinema options. The Christie CP2220 with Doremi’s integrated media block will be on display at the Christie booth #1100.
Source: Business Wire
2009-11-03
Datasat Digital Entertainment and Qube Cinema Add Additional Format Capabilities to DC20 - With an ever-growing commitment to exhibitors, Datasat Digital Entertainment and Qube Cinema have developed additional playback formats within the DC20, their digital cinema server. Adding Flash and QuickTime has increased the flexibility and usability of the digital cinema server for customers running pre-show content.
Source: DCinema Today
2009-11-03
Hollywood Theaters upgrading screens to Sony 4k projectors - With some help from Sony, Hollywood Theaters is upgrading to 4K digital cinema, some of which that will do 3D. The project kicks off over the next few months when 13 locations will get the upgrade that consists of 167 screens all of which will all be going digital. On top of that, 53 of those screens will also support 3D movies thanks to RealD and circular polarized glasses. Of course we wont be happy until every theater in the US is digital and 3D, but this is a decent step in the right direction.
Source: Engadgethd.com
2009-11-03
Digital deals boost 3D - Warner Bros. and Overture Films have inked virtual print fee deals with digital cinema leader Cinedigm in the hopes of accelerating the installation of more 3D screens.
Source: Variety
2009-11-03
University launches campaign to revive birthplace of British cinema - A £1m donation by the MBI Al Jaber Foundation has launched a campaign to revive a historic cinema on London’s Regent Street.
Source: Cinema Business
2009-11-03
Quantum Digital provides satellite links for hmvcurzon - Quantum Digital has been selected by HMV and Curzon Artificial Eye to deploy satellite technology at its new hmvcurzon Wimbledon cinema, which opens to the public on Friday 23 October.
Source: Cinema Business
2009-11-03
Cinedigm to get $100 million in loans - MORRISTOWN, N.J. — Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp. said Wednesday it had received commitment letters from lenders for loans up to $100 million, which will allow 2,133 theater screens to be converted from film to digital projectors.
Source: Google News
2009-11-03
Digital cinema still a work in progress - ORLANDO (Hollywood Reporter) - The movie industry seems almost embarrassed about the prospect of promising too much too soon regarding digital cinema.
Source: Reuters
2009-11-03
Ray not giving up on saving historic Doncaster Odeon cinema - BULLDOZERS have started pulling down Doncasters historic Odeon cinema site – but campaigner Ray Nortrop is still refusing to admit it cannot be saved.
Source: The Star
2009-11-03
Picture sharpens for Digital Cinema rollout - The purse strings appear to be loosening for the long-delayed rollout of digital cinema.
Source: LA Times Blogs
2009-11-03
Barco announces Deliver Digital program - Digital projection company Barco announced “Deliver Digital,” a new program geared towards regional theatre circuits looking to convert to digital. The Deliver Digital program allows independent chains to compete with national circuits, with access to the same benefits, such as preferred financing terms and virtual print fees (VPFs).
Source: Filmjournal
2009-11-03
Silver Screen gets 3D films - This is not your grandparents’ 3-D - resign the 1950s-era cardboard glasses and fuzzy, odd-colored images to nostalgia
Source: Calisele Indepdent
2009-11-03
NEC’s three digital cinema projectors launched - NEC Display Solutions in the USA has just announced three cinema digital projectors with three levels of brightness for screens of up to 105 foot wide. The projectors are due to reach the UK market by November 2009.
Source: JP-UK
2009-11-03
Government will not call in Bradford planning bid - Plans to redevelop the site of Bradford’s former Odeon cinema have cleared a major hurdle.
Source: The Telegraph and Argus
2009-11-03
Cinema is now Corbys top priority - Films could replace shows on the site of Corbys former theatre.
Source: Northanset
2009-11-03
U.K. exhibitor inks digital deals - LONDON -- U.K. based Digital Deployment Associates signed long-term deals with 20th Century Fox, Paramount Pictures International and Walt Disney Studios to roll out digital projectors and technology across Odeon and UCI Cinemas Group, the parties said Sunday.
Source: Hollywood Reporter
2009-10-27
New cinema to open in Witney - THE finishing touches are being put in place for Witney’s new cinema.
Source: Witney Gazette
2009-10-27
Carmike Cinemas Goes Green with Cutting-Edge, Environmentally Friendly and 100% Digital Movie Theatre - Majestic 12 Cinemas Opens November 6 in Chattanooga, Tennessee CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. & COLUMBUS, Ga.--(Business Wire)--Carmike Cinemas, Inc. (NASDAQ: CKEC), a leading digital cinema and 3D motion picture exhibitor, today announced the November 6th opening of its new, 100% digital movie theatre, featuring DLP digital projection and QSC prime digital sound, plus wall-to-wall screens, including three auditoriums equipped with 3D capabilities. The unique facility is also registered with the U.S. Green Building Council - to be certified as the nation`s first stand-alone LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) theatre.
Source: Reuters
2009-10-27
Movie star Peter Mullan backs town film club - RESPECTED Scottish actor Peter Mullan has agreed to become patron of the Paisley Film Society.
Source: Paisley Daily Express
2009-10-27
DCM cinemas to use 3D screens - Every Digital Cinema Media multiplex cinema is to have 3D screens by the end of the year.
Source: Media Week
2009-10-27
HMV unveils boutique cinema to boost DVD sales - Tomorrow the entertainment retailer will open a three-screen cinema, in partnership with Curzon, in one of its shops
Source: The Times
2009-10-27
Cinema now just weeks away - Cannock’s long wait for a cinema will be over in less than four weeks.
Source: Express and Star
2009-10-27
Texas Instruments DLP Cinema(R) Enhances Movie Going Experience With More Than 7,000 3D Enabled Installations - DALLAS, Oct. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Texas Instruments (TI) (NYSE: TXN) DLP Cinema®, recognized as the leader of 3D projection technology, today announced reaching the milestone of over 14,000 global theatre installations with over half powered by DLP Cinema 3D projection technology. The growing availability of digital 3D movies continues to serve as a catalyst for the adoption of digital cinema installations. With multiple 3D releases coming to theatres at the same time, demand among exhibitors for 3D installations will likely continue to increase, hailing 3D as one of the most important technical innovations since the advent of color.
Source: PR Newswire
2009-10-27
Hollywood Theaters to Install Sony 4K Digital Cinema Projectors Across Its Circuit - AN DIEGO, Oct. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Hollywood Theaters is installing Sony
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2009-10-27
Warners inks digital screens deal - Cinedigm Digital Cinema is set to announce Monday that Warner Bros. has inked a virtual print fee deal stipulating how the studio will help fund digital screen installations nationwide.
Source: THR
2009-10-27
A theory as good as any - Everything from skirt lengths to lipstick colours to aspirin sales has been posited as a good indicator of stock market performances.
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2009-10-27
Film industry split over merger plan - The British Film Institute, chaired by former BBC director general Greg Dyke, has told the Government the states vision for a full-blown merger of the BFI and UK Film Council is "not legally possible".
Source: Daily Telegraph
2009-10-27
Curtain up on Wibledon cinema - Britain’s hottest director has cut the ribbon on Wimbledons new cinema.
Source: Wimbledon Guardian
2009-10-27
Imax May Have Brighter Future With Lasers - TORONTO (Dow Jones)--Imax Corp. (IMAX) might choose lasers over lamps in order to reap the benefits of digital projection at its largest theaters.
Source: WSJ.COM
2009-10-27
Twist in the plot as British cinema defies the recession - Escapism has never been so lucrative. Amid a year of recession, cinemas are booming, with box office revenues set to pass £1 billion for the first time. Helped by the popularity of Slumdog Millionaire and the fact that cinema represents a cheap night out, the number of tickets sold was up 15 per cent in the first six months of this year.
Source: The Times
2009-10-27
Cinemark Launches New XD Large Format Digital Auditorium In San Francisco, CA - Cinemark Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CNK), a leading motion picture exhibitor,
Source:
2009-10-27
RealD LIVE to Debut With Real-Time 3D Broadcast of El Clasico - LOS ANGELES, Oct. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- RealD, the worlds leading outfitter of
Source:
2009-10-27
Christie® Delivers Broadest Range of Next-Generation Digital Cinema Projectors - Christie®, the leader in digital cinema projection technologies, will debut its
Source:
2009-10-27
Hollywood Theaters to Install Sony 4K Digital Cinema Projectors Across Its Circuit - SAN DIEGO, Oct. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Hollywood Theaters is installing Sony Electronics 4K digital cinema technology across its circuit. The Portland, Ore.-based exhibitor will begin its digital conversion by equipping 13 of its U.S. locations (167 screens) with Sony® projectors over the next few months.
Source: PR Newswire
2009-10-20
Brussels plans tax on film distributors - The European Commission is considering imposing a fee on movie distributors to help fund the shift to digital cinema, which is expected to increase the EU's share of the global film market but is deemed to be too expensive for small cinema operators.
Source: Euractiv
2009-10-20
Barco and Doremi Cinema to unveil integrated 2K/4K media block for digital cinema at ShowEast - Sacramento, California — 15 October 2009 — Digital cinema pioneer Barco and server technology leader Doremi are proud to announce another industry first — an integrated 2K/4K media block designed for Barco Series-II projectors. Barco and Doremi will showcase this industry leading technology on the show floor at ShowEast.
Source: Barco Press Release
2009-10-20
Michael Jackson movie This Is It records record advance ticket sales - Fans have been snapping up tickets for the Michael Jackson film This It in record numbers in the UK.
Source: Entertainment.stv.tv
2009-10-20
Government backs £166m national film centre - The Government pledged £45 million towards the state-of-the art project on the South Bank, expected to be built by 2015.
Source: The Independent
2009-10-20
UK theaters banning notebooks over piracy fears - UK movie theater chain Cineworld has introduced a new policy that does not allow patrons to bring in notebook PCs to the auditoriums, UK resident Jeremy Nicholas wrote on his blog. The policy was supposedly introduced to help fight piracy, where bootleggers go to see a movie and record it with an electronic device. Nicholas, however, was denied entry despite his Sony VAIO's lack of an integrated webcam, making it impossible to record the main attraction. [see more articles on this story by following this link]
Source: electronista.com
2009-10-20
Marcus Theatres to Feature Kodak Digital Cinema in Omaha - Kodak announced today that it has been selected to power the new Marcus Midtown Cinema at Midtown Crossing in Omaha, Nebraska, the most innovative and stylish complex in the legendary Marcus Theatres chain. Kodak Digital Cinema systems will be installed on all five screens of the four-level entertainment destination, scheduled to open on November 6. Systems will include several models of NEC projectors supplied by Ballantyne Strong who will handle projector installation.
Source: DCinema Today
2009-10-20
Former Liverpool cinema to be knocked down - ONE of Liverpool’s few remaining original cinemas is to be knocked down to make way for flats.
Source: Liverpool Echo
2009-10-20
Reel Cinema submit plans to create an extra screen to City of York Council - BOSSES at a York cinema have submitted plans to create an extra screen to City of York Council.
Source: York Press
2009-10-20
XDC Signs Digital Cinema Deployment Agreements with European Distributors - A digital cinema service company in Europe, XDC, has signed non-exclusive long-term agreements with two European distributors to the Virtual Print Fee (VPF) roll-out started in Austria and Portugal.
Source: 4rfv
2009-10-20
British Film Institute Mediatheque officially opens in Cambridge Central Library - A BRITISH Film Institute Mediatheque has been officially opened at the newly-reopened Cambridge Central Library.
Source: Cambs24
2009-10-13
Win new 3D experience - WHITE River Cinema in St Austell has unveiled its new digital 3D projection system, becoming the first full-time cinema in England to invest in the next-generation technology.
Source: This is Cornwall
2009-10-13
London's first in-store cinema - Later this month, Wimbledon will play host to the country’s first in-store cinema. Dave Calhoun was given an exclusive guided tour of a work in progress
Source: Timeout
2009-10-13
Only hotel plan can save historic cinema building – developer - A HISTORIC Edinburgh cinema will fall into decline unless it is transformed into a hotel, the developer behind the project warned yesterday.
Source: Scotsman
2009-10-13
Film glut may slow 3D rollout - Titles prove lucrative, but more d-cinema theaters needed
Source: Hollywood Reporter
2009-10-13
The big-screen England experience – it's not quite the same as being there - You get popcorn instead of pies but is watching football at the cinema actually any good? - more on this story can also be found here at Google News
Source: Guardian
2009-10-13
Question mark over cinema club's future - PENSIONERS are fighting to stop the curtain falling on their much-loved cinema outings that have become a lifeline for many.
Source: Hampshire Chronicle
2009-10-13
IMAX, Odeon cinemas extend partnership - European exhibitor Odeon & UCI Cinemas Group is to install another super-sized digital Imax screen in a Cardiff, Wales multiplex.
Source: Hollywood Reporter
2009-10-13
Councillors may get to vote on plan to demolish iconic Bradford building - Bradford’s 90 councillors could finally get to have their say on the fate of the former Odeon cinema.
Source: The Telegraph aand Argus
2009-10-13
XDC Signs First Digital Cinema Deployment Agreements with European Independent Distributors - XDC, the n°1 digital cinema service company in Europe, has signed non-exclusive long-term agreements with two (2) European distributors to contribute to the Virtual Print Fee (“VPF”) roll out started in Austria and Portugal.
Source: DCinema Today
2009-10-13
Barco honors USC School of Cinematic Arts with digital cinema projector - Barco, a global leader in digital cinema technology, is honored to announce the acceptance of an invitation from the University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts (SCA) to provide a digital projector for the facility's largest screening room.
Source: Barco Press Release
2009-10-13
The Secret Adventures of the Projectionist - A brief yet inventive 16mm short highlights our hero’s journey into the cinema screen in order to save the starlet he loves.
Source: Short of the Week
2009-10-06
Oz turns 70 with style - Some things never get old. The Wizard of Oz turns 70 this year, but the classic movie hasn’t lost a bit of its charm or power.
Source: Star-Telegram
2009-10-06
Heritage report concludes repairs alone would cost £6m - A new report into the condition of the derelict former Odeon cinema in Bradford city centre has concluded that it is not economically viable to retain any of it.
Source: The Telegraph and Argus
2009-10-06
Michael Jacksons This Is It film to have global premiere this October - Michael Jacksons This Is It documentary film has been confirmed to be released globally on October 28 (although the first screening officially gets underway on October 27 in Los Angeles due to the time difference).
Source: NME
2009-10-06
Technicolor Leads Industry by Providing both Available Digital Cinema Image Detection Watermarking Solutions - Thomson (Euronext Paris: 18453; NYSE: TMS), through its Technicolor Business Group, today announced that it is now offering both digital cinema image detection watermarking solutions available on the market, Cinefence and Nexguard, both offered by Civolution.
Source: DCinema Today
2009-10-06
Technicolor announces affordable 3D solution for cinema - With Hollywood set to give us over a dozen 3D feature films in the next twelve months, demand for 3D technology is at an all-time high. As the roll out of digital cinema has taken the industry longer to implement than expected, Thomson’s Technicolor Business Group has announced what it says is an affordable alternative 3D process that works with existing 35mm cinema projectors. While the introduction of such technology will expand the current reach of 3D, not everyone, it seems, is singing Technicolor’s praises.
Source: Gizmag
2009-10-06
Will 3D save the cinema? - It was the introduction of television in the early 50s that first saw the rise of 3D at the cinema. Box office numbers had rapidly dwindled with small screen entertainment in everyones home until filmmakers found a way to offer audiences something they couldnt experience in their own front rooms. And it worked. Well, for three years anyway until the public grew bored of the gimmick and moved on to other cinema advances like the triple screen Cinerama and later CinemaScope, IMAX, THX and others and gradually the fear from the industry was assuaged with a steady flow of bums on seats.
Source: Pocket-lint
2009-10-06
Sky 3D to air in cinemas? - A Sky 3D channel is set to begin broadcasting from next year, that much we already know. But what if you don’t happen to have a 3D-ready screen to hand? Sky’s got the answer, hinting at possible cinema screenings for its extravaganzas. Want to watch the footie in 3D on a real widescreen?
Source: Mirror
2009-10-06
Guy Hands and Lloyds could use Hollywood endings - The latest attraction at UK cinemas is a tale of two sad-sacks down on their luck who find themselves with a bit of hidden treasure. Although the cliché-riddled screenplay isn’t showing on the silver screen it could well play out in the capital markets.
Source: Daily Telegraph
2009-10-06
City facing last picture showdown - Campaigners to save Bradfords former Odeon cinema building look set for a showdown with council planners as the landmarks future is determined today.
Source: Yorkshire Post
2009-10-06
Cinema reopening to clear the air - Edinburghs Cameo Cinema is re-opening its small screen after tracing a mystery stench to a hole in an old, cast-iron waste pipe.
Source: BBC News
2009-10-06
Cinema exhibitors keen to join talks about projectionists role - The Cinema Exhibitors Association has expressed an interest in taking part in discussions about the role of the projectionist in the digital age.
Source: BECTU
2009-10-06
Developer hails landmark decision - Councillors voted for Bradford’s former Odeon cinema to be demolished after a lengthy and heated meeting.
Source: Telegraph and Argus
2009-10-06
Cinema shuts a month after relaunch - FREEMAN Streets Regal Cinema has closed its doors once more – just one month after its grand reopening.
Source: This is Grimsby
2009-10-06
Cinematic gamble - The Grandview Theatre is nearly ready to enter a movie market that has not been kind to its predecessors
Source: The Other Paper
2009-10-06
Controversial £40m city scheme gets go-ahead - THE controversial £40m New Victoria Place development on the site of the former Odeon cinema in Bradford has won planning approval.
Source: The Business Desk
2009-10-06
Final curtain at last for Bradfords Odeon: See inside the crumbling landmark - CAMPAIGNERS battling to save Bradfords historic Odeon cinema were handed a crushing blow last night as planning bosses voted in favour of proposals to demolish the iconic building.
Source: Yorkshire Post
2009-10-06
Cineworld launches online game for Pixars Up - Cinema chain Cineworld has launched an online game featuring a Google Maps mash-up for new Pixar film Up.
Source: NMA
2009-10-06
Jackson film tickets sell out - Michael Jacksons US fans have snapped up advance tickets for the documentary film This Is It in just two hours.
Source: BBC News
2009-10-06
Heritage body says cinema must be saved - DOUBT has been cast on plans to partly demolish the former Odeon building in Southside after Historic Scotland said the developer had failed to properly consider alternative offers for the site.
Source: Scotsman
2009-10-06
Ecuador’s Supercines Theaters Chooses Christie® DLP Cinema® Projectors - Christie®, a global leader in visual solutions for entertainment, business and industry, announced that Supercines, the largest and most modern cinema chain in Ecuador, selected Christie CP2000-SB digital cinema projectors to equip its newest 15-screen multiplex in Quito, the capital of Ecuador.
Source: DCinema Today
2009-10-06
Historic El Capitan Theatre Installed With RealD 3D XL Cinema System - Disney PIXARs Toy Story and Toy Story 2 3D Double Feature to Debut on Award-Winning RealD 3D Cinema Technology
Source: PR Newswire
2009-10-06
Coliseum Leisure Park gears up to celebrate its 10th anniversary - A CHARITY balloon race will be among the attractions at a family fun day to mark the 10th anniversary of the Coliseum Leisure Park at Cheshire Oaks.
Source: IC Cheshire online
2009-10-06
National CineMedia Doubts Advertisers Will Pay Extra For 3-D - As movie releases in 3-D proliferate, opportunities for advertisers to run on-screen ads in the out-sized format would seem attractive. Still, the top executive at in-cinema sales group National CineMedia doubts whether marketers will pay a premium for the spots.
Source: Media Post
2009-10-06
After nearly 50 years, Logan still likes world of movies - Mitchell native Jeff Logan knew there was something special about the movie business when he noticed the windows of his projection booth vibrating during a 1970 showing of Robert Altman’s film “M.A.S.H.”
Source: Mitchell Republic
2009-10-06
Remembering Capitol Audio-Visuals - One of the problems as we grow older is that the things that we own grow older, too. The longer that we keep something, it becomes more challenging to find replacement parts.
Source: Chattanoogan,com
2009-10-06
Sony 4K Technology Brings Multi-Player Gaming to Digital Cinema Theaters - Four-City Event Tour to Launch New PlayStation3 Game Demonstrates the Potential of Alternative Content
Source: DCinema Today
2009-10-06
BBC hires Merton for Hollywood and Euro cinema docs - Comedian Paul Merton is to front his first factual show on BBC2 in one of two commissions drawing on his love of cinema.
Source: Broadcast
2009-10-06
Cinema blockbuster for Chippenham - The owners of Chippenham’s Reel Cinema are to spend hundreds of thousands of pounds turning it into a five-screen multiplex.
Source: Gazette and Herald
2009-10-06
Cinema plan for Trowbridge is back on - The former Peter Black site in Trowbridge has emerged as a possible location for a long-awaited cinema.
Source: Wiltshire Times
2009-10-06
Stranded at the drive-in as winds ruin movie night - It was meant to be a spectacular start to Portsmouths film festival – an open-air screening of the Abba musical Mamma Mia!
Source: Portsmouth.co.uk
2009-10-06
Restored cinema wants to add honours to its rave reviews - A RESTORED cinema is in the spotlight again, winning through to the finals of a prestigious national award.
Source: Journal Live
2009-10-06
National CineMedia adds 3 theater chains to its ad network - National CineMedia LLC will add three more movie-theater chains to its pre-show advertising network at the beginning of 2010, the Centennial company said Monday.
Source: Bizjournals
2009-10-06
Steve Perrin to lead UK’s Digital Funding Group - Steve Perrin, the former senior vice president and head of international at Rentrak Theatrical, has been appointed as chief executive of the UK Digital Funding Group (DFG).
Source: Screendaily
2009-09-30
Liverpool cinema building up for sale - A vacant former cinema and bingo hall at the junction of Park Road and Dingle Lane has been brought onto the market for investment opportunities.
Source: Place North West
2009-09-28
AAM Announces Commercial Phase of Digital Cinema Network Software - Arts Alliance Media (AAM) today announced that its Digital Cinema Network Software (DCNS) is ready for commercial deployment. The software suite, designed to efficiently manage the deployment and operation of digital cinema projection systems, will be showcased at the Fédération Nationale des Cinémas Français Congress (FNCF) in Deauville, France, from 28th September to 1st October, 2009. The software, built by AAM’s in-house development team, has been trialled over the past 6 months at selected sites of various major exhibitors around the world.
Source: DCinema Today
2009-09-28
Technicolor provides digital cinema image detection watermarking solutions - Thomson, through its Technicolor Business Group, will now be offering both digital cinema image detection watermarking solutions available on the market, Cinefence and Nexguard, both offered by Civolution.
Source: Business of Cinema
2009-09-25
AAM Announces Commercial Phase of Digital Cinema Network Software - Arts Alliance Media (AAM) announced that its Digital Cinema Network Software (DCNS) is ready for commercial deployment.
Source: Digital Cinema.info
2009-09-25
New 3-D Technology from TrioScopics - TrioScopics LP has developed high-quality stereoscopic imaging technology that consists of proprietary encoding combined with inexpensive glasses, and does not require specialized projectors, screens, or players and display equipment, thus eliminating a major impediment to the distribution of 3-D entertainment. A demonstration by TrioScopics was unveiled at the recent 3-D Summit in Los Angeles.
Source: Digital Cinema Info
2009-09-22
Regal, Cinemark, AMC To Raise $725M - Three U.S. theater chains are planning to raise around $725 million for digital upgrades, Bloomberg reports. Regal Entertainment Group, AMC Entertainment Holdings and Cinemark Holdings are seeking to raise $525 million in senior debt and $200 million in equity.
Source: EMII
2009-09-22
Glossary of 3D terms - Know your anaglyphs form your anamorphs
Source: Pocket-Lint.com
2009-09-22
Gucci 3D Glasses Coming Says RealD - 3D movies are supposed to make going to the cinema an exciting event again. Since upgrading a digital cinema to 3D is not that expensive they are mushrooming all over the place.
Source: Today-Reviews
2009-09-22
Barco’s 1,000th digital cinema projector installation confirms leading market position in China - Kuurne, Belgium, 22 July 2009. Barco, a global leader in digital cinema technology, is proud to announce that it has completed its 1,000th digital cinema projector installation in China. This again confirms Barco’s solid position in the Asian Pacific digital cinema market in general, and China in particular where the company has a market share of more than 80%.
Source: Barco Press Release
2009-09-22
Cinema operators have mixed expectations - The film-exhibition industry as a whole is expected to see solid growth this year, but individual firms are predicting mixed results, executives said.
Source: Nation Multimedia
2009-09-22
Blackstone sells 57% stake in Cineworld - Cineworld Group Friday said that largest shareholder Blackstone Group has sold around 57% of its total stake in the UK cinema company.
Source: N/a
2009-09-22
De Lux launch: National Amusements showcases Its Legacy - On August 27, Norwood, Mass.-based National Amusements, Inc. (NA) stylishly celebrated the grand opening of its third Showcase Cinema de Lux (CDL) of the second generation.
Legacy Place in Dedham, Mass., features a full “Studio 3” restaurant and a broad range of refreshment options that include branded offerings from Starbucks to Nathan’s Famous favorites. The premium Lux Level VIP bar and lounge extends its menu—about 65% has been changed since the last launch—at the push of an integrated call button. With Angus beef sliders an ongoing hit and full-sized hamburgers available for the first time, in-theatre dining and bar services are available to 180 patrons in four auditoria sections with custom-designed swivel tables that extend from the super-plush and private love seats.
Source: Film Journal
2009-09-22
Digital projectors to be installed in U.S., Canadian movie theaters - Regal Entertainment Group, AMC Entertainment Holdings and Cinemark Holdings, through their jointly owned Digital Cinema Implementation Partners, plan to raise as much as $725 million to add digital projectors to 14,000 U.S. and Canadian screens in 3? 1/2 years. Two people familiar with the plans said the expansion will allow exhibitors and Hollywood studios to show 3-D films, which command premium ticket prices. — Bloomberg News
Source: Star Telgram
2009-09-22
TrioScopics Unveils New 3-D Technology - BURBANK, CALIF., September 17, 2009 — TrioScopics LP has developed high-quality stereoscopic imaging technology that was demonstrated today at the 3D Entertainment Summit at the Universal Hilton in Universal City, Calif. The system, which consists of proprietary encoding combined with inexpensive glasses, does not require specialized projectors, screens, or players and display equipment, thus eliminating a major impediment to the distribution of 3-D entertainment.
Source: Digital Content Producer [blog]
2009-09-22
Cinema lifeline for cash-strapped St Albans theatre - FILM could become the lifesaver of a St Albans theatre which is currently costing people in the district two per cent of their council tax to run.
Source: Hers ad
2009-09-22
A 3-D spending spree for AMC, Regal and Cinemark? - Editor's note: Bloomberg News moved an interesting story speculating that Kansas City-based AMC Entertainment, Regal and Cinemark are planning a major upgrade in 3-D movie screens.
Source: Kansas City
2009-09-22
Global message: Digital has potential to broaden screen advertisers' business - Global cinema advertising is in a transition period from an analog medium to a digital one, and is having to move forward at a time when advertising as a whole is suffering from the global downturn
Source: Film Journal
2009-09-22
Technicolor Launches Industry’s First “Production to Projection” Solution to Deliver High-quality 3D to More Moviegoers - Moviegoers Rank 35mm 3D Identical in Quality to Digital 3D in Warner Bros.’ Final Destination 3D Exit Polls
Source: DCinema Today
2009-09-22
Technicolor Goes 3D With Film Based System - With the demand for digital 3D films at an all time high, Technicolor has decided to jump into the fray with what they are calling an affordable, alternative solution that has stirred up intense debate. The leading motion picture service company is introducing the Technicolor 3D Solution, which will allow exhibitors to use their existing 35mm film projectors to project 3D releases without upgrading to more costly digital cinema equipment. And there’s the rub; rather than using digital content Technicolor’s solution is film based.;
Source: Celluloid Junkie [blog]
2009-09-22
New hotel planned for famous Technicolor site - PROPOSALS have been lodged to build another huge hotel on the famous site where hit film the Jungle Book was reproduced in glorious Technicolor.
Source: Uxbridge Gazette
2009-09-17
Committee to have say on replacement - A decision on the fate of Bradford’s defunct Odeon cinema will be made next week in the midst of more than 1,300 objections to the building’s demolition and its subsequent £40 million replacement.
Source: The Telegraph and Argus
2009-09-17
US website that says when it's safe to go, going global - WASHINGTON — Cinema-goers in Asia and Europe could soon be able to watch movies without keeping their legs crossed or shifting from side to side, as the US-based Runpee.com website prepares to expand globally.
Source: Google News
2009-09-17
Beacon Cinema Running Ahead of Schedule - PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Beacon Cinema will open this November, a month earlier than expected, bringing movies back to the downtown after 15-year absence.
Source: iBerkshire.com
2009-09-17
New Era of Movie Technology Ushered in at Silverdale Theater - Moviegoers attending Friday’s showing of “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs” at Silverdale Regal Cinemas 4 will watch 3-D food fall from the sky.
Source: Kitsapsun.com
2009-09-17
XpanD Joins Kelonik and Christie Digital to Create Extraordinary 3D Cinema at San Sebastián Film Festival - XpanD, a worldwide authority in 3D cinemas and technology platforms, announced today their central role in converting the Antonio Elorza Velodrome into a colossal 3D cinema during this year’s San Sebastián Film Festival, taking place from 18-26 September at one of Spain’s most beautiful countryside’s.
Source: DCinema Today
2009-09-17
Cinemagoing Australasia - A new report about the innovative cinema markets of Australia and New Zealand is now available from Dodona Research.
Source: Dodona Press Release
2009-09-16
Cinema stays open - Kaikohe’s Castle Duo Cinema has been rescued from an uncertain future by its projectionist.
Source: Stuff.co.nz
2009-09-16
DCM offers new cinema advertising property - Cinema sales house Digital Cinema Media is launching a new sponsored entertainment slot for potential advertisers in the form of a bite-sized entertainment show called ‘From The Red Carpet.’
Source: mad.co.uk
2009-09-16
Cineworld unveils mobile website - A mobile internet website has been launched by Cineworld, giving movie fans the chance to access film times and cinema details while they are on the move.
Source: Velti
2009-09-16
Local cinema suffers poor summer - There has been a sharp drop in the number of tickets sold this summer at the Wellesley Cinema in Wellington.
Source: BBC News
2009-09-16
New cinemas bring greater choice - EAST London movie buffs will be spoilt for choice when the newly revamped Hemingway’s cinemas open officially this week.
Source: Dispatch.co.za
2009-09-16
World premiere of Disney's A Christmas Carol to kick off festive season - London will host the world premiere of Disney’s A Christmas Carol across three screens simultaneously, in what it is claimed will be the biggest UK 3D screening to date.
Source: Screendaily
2009-09-16
Quantum Digital Selected By UK Distributor Metrodome for Live Via Satellite Event to UK Cinemas on 16 September - Quantum Digital, the UK's leader in filming and broadcasting special events live via satellite to digital cinemas, has been selected by major UK independent distributor Metrodome to film and transmit live via satellite a comedy performance by Russell Howard, followed by a special presentation of the film 3 miles North of Molkom, from Cineworld Haymarket, on Wednesday 16 September.
Source: DCinema Today
2009-09-16
D-cinema gets $525 mil boost - JP Morgan next week will send out briefing books for a $525 million financing of up to 15,000 d-cinema installations over the next five years at the nation's three biggest movie circuits. The circuits -- Regal, AMC and Cinemark -- will add 3D equipment at many of the sites.
Source: Hollywood Reporter
2009-09-16
Delancey takes starring role in £100m cinema buy - Delancey has emerged as THE frontrunner to buy a £100m-plus package of up to 16 cinemas from US media mogul Sumner Redstone’s National Amusements.
Source: Property Week
2009-09-16
Arts Alliance Media Announces the First Satellite Delivery of A Feature Film for Commercial Release in Europe - Arts Alliance Media (AAM), Europe’s leading provider of digital cinema technology, content and deployment, together with Arqiva Satellite & Media, the leading satellite and terrestrial communications provider, have successfully delivered La Vida Loca directly via satellite to 19 sites widespread across the Circuit George Raymond (CGR) Cinémas’ megaplex circuit, all of which use the AAM electronic delivery platform operating across Arqiva’s cinema satellite network. CGR Cinémas is one of France’s largest cinema chains. La Vida Loca will be released in France on September 30th by Ciné Classics. The film was directed by Christian Poveda and produced by La Femme Endormie.
Source: DCinema Today
2009-09-16
Barco partners with Strong Technical Services for nationwide digital cinema installation services - Barco, a global leader in digital cinema technology, announced today the signing of a professional services agreement with Ballantyne Strong, Inc., a global leader in cinema projection products and services.
Source: Digital Cinema Info
2009-09-16
XpanD Opens New Los Angeles Headquarters - XPAND, a worldwide authority in 3D cinemas and technology platforms, opened the doors of their newly designed Los Angeles headquarters this week, centrally located near some of Hollywood’s most famous landmarks.
Source: Digital Cinema Info
2009-09-16
Technicolor dreams of a bright future in digital cinema - While much of Hollywood is scaling back, the film processor has invested more than $200 million in its production facilities. 'We are pushing harder than anybody else in the industry,' the CEO says.
Source: Digital Cinema Info
2009-09-16
Film Journal International Article: 4K vs. 2K - For their annual special section on digital cinema, Film Journal International went directly to the manufacturers to get their vantage points on 4K vs. 2K.
Source: Digital Cinema Info
2009-09-16
Film societies to gather in Sheffield - The BFFS National Conference for Community Cinemas: 19-20 September, Sheffield
Source: Cinema Business
2009-09-16
Digital Projection Announces New Range of 30,000 Lumen Lightning Displays - ATLANTA, Ga. -- Digital Projection International (DPI), an Emmy® Award-winning manufacturer of high-performance projection systems, announced major advancements to the company’s flagship LIGHTNING Pro Series projectors by introducing numerous new high lumen displays. The new LIGHTNING 45-sx+, LIGHTNING 45-1080p and LIGHTNING 45-WUXGA projectors represent bold expansions into the industry’s most advanced and rugged displays. With advanced engineering, 3-chip DLP™ imaging, 3D capability and DPI’s exclusive RapidRig™ system, the new LIGHTNING Pro projectors bring extraordinary value to large-venue customers.
Source: US
2009-09-16
Wanted - one new owner for rare cinema organ - An organ which was the first to be installed in a British cinema and was last played in 1929 is languishing in a Kent museum looking for a new home.
Source: Kent News
2009-09-16
Historic cinema becomes music venue for a night - An Oxford cinema is to set to swap the film reel and popcorn for block-rocking beats when it hosts its first live gig later this month.
Source: Oxford Mail
2009-09-16
Move to digital ads at cinemas - The cinema advertising contractor aims to have digital advertising across all its digital screens within four to nine months.
Source: Mediaweek
2009-09-06
Restaurant and extra screen plan for York’s Reel Cinema in Blossom Street - PLANS have been drawn up to open a restaurant at York’s Reel Cinema – and create an extra screen.
Source: The Press
2009-09-06
Dalston's Rio cinema celebrates its 100th birthday - IN the heyday of British cinema, Hackney's movie-going public had no fewer than 23 cinemas to choose from.
Source: Hackney Gazette
2009-09-05
Cinemas may boycott 3D movies - Exorbitant screen adjustment costs are forcing cinemas to bail out of the Hollywood 3D revival
Source: The Blogger [Blog]
2009-09-05
Have your say on proposed community cinema - FAMILIES in Royston are being given the chance to have their say on the town ’s proposed community cinema.
Source: Cambridge News
2009-09-05
Take a peek behind the curtains of Hebden Bridge Picture House - Now's the chance to take an inside look at some of Calderdale's most fascinating buildings
Source: Evening Courier
2009-09-05
Kailash Suri defends Reel Cinema - A CINEMA-GOER has criticised disabled access to York’s Reel Cinema after his wife – who uses a wheelchair – was unable to get in to see the latest Harry Potter film.
Source: The Press
2009-09-05
Peasant movie projectionists who have never been to the cinema - Were it not for the popularity of movies, Luo Junmei might have spent her whole life on the farm and in the kitchen just like most rural women do. However, movies came into Luo’s life and changed it forever.
Source: CCTV
2009-09-05
How cinema was saved - CAMPAIGNER Janet Dunn recalls how determined they were to keep the famous old cinema alive.
Source: IC Sefton and West Lancs
2009-09-05
GDC’s Digital Cinema Server included in AccessIT’s Approved Digital Cinema Equipment List - GDC’s Digital Cinema Server included in AccessIT’s Approved Digital Cinema Equipment List
Source: Advertiser Talk
2009-09-05
Cineworld Cinemas steps up its training to improve managers' HR skills - Cineworld Cinemas has launched a training initiative for line managers to improve their skills in recruitment, training, motivation and retention.
Source: HR Magazine
2009-09-05
The Wizard of Oz to be shown on the big screen - In honor of its 70th anniversary, Turner Classic Movies, NCM Fathom and Warner Home Video are bringing The Wizard of Oz (1939) to the big screen for one night only.
Source: 0
2009-09-05
Technicolor sticks with film for 3-D - New digital projectors banish old problems
Source: Variety
2009-09-05
Dorchester's Plaza cinema prepares to take on new rival - A TRADITIONAL picture house is stepping up its battle to survive before a hi-tech rival cinema opens its doors.
Source: Dorset Echo
2009-09-05
UAE megaplex makes a splash as audiences boom - More than 10,000 filmgoers visited the new Dubai Mall Cineplex in its first weekend, according to operator Reel Entertainment.
Source: Digital Production Me
2009-09-05
Cineworld now living in a dream world protest - Have a read at this. Cineworld charge £1.50 more for 3d films on unlimited pass and £2.20 extra on normal ticket. They have no right to do this when you read this article. Cineworld Profits are up 24% but ticket prices increase for 3d [Discussion Forum]
Source: Digital Spy
2009-09-05
Cinema posters top of bill at £200k - A FILM buff is set to pocket up to £170,000 today from the auction of a stunning archive of cinema posters
Source: The Sun
2009-09-05
Canal Place Cinema to close for renovations - The Canal Place Cinema, New Orleans’ premier theater for independent film, will close next month and undergo multi-million dollar renovations, the Times-Picayune reported this week.
Source: Examiner
2009-09-05
Bradford businessman pulls out - ;A Bradford businessman who was the major backer of a campaign group’s bid to save the former Odeon cinema has withdrawn a pledge for millions in funding for the scheme, the Telegraph & Argus can reveal.
Source: The Telegraph and Argus
2009-09-05
£20m town centre scheme includes 3D digital cinema - ;AMBITIOUS development proposals for Torquay town centre, revealed for the first time today to be costing £20million, could include one of the first fully digital cinemas in the country.
Source: This is South Devon
2009-09-05
Vue Cinemas Selects Kaspersky Lab To Screen IT Systems - Kaspersky Lab has announced that Vue Cinemas has consolidated its IT security under Kaspersky Lab. The company has invested in 2,000 licenses of Kaspersky Business Space Security (part of the award-winning Kaspersky Open Space Security) and 250 licenses of Kaspersky Hosted Security Services.
Source: Kaspersky
2009-09-05
Nordic Digital Alliance and Intellinet Announce Merger - D-Cinema Service provider Nordic Digital Alliance (NDA) and digital cinema advertising service provider IntelliNet have today agreed to merge to jointly offer a fully comprehensive package of digital cinema deployment, content management software and digital delivery services for exhibitors, distributors and advertising companies in Scandinavia and beyond. With Arts Alliance Media (AAM) as a leading shareholder and integrated technology provider, the combined group will emerge stronger and more capable of meeting pan-European demand. After today’s merger the Nordic Digital Alliance and Arts Alliance Media group serves more than 1000 screens across France, Spain, Holland, Denmark, Norway and the United Kingdom.
Source: DCinema Today
2009-09-05
BFI names Paula Le Dieu as head of digital - The BFI has appointed Paula Le Dieu to the newly created post of director of digital. She will be responsible for all aspects of the BFI's digital strategy, from growing online audiences and opening up new income opportunities, to unifying the BFI's offering and online experience across all of its properties and services.
Source: Cinema Business
2009-08-24
Film fans take a look at new cinema plans - DETAILED plans for a state-of-the-art cinema in Newquay have been revealed to the public.
Source: South West Business
2009-08-24
Grimsby pair want to revive former Odeon - Grimsby’s former Odeon Cinema, which closed five-years ago could re-open if plans for a three-screen cinema are approved by North East Lincolnshire Council.
Source: Cinema Business
2009-08-24
The UK Film Council is piloting new digital cinema equipment in rural communities across Shropshire as part of a - THE UK Film Council is piloting new digital equipment to bring cinema to rural Shropshire.
Source: Whit Church Herald
2009-08-24
Leeds mum in bleach attack horror - Published Date: 30 July 2009 - Teenage yobs threw bleach over a Leeds mum after she complained about their behaviour at the cinema.
Source: Yorkshire Post
2009-08-24
Park Palace - This is a picture of the closed Park Palace cinema
Source: Shutterchange
2009-08-24
Plans scaled down and costs reduced for Bradford city centre bid - Revised plans to transform the site of Bradford
Source: The Telegraph & Argus
2009-08-24
Plaza owners draw up their own plans for new - HEALTH bosses are facing rival plans to build a
Source: Scotsman.com
2009-08-24
Cinema deal for - A horror film made for just
Source: BBC News
2009-08-24
Edinburgh outdoor cinema offers scratch n sniff experience - Fans of cinematic classic Gregory s Girl flocked to the Scottish capital this weekend to enjoy a unique outdoor showing of the film with an added dimension.
Source: Best Western
2009-08-24
Third blaze in three days at town s derelict cinema - Fire crews have been called to three separate incidents in as many days at the former ABC Cinema site in Tunbridge Wells.
Source: This is Kent
2009-08-24
Cineworld gets revamp - Published Date: 27 July 2009 - CINEMA bosses have re-vamped Cineworld to make it more accessible for wheelchair users.
Source: Sussex Express
2009-08-24
MasterImage to supply 40+ 3D systems to UK exhibitor Empire - Burbank, Calif.-based MasterImage USA has struck a 3D systems deal with the UK
Source: ScreenDaily
2009-08-24
UK has most digital screens in Europe - The UK had 3,610 cinema screens (96 more than 2007) in 726 cinemas (one less cinema than in 2007) and 310 digital screens, the highest number in Europe, and 20% of the European total. 240 of these are part of the UK Film Council
Source: Cinema Business
2009-08-24
Cinema can prosper in digital age, predicts Lord Puttnam - The cinema business has a unique and compelling experience to offer audiences, but cannot take their interest for granted, even when offering digital, 3D and blockbuster entertainment. These were among the many points made by Lord Puttnam in a wide ranging discussion at BAFTA.
Source: Cinema Business
2009-08-24
BFI s new home threatened by Culture Department funding crisis - DCMS admits it has promised
Source: Cinema Business
2009-08-24
Launceton may get community cinema at town hall - A new cinema is set to screen films in Launceston, Cornwall for the first time in quarter of a century. The Town Hall is scheduled for a major refurbishment, which would include film nights and live shows.
Source: Cinema Business
2009-08-24
Arsonists target empty cinema - Firefighters have been tackling a suspected arson attack on the site of a derelict cinema in Kent that is due to be demolished.
Source: BBC News
2009-08-24
In Their Words: Film projectionist tells how he multi-tasks at a multiplex theater - When Elite Cinema 6 in Chester came under new management and was completely remodeled, the owners wanted a professional projectionist. They brought in Ed Hart, 63. He s the "reel" deal. He talks about his work:
Source: Record Online
2009-08-24
3-D movies: third time lucky - Blue aliens, 10ft tall and armed with bows and arrows, are set to change our world. The extraterrestrial Na
Source: The Times
2009-08-24
Cinemark Celebrates 25th - Last month Cinemark, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary, opened a new Cinemark XD auditorium, the company
Source: Digital Cinema Report
2009-08-24
Exhibitors give evidence to House of Lords committee - Representatives from the cinema industry will appear before the House of Lords Communications Committee tomorrow (July 15).
Source: ScreenDaily
2009-08-24
Regal Entertainment profit jumps 67% but misses analysts forecast - The cinema operator s second-quarter net income rises to $40.5 million, or 26 cents a share, from $24.3 million, or 16 cents, a year earlier. Analysts had expected 31 cents a share.
Source: LA Times
2009-08-24
Film star to pull mobile cinema - Oscar winner Tilda Swinton and film fans are preparing to pull the UK s only mobile cinema over roads in the Highland.
Source: BBC News
2009-08-24
Fifth screen approved for Reel Cinema - COUNCILLORS have backed plans for a fifth screen at Reel Cinema in Andover.
Source: This is Hampshire
2009-08-24
Carmike Cinemas posts profit of $2.8 million in second quarter - Carmike Cinemas cut its losses in the second quarter, with the movie theater chain on Monday reporting a profit of $2.8 million.
Source: Ledger-Enquirer
2009-08-24
UK cinemagoers use pedal power to screen films - UK
Source: 0
2009-08-24
70 years for Quinton picture house - A QUINTON cinema is set to mark its 70th anniversary tomorrow by giving away free film tickets.
Source: Halesowen News
2009-08-24
Curtain to rise at Freeman Street cinema - New owners at the former Odeon site hope to call lights, camera, action on Friday, and are already advertising their first four films in the Grimsby Telegraph.
Source: This is Grimsby
2009-08-24
London s first 4D cinema opens at London Eye with wind, snow and rain - The £5million installation allows visitors to experience a four-minute film featuring panoramic views of the city complete with unique sensory effects - dubbed the fourth dimension - which replicate wind, snow and rain.
Source: London Evening Standard
2009-08-24
London gets world s greatest 4D cinema - The London Eye opens a new 4D cinema attraction today, part of a new
Source: Techradar
2009-08-24
DIGITAL PROJECTION PUBLISHES TRUE COST OF PROJECTOR OWNERSHIP CALCULATOR - Digital Projection International (DPI), an Emmy
Source: SVOnline [blog]
2009-08-24
School s cinema is projected for estate - A school has applied for a licence to run a community cinema.
Source: Evening Telegraph
2009-08-24
Is going to the cinema still a good experience? Is it worth the money? - Many are now choosing to download films from the internet rather than paying money to see them at the cinema.
Source: NZHerald
2009-08-24
Health alert over kids - CINEMA popcorn is a health threat to kids because it contains so much salt, experts warn
Source: The Sun
2009-08-24
Fresh hope of new cinema - A temporary cinema could be opened at the former Picture House in Cannock until a
Source: Express and Star
2009-08-24
Reel Cinemas Ltd look set to win permission for new signs on Blossom Street cinema - Reel Cinemas Ltd look set to win permission for new signs on Blossom Street cinema;THE revival of York’s former Odeon cinema looks set to take another step forward, after planning officials backed proposals for new signs on the historic building.
Source: Thepress
2009-08-24
Barco completes first major Cinedigm Phase 2 deployment with Premiere Cinemas - Sacramento, CA — 11 August 2009 — Barco, a global leader in digital cinema technology, has just completed the first major rollout in Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp. s Phase 2 with Texas-based Premiere Cinema Corp.
Source: Barco [Press Release]
2009-08-24
XPAND X101 Series 3D Glasses Set the Stage at the Premiere of - XPAND, a worldwide authority in 3D cinemas and technology platforms, displayed why the company
Source: Digital Cinema Buyer Guide
2009-08-24
Cinema Exhibitors’ Association Confirm Plans to Establish Digital Funding Group - The Cinema Exhibitors’ Association today confirmed plans to establish a digital funding group to negotiate financial support for small and medium-sized UK cinema operators to convert to digital cinema technology.
Source: DCinema Today
2009-08-24
Second art gallery is bad idea - THE owner of an art gallery in Guildford has claimed the decision to reject a proposal for an independent cinema could hurt the town in the long run.
Source: Get Surrey
2009-08-24
Celebrate The Last Night of the Proms LIVE Via Satellite From London, England at Cineplex Entertainment Theatres - TORONTO, ONTARIO -- 08/12/09 -- Cineplex Entertainment (TSX: CGX.UN), BBC Worldwide and BY Experience are pleased to present The Last Night of the Proms broadcast LIVE via satellite from The Royal Albert Hall in London, England, on Saturday, September 12th at 2:30 pm EST / 12:30 pm MST / 1:30 pm CST / 11:30 am PST exclusively at select Cineplex Entertainment theatres across the country.
Source: Earth Times
2009-08-24
Cinema enthusiast wants to reopen Regal Cinema - A CINEMA enthusiast hopes he can reopen Northwich
Source: Northwich Guardian
2009-08-24
Southend s long history of cinema - Did you know that between 1898 and 1935, the Southend area was home to 30 cinemas? Entertainment really boomed in this town - first the silent movies, then black and white flicks, the live acts and then colour film.
Source: Longpier [blog]
2009-08-24
Alan campaigns for historic cinema - Alan Davies has joined celebrities including Sir Mick Jagger, Meera Syal and Tony Robinson in backing to a campaign to save a historic cinema.
Source: Press Association
2009-08-24
UK cinemas get a taste of Avatar - UK cinema-goers are being given a taste of James Cameron s new science-fiction epic Avatar at free previews taking place around the country.
Source: BBC News
2009-08-24
Multibuild wins IMAX project - NATIONAL contractor Multibuild has been awarded a
Source: Nebusiness
2009-08-24
York - ARCHITECTS have started drawing up plans to create an extra two screens at York
Source: The Press
2009-08-24
The Queen in 3D TV - Rare 3D footage of the Queen during her Coronation year will be shown on television for the first time, the Daily Telegraph can reveal.
Source: Telegraph
2009-08-24
Alternative events bring new meaning to community theatre - We’ve been hearing the words “alternative content” a lot in relation to today’s cinemas, but 2009 has been a year when alternative programming has become more and more commonplace—and creative.
Source: Film Journal
2009-08-24
John Walsh: God wants you wealthy - An intriguing local-community dispute is simmering along nicely in Crystal Palace. It s a dispute between God and Mammon, with God showing curious signs of being the bad guy. On one side are residents who are worried about the regeneration of the "Palace triangle", three busy roads which have been designated an "at risk" conservation area. On the other side is an Evangelical church.
Source: The Independent
2009-08-24
Multibuild wins new - Stockport-based building contractor Multibuild has been awarded its third contract in 18 months by cinema operator Odeon Cinemas.
Source: Crains Manchester Busines
2009-08-24
New cinema to be in Whitewater in a matter of weeks - THE RECESSION has forced management at Whitewater to perform a complete U-turn on the location of the long-awaited cinema and are putting it back inside the shopping centre as per the original planning granted six years ago.
Source: Leinster Leader
2009-08-24
Odeon Elgin Marbles of Doncaster bid - THE Friends of Doncaster Odeon have launched an 11th hour bid to save the derelict cinema from demolition.
Source: The Star
2009-08-24
A history of 3D cinema - From the 19th century to James Cameron s Avatar - everything you want to know about 3D films
Source: The Guardian
2009-08-24
Christie’s DLP Cinema® Projectors Meet Growing Demand for Brightness and Full 2K Resolution 3D - Christie®, a global leader in visual solutions for entertainment, business and industry, continues to meet the increasing demands for 3D digital cinema with the delivery of Christie CP2000-SB DLP Cinema® projectors to Malco Theatres, Inc., a leading exhibitor in the mid-South for over 90 years. The Christie CP2000-SB projectors include Brilliant3D™ technology and motorized lens mounts, offering a high-brightness, single lens solution that meets the needs of the audience and the exhibitor, respectively.
Source: DCinema Today
2009-08-24
One nation, all digital: Norway prepares revolutionary rollout - Norway is in the midst one of the cinema industry
Source: Norway.com
2009-08-24
U.K. looks to merge UKFC, BFI - Move may result in job losses at film bodies - see other stories on this topic here
Source: Variety
2009-08-24
Cineworld sees profits boost - Cineworld saw profits rise by 33pc during the first half of the year as customers flocked to see box office hits such as Slumdog Millionaire. - see other stories on this topic here
Source: Telegraph
2009-08-24
National Trust stages outdoor screenings - The National Trust has teamed up with satellite broadcaster Sky, The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) and Screen East to stage programme of outdoor cinema to two prestigious National Trust properties this summer.
Source: Cinema Business
2009-08-24
Film clubs to get more flexible licence - A new licensing agreement has opened the door for film socities to screen films based on a wider range of formats.
Source: Cinema Business
2009-08-24
Carlton Screen Advertising s Irish division sold - Carlton Screen Advertising
Source: Cinema Businesss
2009-08-24
Fancy a Wii bit of fun at the cinema? - The concept of cinematic gaming entertainment using Wii and Nintendo at digitally equipped cinemas across the UK, Europe and North America is being piloted by gaming provider Game Cinema.
Source: CInema Business
2009-08-24
WTW gains council support for Newquay cinema plan - Newquay council pledged its support for a new four-screen cinema to be built in the town. If indepedent exhibitor WTW Cinemas
Source: Cinema Business
2009-08-24
Academy organizes film format series - Over three evenings from Sept. 9-11, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present a program about motion picture formats titled "Behind the Motion Picture Canvas: Film Formats through the 21st Century."
Source: Hollywood Reporter
2009-08-24
MP calls for a penalty clause to ensure prompt start - Government Minister Gerry Sutcliffe has called for strict penalty clauses to be attached to any development of the former Odeon site to ensure a prompt start and prevent another Broadway-style hole in the city centre.
Source: The Telegraph & Argus
2009-08-24
Technicolor dreams of a bright future in digital cinema - While much of Hollywood is scaling back, the film processor has invested more than $200 million in its production facilities. 'We are pushing harder than anybody else in the industry,' the CEO says.
Source: LA Times
2009-08-24
As an art form 3-D cinema simply stinks - Marketing bosses are driving this new era of film
Source: The Times
2009-08-24
Grand Cinema makes room for fourth theater - THEATER: The Grand Cinema announces plans to expand with a fourth screen, bigger lobby and new seats.
Source: The News Tribune
2009-07-27
BBC to throw open its archive of film and radio treasures - The BBC is to do more to earn its licence fee by sharing its resources with arts institutions, its creative director, Alan Yentob, revealed yesterday.
Source: The Guardian
2009-07-27
NEW ROUTES TO 3D CONTENT DURING D CINEMA DAY AT IBC 09 - Monday, September 14th is officially D Cinema Day at IBC 09, and in the morning the focus will be firmly on stereoscopic 3D for the cinema. Chaired by 3D film producer and session architect Phil Streather, CEO of pioneering giant-screen movie production company Principal Large Format, the morning’s programme will guide delegates through the complete process of 3D movie-making; from pre-visualization, through stereo 3D acquisition and on to stereo 3D editing.
Source: Business Wire
2009-07-27
U.K. boxoffice hits seven-year high - LONDON -- U.K. cinema admissions for the first half 2009 reached a seven-year high, driven by homegrown hit Slumdog Millionaire and blockbusters such as Monsters vs. Aliens and Star Trek, the Cinema Advertising Association said Monday. [More stories on this can be found here]
Source: Hollywood Reporter
2009-07-27
Savoy Cinemas garish paint-job annoys residents - A FORMER cinema’s colourful makeover has been given a frosty reception
Source: Gazette-News
2009-07-27
York’s Reel Cinema in Blossom Street apologises for tarnished Harry Potter film premiere event - THE boss of York’s Reel Cinema has apologised after the magic of Harry Potter’s latest blockbuster movie was tarnished for a sell-out audience.
Source: The Press
2009-07-27
Cinema warns Bruno film is vile - An Irish cinema showing controversial film Bruno has taken a novel approach to attracting customers, warning them that the film is vile.
Source: BBC News
2009-07-27
Christie Delivers A New Dimension In 3D Holographic Projection - Christie, a leader in visual solutions for business, entertainment and industry, is playing a key role in demonstrating a new dimension in visual communications at InfoComm 2009. Three Christie Roadster HD18K DLP projectors are being used for the first-ever transmission of live, interactive 3D holograms from London and Montreal to Orlando, Florida from June 17-19, 2009. The interactive transmission process is known as Musion Live Stage telepresence and offers a new way for people to communicate face-to-face in real time, crossing the boundaries of geographic distance. It involves combining technologies such as high-definition audio, video and other technical elements to transmit an object or person’s life-size image to another location.
Source: Digital Cinematography
2009-07-27
3-D starting to look flat at the box office - As more movies play in digital 3-D, there’s evidence that audiences are becoming less interested in the ballyhooed format that many in Hollywood have predicted will stem the long-term erosion of theater attendance.
Source: LA Times
2009-07-27
Deluxe - in living color - Way back in the distant past, before the Hollywood sign came into being, just after filmmakers started making their historic exodus from the East Coast to Los Angeles, William Fox spotted a 13-acre lot south of Sunset Boulevard, spreading across both sides of Western Avenue.
It was there that he established a new home for his film laboratory, and it is there that it has remained since its 1919 creation.
Source: Film Journal
2009-07-27
Old cinema’s new life as community church - PRAYERS appear to have been answered when the Allanpark Cinema was promised a new lease of life.
Source: Stirling Observer
2009-07-27
‘Harry Potter’ movie magic lures the advertisers - Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince opens tonight (July 17) seeking to reclaim the coveted highest grossing film of all time tag
Source: Utalk Marketing
2009-07-27
Cinemas mine gold from the silver screen - Roman Polanski, the celebrated film director, famously argued that the cinema should make you forget you are in a theatre. For many cinema-goers streaming to watch the latest Harry Potter movie this weekend, forgetting the world outside will be at the top of their wish list.
Source: Daily Telegraph
2009-07-27
BBC to throw open its archive of film and radio treasures - The BBC is to do more to earn its licence fee by sharing its resources with arts institutions, its creative director, Alan Yentob, revealed yesterday.
Source: Guaridan
2009-07-27
Slumdog Millionaire helps cinema ticket sales reach seven-year-high - Cinemas are enjoying a seven-year high in ticket sales during the recession, it was revealed yesterday.
Source: The Daily Mirror
2009-07-27
Digima And Doremi Cinema Sign Distribution Deal - A world leader in digital cinema servers, Doremi Cinema, has announced it has signed an agreement for distribution and cooperation with the Italian company Digima, Italy.
Source: 4rfv0
2009-07-27
Barco’s 1,000th Digital Cinema Projector Installation Confirms Leading Market Position in China - Barco, a global leader in digital cinema technology, is proud to announce that it has completed its 1,000th digital cinema projector installation in China. This again confirms Barco’s solid position in the Asian Pacific digital cinema market in general, and China in particular where the company has a market share of more than 80%.
Source: DCinema Today
2009-07-27
Seizing mobile phones in cinemas will not win the war on piracy - Studios are concerned at critics pirating movies, but the data on the phones they are asked to surrender is far more sensitive
Source: The Guardian
2009-07-27
Rural screening in Test Valley - A NEW £1.2m pilot scheme will bring the latest digital cinema equipment to rural Wiltshire and Test Valley.
Source: This is Hampshire
2009-07-27
State-of-the-art IMAX cinema for MetroCentre Odeon - THE MetroCentre’s cinema has clinched an IMAX deal.
Source: Chronicle Live
2009-07-27
SENSIO Expands its 3D Live Network for Digital Cinema in Europe and Participate in Eutelsats First Paying 3D Live Concert - MONTREAL, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - July 22, 2009) - SENSIO Technologies Inc. (SENSIO) (TSX VENTURE:SIO), inventor of the SENSIO® 3D technology, announced today the continued expansion of its 3D live roll-out in high definition for digital cinemas throughout Europe. The announcement was made following a flawless 3D live satellite broadcast of the Julien Clerc concert on July 16th to four locations across France. Julien Clerc is a leading French entertainer with a broad following throughout France and Europe
Source: Marketwire
2009-07-27
Digital Biz 3D projects new vision for the movie industry - While literally adding a new dimension to cinema-goers experience, 3D is also being touted as a means to help filmmakers reach new creative heights, make millions of dollars for Hollywood studios and curb the scourge of the industry -- piracy.
Source: CNN
2009-07-27
Dolby Labs is booming – but quietly - Dolby Labs is best known for its noise reduction technology and the clever stuff it does with surround sound in movie theatres and homes. An investment summary from Beacon Equity Research quotes an “outperform” guide on the company’s prospects.
Source: Rapidtvnews
2009-07-27
Cinema chain promises to meet Crystal Palace silver screen campaigners - A popular campaign to bring a cinema back to Crystal Palace is gathering pace, with the managing director of the country’s biggest independent cinema chain agreeing to meet residents to discuss the idea.
Source: Croydoon Guardian
2009-07-27
Scratch n sniff Gregorys Girl - Cinema-goers in Edinburgh have been treated to an unusual screening of Scottish classic Gregorys Girl - after being given scratch n sniff cards.
Source: BBC News
2009-07-27
Building planned for Bradford Odeon site reduced. - Developers presented a “significantly scaled down” scheme to people who visited a public exhibition of plans for Bradford city centre’s Odeon cinema site. [See also this story]
Source: The Telegraph and Argus
2009-07-27
Cinemas on Google Maps - Another chance to get involved. Each cinema website has a map to show you where the cinema is, but the aim of this project is to have a map showing all the cinema locations (open and closed) across the UK/World. Adding a cinema to the map is really easy. The aim is to also add additional information to each cinema, e.g. where to get more information or for former cinemas pictures which may appear on Flickr etc.
Source: Mad Cornish Projectionist Press Release
2009-07-27
Barco to supply 213 cinema projectors in Portugal - BRUSSELS, July 24 (Reuters) - Belgian display and visual systems company Barco (BAR.BR) said on Friday it had been chosen by the largest cinema chain in Portugal to supply 213 digital cinema projectors.
Source: Reuters
2009-07-27
The return of 3D cinema - Journalists at the Cannes film festival are relatively inured to the weird requests made of us but this May saw the weirdest yet. Standing on stage before the screening of Up , Thierry Frémaux, the festival’s director, welcomed the audience with his customary salvo of bonjours and bienvenus, before saying: “Before the film begins would you please all put on your glasses so I can photograph you.”
Source: Financial Times
2009-07-27
Web group calling for cinema in Upper Norwood growing - A web group calling for a cinema in Upper Norwood continues to grow.
Source: This is Croydon Today
2009-07-27
Digital conversion for IMAX could cost more than $700K - Cathedral City officials are looking into getting digital equipment at Desert IMAX Theatre, City Administrative Services Director Tami Scott said.
Source: My Desert
2009-07-27
Fire crews called to smoke-filled Vue Cinema on Cheshire Oaks - CINEMA-GOERS had to be evacuated after a rag started burning at the Vue on Cheshire Oaks.
Source: Chester Chronicle
2009-07-17
Cinemas are not using 3D movies to rip off audiences - Ticket prices reflect the cost of investment, and its totally reasonable to charge an extra
Source: The Guardian
2009-07-17
Kinepolis Q2 ticket sales up 12.4 pct - BRUSSELS, July 15 (Reuters) - Cinema operator Kinepolis (KIPO.BR) said on Wednesday that second-quarter ticket sales jumped 12.4 percent, crediting in part the shift of the Easter holiday to April this year from March in 2008.
Source: Reuters
2009-07-17
UKFC - A UK Film Council (UKFC) scheme that will giveyoung British film-makers the chance to play an artistic role in the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games will receive $5m (
Source: Screen Daily
2009-07-17
Council chiefs support cinema project - AMBITIOUS plans for a state-of-the-art cinema in Newquay have taken a giant leap forwards, after town council chiefs gave the project their support.
Source: This is Plymouth
2009-07-17
Cinematic proposal shocks bride-to-be - BRISTOL, England, July 15 (UPI) -- A British woman said she was shocked when the movie her boyfriend took her to turned out to be video of him dancing to a music video and proposing marriage.
Source: UPI.COM
2009-07-17
Curtain to open on revamped cinema - Temora district residents are in for a treat when their old but renewed movie cinema reopens this weekend in southern New South Wales.
Source: ABC AU
2009-07-17
British cinema enjoys record year - British filmgoers spent a record
Source: The Telegraph
2009-07-17
RealD Achieves 100% Growth Worldwide, 400% Growth in Europe - H1-2009 - Over 8,700 Screens Contracted and Over 3,200 RealD 3D Screens Installed
Source: Digital Cinema Info
2009-07-17
Digital Cinema Industry Report - Bi-annual review of the industry, player by player
Source: Digital Cinema Info
2009-07-17
What future for the cinema projectionist? - Efforts to promote an industry-wide discussion on the role of the cinema projectionist in the digital age have continued this month.
Source: BECTU Press Release
2009-07-17
The 1K Question - When, if ever, will Hollywood agree to expand the digital cinema specifications to allow for DCI-compliant 1K systems? There has been a lot of conversation this summer about the differences between 2K and 4K digital cinema for movie theatres. Invariably, however, many, if not most exhibitors are still faced with prices that are higher than they can legitimately afford. This is true for theatre owners around the world. Given the current state of the industry, as Wendy Grossman illustrated nicely in a recent article in the UK
Source: Digital Cinema Report
2009-07-17
Connecticut Science Center Opens 3D Theatre - Selects Dolby 3D to Illustrate its Commitment to the Environment
Source: Digital Cinema Report
2009-07-17
UK Film Council publishes Statistical Yearbook on UK film - British films banked $4.2 billion worldwide last year, according to the latest statistics published today by the UK Film Council.
Source: UK Film Council
2009-07-17
Exhibitors give evidence to House of Lords committee - Representatives from the cinema industry will appear before the House of Lords Communications Committee tomorrow (July 15).
Source: Screen Daily
2009-07-17
Longest running cinema wins funds - Britains oldest continuously working cinema, based in north London, will be given an art deco restoration following a
Source: BBC News
2009-07-17
Mad Cornish Projectionist Survey - The Mad Cornish Projectionist website has been going for ten years, starting off as a personal resource for information and then in return becoming a resource in its own right. Please complete this survey to give me some specific feedback on the website so that I can continue to improve it. Simply follow the survey link
Source: Press Release
2009-07-14
Betting on cinemas in troubled times - The economic outlook continues to be filled with dark clouds, but more evidence surfaced in recent weeks that movie exhibition is weathering the storm better than most businesses.
The blockbuster numbers for Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, which crossed the $300 million mark in a brisk 13 days, boosted the stocks of the three biggest publicly traded theatre circuits, Carmike, Regal and Cinemark, while shares in Imax rose 19% in the days following the action spectacle’s premiere.
Source: Variety
2009-07-14
Satellite Firms Jump on Jackson Memorial Service - Satellite firms are busy Tuesday distributing coverage of the memorial service for pop icon Michael Jackson from the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
Source: Broadcastcable.com
2009-07-14
Digital cinema is moving but obstacles remain - A wave of 3D film releases in 2009 will see 20% of the world’s cinema screens converted to digital projection, according to a new report* from analysts Dodona Research, but serious doubts remain over when business conditions are likely to allow completion of the process with the conversion of the remaining four-fifths of screen.
Source: Scoop.nz
2009-07-14
Is popcorn the new Viagra? - That consumable staple of any cinema visit, popcorn, has been found to serve another function, that of a sexual aid, according to the latest issue of the male body beautiful magazine Men’s Health.
Source: Cinema Business Magazine
2009-07-14
WTW gains council support for Newquay cinema plan -
Newquay council pledged its support for a new four-screen cinema to be built in the town. If indepedent exhibitor WTW Cinemas’ proposal receives final approval by Cornwall Council, the cinema will be built on the site of the former Vic Bars building, off Crantock Street.
Source: Cinema Business Magazine
2009-07-14
Screen Digest analyzes top 250 circu - The always analytical exhibition experts at Screen Digest have taken a detailed look at the top 250 cinema operators in the world. Together, they account for over 60,000 screens and include all major exhibitors with over 30 screens across 50 international territories—with the exception of North America, where Screen Digest included only those above 100 screens.
We have the pleasure to introduce our column readers to some tantalizing highlights from a wealth of survey data presented by analyst Charlotte Jones:
Source: Film Journal
2009-07-14
An £8,000 projector ushers in future for independent cinema - The picture on the ageing silver screen in front of us is unquestionably of theatrical quality. The independent film-makers Michael Bergmann and Doug Underdahl move around, checking from all angles. It is, as Bergmann has warned, different: not film's luminous grain nor video's harsh flatness. This digital image is thrown by a high-end Leica business projector powered by … a Macbook Pro running QuickTime Pro. Two emissaries from Leica's nearby US headquarters seem stunned. They had no idea their projector could throw a 1920x1080 image 100 feet at 24 frames per second in this quality. For comparison, Bergmann slips in an ordinary DVD. We all agree – ugh.
Source: The Guardian
2009-07-09
Demolition of the Odeon Doncaster Decision 30-6-09 - Consent for demolition of the Gaumont/Odeon Doncaster a decision was made on 30-6-09 by the Doncaster Planning Committee taking all relevent matters into consideration, the application was granted.
Lazarus Properties the owners of the site will start demolition soon. Doncasters cinema historian Ron Curry is to have the first swing when demolition starts.
The FRIEZE by Mr William Edward Trent which adorned the facade is to be saved and used in the new development.
Source: J Barry. via email
2009-07-07
Digital cinema picking up momentum - LONDON -- Almost 20% of global cinema screens will be converted to digital projection by 2012, driven by a wave of 3D film releases such as Pixar's Cannes-opener "Up" and the forthcoming James Cameron-directed "Avatar" according to new research.
Source: Hollywood Reporter
2009-07-07
Jackson memorial service to be shown in as many as 80 theaters - Michael Jackson's memorial service tomorrow will be shown live in as many as 80 movie theaters, giving fans outside of Los Angeles a chance to watch a cinema- quality high-definition broadcast.
Source: LA Times
2009-07-07
UK Film Council pilots new digital equipment to bring cinema to rural regions - The UK Film Council is launching a new pilot scheme that will bring the latest digital cinema equipment to rural areas to give more film fans in remote communities the chance to enjoy the communal experience of cinema.
Source: UK Film Council Press Release
2009-07-07
Grand Theatre reunion sparks grand memories - For Makenna Placzek, Monday afternoon's reunion of Grand Theatre employees from 50 years ago was an opportunity to find out your grandmother might have once done something crazier than you have.
Source: The Independent.com
2009-07-07
Mad Cornish Projectionist Survey - The Mad Cornish Projectionist website has been going for ten years, starting off as a personal resource for information and then in return becoming a resource in its own right. Please complete this survey to give me some specific feedback on the website so that I can continue to improve it. Simply follow the survey link
Source: Press Release
2009-07-05
Cineworld sales up as flurry of blockbusters hit screens - BLOCKBUSTERS including Slumdog Millionaire, X-Men and Transformers drove half-year box office sales up by 17.9% at Cineworld, the group said yesterday. More news stories about this can be found a Google News
Source: Wales Online
2009-07-05
Live events bring new dimension - New technology systems for watching live events in 3D enthused European exhibitors at CineExpo, writes Jack Warner
Source: ScreenDaily
2009-07-05
Past pictures - Cinemas of North Tyneside - FRANK Manders
Source: ChronicleLive
2009-07-05
Philips Appointed as Authorized Supplier of Xenon Lamps to Barco - Philips today announced that Barco N.V., the global manufacturer of audio-visual products for the entertainment industry, has appointed Philips as an authorized supplier of Xenon Digital Cinema Lamps for use in Barco digital cinema projectors.
Source: DCihema Today
2009-07-05
Curtain could rise once more at iconic cinema - FREEMAN Street's iconic cinema could be making a comeback, after five years spent away from the limelight.
Source: Thisgrimsby
2009-07-05
National Theatre Live attracts 14,000 for first cinema screening - The London National Theatre
Source: ScreenDaily
2009-07-05
Fireworks scare forces cinema evacuation - The Alice Springs Cinema was evacuated last night after two people threw fireworks into the foyer.
Source: ABC News
2009-07-05
Credit Crunch Impairs Theaters' Digital Vision - At the Carmike Encore Park Cinemas megaplex in Elkhart, Ind., box office receipts are way up this year. But the returns at the candy counter aren't so sweet. In fact, sales last year of sugary snacks, popcorn and soft drinks barely reached 2007 levels in Elkhart, and this year could be worse.
Source: Fullres [blog]
2009-07-05
Norwegian cinemas sign digital roll-out deal with US studios - On June 24 The Norwegian cinema association, Film & Kino, signed a virtual print fee (VPF) agreement with five Hollywood studios, to help finance the world
Source: Norway.com [blog]
2009-07-05
First interactive 3D game hits UK cinemas - The UK's first interactive 3D game is set to hit cinemas next week, allowing movie-goers the chance to control the action from their seats. [More on this story can be found at Google News]
Source: Metro
2009-07-05
Film fans take a look at new cinema plans - DETAILED plans for a state-of-the-art cinema in Newquay have been revealed to the public
Source: Thisiscornwall.co.uk
2009-07-05
Odeon downgraded by 'at risk' register - Bradford
Source: Telegraph and Argus
2009-07-05
Dolby and Barco premiere Ice Age 3: Dawn of the dinosaurs in 3D - Barco, a global leader in digital cinema technology, is pleased to announce the 3D premiere of Ice Age 3: Dawn of the dinosaurs. On Tuesday 23 June, Cinema Expo International visitors in the RAI Amsterdam will see the new adventures of Manny and his friends on a Barco twin projector setup with Dolby
Source: DCinema Today
2009-07-05
Texas Instruments Unveils Enhanced 4K Technology on Next Generation DLP Cinema Electronics Platform - Texas Instruments DLP Cinema announced plans today to incorporate enhanced 4K technology as an extension of the next generation electronics platform for DLP Cinema projectors. Texas Instruments is recognized as the cinema technology provider offering solutions with low operating costs, and its inclusion of another resolution gives exhibitors worldwide the widest variety of options to fit their needs and screen sizes. TI will continue to innovate on and further the development of its DLP Cinema 2K chips which are indisputably the industry standard with nearly 11,000 installations globally.
Source: DigitalCinema.Info
2009-07-05
Doremi Cinema to Build 4K Integrated Media Block for DLP Cinema Next Generation Electronic Platform - Industry leader Doremi Cinema announced today it will repackage its current 4K server technology into a 4K integrated media block (IMB) for DLP Cinema next generation electronics. This will secure a full solution for Texas Instruments
Source: DigitalCinema.Info
2009-07-05
Palace Cinemas and XDC Agree to Deploy 170 Digital Screens in Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary - Palace Cinemas, the leading exhibitor in the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary, and XDC, the leading Pan-European digital cinema service company, have agreed on the deployment of digital cinema systems in 170 of Palace Cinemas' screens in Central Europe.
Source: DigitalCinema.Info
2009-07-05
Sony Professional and Apollo Cinemas sign a VPF agreement - Apollo Cinemas make the full switch to digital by choosing Sony Digital Cinema State of the Art Cinealta 4K projection and becomes the first in Europe to move to Sony Digital Cinema Virtual Print Fee.
Source: DigitalCinema.Info
2009-07-05
Europe d-cinema rollout hung up on funding: Exhibitors air frustrations at annual Cinema Exp - Dithering over funding and other details has European theater operators as frustrated as U.S. exhibitors with the slow rollout of digital cinema.
Source: DigitalCinema.Info
2009-07-05
New Dolby Screen Server Introduced at Cinema Expo 2009 - Dolby Laboratories, Inc. announced that its newest cinema server, the Dolby Screen Server (DSS200), will be available for orders starting in early July 2009
Source: DigitalCinema.Info
2009-07-05
Christie Introduces New 4K DLP Cinema Product Line For 2010 - A leader in digital cinema projection, Christie, has announced the new Christie Solaria series digital cinema projectors, based on Texas Instruments' industry-preferred and proven DLP Cinema technology.
Source: 4rfv
2009-07-05
Euro exhibitors ponder 4K dilemma - AMSTERDAM -- The spate of 4K digital cinema deals in the U.S. is causing ripples in Europe, with exhibitors questioning their previous commitment to 2K projection. [More on 4K Projectors can be found at Google News]
Source: Variety
2009-07-05
German distributors back digital cinema roll out plan - COLOGNE, Germany - Germany’s association of film distributors, the VdF, has backed plans by the German Film Board to speed up the county’s conversion to digital cinema.
Source: Film Journal
2009-07-05
Cinemark to install 4K digital cinema projection - Plano-based Cinemark Holdings Inc. formed a partnership with digital cinema pioneer Barco, Texas Instruments and Doremi to install the 4K digital cinema solution in more than 3,000 screens as part of the DCIP initiative.
Source: insidetxbiz.com
2009-07-05
IMAX or LieMAX? Paying Extra for IMAX Movies on Small Screens - Like many this past weekend, I decided to see Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. I wanted the full experience of seeing it in IMAX. Director Michael Bay extended some of the fight scenes in "The IMAX Experience" as they are calling it. He claimed in his blog that seeing the movie in the larger screen format made the robots look like they were the actual size they would be in real life on screens at least 50-feet tall. That had me sold! I purchased my tickets online a few weeks back in anticipation that it might be sold out and I wasn't wrong. I was only able to get a 9:45AM show.
Source: DigitalCity.com
2009-07-05
Bidders line up for sale of Redstone - Israel Theaters, Israel
Source: FT
2009-07-05
World’s First Non-Commercial National Digital Cinema Roll-Out - Film & Kino, the Norwegian interest organization for cinemas, announces the world
Source: DCinemaToday
2009-07-05
Cineworld concedes higher pension contribution - BECTU has persuaded Cineworld to pay more towards members' pensions during talks on the closure of the company's final salary pension scheme.
Source: BECTU
2009-07-05
Omniplex cinema rolls out digital 3D in Galway - The Omniplex Cinema in Galway, along with its sister cinemas across Ireland, will be the first in the country to lead the way in the digital 3D revolution.
Source: Galway Advertiser
2009-07-05
Backing for ‘cinema’ to return to Launceston - A?NEW ‘cinema’ is set to screen films in Launceston — more than a quarter of a century since the Tower Cinema turned off its projector for the last time.
Source: Dartmouth Chronicle
2009-07-05
New Reel cinema in Blossom Street, York attracts 5,000 customers - YORK’S re-opened city centre picturehouse has attracted more than 5,000 customers in its first ten days.
Source: ThePress.co.uk
2009-07-05
Apollo Cinemas (UK) Embracing Sony 4K Digital Projectors - Sony Digital Cinema and Apollo Cinemas, the UK cinema chain whose theatres are common for their high quality movie presentation, auditoriums and seating, announced an agreement for the deployment of 83 CineAlta 4K digital cinema projectors. A third of which will be able to deliver content in 3D, allowing Apollo Cinemas to showcase Hollywood
Source: Sonyinsider.com
2009-07-05
Glastonbury Diary: Swine flu, Jarvis triumphant and kipping at the cinema - Even people who are not under the influence are unlikely to get more than four hour's sleep a night at Glastonbury. So come day three, it is a good idea to indulge in a strategic power nap
Source: The Independent
2009-06-23
Tribute to Picture House projectionist, who died during screening - A MUCH-loved projectionist has died while screening a film at a Calderdale cinema
Source: Hebden Bridge Times
2009-06-23
Europe plans for digital conversion - BRUSSELS — The European Commission has unveiled three options for ways to help European cinemas convert to digital projection. A decision will be made at the end of July.
Source: Variety
2009-06-23
TI leaping into 4K fray - Texas Instruments has announced that its "next generation technology platform" for digital projection will include a 4K option, providing four times as many pixels as standard 2K projectors, and it has already lined up exhibitor Cinemark to buy its 4K tech.
Source: Variety
2009-06-23
Cinemark and Barco Sign Exclusive Partnership for the Delivery of Enhanced DLP Cinema® 4K Digital Projection - Rancho Cordova, CA, 18 June 2009 — Digital cinema pioneer Barco is proud to announce that Cinemark Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CNK), the world's second largest motion picture exhibitor, has entered into an exclusive agreement with Barco. As part of this agreement, Cinemark is also partnering with the DLP Cinema® product group from Texas Instruments (TI) (NYSE: TXN) and media server provider Doremi to secure the industry's best-in-class and brightest digital cinema solution. This group of partners, representing more than 100 years in combined cinema expertise, will employ the full spectrum of Barco's upcoming new family of enhanced DLP Cinema next generation 4K projectors.
Source: Barco Press Release
2009-06-23
Opening night for York’s revamped Odeon cinema in Blossom Street - LAST-MINUTE finishing touches were today being put to York’s revamped Odeon cinema as it prepares to unveil its new look.
Source: The Press
2009-06-23
Cinemark Plans To Install 4K Digital Cinema Projection Across The Circuit - PLANO, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cinemark Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CNK - News), the world’s second largest motion picture exhibitor, today announced that it has partnered with digital cinema pioneer Barco, DLP Cinema technology provider Texas Instruments and media server provider Doremi to install the industry’s biggest & brightest 4K digital cinema solution in more than 3,000 screens. The agreement also includes plans for Cinemark’s international locations in Latin America, which would bring the overall deployment to more than 4,600 screens.
Source: Yahoo
2009-06-23
Picture House gets a facelift - The Picture House on Bridge Street is being spruced up by owners JD Wetherspoon.
Source: Express and Star
2009-06-23
CineExpo: The Third Degree - The Princess Quay cinemas, which sit atop a scenic tri-level shopping complex in the Northern England town of Kingston Upon Hull, regularly play the hottest Hollywood movies -- but their projectionists have never run a single foot of film through the sprockets of a projector.
Source: Hollywood Reporter
2009-06-23
Lib Dems respond to latest cinema claims - Local Liberal Democrat councillors have met for a second time with the UK’s largest independent cinema operators to discuss the historic former EMD building in Walthamstow – on the same day that the Council’s portfolio holder for regeneration appeared to dash resident’s hopes that the venue would ever be restored as a cinema.
Source: Waltham Forest Lib Dems
2009-06-23
Christie sets 4K upgrade for next year - A day after DLP Cinema said it would make 4K chips available to digital-cinema vendors in 2010, Christie Digital confirmed Thursday that it will have 4K projectors on the market by the end of next year
Source: THR
2009-06-23
Barco showcases high brightness 3D projection at Cinema Expo - Recognizing the enormous appeal of 3D cinema to theater owners and moviegoers, digital cinema pioneer Barco will showcase the industry's brightest projectors at Cinema Expo International, Amsterdam.
Source: DCinema Today
2009-06-23
Exploiting the Imax premium - With 374 screens globally, Imax Corp holds a strong position in the premium cinema market. While historically screening in the 3D format (mainly educational or nature presentations), the growth in narrative 3D features in the schedules has seen the format become an increasingly important part of Imax’s business model.
Source: Screendaily
2009-06-23
Cinemark and Barco Sign Exclusive Partnership for the Delivery of Enhanced DLP Cinema® 4K Digital Projection - Digital cinema pioneer Barco is proud to announce that Cinemark Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CNK), the world's second largest motion picture exhibitor, has entered into an exclusive agreement with Barco. As part of this agreement, Cinemark is also partnering with the DLP Cinema® product group from Texas Instruments (TI) (NYSE: TXN) and media server provider Doremi to secure the industry's best-in-class and brightest digital cinema solution. This group of partners, representing more than 100 years in combined cinema expertise, will employ the full spectrum of Barco's upcoming new family of enhanced DLP Cinema next generation 4K projectors.
Source: DCinema Today
2009-06-23
Harry Atkins, who saw original opening of the Odeon cinema in York, is VIP guest at Reel relaunch - WHEN York’s Odeon cinema was opened back in 1937, schoolboy Harry Atkins stood on the pavement across Blossom Street and watched the glittering ceremony unfold.
Source: The Press
2009-06-23
Doremi Cinema to Build 4K Integrated Media Block for DLP Cinema® Next Generation Electronic Platform - BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Industry leader Doremi Cinema announced today it will repackage its current 4K server technology into a 4K integrated media block (IMB) for DLP Cinema® next generation electronics. This will secure a full solution for Texas Instruments’ and their OEM’s upcoming 2K and 4K projectors.
Source: Businesswire
2009-06-23
German Film Board moves on d-cinema - COLOGNE, Germany -- The German Film Board (FFA) has pledged up to €40 million ($56 million) over the next five years to help convert German cinemas to digital technology.
Source: THR
2009-06-23
Call for 3D Olympics screenings - Digital technology could enable the 2012 Olympics to be shown in 3D in cinemas across the UK, former film producer Lord Puttnam has said.
Source: BBC News
2009-06-23
Imax signs deal with Odeon & UCI Cinemas Group - NEW YORK (AP) - Imax Corp. said Monday that it signed a deal with European exhibitor Odeon & UCI Cinemas Group to install one of its digital projection systems in the Gateshead complex in Northeast England. [More information on this story can be found at Google News
Source: MSN
2009-06-23
Recalling a golden era for the silver screen - CINEMA-lovers with fond memories of Worcester’s oldest working silver screen are being asked to share their experiences ahead of a gala event marking its 60th anniversary.
Source: Berrows Journal
2009-06-23
Talks to begin over development - Plans for a multi-screen cinema, restaurants and new shops are being discussed later as part of a scheme to transform Hereford.
Source: BBC News
2009-06-23
The cinema snack that gives you the snap, crackle and pop - Popcorn boosts sexual performance and sperm count, claims men's magazine
Source: The Guardian
2009-06-23
Cineworld relaunches learning and development scheme - Cineworld cinemas has rebranded its learning and development function to encourage staff to recognise and appreciate career advancement at the firm.
Source: HR Magazine
2009-06-23
Barco to further strengthen technology leadership in digital cinema - Barco is pleased to announce a new range of DLP Cinema® based digital cinema projectors. From next year onwards the company will market a full range of 2K and 4K-ready projectors, meeting the needs of small and large screen theater owners at the lowest cost of ownership. Last week Cinemark Holdings, Inc. and Barco already announced an exclusive partnership, closing the first deal ever for enhanced DLP Cinema® 4K digital projectors, reconfirming Barco's pioneering position in the digital cinema market.
Source: DCinema Today
2009-06-23
RealD Releases Install Numbers - Los Angeles-based RealD, a developer of 3D movie projection equipment, has released its latest install numbers, saying over the weekend that it now has over 8,700 screens contracted, and over 3,200 screens installed with its technology. In addition, the firm said it saw 400% growth in Europe in the first half of the year. RealD makes 3D projection equipment which attached to digital cinema hardware to project the recent crop of new, 3D movies. The firm attributed the growth in Europe to new deals in France, Germany, Austria, and Ireland. The firm now has 2,000 screens under contract and over 750 screens installed in Europe, the firm said. RealD said that there are over 40 films currently slated for released on RealD 3D.
Source: SocalTech
2009-06-18
Council chiefs support cinema project - AMBITIOUS plans for a state-of-the-art cinema in Newquay have taken a giant leap forwards, after town council chiefs gave the project their support.
Source: This is Plymouth
2009-06-18
A cinema for Crystal Palace? - Residents campaigning for a cinema to help regenerate the Crystal Place Triangle got a boost this week when independent cinema chain City Screen confirmed it was interested in opening a cinema in the area.
Source: Your local guardian
2009-06-18
Cinema fate still undecided - After months of public debate, the future of the heritage-listed Chelsea cinema is still uncertain.
Source: ABC
2009-06-18
IMAX Signs Theatre Deal With Big Cinemas in India - IMAX Corporation (NASDAQ: IMAX TSX: IMX) and BIG Cinemas, a division of Adlabs Films Ltd, a Reliance ADA Group company and Indias largest entertainment conglomerate, today announced an agreement to install IMAXs new digital projection system in BIG Cinemas flagship IMAX(R) theatre in the heart of Mumbai. The installation is scheduled to be completed in July 2009, and will mark the first digital IMAX location in India.
Source: PR News Wire
2009-06-18
Yorks revamped Odeon cinema all ready to reopen on Friday - YORK’S revamped Odeon cinema will unveil its new look on Friday – bringing an end to a three-year wait for the city centre picturehouse to reopen.
Source: The Press
2009-06-18
Film fans take a look at new cinema plans - DETAILED plans for a state-of-the-art cinema in Newquay have been revealed to the public.
Source: This is Cornwall
2009-06-18
Tributes after projectionist dies during Hebden Bridge Picture House screening - A MUCH-loved projectionist has died while screening a film at a Calderdale cinema.
Source: Halifax Courier
2009-06-18
Crystal Palace Gala Bingo site to become evangelical church not cinema - Dreams of the silver screen coming to Crystal Palace have been dealt a blow.
Source: Croydon Guardian
2009-06-18
SmartJog strikes digital server deal with Europalaces - French cinema chain Europalaces, which owns Gaumont and Pathe cinemas, has struck a deal to use SmartJog Digital Cinema Central Library Servers.
Source: Screen Daily
2009-06-18
Doremi Digitises French Cinema Chains - Doremi Cinema will equip a total of 130 individual cinema screens with digital servers, the company has announced
Source: Digital Production Me
2009-06-18
NFB and Shorefast Announce E-Cinema On the Rock - The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) and the Shorefast Foundation will establish Newfoundland
Source: Media Caster Magazine
2009-06-16
3D Screens Now Number Over 5,000 Worldwide - New DIGDIA report examines the why, how and opportunities of Digital 3D Entertainment from the theater to the home.
Source: PRWEB
2009-06-16
Thieves and vandals 'take over' cinema - DONCASTER'S historic Odeon cinema has been destroyed by thieves and vandals who have taken over the derelict building, a cafe owner has claimed.
Source: Doncaster Freepress
2009-06-16
Chelsea cinema offered lifeline - The South Australian Government has offered $25,000 to help keep the Chelsea cinema in public hands.
Source: ABC.NET
2009-06-16
Cinergy Cinemas opens in copperas Cove - Truly a grand opening, Cinergy Cinemas pulled out all the stops Saturday for its official grand-opening party.
Source: KDH News
2009-06-16
Movie royalty: Cinema Expo crowns U.K.'s Odeon & UCI Cinemas - Like most royalty, Cinema Expo International Exhibitor of the Year Award honoree Odeon & UCI Cinemas Group—Europe’s leading circuit—has a fine pedigree and rich history. Founded in 1930 by Oscar Deutsch, then acquired by the J Arthur Rank film production and distribution entity in 1941, the original Odeon remained with The Rank Organisation for 58 years more.
Source: Film Journal
2009-06-16
Lovefilm to sell? Netflix in the frame - It looks like Amazon, which now owns just under a third of Lovefilm in the UK (and merged it with its UK and German DVD rental businesses last year), and the remaining shareholders consisting of Arts Alliance Media, Index Ventures, Balderton Capital, DFJ Esprit and company management all want a “liquidity event”. In others words, they probably want to sell LoveFilm. It’s clear Netflix in the US would be a natural fit, as hinted in the FT.
Source: Techcrunch
2009-06-13
Odeons £500,000 revamp to wow film fans - EXETER’S Odeon cinema has completed a major £500,000 revamp.
Source: This is Exeter
2009-06-13
Cineworld install Xen kiosks nationwide - Cinema giant, Cineworld have rolled out Protouch’s award-winning Xen X5 and Xen X4 across a selection of its cinemas nationwide
Source: Protouchblog [blog]
2009-06-13
A Bright Picture - New York’s Ziegfeld Theatre has upgraded its 3D capabilities with the installation of the new NEC NC2500S-A digital cinema projector. As Hollywood studios begin requiring a higher level of brightness for 3D movie releases, NEC says it is the only provider to offer all pre-existing customers this new feature in their current models with a simple upgrade. The upgrade was made in time for the opening of Disney’s latest 3D release Up.
Source: Digital Cinema Report
2009-06-13
London Calling - London’s Empire Leicester Square has become Europe’s first auditorium to utilize the new Dolby 3D Digital Cinema large screen system. The Empire installed the Dolby 3D system in time for the United Kingdom premiere of Walt Disney Pictures’ Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience. The movie premiered in front of an invited audience of more than 1,300 guests. With its 20-meter screen, the Empire boasts one of the largest screens in the country.
Source: Digital Cinema Report
2009-06-13
Raising the Stakes - Regal Entertainment Group, the largest motion picture exhibitor in the world, has announced an agreement to install Sony 4K digital projection systems across Regal’s entire circuit over the next three to five years, which – when completed – would create the most extensive 4K deployment in the world. Like it or not, this is one of the biggest developments to date in the short history of digital cinema. This announcement did not happen in a vacuum there are underlying issues that helped drive this agreement, among them the current state of the global economy. One thing is certain: the competition in this business has heated up and the Regal-Sony announcement has significantly raised the stakes in the ongoing digital cinema roll out.
Source: Digital Cinema Report
2009-06-13
First-Ever LIVE Virtual Nationwide Theatrical Premiere Hosted by Cinedigm - Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp. (NASDAQ: CIDM) announced today that it will host the first-ever, live virtual Q&A between a film cast and theatre audiences nationwide as a part of the June 19, 2009 opening night of the feature film “The Narrows.”
Source: DCinema Today
2009-06-13
Seacoast community wants to take the Ioka theater into the future - EXETER — With a dancing digital universe as backdrop, Marc Murai, co-campaign manager for the SaveTheIoka.com, introduced himself on Sunday, May 31 to the dozen members of the third focus group. They came inside on a beautiful spring day to learn more about the efforts to save the theater and to share ideas on what it should become.
Source: Sea Coast Online
2009-06-13
ITV sells Carlton Screen Advertisings Irish operation - LONDON - Carlton Screen Advertisings Ireland operation has been sold to Irish media executive Dermot Hanrahan for an undisclosed sum, following an 18-month disposal programme.
Source: Media Week
2009-06-13
The Seven IMAX Wonders of the World - Far from your local cineplexs marginally enhanced "IMAX Experience," these seven theatres are the best, the biggest, and the craziest thunderdomes IMAX has to offer.
Source: Gizmodo
2009-06-13
Jaggers cinema plea - Sir Mick Jagger has joined a campaign to save a historic building which is facing closure in London.
Source: Yahoo
2009-06-13
Where are the UKs best cinemas? - We need your help to find the best picturehouses across the nation in which to experience movie magic
Source: Guardian
2009-06-13
3D vision seen paying off for entertainment firms - LONDON (Reuters) - Digital 3D looks set to be a key revenue earner for businesses from cinema chains to software developers as companies bank on the fast-improving format ushering in a new age of entertainment.
Source: Reuters
2009-06-13
Jagger backs saving Stones venue - Sir Mick Jagger has backed a campaign to save a historic cinema where the Rolling Stones played in the 1960s
Source: BBC News
2009-06-13
Kinoton Expands D-Cinema Customer Support - As recently announced, Kinoton will soon be present with D-Cinema systems in more than 25 countries. Kinoton’s success in the Digital Cinema market is accompanied with a rising demand of professional service and support concerning the new D-Cinema technology. Therefore the German cinema technology manufacturer has further improved its comprehensive support concept for D-Cinema customers.
Source: DCinema Today
2009-06-13
Minister calls in plans for Odeon - CAMPAIGNERS are celebrating after culture minister Mike Russell ordered an inquiry into plans to demolish a historic cinema.
Source: Scotsman
2009-06-13
Christie supports independent theatres converting to digital - Leading digital-cinema projection company Christie announced initiatives to help independent theatres gain the full benefits of digital and 3D cinema. In conjunction with its authorized digital-cinema resellers, Christie has developed customizable programs that provide marketing and sales support, technical advice and expertise, maintain spare parts inventory, and deliver a streamlined RMA process to resolve issues quickly and speed up the advanced warranty replacement process.
Source: Film Journal
2009-06-13
Carmike Cinemas Appoints Current Chairman, S. David Passman III, President and Chief Executive Officer - Carmike Cinemas, Inc. (NASDAQ: CKEC - News), a leading digital cinema and 3D motion picture exhibitor, today announced that effective immediately, S. David Passman III, the Company’s Chairman of the Board, has been appointed President and Chief Executive Officer and that current Board member, Roland C. Smith, will succeed Mr. Passman as Carmike’s Chairman of the Board. Fred Van Noy remains with Carmike as Chief Operating Officer and Richard B. Hare continues as Chief Financial Officer.
Source: Yahoo
2009-06-13
Barco to Supply 80 Projectors to Cap Cinema - 80 2k DLP projectors will be installed at Cap Cinemas across France, part of a move to bolster growth. Though there were no financial details divulged although with the average cost of one Barco projector pegged at $63,830, you can more or less get an idea of how much the whole deal would cost.
Source: Cybertheater
2009-06-13
Facelifted Odeon cinema in Blossom Street to show Transformers 2 on June 19 opening day - YORK’S former Odeon cinema looks set to reopen on Friday, June 19, with a premiere screening of one of the summer’s blockbuster movies, Transformers 2.
Source: The Press
2009-06-13
Cinema club gets thumbs up from residents - A SURVEY into a possible cinema club in Barnard Castle has returned encouraging results.
Source: The Northern Echo
2009-06-13
Showtime for the film pirates - Just before the opening credits roll at an early UK screening of Mamma Mia in a quiet provincial cinema, there is some fumbling with a small camera in the auditorium followed by total silence.
Source: FT
2009-06-13
Businessman fails in bid for new town cinema - A SURREY entrepreneur who planned to set up an independent cinema in Guildford town centre has failed in his bid to secure the premises.
Source: Get Surrey
2009-06-13
Osram raises bar on LED performance for projection apps - Sunnyvale, CA, June 3, 2009 — OSRAM Opto Semiconductors has expanded its LED portfolio for the projection market with two new LEDs, OSTAR Compact and OSTAR Power Projection. OSTAR Compact is designed for small, efficient systems in cell phones, PDAs and MP4 players. OSTAR Power Projection is targeted at high-performance projection applications such as home cinema systems with displays of 70 inches and more. OSRAM’s LED portfolio now provides full coverage of the projection system range from 1 W all the way up to 300 W
Source: EETimes
2009-06-13
Cinemeccanica and Barco Take Leading Role in French Digital Cinema Roll-Out - Cinemeccanica and digital cinema pioneer Barco are proud to announce a milestone contract with French exhibitor Cap Cinéma. Under the terms of the agreement, both companies will install eighty 2K DLP digital projectors in Cap Cinéma theaters across France.
Source: DCinema Today
2009-06-13
The Empire, London, UK, Premieres Jonas Brothers in 3D with Barco - Barco, a global leader in digital cinema projection technology, is proud to announce that Empire cinemas have chosen Barcos digital cinema projectors for their Premier screen in The Empire, Leicester Square, one of the most prestigious theatres in London. The Empire is the first venue in Europe with the new Dolby 3D large screen solution utilizing Barco digital cinema projectors.
Source: DCinema Today
2009-06-13
IMAX launches US$70.1-million share offering - Giant-screen movie theater company IMAX Corp. said its public offering of 9.8 million common shares has been priced at US$7.15 a share, with gross proceeds expected to be US$70.1-million.
Source: Financial Post
2009-06-13
HDMI spec updated to 1.4, adds unwanted complexity - The group that defines the HDMI connection specification has hammered out a 1.4 update, and will publish the spec next month. It brings welcome future-proofing to video resolution handling, but the number of possible cables and connectors is starting to proliferate.
Source: Arstechnica.com
2009-06-13
Calling all digital projectionists….. - Calling all digital projectionists…..
Since the installation of digital projection equipment many cinemas have been experimenting with various forms of Alternative Content and what is now becoming known as Live Cinema, generally using satellite feeds to provide the content. These systems have so far been assembled on a rather ad-hoc basis, with varying degrees of success and a frequently a fair bit of stress for the projection teams.
It has become obvious that there is a need to provide common guidelines as to what equipment should be used and how it should be put together, so as to enable projection teams to put on the best possible digital show with the least possible hassle.
To help to establish such guidelines, the UK Digital TV Group has set up a sub work group on Live Cinema, which is Chaired by Peter Wilson of HDDC Ltd., who is a BKSTS member and well known to Cinema Technology magazine readers. Work started in December 2008 to study live content delivery to Cinemas, and the group is taking input from all parties, including Producers, Distributors, Exhibitors, system Integrators, Satellite service operators etc.
The output from the group will not be official standards (it is expected that many existing technical standards for digital cinema will also cover Alternative content and Live Cinema), but practical reference documents providing recommended practices. The early meetings of the group have had presentations from Odeon and Arts Alliance , from Arqiva and the Audio study group, and the first study group that was set up is looking at audio for Live Cinema. New study groups have been established for Ingest & Communications, led by Arqiva, and for Hardware Integration, led by Arts Alliance.
Since projectionists have an absolutely key role to play in Live Cinema, their practical experiences will be extremely valuable to the study group, so Peter Wilson is inviting all projectionists with some experience of digital projection and alternative content to let him know of their most important concerns regarding such shows. It would be helpful to have details of any problems that have been encountered during ‘Live’ and ‘Alternative Content’ performances, of the possible reasons for these, and of the ways in which they were overcome. Any suggestions for improving current practices or introducing new ways of working that might be useful to others in the business will be gratefully received and acknowledged.
If you can help, please contact Jim Slater
Source: Press Release
2009-06-13
Dual projection techniques make the best of 3D - The 3D revolution might be here, but not all film experiences are created equal. The process used to shoot and project a 3D movie can mean the difference between just a bit of added depth or total cinematic immersion.
Source: Freep
2009-06-13
Jarvis Cocker opposes ugly Hoxton cinema plans - Jarvis Cocker has reacted furiously towards plans to build a cinema and office complex next to his east London house.
Source: NME
2009-06-13
Should Imax tell moviegoers the size of its screens? - As you may remember from our recent coverage, "Parks and Recreation" costar Aziz Ansari caused a huge flap when he put up an outraged post on his blog excoriating Imax after he went to see "Star Trek" at the Imax Experience at the AMC complex in Burbank -- and discovered the supposedly giant Imax screen was barely any bigger than an average-sized theater screen. Feeling ripped off (after all, hed paid an extra $5), he blasted Imax for "duping" its customers and "whoring out their brand name." Whats worse, everyone in the blogosphere picked up the story, adding snarky touches of their own, resulting in a full-bore PR disaster for the company.
Source: LA Times Blog
2009-06-13
New group to examine future for cinema projection - Cinema representatives have formed a working group to examine the future for cinema projection.
Source: BECTU
2009-06-13
beware phony IMAX screens - I’ve been telling my friends in New York City for months now: Don’t pay extra for any IMAX showings unless it’s at the AMC Lincoln Square, which is the only genuine IMAX screen in NYC. Even the one at the American Museum of Natural History -- which shows only nature documentaries, not blockbuster flicks -- is retrofitted from what was clearly not even originally a movie theater, just an auditorium.
Source: Flick Filosopher [Blog]
2009-06-13
Red Bridge will reopen as an art house movie theater - The Fine Arts Theatre Group — independent movie exhibitors who operate the Glenwood Arts, Rio and Leawood theaters in Johnson County — have acquired the former Red Bridge 4 Cinema at Red Bridge Road and Holmes.
Source: Kansas City
2009-06-13
Former cinema faces demolition after fire - A HISTORIC former cinema in Glasgow is facing demolition after fire ripped through it in the early hours of yesterday morning.
Source: Scotsman
2009-06-13
Cinema ordered to pay $10K in damages for search - A Quebec court has ordered a cinema to pay $10,000 in damages after staff searched patrons bags and turned up smuggled snacks and birth control pills -- and in the process violated their privacy rights.
Source: CTV
2009-06-13
DTS Digital Cinema and Qube Cinema Form Strategic Sales and Marketing Alliance - DTS Digital Cinema and Qube Cinema have announced a co-branding strategic alliance to develop and market numerous digital cinema products including a digital cinema server, a theatre management system, an enhanced digital cinema mastering solution and other allied products. The alliance will bring together the best of both companies’ strengths to form a strong commercial and technology presence in the digital cinema marketplace.
Source: DPKARANS [Blog]
2009-06-13
Empire Leicester Square is Europe’s First Theatre with Dolby 3D for Large Screens - Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: DLB), announced today that the Empire Leicester Square has become Europe’s first auditorium to utilize the new Dolby® 3D Digital Cinema large screen solution. The Empire installed the Dolby 3D system in time for the United Kingdom premiere of Walt Disney Pictures’ Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience. The movie will premiere in front of an invited audience of more than 1,300 guests.
Source: Business Wire
2009-06-13
Bradford named UNESCO City of Film - The northern English city of Bradford has scored a global first by being named the first ever United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization City of Film.
Source: THR
2009-06-13
Cinemeccanica & Barco expand D-Cinema roll-out in France - Cinemeccanica and Barco have signed another digital cinema deployment deal in France. Both companies have signed a contract with Cinéville for the installation of thirty Barco 2K digital cinema projectors in five multiplexes.
Source: Business of Cinema
2009-06-13
Empire Leicester Square installs large-screen Dolby 3D system - The Empire Leicester Square in London has become Europes first auditorium to utilize the new Dolby 3D Digital Cinema large-screen solution. The Empire installed the Dolby 3D system in time for the United Kingdom premiere of Walt Disney Pictures Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience. The movie will premiere in front of an invited audience of more than 1,300 guests.
Source: Film Journal
2009-06-13
Cinemagoing continues to rise - Cinema admissions are continuing to climb with a year-on-year increase of 41% for April on the previous year, according to latest Cinema Advertising Association figures (CAA).
Source: Mad
2009-06-13
Cinema audiences boom as people look to escape recession - Cinema audiences have jumped this year, as consumers flock to watch comedies and teenage fare to escape the recession, according to industry figures.
Source: Daily Telegraph
2009-06-13
Leading cinema ad firms consider merger - A potential merger between National CineMedia and Screenvision, which together have control over most of the ads seen in movie theaters, could have antitrust implications, according to this article. "I'm not sure that [a combination] is possible from an antitrust perspective," said Lazard Capital Markets analyst Barton Crockett. "It would affect some advertisers, studios and independent theater chains that like to play those two [companies] against each other." USA TODAY (05/26)
Source: Smartbrief
2009-06-13
BIG Cinemas to open 1000 seater multiplex in Chicago - BIG Cinemas, the film exhibition division of Adlabs Films Limited, is opening its first branded cinema property in the US with a five screen multiplex and one premium lounge.
Source: Aindianews
2009-06-13
NEC NC2500S-A Digital Cinema Projector - NEC is no stranger when it comes to projectors, and heres their latest effort - the NEC NC2500S-A digital cinema projector that targets extremely high end markets, featuring a new technical enhancement within that enables 3D content to utilize the full 2K resolution of the 1.2” DMD from Texas Instruments courtesy of its triple flash technology for smooth motion. With the NC2500S-A, you will get a 33% increase in resolution and brightness when placed side by side with previous generations, offering a much more comprehensive viewing experience for moviegoers. Folks operating their own cinemas might be interested in an upgrade or purchase with the NEC NC2500S-A projector.
Source: Ubergizmo [blog]
2009-06-13
XpanD and Yelmo Cines Strengthen Spain’s 3D Marketplace With Major Expansion of 3D Cinema Chains - XpanD, a worldwide authority in 3D cinemas and technology platforms, announced today their collaborative venture with Yelmo Cines, one of Spain’s largest cinema chains and the country’s second largest programmer, in conjunction with Suministros Kelonik, Spain’s leading equipment installer. Considered distinctive trendsetters that deliver quality and cutting-edge cinema technologies, Yelmo Cines will heighten their movie-going experience with plans to add several unique 3D theatres in the coming year.
Source: DCinema Today
2009-06-13
IMAX Claims 98% Of Moviegoers Don’t Notice The Difference… Yeah, Right! - Over the last couple weeks we’ve been reporting on the internet uproar over IMAX’s new digital theaters. To recap: IMAX has been retrofitting traditional movie theaters, moving the screen up a few rows, installing improved sound systems, but the result is nothing near that of a traditional 70mm IMAX theater. The screen size is tiny in comparison (see image above). In fact, the two 2K-resolution Christie projector set-up is said to not look anywhere as good as the Sony 4K digital projectors which are now being installed in normal AMC and Regal theaters nationwide.
Source: Digital Cinematography
2009-06-13
Imax Seeks to Repair Blog Complaint Damage - Imax Corp. worked hard Wednesday to repair the damage done a day earlier by "Parks and Recreation" co-star Aziz Ansari when he complained he paid $5 more to see "Star Trek" on an Imax/AMC screen barely bigger than a existing 35mm screen.
Source: Digital Cinematography
2009-06-13
Cinema Expo nod to Odeon/UCI - Odeon and UCI Cinemas Group will be honored as international exhibitor of the year at Cinema Expo 2009.
Source: Hollywood Reporter
2009-06-13
3D vision seen paying off - Digital 3D looks set to be a key revenue earner for businesses from cinema chains to software developers as companies bank on the fast-improving format ushering in a new age of entertainment.
Source: TVNZ
2009-06-13
Imax Customers Testing Imax-Like Theater Concepts >IMAX - -If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, Imax Corp. (IMAX) should feel sincerely flattered.
Source: WSJ
2009-06-13
Disney Promotes 3D with Inflatable Theater - To raise awareness of the format and the studio’s upcoming stereoscopic release “A Christmas Carol,” Disney has put together a 40-city promotional tour that will travel by train.
Source: Digital Cinematography
2009-06-13
Wholl Pay for 3-D glasses? - Exhibitors, studios squabble over who should foot the bill.
Source: Digital Cinematography
2009-06-13
Access Integrated Technologies Q4 loss widens - Quick Facts - Access Integrated Technologies, now doing business as Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp. (CIDM: News ), reported that its fourth quarter Net loss attributable to shareholders was $11.24 million or $0.43 per share, compared to a loss of $9.40 million or $0.34 per share in the same quarter of last year.
Source: RTT News
2009-06-13
Interworld Digital to raise $10 million; digitise 300 theatres - Interworld Digital will be raising a sum of approximately $10 million from GDR/ADR/QIP. The company plans to increase its presence in the digital cinema and mobile communications space
Source: Business of Cinema
2009-06-13
Wizard of Oz Ultimate edition coming to Blu-ray, Warner claims its a benchmark release - Cinema classic The Wizard of Oz will make its debut in hi-def on Blu-ray September 29th, marking its 70th anniversary. The movie has been freshly remastered, with the original Technicolor camera negatives scanned at 8K resolution, and then edited to 4K for BD mastering at 2K. The soundtrack has also been reworked, and will be presented in multichannel Dolby TrueHD. Warner is heralding the release as a benchmark in the history of the Blu-ray format.
Source: Homechoice
2009-06-13
Sundance Kabuki Cinemas Installs Dolby 3D Digital Cinema - Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: DLB) today announced that the Sundance Kabuki Cinemas in San Francisco installed Dolby® 3D Digital Cinema in its 160-seat auditorium four in time for Disney/Pixar’s Up opening on May 29.
Source: DCinema Today
2009-06-13
3D Digital Cinema - Without doubt 3D cinema has made a big comeback, thanks in a large part to the growth of Digital Cinema. As a leader in D-Cinema, Christie has a keen interest in making that viewing experience even better for the audience.
Source: AV Interactive
2009-06-13
Cameras roll on cinema auction - The three leading cinema chains in the UK – Odeon, Cineworld and Vue – which control almost three-quarters of the market, have all submitted first round bids for some of the 21 UK cinemas put up for sale by Sumner Redstone, the US media magnate.
Source: FT
2009-06-13
Touchscreen specialist, Protouch has rolled out its Xen X5 and X4 kiosks into five sites of Cineworld, the 2nd largest multiplex cinema chain in the UK. - The kiosks have been installed as part of a programme for visitors who wish to join a membership scheme allowing them to watch unlimited movies.
Source: New Electronics
2009-06-13
Cineworld releases online recruitment solution - Cineworld, one of the UK’s largest cinema operators – has launched a new online recruitment system to improve the way the business manages its high-volume cinema recruitment.
Source: Personnel Today
2009-06-13
Christie Remains at the Forefront of the Digital Frontier - Christie, a global leader in visual solutions for entertainment, business and industry, continues to demonstrate its commitment to helping independent theatres reap the full benefits of digital and 3D cinema. In conjunction with its authorized Digital Cinema resellers, Christie has developed more customizable programs that provide marketing and sales support, technical advice and expertise, maintain spare parts inventory, and deliver a streamlined RMA process which resolves issues quickly and speeds up the advanced warranty replacement process. These critical issues are often stumbling blocks for independent theatres that want to go digital.
Source: DCineema Today
2009-05-26
New group to examine future for cinema projection - Cinema representatives have formed a working group to examine the future for cinema projection.
The steady introduction of digital projection by the leading circuits, including some independents, signals a major change for cinema technicians which BECTU is keen to address.
The new committee is inviting both members and non-members to join in an open debate about the future.
“We are at the most important time in the history of cinema projection and we have to act accordingly,” explained, national official, Mick Corfield. “We cannot stand by when there is a clear risk to jobs in projection.”
To take part in the discussion contact Mick Corfield.
Source: BECTU
2009-05-23
New life for former town eyesore - The former Carlton Cinema in Maryport is now home to a ceramics factory, caf
Source: BBC News
2009-05-23
Cinema evacuated - AROUND 100 people were evacuated from a cinema after burned food set off a fire alarm.
Source: Hartlepool Mail
2009-05-23
Box office hits please Cineworld - CINEMA operator Cineworld said a strong schedule of releases gave it confidence that it would continue to grow revenues this year.
Source: Scotsman
2009-05-23
JVC Introduces 8K Projector - Because of the growing number of consumer-level cameras with 100-megapixel sensors and camcorders shooting at 4240p, JVC has come out with a new 8K (that
Source: Digital Cinematography
2009-05-23
Evans & Sutherland to Debut New 8K x 4K Pixel Laser Projector - The ESLP 8K is the highest resolution production digital projector with fidelity that exceeds the limits of the human eye.
Source: Digital Cinematography
2009-05-23
Cineworld recruits with Changeworknow - Cinema operator Cineworld has launched a new online recruitment system aimed at improving the way the business manages its high-volume cinema recruitment.
Source: Recruiter
2009-05-23
Digital Faces Critical (Archiving) Dilemma - “The Digital Dilemma”—a 2007 report from AMPAS’ SciTech Council that examines the challenges of archiving and accessing digital motion picture materials—was the subject of the SMPTE’s Hollywood Section May meeting, held at the Academy’s Linwood Dunn Theatre in Hollywood.
Source: Digital Cinematography
2009-05-23
Imax Seeks to Repair Blog Complaint Damage - TORONTO -- Imax Corp. worked hard Wednesday to repair the damage done a day earlier by Parks and Recreation co-star Aziz Ansari when he complained he paid $5 more to see Star Trek on an Imax/AMC screen barely bigger than a existing 35mm screen.
Source: Digital Cinematography
2009-05-23
Wholl pay for 3-D glasses? - Exhibitors, studios squabble over who should foot the bill.
Source: Digital Cinematography
2009-05-23
“Angels & Demons” Premieres in Rome - Film Screens using Sony Professional’s CineAlta-4K Digital Projection System.
Source: Digital Cinematography
2009-05-23
Hopes raised Odeon will not be razed - HISTORIC Scotland is expected to order a public inquiry into plans to demolish the old Odeon cinema after consultants recommended it should be saved.
Source: Edinburgh Evening News
2009-05-23
Old Toledo cinema to become new hotels? - After sitting empty for years the old Showcase Cinemas on Secor could now be replaced with a new development.
Source: Toledon on the Move
2009-05-23
Cinema report against demolition - Proposals to demolish the auditorium of an historic cinema in Edinburgh are not justified, according to a report commissioned by Historic Scotland.
Source: BBC News
2009-05-23
Barco and Kodak sign worldwide digital projector supply agreement - Barco, a global leader in digital cinema projection technology, is proud to announce that it has signed a supply agreement with Kodak, a global leader in entertainment imaging. Under the terms of the agreement, Barco could deliver up to 10,000 digital cinema projectors to support Kodak
Source: Digital Cinema Buyers Guide
2009-05-23
Regal Entertainment Group to Install Sony 4K Digital Cinema Projection Systems Across Entire Circuit - Regal Entertainment Group, the largest motion picture exhibitor in the world, and Sony Electronics announced an agreement for the installation of Sony 4K digital projection systems across its entire circuit over the next 3 to 5 years, which will create the most extensive 4K deployment to date.
Source: Digital Cinema Buyers Guidel1l
2009-05-23
Barco Celebrates - Disneys A Christmas Carol Train Tour uses Barco DP-2000 Digital Cinema Projectors for the Traveling, State-of-the-Art Digital 3D Theatre.
Source: Digital Cinema Buyers Guide
2009-05-23
One small step recovers space history: Lost film of man on moon found under a desk - A film about the moon landings is to be shown in London after a film-maker tracked down tapes years after they were thought lost.
Source: Daily Mail
2009-05-23
Imax: Screen size not important - Imax execs sought Tuesday to wow the media at a company presentation while also performing a bit of damage-control amid a controversy over the size of the specialty exhibitors new digital screens.
Source: THR
2009-05-23
Odeon UK invests in signage - Odeon Cinemas at Liverpool One and Belfast are using Saturn Communications Connectvision to help drive concession sales. The design of the cinemas at both locations reflects a new approach to digital signage by Odeon.
Source: AV Interactive
2009-05-23
Usain Bolt gets Sky 3D treatment - Sky is really upping the ante on its 3D footage, and will be sharing the results of its latest project with cinema-goers later this year.
Source: Stuff TV
2009-05-23
Marcus Theatres closes small Wausau cinema - Marcus Theatres closed its Crossroads Cinema in Wausau effective Sunday. The fourplex had been operated by Marcus since 1976.
Source: Biz Journals
2009-05-23
The math doesn - Regal cinema has been forced to temporarily shut its doors in the face of mounting losses, while Metro cinema has been refurbished and converted into a multiplex
Source: Live Mint
2009-05-23
Odeon entrepreneur Kailash Suri considering York hotel project - THE entrepreneur behind the restoration of York
Source: The Press
2009-05-23
Cinema Citys theatrical revenues up 6.1% in first quarter - Cinema City International has posted strong first-quarter results with big gains in revenue and ticket sales even as exchange rates pushed ticket prices down.
Source: Screen Daily
2009-05-23
Reopening of York - THE imminent reopening of York
Source: The Press
2009-05-23
York Odeon to reopen within weeks - IT HAS been a derelict shell for almost three years
Source: The Press
2009-05-23
Howell Theater closing its doors - The historical Howell Theater in downtown Howell will shut down after business hours today, ending an extensive effort by an owner who purchased the theater in 2001. He said Monday that he couldnt make the business profitable.
Source: Livinston Daily
2009-05-23
CineLux could operate Granada - If all goes well between CineLux and the city, the Granada could open as early as August, playing first-run mature and family-oriented films, according to a staff report.
Source: Morgan Hill Times
2009-05-23
Reopened cinema presents its 50,000th customer with three-month pass and freebies - A MOTHER taking her children to the flicks has become the 50,000th customer to visit the White River Cinema in St Austell since it reopened in December.
Source: This is Plymouth
2009-05-23
Derelict building turns into five screen cinema - FALMOUTHS new cinema welcomed more than 2,000 paying customers over its first weekend, but it was a project that almost didnt happen.
Source: This is Plymouth
2009-05-23
Cinema will add to rich diversity - THE opening of the Phoenix has been welcomed by The Poly, which up until now had been the only venue in Falmouth to regularly screen movies.
Source: This is Plymouth
2009-05-23
Live soundtrack to classic film performed at Reel - REEL Cinema is hosting a very special live cinema event on May 15, when experimental jazz band Cipher perform a live soundtrack to classic film The Cabinet Of Dr Caligari.
Source: Loughborough Echo
2009-05-23
Cannes has first sight of cinema - Hollywood hails 3D as the third revolution in cinema
Source: The Independent
2009-05-23
Curtain rises anew at Lively Cinema 10 - With live music playing and the smell of jambalaya and chocolate bread pudding in the air, Lively Cinema celebrated its grand opening this month.
Source: The Desting Log
2009-05-23
Directors of Limerick firm being sued over 11m Euro Odeon loan failure claim - TWO DIRECTORS of a Limerick construction company are being sued over alleged failure to honour an agreement to provide securities related to a
Source: Irish Times
2009-05-23
From bargain-bin store to bingo hall, the sad fate of the Odeon popcorn palaces - They began as futuristic constructions - with immense pillars triumphantly reaching skywards, and smooth curves inspired by ocean-going liners stretching to the horizon.
Source: Daily Mail
2009-05-23
Regal sees growth, expansion moderated by recession - Regal Entertainment Group (RGC.N) executives said on Tuesday U.S. economic woes raised the popularity of moviegoing with cash-strapped patrons but still-tight credit markets have constrained the companys ability to expand its theater base and upgrade to digital 3D cinema.
Source: Reuters
2009-05-23
XDC Makes Complete Digital Breakthrough at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival: 50 Digital Films (incl. 3D) - XDC, Official Partner for Digital Cinema, will support over 100 digital screenings of the whole official selection as well as the Market activities
Source: DCinema Today
2009-05-23
3-D accelerates as Up opens Cannes - CANNES -- As Up lifts off at the Palais des Festivals on Wednesday as the opening film of the 62nd Festival de Cannes -- and as the black-tie audience of cinema cognoscenti don their polarized lenses -- 3-D film will finally achieve what it has long sought: respect.
Source: THR
2009-05-23
Filmkameratene hunts projectionist accused of piracy - Filmkameratene, Norwegian production outfit, is closing in on a cinema projectionist who is alleged to have illegally filmed local blockbuster, Max Manus, and distributed it on the internet.
Source: Screen Daily
2009-05-23
The Weekly Moviegoer - An Appreciation for Projection Problems - For most people, projection snafus are annoying. If the film breaks, if the sound system fails, or if the projector fails to start up at all at its scheduled time, audiences become irritated with the delay of their entertainment and, most of all, worried that the problem will not be remedied quickly, or at all. But for me, these occasional glitches and projectionist mistakes can be almost as enjoyable as the movie itself. Maybe its just me, because Ive been a projectionist, in addition to the many positions Ive held at movie theaters, but I think it has more to do with my appreciation for how strangely people act in times of incongruity.
Source: First Showing
2009-05-23
EX cinema in Nelson faces the bulldozer - A RAT-infested former cinema which has lain empty for years is to be razed to the ground after Pendle Council bought the site.
Source: Burnley Citizen
2009-05-23
Slumdog smuggles risk to cinema - Parents trying to smuggle their young children into screenings of Slumdog Millionaire could lose a cinema its licence, an arts organisation warned.
Source: BBC News
2009-05-23
Arts Alliance Media Lands Cinema Milestone with - Over 100,000 Admissions from Special Event Screenings on 500 Screens in 42 Countries
Source: DCinema Today
2009-05-23
HMV to open cinema above Wimbledon Broadway shop - Movie fans will have a new place to get their film fix when a unique cinema launches in Wimbledon.
Source: Wimbledon Guardian
2009-05-23
The battle over 3D glasses - Key phrases in the motion picture industry like
Source: Film Journal
2009-05-23
Will Westminster Theatre Rise from Ashes??? - There have been several attempts to save and resurrect the Westminster Theatre. And another one is gaining momentum. According to The Stage newspaper, a planning application has been submitted to the City of Westminster Council for a new
Source: Whats on Stage
2009-05-23
Sea Life cinema sending audiences queasy - The National Sea Life Centre in Birmingham has had to get in a stock of anti-seasickness bracelets after complaints about queasiness from audiences in its new 4-D cinema.
Source: Express and Star
2009-05-23
Qube, DTS to develop digital cinema products - HOLLYWOOD, Calif.
Source: Indusbusiness Journal
2009-05-23
Support for bid to preserve cinema - CAMPAIGNERS fighting to save Doncasters historic Odeon cinema have been joined in their battle by the Theatres Trust.
Source: The Star
2009-05-23
The One Show - Adrian Chiles and Christine Bleakley are joined by film legend Tony Curtis. Mike Dilger goes in search of the Arctic Tern, and Gyles Brandreth looks into a hundred years of cinema.
Source: BBC
2009-05-23
XPAND Supports 3D Deployment with Strategic Offer for Funding Exhibitors 3D System Installations - XPAND, a worldwide authority in 3D cinemas and technology platforms, formally announced today the company will offer limited-time special rates to exhibitors who purchase an XPAND 3D theater system to add a second 3D auditorium regardless of the brand of 3D system initially installed in a multiplex. The offer runs through July 15, 2009.
Source: Digital Cinema Info
2009-05-23
3D Advertising Comes to the Silver Screen - Screenvision and Wrigley Partner to Bring First Ever 3-D Ad to Cinema.
Source: Digital Cinematography
2009-05-23
Dolby and Arqiva Partner to Provide Electronic Delivery to Cinemas - Dolby Laboratories, Inc. launched Dolby Direct Distribution Services--a pan-European satellite content delivery network for digital cinemas. The service is provided in association with leading digital network solutions provider Arqiva and uses their international satellite infrastructure to distribute feature movies, trailers, and advertising content direct to their participating exhibitors and cinemas throughout Europe.
Source: Digital Cinema Info
2009-05-23
RealD Introduces RealD LP, the World - Affordable and Flexible High-Quality 3D Experience for Education, Commercial and Industrial Applications
Source: Digital Cinema Info
2009-05-23
Cinedigm Phase 1 Subsidiary Amends Credit Facility With GE Commercial Finance to Improve Financial Flexibility - Amendment Reduces Financial Covenant Minimums and Provides Additional Capital to Cinedigm
Source: Digital Cinema Info
2009-05-23
State-Of-The-Art Christie Network Operations Center Facility Now Open - Major Expansion of 24/7 Monitoring Center Completed as Digital Cinema and Digital Signage Heat Up Across the U.S.
Source: Digital Cinema Info
2009-05-23
ADLABS FILMS IS DRIVING FORCE IN GLOBAL EXHIBITION AND PRODUCTION - Adlabs Films Limited, an associate of the Reliance Big Entertainment company and member of the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, with business interests which cover film exhibition, television production, film and media services, has made huge strides in the digital world in the last six months, securing its position as India’s fastest growing film and entertainment services company.
In line with parent company, Reliance Big Entertainment’s overall strategy to be an international premium entertainment brand, delivering entertainment both in and out of the home, Adlabs is a part of cementing that vision, having acquired and further developed, Lowry Digital, based in Los Angeles, taking the company global.
One of its key initiatives is ‘digital first’. Adlabs is digitally distributing films in 2K formats via international optical fibre communication to be exhibited on its 2K digital BIG Cinema screens across the globe. Adlabs has already successfully ‘delivered’ the highly successful “GHAJINI” digitally to its New York flagship cinema. It is also looking at developing and rolling out 4K.
Meanwhile, parent company, Reliance Big Entertainment announced at the Cannes Film Festival yesterday, specific development details of its Creative Partnership deals which are taking the company well into the realms of Hollywood.
Amit Khanna , Reliance Big Entertainment Chairman , said: “Our overall strategy has always been to build a leadership position in entertainment, not just in India but across the globe. While BIG Pictures is important in creating and selling commercially successful provocative world cinema content, Adlabs Films is committed to creating collaborative services and platforms making huge technological advancements – recognized most recently by securing the contract to restore 1000 films from the National Archive of India.”
Anil Arjun, CEO, Adlabs Films, said: “We realize that consumers’ lifestyles have changed and in order to grow, the entertainment industry must evolve to newer formats of entertainment which are in sync with the consumer’s needs. We are committed to being leaders in the digital arena and with our ambitious growth strategy we are looking forward to the next twelve months and announcing more ‘DIGITAL FIRSTS’.”
ENDS
Source: Press Release
2009-05-23
Classic British Social Realism Drama Back In Cinemas - Re-released by Park Circus and digitally restored and remastered, This Sporting Life stars Richard Harris, more recently seen as Professor Albus Dumbledore in the first two Harry Potter films, and Rachel Roberts, who also appeared in Lindsay Anderson’s O Lucky Man! and Karel Reisz’s Saturday Night and Sunday Morning.
In This Sporting Life, Richard Harris plays Frank, a miner who lodges with a widow (Rachel Roberts). His competitive nature and powerful physique mean that when he reads of the success and respect gained by the local rugby team, he decides to join and share in the glory. However, as Frank's career progresses, his brutality distances him from those around him, with devastating consequences.
Based on the novel by acclaimed writer and former Rugby player David Storey, who also wrote the script and appeared in a minor role in the film, This Sporting Life was the first feature by director Lindsay Anderson, a gifted reporter of everyday realities who previously worked as a documentary filmmaker and theatre stage director.
This Sporting Life united great talent from British theatre and film successfully, demonstrated by Richard Harris winning the Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival and Rachel Roberts receving the Best British Actress trophy at the BAFTA Film Awards.
This Sporting Life will be opening from Friday 5 June at the ICA, London and selected cinemas, presented in a digital cinema version.
Source: Press Release
2009-05-23
Spend Sundays with James Bond - In celebration of the centenary of producer Albert R. ‘Cubby’ Broccoli, born in 1909, a season of classic James Bond films have been digitally restored and are returning to cinemas nationwide distributed by classic film specialists, Park Circus.
During June, restored versions of four classic James Bond films, DR. NO, FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE, GOLDFINGER and ON HER MAJESTY’S SECRET SERVICE, will be screening on consecutive Sundays at over 60 cinemas around the country.
The four classic films will be screened via the UK Film Council’s Digital Screen Network, enabling audiences to enjoy the outstanding picture quality and improved sound offered by this technologically advanced format. The digital release is Lottery funded through the UK Film Council’s Prints and Advertising Fund.
The Bond films in the Broccoli centenary season have been digitally restored frame by frame by Lowry Digital Images, the world’s leader in digital restoration and image enhancement. The process involves taking moving pictures that show signs of age and wear, removing the fading, dirt, scratches and other defects that occur over time, and returning them to their original condition.
Source: Press Release
2009-05-23
Park Circus to Distribute Sony Pictures Repertory Library Internationally - 31 March, 2009 - Park Circus Films is delighted to announce it has successfully concluded an agreement with Sony Pictures Repertory to theatrically distribute its vast library of classic and award-winning feature films. The deal covers worldwide (excluding North America) theatrical licensing on the studio's library catalogue.
Including films from the Columbia Pictures, Screen Gems, Sony Pictures Animation and Tristar collections, the Sony Pictures film library is a 3,500 title motion picture catalogue containing a rich mix of classic and modern titles from 1924 onward.
From memorable film noir classics to screwball comedies to Pre-Code motion pictures, highlights from the repertory catalogue include the unforgettable Rita Hayworth singing Put the Blame on Mame in “Gilda”, David Lean’s masterpiece “Lawrence of Arabia”, a number of films directed by Frank Capra including “Mr. Smith Goes To Washington,” cult classics such as Martin Scorsese’s “Taxi Driver” and films from The Three Stooges. The library includes 11 Academy Award-winning Best Pictures and numerous acclaimed and nominated motion pictures.
Nick Varley, Managing Director, who negotiated the agreement for Park Circus, said, “The Sony Pictures library is one of the greatest classic film collections in the world, and the studio is rightly renowned for the quality of the restoration of its heritage.
We are extremely pleased to have the opportunity to represent the Sony film collections, and look forward to working with our exhibition and festival colleagues globally to get many of these films back on cinema screens around the world”.
Source: Press Release
2009-05-23
Digital cinema roll out in Europe - Figures published last week by the European Audiovisual Observatory in association with MEDIA Salles reveal that 2008 saw an increase across Europe in the number of digital screens equipped with DLP Cinema or Sony 4K technology. The number of screens rose by 70% through the year, to stand at 1,529 as of 1 January 2009. The Observatory estimates that around 5% of all European screens had been converted to digital by the end of 2008. The number of cinemas equipped with at least one digital screen grew by 48%, to a total of 815 sites (Table 1).
Source: Bigger Picture Research
2009-05-23
5000 plus news stories on Mad Cornish Projectionist - The Mad Cornish Projectionist News Archive has reached more than 5000 news stories in it's database in just under 5 years, giving an average of 3 new stories added each day. This means that the news archive is probably the largest free news archive specifically aimed at cinema and projectionist content on the internet.
Source: Press Release
2009-05-21
Digital cinema roll out in Europe - Figures published last week by the European Audiovisual Observatory in association with MEDIA Salles reveal that 2008 saw an increase across Europe in the number of digital screens equipped with DLP Cinema or Sony 4K technology. The number of screens rose by 70% through the year, to stand at 1,529 as of 1 January 2009. The Observatory estimates that around 5% of all European screens had been converted to digital by the end of 2008. The number of cinemas equipped with at least one digital screen grew by 48%, to a total of 815 sites (Table 1).
Source: Biggerpicture Research
2009-05-20
Odeon thinks again on bank holidays - Odeon management has agreed to consider new proposals from BECTU on payment for bank holiday working.
Source: BECTU
2009-05-05
Carmike Cinemas trims Q1 loss - Carmike Cinemas Inc.’s revenue rose, but a one-time charge related to a severance agreement helped keep the company in the red for the first quarter.
Source: Biz Journals
2009-05-04
All digital, plus drinks: State-of-the-art Mainstreet theater opens Friday
- Finally, regular moviegoers get to see what all the hubbub is about.
Source: Kansas City
2009-05-04
Telephonetics VIP wins Empire Cinemas Ltd multi-year contract
- Telephonetics VIP, the speech automated specialist, today announces the signing of a multi-year contract with Empire Cinemas Ltd for the supply of its MovieLINE® automatic speech recognition (ASR) ticket booking and information technology solution to all of its 17 UK cinema sites.
Source: Telephonetics Vip News Release
2009-05-04
Odeon cinema Wrexham sells more than 30,000 tickets in first month
- THE new Odeon cinema at Eagles Meadow, Wrexham, has proved a hit with film fans, selling more than 30,000 tickets in its opening month.
Source: The Flintshire Chroncile
2009-05-04
Topsham and Exeter firefighters called to city cinema fire
- TOPSHAM and Exeter firefighters were called to a city cinema on Friday lunchtime when smoke was seen coming from one of the screens.
Source: Devon24
2009-05-04
Regal cinema plans expansion
- Like many Charlottesville residents, Josh Handon occasionally drives an hour to Richmond to watch summer blockbusters at Short Pump’s movie theater that boasts big screens and stadium seating.
Source: Daily Progress
2009-05-04
Vue inks deal for London theaters
- LONDON -- U.K. exhibition chain Vue Entertainment is kicking against the economic doom and gloom, announcing a deal with retail property group Westfield to build a pair of state-of-the-art movie theater complexes in London.
Source: THR
2009-05-04
Westfield partners with Vue to build multiplex cinemas
- LONDON - Westfield Group has signed a partnership deal with Vue Entertainment to build and run two multiplex cinemas at Westfield London and Westfield Stratford City.
Source: Marketing Magazine
2009-05-04
YOU WON T KNOW WHAT YOU RE WATCHING!
- VUE Cinemas is set to spice things up - with a series of Mystery Movie screenings.
Source: Mega Movies [Blog]
2009-05-04
First-ever 3-D cinema ad released
- OS ANGELES, May 1, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) -- The first-ever 3-D advertisement on U.S. movie screens, for Skittles candy from Wrigley, was released Friday, its creators say.
Source: Market Watch
2009-04-29
Cinema Projection School Launched - If you wanted to learn about projecting movies, up until now you would have had to fly to Sydney to take a course or persuade a projectionist to teach you the trade.
Source: Scoop
2009-04-29
GDC Technology completes integration of RealDs 3D Eq - GDC Technology (GDC) and RealD have completed the integration of RealDs 3D EQ (aka ghostbuster) technology in GDCs line of SA-2100 digital cinema servers.
Source: Business of Cinema
2009-04-29
NEC Executive to Highlight Innovative Financing Options for Exhibitors, Studios Seeking to Deploy the Latest in Digital Cinema Technologies - After a fast start, the transition of theaters from 35mm film to digital cinema has apparently slowed largely due to restricted financial markets. However the immediate driver is 3D, especially with the recent success of the 3D release of DreamWorks Animation SKGs film, “Monsters vs. Aliens.” This session will explore the lessons learned from the leaders in the digital cinema roll-out. The panel will also discuss financing options to keep the digital conversion on-track, and take advantage of the many upcoming 3D and alternative content made possible by D-Cinema.
Source: Sys-con
2009-04-29
ODEON & UCI Cinemas Group – Funding for Digital Roll-Out - ODEON & UCI Cinemas Group announces today that it has concluded investment agreements to fund the rollout of digital cinema systems.
Source: Digital Cinema Info
2009-04-29
while a pounds 50m movie HQ springs up by the Thames - Negotiations have been opened with the British Film Institute to create the new complex, which would incorporate the National Film Theatre, the Museum of the Moving Image, and a new Imax cinema with the UKs largest cinema screen, as well as advanced teaching facilities.
Source: Independentminds [Blog]
2009-04-29
UK cinemas hope for bumper summer - Cinemas in the UK and Ireland are hoping for another lucrative summer period, according to the association representing most of Britains film distributors.
Source: BBC News
2009-04-29
Film-goers evacuated from cinema after smoke bomb let off - Cinema-goers were evacuated from the Vue cinema in Greater Leys last night after a smoke bomb was let off in the foyer.
Source: Oxford Mail
2009-04-29
District Council take action over Odeon Cinema - The Committee considered a report on the disused Odeon Cinema within the Conservation Area. The condition of the building was giving cause for concern and the owner asked to rectify the situation on 8 December 2008. Members were particularly concerned about the safety aspects of the deterioration of this building.
Source: Chris White Councillor [Blog]
2009-04-29
STOCKS NEWS EUROPE-Cineworld up - Shares in Cineworld tick 1.2 percent higher, as UK cineplexes continue to see the benefits of recession after data released by the Film Distributors Association (FDA) shows run rate of admissions for the 2 months ended February 2009 to the UK Box Office now 11.9 percent ahead of last year. In times of pressure on consumer spending, Cineworld is well placed, the shares are not expensive and have a significant (and, we believe, secure) yield, Altium Securities, which rates the company as a buy, says in a note. FDA figures show underlying strength of admissions in the UK box office has strengthened from the 6.6 percent growth in fourth quarter 2008, to +7.7 percent in January 2009 to +16.4 percent in February. What is even more encouraging is that this performance has been achieved with no major Hollywood blockbuster yet released, the broker says.
Source: Yahoo Business
2009-04-29
NAB probes future of 3-D - LAS VEGAS -- Disney motion pictures group president Mark Zoradi emphasized that "we dont want a format war for 3-D for the home" as he called for technical standards to enable the wide adoption of 3-D on Sunday at the National Association of Broadcasters Show. "We view 3-D as part of a holistic business opportunity, and we need to upgrade every distribution channel in order to support the new 3-D that we are now producing," he said in a keynote at the NAB digital cinema summit
Source: Hollywood Reporter
2009-04-29
Fight to save Hitchcock cinema - Actors Tony Robinson and Meera Syal have joined a campaign to stop plans to turn an old cinema into a church.
Source: BBC News
2009-04-29
Baby on Board - Will Premiere in Digital, E-Cinema Theaters - Hollywood, California - Angry Monkey Entertainment announced that the comedy motion picture "Baby on Board" will premiere in digital, E-Cinema theaters in select major U.S. markets on April 24.
Source: Impreial Valley News
2009-04-29
Gefen Announces Digital Cinema Scaler Pro - Gefens foray in the Digital Cinema Theatre Market includes an HD Switcher/Scaler with dolby 7.1 audio in a rack mounted solution.
Source: 4rfv
2009-04-29
Emerging Pictures Selects CDNetworks for 100% Green Digital Cinema at 65 Emerging Cinemas in North America - San Jose, CA (PRWEB) April 20, 2009 -- CDNetworks (KOSDAQ: 073710), the worlds third largest, and Asias #1, full-service content delivery network (CDN), today announced that New York-based Emerging Pictures has selected CDNetworks to provide the low-cost delivery of large HD-file downloads for its "100% green" data delivery platform, enabling a new technology and business model for cinema. Emerging Pictures provides its Emerging Cinemas theater network with carbon-neutral cinema distribution to high-definition projection systems, housed in 65 prestigious commercial and non-profit art house cinemas, museums, performing arts centers, art cinemas, media art centers, and restored "movie palaces" in North America, with plans for global expansion.
Source: EMedia Wire
2009-04-29
SPG Solar Completes the Largest Cinema Rooftop Solar Installation - SPG Solar, Novato, Calif., recently completed the largest solar system on a movie theater in America. Livermore Cinemas, Livermore, Calif., now has a fully operational 132kW rooftop system which produces 190,000kWh per year to help power the all-digital multiplex cinema.
Source: ECM Web
2009-04-16
Doremi Introduces GHX?3D - 2D to 3D Encoder/Decoder for Postproduction & Presentation Applications.
Source: Digital Cinematography
2009-04-16
Waterloo IMAX not due for carve up says South Bank Employer’s Group - The South Bank Employers’ Group (SBEG) has hit back at claims by Bryan Avery, the designer of the IMAX cinema in London’s Waterloo, that its plans to revamp the cinema would ruin his original design
Source: Architects Journal
2009-04-16
On the road to digital in the U.K. - The Cinema Exhibitors Association (CEA, chief executive: Phil Clapp) and the U.K. Film Council (Peter Buckingham, head of distribution and exhibition), working with Screen Digest, present a United Kingdom-wide program of “digital roadshows to raise awareness and understanding amongst the exhibition sector of issues around digital cinema.” Beginning in April and running until June, the events at 11 digitally equipped cinemas “will provide an overview of the financial, operational and technical issues,” the organizers promised, “and allow those attending to hear first-hand experience from colleagues on the opportunities and challenges presented by conversion from 35mm technology.”
Source: Film Journal
2009-04-16
Heritage group urged to stop final curtain falling on Odeon - HISTORIC Scotland is being urged by MSPs to step in to stop the "beautiful" Odeon cinema being turned into a hotel.
Source: Scotsman
2009-04-13
Cinema owner fined for not clearing junk - The owner of a cinema site that has been left derelict has been slapped with a hefty fine for failing to clear up junk left by fly-tippers.
Source: Portsmouth News
2009-04-13
Disused cinema is home to one of Britain's richest religious institutions - The building is now used by a Pentecostal church that made a profit of £4.9 million in the last 18 months, according to company accounts.
Source: Daily Telegraph
2009-04-10
AMC to convert entire circuit to Sony 4K digital - AMC Entertainment Inc. reached an agreement in principle with Sony Electronics to install 4K digital-cinema projection systems across its theatre circuit. With 309 theatres and 4,628 screens, AMC will be the largest entertainment company equipped with 4K digital technology in North America.
Source: Film Journal
2009-04-10
Work starts at Odeon Cinema in Blossom Street, York - REFURBISHMENT work has begun on York
Source: The Press
2009-04-10
Tokyu to screen Transformers in Imax digital format - Japanese exhibitor Tokyu Recreation will release Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen in the Imax digital format in June, marking the first time the format has been used in Japan.
Source: Screendaily
2009-04-10
Hooray for Hollywood: Film industry bucks the economic trend - The US may be in recession, but Americans are flocking to the cinema. Stephen Foley, Business and Finance Journalist of the Year, reports
Source: The Independent
2009-04-10
XDC European Digital Cinema Network exceeds 500 screens, to add 400 more - MUMBAI: XDC, the leading Pan-European digital cinema service company, has the largest operational network with 500 screens in 10 European countries, including 400 screens under leasing agreements and 100 screens under the VPF model. 400 screens under VPF agreements have still to be installed.
Source: Business of Cinema
2009-04-10
Credit crunch stalls d-cinema rollout - With "Monsters vs. Aliens" bowing in some 1,550 3-D locations over the March 27 weekend, the long-heralded second coming of the format may finally be here.
Source: Variety
2009-04-10
Digicine FilmStore Receives Disney Approval - Digicine FilmStore Receives Disney Approval FilmStore digital cinema server completes CineCert Interop Testing
Source: Digital Cinema
2009-04-10
Sony Announces Digital Cinema Deployment Agreement with Walt Disney - Sony Electronics
Source: Digital Cinema
2009-04-10
Paramount Pictures International Announces Direct to Exhibitors Digital Cinema Deal in International Markets - Paramount Pictures International (PPI), a division of Paramount Pictures Corporation, itself a unit of Viacom Inc. announced it will offer digital cinema support directly to exhibitors in the international markets. The move is expected to accelerate the roll-out of digital and 3-D projection systems in theatres outside of North America. The announcement was made at ShoWest by Roger Pollock, PPI Executive Vice President of International Theatrical Distribution and Operations.
Source: Digital Cinema
2009-04-10
New age of 3D may be big, but it is unlikely to combat piracy threat - A revival of 3D cinema did not come until the 1980s, with the launch of IMAX, but these films could only be viewed on a small number of screens. For a long time, 3D films have been viewed as a gimmick. They have been used to revive an old franchise such as the Jaws series or to simply demonstrate the technology at science museums and theme parks.
Source: Daily Telegraph
2009-04-10
Odeon becoming an eyesore - One of Cheltenhams most distinctive and best-loved buildings is falling into disrepair and wont reopen for at least another 15 months.
Source: This is Gloucestershire
2009-04-10
ODEON & UCI Cinemas Group - ODEON & UCI Cinemas Group announces today that it has concluded investment agreements to fund the rollout of digital cinema systems
Source: Digital Cinema
2009-04-10
Cinemas third attempt at 3D - Audiences, filled with anticipation for the first major studio 3D movie, flocked to cinemas to see the ghoulish spectacle of.... a man bouncing a paddleball into their faces.
Source: BBC News
2009-04-10
One year after cinema closed film lovers keep up the fight - GOOD Friday will mark the anniversary of the day when the final scene in the history of Barry’s Theatre Royal cinema was played out.
Source: Wales Online
2009-04-10
Christie Benefits from Digital Growth in Asia Pacific Region - Christie is proud to announce that the digital cinema in the Asia Pacific region has grown more than 400%. Christie has already installed more than 600 digital systems and expect an additional 500 more screens by the end of the year.
Source: Planetdtv
2009-04-10
Premiere set for historic cinema - The newly restored building will seat 178 cinema-goers
The £2m revamp of Scotland's first purpose-built cinema - the Bo'ness Hippodrome - has been completed.
Source: BBC News
2009-04-10
Dolby 3D digital cinema delivers large-screen capabilities - Exhibitors will now have the ability to play back content using Dolby 3D Digital Cinema to provide a premium viewing experience in their largest auditoriums
Source: Business of Cinema
2009-04-10
Sadness as Odeons tower is consigned to history by council - A DEVELOPER has been given the go-ahead to demolish the iconic Odeon building in North End.
Source: Portsmouth
2009-04-10
WORK STARTS ON DEMOLITION OF CARLISLES FORMER CITY CINEMAS - Work on demolishing the former City Cinemas in the centre of Carlisle is underway.
Source: News and Star
2009-04-10
Dolby Unveils Digital Cinema Solutions at ShoWest 2009 - At ShoWest 2009, Dolby Laboratories announced it demonstrated its latest digital cinema solutions for audio, networking and 3D.
Source: Trading Markets
2009-04-10
AMC to add assistive tech to theaters - AMC Multi-Cinema Inc. has agreed to retrofit some of its auditoriums to make the shows there more accessible to the deaf and the blind.
Source: Arizona Daily Star
2009-04-10
Five Exhibitors Sign with Sony for Digital Upgrades - Sony Electronics announced digital cinema agreements and deployments with five exhibitors across the United States at the ShoWest 2009 Las Vegas convention. The new agreements range from outfitting facilities with Sony
Source: Film Journal
2009-04-10
DTS, Qube Cinema join hands to market digital cinema products - DTS Digital cinema has teamed up with Qube cinema, a subsidiary of India-based Real Image Media Technologies, to market their digital cinema products.
Source: Digital Edge
2009-04-10
DTS Digital Cinema to Change Trade Name to Datasat Digital Entertainment - Market leading digital cinema technology company for exhibition product lines and audio licensing expands with additional support and distribution services
Source: DCinema Today
2009-04-10
Petition Grows to Save Edinburgh Cinema - Over two and a half thousand people have signed a petition to stop the former Odeon Cinema on Clerk Street being converted into a 230-room boutique hotel.
Source: South Edinburgh
2009-04-10
Major Studios to Support Korean Digital Initiative - D-Cinema Korea (DCK), the Seoul-based company, has reached non-exclusive digital cinema deployment agreements with Twentieth Century Fox, Paramount Pictures International and Universal Pictures International. The three studios will supply movies in digital form to the DCI compliant digital projection systems installed by DCK in Korea.
Source: Film Journal
2009-04-10
New cinema awaiting final inspections - B&B Theatres
Source: Hannibal
2009-04-10
Marcus Theatres - Marcus Theatres
Source: EarthTimes
2009-04-10
New Motorized Lens Mount Available for All Christie Digital Cinema Projectors - Christie, a leader in digital cinema projection, announces the introduction of a motorized lens mount solution that is fully compatible with all Christie DLP Cinema
Source: DCinema Today
2009-04-10
Mayday opening for new cinema - FALMOUTHS long-awaited new five-screen cinema is to officially open on May 1.
Source: This is Cornwall
2009-04-10
Oversears 3D market has yet to pop - If the 3-D movie revolution is going to be the shot in the arm hoped for by filmmakers, distributors and exhibitors, it will need to be a global injection.
Source: Hollywood Reporter
2009-04-10
Redstone Begins Cinema Sale - Sumner Redstones family holding company, National Amusements Inc., has kicked off an auction to sell chunks of its movie-theater chain as it seeks to pay down debt, according to people familiar with the situation.
Source: Wall Street Journal
2009-04-10
3-D technology firm RealD has starring role at movie theaters - The Beverly Hills company has become a huge player, with deals to install systems in cinemas including those of AMC and Regal.
Source: LA Times
2009-04-10
Clean Up Could Be Ordered At St Albans Cinema Site - AFTER years of decay, the owner of the dilapidated former Odeon Cinema in St Albans may be ordered to clean up its facade.
Source: The Herts Advertiser
2009-04-10
Putting our historic cinemas in the picture - THE architectural legacy of Scotlands historic cinemas has been celebrated in a new booklet.
Source: Scotsman
2009-04-10
Barco contracts with China Film Group Corporation for 100 digital cinema projectors - Teaming with China film and television giant, Barco is set to roll out its best digital cinema technology in Chinas major cities.
Source: Barco
2009-04-10
Kinoton Expands D-Cinema Customer Support - As recently announced, Kinoton will soon be to be present with D-Cinema systems in more than 25 countries. Kinoton
Source: DCinema Today
2009-04-10
Doremi Cinema and Edge Digital Technology Partner for Australian Digital Cinema Deployment - Doremi Cinema announced today an agreement with Sydney based Edge Digital Technology to supply its DCP line of digital cinema servers in Australia and New Zealand. The arrangement includes a commitment by Edge to make Doremi their preferred supplier of digital cinema systems
Source: DCinema Today
2009-04-10
Texas Instruments Announces Next Generation DLP Cinema(R) Electronics Platform - LAS VEGAS, March 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Texas Instruments (TI) (NYSE: TXN) DLP Cinema(R) announced plans for the next generation DLP Cinema electronics platform at ShoWest, the largest annual convention for the motion picture industry. Scheduled to be released by the end of 2009, the next generation electronics platform for DLP Cinema projectors will be deployed by its three OEM licensees, Christie, Barco and NEC at commercial theatres around the world starting in 2010. DLP Cinema projectors are installed in nearly 10,000 screens with over 97 percent of the digital cinema market share worldwide.
Source: News Blaze
2009-04-10
Barco seals China contracts for 200 projectors - BRUSSELS, March 31 (Reuters) Belgian display and visual systems company Barco said on Tuesday it had sealed two separate deals to sell around 200 of its digital cinema projectors in China. Barco, whose displays are used as scoreboards for sports stadiums, medical imaging systems and at pop concerts, said the first contract for 100 projectors was with China Film Group Corporation, the largest state-run film enterprise in China.
Source: Interactive Investor
2009-04-10
UK admissions up 11.9 pct - Shares in Cineworld (CINE.L) tick 1.2 percent higher, as UK cineplexes continue to see the benefits of recession after data released by the Film Distributors Association (FDA) shows run rate of admissions for the 2 months ended February 2009 to the UK Box Office now 11.9 percent ahead of last year.
Source: Reuters
2009-04-10
Dolby Digital Cinema and 3D Digital Cinema Systems Selected for China Film Group and Lianzhong Circuit - Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE:DLB) announced today that both China Film Group Corporation and Lianzhong Circuit, in conjunction with Dolby
Source: Earth Times
2009-04-10
GDC and RealD Partner to Deliver 3D Cinema to Asia - GDC Technology (
Source: DCinema Today
2009-04-10
Paramount too Prefers to Promote Digital Cinema - Close on the heels of a similar arrangement between Sony and Disney to promote digital cinema, Paramount Pictures is offering digital cinema support to exhibitors in the international markets.
Source: My Fun Box [Blog]
2009-04-10
Trainspotting star backs film hub plan for historic Odeon - Trainspotting star backs film hub plan for historic OdeonTRAINSPOTTING actor Ewen Bremner is supporting a new campaign to save a historic cinema from demolition.
Source: Scotsman
2009-04-10
Rochdale is transported into the 3D revolution - A new digital 3D screen has been installed at the Odeon cinema in Rochdale taking a trip to the local cinema to a whole new dimension.
Source: Rochdale Online
2009-04-10
XDC surpasses 500 digital screens - Pan-European digital-cinema service company XDC announced it now has more than 500 screens in 10 European countries, including 400 screens under leasing agreements and 100 screens under the virtual print fee (VPF) model with Austria
Source: Film Journal
2009-04-10
City cinema is first to go 3D in Wales - FORGET red and green cardboard glasses
Source: This is South Wales
2009-04-10
New cinema big on luxury - Another sign the recession is upon us -- movie palaces are grander than ever and doing great.
Source: The London Free Press
2009-04-10
AMC Entertainment(R) and RealD Announce 3D Partnership - Nearly 8,000 Total RealD 3D Screens Committed by Theatres Worldwide
Source: Fox Business
2009-04-10
Russian group eyes cinema chains in UK - A FORMER American soldier who made his fortune opening cinemas in Russia has emerged as a likely bidder for 19 British multiplexes that have been put up for sale by media mogul Sumner Redstone.
Source: Times Online
2009-04-10
New digital age for High Wycombe Cinema - A High Wycombe cinema is to boldly go where only a handful have gone before, after it announced plans to heavily invest in 3D digital technology.
Source: This is Local London
2009-04-10
Working Lego Film Projector -
Source: Boingboing
2009-04-10
Dolby Debuts "Buy One Get One Free 3D Glasses" Offer at ShoWest 2009 - At ShoWest 2009, Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE:DLB News), announced a limited-time
Source: Yahoo Finance
2009-04-10
Cinedigm Announces Agreement With MGM for Film Content and Virtual Print Fees - Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp. (NasdaqGM:CIDM News) (formerly AccessIT), a pioneer in the digital cinema industry, today announced that Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (MGM) will supply its upcoming movies in digital form to the network of theatres Cinedigm equipped in Phase 1 of its digital cinema deployment plan and will pay virtual print fees (VPFs) under a long term agreement.
Source: Yahoo Finance
2009-04-10
Theaters Prepare for Newest 3D Movie with the Addition of 40 NEC Digital Cinema Projectors in Theaters across the US - NEC Corporation of America, a premier provider of IT, network and identity management solutions, today announced the installation of forty NEC digital cinema projectors in theaters across the US to support the 3D release of DreamWorks Animation SKG
Source: Yahoo Finance
2009-04-10
GDC adds new features to digital-cinema servers - GDC Technology has added multiple new features to its entire line of SA-2100 digital-cinema servers.
Source: Film Journal
2009-04-10
Review: The Projectionist at the Kirk Douglas Theatre - Hamish Linklater cuts a winningly dweebish figure as the overwrought title character of Michael Sargent
Source: LA Times
2009-04-10
Christie Releases Digital Cinema Reliability Data: 99.999% Proven Uptime - Christie, a leader in digital cinema projection, today announces that its Global Quality department and Network Operations Center (Cypress, CA) have released data confirming 99.999% reliability for Christie lamps in Christie projectors. The statistical information for the reliability data is acquired from the Christie Network Operations Center (NOC) which has monitored more than 10 million showings over the last 24 months.
Source: DCinema Today
2009-04-10
Moving image Technologies Selects Barco Projectors for New Digital Cinema Funding Program - Barco, MiT and All Media Capital partner to offer attractive 3D equipment and financing packages at volume discounts for small to mid-sized exhibitors.
Source: DCinema Today
2009-04-10
DTS In Strategic Alliance - Agoura Hills-based DTS Digital Cinema disclosed this morning that it is in a strategic alliance to co-brand products along with Qube Cinema. The firm, which develops surround sound audio technology, said that the two firms will develop and market "numerous" digital cinema products. Financial details of the strategic alliance were not disclosed. The firms said that the alliance will bring together Qubes digital cinema server, software, and media delivery systems with DTS surround sound and content management software.
Source: SocalTech
2009-04-10
Film fans hit out at cinema deal delay - HULL Council has been accused of dragging its feet over the future of the citys only arthouse cinema, which will stage its last screening at its current home tonight.
Source: Yorkshire Post
2009-04-10
Sony Electronics Announces Digital Cinema Deployment Agreement With Walt Disney Studios International - Sony Electronics Digital Cinema Solutions and Services (DCSS) group has entered into a non-exclusive digital cinema deployment agreement with Walt Disney Studio Motion Pictures and Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International. The companies will work together to provide operational and financial resources to exhibitors that encourage them to feature Sonys 4K SXRD(TM) projection technology in both 2D and 3D digital cinema-enabled screens across North America and Europe.
Source: Yahoo Finance
2009-04-10
Cinedigm, NEC, Ballantyne Team to Bring Digital Cinema Systems to Theatre Operators Nationwide - Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp. (NASDAQ: CIDM: 1.05, -0.02, -1.87%) (formerly AccessIT), together with Ballantyne of Omaha, Inc. (NYSE Amex: BTN) and NEC Corporation of America announced today the mutual signing of a Supply Agreement to offer NEC digital cinema systems to theatres nationwide.
Source: Fox Business
2009-03-26
Campaign to save Herne Bay cinema - DOZENS of supporters gathered on Saturday in a desperate attempt to save Herne Bay's only cinema.
Source: This is Kent
2009-03-26
Asia: hotbed for 3-D, digi advertising - HONG KONG -- The future of 3-D cinema and advertising in the digital age were the central themes of the two panels on Wednesday that made up the Digital Entertainment Forum.
Source: Hollywood Reporter
2009-03-25
Could Clacton get its own IMAX cinema? - A STATE-of-the-art IMAX cinema could be built in Clacton as part of plans to regenerate the area.
Source: Gazette
2009-03-25
Sound Associates Announces its 150 Digital Cinema Installation - Since the beginning of 2009 Sound Associates has been awarded a number of digital cinema contracts by both multiplex operators and independent cinemas which have brought their total number of D-Cinema installations to over 150 screens.
Source: DCinema Today
2009-03-25
Maya Entertainment and Blockbuster(R) Team Up to Advance Latino Films With Film Festival & Screenwriting Competition - LOS ANGELES, March 24, 2009 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ ----Maya Entertainment, the Latino-owned film entertainment company that brought "How the Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer" to the big screen, is teaming up with Blockbuster Inc., a leading global provider of in-home movie and game entertainment, to support the growing Latino filmmaking industry in the U.S. and spotlight quality examples of its work.
Source: Fox Business
2009-03-25
Senator Theatre's future - The Senator Theatre's doors have closed, but its historic character is in line for an update. In less than a month, Baltimore's Commission for Historical and Architectural Preservation will consider the interior of the Art Deco movie house for possible landmark status. Since the Senator's exterior - its marquee and such - received the landmark designation in 2007, the authority of CHAP has expanded to include review of building interiors. With the theater's ownership in doubt now, it would seem premature for the panel to take this up. But a historic designation for what lies beyond the Senator's ticket booth could ensure its continued use as a movie palace and its contributions to the Belvedere business area.
Source: Baltimore Sun
2009-03-25
Kodak Is First to Demonstrate Fully-Integrated Ads on the Server - At ShoWest, the annual industry convention opening next week for the exhibition and motion picture distribution industries, Kodak will be the first company to demonstrate the fully-integrated ability to show advertising and other pre-show material on the Kodak server used to playback feature movies. The result will be a smoother presentation to cinema audiences, more detailed audit reporting for ad suppliers, and simplified booth operation for theatre owners.
Source: DCinema Today
2009-03-24
New hopes for old cinema site - Yuba City – it's the place to live, work and play – or at least city officials hope developers will see it that way.
Source: Appeal Democrat
2009-03-24
Digital cinema and new seating for the Town Hall Theatre - The Town Hall Theatre will install a new state-of-the-art digital projection system in April, while in June, the venue will close for two weeks to install new seating and undertake a number of technical upgrades, re-opening on July 5 for the 21st Galway Film Fleadh.
Source: Advertiser
2009-03-24
Digital roadshow for U.K. theaters - LONDON -- The digital cinema charm offensive is about to take off in April as the U.K. exhibition trade body the Cinema Exhibitors' Assn. and the U.K. Film Council team up to court operators across the country.
Source: Hollywood Reporter
2009-03-24
Digital Cinema Media appoints Jill Owens to head creative development - LONDON - Digital Cinema Media is looking to forge closer links with ad agencies following the appointment of the former Grey London director Jill Owens to a new role.
Source: Brand Republic
2009-03-24
Exclusive Sneak Peak of Cineplex Odeon Westmount Cinemas - Cineplex Entertainment (TSX:CGX.UN) is hosting a unique opportunity to tour the construction site of the new Cineplex Odeon Westmount Cinemas on Thursday, March 26th at 11 am. Local media are invited to attend this exclusive sneak peak opportunity to see the new theatre being built while in progress.
Source: Marketwire
2009-03-24
Technicolor Digital taps Sony vet - Tim Sarnoff has been named president of Technicolor Digital Prods., a new division of Thomson's Technical Business Group.
Source: Hollywood Reporter
2009-03-24
Opinion still divided on new Wrexham cinema - ONE week after it opened, Wrexham's new state-of-the-art cinema continues to divide public opinion.
Source: Evening Leader
2009-03-24
Palace Cinemas Brings 3D To Central Europe - Central Europe will soon be able to experience 3D digital releases the way filmmakers had intended thanks to Palace Cinemas. Tomorrow the exhibitor will announce they will be adding twelve 3D digital screens to their circuit just in time for Dreamworks Animation’s “Monsters vs. Aliens” to premiere on March 26th.
Source: Celluoid Junkie [blog]
2009-03-24
Kino of the future: Germany's Fraunhofer and Kinoton collaborate on d-cinema testing site - With 60 years of technology experience, Germany’s Kinoton has outfitted some of the most prestigious cinematographic venues around the globe—from Manhattan’s Museum of Modern Art and the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., to Kinepolis Bruxelles in Belgium and Melbourne’s Australian Center for the Moving Image. This past summer, the Germering-based expert equipment manufacturer added yet another prestige project to its impressive list.
Source: Film Journal
2009-03-24
Financing alternative: MiT brings exhibitors new digital funding option - When we last spoke with Fountain Valley, Calif.-based Moving iMage Technologies in our September 2007 issue, MiT had just come up with their “Fusion” model of blending the new digital technology together with much that has been tried and true in cinema booths for decades. The company also brought exhibitors such practical innovations as the iMAGE Mover track system, allowing them to slide digital and film projectors into and out of the same porthole. Their full line of integration components for digital cinema include iMC (iMage Master Command) automations and interfaces, custom cable and wiring harnesses, as well as MPL projector bases with rotating adaptor plates that facilitate easy access to lamphouses.
Source: Film Journal
2009-03-24
Work set to start on Galway's €4m arthouse cinema - GALWAY CITY Council’s planned “cultural quarter” has taken a step forward with confirmation that construction is due to start shortly on a €4 million arthouse cinema.
Source: Irish Times
2009-03-24
Final curtain for Canterbury's Marlowe Theatre - THERE were tears of laughter and then sadness as the final curtain fell on Canterbury's Marlowe Theatre on Sunday.
Source: This is Kent
2009-03-24
Gisborne to get an arthouse cinema - THE prospect of opening an arthouse cinema in Gisborne is terrifying but "very, very exciting", says operator Sally Shanks.
Source: Gisborne Herald
2009-03-24
The Colonial’s curtain call - BLUEFIELD — As the brick and mortar reality of the old Colonial Theater crumble into dust, memories of good times at the classy theater on Princeton Avenue continue to emerge from people who still feel tied to the institution.
Source: BDT Online
2009-03-24
International Datacasting Corporation's 3D Live Digital Cinema Technology Showcased at SatExpo Show in Rome - International Datacasting Corporation, (TSX: IDC) a global leader in providing advanced solutions for the distribution of broadband multimedia content via satellite, announced today the successful demonstrations of their SuperFlex Pro Cinema 3D Live Encoder and Decoder product lines, powered with Sensio® 3D technology, at the Sat Expo Europe 2009 international conference and exhibition held in Rome from 19-21 March.
Source: Ajax World Magazine
2009-03-24
GDC Announces Closed Captioning Capabilities Added to its Entire SA-2100 Digital Cinema Server Line - As part of its on-going product improvement effort, GDC Technology (GDC) is pleased to announce that it has added Closed Captioning capabilities to its SA-2100 family of digital cinema servers. This will benefit cinema patrons who are hearing impaired as they can now read the captions individually (using specially designed equipment available on individual seats) while watching the movie at the same time.
Source: DCinema Today
2009-03-24
Cineworld signs up to Tesco Clubcard - Cineworld has joined the Tesco Clubcard loyalty programme as a redemption partner.
Source: Brand Republic
2009-03-24
Kinoton DCP Projectors on the Road of Success - With a significant number of Digital Cinema Projectors sold, the German manufacturer Kinoton has proven to be one of the leading providers in the Digital Cinema market. In fact, sales are gaining momentum. After achieving a blanket coverage of Europe, the DCP projectors are successively spreading into further areas such as Africa, Asia and the Middle East. All in all, Kinoton D-Cinema systems have been installed, or are scheduled for installation, in 22 countries so far. Further orders are due within a short time, so Kinoton’s objective of being present with D-Cinema systems in more than 25 countries will be achieved early in 2009.
Source: DCinema Today
2009-03-18
Falmouth cinema opening delayed - The Phoenix Falmouth had been due to open in the former Drill Hall building this Friday, but problems including water coming into the building had to be resolved before the launch.
Source: Falmouth Packet
2009-03-18
Pensioner turns garden shed into cinema - Don Parr, 81, wanted to pay tribute to the picture house he worked in as a projectionist as a youngster.
Now film fans come from far and wide to visit his back garden and watch the classic movies he screens.
Source: Daily Telegraph
2009-03-18
Christie At The Heart Of Digital Revolution In Hollands First VPF-Funded Roll-Out - WOKINGHAM, UK
Source: Press Release Point
2009-03-18
Dolby Unveils New CP750 Digital Cinema Processor - Dolby CP750 Accommodates Multiple Digital Audio Sources and Can Be Managed and Controlled from One Central Location
Source: Yahoo
2009-03-18
Firm gets a starring role at new cinema - A LEEDS builder has had a starring role in a new Welsh cinema project.
Source: Yorkshire Post
2009-03-18
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Source: 1
2009-03-18
Chelsea cinema gets the flick - Burnside Council has decided to go ahead with a plan to sell the Chelsea cinema at Kensington.
Source: ABC
2009-03-18
Police threat in cinema sweet row - A woman was asked to leave a cinema and threatened with the police in a row over a bag of Revels.
Source: BBC News
2009-03-18
Doremi Cinema European Installations Exceed 1200 Screens Bringing Global Screen Count to over 6,000 - Doremi Cinema
Source: DCinema Today
2009-03-18
Demand for quality films in Colchester - THE film award season may have come to an end, but film buffs are still waiting to see some of those critically acclaimed movies on the big screen.
Source: Braintree and Witham Times
2009-03-18
Carmike Cinemas Q4 Loss Narrows - Quick Facts - Monday, Carmike Cinemas Inc. (CKEC: News ) reported a fourth-quarter net loss available to common stockholders of $34.6 million or $2.73 per share, compared to $68.3 million or $5.40 per share in the same quarter last year.
Source: RTT News
2009-03-18
New Digital Cinema Media MD undertakes major reshuffle - LONDON - Digital Cinema Media, the cinema sales house jointly owned by Odeon and Cineworld, is restructuring its 25-strong sales house with an increased focus on clients and creative agencies.
Source: Brand Republic
2009-03-18
UC San Diego and IBM Launch Center for Next-Generation Digital Media to Power Tomorrows Virtual Worlds - SAN DIEGO, CA and ARMONK, NY--(Marketwire - March 17, 2009) - Researchers at the University of California, San Diego today announced plans for a new campus center dedicated to invent the next generation of virtual worlds, multiple player online games, and high fidelity digital cinema, using one of the worlds most sophisticated computer servers -- the IBM System z mainframe.
Source: Marketwire
2009-03-18
New day dawns for former IMAX - Under a colossal name dating to ancient Greek chariot races, the former IMAX theater at Aquarium Wharf lives again.
Source: The Post and Courier
2009-03-18
Historic theater stops showing first run movies - BALTIMORE (Map, News) - The Senator Theatre, a nationally recognized single-screen movie house, has stopped showing first-run movies after almost 70 years, its owner announced Monday.
Source: Examiner
2009-03-18
Carmike Cinemas cuts loss to $41M - Carmike Cinemas Inc. trimmed its loss in 2008 and kept revenue fairly steady given a drop in attendance.
Source: Atlantic Business Chronicle
2009-03-18
Reading International Announces 2008 Results - Reading International, Inc. announced today results for its year and fourth quarter ended December 31, 2008.
Source: PR News Wire
2009-03-18
10-K: CARMIKE CINEMAS INC - The following discussion of our results of operations and financial condition should be read in conjunction with "Selected Financial Data" and the consolidated financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this Form 10-K. The following discussion includes forward-looking statements that involve certain risks and uncertainties.
Source: Marketwatch
2009-03-15
Buyer sought for Carlton Cinema - The future looks uncertain for Westgate’s Carlton Cinema.
The picturehouse’s parent company Reeltime Cinemas has gone into administration and the three-screen venue will be sold if a buyer can be found. The company also owns the Kavanagh Cinema in Herne Bay, but the cinemas are likely to be sold separately.
Source: Kent News
2009-03-15
Hottest ever summer for cinema - FROM The Italian Job to The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, 1969 was a milestone year for British film as UK cinemas sold 50 million tickets during a bumper summer.
Source: Scotsman
2009-03-15
IDC gets southern exposure with new cinema deal - International Datacasting Corp. (TSX:IDC) is continuing to get international screen time with a digital cinema deal in the Asia Pacific region.
Source: Ottawa Business Journal
2009-03-15
Irish theater chain adding 3-D capabilities - Irish Multiplex Cinemas, an Irish theater chain, has pacted to add RealD 3-D capabilities to each of its multiplex locations for a total of 14 RealD 3-D screens. The rollout is expected to be completed in time for the April release of "Monsters vs. Aliens" from DreamWorks Animation.
Source: Hollywood Reporter
2009-03-15
Christie Helps Resellers Jump On Digital Cinema Bandwagon - Christie, a global leader in visual solutions for business, entertainment and industry, is proud to announce the certification of cinema re-sellers American Cinema Equipment, Inc. (Portland, OR), Big Sky Industries (Alpha, NJ), Bruce’s Entertainment & Media Solutions (Castaic, CA), Cinema Equipment & Supplies, Inc. (Miami, FL), CLACO Equipment and Service, Inc. (Salt Lake City, UT), Integrity Entertainment Systems LLC (Niskayuna, NY) and Sonic Equipment Company (Iola, KS). From coast-to-coast, movie theatres in the United States are making key strategic investments in digital cinema so they can provide audiences with a superior movie viewing experience. Christie’s certified re-seller network is at the forefront of this digital wave, offering their technical service, expertise and Christie’s industry award winning digital cinema projectors to cinema circuits around the country.
Source: Digital Cinema Buyer Guide
2009-03-15
BBC and BFI announce new partnership to bring archives to life - The BBC and BFI today announced a partnership to work together to develop plans for increasing public access to their respective audio, film and TV archives.
Source: BFI Press Release
2009-03-15
Arts Alliance, Yelmo further digital deal - LONDON -- European digital cinema provider Arts Alliance Media is ramping up plans for digital cinema rollout across Spain via a deal with local exhibitor Yelmo Cines.
Source: Hollywood Reporter
2009-03-15
Christie Helps Resellers Jump On Digital Cinema Bandwagon - Christie, a global leader in visual solutions for business, entertainment and industry, is proud to announce the certification of cinema re-sellers American Cinema Equipment, Inc. (Portland, OR), Big Sky Industries (Alpha, NJ), Bruce’s Entertainment & Media Solutions (Castaic, CA), Cinema Equipment & Supplies, Inc. (Miami, FL), CLACO Equipment and Service, Inc. (Salt Lake City, UT), Integrity Entertainment Systems LLC (Niskayuna, NY) and Sonic Equipment Company (Iola, KS). From coast-to-coast, movie theatres in the United States are making key strategic investments in digital cinema so they can provide audiences with a superior movie viewing experience. Christie’s certified re-seller network is at the forefront of this digital wave, offering their technical service, expertise and Christie’s industry award winning digital cinema projectors to cinema circuits around the country.
Source: Digital Cinema Buyer Guide
2009-03-15
Fortis commits funding for XDC deal - Brussels-headquartered Fortis Bank has committed to funding the first tranche of €50 million ($63.15 million) for the financing of digital cinema provider XDCs rollout of digital cinema equipment across Europe, pursuant to its mandate to arrange €100 million financing. Upon closing -- expected by mid-April -- it will be the first major financing deal in the European digital cinema industry.
Source: Hollywood Reporter
2009-03-15
UK cinema takings up - Cinema takings in the UK have hit a record high thanks to a series of box-office blockbusters. Admissions rose 1.1 per cent to 164.2 million in 2008 with box-office takings up 3.7 per cent to £ 854.4 million. Films such as Mamma Mia! and The Dark Knight helped push sales to the record levels of 1969. According to the Film Distributors’ Association UK, the recession has done little to affect cinema attendance, while falling media costs have saved distributors money marketing films with £ 305 million spent last year promoting 531 films, down £ 9 million on 2007.
Source: The London Paper
2009-03-15
Reel thing as movies come back into town - A 1,000-seat hi-tech cinema is to open in Downpatrick in early summer, bringing movies back to the town for the first time in decades.
Source: Belfast Telegraph
2009-03-15
Cineworld Listen Up - How can you justify increasing your “Unlimited” card prices again? Especially in these uncertain economic times.
Source: Craig Butters [Blog]
2009-03-15
Broadway theatre closes - With tears in his eyes, Peterborough entrepreneur Rinaldo Fasulo admitted his insurance company had refused to pay out and the Broadway theatre would close.
Source: Peterborough Today
2009-03-15
Star City cinema to take part in worlds largest film premiere - VUE Cinemas at Star City is going to help host what organisers hope will be the world’s largest film premiere.
Source: Birminghm Mail
2009-03-15
Eastman House shows why its world leader in film preservation - If you love movies, you know the importance of film preservation. It not only allows later generations to enjoy artful works from the past but also preserves our cultural heritage.
Source: democrat and Chronicle
2009-03-15
Eight screen Odeon cinema at Wrexhams Eagles Meadow opens - ITS SHOWTIME today with the opening of the £4.5million Eagles Meadow cinema in Wrexham.
Source: Evening Leader
2009-03-15
Christie and Sonic bring digital cinema to independent theatres - Sonic Equipment Company, an authorized Christie cinema reseller, is equipping dozens of independent theatres across the American Midwest with the latest Christie DLP Cinema® projectors with Brilliant3D™ technology, which enables 3D content to be projected in full 2K resolution.
Source: Filmm Journal
2009-03-15
Sony And Reald To Provide Complete 3D Digital Cinema System For Exhibitors - Sony Electronics and RealD are working together to provide exhibitors with 3D digital cinema systems that combine a single Sony 4K projector and its new 3D dual lens adapter with RealD technology, including a specially designed optical filter tuned for the projector, resulting in the ability to deliver crisp 3D images to screens up to 55 feet in width.
Source: 4rfv
2009-03-15
PLM illuminates "Odeon" Liverpool - PLM Illumination was recently contracted by Odeon to supply and install a new Odeon sign in the new multi-plex Liverpool Cinema.
Source: Approved Business
2009-03-15
IMAX Corporation reports fourth quarter 2008 financial results - TORONTO, March 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - IMAX Corporation (NASDAQ: IMAX
Source: and $1.3 million in accelerated depreciation on existing film-based joint revenue sharing arrangement theatres due to the earlier than anticipated digital upgrade of those theatres. Included in the fourth quarter of 2007 was a $4.0 million asset impairment charge reflecting the write-down of film-based projector inventories, partially offset by a one-time benefit from discontinued operations of $2.4 million.
2009-03-15
School in Yate makes bid for cinema - PLANS to build a cinema in Yate have been given fresh hope thanks to a secondary school headteacher.
Source: Gazette Series
2009-03-15
Hamish Linklater to Star in The Projectionist at Kirk Douglas Theatre - Hamish Linklater will star in the premiere of Michael Sargents The Projectionist, set to play in the Kirk Douglas Theatre, March 26-April 4, as part of Center Theatre Groups DouglasPlus series. Bart DeLorenzo will direct.
Source: Theater Mania
2009-03-15
Mamma Mia! boost for cinema group - UK box office hit Mamma Mia! helped cinema firm Cineworld more than double its pre-tax profits to £27.6 million.
Source: Channel 4
2009-03-15
Hollywood Cinema to get 3D upgrade - Fox Valley moviegoers will no longer need to leave town to catch 3D movies on the big screen.
Source: Post crescent
2009-03-15
MPs urge action on cinema filming - The government is being urged to make the use of video cameras in cinemas a criminal offence.
Source: BBC News
2009-03-15
Cineworld hopes to reap 3D rewards - Cineworld reported a 6 per cent rise in full-year box office sales and said it remained confident its bet on the 3D film format would pay off in spite of the small number of films being distributed in the format.
Source: FT
2009-03-15
Marcus Theatres to install 3D movie screen at Cedar Creek Cinema in Rothschild - Cedar Creek Cinema in Rothschild is among 13 Marcus Theatres locations that will be outfitted with digital 3D movie screens, the company announced today.
Source: Wausau Daily Herald
2009-03-15
Herne Bay cinema faces final curtain - IN THE week it was announced cinema audiences were at a 40-year high, the curtain looked set to fall on Herne Bays only picture house.
Source: This is Kent
2009-03-15
Thomson and Disney renew, expand DVD Services - Thomson S.A. (TMS: News ) announced that Technicolor has extended and expanded its existing multi-territory DVD replication and distribution agreements with Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment. As part of this deal, and in addition to existing core services, Technicolor will now provide freight management services to Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment in North America.
Source: RTT News
2009-03-15
THOMSON : Paramount Pictures pacts with Technicolor to create state-of-the-art post-production facility on Paramounts Hollywood lot - Paramount Pictures pacts with Technicolor to create state-of-the-art post-production facility on Paramounts Hollywood lot
Source: Euronext
2009-03-15
Sad ending for former Paisley cinema - THE final curtain has come down at the historic Regal Cinema in Paisley after demolition work was completed.
Source: Paisley Daily Express
2009-03-15
WALTHAMSTOW: Student film in protest at derelict EMD - A STUDENT angered by the lack of a cinema in Waltham Forest is making a film about the history of the now-derelict EMD cinema.
Source: The Guardian
2009-03-15
Carlisles Lonsdale cinema could be a theatre – for £11.7 million - Carlisles former Lonsdale Cinema is suitable for conversion into a theatre/arts centre, consultants say.
Source: News and Star
2009-03-15
Christie at the Heart of Digital Revolution in Holland’s First VPF-Funded Rollout - Christie, a leader in digital cinema projection, is pleased to announce that it has been selected to fit 68 Christie 2K DLP Cinema® projection systems in the exclusive agreement between the Amsterdam Booking Company B.V. (ABC), a buying group representing Dutch independent cinemas, and Arts Alliance Media (AAM), Europe’s leading digital cinema provider. Christie digital cinema projectors will be deployed in 68 screens within 20 cinemas across The Netherlands. The deal also covers the installation of a professional satellite network for the transmission of live events and encrypted content.
Source: DCinema Today
2009-03-15
Former cinema projects new use - FOR years it was the focal point for entertainment on an east Hull estate.
Now, the site of the former Berkeley Cinema in Greenwich Avenue, Bilton Grange, has been transformed thanks to the development of a £4.5m residential care complex.
Source: This is Hull and East Riding
2009-03-08
Behind the glitz of the Oscars is a hard-nosed business model - HATS off to the British film industry for its remarkable scooping of the pool at this weeks Academy Awards.
Source: LDP Busienss
2009-03-08
Theater plan gets viewing tonight - SARATOGA SPRINGS — Building a downtown movie theater in Saratoga Springs seems like a no-brainer. Cinemagoers would come for dinner or ice cream on Broadway, then walk over to catch a flick, would-be developers say.
Source: Times Union
2009-03-08
RealD Adds UK Theater Chain - Los Angeles-based RealD, which provides technology for projecting 3D movies on digital theater screens, announced this morning that it has signed up another theater chain as a customer. RealD said that Vue Entertainment, which operates multiplex cinemas in the UK, will add RealD to 200 screens in its chain. Financial impact of the deal was not disclosed. According to RealD, the firms systems have already been installed at Vues flagship location. RealD said it now has over 1,700 screens deployed with its technology, with another 6,000 under contract. The firm has been aggressively installing overseas, having opened a European office in November, and recently installed its first system in Japan.
Source: SocalTech
2009-03-08
Vue Entertainment and RealD Announce Exclusive Digital 3D Partnership - Vue Entertainment and RealD Announce Exclusive Digital 3D PartnershipLOS ANGELES & LONDONCA-REALD
Source: AD-HOC News
2009-03-08
Boost for Taunton cinema - TAUNTONS Odeon Cinema will be ahead of the game as they install a new 3D screen.
Source: Somerset County Gazette
2009-03-08
Digital Cinema - Inherently More Energy Efficient Than Film - The simple answer is that all-digital productions are inherently more efficient than the current industry practice of shooting on film (or if you
Source: Green Screen Blog
2009-03-08
Ballantyne Trims Film Projection Staff - Ballantyne of Omaha has announced that it has reduced its overall staffing by 19 people, or approximately 10 percent, as part of the ongoing shift in its business from the manufacture of film projection equipment to the distribution of digital cinema projectors. Annualized cost savings related to these actions is estimated to amount to approximately $900,000. Ballantyne will record a first quarter severance charge of approximately $255,000 related to these actions.
Source: Digital Cinema Report
2009-03-08
Theater to be on cutting edge of digital technology - True movie fans, those who enjoy going to a theater to watch the latest Hollywood releases, will undoubtedly notice the on-screen quality of the image they will see when visiting the B&B Theatres
Source: Hannibal News
2009-03-08
3D technology now at Valley Plaza theater - The cinemaplex at Valley Plaza mall has been upgraded to include new 3D technology, theater owner Reading Cinemas announced Tuesday.
Source: Bakersfield News
2009-03-08
Cinergy Cinemas set to open in early June - No one looking at the metal framework, the dangling wiring and the fresh concrete inside the walls of the speculative building in Copperas Cove (not to mention the dirt-covered parking lot) wouldve imagined that the 40,000-square-foot building was the beginning of a mega-entertainment, cinema-eatery complex. The huge new entertainment facility is slated to open in early June.
Source: KDH News
2009-03-08
Cinema 21:9 gets complementary 7.1 home theatre system - Cinema 21:9 gets complementary 7.1 home theatre systemHaving already drooled uncontrollably over the new wide, wide, wide-screen Cinema 21:9 aspect ratio HD television being offered up by Philips, we thought it only right and proper to similarly fawn shamelessly all over the home theatre cinema sound system Philips is putting out to sex our ears as well as our eyes.
Source: The Tech Herald
2009-03-08
Alton Square, city hope to debut cinema - ALTON - A long-awaited, free-standing, 10-screen digital movie theater appears to be on its way to Alton Square, with some help from the city.
Source: The Telegraph
2009-03-08
Thai cinema chain Major plans bonds, up stake in media unit - BANGKOK, Feb 26 (Reuters) - Thailands biggest cinema chain operator, Major Cineplex MAJO.BK, said on Thursday it planned to sell bonds worth up to 1.5 billion baht ($42 million) with maturities of up to 5 years to fund its expansion plans.
Source: Reuters
2009-03-08
Sony and RealD to Provide Complete 3D Digital Cinema System for Exhibitors - BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., and PARK RIDGE, N.J., Feb. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Sony Electronics and RealD are working together to provide exhibitors with 3D digital cinema systems that combine a single Sony 4K projector and its new 3D dual lens adapter with RealD technology, including a specially designed optical filter tuned for the projector, resulting in the ability to deliver crisp 3D images to screens up to 55 feet in width.
Source: PR News Wire
2009-03-08
Digital Cinema Processor from QSC Debuts at ShoWest - New DCP 300 Delivers Everything You Need Between the Server and Amps
Source: DCinema Today
2009-03-08
Christie’s Certified Cinema Re-seller Network Brings Digital and 3D Movie Experiences to Audiences - Christie, a global leader in visual solutions for business, entertainment and industry, is proud to announce the certification of cinema re-sellers American Cinema Equipment, Inc. (Portland, OR), Big Sky Industries (Alpha, NJ), Bruce’s Entertainment & Media Solutions (Castaic, CA), Cinema Equipment & Supplies, Inc. (Miami, FL), CLACO Equipment and Service, Inc. (Salt Lake City, UT), Integrity Entertainment Systems LLC (Niskayuna, NY) and Sonic Equipment Company (Iola, KS). From coast-to-coast, movie theatres in the United States are making key strategic investments in digital cinema so they can provide audiences with a superior movie viewing experience. Christie’s certified re-seller network is at the forefront of this digital wave, offering their technical service, expertise and Christie’s industry award winning digital cinema projectors to cinema circuits around the country.
Source: The Briefting Room
2009-03-08
GDC Technology wins contract to deploy 100 digital cinema systems for China Film Group Corporation - GDC Technology (GDC), a world leading digital cinema solution provider, is pleased to announce that it has won a contract to deploy 100 digital cinema projection systems for China Film Group Corporation (CFGC), the largest and most influential state-run film enterprise in China. The deployment of all 100 digital cinema projection systems in major cities of China is expected to be completed within the next three months. The DCI-2000 Digital Cinema Integrated Projection System, which consists of GDC
Source: DCinema Today
2009-03-08
Cinedigm to distribute Olympus features digitally - Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp. announced a first-of-its-kind multi-picture agreement between Olympus Pictures Distribution and Cinedigm
Source: Film Journal.
2009-03-08
Video: Inside the derelict Bradford Odeon - cinema that divides a city - ITS future has split Bradford, but today a campaigner trying to save the citys derelict Odeon cinema building claims its interior is "just as people will remember it". Watch what he filmed.
Source: Yorkshire Post
2009-03-08
UltraStar Installs D-Box Motion Systems in Arizona Theatre - D-Box Technologies has announced that San Diego-based UltraStar Cinemas will become the first theatre chain in Arizona to install D-Box motion systems in one of its auditoriums located within the 14-screen Surprise, Arizona multiplex.
Source: Digital Cinema Report
2009-03-08
Sioux City, Iowa, Goes Digital with Barco - The First Digital Cinema Installation for the Main Street Theatres Exhibitor Features the Barco DP-2000 Digital Projector and Dolby
Source: DCinema Today
2009-03-08
New Victoria Place scheme could be changed - The applicants behind plans to transform the site of Bradford
Source: Telegraph & Argus
2009-03-08
Georgia Theatres selects Dolby 3D Digital - Georgia Theatre Company selected Dolby 3D Digital Cinema as its 3D system of choice. The circuit has installed Dolby 3D Digital Cinema in multiple theatre locations and has plans to increase its screen count over the next 12 to 18 months in select locations.
Source: Film Journal
2009-03-08
Many turn to movies for entertainment value, escapism in tough times - One Fleetwood Mac concert ticket at $149.50 or 30 movie matinees at $5 each. Drinks, popcorn and parking not included.
Source: Post-Gazzette Now
2009-03-08
This is the one thing young people of St Albans wanted - THE district councils handling of the city centre cinema project has been slammed by Labour leader Roma Mills.
Source: St Albans Review
2009-03-08
Screenvision and Universal Motown Records Partner to Debut Music Legend and R&B Icon Stevie Wonder - Screenvision has partnered with Universal Motown Records to present the national premiere of Stevie Wonder
Source: DCinema Today
2009-03-08
Christie’s Certified Cinema Re-Seller Network Brings Digital and 3D Movie Experiences to Audiences; - Christie, a global leader in visual solutions for business, entertainment and industry, is proud to announce the certification of cinema re-sellers American Cinema Equipment, Inc. (Portland, OR), Big Sky Industries (Alpha, NJ), Bruce’s Entertainment & Media Solutions (Castaic, CA), Cinema Equipment & Supplies, Inc. (Miami, FL), CLACO Equipment and Service, Inc. (Salt Lake City, UT), Integrity Entertainment Systems LLC (Niskayuna, NY) and Sonic Equipment Company (Iola, KS). From coast-to-coast, movie theatres in the United States are making key strategic investments in digital cinema so they can provide audiences with a superior movie viewing experience. Christie’s certified re-seller network is at the forefront of this digital wave, offering their technical service, expertise and Christie’s industry award winning digital cinema projectors to cinema circuits around the country.
Source: DCinema Today
2009-03-08
GDC Technology Wins Contract To Deploy 100 Digital Cinema Systems For China Film Group Corporation - GDC Technology has won a contract to deploy 100 digital cinema projection systems for China Film Group Corporation (CFGC), the largest and most influential state-run film enterprise in China.
Source: Broadcast Buyer
2009-03-08
Cinedigm and Olympus Pictures Announce First All-Digital Multi-Picture Independent Movie Distribution Agreement - Deal Represents New Distribution Outlet for Independent Films
Source: 1
2009-03-08
The final show forcity cinema - ALLERTON’S cinema will close its doors tonight after 70 years of showing films to the people of south Liverpool.
Source: Liverpool Echo
2009-03-08
94-year-old ex-projectionist shares movie memories - HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) - George Wagner doesnt see very well anymore, but as he runs his hands over The Maryland Theatres 1930s-era projection machines, his fingers know every knob and clamp.
Source: Wtop
2009-03-08
Sydney race film back at cinemas - Australian cinema chain Greater Union will resume Sydney screenings of a film about race riots which it pulled after a violent reaction from audiences.
Source: BBC News
2009-03-08
A Monster Move - Odeon and UCI Cinemas, Europe
Source: Digitial Cinema Report
2009-03-08
Owners hope to restore former Gaumot Art Deco cinema in Liverpool - A DISUSED Liverpool art deco cinema could be restored to its former glory.
Source: Liverpool Echo
2009-03-08
Demolition begins for Hampton Cinema Six - HAMPTON — Crews on Friday began the process of razing Hampton Cinema Six on Route 1. Compact excavators and workers were removing insulation and debris from the interior of the building as they prepared for next weeks demolition of the theater.
Source: Sea Coast Online
2009-03-08
Former Carlisle cinema site sold for - The building and car park of the old City Cinemas, at Mary Street, went under the hammer with auction firm Pugh & Co at Old Trafford football ground on Thursday. The company refused to reveal the buyer, but the site does carry planning permission for further development.
Source: Cumberland News
2009-03-08
Secret St Albans cinema talks next week - THE ambitious project for a cinema in St Albans city centre is to be discused by the district council cabinet in secret again on Tuesday.
Source: St Albans Review
2009-03-08
Thumbs up for signage at towns new cinema - YOU cant have a cinema without signs
Source: This Is Cornwall
2009-03-08
Georgia Theatre Company Selects Dolby 3D for Circuit-Wide Deployment - Georgia Theatre Company is pleased to announce it has selected Dolby 3D Digital Cinema as its 3D system of choice, bringing premium 3D presentations to select theatres in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and Virginia.
Source: DCinema Today
2009-03-08
Cineworld Group Prepares for 3D Releases - The British cinema chain Cineworld Group has chosen Doremi Cinema to supply equipment for the expansion of its Digital Cinema rollout which will double the number of digital screens in its chain, the majority of which will be 3D enabled.
Source: Digital Cinema Report
2009-03-08
Odeon prepares to open cinema at Eagles Meadow, Wrexham - A £4.5m cinema complex is to become the latest addition to Wrexham’s Eagles Meadow.
Source: Wrexham Chronicle
2009-03-08
The Digital Eye: Stereoscopic 3-D and the Future of Visual Storytelling - Many industry players are putting their weight behind it, touting it [3D] as the biggest revolution in cinema since the invention of sound or color.
Source: VFX World
2009-03-08
Classic James Bond Film - Digitally
Restored and Back in Cinemas - From 24 April, a restored version of FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE is returning to cinemas nationwide, in celebration of the centenary of producer Albert R. ‘Cubby’ Broccoli.
Broccoli formed EON Productions and Danjaq, with Harry Saltzman, to make DR NO, launching James Bond onto the big screen in 1962. When Saltzman later sold his shares of the two companies to United Artists, Broccoli became sole producer of the Bond films.
FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE, originally released in 1963, has been digitally restored frame by frame by Lowry Digital Images, the world’s leader in digital restoration and image enhancement. The process involves taking moving pictures that show signs of age and wear, removing the fading, dirt, scratches and other defects that occur over time, and returning them to their original condition.
FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE, directed by Terence Young, and starring Sean Connery, Robert Shaw and Lotte Lenya, will be opening from 24 April at BFI Southbank (as part of a comprehensive Broccoli season), followed by special screenings at cinemas nationwide.
Source: Park Circus Press Release
2009-02-21
Multiplex boom could be The End for single screens - MUMBAI — Ravi Muhamunkar has been a projectionist at the New Shirin Cinema in central Mumbai for the last 18 years. Some of the equipment he uses may be decades old but he is just thankful to have a job.
Source: Khleej Times
2009-02-21
Odeon a step closer to demolition - A Doncaster building which has seen the likes of the Beatles and Rolling Stones stepping through its doors could be demolished after a bid to protect it was rejected.
Source: Hutton Cranswick Today
2009-02-21
Regal Entertainment Earnings Report and 3D Outlook - LOS ANGELES, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Regal Entertainment Group, the No.1 U.S. movie theater operator, posted lower-than-expected operating earnings and revenue on Thursday, but presented an upbeat outlook based partly on hopes for 3-D offerings. Regal, whose shares fell 9 percent, said fourth-quarter net income rose to $30.1 million, or 20 cents a share, from $23.2 million, or 15 cents a share, a year earlier. Excluding special items, profit was 18 cents a share, far short of analysts average forecast of 26 cents, according to Reuters Estimates. Revenue rose 18 percent to $711.7 million, shy of the $726.4 million average forecast.
Source: 3dproductionnews [blog]
2009-02-21
Lights dim on Quebec cinema attendance - As the Quebec film industry announced its nominees for the best films of last year on Tuesday, new statistics showed that Quebecers are heading to the cinema in fewer numbers than ever.
Source: CBC
2009-02-21
Adelaide art deco cinema up for sale - One of Adelaides last art deco cinemas is facing an uncertain future.
The Chelsea cinema at Kensington has been under council review and the building will now be put up for sale.
Source: ABC
2009-02-21
Harkness Screens Perlux 220 is 3D Screen Choice for Malco Theaters - FREDERICKSBURG, VA — Harkness Screens, the world’s leading manufacturer of projection screens for entertainment venues, and Malco Theaters, a chain of renowned movie theaters, have teamed up to give theater patrons the very best movie-viewing experiences through Harness Screens’ Perlux 220 3D screen.
Source: Digital Content Producer [blog]
2009-02-21
Attack of the Digitals - In a recent interview with Digital Cinema Magazine, Star Wars Creator George Lucas commented on film-based cinematography by saying
Source: William Weaver [blog]
2009-02-21
The one where Im ashamed of Bradford for once - A brief history: Opened in 1930 as the Victoria, the Odeon cinema eventually closed in 2000, and remained empty. The bid to turn it into a venue began. In 2004 it was bought by Yorkshire Forward, using public money, for the people of Bradford, some of whom formed BORG (of which Mr Pennington himself is a member) and worked tirelessly to organise events like Hug The Odeon.
Source: Telegraph
2009-02-21
The flicks come back to Mullum - Its been a very long time since anything beyond a TV screen flickered in Mullumbimby on a regular basis - since the early 1970s in fact when the Empire Theatre finally had to close its doors and end the golden era of an evening at the flicks as all-town entertainment.
Source: Byron News
2009-02-21
$405m cinema chain, Kino City, planned for mid sized Russian cities - Three Russian industry heavyweights, Eduard Pichugin, the CEO of Cinema Invest and founder of Kronwerk Cinema chain, the producer Sergei Selyanov of CTB production company, and the director and businessman Fyodor Bondarchuk will embark on Kino City, a project to build 122 cinemas across Russia.
Source: Screendaily
2009-02-21
Odeon, UCI Cinemas tie up with Qube for digitisation - Odeon and UCI Cinemas, the largest cinema operator chain in Europe, have entered into a tie-up with Qube Cinema to install Qube XP-D digital cinema servers. The initiative is part of their 110-screen digitisation plan across the region. Qube Cinema is a subsidiary of Chennai-based Real Image Media Technologies, the only Indian company to compete in the international standards-compliant digital cinema market.
Source: Mydigitalfc
2009-02-21
Digital cinema set for Dundalk - Up to 200 construction jobs could be created with the building of a new cinema after a developer said he would insist builders use Dundalk sub contractors.
Source: Argus
2009-02-21
3D Movies Arrive at SilverCity St. Vital Cinemas - Cineplex Entertainment announces an additional 21 theatres in Canada to be equipped with digital 3D projectors in time for Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience
Source: Marketwire
2009-02-21
Cinedigm Announces Agreement With Sony Pictures Releasing Supporting Its Phase Two Deployment of Up to 10,000 Digital Cinema Projection Systems - Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp. (Cinedigm) (NASDAQ: CIDM) (formerly AccessIT) today announced an agreement with Sony Pictures Releasing Corporation (SPRC) supporting its Phase Two Digital Cinema Deployment Plan for up to 10,000 digital cinema projection systems. Over the next three years, SPRC will supply its upcoming pictures in a DCI-compliant format to Cinedigm installed theatres in the United States and Canada, when booked, and will make financial contributions for a limited time to promote DCI-compliant digital cinema technology (a new and higher quality delivery format).
Source: CNN
2009-02-17
Universal Pictures names Joseph Cates as SVP technology - Joseph E. Cates has been appointed as senior vice president of technology for Universal Pictures.
Cates will oversee the studio's technology group worldwide and lead the studio's strategic efforts to develop and implement digital technologies that foster greater consumer access to film content. In addition, Cates will continue to manage content security and anti-piracy technology matters for the studio.
Source: Business of Cinema
2009-02-17
Cinedigm Scores Big With Live 3D Broadcast of NBA All-Star Event - On Satruday evening Cinedigm continued its ongoing effort to bring popular sporting events in 3D to North American movie theatres by broadcasting the NBA All-Star Saturday Night to more than 80 venues in the U.S. and Canada. Since this type of alternative content is all the rage these days I decided it was high time to check out what all the buzz was about. I’m quite happy I did.
Source: Celluloid Junike [Blog]
2009-02-17
3-D films growing in popularity on area IMAX, cineplex screens - Like many in a preview audience for the movie “Under the Sea 3D” at the Putnam Museum’s IMAX Theatre last week, Caelei Kurylo dodged sharks, sidestepped water snakes and was showered by a sea full of shrimp.
Source: Quad-City Times
2009-02-17
’Cinema of the Future’ movie contest begins - ISTANBUL - Applications have started pouring in for the Cinema of the Future competition. The competition was designed to support cinema students’ short film screenplays and production projects.
Source: Hurriyet News
2009-02-17
Cinema works close roads - Parts of Market Street and Cheap Street close today to allow work on Newbury's cinema to take place
Source: Newbury Today
2009-02-17
Vista rolls out cinema system at Vue - When UK-based cinema chain Vue needed a new operating system, it turned to entertainment software solution provider Vista. Vue has now rolled out Vista’s cinema system across its 56 cinemas.
Source: OnWindows
2009-02-16
Cinema may make way for £13m complex - AN Art Deco cinema in Doncaster could be demolished to make way for a £13m leisure complex incorporating a casino, gym, shops and offices.
Source: Yorkshire Post
2009-02-15
UK Cinemas get 3D Projection - Odeon, the largest chain of cinemas based in Britain, is installing 3D projection technology in its UK theaters. The new projectors can display images at a resolution of 2K, (2,048×1,080 pixels), roughly twice the resolution of a movie on a Blu-ray disc
Source: Screencave
2009-02-15
Cinema South goes digital - BOARDMAN — The digital 3D revolution has arrived in the Mahoning Valley
Source: Vindy.com
2009-02-15
Odeon and UCI Cinemas Choose Qube Servers - Qube XP-D servers chosen in 111 screen 3D digital cinema rollout in Europe
Source: DCinema Today
2009-02-15
Film fans fight to save cinema - TWO film fans are hoping to save a historic cinema - by turning it into a mini version of Manchesters famous Cornerhouse.
Source: Manchester Evening News
2009-02-15
Cinema projectionist dies suddenly - HENLEY’S long-serving cinema projectionist has died suddenly at work.
Source: Henley Standard
2009-02-15
NEC rolls out 3D projectors - AIMING TO CASH in on an upcoming wave of 3D Hollywood blockbusters, NEC says it will roll out its digital projectors to Odeon cinemas across Europe.
Source: The Inquirer
2009-02-15
First look at new Scala Cinema in Prestatyn - STAFF have lifted the curtain on Wales’ first all-digital cinema
Source: Dailypost
2009-02-15
Turning Point: Jill Brook, deputy sales director, Digital Cinema Media - My biggest turning point ... was leaving the glamorous world of magazines - I worked at Conde Nasts Vanity Fair - for the wonderful world of cinema.
Source: Brand Republic
2009-02-15
Doremi Cinema Introduces CineAsset - Software Based Mastering Solution Converts Unencrypted Files to JPEG2000 for Digital Cinema Playback
Source: Broadcast Newsroom
2009-02-15
3D films back in cinema, but porn will lead - Horror, animation and concert movies are out or on the way, but adult entertainment will push boundaries with the new technology
Source: Times Online
2009-02-15
Moving pictures into the next 100 years - Film, as it’s been known for the past 100 years, is getting canned.This month, Cineplex Entertainment is leading the industry in changing the moving-going experience.
Source: BC Local News
2009-02-15
Wirral’s new digital cinema shows vision of the future - MERSEYSIDE’S first all-digital cinema will be one of the key attractions in the next phase of ambitious plans to redevelop a Wirral resort.
Source: Digital Cinema Buyers Guide
2009-02-15
UK, Plans for casino at former cinema site - Doncasters landmark Odeon cinema could be demolished and replaced with a casino, if developers get the go-ahead from councillors.
Source: Swiss-Press
2009-02-15
Prestatyn wins its fight for picture house - A 90-year-old cinema re-opens tonight after a long-running community campaign. The Scala in Prestatyn was forced to close in December 2000 under the weight of repair bills.
Source: News Wales
2009-02-15
Demolish the Odeon - New plan to flatten cinema for casino
Source: Doncaster Free Press
2009-02-15
Kilmarnock film fans can see movies in 3D - KILMARNOCK film fans could have characters flying right at them if they head down to the Odeon.
Source: Kilmarnock Standard
2009-02-15
Cineplex Galaxy turns record $7.1-million profit - Cineplex Galaxy Income Fund, Canadas leading movie-house operator, posted blockbuster profits yesterday as recession-weary consumers in search of a little cut-rate escapism flooded cinema turnstiles during the last three months of 2008.
Source: The Record
2009-02-15
In Pictures: New life for cinema - The cinema was built in 1912 but shut in 1980 after a failed run as a bingo hall. It is reopening thanks to a £2.15m refurbishment
Source: BBC News
2009-02-15
Largest UK Cinema Chain Picks Vendors for 3D While Snubbing Third Party Integrators - The UK’s largest exhibitor Odeon (formed through the merger with UCI) has selected Real Image’s Qube server and projectors from NEC to extend the company’s digital cinema and (particularly) digital 3D reach.
Source: Celluliod Junkie
2009-02-15
Sound Associates Installs 3D Projection Systems for Odeon Cinemas - ODEON and UCI Cinemas, Europe’s largest cinema operator, is currently installing dozens of new 3D screens as it further extends its network of DCI-compliant Digital Cinema screens in the UK, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Germany & Austria. Sound Associates, the UK‘s leading cinema equipment integrator, is installing the 31 systems for phase 1 in the UK.
Source: DCinema Today
2009-02-15
Recession helping Kodak on motion pictures - The recession is causing economic turmoil worldwide and costing millions of people their jobs. But its also helping extend the life of Eastman Kodak Co.s entertainment film business.
Source: Democrat and Chronicle.com
2009-02-15
Best independent cinemas in London - If you’re fed up of paying over £10 to see a film, sick of venues with no character, and bored of the same old hollywood blockbusters, then look no further. Here are a few of my favourite independent cinemas in London.
Source: Londoner Eye
2009-02-15
NEC Display Solutions adds multi-million ODEON contract to its cinema market success - London, 10th February 2009: NEC Display Solutions has announced that its digital projectors are to be rolled out by ODEON
Source: Sourcewire
2009-02-15
Barco Uses DP-1200 Projector at Berlinale Talent Campus - Barco is a global leader in digital cinema projection technology. Recently they announced that they will be using their DP-1200 projector for the Campus Studio 2009 at Berlinale Talent Campus, which is part of the Berlin International Film Festival. The Berlinale Talent Campus bringing upcoming filmmakers from around the world for a six day event that composes expert lectures, seminars and workshops, and gives the filmmakers the opportunity to create international networks early in their careers. The workshops will have Barco
Source: Electronicsinfonline.com
2009-02-15
U.K.s Cineworld doubles its digital estate - Cineworld, the United Kingdom’s second-largest cinema operator with 75 sites and 775 screens, announced a comprehensive deal with Munich, Germany-based NEC Display Solutions Europe GmbH for an additional 74 digital projectors. The total cost for outfitting one in five of its screens by next month is estimated at £4 million (€4.46 and US$5.71 mil.). And 144 of the 148 total digital screens will also have digital 3D capabilities through RealD, ultimately providing some 40,000 cinemagoers for any given show with a deeper experience.
Source: Filmjournal
2009-02-15
Apology after children see horror movie - Apology after children see horror movie;A MIX-UP in the projection room at Southampton’s Odeon cinema left families who had queued for the latest Disney movie watching an 18-rated horror film instead.
Source: This is Hampshire
2009-02-15
Disney kicks off 3-D films at Aylesbury - AYLESBURY cinema-goers can now enjoy a 3-Dimensional view of their favourite films.
Source: The Bucks Herald
2009-02-08
New cinema boss lives Hollywood dream - He has been a fan of the movies since he was a boy and now Gary Stevens truly is living the Hollywood dream.
The 44-year-old officially took over at Fakenhams Hollywood Central Cinema at the weekend after buying the business from Trevor Wicks who continues to own the other Hollywood Cinemas in the chain.
Source: Fakenham Times
2009-02-08
Cineplex to unveil new digital projection system in Edmonton - EDMONTON - Cineplex Entertainment will unveil its new digital projection system at Scotiabank Theatre Edmonton in West Edmonton Mall on Feb. 27 with the show Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience.
Source: Globaltv.com
2009-02-08
3D Movies Arrive at Galaxy Cinemas Regina - Cineplex Entertainment announces an additional 22 theatres in Canada to be equipped with digital 3D projectors in time for Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience
Source: Marketwire
2009-02-08
Fears for Kensington High Streets future grow - Kensington High Street - the heart of the Royal Borough - hangs in limbo with the future of two much loved buildings in doubt and the loss of a popular shop.
Source: London Informer
2009-02-08
XpanD Launches the - XpanD, the international authority in 3D cinemas and technology platforms, today announced the official roll-out of its newest model of 3D glasses
Source: DCinema Today
2009-02-08
Prestatyns Scala cinema ready to open its doors - CINEMA and art lovers will be delighted to hear that a much-awaited facility will be opening this month
Source: Denbigshirevistor
2009-02-08
Cobra goes to the BAFTAs - Cobra has become the official beer of British Academy of Film and Television Arts.
Source: OfflicenceNews
2009-02-08
Cineworld rolling out more 3D screens this year - 3DTV was all the rage at CES this year, and whilst the idea of owning one at home is getting closer, cinemas still hold the monopoly for 3D films. Cineworld is showing that its embracing the digital revolution with news that it has signed an agreement with NEC to double the number of digital screens it owns.
Source: Shinytiny.tv
2009-02-08
Cinema conjures up Potter teen ban - Vue cinema, in Dublin
Source: The Times
2009-02-08
Dolby sheds jobs from UK cinema manufacturing division - As if the recent quesrterly ernings reports from Warner Bros, Walt Disney and News Corp were not proof enough that the entertainment industry is far from recession proof, news is out that Dolby Laboratories will be closing down its UK manufacturing operation. Some 60 people will lose their jobs from the shuttering of their UK manufacturing base.
Source: Celluiod Junkie [Blog]
2009-02-08
Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp. Announces Fiscal 2009 Third Quarter Results - Revenue Growth, Operating Income and Adjusted EBITDA Margin Improvements Continue, Driven by Virtual Print Fees and Growth in Content Delivery Business
Source: CNN Money
2009-02-08
The real cinema paradiso - The timing may be off, coming in the middle of one of Europe
Source: FT
2009-02-08
Scotlands first cinema to reopen - The first purpose-built picture house in Scotland is to start showing films again after
Source: BBC News
2009-02-08
California Academy of Sciences Goes 3D with Dolby 3D Digital Cinema - SAN FRANCISCO
Source: Centre Daily
2009-02-08
International Datacasting Corporation Selected by Arqiva as Technology Partner for Major European Digital Cinema Network - International Datacasting Corporation (TSX:IDC - News), a global leader in providing advanced solutions for the distribution of broadband multimedia content via satellite, announced today that it has received an initial order from Arqiva Satellite & Media for infrastructure to support its development of a new pan-European digital cinema satellite network.
Source: Yahoo
2009-02-08
Cinema tickets offered in exchange for sexually transmitted infection test - Health chiefs in north east Essex hope the payments, which could total
Source: Daily Telegraph
2009-02-08
IDC wins second European cinema deal - International Datacasting Corp. (TSX:IDC) has won its second European deal to install a digital cinema satellite network.
Source: Ottawa Business Journal
2009-02-08
The 3D revolution - SO far we have had U2 in your lap, Brendan Fraser dodging dinosaurs in the front row and Hannah Montana dancing in the aisles but its today that the 3D revolution could really start.
Source: This is Derbyshire
2009-02-08
WU projectionist promotes perfection in film quality - It was snowing. The Webster University campus was nearly abandoned, but in the Winifred Moore Auditorium, strange things were happening. Adrift at sea, a six-armed goddess danced on a lotus flower to music emanating from a phonograph constructed from a peacock. The glowing image painted the hall in a bluish-pink hue. The auditorium was deserted - every seat was empty - but one man was witness to the weirdness.
Source: Webu Journal
2009-02-08
Projectionist hoping for recovery of lost pictures - A RETIRED Huntly projectionist is hoping the demolition of his former cinema will unearth a host of lost pictures
Source: Press and Journal
2009-02-08
Bafta Film Awards 2009: The winners - Here are the winners in full, plus the losing nominees, for this year's Bafta Film Awards 2009, which were held on 8 February at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London. The winners of each category are marked in bold.
Source: BBC News
2009-02-03
Arts Alliance strikes 3-D deal for Netherlands - LONDON -- European digital cinema provider Arts Alliance Media is spreading the digital word across the continent and has struck a deal with Dutch indie cinema circuit Amsterdam Booking Company to roll out in the Netherlands.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
2009-02-03
Let it roll! - Even in the bygone days when audiences truly had faith in the mysteries of the silver screen, movie-goers couldn't always be relied on to respond to a film's opening, "Hey you!" flourish. Even the 20th Century Fox fanfare or the roar of the MGM lion wouldn't necessarily make them sit bolt upright. Indeed, it was once common practice - as recently as the Fifties - for screenings to begin while punters were still settling into their seats or opening their popcorn (hence the term "popcorn time"). The curtains would remain closed while a film's opening titles were projected, only opening for the first scene. The titles - more or less fancy lettering on a plain or decorative background - were prey to the whims of the projectionist, and as often as not remained unreadable.
Source: The Independent
2009-02-02
NEC Display Solutions blockbuster Cineworld contract - The UKs leading digital multiplex cinema chain to roll-out digital projectors from NEC Displays for 3D movies
Source: Source Wire
2009-02-02
UK cinemas getting all 3D - According to Variety UK cinema chain Cineworld have announced that by April, the company intend to have a total of 148 digital screens fitted and operational, providing one in five screens with digital capability. This improves the chances that UK citizens will be able to see Avatar, Monsters vs. Aliens and the other 11 3D films coming out this year as the film makers intended.
Source: Sean Adam Cook [Blog]
2009-02-02
NEC and Cineworld Install NC1600C and NC2500S Projectors in UK - Cineworld is one of the United Kingdom
Source: About Projectors
2009-02-02
UPDATE 1-Cineworld in 4 mln stg digital screens deal with NEC - Britains only quoted cinema chain Cineworld Group Plc (CINE.L) said on Monday it agreed to buy 74 digital projectors for 4 million pounds ($5.5 million) from technology firm NEC Corp (6701.T), doubling its digital screens across its estate.
Source: Reuters
2009-02-02
Broadway devastated by major arson blaze - AN arson probe is under way after fire raged through the Broadway Theatre in Peterborough on Sunday, badly damaging the stage, the front rows of seats and vital equipment.
Source: Peterborough Today
2009-02-02
Dunfermline cinema to open new 3D screen - The Odeon cinema in Dunfermline has announced that it is to install a new digital 3D screen.
Source: STV
2009-02-02
Doremi Cinema to Equip Cineworlds Digital Expansion - Doremi Cinema has been selected by Cineworld Group plc, one of the UK
Source: DCinema Today
2009-02-02
Butlins sponsors Odeon Kids Club - Butlins is to roll out an in-cinema drive using its Redcoat entertainers to support its sponsorship of the Odeon Kids Club.
Source: Brand Republic
2009-02-02
UK s Cineworld self-finances digital deal - Cineworld, the UK cinema chain which is set to increase its number of digital screens by 100%, from 74 to 148, will self-finance the $5.57m (
Source: Screendaily
2009-02-02
Barco exclusive digital cinema projector supplier at this years Berlinale - Barco, a global leader in digital cinema projection technology, is proud to announce that it is the exclusive digital cinema projector supplier for the 59th edition of the Berlin International Film Festival.
Source: DCinema Today
2009-02-02
Kinepolis sells stake in German cinema group CinemaxX - Belgian cinema operator Kinepolis (KIPO.BR) said on Tuesday it had sold its 12.61 percent minority stake in German cinema group CinemaxX AG to H+Z Beteiligungs GmbH.
Source: Reuters
2009-02-02
3-D cinema draws movie-goers into the picture - SHOW LOW - 3-D cinema is now a reality for moviegoers in the White Mountains thanks to a new digital projector at the White Mountain Entertainment Show Low 5 theater.
Source: WMI Central
2009-02-02
- The Arts Council and the Irish Film Board announce recipients of the Cinema Digitisation Grant Scheme. A Total of
Source: IFTN
2009-02-02
Fire at Oxford city centre cinema - Two fire crews were called out to the Odeon Cinema in Oxford in the early hours of Sunday morning.
Source: BBC News
2009-02-02
Chief executive Tony Reeves apologises after letters lost - The chief executive of Bradford Council has apologised
Source: The Telegraph and Argus
2009-02-02
Curtain going down on cinema culture in Peshawar - PESHAWAR: Curtains seems to be coming down on the cinema culture in the provincial metropolis, as the number of cine-goers has dropped by nearly 50 percent due to the surging militancy and other problems, a survey conducted by Daily Times showed on Sunday.
Source: Dailytimes.com
2009-02-02
Kensington Odeon site up for sale - Owners of Kensington Odeon have put it on the market for
Source: London Informer
2009-02-02
Iron Maiden tour film coming to digital cinemas - Arts Alliance Media (AAM), Europe
Source: Film Journal
2009-02-02
Christie Helps Galaxy Theatres Reach for the Stars in Live Earth-To-Space Station Chat with NASA Astronauts - Record Turnout Reflects Innovative Use of Digital Cinema Technology to Promote Education
Source: DCinema Today
2009-01-26
Paramount Pushes Digital Direct to Theaters - Paramount Pictures, the Viacom-owned production and distribution film studio, today announced plans to boost direct-to-exhibitors digital movie distribution and 3D systems.
Source: Contentinople.com
2009-01-26
Paramount to pay exhibs for digital play - Paramount said Thursday it will offer qualifying exhibitors payments for playing its films on digital screens.
Source: THR.com
2009-01-26
Is the future 3D? - Could this be the year that 3D film makes a major breakthrough? With a dozen big budget 3D movies due for release, filmmakers seen convinced we'll all soon be wearing the special glasses. SIMON PARKIN asks whether we'll ever see cinema in the same way again.
Source: Norwich Evening News
2009-01-26
The Dark Knight IMAX Schedule Released - Between now and OSCAR time, Warner Bros. and IMAX are teaming to rerelease The Dark Knight movie in IMAX theaters around the world. Take the jump to find out where the biggest grossing movie of 2008 will be showing, and if you have time, go see it again.
Source: Majorspoilers.com
2009-01-26
The ODEON SITE - St Albans - This is a truly unique opportunity to acquire this prominent site situated in a convenient position a short distance from both the city centre and the mainline railway station.
Source: Odeonsite St Albans
2009-01-26
An incomplete history of the ODEON Clerk Street, Edinburgh - My childhood was spent watching films on the big screen. Being dyslexic I spent a year or so of my life behind others in school; until luckily one of my teachers spotted the symptoms.
Source: Odeon Edinburgh [Blog]
2009-01-26
Oscar movie pirates battle the MPAA once again in 2009 - With the nominations of the Oscars named just a few days ago I wondered how many of the movies nominated have actually been seen by people at home rather then the cinema in the form of piracy. Of course no website gives out that kind of information but there is a blog post that was featured on slashfilm that gave some shocking figures.
Source: Neowin.net
2009-01-26
Bags will be searched in cinema piracy crackdown - CINEMAGOERS could be facing long queues as bosses launch a major clampdown on piracy.
Source: Bury Times
2009-01-26
Cineworld focuses on 3D screen deal - BRITAIN’s only quoted cinema group, Cineworld, is close to a deal that will double the number of its screens that can show 3D films in an attempt to capitalise on the format’s growing popularity.
Source: The Times
2009-01-26
The Mighty Wurlitzer - Music For Movie Palace Organs
Source: New World Records
2009-01-26
Cinema-goers step back to classic era - FOR many Toowoomba cinema-goers Saturday's Aussie Film Festival at the Icon Cinema was a chance to step back in time to life in an earlier, simpler Australia.
Source: The Chronicle
2009-01-26
Digital-to-cinema from Paramount - HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Jan. 22 /PRNewswire/
Source: David Kirkpatrick Blog
2009-01-23
Queues fear as cinema cracks down on pirate filming - CINEMAGOERS could be facing long queues on their next trip as bosses launch a major clampdown on piracy
Source: Prestwich and Whitefield Guide
2009-01-23
Silverlink Odeon cinema set to show 3D films - A TRIP to the cinema will soon take on a new dimension.Stars will leap from the screens as the North East gets its first 3D cinema.
Source: Chronlice Live
2009-01-23
Paramount unveils direct-to-cinema digital support plan - As Hollywood continues to thrash out industry-wide digital cinema strategy and requirements, Paramount Pictures has gone ahead and unveiled a direct-to-cinema support plan.
Source: Screen Daily
2009-01-23
Japanese Firms to Introduce Digital Screens at Cinemas - Toho Cinemas Ltd and Kadokawa Cineplex Inc announced that they will introduce new systems to deliver and show movies in digital format (digital cinema systems) in earnest from 2009.
Source: Tech-on
2009-01-23
Cameroon's last cinema closes - YAOUNDE (AFP)
Source: Yahoo News
2009-01-23
Oscar nominations announced - The Academy Awards nominations Thursday proved a reminder once again that Oscar voters are still capable of surprises
Source: Variety.com
2009-01-23
Paramount Pictures Announces Direct-to-Exhibitors Digital Cinema Deal - Paramount Pictures, a unit of Viacom Inc. (NYSE: VIA and VIA.B), today announced it has become the first studio to offer digital cinema support directly to exhibitors across the United States and Canada. The move is expected to accelerate the roll-out of digital and 3-D projection systems in theatres. The announcement was made by Jim Tharp, President of Domestic Theatrical Distribution.
Source: PR Newswire
2009-01-23
New 3D screen at Cineworld Llandudno - CINEMA-GOERS will be able to enjoy a "first of its kind" 3D experience in Llandudno Junction next month.
Source: North Wales Weekly News
2009-01-23
Business Analysis: Vue Cinemas have a fresh take on film-going - Audience research and experimentation with the customer experience is one way in which Vue Cinemas continues to attract large and enthusiastic crowds, says Helen Dunne
Source: Daily Telegraph
2009-01-22
Warner Bros to cut 800 jobs - US-based studio Warner Bros is off-loading 10% of its workforce worldwide - around 800 staff - as the economic downturn continues to bite.
Source: C21 Media
2009-01-22
Warner Bros. Pictures' The Dark Knight Returns to IMAX(R) theatres for encore presentation on January 23, 2009 - LOS ANGELES, Jan. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - IMAX Corporation (NASDAQ: IMAX TSX: IMX) and Warner Bros. Pictures today announced that the box office smash hit The Dark Knight, which has grossed more than $997 million at the worldwide box office since its release on July 18th, 2008, will return to IMAX(R) theatres for an encore presentation. Starting January 23rd, the film will open in 143 IMAX screens domestically, and 29 screens internationally. Last year the film opened day and date in 94 domestic and 15 international IMAX theatres and went on to become the highest grossing live-action Hollywood IMAX release, generating $63 million as it continued to be released throughout the IMAX network.
Source: PR Newswire
2009-01-22
GDC inks new pact with cinema chains - HONG KONG – Hong Kong-based GDC Technology will provide Chinese cinema chain Dadi Digital Cinema Development with 300 additional digital cinema servers, it was announced Tuesday.
Source: Variety Online
2009-01-22
BAM Announces Plans for New Theater, Cinema, and Opera Biennial - The Brooklyn Academy of Music has formally announced its plans for its Next Stage Campaign, in which it hopes to raise $300 million over the next five years, a portion of which will be used to construct the Richard B. Fisher Building, which will include a 263-seat theater. The new facility, at 321 Ashland Place, will also be used by the community and local and emerging artists. It will be designed by H3 Hardy Collaboration Architecture.
Source: Theater Mania
2009-01-22
Marcus closing budget cinema in Racine - Marcus Theatres will close its eight-screen budget Regency Cinema in Racine in April.
Source: Biz Journals
2009-01-22
Passion for cinema pushes box office sales to record - The voracious appetite for cinema in Britain and Ireland pushed box office sales to record highs of
Source: FT
2009-01-22
Carmike Cinemas CEO bows out - Carmike Cinemas Inc. President and CEO Michael W. Patrick stepped down on Monday, but he will remain a member of the company
Source: Biz Journals
2009-01-21
Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp. Third Quarter Earnings Conference Call Notification - Access Integrated Technologies, Inc. now doing business as Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp. ("Cinedigm") (NASDAQ: CIDM) will hold a conference call and simultaneous Web cast on Thursday, February 5th to announce its financial results for the third quarter ended December 31, 2008. The call will begin at 10:30 a.m. EST.
Source: Broadcast News Room
2009-01-21
Little Theatre's big success - Bath's Little Theatre has had the busiest week in its 70-year history as a cinema.
Source: Thisisbath.co.uk
2009-01-21
Research re-evaluates India's cinema biz - Reports claiming that there are 4 billion cinemagoers in India are well wide of the mark, according to a contentious report released Tuesday by boxoffice specialist Dodona Research.
Source: Hollywood Reporter
2009-01-21
Carmike Cinemas Announces Senior Management Changes - Carmike Cinemas, Inc. (Nasdaq: CKEC) announced today the departure of its chief executive officer and president, Michael W. Patrick, effective Monday, January 19, 2009. Mr. Patrick remains a member of Carmike's board of directors.
Source: PR Newswire
2009-01-20
Record year for Saffron Waldens cinema - COMMUNITY cinema Saffron Screen is celebrating a record year after more than 30,000 people visited the venue in 2008
Source: Saffron Walden Reporter
2009-01-20
GDCs Digital Cinema Servers To Incorporate RealDs 3D EQ - GDC Technology has announced further cooperation between the two companies. In this latest agreement, RealD will license to GDC the right to install and deploy its 3D EQ (aka ‘ghostbuster’) technology in GDC’s line of digital cinema servers.
Source: Broadcast Buyer
2009-01-20
Marcus to close Regency Cinema budget theaters - RACINE — In the midst of a deep recession, this county’s only budget theater, Regency Cinema, will close in April.
Source: Journal Times
2009-01-19
HARMAN CINEMA GROUP INTRODUCES NEW JBL DIGITAL SURROUND SERIES CINEMA LOUDSPEAKERS - Providing cinema exhibition venues and post-production facilities with unprecedented audio performance and versatility, JBL Professional has announced two new Digital Surround Series loudspeakers as the latest additions to its award-winning line of cinema loudspeaker systems.
Source: Soundtechuk [Blog]
2009-01-19
Flat ending for historic cinema - A RUN-down cinema in Blairgowrie could be demolished to make way for housing if redevelopment plans are approved.
Source: Perthshire Advertiser
2009-01-19
HMV buys Hammersmith Apollo - HMV Group has invested in a joint venture with venue owner Mama Group that will own 11 venues, including Hammersmith Apollo, the Edinburgh Picture House and Birmingham Institute.
Source: Event Magazine
2009-01-19
Northern Ireland cinema - Belfast city centre
Source: Belfast Telegraph
2009-01-19
The true spirits of cinema are kept secret - Secret Cinema turns movie-going into a theatrical experience. Our correspondent sees Ghostbusters reborn
Source: The Times
2009-01-19
IMAX signs digital cinema deal with Russia - IMAX Corp. and Moscow-based Rising Star Media have signed a deal that will see the installation of Russia
Source: Screen Daily
2009-01-19
National Theatre to broadcast live in cinemas - The National Theatre is to begin live broadcasting its plays to some 50 cinemas across the UK, beginning with Helen Mirren in the French classical tragedy Ph
Source: The Guardian
2009-01-19
Cinema visits top 164 million - Cinema admissions increased 1.1% year on year in 2008, totalling 164.2 million, according to figures from the Cinema Advertising Association.
Source: Brand Republic
2009-01-19
York cinema pledge - THE owner of York
Source: The Press
2009-01-19
Cinemas aren - Go to the movies. And when you get there, don
Source: Projo.com
2009-01-19
UK cinemas dodge recession - Given the success of Danny Boyle and Kate Winslet, City financiers and shareholders think the UK cinema industry itself could be a star this year.
Source: Thisismoney.co.uk
2009-01-19
Anger greets plan to bulldoze Odeon site - A plan to tear down an iconic building to make way for new homes and shops has been met with strong opposition.
Source: Portsmouth
2009-01-19
Controversial cinema project discussed in secret tonight - THE controversial project for a cinema as part of a major city centre development, thought to be killed stone dead by massive opposition may be about to be resurrected.
Source: St Albans Review
2009-01-19
Film studios tout a slate of high-tech offerings - With digital projection, Imax screens and movies in 3-D coming to a theater near you, 2009 could go down as the year that high-tech became the indisputably dominant force in American movie theaters.
Source: North Jersey
2009-01-19
Cinema future is saved in takeover - Kidderminster
Source: Express and Star
2009-01-19
UK cinema admissions, year-end total for 2008 - The Cinema Advertising Association has just released the final UK admissions tally for 2008, courtesy of Nielsen EDI, and it makes for heartening reading (see the Pearl and Dean web site for full details).
Source: Bigger Picture Research
2009-01-19
A filmmaker with a vision for the future - A BAFTA award-winning editor and writer has made Orkney his home and is hoping to bring more film work to the county.Mark Jenkins, 42, moved here in January 2007 when his wife, photographer Rebecca Marr, was appointed as artist in residence for the Art and Agriculture project.
Source: Orkney Today
2009-01-19
Doremi Cinema to Equip Odeon/UCI - Doremi Cinema has been selected by Odeon/UCI, Europe
Source: DCinematoday.com
2009-01-19
UPDATE 1-Cineworld 2008 view helped by Mamma Mia, Dark Knight - Cineworld Group Plc (CINE.L), which operates 75 cinema complexes throughout the UK and Ireland, expects to report 2008 earnings in line with current market expectations, with revenue for the period up 4.4 percent.
Source: Reuters
2009-01-19
Barco, Sonic Equipment partner for digital cinema - B&B Theatres in Liberty, MO has begun construction on a new eight screen, all digital cinemas in Hannibal, MO using the latest projectors and technology from Barco.
Source: Business of Cinema
2009-01-19
How will the recession affect Europes media markets? - Media analyst firm Screen Digest today releases its forecasts for key media markets in 2009. The company
Source: Digitalcinema.info
2009-01-19
2009 RAAM Award Nominations Announcement - The full list of nominations in this year
Source: Digitalcinema.info
2009-01-19
Rex Cinema and Bar closes - Londons Rex Cinema and Bar has closed following the expiration of its lease, but plans to relocate.
Source: Citmagazine.com
2009-01-19
Dolby looks to bring its 3-D cinema technology into the home - Dolby Laboratories, which introduced 3-D technology into theaters in 2007, now wants to bring it home. The company is in talks with a number of content providers and is looking to develop 3-D systems for home use with Blu-ray discs.
Source: Smartbrief.com
2009-01-19
Loan offer over old cinema plans - A loan of up to £150,000 has been offered by a council to help restore an old cinema in a Worcestershire town.
Source: BBC News
2009-01-19
Gary lands his dream job - He has been enchanted by movies since he was young and now Gary Stevens has fulfilled a lifelong dream to own his own cinema.
Source: Emailed in
2009-01-13
The Movies on Exchange: the last picture show - Regulars say they'll miss the downtown Portland movie theater that closed Sunday after 32 years.
Source: Portland Press Herald
2009-01-13
Kordor Electronics Releases Digital Cinema Movie Distribution Technology - Company Develops a Cloud Storage Powered Zip Format to Allow Easy Digital Film Distribution to Thousands of Theaters as an E-Mail Attachment.
Source: World of Loan.com
2009-01-13
Oswego cinema goes 3D - The Oswego Cinema 7 will usher in the digital age of cinema in the city of Oswego Thursday evening with its showing of “My Bloody Valentine 3D.” The theater has converted one of its auditoriums from film to digital projection.
Source: Palltimes.com
2009-01-13
Theaters not yet ready for Hollywood's infatuation with 3-D - LOS ANGELES: The imminent full-bore return to 3-D filmmaking, upon which the movie industry is placing many of its hopes, is in danger of becoming Hollywood's latest flub.
Source: International Herald Tribute
2009-01-13
Council tight-lipped over St Albans cinema - THE district council has refused to disclose why the long-running and controversial city centre cinema project was secretly discussed at last week's cabinet meeting.
Source: St Albans Review
2009-01-13
Cinema visits top 164 million - Cinema admissions increased 1.1% year on year in 2008, totalling 164.2 million, according to figures from the Cinema Advertising Association
Source: Media Week
2009-01-06
Railway carriage hosts mini movies once more after £10,000 refit - One of the worlds smallest cinemas, a 23-seat railway carriage with flock wallpaper and hand-operated curtains, has been saved, writes David Smith.
Source: The Guardian
2009-01-06
Enter the Next Generation of 3M™ Mobile Projection Technology - ST. PAUL, Minn. — This week, at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, 3M™ will unveil the MM200, a new design in the company’s expanding miniature projection portfolio. Offering brilliant color and VGA resolution with an exceptionally thin profile, the 3M MM200 represents an evolutionary leap in mobile projection technology. Just a year ago, 3M debuted its first generation mobile projection engine at CES. Since then, the company has successfully integrated that engine into consumer platforms including the 3M MPro110 -- the mobile projector that won the “Grand Award” in the gadget category of the Popular Science 2008 Best of What’s New Awards.
Source: Centre Daily
2009-01-06
Mass 3D giveaway for film trailer - About 150 million pairs of 3D glasses are to be given away in the US so TV viewers can watch a special film trailer during the Super Bowl final.
Source: BBC News
2009-01-06
Gunman threatens staff at cinema - An armed robber threatened cinema staff and a member of the public with a gun before fleeing empty handed.
Source: BBC News
2009-01-06
Horse is star film attraction after bursting into cinema - A runaway horse unwittingly became a star movie attraction - after bursting into a cinema. [Other links about this story can be found here]
Source: Daily Mail
2009-01-06
Night Projectionist film in development - The comic book company Studio 407 is developing its comic horror miniseries "The Night Projectionist" as a feature film.
Source: Hollywood Reporter
2009-01-06
Cineplex Galaxy Income Fund buys three drive-in theatre properties and office - Cineplex Entertainment LP, the operating company of Cineplex Galaxy Income Fund (TSX:CGX.UN), said Monday that it has acquired three drive-in theatre properties that it has been operating and its head office in Toronto from Cineplex Odeon Corp. for $9.6 million.
Source: Brandonsuncom
2009-01-04
Signs halt Reel Cinema progress - MORE than 18 months after pledging to reopen York’s Odeon cinema, its new owners are finally taking action – by setting up a pay and display car park.
Source: The Press
2009-01-04
Nvidia picks wrong 3d glasses - Nvidia is banging the 3D drum with their new glasses called GeForce 3D Vision, but they are entirely missing the point. In typical fashion they are going about it not only the wrong way, but trying to counter the direction of the entire consumer electronics industry.
Source: Fullres [blog]
2009-01-04
Old Odeon building is sound, says cinema man - THE FINAL reel in the future of the former Odeon cinema in St Albans has yet to be run as a would-be "saviour" waits in the wings.
Source: Herts ad
2008-12-31
Colchester new team have big plans for cinema - LIGHTS, camera, action – the new management team at the Odeon Cinema in Colchester are ready for their close-ups.
Source: Gazette News
2008-12-31
Think Again Over Odeon - The Theatres Trust has waded into the debate over Bradford’s former Odeon cinema by lodging an official objection to plans for the building’s demolition.
Source: The Telegraph & Argus
2008-12-31
Arts Alliance Media to close movie download network - Arts Alliance Media (AAM) is to close its Vizumi movie download network by the end of February 2009.The company began selling movie downloads in 2005 through its then subsidiary Lovefilm and has been operating digital stores for a range of companies including The Guardian and Tiscali in addition to running its own outlet, vizumi.com.
Source: Screendigest
2008-12-31
Purpose-built cinema for Shetland - Shetland is to get its first purpose-built cinema, music and education venue at a cost of £12m.
Source: BBC News
2008-12-31
Cinedigm Signs on Initial Financing for Phase 2 Digital Cinema Conversions - Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp. ("Cinedigm") (NasdaqGM:CIDM - News) today announced its Phase 2 Entity signed today on an $8.9 million credit facility. The facility will fund the launch of Cinedigms first 137 Phase 2 conversions of Premiere Cinemas' theatres to the Company's digital cinema platform, in what is expected to ultimately be a 10,000-screen digital cinema deployment plan. The first 35 systems are expected to be operational in December, bringing the total for Phase 2 to 55 by year end. To date, Cinedigm has signed alm
Source: Yahoo News
2008-12-31
Bowley named new MD DCM - LONDON - Cinema sales house Digital Cinema Media (DCM) has appointed Martin Bowley as its new managing director.
Source: Mediaweek
2008-12-31
DCM ramps up digital - Digital Cinema Media, the cinema sales house formerly owned by ITV and known as Carlton Screen Advertising, plans to ramp up its digital presence with the aim of a third of its UK cinemas having digital capabilities by 2009.
Source: Mediaweek
2008-12-31
DCM awards foyer contract to Boomerang - Digital Cinema Media (DCM), the new owner of cinema sales house Carlton Screen Advertising, has awarded the contract for its foyer and washroom advertising to outdoor outfit Boomerang Media.
Source: Mediaweek
2008-12-31
Cineplex to offer limited in-theatre drinking - People in two Cineplex Odeon VIP cinemas will soon be able to enjoy a beer or wine with their movie.
Source:
2008-12-31
Santas flock to cinema - FATHER Christmases from across the West Midlands flocked to a Dudley cinema to attend a special Santa School.
Source: Stourbridge News
2008-12-31
Watching the watchmen at Greenwich IMAX - Feverishly-awaited graphic novel movie Watchmen will be dropping jaws at Greenwich's new IMAX cinema next year.
Source: Wharf
2008-12-31
Cinema advertising streams ahead - No one told cinema advertisers about the economic downturn, it seems, as the two main companies, Screenvision and National CineMedia, continued to release a stream of good news over the last several weeks.
Source: Hollywoodbranding [Blog]
2008-12-31
National chain to sell some cinemas - Sumner Redstone has reportedly reached an agreement with his daughter, Shari Redstone, to put some of National Amusements’ cinemas on the block to help the company restructure its debt.
Source: Enterprise News
2008-12-31
RKCR/Y&R lands ad business for Odeon - Odeon, the largest cinema chain in the UK, has appointed Rainey Kelly Campbell Roalfe/Y&R to handle its UK advertising account.
Source: Brand Republic
2008-12-31
Odeon launches Europe's first digital IMAXs - Cinema chain, Odeon opens the door on two new IMAX auditoriums in Greenwich and Wimbledon today, both equipped with IMAX's new digital projection system.
Source: Home cinema choice
2008-12-31
Multibuild wins 2m Wrexham cinema fitout - Multibuild has won a £2 million project to fit-out a new Odeon cinema in Wrexham.
Source: CNPlus
2008-12-31
Cineworld puts digital at centre of new strategy - ineworld has overhauled its website as it looks to become the UK's leading cinema and film brand. The cinema chain, which has over 800 screens at 71 locations across the UK, has relaunched its website and increased its focus on local advertising to become a key film portal. The new-look site has greater emphasis on content around current and upcoming films, including trailers and information about cast and crew.
Source: NMA
2008-12-31
Dudley Savage - Cinema organist and later a popular broadcaster on BBC Radio - Dudley Savage was one of the last of the cinema organ superstars. Amid a career spanning more than half a century, this most accomplished performer, composer and arranger never ceased to make music both accessible and enjoyable. In addition, as the host of the long-running BBC radio programme As Prescribed, his name still engenders a particular warmth of affection felt only for a very few broadcasters.
Source: Independent
2008-12-31
Open Air Cinema Announces 16-foot Inflatable Movie Screen - Open Air Cinema has announced its new and largest 16-foot inflatable outdoor movie screen. The screen measures 16' x 9' and offers a 220" diagonal projection surface. The projection surface is a matte white, wrinkle resistant material.
Source: i4u.com
2008-12-31
Digital IMAX can be cinemas silver bullet - Digital IMAX will revolutionise cinema going and act as the silver bullet to take movies to a whole new level, according to the company's Executive Vice President Larry OReilly.
Source: Techradar
2008-12-31
3-D film revolution lets audiences feel theyre in the action - For more than 50 years the film studios have sweated over how to bring the silver screen to the viewing public in three dimensions.
Source: The Times
2008-12-31
Projectors to use laser beams - Digital cinema projectors get around this problem, but purists complain that the gamut is not as rich as film. That may soon change, though, thanks to a new digital cinema projector that uses lasers.
Source: Digital Cinema Buyers Guide
2008-12-31
Arts Alliance Media Secures 43 Million Euro Financing and Partnership With Arqiva for Conversion of European Cinemas to Digital, Satellite and 3D - Arts Alliance Media (AAM), Europe's leading provider of digital cinema technology, deployment and content today announced that it has signed agreements for 43 million euros of funding from pan-European services company Econocom and various private investors, together with a long term strategic partnership agreement with Arqiva Satellite & Media for the satellite distribution of films and alternative content live events into European cinemas.
Source: Yahoo News
2008-12-31
Reald inks digital cinema deal - Los Angeles-based 3D technology provider RealD has inked a deal with a digital cinema server firm, the company said Wednesday. RealD said that Doremi Cinema LLC will integrate the firm's 3D EQ technology into Doremi's digital cinema servers. Financial impact of the deal was not disclosed. The deal helps RealD streamline its distribution, meaning that customers of Doremi will automatically get RealD's 3D capability when they install their digital cinema system, rather than going through another install of RealD's hardware. RealD's products connect to existing digital cinema systems to provide projection of 3D movies. RealD said that the 3D capabilities will be available on all new Doremi servers beginning in March of 2009, with retrofits of existing installations at the same time.
Source: Socaltech.com
2008-12-31
Odeon buiding damaged - KUALA LUMPUR: The building that houses the Odeon Cinema, one of the oldest theatres in the city, was damaged in an early morning fire yesterday.
Source: NST.com
2008-12-31
Barco’s 3D digital cinema solutions set to wow visitors at CineAsia 2008. - Barco, a world leader in visualization and display solutions will put its leading digital cinema products on display at CineAsia 2008 in Macau.
Source: DCinema Today
2008-12-31
Barco stars at China’s National Digital Cinema Production Center - Barco, a world leader in visualization and display solution, teams with the China Film Group and the National Digital Cinema Production Center in enhancing its digital cinema operations. Barco has been a partner since 2002, and now also has provided digital cinema equipment for post-production at the new center.
Source: DCinema Today
2008-12-31
3D films - the next film revolution? - They've been the next big thing for the past 50 years, but 3D films have finally come of age. Just the thing to get bums on seats, says Chris Evans
Source: The Independent
2008-12-31
Crisis shuts down first Czech multiplex cinema - The economic troubles have been undeniably hitting the Czech Republic too. Now the crisis started to effect the film industry.
Source: Centrum
2008-12-31
Wait for state-of-the-art cinema is nearly over - THE official opening date for St Austell's new cinema complex has been announced.
Source: Thisiscornwall.co.uk
2008-12-31
Ecinomy leads to closing of Fenton Cinema - FENTON, Michigan -- Fenton Cinemas has taken its last curtain call. The city's only local movie theater, 291 N. Alloy Drive, closed without warning Sunday after 23 years.
Source: MLive.com
2008-12-31
Former Theaters To Become Dept. Stores - In an economy where many are scaling back, a local developer has purchased four empty movie theaters for development.
Source: WFSB.com
2008-12-31
Doremi and RealD to Incorporate Real-Time 3D EQ - LOS ANGELES, Dec 10, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- RealD, the world's largest digital 3D experience provider, today announced an agreement with Doremi Cinema LLC to integrate RealD's proprietary 3D EQ technology in Doremi's digital cinema servers. This new feature for RealD's award-winning 3D cinema system will be available on all new Doremi servers beginning in March 2009, while existing Doremi servers will be updated in all RealD installations at that time.
Source: Marketwatch.com
2008-12-31
Asia finally ready to roll out digital cinemas - Digital cinema installs have the greatest penetration in the US, with conversions in Europe and Asia lagging behind. The US was the first to find a reasonable business model in the virtual print fee system, but now it seems that GDC Technology, in conjunction with 20th Century Fox, Paramount Pictures International and Universal Pictures International, has finally been able to put together a virtual print fee for Asia. This should finally help jump-start sales in the region.
Source: Displaydaily.com
2008-12-31
Arts Alliance Media gains $56m boost to D-cinema ambitions - Arts Alliance Media's (AAM) ambitions for digital conversion of Europe's cinemas has received a $56m (Euros 43m) boost with the signing of a financing agreement with European services company Econocom and various private investors.
Source: Screendaily.com
2008-12-31
Cineworld premieres new hosted website - The cinema chain has revamped its website, moving to a new hosted infrastructure to support its new multimedia and e-commerce features.
Source: ITPRO.co.uk
2008-12-31
Thai Major Cineplex plans $19 mln share buy-back - Major Cineplex Group
Source: Yahoo News
2008-12-31
Films set to roll at new cinema - Tickets are going on sale at Cornwall's first new cinema complex, the first to be built in 70 years.
Source: BBC News
2008-12-31
Funding appeal for ageing cinema - A £100,000 appeal has begun to help improve an independent cinema in Bath.
Source: BBC News
2008-12-31
Church plans to buy disused cinema - A local church is buying the former Cinema 4 on Colborne Street, planning to convert the four-screen complex into a place of worship.
Source: Orillia Packet
2008-12-31
Odeon-UCI plans digital makeover - In another step on the road to cinema digitization in Europe, leading exhibition group Odeon-UCI said it is planning on digitizing 111 of its 200 cinemas in Europe.
Source: Variety
2008-12-31
Firefighters tackle cinema blaze - Firefighters are tackling a blaze at a former cinema in Larne, County Antrim.
Source: BBC News
2008-12-31
Campaign to save Odeon - A BID to protect the Odeon Cinema, one of Doncaster's main Art Deco buildings, has been launched by campaigners who fear its future could be in doubt.
Source: The Star
2008-12-31
Mamma Mia! beats UK cinema record - Musical film Mamma Mia! has become the highest grossing movie cinema release in the UK, beating 1997 film Titanic.
Source: BBC News
2008-12-31
New Comic: The Projectionist - Studio 407 is thrilled to announce The Night Projectionist an all new Horror series that will be in stores this February. Studio 407 is known for their critically acclaimed comic series Night and Fog, and Hybrid, which has been optioned for a feature film with Myriad Pictures (Jeepers Creepers)
Source: Reelcomix.com
2008-12-31
Barco trains and certifies over 200 digital cinema engineers - As part of Barco’s industry-leading digital cinema certification program, over 200 technicians have successfully completed the rigorous training courses held at Barco’s North American facilities in Rancho Cordova, CA.
Source: Digital Cinema Buyers Guide
2008-12-31
St Alans Odeon for sale - THE dilapidated former Odeon Cinema has been put up for sales, raising hopes that it could one day show films again.
Source: St Albans Review
2008-12-31
View DCM's top 10 cult cinema ad - VIDEO - Cinema sales house Digital Cinema Media (DCM) has collated the top 10 cult cinema ads and is now looking to find the number one.
Source: Media Week
2008-12-31
Lights dim on cinemas plan - THERE are no immediate plans for a multi-screen cinema in Bedford Row, as suggested in sections of the media.
Source: Limerick Post
2008-12-31
Profile: Arts Alliance Media eyes D-cinema breakthrough - The conversion of the world's cinemas to digital equipment was always much more than a simple upgrade of theatre equipment. The industry had been built on a single standard - 35mm film - and, for all its glaring inefficiencies, it worked in its own way.
Source: Screendaily
2008-12-31
City centre cinema set to become office block - CITY councillors have given the green light to plans to turn the old Odeon cinema site into an office block.
Source: Thisisnottingham
2008-12-31
Hammersmith's King Street Tesco plans questioned by council - Plans for a huge Tesco in King Street, Hammersmith, have been branded 'unacceptable' by Hammersmith and Fulham Council.
Source: London Informer
2008-12-31
AIPTEK Pocket Cinema V10 - SAID to be the world's first media player-projector, the China-made Pocket Cinema V10 from AIPTEK weighs around 160g, and is about the size of a candybar mobile phone.
Source: Asiaone.com
2008-12-31
Sony, Fox Detail 3D HD Plans - Sony Electronics has struck a deal with Fox Sports to sponsor the network’s 3D HD broadcast of the FedEx Bowl Championship Series (BCS) college football national championship game on Jan. 8 between the University of Florida and University of Oklahoma, which will be shown to VIP guests at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas and delivered to 80 3D-equipped theaters across the U.S.
Source: Broadcastingcable.com
2008-12-31
Digital Cinema Media replaces branding iron idents - Cinema advertising group Digital Cinema Media has unveiled its new idents, which feature clips from well-known films including Pirates of the Caribbean. [To view the ident, go to the DCM website and it is currently in the middle of the homepage.]
Source: Brand Republic
2008-12-31
Credit crunch is crushing plans for digital theaters, 3-D movies - The credit crisis is stalling plans to convert thousands of theaters to digital projection, threatening profits on more than a dozen 3-D films Hollywood will release next year, including DreamWorks Animation SKG's "Monsters vs. Aliens."
Source: Deseret News
2008-12-31
Harold Brown Obituary - Harold Brown, who has died aged 89, held the post of film preservation officer at the British Film Institute's National Film Archive (NFA) from its inception in 1935 until his retirement almost half a century later. The first of his kind (the official job title came in 1951), he was effectively, and without question, the inventor of the art and science of archival film preservation and restoration, starting out at a critical moment in the cinema's brief history, when a significant proportion of its output had already been lost or destroyed through industry pragmatism, indifference and neglect.
Source: The Guardian
2008-12-31
Reel time runs ut for the forum cinema - THE Forum Cinema will close its doors for the last time in January.
Source: Thisisjersey
2008-12-31
Odeon site goes up for sale - A GLIMMER of hope has emerged for residents who have battled to save the Odeon cinema in St Albans from being turned into a block of flats.
Source: Herts Advertiser
2008-12-31
Hotel and cinema bring new jobs - More than 120 new jobs have been created by two business projects about to open in the Belfast area.
Source: BBC News
2008-12-31
St Austell Cinema History - We’re already brought you news of the new £3.5 million four-screen White River cinema that is at the heart of the heart of St Austell’s regeneration. But because this marks such a historic occasion, we thought we’d bring you some of the background to the development. Some may call it context, some may say its social history. We just call it interesting.
Source: Devon and Cornwall Film
2008-12-31
Cinema keeps reels spinning for Christmas crowd - While you’re celebrating the Christmas holiday, some of your neighbors will be on the job. The World today takes a peek into the lives of Santa’s other helpers.
Source: The World Link
2008-12-31
Odeon Guerseny - Photos of the Odeon Guerseny
Source: Flickr
2008-12-31
Cineworld signs at Preston scheme - Preston Tithebarn Partnership, a joint venture between Grosvenor and Lend Lease, has secured leading cinema operator Cineworld as the leisure anchor for the 32 acre Preston Tithebarn scheme.
Source: Property Week
2008-12-31
St Austell Cinema Opens - CORNWALL'S first new cinema complex for more than 70 years – White River Cinema, St Austell – will officially open to the public this Friday (December 19).
Source: Thisiscornwall
2008-12-31
360 Degree view of the Odeon Leicester Square -
Source: Spherical Images
2008-12-31
Iranians go to cinema once every 5 years - TEHRAN -- Based on the statistics released last year, Iranians go to the cinema once every 5 years.
Source: Tehran Times
2008-12-31
UK cinema attendances soar thanks to James Bond Quantum of Solace - UK cinema admissions soared 40pc in November as James Bond film Quantum of Solace and High School Musical 3 attracted people of all ages to the silver screen.
Source: The Daily Telegraph
2008-12-31
Fears growing over future of towns cinema - FEARS are growing for the future of Tenbury’s Regal Cinema after a spate of recent loss-making shows.
Source: Worcesternews
2008-12-31
Final Curtain Fearfor Birkenhead Library Cinema Club - A CINEMA club based in Wirral’s historic Birkenhead Town Hall (now Wirral Museum) faces an uncertain future after the local authority announced proposed cuts in public buildings.
Source: Liverpool Daily Post
2008-12-31
Movies and the Economy - During the holidays, one of the most popular activities is catching a movie. And with many people concerned about finances and family obligations, theaters have been busy.
Source: WTok
2008-12-31
Movie bid 'to revitalise theatre' - Blockbuster films are to be shown at a theatre in Gravesend, Kent, in a bid to revitalise the venue and fill a gap after the town's cinema burned down.
Source: BBC News
2008-12-31
Restored neon sign lights way to cinema - The Picture House’s neon “CINEMA” sign is back on the North Street building’s wall.
Source: Keighley News
2008-12-31
Mark Cuban Reports 9.4 Percent Stake In Carmike Cinemas - New York, NY (AHN) - In a Securities and Exchange Commission filing, billionaire Mark Cuban reported purchasing a 9.4 percent or 1.2 million share stake in Carmike Cinemas.
Source: All Headline News
2008-12-31
One last curtain call at Circle Cinema - Brookline — Four months after Circle Cinemas closed its doors due to slumping ticket sales, little is known about the future of the 60-year-old theater on Brookline’s border.
Source: Wicked local
2008-12-31
Father shot in cinema after row over noisy family - A GUNMAN enraged by a noisy family sitting near him in a cinema on Christmas night shot the father in the arm.
Source: Scotsman
2008-12-31
Behind the Scenes at Cineworld Cinemas -
Source: Flickr
2008-12-31
E-Cinema, Part 1: 3-D Hits Its Stride - 3-D has been called the "third revolution" in cinema, taking the medium to a new level the same way sound and color did decades ago. However, perfecting the art of big-budget 3-D movies will require new technology developments in cameras, post-production tools and projectors.
Source: Tech News World
2008-12-31
E-Cinema, Part 2: Step Into the Projection Booth - When it comes to 3-D movies, the days of cheesy red and blue tinted glasses are gone. Today's 3-D projector booths strive for pixel-perfect image reproduction, and the third dimension is rendered through polarization. Camera crews can even photograph live events like football games in 3-D and present them to theater audiences thousands of miles away in real time.
Source: Tech News world
2008-12-31
E-Cinema, Part 3: Adding a New Dimension - A filmmaker doesn't necessarily have to shoot in 3-D in order to show a movie in 3-D. Techniques exist for turning 2-D movies into 3-D features. A handful of Hollywood films have already re-released "Dimensionalized" content, and some big-name directors are considering the process for some of their past hits.
Source: Tech News World
2008-12-31
New venues boost Derby arts scene in 2008 - IT was a gloomy start to the arts year in Derby as the Playhouse was forced to shut its doors after the against-all-odds run of Treasure Island came to an end.
Source: Thisisderyshire
2008-12-31
Regina art exhibit 'Projections' explores elements of cinema - CA
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2008-12-31
Film highlights 2008 - UK
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2008-12-17
FogScreen; Inc. Announces New AV Integrator Program for Walk-Through Projection Screen(title unknown) -
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2008-12-17
How digital cinema made it big - the true Hollywood story(title unknown) -
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2008-12-17
Showcase Cinemas equip new digital signage(title unknown) -
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2008-12-17
Blaze drama at excinema in Capital(title unknown) -
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Historic cinema faces threat of demolition(title unknown) -
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2008-12-17
Plans for open air has mixed reviews in London(title unknown) -
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Magic lanterns: Early photo projection was dangerous; but exciting(title unknown) -
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Kodak innovators honored by leading motion picture technical society(title unknown) -
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2008-12-17
Regal CEO says digital ugrade maybe delayed(title unknown) -
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2008-12-17
Cinema tops childrends wish list(title unknown) -
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2008-11-27
Access Integrated Technologies plans to change name to Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp. - MORRISTOWN, N.J. (AP) - Access Integrated Technologies Inc., a company that is helping with the rollout of digital movie theaters, said Tuesday it plans to change its name to Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp.
Source: Canadian Business
2008-11-27
Cinema's 'beer with your popcorn' plan - CINEMA-GOERS could soon be able to drink beer and wine while watching their favourite movies.
Source: This is Staffordshire
2008-11-27
The Night Projectionist - The Night Projectionist is the story of a vampire taking hostages on the last night of a condemned movie theater during an all-night Draculathon.
Source: Shock Till You Drop
2008-11-27
Ex-projectionist, 94, shares Maryland Theatre memories for documentary - HAGERSTOWN — George Wagner doesn’t see very well anymore, but as he runs his hands over The Maryland Theatre’s 1930s-era projection machines, his fingers know every knob and clamp.
Source: Herald Mail
2008-11-26
Projecting A Bright Future For New Cinema - Projection equipment for Cornwall's first brand new cinema in over 70 years has been installed, ahead of its official opening to the public next month.
Source: 4rfv
2008-11-26
Coming soon: £92m blockbuster at Kensington Odeon - PLANS to turn the Kensington Odeon cinema into a £92 million housing development have been given the go-ahead.
Source: This is London
2008-11-26
New home found for Hull Screen - Hull's only arthouse cinema is set to be saved. City councillors have agreed to transfer Hull Screen to the Reel cinema in St Stephen's in the New Year.
Source: This is Hull and East Riding
2008-11-26
'Button' undone by digital dilemma - Welcome to digital," wrote producer Frank Marshall in a morning-after email following Thursday night's aborted unveiling of "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
Source: Variety
2008-11-26
Thread comes out of 'Button' - An aborted screening of "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" last week has raised concerns within the film community over digital projection.
Source: Hollywood Reporter
2008-11-26
Cinema will be main feature in redevelopment - CINEMAS have changed over the years, and St Austell's new £3.5 million four-screen multiplex will be a welcome change for the town.
Source: This is Cornwall
2008-11-26
Former cinema is refused listed status - Campaigners for Bradford's former Odeon cinema building have lost their latest bid to save the city centre landmark.
Source: Yorkshire Post
2008-11-26
Appeal over Odeon listing is rejected - Bradford’s derelict former Odeon cinema is not of sufficient quality to warrant listed building status, it was confirmed today.
Source: The Telegraph and Argus
2008-11-26
Plans due for revamp of former Chester Odeon building - PLANS for a 230-seat cinema at Chester’s former Odeon cinema will be included in an application likely to be submitted to the city council early in the new year.
Source: IC Cheshire Online
2008-11-26
Digital Cinema Initiatives (DCI) Signs Licensing Agreements For Compliance Testing - Digital Cinema Initiatives, LLC (DCI) announced that it has signed licensing agreements for compliance testing with CineCert, LLC in the United States, DMC/Keio University in Japan and Media Innovation Center in Italy. These entities will perform testing to determine whether manufactured digital cinema equipment and products are compliant with DCI's Digital Cinema System Specification (the DCI Specification).
Source: Digital Cinema Info
2008-11-26
A Comeback for Drive-Ins? - A New Generation of Moviegoers Discovers the Value of the Drive-in
Source: Digital Cinema Report
2008-11-26
ZON Lusomundo and XDC to deploy 180 digital screens in Portugal - XDC, the leading pan-European digital-cinema service company, and ZON Lusomundo, the largest cinema chain in Portugal, signed an exclusive agreement for the deployment of digital-cinema systems in 180 of ZON Lusomundo’s cinema screens in Portugal.
Source: Film Journal
2008-11-26
2009 - The Year of 3D - The coming year promises, in many ways, to be a make or break year for digital 3D in movies. Current plans call for Hollywood to release 25 or more 3D titles in 2009. That amounts to a 3D release every other week, although the studios being the studios it might be more appropriate to preview this as the Summer of Too Many 3D Movies All at Once. That discussion is for another day. Can all of these movies possibly succeed? Will 3D prove to be a fad, yet again? In my mind, before we can answer those two questions there are a long list of other questions that must be answered first. Here are ten questions we will explore in depth in our yearlong series of Special Reports – 2009: The Year of 3D.
Source: Digital Cinema Report
2008-11-26
Steve Wiener of Cineworld: Multiplex maestro steps out - Cineworld boss Steve Wiener likes a good recession - cinema booms in a downturn. But are his popcorn multiplexes really what we all want?
Source: The Times
2008-11-26
Arqiva distributes full-length digital cinema feature via satellite - Arqiva has announced it has used its Content Delivery Network to distribute the 2008 Palme d'Or winning ‘Entre Les Murs' to Circuit George Raymond (CGR), one of France's largest cinema chains. Working in partnership with Arts Alliance Media, Arqiva successfully delivered the full cinema package via the Intelsat 905 satellite direct to the library server at CGR Cinema's megaplex site in Villenave d'Ornon, Bordeaux, France. The 216 GB file was transmitted and loaded onto the server without any operator intervention.
Source: Digital Cinema Info
2008-11-26
Doremi Cinema Introduces the New DCP-2K4 Digital Cinema Server - Doremi Cinema, a leader in digital cinema technology, today announced the launch of its latest Digital Cinema Server, the DCP-2K4.
Source: Digital Cinema Info
2008-11-26
GDC Technology unveils high-performance SA-2100A and SA-2100T Digital Cinema Servers - GDC Technology today launches two new models SA-2100A and SA-2100T Digital Cinema Server, its fourth generation digital cinema playback servers designed to fully comply with DCI specifications and FIPS-140 security requirements. SA-2100A and SA-2100T are advanced versions of the highly-successful model SA-2100, retaining all its features which include: 2K/4K DCI MXF JPEG2000 playback, DCI MXF JPEG2000 3D playback, MPEG2 MXF Interop playback, CineLink II™ link encryption, CineCanvas™ image and subtitling management, FIPS-140 security features, DCI approved forensic watermarking, HDTV live streaming/store-and-forward capabilities, highly stable Linux-based operating system, touch screen user interface and ingest of Digital Cinema Packages (DCPs) via physical media, network and satellite.
Source: Digital Cinema Info
2008-11-26
Pictures from Gala Bingo Hall - n/a
Source: 28 Days Later
2008-11-26
Google Books - Have a look at Google Books, which has quite a selection on Projectionists and Cinema
Source: Google
2008-11-26
Google Life - LIFE photo archive hosted by Google
Source: Google
2008-11-21
Plans due for revamp of former Chester Odeon building - LANS for a 230-seat cinema at Chester’s former Odeon cinema will be included in an application likely to be submitted to the city council early in the new year.
Source: Chester Chronicle
2008-11-21
Imax, Disney Re-Team With Five-Picture Deal - TORONTO -(Dow Jones)- After a lull in film deals between Walt Disney Co. (DIS) and Imax Corp. (IMAX), the two companies have rekindled their relationship with the signing of a five-picture pact.
Source: CNN Money
2008-11-21
Silver screen still a big draw - Despite the credit crunch and less disposable income in people's pockets, cinema admissions in Ireland this year are almost the same as last year's record-breaking box office returns. Ticket sales to the end of September were 14.16 million compared to 14.2 million for the same period last year.
Source: Independent
2008-11-21
Renoir to Curzon Bloomsbury: a rebranding too far - It would be an exaggeration to say that a part of me died when I heard that London's lovely Renoir cinema is soon to be known as the Curzon Bloomsbury, but it certainly made me wince. This is one of the capital's smartest venues: a plush two-screener run by the Artificial Eye group and specialising in foreign-language releases.
Source: Guardian
2008-11-21
Tiny drive-in cinema to set sail - The organisers of a film festival are preparing to stage what they believe will be the world's smallest drive-in cinema on a car ferry.
Source: BBC News
2008-11-21
Christie introduces new technology for 3D content in 2K resolution - Christie is introducing “Brilliant3D” technology, enabling 3D content to be projected in full 2K resolution for digital-cinema projectors utilizing 1.2-inch DMD chips from Texas Instruments. A first for the industry, this new technology will be available exclusively on all Christie digital-cinema projectors. Following successful demonstrations with RealD at IBC in Amsterdam last month, Christie’s new technology provides 33% more brightness for 3D content and uses only a single-lens system.
Source: Film Journal
2008-11-21
Spooked is projectionist's ghost turning - STAFF at Halifax nightclub Liquid claim the former cinema is haunted – by the ghost of a projectionist who burned to death during a horror film showing in 1948.
Source: Halifax Courier
2008-11-21
Tiny projector is a big deal - New gadget brand RXS launches with the Pico Media Projector
Source: Sourcewire.com
2008-11-21
Dalsa to sell digial cinema division - DALSA is committed to eliminating the ongoing losses in the Digital Cinema division by the end of 2008. The Company has recently entered into a non-binding letter of intent, which includes a 30-day period of exclusive negotiations, with ARRI (Arnold & Richter Cine Technik GmbH, one of the world's leading manufacturers of cinematography cameras.
Source: Colorfront [blog]
2008-11-21
As Hollywood Embraces 3D, Economy Stymies Rollout - Here comes the 3D movie rollout like never before. Studios have announced plans to release a record 25 or more 3D titles over the next two years. Movie theaters, meanwhile, have announced plans to install 3D screens in record numbers. In my Display Daily of October 2, 2008 I reported that a consortium of theater owners, including the AMC, Cinemark and Regal, announced an agreement with Hollywood studios to spend nearly $1B to nearly triple the number of digital theaters in North America with 14,000 new installations. While these installations were planned as 2D installations, it is relatively easy (and cheap) to convert a 2D digital screen into a 3D screen. However, it seems the recent economic upheaval has put a kink in some of those plans.
Source: Display Daily
2008-11-21
Batman film brings sales boost - FANS of the latest Batman instalment and Mamma Mia have helped a UK cinema group report better than expected third-quarter sales.
Source: Coventry Telegraph
2008-11-21
3-D industry boosts theaters - As Hollywood studios and national movie chains search for new ways to get consumers into theaters, they’re turning back to 3-D for their future.
Source: ajc.com
2008-11-21
Cinema goers defy the credit crunch - Quantum of Solace broke British box office records for a Friday opening to take £4.9m in ticket sales on its opening day, as it has emerged that box office revenues this year are expected to outstrip takings in 2007. Box office takings are expected to reach about £860m compared with £821m in 2007, according to Screen Digest.
Source: Daily Telegraph
2008-11-21
EVENT: Cornwall Film Festival - This Thursday (November 6) sees the launch of the Cornwall Film Festival, a four-day event dedicated to showcasing new and established local filmmaking talent.
Source: Digital Aarts Online
2008-11-21
UK box office: A view to a killing - Box office for sequels and franchise entries is always skewed, even more than normal, towards the first few days. Box office for the sequel to Casino Royale was always expected to be big. But Quantum of Solace exceeded expectations with the UK's biggest ever three-day opening of £15.4m. Casino Royale opened two years ago with a four-day "weekend" of £13.4m.
Source: The Guardian
2008-11-21
James Bond gives Burnham-On-Sea's new-look cinema a boost! - Burnham-On-Sea's new-look cinema has been given a boost this week... thanks to James Bond!
Source: Burham-on-sea.com
2008-11-21
Cinema plan for WI Hall - THE former Wisbech WI hall could soon be turned into a cinema.
Source: Fenlandcitizen.co.uk
2008-11-21
McDonalds mounts cinema ticket promotion - LONDON - McDonald's is launching a 2 for 1 cinema ticket offer supported by TV, press and online activity.
Source: Brand Republic
2008-11-21
Cinema takings rise to £860 million - Heath Ledger's starring role as The Joker in the recent Batman blockbuster has made serious money for cinema bosses.
Source: Daily Mirror
2008-11-21
Digital Cinema: Rollout, Business Models and Forecasts to 2010 - Providing a global overview of the current state of digital cinema. It includes d-cinema forecasts, screen counts and locations, digital releases, rollout business models, market drivers and detailed profiles of the key players throughout the valu...
Source: Tourism Market Shares
2008-11-21
UK admissions update - The Cinema Advertising Association has just published the UK's admissions tally for September (which can be found on the Pearl and Dean web site).
Source: Bigger Picture Research
2008-11-21
Cinema tops £15 windfall spending poll - A LANDSLIDE poll result shows that residents in Harborough overwhelmingly want Harborough District Council to spend part of a £1.5m windfall on bringing a cinema back to town.
Source: Harorough Mail
2008-11-21
Mamma Mia! It's the hit of the year - ingalong blockbuster musical Mamma Mia! has broken box office figures at Kettering Odeon since its release in July.
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2008-11-21
Drving Digital - With the worldwide economy in an apparent tailspin and the mainstream U.S. digital deployment stalled due to lack of capital, digital cinema in the Asia-Pacific region continues to slowly grow country by country, with now over 1,000 systems spread across the region. At the close of 2008, the driving factors in the Asian rollout are the exhibitors themselves who want to take advantage of the uniqueness of the relatively few 3D titles. The installations are being financed by cinema owners who are installing a few carefully selected screens with state-of-the-art, DCI-specified 3D equipment.
Source: Film Journal
2008-11-21
New city cinema set for galleries - A planned expansion of Glasgow's Buchanan Galleries shopping centre will include a new 10-screen cinema complex.
Source: BBC News
2008-11-21
Smallest drive-in cinema attempt - Organisers of a film festival plan to stage what they believe will be the world's smallest drive-in cinema - on a tiny car ferry.
Source: BBC News
2008-11-21
Moving images into the future - Lasers may lead to richer colour on the silver screen
Source: Economist
2008-11-21
Curtain going up at Cinema at the Guild - Cinema at the Guild throws open the curtains on some of the best movies just out of regular theatrical release as well as classics of the silver screen beginning tomorrow at the newly-renovated Guild Hall.
Source: Well and Tribune
2008-11-21
Dickinson Theatres plans to go all digital - The digital cinema revolution is hitting Kansas City in a big way.
Source: Kansas City
2008-11-21
Doremi Cinema Inks Licensing Deal with Dolby 3D - Doremi Cinema LLC today announced its DCP-2000 JPEG2000 Digital Cinema Server has been approved as a licensee of Dolby(R) 3D Digital Cinema, giving exhibitors even more options when screening 3D content.
Source: Wallstreet Online
2008-11-21
Derelict cinema to be demolished - Permission for a new development on the derelict site of a cinema in Kent has been approved by planners.
Source: BBC News
2008-11-21
10-screen cinema for city centre - FILM fans in Glasgow have been given a boost with the news that a 10-screen cinema will be at the heart of the £300million extension of the city's Buchanan Galleries shopping mall.
Source: Evening Times
2008-11-21
Relief for grumps: the child-free cinema - We've all been there. You're in the cinema and all around are children eating nachos, enjoying the movie and being cheerily sociable rather than immovably silent. Now, a cinema chain is offering relief to grumps: child-free film-going.
Source: The Guardian
2008-11-21
Cinema begins over-18s screenings - A cinema chain is to begin adults-only film screenings across the UK after a successful trial last year.
Source: BBC News
2008-11-21
Waterloo’s Plaza Cinema to celebrate its £55k revamp - A REVAMP costing £55,000 to the front of the Plaza Community Cinema has been completed.
Source: IC Seton and West Lancs
2008-11-21
AccessIT and Barco Enter Into a Supply Agreement to Bring Digital Cinema Systems to Theatres Across the United States and Canada - Following the industry-leading success with its Phase 1 Digital Cinema deployment, Access Integrated Technologies, Inc. ("AccessIT") (NASDAQ: AIXD) together with Barco (BRUX: BAR) announced today the mutual signing of a Supply Agreement for digital cinema systems during AccessIT's three-year Phase 2 Deployment Program.
Source: CNN Money
2008-11-21
Cinema gets star parking treatment - Kennet District Council has agreed to reserve parking for staff at the Palace Cinema and Angel Bingo Club in the Market Place.
Source: Gazette and Hearld
2008-11-17
Cinema will be main feature in redevelopment - CINEMAS have changed over the years, and St Austell's new
Source: Thisiscornwall.co.uk
2008-11-17
British cinema chain growing up - Brit exhib chain Vue Entertainment has introduced selected adult-only screenings.
Source: Variety
2008-11-17
Kingstanding virtual cinema project seeks backers - A virtual reality art-deco theatre project, which began in Kingstanding, is seeking a revivial to preserve the nation's cinematic history
Source: Thisissuttondolfield.co.uk
2008-11-17
Derelict cinema to be demolished - Permission for a new development on the derelict site of a cinema in Kent has been approved by planners.
Source: BBC News
2008-11-17
Cinema gets go-ahead for its drinks licence - CINEMA-GOERS in Worcester will be served beer and wine while watching films after police withdrew all objections to the plan.
Source: WOrchester News
2008-11-17
Profile: Richard Jones, FD of Cineworld - As FD of the UK
Source: Accountacy Age
2008-11-17
Doremi Cinema Inks Licensing Deal with Dolby 3D - Doremi Cinema announced its DCP-2000 JPEG2000 Digital Cinema Server has been approved as a licensee of Dolby 3D Digital Cinema, giving exhibitors even more options when screening 3D content. Doremi Cinema's DCP-2000 servers are installed in over 5500 screens to date worldwide. Because of its extreme interoperability, the DCP-2000 can support all the latest 3D technologies.
Source: Fullres [Blog]
2008-11-17
Staff visit - Four members of staff from the former St Austell FilmCentre returned to the town for a sneak preview of the new White River Cinema on Monday.
Source: Thisiscornwall.co.uk
2008-11-17
Digital 3D Upgrade at Constantin Screening Room - Digital Cinema stays one of the main topics in the movie industry. By and by the big film distributors are starting to jump onto the moving train: After Warner Bros. Entertainment now the major German film producer and distributor Constantin Film had a D-Cinema system installed at their screening room in Munich.
Source: DCinemaToday
2008-11-17
Barco Partners With AccessIT To Deploy Digital Cinema Across The United States & Canada - Barco has entered into a Supply Agreement with Access Integrated Technologies, Inc. (AccessIT), an industry leader in digital cinema solutions. Under the terms of the agreement, Barco could deliver up to 5,000 complete digital cinema systems in the United States and Canada
Source: Broadcastbuyer.tv
2008-11-17
Laser projectors hit digital cinema - Lasers have left science fiction movies and just gone to the movies. The Chinese Academy of Science has developed a projector with lasers as the key ingredient. Unlike plasma TVs that display about 50% of the color range visible to the human eye, or Xenon-based 35mm film projectors that display 60% of the color range, this laser digital cinema projector displays 80% of the color range visible to humans.
Source: Sound & Vision
2008-11-17
White Christmas is back on the big screen and whiter than ever before - Irving Berlin's classic 1954 musical White Christmas, starring Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney and Vera-Ellen, is returning to cinemas in the UK just in time for the festive season.
Source: Homecinemachoice
2008-10-30
New format to compete with Blu-ray, twice the capacity, 1920p capable. - DreamStream to employ military-grade encryption to secure Royal Digital Medias new optical media format, which exceeds Blu-rays HD capabilities. DreamStream and RDMs technologies align perfectly, as they both rest exponentially beyond the standards currently being employed
Source: AV Revolution Forum
2008-10-30
Christies Brilliant3D technology delivers a bright, single lens 3D solution - Christie, a leader in digital cinema projection, is pleased to introduce its Brilliant3D technology that enables 3D content to be projected in full 2K resolution for digital cinema projectors utilizing 1.2in DMD chips from Texas Instruments.
Source: AV Interactive
2008-10-30
3-D sound unveiled at L.A. theater - HOLLYWOOD -- A breakthrough in theatrical sound that is targeting digital 3-D-ready exhibition was introduced Tuesday at the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers Technical Conference and Exhibition.
Source: Hollywood Reporter
2008-10-30
Cineworld posts blockbuster results - A SERIES of blockbuster films, including Mamma Mia and The Dark Knight, have helped Cineworld to increase revenues.
Source: Scotsman
2008-10-30
Cineworld confirms it will open Llanfairpwll cinema - FOLLOWING last week’s revelations that the Ty Mawr scheme has a rival, developers Ynys Môn Estates have hit back by revealing unswerving backing for their project, at Llanfairpwll.
Source: The Online Mail
2008-10-30
SMPTE 2008 Show Opens With Launch of 3-D Cinema Sound System - LOS ANGELES, BUSINESS WIRE -- SMPTE 2008: Annual Tech Conference & Expo (
Source: US
2008-10-30
Hollywood may not be recession-proof this time - Blame the Internet. The endless stream of free content means strapped consumers can escape without spending at the multiplex or subscribing to premium cable.
Source: LA Times
2008-10-30
The Kingstanding Odeon in VR - The Visualisation Lab at King’s College London plan to create a “unique, interactive, virtual reality, Cinema History database”
Source: Created in Birmingham
2008-10-30
Odeon cinemas: the John Maltby collection - The Odeon cinema chain was both a cultural icon of 1930s England and an architectural landmark. It was founded by Oscar Deutsch, a modest financier who acquired his first cinemas as one business venture among many. Within a few years he had developed a chain of cinemas to rival the ABC and Gaumont.
Source: Viewfinder - English Heritage
2008-10-30
Odeon plan approved - The Planning Committee earlier today approved the development proposals submitted by Duddingston House Properties for the Odeon Cinema in Clerk Street. The decision was approved on a majority vote. It remains to be seen in the current property market and with the parlous state of the economy whether the development goes ahead. The unoccupied property has become a blight on the Clerk Street area. There were objections from many who felt the B listed cinema should have been completely retained, and concerns were also expressed that alternative schemes to bring viability to the premises had not been given sufficient opportunity to succeed.
Source: Cameron Rose [blog]
2008-10-30
Digital dilemma projected for independent cinemas - THE shift away from traditional methods of showing films would appear to favour the big cinema chains - but Cumbrias smaller ventures are getting ahead of the game. CAROLINE BARBER reports
Source: NWE Mail
2008-10-30
East Grinsteads cinema gets a makeover - SPACIOUS seating and an extra screen are among the new features at the towns cinema, which will be officially re-opened tomorrow night
Source: Thisissussex
2008-10-30
Cinema tops childrends wish list - Youngsters in Oswestry desperately want a cinema to be built in the town, councillors have been told. The call follows meetings with the town mayor.
Source: Shropshire Star
2008-10-30
Regal CEO says digital ugrade maybe delayed - Calling it one of the worst credit markets he has seen in years, Regal Entertainment Group CEO Mike Campbell said Thursday a $1 billion industry digital upgrade could be delayed.
Source: Fullres [blog]
2008-10-30
Kodak innovators honored by leading motion picture technical society - HOLLYWOOD — Four Kodak technologists will be honored this week for significant imaging innovations that have helped to advance the entertainment industry. The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) will recognize the achievements of Michael Ryan, Richard Wheeler, Nestor Rodriguez and Dr. Thomas Maier at its annual Honors and Awards Ceremony, to be held on October 30. SMPTE is the industry’s leading society for the promotion of new technology and innovation in visual entertainment.
Source: Digital Content Producer [blog]
2008-10-30
Magic lanterns: Early photo projection was dangerous, but exciting - You must be at least 100 years old, or in my family, to remember the magic lantern. My grandfather loved this device and was giving us shows into the 1950s.
Source: Cantonrep.com
2008-10-30
Plans for open air has mixed reviews in London - KKen Livingstone pledged to build a new open-air cinema beside the Thames as he unveiled his arts manifesto.
Source: Openaircinema [blog]
2008-10-30
workers get to root of Odeon weeds - A programme to improve the look of the former Odeon cinema building in Bradford city centre has started to remove weeds growing on the derelict building.
Source: The Telegraph and Argus
2008-10-30
Cinema fan stands for Tories - Mr Pennington, of East Morton, who is best known these days for his campaigning on behalf of a pressure group to stop the former Odeon Cinema from being demolished, has previous political experience. In the spring he made a failed attempted to win Eccleshill for the Tories.
Source: Yorkshire Post
2008-10-30
Like a remote control for cinema - Wouldnt it be great if you could pick the films that your local cinema is going to show?
Source: BBC News
2008-10-30
Multi brings ODEON big screen cinema experience to Victoria Square (IE) - ODEON, the UK’s largest cinema chain shall operate an 8-screen cinema on the 2nd floor level of Victoria Square and will have capacity for 1,800 seats. The cinema experience that ODEON will bring to Victoria Square will be new to the city, incorporating the latest sound and projection technology used at other ODEON cinemas across the UK. Access to the cinema will be off the impressive dome, which will be accessible to the public 24/7.
Source: UK-re.com
2008-10-30
Showcase Cinemas equip new digital signage - In its latest rollouts, two Showcase Cinema complexes popularly known as Cinemas De Lux in Bristol and Leicester have been equipped with digital signage. The sites also complemented the cinema chain’s existing flagship in Derby, which opened recently in the summer. Central to all three of the multiplex sites is a digital-signage system developed and installed by Beaver Solutions, using a total of 124 Sanyo 42-inch LCD panels and 67 players running Scala’s InfoChannel 5.
Source: Sign news
2008-10-30
How digital cinema made it big - the true Hollywood story - Digital cinema is one of the most significant breakthroughs in the movie industry – find out how this new technology it made it to the big screen.
Source: Garys guide
2008-10-30
Blaze drama at excinema in Capital - FIREFIGHTERS today battled a blaze which broke out at a former cinema and nightclub in Leith and left two security guards suffering smoke inhalation.
Source: Scotsman
2008-10-30
Last picture show for the small cinemas that cannot afford £50m ticket to future - Cinema-going is under threat in many towns and rural areas, with almost half of Britain’s venues facing possible closure in the next five years.
Source: The Times
2008-10-30
Historic cinema faces threat of demolition - A FORMER cinema which has lain empty for the last five years is set to be partially demolished to make way for a new hotel.
Source: Scotsman
2008-10-30
Your top six questions answered on Odeon development - On September 29, Yorkshire Forward and its development partner Langtree Artisan started a week-long public exhibition to showcase a landmark city centre development.
Source: Telegraph and Argus
2008-10-30
Leicester Square scheme gets go ahead - Westminster City Council has approved plans for a new hotel and Odeon cinema as part of the regeneration of the South-west corner of Londons famous Leicester Square.
Source: Planning Resource
2008-10-30
FogScreen, Inc. Announces New AV Integrator Program for Walk-Through Projection Screen - SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- FogScreen, Inc., creators of the worlds first walk-through projection screen made of "dry" fog, are proud to announce the launch of the 3-tiered AV Integrator Program. FogScreen, Inc. has developed the new AV Integrator Program for fixed installations and mega-projects worldwide. The FogScreen(TM) projection screen provides a stunning and experiential canvas of dry fog that attracts viewers attention like no other production element before, prompting top AV companies across all major market segments to utilize the FogScreen projection screen in never-before-seen ways.
Source: Yahoo
2008-10-30
Jesmond Picture House to be razed - A HISTORIC North cinema is set to be bulldozed to make way for new offices, despite concerns over a lack of parking spaces in its Newcastle suburb.
Source: Journal Live
2008-10-30
Hope of 750 new jobs if ex-cinema demolished - SEVEN hundred and fifty jobs could be created if plans to tear down one of Bradfords most iconic buildings – the former Odeon cinema – get the go-ahead.
Source: Yorkshire Post
2008-10-30
3D Film Technology could kill off 300 British cinemas - Hundreds of local cinemas could close because they are unable to afford new digital projector technology required to show a new generation of 3D films, it has been warned.
Source: Telegraph
2008-10-30
The inability to evolve has darkened screens before - The switch to digital cinema has barely touched the consciousness of the public. Some may be aware of the hype surrounding 3D, while others may have seen an opera screened at the local cinema, but this is not a demand-led transformation.
Source: The Times
2008-10-30
Odeon plan goes in - A planning application for a landmark development on the former Odeon cinema site has been submitted to Bradford Council, it was announced today.
Source: The Telegraph and Argus
2008-10-30
Independent cinemas struggle to cough up cost of digital switchover - A PENZANCE cinema could be under threat of closure within the next five years because it cannot afford the switchover to digital technology.
Source: This is Cornwall
2008-10-30
Cinema reschedules HSM3 screening after furore - A Norwich cinema has pulled the plug on an early morning showing of the eagerly anticipated High School Musical 3.
Source: Evening News 24
2008-10-18
Digital Cinema Initiatives, LLC Signs Licensing Agreements for Compliance Testing - HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Oct 13, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Digital Cinema Initiatives, LLC (DCI) announced today that it has signed licensing agreements for compliance testing with CineCert, LLC in the United States, DMC/Keio University in Japan and Media Innovation Center in Italy. These entities will perform testing to determine whether manufactured digital cinema equipment and products are compliant with DCIs Digital Cinema System Specification (the DCI Specification).
Source: Marketwatch.com
2008-10-18
Arqiva Uses Satellite to Deliver Full-Length Digital Cinema Feature - [Satellite Today 10-13-08] Arqiva used its content delivery network to distribute a full-length digital cinema feature via the Intelsat 905 satellite to Circuit George Raymond (CGR), one of Frances largest movie theatre chains, the company announced Oct. 13.
Source: Satellite Today
2008-10-18
Doremi Cinema introduces the New DCP-2K4 Digital Cinema Server - Building on Doremis DCP-2000 platform, which was the first JPEG2000 payback server on the market, the DCP-2K4 provides the same robust feature sets and performance of the DCP-2000 with added ingest inputs, which gives exhibitors flexibility on the receipt and ingest of content for digital playback.
Source: Business of Cinema
2008-10-18
Christie Launches Industry-First Technological Breakthrough For 3D - CYPRESS, Calif., Oct 13, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Christie, a leader in digital cinema projection, is pleased to introduce its Brilliant3D technology that enables 3D content to be projected in full 2K resolution for digital cinema projectors utilizing 1.2" DMD chips from Texas Instruments. A first for the industry, this new technology will be available exclusively on all Christie digital cinema projectors and will be launched at ShowEast beginning October 13th in Orlando, FL. Following the successful demonstrations with RealD at IBC in Amsterdam last month, Christies new technology provides 33% more brightness for 3D content and uses only a single lens system.
Source: Marketwatch.com
2008-10-18
D-cinema lags in Latin region - ORLANDO -- Latin American exhibitors arent holding their breath for the digital revolution. Only 50 or so theater screens in the region have been converted to what Hollywood considers movie-quality digital projectors, though more positively, nearly all of those installations are equipped with 3-D capability.
Source: Hollyqwood Reporter
2008-10-18
Technology took my job - Projectionist - The massive multiplex you flock to on opening night still has at least one small holdover from the days when a projectionist was the only way to change reels during a film: black "cue marks" on the upper-right hand corner of the screen. Those ovals signal to the projectionist that its time to switch to the next reel of film to continue the movie. This type of projectionist, though, is now harder to come by due in no small part to automated timer systems in modern megaplexes. Digital projection, while still far from widespread, is also bearing down on the traditional projectionist.
Source: PC Mag
2008-10-18
Return of the silver screen a step closer - THE keys to St Austells new multi-screen cinema were handed over last Wednesday. WTW Cinemas has taken over the state-of-the-art building, ready to start work on the interior, before it is opened in December.
Source: This is Cornwall
2008-10-18
Christie Surpasses Historic 5,000 Digital Cinema Milestone - CYPRESS, Calif. — Christie, a global leader in visual solutions for entertainment, business and industry, has surpassed the historic 5,000 digital cinema milestone, posting a record 5,197 completed installations worldwide just three years after launching the worlds largest digital cinema deployment plan.
Source: Centre Daily
2008-10-18
AccessIT Signs Agreement with Lionsgate To Receive Content and Virtual Print Fees For Its Phase 2 Digital Cinema Deployment Plan For Up To 10,000 Screens - MORRISTOWN, N.J. — Access Integrated Technologies, Inc. ("AccessIT") (NASDAQ:AIXD), the global leader in digital cinema announced today that leading next generation film studio LIONSGATE(R) (NYSE: LGF) will provide movies to digital cinema equipped theatres in the Phase 2 digital cinema program and will pay virtual print fees (VPFs) under a long-term agreement. This agreement follows a May 8th announcement of a similar agreement between Lionsgate and AccessIT for AccessITs Phase 1 Digital Cinema Deployment Plan.
Source: Centre daily
2008-10-18
Arqiva distributes full-length digital cinema feature via satellite - Arqiva has announced it has used its Content Delivery Network to distribute the 2008 Palme dOr winning Entre Les Murs to Circuit George Raymond (CGR), one of Frances largest cinema chains.
Source: DTG
2008-10-18
Imax to install 2 theaters for UKs Odeon Cinemas - NEW YORK (AP) -- Imax Corp., which makes large-screen movie systems, said Wednesday it has reached an agreement with U.K.-based theater chain Odeon Cinemas Ltd. to install two Imax digital projection systems in London.
Source: Yahoo
2008-10-18
Odeon axed as cinema goes underground - A MAJOR London cinema is to be demolished to make way for a new basement cinema and hotel on the corner of Leicester Square.
Source: This is London
2008-10-18
Compliance a focus of d-cinema rollout - While the studio consortium Digital Cinema Initiatives is moving forward with plans to test d-cinema systems to make sure they are DCI-compliant, projectors using the current version of Texas Instruments DLP Cinema technology may not measure up to the new standard.
Source: Hollywood Reporter
2008-10-18
New business team forms to forge ahead with cinema plans for St Neots - A new business team is being formed to try to secure a new multi-million pound cinema complex for St Neots.
Source: Town Crier
2008-10-18
Why London needs a new national film theatre - As the London Film Festival opens this week, Dave Calhoun wonders when – and if – visions for replacing the National Film Theatre will ever be realised
Source: Timeout
2008-10-18
Compliance a focus of d-cinema rollout - While the studio consortium Digital Cinema Initiatives is moving forward with plans to test d-cinema systems to make sure they are DCI-compliant, projectors using the current version of Texas Instruments' DLP Cinema technology may not measure up to the new standard.
Source: Hollywood Reporter
2008-10-17
Compliance a focus of d-cinema rollout - While the studio consortium Digital Cinema Initiatives is moving forward with plans to test d-cinema systems to make sure they are DCI-compliant, projectors using the current version of Texas Instruments' DLP Cinema technology may not measure up to the new standard.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
2008-10-13
Hotel chain buys the Odeon cinema - LIVERPOOLS former London Road Odeon cinema is to become a hotel.
Source: Liverpool Echo
2008-10-13
From Odeons to High Rise: The Photography of John Maltby - An exhibition that examines the work of one of Britain's finest architectural and social photographers, John Maltby (1910–1980), whose archive is held by the RIBA Library Photographs Collection. Beginning with a commission for the Odeon cinema chain in the 1930s, Maltby enjoyed a long-lasting and diverse career that embraced work for architects, manufacturers and designers, among them Tecton, the Design Research Unit and Sir Terence Conran, in addition to a clutch of magazines from The Architect & Building News to Modern Woman.
Source: London Architecture Diary
2008-10-13
FogScreen, Inc. Announces Gold Partner Program for Walk-Through Projection Screen - SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- FogScreen, Inc., creators of the world's first walk-through projection screen made of "dry" fog, are proud to announce the launch of their new Gold Partner Program. From now until the end of 2008, FogScreen, Inc., will be offering two of their mesmerizing one-meter One screens to prospective Gold partners at a significant discount. The two One screens will be available at the same price as a single two-meter FogScreen(TM) Inia projection screen, an overall discount of $10,000.
Source: Yahoo
2008-10-13
Imax signs joint venture with Austrian cinema - NEW YORK (Associated Press) - Imax Corporation said Tuesday that it has signed a joint venture to open three digital projection movie theaters in Austria _ the company's first in Europe
Source: CNN
2008-10-13
Odeon plans draw 150 to exhibition - About 150 people attended a public exhibition to view plans to transform the site of the former Odeon cinema in Bradford city centre.
Source: The Telegraph and Argus
2008-10-13
Travelodge plan for cinema - A TRAVELODGE could soon replace the former Regal cinema and Gala Bingo premises in Lancaster city centre.
Source: Lancaster Guardian
2008-10-13
Limerick city to get new seven screen cinema - A SEVEN screen cinema complex could be opened in the city centre in the next two years if Limerick City Council gives its approval.
Source: Limerick Leader
2008-10-13
GDCs Digital Cinema Server included in AccessITs Approved Digital Cinema Equipment List - GDC is pleased to announce that its best-selling digital cinema server has been included in the approved digital equipment list of AccessIT, the global leader in providing integrated solutions for digital cinema.
Source: PR Web
2008-10-13
Hearse fitted with cinema goes on sale - A HEARSE that was customised with £25,000 worth of features including a back seat cinema has been put up for sale.
Source: Motors Today
2008-10-13
Stars come out in force to launch new cinema - SHOPPERS in Haverhill town centre were in for a shock on Saturday when they stumbled across a host of famous screen characters.
Source: Haverhill Echo
2008-10-13
Sony leads push for higher clarity - How many Ks are OK for digital cinema?
Source: Fullres [Blog]
2008-10-13
New arthouse cinema opens in Kensal Rise - Sally Wilton has converted an Edwardian hall in Kensal Rise into a state-of-the-art cinema, profits from which will fund projects in South Africa. Wally Hammond meets her
Source: Timeout
2008-10-07
Mamma Mia! boosts summer cinema - Hit musical film Mamma Mia! has helped UK cinema to enjoy its best summer of attendances in recent years.
Source: BBC News
2008-10-07
Digital cinema looks south - Latin America is slowly waking up to digital cinema. While still far behind the U.S., Europe and Asia, the number of DCI-grade digital systems south of the border has tripled in the past year—from around 15 systems in the fall of 2007 to approximately 50 expected by the end of 2008. Mexico will have 16 systems, Brazil 15 and Ecuador four, with the rest in Chile, Peru and Argentina. Even the Falkland Islands, possibly the first country in the world to go 100% digital, has upgraded their single screen in Stanley with digital 3D.
Source: Film Journal
2008-10-07
Blackstone, JP Morgan in $1 billion cinema deal: report - (Reuters) - Blackstone Group LP and JPMorgan Chase & Co will look to raise over $1 billion to help fund the conversion of 20,000 U.S. cinema screens to digital technology, in a deal due to be announced later on Wednesday, the Financial Times reported.
Source: Reuters via Yahoo
2008-10-07
Is digital cinema affordable for European independents? - One of the themes of the 13th. annual Conference of Europa Cinemas (Hôtel Méridien Montparnasse, Thursday 12 November to Sunday 16 November) is the cost of digital technology for smaller independent cinemas.
Source: Whyibc [Blog]
2008-10-07
Digital Projection Deal Close To Reality - A consortium of theaters are expected to announce within two weeks a $1 billion financing deal with four major studios - Universal, Paramount, Disney and Fox - that would provide digital projection systems to more than 15,000 movie screens during the next three years.
Source: Redorbit
2008-10-07
Theaters, studios near deal for digital projection - LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - A consortium of the nation's top movie-theater chains will announce within two weeks a $1 billion-plus financing agreement with four major studios to equip more than 15,000 screens nationwide with digital-projection systems during the next three years.
Source: Yahoo
2008-10-07
Studios, theaters seen announcing digital cinema deal that will boost 3-D - Walt Disney, Paramount, Twentieth Century Fox and Universal are soon expected to announce a long-sought $1.1 billion digital cinema deal that Hollywood hopes will boost attendance, cut costs and enablemore 3-D viewing, sources close to the deal said.
Source: Videsignline.com
2008-10-07
90% of digital screens not adequate for 3D experience, film-maker claims - Only one-in-10 of digital screens is adequate for 3D screenings, claims pioneering 3D film-maker Ben Stassen.
Source: Screen Daily
2008-10-07
Exhibs, studios bridge digital divide - After a long stalemate, the country’s three largest theater chains will begin installing digital screens —needed to play 3-D titles — en masse after reaching agreement with five studios on "virtual" print fees.
Source: Variety.com
2008-10-07
NATO welcomes digital agreement between five studios, exhibitors - The National Association Of Theatre Owners (NATO) has hailed the agreement between five leading studios and North American's three largest exhibitors that paves the way for the long overdue conversion to digital cinema.
Source: Screen Daily
2008-10-07
Palace of escapism nearly ready for its audiences - THE distinctive, welcoming smell of popcorn may currently be absent, but step into any of the five screens and there's no mistaking that feeling of anticipation which comes as you enter a cinema.
Source: Haverhill Echo
2008-10-07
Mamma Mia! keeps Cineworld singing - The UK's second largest cinema chain, Cineworld, is preparing for expansion into digital 3D films, after bouncing into the black since last year with six month pre-tax profits of £8.7m.
Source: Daily Telegraph
2008-10-07
Digital Cinema Agreement - The largest news of the week, if not the whole of 2008 has been the agreement in the US by studios to help pay for the conversion to digital cinema. In order to view all the stories on this subject, then follow this link through to Google News and search for "Digital Agreement" and you should find the results.
Source: Google
2008-10-07
NEW MULTIPLEX-CINEMA FOR NEWQUAY - The big screen experience is to return to Newquay, which has been without a cinema for the past twelve years, with Cornwall based WTW Cinemas announcing plans to build a brand new four screen complex on the site of the former Vic Bars in Crantock Street.
Source: WTW Cinemas
2008-10-07
Imax signs joint venture with Austrian cinema - PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Imax Corporation said Tuesday that it has signed a joint venture to open three digital projection movie theaters in Austria -- the company's first in Europe.
Source: Yahoo
2008-10-07
Pictures of Odeon faults are released - A developer has released these images to support its claim that the former Odeon cinema building has developed “major structural defects”.
Source: The Telegraph and Argus
2008-10-07
Multibuild finishes fit out of Liverpool cinema complex - Stockport-based contractor Multibuild has completed a £6m contract to fit out the Odeon Cinema complex in the Liverpool One regeneration project.
Source: Crains Manchester Business
2008-10-07
DCM lauches new brand identity - LONDON - Digital Cinema Media (DCM), the cinema sales house formed through the purchase of Carlton Screen Advertising by Odeon and Cineworld, has revealed a new brand identity. DCM's website is http://www.dcm.co.uk
Source: Brand Republic
2008-10-07
Adlabs to digitally upgrade 500 cine screens - Mumbai, Oct 6 (IANS) Adlabs Films Ltd, a part of the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG), will digitally upgrade 500 cine screens in India in the next 18 months, according to a senior group executive.Adlabs will use the 80,000 km of optic fibre cable (OFC) for telecommunication, laid by another ADAG subsidiary, telecom operator Reliance Communications, for transmitting movies directly to the screens, said Patrick von Sychowski, chief operating officer COO) at Adlabs Digital Cinema.
Source: Thaindian.com
2008-10-07
Sony raises the curtain on new 3D System for Digital Cinema - Mumbai: Sony Electronics is demonstrating its latest digital cinema technology innovation: a single-projector 3D adaptor designed to work specifically with its 4K projectors in movie theaters.
Source: Business of Cinema
2008-10-07
I couldn't let Reel Cinema die - THE new operator of Plymouth's Reel Cinema says he has come out of retirement because he didn't want to see the building close.
Source: This is Plymouth
2008-10-07
Cinema owner weighs options - IT CONTINUES to lie empty and boarded up, nine months after an independent cinema chain bought it and promised to restore it to its former glory.
Source: The Press
2008-10-07
Luxury cinema promises "escapism" in US grim times - SOUTH BARRINGTON, Ill., Oct 4 (Reuters Life!) - Tired of all the grim news about the prospects of a U.S. recession and a bailout for Wall Street?
Source: Reuters
2008-10-07
cinema dreams kepts alive by meeting - AN AUSTRALIAN businessman hoping to turn Harborough's former Kwik Save site into a cinema said a meeting to discuss the proposal with the building's owners has gone well.
Source: Harborough Mail
2008-10-07
We are not likely to get a cinema - ROWS continue to rumble on at Worksop Town Hall over whether a cinema will EVER be built.
Source: Worksop Guardian
2008-10-07
Rehoboth Mall Cinema suddenly closes - A Rehoboth Beach-area movie theater has closed its doors and employees are asking why.
Source: Delaware Online
2008-10-07
HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL - HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL BREAKS U.K. RECORDS - The latest installment in the HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL movie series has already begun breaking box office records in the U.K. - the teen picture has taken the most advance bookings ever.
Source: Contact Music
2008-10-07
FAREWELL TO FILM? -- What is at Stake in Digital Projection? - Abridged version of the report made by Daniel Goudineau "FAREWELL TO FILM? WHAT IS AT STAKE IN DIGITAL PROJECTION?"
Source: Digital Cinema Info
2008-10-07
Adlabs crosses 10,000 shows on 2K digital cinema format - Adlabs Films Limited, a member of the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, has crossed the milestone of over 10,000 successful shows in the true 2K Digital Cinema format.
Source: Digital Cinema Info
2008-10-07
Europa Cinemas to debate dangers of D-cinema switchover - Europa Cinemas will examine the potential threat posed to cinemas across Europe by digital switchover at its 13th annual conference in Paris in November.
Source: Digital Cinema Info
2008-10-07
A European Premiere: the 2008 Cannes Palme d'Or is the 1st digital release of a movie to be exclusively distributed via an electronic network to theaters in France - Palme D’Or winner "Entre les murs" (The Class), a Laurent Cantet film released in France on September 24th, is the first film in Europe to be exclusively delivered to digital cinemas via an electronic network, thanks to SmartJog, the global leader in managed file delivery, and cinego.net, a digital film release management tool.
Source: Digital Cinema Info
2008-10-07
UK government won't bail out digital cinema stragglers - The UK government will not bail out cinemas left behind in the switch to digital cinema, Stewart Till, chairman of the UK Film Council has warned.
Source: Digital Cinema Info
2008-09-30
Digital cinema looks south - Latin America is slowly waking up to digital cinema. While still far behind the U.S., Europe and Asia, the number of DCI-grade digital systems south of the border has tripled in the past year—from around 15 systems in the fall of 2007 to approximately 50 expected by the end of 2008. Mexico will have 16 systems, Brazil 15 and Ecuador four, with the rest in Chile, Peru and Argentina. Even the Falkland Islands, possibly the first country in the world to go 100% digital, has upgraded their single screen in Stanley with digital 3D.
Source: Film Journal
2008-09-30
Feel good films lift cinema to 40 year audience high - The film that brought back the music of the 70s has helped lift cinema audiences to a 40-year high.
Source: The Herald
2008-09-30
NY judge - Nibble on cinema popcorn at own risk - NEW YORK -- Movie munchers beware! A New York judge says popcorn purchasers worried about breaking a tooth on unpopped kernels should nibble carefully - or eat something else.
Source: Star-Telegram
2008-09-30
UK exhibitors urged to boycott Revolver's all-platform release - The UK's Cinema Exhibitors Association (CEA) has called on members to boycott Revolver Entertainment's planned Boxing Day release of Mum & Dad simultaneously on theatrical, DVD and online platforms.
Source: Screen Daily
2008-09-30
Theaters, studios near deal for digital projection - LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - A consortium of the nation's top movie-theater chains will announce within two weeks a $1 billion-plus financing agreement with four major studios to equip more than 15,000 screens nationwide with digital-projection systems during the next three years.
Source: Reuters
2008-09-30
France Telecom's film investment up for debate - PARIS -- Things are heating up at France Telecom as company president Didier Lombard and the nation's film industry engage in a tete-a-tete over how much the company should invest in French cinema. Lombard said at MIPTV in April that his company planned to launch "Orange Cinema Series," a subscription television service spanning all media platforms. The new product would offer new films, TV series and catalog titles through exclusive content deals with Warner Bros. International.....
Source: Hollywood Reporter
2008-09-30
Brits turn to the cinema and tea room during economic gloom - Families are turning to the cinema and the tea room during the economic downturn as a cheaper form of entertainment.
Source: Daily Telegraph
2008-09-30
Cinema blow for traders - The Daily Echo can reveal that the launch of Eastleigh’s £25m cinema and leisure complex expected to open for Christmas has been delayed until next Easter.
Source: Daily Echo
2008-09-30
Film club wins top award - LOUTH Film Club is celebrating after taking the top prize at this year's Film Society of the Year Awards on Saturday and also winning the most important category prize, for its 2008/9 programme of films.
Source: Louth Leader
2008-09-30
Former Odeon unsafe says survey - A new structural survey has “proved the case” for the demolition of the derelict Odeon cinema, say developers who want to regenerate the city centre site.
Source: The Telegraph and Argus
2008-09-30
Cinema revamp plans go on display - Plans for a £55m development on the site of Bradford's historic Odeon cinema are being put on public display.
Source: BBC News
2008-09-30
Crunch meeting ahead for cinema campaigners - A CRUNCH meeting between the owners of Harborough's former Kwik Save site and an Australian businessman hoping to turn it into a cinema takes place on Monday.
Source: Harborough Mail
2008-09-30
Artistes protest tax on cinema industry - Cinema hall owners across the country have closed their business Monday to protest the decision of the new government imposing compulsory tax on cinema industry.
Source: Nepal News
2008-09-30
Damian Barr welcomes you to the quiet revolution - The crunching of popcorn, the seemingly bottomless rustling bag, the bleeping mobile — this is the soundtrack of modern cinema, an horrific remix that sets my pulse racing more than any thriller. Fearing a Falling Down-style freak-out I’ve avoided going to the cinema for more than a year.
Source: The Times
2008-09-30
Fire closes Boulevard Cinema - It’s curtains at the Boulevard Cinema in Napanee, but just for a few weeks, after a fire Tuesday night that caused damage in the lobby. The theatres and hallway also sustained water and smoke damage.
Source: Napanee Guide
2008-09-30
Adlabs crosses 10,000 shows on 2K digital cinema format - MUMBAI: Adlabs Films Limited, a member of the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, has crossed the milestone of over 10,000 successful shows in the true 2K Digital Cinema format.
Source: Indian Television
2008-09-30
The last picture show for cinema stalwart Geoff - For Geoff Sale, it was the summer to beat all summers – but for all the wrong reasons.
Source: Gazette News
2008-09-30
Tiny village theatre gets major award - A theatre company based in a tiny Norfolk village is now to be ranked alongside London's Old Vic Theatre, National Theatre and Royal Opera House after winning a prestigious industry award.
Source: Dereham Times
2008-09-30
Theatre saved from closure by Mamma Mia - THE oldest theatre in Wales, set to shut for good this month because it had run out of money, has been saved thanks to hit Abba musical film Mamma Mia!
Source: Wales Online
2008-09-30
Writer of Mamma Mia! joins the Wotton Cinema - The volunteers at the Electric Picture House in Wotton under Edge Gloucestershire, are celebrating the arrival of its first Patron Catherine Johnson, the playwright and screenwriter who created the popular show and subsequent film Mamma Mia! Catherine joined up as an associate member of the volunteers known as “Team Electric” at the all-Digital Cinema and has agreed to become their first Patron.
Source: Press Release
2008-09-26
A projector in your pocket? - After a number of stories relating to mobile phones which are being developed with projectors built into them, one is about to be released in October this year. The article below appeared in THe London Lite the other night. What I found really intersting is that it is going to use a laser which means that no focusing is required!
Source: London Lite
2008-09-25
Everyman Cinema launches new mobile-ticket service - Everyman Cinema Club, London and the South East’s premium cinema brand is the first cinema chain in the UK to offer an innovative mobile ticketing service to their customers following a highly successful launch of the service at their Hampstead venue earlier this year.
Source: Press release
2008-09-25
Coming soon to ailing cinemas - wedding videos - As multiscreen cinemas march down the Italian peninsula, sweeping away historic city centre cinemas, a small independent screen in Puglia has stumbled on a secret weapon to fight back.
Source: The Guardian
2008-09-25
Plans for Gateshead's first casino revealed - The casino is part of an estimated £10m scheme by Gill Properties for the site formerly occupied by the Odeon Cinema, which was demolished in 2003. The land has become an overgrown eyesore in recent years until a recent tidy-up.
Source: Chronicle Live
2008-09-25
Eight-screen cinema complex lined up for Tropicana scheme in Weston-super-Mare - CINEMA operator Vue has signed up to run a complex within the proposed £48-million Tropicana scheme in Weston-super-Mare.
Source: This is Bristol
2008-09-25
Pearl & Dean win deal to handle Showcase Cinema advertising - LONDON - Pearl & Dean has scooped a deal to handle the advertising for Showcase Cinemas from Digital Cinema Media, the sales house formerly known as Carlton Screen Advertising, who handled the account for the last six years.
Source: Brand Republic
2008-09-23
Future of Euro D-Cinema Hinges on 3D - Digital cinema growth remains slow in Europe, although the promise of 3-D and assists from government subsidies might quicken its pace.
Source: Fullres [blog]
2008-09-23
Cinema to open its doors to movie fans - Movie lovers will soon be able to watch their favourite films at the new cinema of the National Film and Television School and are being invited to join up for the privilege.
Source: Buckinghamshire Advertiser
2008-09-23
Dolby 3D Digital Cinema Expands Worldwide As Demand Grows For Digital 3D - Dolby Laboratories, Inc. announced today that shipments of Dolby
Source: Widescreen Review
2008-09-23
Dolby gets into eyewear - Jeffrey Katzenberg, CEO at Dreamworks SKG, speaking at the IBC electronics trade show in Amsterdam, predicted that a new breed of optician was about to emerge, catering for high-quality 3D-suitable eyewear. Dolby is ready with its branded 3D specs
Source: Rapid TV News
2008-09-23
Plans go on public show - People will be given the chance to examine the
Source: Telegraph & Argus
2008-09-23
Cinemas starring role in duos scary movie - Two Sheffield film-makers are scaring the pants off audiences with their unique brand of horror. Polly Rippon reports.
Source: The Star
2008-09-23
Dolby sings for Doremi - A digital cinema player that supports the Dolby 3D Digital Cinema system is among Doremis latest innovations. The DCP-2000 is the most widely used JPEG 2000 DCI digital cinema player worldwide with over 6000 installed to date. At IBC2008 this industry workhorse adds the ability to play DCI Digital Cinema Packages (DCP) to present stereoscopic 3D movies. The DCP-2000 is 2k native but can extend to 4k with the addition of the MB-4k media block.
Source: Fullres [Blog]
2008-09-23
Pealr & Dean signs up Showcase - Pealr & Dean have just announced that they have just signed up Showcase Cinemas along with the AMC circuit. This gives P&D 33% of cinema admissions and 44% of sites.
Source: Pearl & Dean
2008-09-18
Experts offer to look at Odeon interior - Experts at the Cinema Theatre Association have offered to examine the interior of Bradford
Source: Telegraph & Argus
2008-09-18
Fire breaks out at abandoned cinema - SANDAKAN: A fire broke out at an abandoned cinema in Tanah Merah yesterday.
Source: New Sabah Times
2008-09-18
Film fans given first look of the city's new cinema screens - FILM fans have been given a sneak preview of the new cinema at Derby's
Source: This is Derbyshire
2008-09-18
Structural damage forces closure of cinema - A decade of bringing the big screen to local audiences has come to an abrupt end following the closure of the Cobar Cinema last night.
Source: Cobar Age
2008-09-18
Real Image Media gets US patent for ad distribution & tracking system - CHENNAI: Real Image Media Technologies (P) Ltd. announced today that the United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued patent 7,353,270 B2 for the company's media and advertising distribution and tracking system (DATS). The Government of India had already issued patent nos. 202969 and 202980 for this system earlier.
Source: Indian Television
2008-09-18
Historic Hollywood cinema for sale - LOS ANGELES (AFP) - The historic Hollywood cinema El Capitan, where "Citizen Kane" had its world premier, is up for sale for 31 million dollars, the owners told the Los Angeles Times Wednesday.
Source: Yahoo
2008-09-18
Empire Ealing Closes - This cinema in now closed for redevelopment.
Source: Empire Cinemas
2008-09-17
KINOTON AT 60 - Founded in 1948 in Munich, Germany as a small installation and service provider for cinemas, Kinoton GmbH has grown into one of the world’s most respected names in film projection technology.
Source: Film Journal
2008-09-17
Screenings Will Be Adults Only for Trial Period - VUE cinema in Hamilton will be offering over-18 film screenings throughout September for the movie goers of the local area to gauge the reaction.
Source: Hamilton Advertiser
2008-09-17
Curzon Cinema Closes - URMSTON, GREATER MANCHESTER, ENGLAND — After a long struggle to keep this cinema open it has lost the battle. The last of three in the district, the owners tried so much but it needed too much renovation work and it became financial liability. The loss of the Empress, the Palace, and now this, means there isn’t a local cinema anymore.
Source: Cinema Treasures
2008-09-17
NATO's Cinema Buying Group inks 3D deal with RealD - Mumbai: Cinema Buying Group (CBG), a buying program for independent theaters administered by the National Association of Theatre Owners, has announced an agreement with digital 3D experience provider RealD to bring next-generation 3D capability to CBG's independent cinemas, currently totaling over 8,000 screens in the United States and Canada.
Source: Business of Cinema
2008-09-17
'Guardian angel' disappears from former Odeon Cinema - A GUARDIAN angel painted on the former Odeon Cinema building in St Albans has been covered up by the district council.
Source: The Herts Advertiser
2008-09-17
Women thrown out of cinema for refusing snack search - Lizzy B's Cinema in Kaiapoi evicted four women, three of them grandmothers, who refused to allow staff to search their handbags for illicit snacks and drinks.
Source: Stuff.co.nz
2008-09-17
Mummy's the word at cinema centre launch - SkyCity Cinemas opens its newest multiplex at Westfield Manukau next weekend, ready for the school holidays and the arrival of the blockbuster film Mummy - Tomb of the Dragon Emperor.
Source: New Zealand Herald
2008-09-17
Small cinemas unite to survive / Syndicate aims to woo filmgoers back from huge complexes - A new cinema syndicate comprising mainly small regional movie theaters began operating this month.
Source: Daily Yomiuri
2008-09-17
The Future of Theatre Digital - nowing and understanding the standards in any industry is imperative for success, however I would argue this is the case even more so if you are wanting to break into the entertainment industry. It has been three years since the Digital Cinema Initiative (DCI) published recommendations for how distributors and theaters should handle movies distributed and exhibited digitally. The recommendations have since turned into standards and the Digital Cinema industry went through a burst of activity and growth. There are now over 6,300 digital screens worldwide and major movies are now distributed digitally as well as with film.
Source: Vcorp Services Blog
2008-09-17
Scrabble to digitise 200 screens - MUMBAI: Thanks to the efforts of Scrabble Entertainment, multiplexes will now no more have to share movie prints and limit screenings.
Source: DNA India
2008-09-17
Dolby 3D Digital Cinema Expands Worldwide as Demand Grows for Digital 3D - Dolby Emerges as a Leading 3D Provider in Europe and Asia and Announces New Installations in North America
Source: Yahoo
2008-09-17
Universal Pics, Disney to back cinema upgrade -WSJ - Sept 8 - Universal Pictures and Walt Disney Co
Source: Yahoo
2008-09-17
Blow dealt to cinema bid - N AUSTRALIAN businessman wanting to resurrect Harborough's former Ritz Cinema is staying optimistic despite councillors giving the go-ahead to demolish the building for flats and a shop.
Source: Harborough Mail
2008-09-17
Lease charges rub some of the glamour off Odeon Cinemas - ODEON & UCI Cinemas has plunged further into the red, with pre-tax losses increasing more than 79 per cent to 㿣.4million, due to prohibitive lease charges on a number of its sites.
Source: Credit Finance Guide
2008-09-17
Cinema multiplex work resumes - PLATTSBURGH -- A 12-cinema multiplex being built on the north end of the Town of Plattsburgh is projected to be open for the upcoming holiday season.
Source: Press Republican
2008-09-17
Ward Anderson firm records profit boost - One of the main companies in the Ward Anderson cinema group has recorded a major improvement in its finances.
Source: The Post
2008-09-17
Digital Cinema Deal Not Quite Done - DCIP funding awaits fourth studio pact -- The Wall Street Journal reported Monday that Universal and Disney had reached agreement with Digital Cinema Implementation Partners, the biggest exhib consortium without a studio deal for digital cinemas, on "virtual print fees" and financing for the conversion of thousands of additional screens.
Source: Hollywood Byte
2008-09-17
Cinema chain banks on finding U.S. moviegoers willing to pay $35 a tickets - Movie fans will be able to experience the comfort and pampering of first-class flying when luxury cinemas open in dozens of cities, including Ontario, over the next several years.
Source: Press Enterprise
2008-09-17
New Eco Cinema for Northwest London - KENSAL RISE, LONDON, ENGLAND — Self-made millionaire Sally Wilton is to launch an 80 seat all digital cinema in Northwest London next month called the Lexi Cinema.
Source: Cinema Treasures
2008-09-17
Anti-piracy award for Adlabs - MUMBAI: Adlabs has become the first motion picture services facility in India and Asia, to be awarded certification by the UK's industry body Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT).
Source: Hindu Business Line
2008-09-17
FogScreen launches AV Integrator Programme - UK - FogScreen is exhibiting at PLASA08 on stand D72 a seamless 3 x One projection screen installation. The FogScreen One (one meter) and Inia (two meter) both utilise patented technology to create a thin layer of fog that is dry to the touch and environmentally safe. The one-meter-wide screen provides the option of seamlessly linking with additional FogScreen One projection devices to create a fog-canvas as large as the imagination desires.
Source: LSI Online
2008-09-17
Doremi presents new Digital Cinema, 4K and HD products - Doremi Technologies is a leading developer and manufacturer of video servers for the broadcast and professional markets and has achieved a leading position in the Digital Cinema market with Doremi Cinema products. With over 10,000 installations worldwide its technology continually breaks cost barriers, delivering high quality and performance at affordable prices. Products include high-performance compressed and uncompressed video servers and players operating up to 4K, as well as converters for HDMI, DVI, and SD/HD video.
Source: Sypha Online
2008-09-17
D-LINK: D-Link to provide network backbone in digital cinema rollout across Europe - LONDON, UK, Sep 10, 2008 (M2 PRESSWIRE via COMTEX) D-Link has today announced that Arts Alliance Media (AAM), one of Europe's leading providers of digital film distribution services, has selected D-Link to supply the network infrastructure for each of the digital cinemas being rolled-out by AAM. The agreement will enable existing cinemas across Europe to make the transition to fully digital cinemas, thus providing an optimised viewing experience for film-goers.
Source: Trading Markets
2008-09-17
Picture house is thriving in modern era - A TRADITIONAL 1930s picture house which had been facing closure after massive losses is now secure as record numbers of visitors return after a major refurbishment.
Source: EADT 24
2008-09-17
AccessIT Announces Agreement with Overture Films for Content and Virtual Print Fees in Time for the Highly Anticipated Righteous Kill - Access Integrated Technologies, Inc. ("AccessIT") (NASDAQ:AIXD), the global leader in digital cinema, announced today that Overture Films (Overture) will provide all of their movies to digital cinema equipped theatres in AccessIT's Phase 1 digital cinema plan and will pay virtual print fees (VPFs) under a ten year agreement similar to those signed by all the other major studios. This agreement expands upon the strong relationship the companies have built since Overture's inception last year, as Overture is already a customer of both AccessIT's distribution software and satellite delivery services.
Source: Trading Markets
2008-09-17
Reel lie above the electric cinema - Jon Perks meets the couple for whom the term ‘home cinema’ has a whole new meaning.
Source: Birmingham Post
2008-09-17
Accessit Signs VPF deal with Overture Films - When it comes to virtual print fees all the talk lately has been about which studios have signed with Digital Cinema Implementation Partners, however there are other integrators signing distributors to VPF deals. For instance, AccessIT announced on Wednesday that they had reached a ten year VPF agreement with Overture Films to show the indie distributors films in digital cinema equipped theatres that were a part of the the integrator’s Phase 1 rollout.
Source: Celluloidjunkie Blog
2008-09-17
RealD 3D and Christie Showcase Largest Single 3D Projection at IBC - 3D to be seen larger, brighter and clearer executives to discuss future of 3D and alternative ways to present stereo images.
Source: Marketwatch
2008-09-17
Historic Camden theater eyed for future cinema - CAMDEN (Sep 12): The Camden Cinema Committee is considering the historic movie theater at 10 Mechanic St. where "Peyton Place" premiered in 1957 as a possible location of a future Camden cinema.
Source: Village Soup
2008-09-17
US gets first solar powered cinema - A movie theatre in Fairfax, California is the first US multiplex cinema to take advantage of solar power, its owners claim.
Source: Business Green
2008-09-17
Fade Out for Projectionists - So I’m at a wedding party and I’m talking to a movie theater projectionist about the trade. There is no trade he tells me. As more theaters have invested in digital projection technologies, the notion of a journeyman projectionist who knows how to cut film, load platters and thread the great heaving apparata that make the pictures move, is going the way of the zoetrope. Apparently, these days, distributors send theater managers a data cube – a sort of flash drive – loaded with the film and its constituent data… and a password. According to the projectionist, some kid then puts the cube in the machine, inputs the code, and then pushes play. Apparently, the cube is just a patch before they get the satellite distribution model worked out and the cube and the kid are cut out of the equation. And the whole thing is password protected to prevent hi-tech piracy, you know, by the kid.
Source: Daedalushowell Blog
2008-09-17
Europa Cinemas to debate dangers of D-cinema switchover - Europa Cinemas will examine the potential threat posed to cinemas across Europe by digital switchover at its 13th annual conference in Paris in November.
Source: Screen Daily
2008-09-17
Dolby sets new price high performance, reusuable 3D glasses - SAN FRANCISCO, Sep 15, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (DLB 40.96, +1.15, +2.9%) today announced that it has reduced the price of its reusable 3D glasses. Starting today, Dolby exhibitors can purchase new 3D glasses at a list price of US $27.50, reduced from US $39.00, making them even more cost-effective.
Source: Marketwatch
2008-09-17
MediaMerge Unveils New Media Server Technology at 2008 Giant Screen Cinema Association International Conference - Jersey City, NJ (PRWEB) September 16, 2008 -- Delegates at the 2008 Giant Screen Cinema Association International Conference got a first look at MediaMerge's ShowSource™3D, during the trade show at the Liberty Science Center in Jersey City, NJ.
Source: PR Web
2008-09-17
Flagship cinema for Newquay - The company which plans to build a new cinema in Newquay is promising it will be one of the South West's flagship entertainment venues.
Source: This is Cornwall
2008-09-17
XDC Signs Cooperation Agreement with More2Screen For European Digital Distribution Services - The initial agreement signed between XDC and More2Screen is for the technology cinema services required for the distribution of content in digital file format to digital screens installed in Benelux, UK, Ireland, Austria, Spain, Germany, Russia, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland. Other territories should be added soon.
Source: Digital Cinema Buyers Guide
2008-09-17
Cinerama projection booth uptown theater Washington DC - Taped around 1996 during the revival of Return of the Jedi, this is in the projection booth of the Uptown Theater in Washington DC, a former Todd-AO and Cinerama house with a giant curved screen. The projectionist was Steve Guttag, who in 2003 described, online, the theater and his tenure there:
Source: Best Home Theater Subwoofers [Blog]
2008-09-17
Regal Entertainment Group Announces Extensive Remodeling and New Amenities for Fredericksburg Theatre - KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Sep 15, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Regal Entertainment Group, a leading motion picture exhibitor owning and operating the largest theatre circuit in the United States, today announced remodeling plans for Regal Cinemas in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Construction is expected to begin in the fourth quarter and is scheduled to be complete by the summer of 2009. The theatre will remain open continuously throughout the process.
Source: Market Watch
2008-09-04
Digital cinema supplanting 35 mm film in theaters - For die-hard movie fans, it's hard to imagine, but the day might soon arrive when film will join dead media like VHS and Betamax in the dusty junk drawer of history.
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2008-09-04
Suspicious fire forces cinema evacuations - A fire at a grocery shop in Glen Waverley last night is being treated as suspicious.
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2008-09-04
High-roller profit up but no silver screen - SkyCity Entertainment Group has reversed its fortunes in its high-roller international VIP business but had a poor showing from its cinema assets.
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2008-09-04
Cinema auctions off film memorabilia - A WESTCOUNTRY cinema held a charity auction of its film memorabilia ahead of its closure this October.
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2008-09-04
Cinema attendance drops to record low - Swiss cinemas haven't been spared the economic downturn and have reported their worst figures since records began in 1995.
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2008-09-04
Train station hosts drive-in cinema - Eurostar hosted a drive-in cinema in the car park of its Ebbsfleet International station over the bank holiday weekend. Reporter Michael Purton went to a screening to sample the drive-in experience.
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2008-09-04
Future sounds bright - One vintage 1970s component speaker used to be all moviegoers would hear when they watched a film at the Broadway Theatre.
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2008-09-04
THE ROLLOUT ROLLS ON - After months of inching along, the U.S. digital-cinema rollout is finally showing signs of momentum again as we move into the second phase of deployments with what will eventually amount to over a billion dollars of equipment purchased. In July 2008, Digital Cinema Implementation Partners (DCIP), the consortium made up of Regal Entertainment, AMC Theatres and Cinemark and representing about 35% of the U.S. market, struck its first major conversion incentive deal with 20th Century Fox, with the other studios expected to follow.
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2008-09-04
Centenary cinema celebration - THE grand days of theatre will be celebrated in Sydney on Friday with a North Haven man listed as guest speaker.
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2008-09-04
GETTING WITH THE PROGRAMME - As the first European country to get fully behind digital cinema and the very first to do so with a cultural goal in mind, the United Kingdom is beginning to see some of the technology
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2008-09-04
Saturn's West End landmark - WIGAN-based Saturn Communications Group has achieved a milestone with a contract to supply its technology to a cinema in London's West End.
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2008-09-04
Airtel ventures into digital cinema - Bharti-Airtel is ushering the Indian viewers to the world of 'digital cinemas'. The company has pioneered in the technology in India and the concept will hit the market very soon..
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2008-09-04
- CINEMAGOERS with visual or hearing difficulties will have a whole new world of film opened up to them thanks to the installation of new audio description and subtitling equipment.
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2008-09-04
Brief Encounter Closes at Cinema Pre-Tour, 16 Nov - Kneehigh Theatre
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2008-09-04
Regent memories wanted - OSHAWA -- With the Regent set to reopen this fall as a concert theatre, This Week is looking for readers' memories of the building over the years.
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2008-09-04
Circle Cinemas to close - Brookline
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2008-09-04
Cineworld profits up ahead of town launch - CINEWORLD is making solid financial progress, according to its half-yearly financial report, as it prepares to open its first multi-screen cinema in Haverhill.
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2008-09-04
Digital technology at a cinema near you - Cinema of the future is coming to a theatre near you: The introduction of digital technologies makes the european film industry more creative and competive at every stage of production and distribution. Stereo cinema, big screen live events and holographic television are revolutionising the media Watch from scene to screen in this week
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2008-09-04
Power company says it warned of power cut - A CINEMA and a pub were plunged into darkness during a power cut today.
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2008-09-04
Does popcorn enhance a movie or not? - It's been a cinema staple for a century, but now popcorn is being banned by Britain's biggest chain of arthouse screens. Does the cotton wool-textured snack enhance or diminish the movie-going experience, asks Stephen Robb.
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2008-09-04
Cinema puts village in the picture - Volunteers at the village hall have set up a rural cinema scheme and bought a state-of-the-art projector, sound system and screen with the help of a grant from the Wootton Bassett and Cricklade are a committee.
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2008-09-04
Join Andover - ANDOVER Film Club will be launched at the REEL Cinema in Andover on 15 September with the aim of showing films that may not otherwise come to Andover.
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2008-09-04
Merlin: BBC cues up TV and cinema ads - The BBC is to launch a TV and cinema advertising campaign to support the launch of Merlin, BBC1's autumn fantasy drama featuring veteran actor John Hurt and Bionic Woman star Michelle Ryan.
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2008-09-04
The reel thing - CINEMAS across the country are frantically cleaning up the last pieces of popcorn from the seats and floors after the busiest months of their year - the school summer holidays.Between the end of June and the second week in August this year, Falkirk's Cineworld saw 105,000 film fans flock into its screens, more than double the number of people who visited between April and June.
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2008-09-04
Rivalry between cinema and train firm drive-in - Bosses at the only cinema in Europe
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2008-09-04
Golden couple met in cinema - A PLYMOUTH couple who met at the cinema as 15-year-olds have celebrated their Golden Wedding anniversary.
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2008-09-04
Cinema to stay open - THE Plaza cinema bosses have quashed rumours that it will close as the freehold goes up for sale in Dorchester.
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2008-09-04
The Dolby Dilemna (Blog Post) - Our story begins in the fabled era of the 1970s when I started making films at the age of 11. I began by shooting regular 8mm film with my parent's Kodak Brownie, then moved up to Super-8 in the days when you could get a little Super-8 viewer and edit your film by physically hacking it apart and splicing it back together with scotch tape.
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2008-09-04
Theatre Reopens After Flood, Fire - A movie theatre in Union County is back open in time for the long Labor Day weekend.
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2008-09-04
Iconic cinema in film debut - It looked pretty unremarkable from the outside
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2008-09-04
Last ditch bid to save town cinema scheme - CAMPAIGNERS hoping to turn Harborough's former Kwik Save premises into a cinema are this week pleading for a stay of execution on plans to demolish the building.
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2008-09-04
Cinema redevelopment plan goes through on appeal - RAMSEY'S landmark cinema is to be bulldozed to make way for a community centre and new homes.
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2008-09-04
NATO's Cinema Buying Group Inks Major 3D Deal with RealD - LOS ANGELES, Sep 02, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Cinema Buying Group (CBG), a buying program for independent theaters administered by the National Association of Theatre Owners, today announced an agreement with RealD, the world's largest digital 3D experience provider. The agreement brings next-generation 3D capability to CBG's independent cinemas, currently totaling over 8,000 screens in the United States and Canada.
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2008-09-04
BFI searches for future classics - The British Film Institute is searching for classic films of the future to mark its 75th anniversary.
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2008-09-04
Movie theater loses power - The Carmike Cinema in Westwood Plaza lost power Monday, leaving screens dark.
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2008-09-04
Harold Ackroyd - YOU can almost hear the fanfares, the roar of the lion and the sounding of that great gong when their names are mentioned
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2008-09-04
Pyramid Saimira Group eyes UK's Reel cinema chain - One of the giants of the Indian film industry is looking to enter the British market by taking over Reel Cinemas, the award-winning Midlands-based group that specialises in small luxury theatres that show art house films and classic movies alongside Hollywood blockbusters.
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2008-09-04
Saturn launches cinema division - Saturn Communications Group has formed a cinema division to provide cinema operators with a customer communication and marketing services that includes digital signage, promotional packaging and digital media initiatives.
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2008-09-04
Graham Spurling Discusses Digital Cinema - The roll out of digital cinema is currently under way across Ireland. IFTN caught up with Graham Spurling of Spurling Group Cinemas to gain some insight into the digital cinema conversion, the role 3D will play, and discuss his appearance at the upcoming Screen International Digital Cinema 2008 event in London taking place on September 25th.
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2008-09-04
Cinema's first screening in 33 years - Sheffield's oldest cinema is screening its first film since 1975 to raise funds for a much needed new roof.
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2008-09-04
1920s theater going dark - The Drexel Grandview, the oldest movie theater in Franklin County and one of the region's few venues for art films, will close Sept. 27.
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2008-09-04
Too posh for popcorn - Independent cinemas once provided affordable art for all. Now, a growing number offer audiences a luxury experience
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2008-09-04
GREASE" TO UNSPOOL ON 150 UK CINEMA SCREENS ON SEPTEMBER 24 - To celebrate its 30th anniversary, Grease is making a welcome return to cinema screens across the country, in a newly restored version.
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2008-09-04
Rural Cinema Plans Boosted by Inglis Appointment - Going to the cinema may soon become as easy for people living in rural Scotland as it is for their urban counterparts, following the appointment of a former deputy director of the Edinburgh Filmhouse to a newly-created body dedicated to delivering cinema throughout the country
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2008-09-04
Cineplex Odeon Brantford Cinemas Closes and Makes Way for New Galaxy Cinemas Brantford - TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Sept. 2, 2008) - Cineplex Entertainment (TSX:CGX.UN) announced today that Cineplex Odeon Brantford Cinemas officially closed its doors last night, to make way for the new state-of-the-art eight-screen Galaxy Cinemas Brantford which will open in late October 2008.
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2008-09-04
Peter Holland Retires - Sent in by Paul Ferrer: After over 34 years working at 20th Century Fox preview theatres in London's head offices and 44 years working in the film industry Peter Holland retired last week.
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2008-09-04
Geoffrey Chandler Obit - Geoff was the former chief of Odeon Oxford and sadly passed away on 30th August
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2008-08-28
Face-lift for the Regal - West Briton - 
Redruth's Regal Cinema has been redecorated and given a new lease of life thanks to a major regeneration scheme. The Redruth Heritage Economic Regeneration Scheme has helped fund a major exterior refurbishment of the building this included strucutural repairs, replacement windows and the instatement of metal works. Since it's launch four years ago the regenration project has helped improve 35 properties in Redruth with the hope of boosting the town's economic growth.
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2008-08-25
Fejza to reopen cinema in Mitrovica - Fejza to reopen cinema in Mitrovica
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2008-08-25
SkyCity hopes to lift cinema division - TRANS-TASMAN casinos operator SkyCity Entertainment will persist with the struggling cinema division responsible for halving its annual profit.
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2008-08-25
Adelaide to lose last CBD cinema complex - ADELAIDE will become the only capital in Australia without a mainstream city cinema when the Greater Union City complex in Hindley St closes on September 17.
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2008-08-25
Odeon in talks on move to new site - HEREFORD
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2008-08-25
News from Liverpool courteousy of Philip Mayer - Philip writes: The Princess, Kirkdale and Carlton, Tuebrook are soon to be demolished while the Bedford in Walton was demolished in April/May.
The former Mere Lane Cinema had a fire recently.
The Garston Empire has closed (was bingo), & it is planned to be demolished it is to make way for a car park for a nearby hospital; leaving the Carlton in Orell Park is the only former Liverpool cinema to still run bingo.
The present Odeon, with 10 screens, dates back from 1934 and was formerly the Paramount and is being replaced with a new Odeon Multiplex in Paradise Street, "Liverpool One", which is due to open on September 30th with 14 screens.
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2008-08-24
Sing Along To Mamma Mia! Overseas - U.K. exhibitors like Vue, Cineworld, Odeon, Empire Cinemas, Showcase Cinemas and Picturehouse will be hosting sing-along screenings of Mamma Mia!, beginning August 22. Given that it's the 19th-highest grossing movie in the history of British cinema, it's probably already playing in a lot of those theaters as it is. Still, if you're in the U.K. and you're dying to see the movie again with fellow Mamma lovers, check your local listings and prepare to sing along. Hey, you can't sound worse than Pierce Brosnan did, right?
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2008-08-24
San Francisco look of £35m office scheme - A CONTROVERSIAL £35m redevelopment of Nottingham's former Odeon Cinema has been described as having the "quirky" look of San Francisco about it.
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2008-08-24
Film fans demand new town cinema - A group of film fans in Angus has stepped up its campaign to have a cinema brought back to the area. (This version of the story from Montrose Review gives more details. [Editor])
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2008-08-24
Cineworld lifts revenues, confident outlook - LONDON (SHARECAST) - Cinema chain Cineworld lifted box office revenues by 1% in the first half, while total revenues improved by 0.9%, thanks to the success of blockbusters such as “I Am Legend” and “Indiana Jones”.
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2008-08-24
Mamma Mia! keeps Cineworld singing - The UK's second largest cinema chain, Cineworld, is preparing for expansion into digital 3D films, after bouncing into the black since last year with six month pre-tax profits of £8.7m. (More on this story can be found here)
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2008-08-24
Picture House to close after less than a year - LEYBURN'S Picture House will close on October 31 after less than one year of being run by volunteers.
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2008-08-24
Chester set to become film capital of North West - CHESTER is in the frame to become the film centre of the North West.
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2008-08-24
Fraunhofer Institute Establishes the “Cinema of the Future” - At the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS, the scientists of the imaging systems department have been provided a state-of-the-art digital cinema where D-Cinema developments can be presented and tested. Premium sound and projection technology as well as a multi-functional stage system make the “Cinema of the Future” one of the best equipped theatres in the world.
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2008-08-24
Fresh plan for Regent Cinema proposed in Multiplex deal - BRISBANE'S prized Regent Cinema is likely to be radically transformed under a deal between developer Multiplex and the State Government.
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2008-08-24
MUMBAI: The UK Film Council will be appealing to the nation to join a treasure hunt for rare film to improve the national archive, as part of its Strategy for UK Screen Heritage. - UK
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2008-08-19
City news in brief: Lonmin, Cineworld - Cineworld's super troupers
Blockbusters such as Mamma Mia! and the latest Batman film, The Dark Knight, have been powerful box office draws this summer for cinema chain Cineworld, which this week is expected to unveil a strong first-half performance.
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2008-08-19
BFI's Google Earth Tour - The British Film Institute has created a layer database that allows you to look up locations, filmmakers, and other historical film references by using the free Google Earth application
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2008-08-19
Digital cinema adds new dimension to movie experience - Digital cinema (D-cinema), a technology of relaying movies in theatres via satellite by downloading them on a server, is adding new dimension to the movie-going experience.
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2008-08-16
Grenade found in cinema - ZAMBOANGA City Police Office (ZCPO) operatives retrieved Friday evening a hand grenade inside a movie theater in a shopping mall in this city.
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2008-08-16
Multi-million pound cinema refurbishment proposed for Gloucester - THE city's Cineworld cinema is set for a multi-million pound revamp.
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2008-08-16
Disabled access protest at cinema - Protesters gathered outside a cinema after a disabled teenage girl had to crawl up stairs because she could not take her wheelchair in.
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2008-08-16
Cinema Owner Looks to End His 30-Year Run - AFTER 30 years, Gerald Mallow wants to sell his vintage single-screen movie house. But he hopes that whoever takes over the Sag Harbor Cinema building will continue his tradition of showing independent and foreign films.
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2008-08-14
Cross Gates Regal Cinema - This photograph is a sad reminder of the demise of the old Regal Cinema on the corner of Cross Gates Road and Cross Gates Lane.
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2008-08-14
Cinema evacuated after popcorn fire - More then a 100 people had to be evacuated from a St Helens cinema after a vat of popcorn caught fire.
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2008-08-14
Theater Chains, Studios Close to $1 Billion Digital Agreement - Aug. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Theater companies are close to a $1 billion agreement with Hollywood studios to equip theaters to show digital movies, according to a group representing the exhibitors.
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2008-08-14
$1bn deal set to launch 3-D film business - A consortium of the biggest US cinema chains is closing in on a $1bn deal that will pave the way for a new generation of money-spinning 3-D movies, after securing provisional backing from three key Hollywood studios.
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2008-08-14
Cinema campaign takes to the streets - A CAMPAIGN to demand action on Evesham’s derelict Regal Cinema will take to the streets this weekend.
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2008-08-14
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2008-08-13
Vicky Mansfield leaves Odeon Marble Arch - 
Today (13th August) sees Vicky Mansfield leaving not only Marble Arch cinema, but also Odeon to head to a new job as Media Management Operator for Red Bee Media based at White City. Vicky said that she is sad to be leaving the industry but feels things have changed significantly over the ten years she has been working within cinemas. Although this new job offers a range of career opportunities within the broadcast and film sector, it's not all bad news as Vicky doesn't want to completely turn her back on the cinema industry and is keen to both keep in touch with collegues and would also like to do some freelance projection work. She has also promised to write some articles for this site. So the best of luck and many congratulations from the Mad Cornish Projectionist.
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2008-08-12
Amys Hereford film ordeal - A WHEELCHAIR-bound schoolgirl is planning a protest after being forced to crawl up stairs at Hereford’s Odeon cinema because there was no disabled access.
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2008-08-12
Cash boost for Burgess Hill cinema - FILM fans at one of the oldest surviving independent cinemas in Britain should soon have better ticket facilities after an £8,000 grant.
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2008-08-12
Interview with Josh Greer - Real D - everly Hills-based Real D (www.reald.com) develops digital cinema equipment which enabled 3D movies. The firms equipment is behind this seasons Journey To The Center Of The Earth, was rolled out with Chicken Little, and has been used for a large number of recent 3D titles at theaters. We spoke with Josh Greer, President and Co-founder of Real D, about the traction the firm is seeing, how the company started, and how it convinced producers and theaters to adopt its technology.
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2008-08-12
Martin Audio in Europes first all digital multiplex - UK - Vue Entertainment has selected Martin Audio to provide cinema sound systems for its Princes Quay Hull cinema, Europes first new-build, all-digital multiplex cinema.
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2008-08-12
Credit crunch has hit cinema giant IMAX - Imax, the Canadian company we know for the giant-screen movie theatre systems reported a second quarter loss. The company said that this is mainly due to the investments it has made in the new digital technology.
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2008-08-12
Plans to rebuild resorts cinema - The owners of a cinema want to demolish the listed building and replace it with a new entertainment complex.
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2008-08-12
British Cinemas - People watch TV, and they effectively pay for it either by the TV licence or by watching adverts. Ok, we all have to pay the licence in the UK, but you get the idea. If the BBC started having adverts, there would be an outcry that we should pay for the TV licence. So why do we accept advertising when we pay to go to the cinema?
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2008-08-12
POPCORN-FREE CINEMA PLAN - Popcorn has been a staple part of cinema-going for many years.
But now the snack could become a thing of the past at at least one Bath’s cinema.
The Little Theatre Cinema at St Michael’s Place is expected be part of a pilot scheme experimenting with popcorn-free showings.
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2008-08-12
Popcorn faces cinema ban - Popcorn could vanish from an Oxford cinema in bid to win over audiences put off by noisy munching and its distinctive smell.
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2008-08-12
No snack ban for city venue - POPCORN munchers at Edinburghs Cameo cinema will be able to continue with their favourite snack despite planned popcorn-free screenings at other venues
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2008-08-12
Cinema ponders ban on noisy big-screen snack - A CINEMA plans to crack down on popcorn - by banning the snack.
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2008-08-12
Would banning popcorn make cinemas better? - Quick answer: no, dont be so ridiculous. Apparently some cinemagoers dont agree... is popcorn really the problem, though?
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2008-08-12
BACK TO THE BIG SCREEN - SEE A CLASSIC FILM WITH ODEON AND FRIJJ! - The FRijj Film Festival in partnership with ODEON is giving you the chance to see your favourite films back on the big screen, and all for free.
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2008-08-12
Cinema to phase out popcorn - Cinemas in London are thinking of phasing out popcorn due to customers complaining about the mess and noise it makes.
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2008-08-11
Newnan Village planning theater complex - The first construction at Newnan Village Crossing will soon be under way, according to the developers, in the form of a six-screen movie theater and 500-seat open-air music amphitheater.
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2008-08-11
Mr Cinema Reg dies - THE funeral of Reg McCallam – Workington’s ‘Mr Cinema’ – will take place tomorrow.
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2008-08-11
Cinemas to trial popcorn free film screenings - A nationwide cinema chain is to ban popcorn from film screenings after complaints from audience members about the noise and mess created by the traditional treat.
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2008-08-11
The end for popcorn in British cinemas - London - The credits are rolling in Britain for the time-honoured cinematic tradition of munching popcorn at the movies - a newspaper reported on Sunday that increasing numbers of cinemas are banning it.
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2008-08-11
Popcorn free screenings at city cinema - For decades cinema-goers have enjoyed munching on a tub of popcorn as they watch the latest releases on the big screen.
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2008-08-10
Alex Theatre holds tribute to projectionist - GLENDALE, CA -- Last weekend, there was a memorial afternoon of film at the Alex Theatre for their recently deceased longtime projectionist, George Crittenden.More than 300 people attended a free cartoon and movie showing on Sunday afternoon at the Alex
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2008-08-10
Beacon Cinema project will change city traffic - PITTSFIELD — Traffic changes are being implemented as construction ramps up for the Beacon Cinema project in the downtown, according to Mayor James M. Rubertos office. Pedestrians and drivers should anticipate short-term access disruptions in the area of the project.
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2008-08-10
Its The End for popcorn at the movies - Madonna says she lost her post-baby bulge by snacking on it, Samuel L. Jackson suspects no one can be trusted who puts sugar on it, and Patricia Arquette threw hers over Christian Slater to get him to notice her in True Romance.
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2008-08-10
Has popcorn had its day? - Would popcorn-free cinemas ruin the experience for you, or is it good riddance to a messy, noisy, expensive snack? And what do you munch on at the flicks?
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2008-08-09
Leading man of Tyneside cinema - HE WAS the founder of the massive Essoldo cinema circuit, but what many didn’t know is that he was a publicity-shunning big charity donor.
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2008-08-09
Digital cinema now in Malta - The much-awaited digital cinema has finally arrived in Malta! Empire Cinema Complex in Bugibba are once again on theforefront of the cinema sphere, and the first to launch thisincredible experience... the Digital 3D Cinema, that is set torevolutionise the cinema experience.
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2008-08-09
Cinema chain to become popcorn-free - The countrys largest art house cinema chain is trialling popcorn-free screenings after customers said the snack was messy and noisy.
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2008-08-08
Cinema set upto entice visitors - A MINI-CINEMA for visitors to the Anglesey County Show is to be set up on the ground at Mona next week.
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2008-08-08
New role for Odeon-rap man - The man who recently branded Bradford’s former Odeon cinema “a crap building” is changing roles at regional development agency Yorkshire Forward.
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2008-08-08
Council to trial three hour cinema parking - WINGECARRIBEE Shire Council will trial three-hour parking in the Empire Cinema carpark for six months, despite recommendations from the RTA and council traffic committee that the time not change.
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2008-08-08
Christie Selected for Beijing Summer Games - BEIJING, Aug 08, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Christie, a global leader in visual solutions for business, entertainment and industry, is pleased to announce the Christie Roadster S+20K and Christie CP2000-ZX models were selected to project dynamic visuals for the opening ceremony at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games. The ceremony was held on August 8, 2008, at 8:08pm China Standard Time in the Beijing National Stadium and featured the most complex and extensive use of projected visuals in the history of the sporting event.
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2008-08-08
Obituary - Reg McCallam, of Workington - REG McCallam’s address book read like a who’s who of Hollywood - and the stars had him in their address books, too.
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2008-08-07
Dubai cinemas go digital - The first digital cinemas in the Middle East have opened in Dubai, The National has reported. Two new screens at a cinema in Dubai Festival City will show digital versions of the latest Mummy movie. Instead of using 35mm projectors, digital cinemas stream films onto the big screen from a hard drive, meaning that picture clarity and sound quality are greatly enhanced. The technology has been in use in Europe and the US for over a year.
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2008-08-07
Happy ending - SIR, - I was very fortunate recently to accompany my family on a trip to the Rex Cinema in Berkhamsted. Firstly I would like to make a simple observation that this is how going to the cinema should be. Very comfortable seats, plenty of legroom for tall people like myself, excellent view of the screen, very good sound quality and above all else the feeling that you are being looked after by people with a real passion for cinema and films. It was a real eye opener for me as I thought this kind of enjoyable experience was long gone - killed off by multiplex chains. Thank you to everyone at the Rex
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2008-08-07
Autumn date for Odeon plans - The final designs for the replacement of Bradford’s dilapidated former Odeon cinema are due to be submitted to Council planners this autumn.
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2008-08-06
National Amusements Debuts New Upscale Cinema Concept at Patriot Place - State-of-the-art Showcase Cinema de Lux to feature Lux Level in-theatre dining experience with VIP lounge, transforming the theatre into a community entertainment destination
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2008-08-06
BOWING OUT- Idris Parry learnt cinema projection when he was 16 years old. - A PROJECTIONIST will be drawing the final curtain on more than five decades of helping to entertain threatregoers.
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2008-08-06
New cinema at mall to have dozen screens, 2,000 seats - Salmon Run Mall will gain a new 12-screen theater complex as part of an ongoing expansion project, mall manager Mary P. Dudo said Tuesday.
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2008-08-06
Nerve Centre cinema to get exciting new look - Cinema lovers can expect a whole new experience at the Nerve Centre during this year's Foyle Film Festival, thanks to an extensive refurbishment.
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2008-08-06
World's oldest cinema is Danish - A Danish cinema has entered the Guinness World Records as the world's oldest, still-operating, cinema A small independent cinema in Korsør, western Zealand has been named as the oldest still-operating cinema by the Guinness World Records. The Korsør Cinema Theatre...
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2008-08-06
The Keystone Restorations - Chaplin at the BFI Southbank - This is a real treat for fans of Chaplin and silent cinema more widely. All of Chaplin’s 35 films from his work at Keystone during 1914 have been reconstructed and restored by the British Film Institute and the Cineteca di Bologna. They will all be screened at the BFI Southbank in London during August and September.
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2008-08-06
Higher expenses erode Cineplex results - TORONTO — Cinema chain operator Cineplex Galaxy Income Fund says revenue from its theatre business increased to $209.3-million in the second quarter, up 4.7 per cent from $199.9-million.
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2008-08-05
Thompson's Technicolor Network Services Gets New Leader - A top video solutions company in the communication, media and entertainment industries, Thompson, has announced that it has appointed a new Senior Vice President of Business Development for Technicolor Network Services, (TNS) Alan Wright.
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2008-08-05
Flats plan for former Falmouth cinema site - Falmouth's former Grand Cinema site could soon be turned into 20 flats at the fifth attempt.
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2008-08-05
DIGITAL CROSSROADS - Digital cinema presents tremendous opportunities for the industry to improve, expand, standardize and future-proof audio in theatres worldwide, and the industry is focused on balancing these technological possibilities with the process of standardization.
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2008-08-05
Alex Theatre holds tribute to projectionist - George Crittenden, who worked at the theater for years, is remembered at a day dedicated to him.
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2008-08-04
Film censor defends Batman rating - The BBFC has justified giving The Dark Knight a 12A certificate after getting more than 80 complaints about the Batman film's disturbing content.
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2008-08-04
Letter to the Odeon - An unhappy customer writes a letter of complaint to Odeon and cc's it to his blog.
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2008-08-04
Funding boost for local cinemas - TWO independent cinemas have won grants to improve facilities for people with sight and hearing problems.
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2008-08-03
Film buffs £3m plea to save sights and smells of cinema - THEY are the remnants of a bygone age of cinema: ornate commissionaires outfits that look like dress uniforms for an army, art deco swing doors and boards displaying stills from the latest Technicolor epic.
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2008-08-03
Thomson’s Technicolor Contributes to Record-Breaking Weekend Box Office - Thomson (Euronext 18453
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2008-08-03
European Digital Cinema Forum Elects New President - Following the recent elections to the Board by EDCF members, the new Board has appointed Antoine Virenque as EDCF President for the next two years.
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2008-08-03
Cinepolis and RealD 3D Announce Exclusive Digital 3D Partnership - Morelia and Santa Fe, Mexico- based Cinepolis, Inc, the worlds fifth largest cinema exhibitor, and RealD 3D, the global leader in 3D, announced today that Cinepolis will add 500 RealD 3D screens to its circuit. The rollout of these 500 RealD 3D screens has already begun with six new screens installed for the release of Journey to the Center of the Earth, and will continue through 2010. The partnership makes RealD the exclusive choice of Cinepolis for digital 3D and creates a strong platform in the market for the upcoming slate of over thirty major studio 3D releases in 2009 and 2010.
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2008-08-03
IMAX Signs International Joint Venture Deal with One of Japans Largest Exhibitors - IMAX Corporation (NASDAQ:IMAX
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2008-08-03
Journey to the Center of the Earth Wins on RealD 3D Screens: RealD 3D Brings in 55% of Estimated $21.02M Weekend - RealD 3D, the world’s leading 3D experience, brought in 55% of the total box office for Warner Bros. Pictures/New Line Cinema’s Journey to the Center of the Earth, which earned an estimated $21.02M in its opening weekend.
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2008-08-03
Theaters Prepare for 3D ‘Journey’ with New Technology Installations - NEC Corporation of America, RealD 3D, and Ballantyne of Omaha’s Strong Digital Systems and Strong Technical Services units have recently teamed to provide the latest in digital 3D projection capability to multiple US theaters. This latest wave of upgrades to RealD digital 3D was driven by theater owners wanting to capitalize on the introduction of the July 11, 2008 release of Journey to the Center of the Earth from Warner Bros. Pictures/New Line Cinema and Walden Media. Journey will be the first live-action narrative 3D film and the widest RealD digital 3D film released to date. While the film will also be screened in 2D cinemas, exhibitors are looking to the increased attendance and revenue delivered by RealD 3D–equipped screens.
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2008-08-03
IMAX Signs First Joint Venture Deal With One of Australias Largest Exhibitors - IMAX Corporation (NASDAQ:IMAX TSX:IMX) and Hoyts Cinemas Ltd., one of the largest exhibitors in Australia, today announced a joint venture agreement to install four IMAX(R) theatres in the cities of Perth, Melbourne and Sydney. The deal marks the Companys first international joint venture deal featuring the Companys new IMAX(R) Digital theatre system and doubles IMAXs footprint in Australia. To date, IMAX has signed contracts for more than 180 IMAX(R) Digital theatre systems, with approximately 50 scheduled to be installed by the end of 2008.
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2008-08-03
Sensio Signs Licensing Agreement with International Datacasting Corporation and Announces First Sale of its Sensio®3D Cinema Decoding Technology - SENSIO Technologies Inc. (“SENSIO”) (TSX Venture Exchange Inc.: SIO), inventor of the SENSIO®3D technology, announced today the signing of a Licensing Agreement with International Datacasting Corporation (“IDC”) (TSX: IDC) for the integration of the SENSIO®3D cinema decoding technology into products for the digital cinema market. This agreement comes with the first sale of licenses for an initial deployment of 3D systems for 50 movie theatres to enable the broadcasting of live stereoscopic (3D) events.
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2008-08-03
Microspace Digital Cinema Experiences 200% Growth in Less Than One Year - Microspace Communications Corporation (Microspace), the leading distributor of digital cinema via satellite, announced today that it has expanded its network to more than 3,000 screens across North America becoming the largest independent network to service theater owners. Since 2005, the company has delivered 33 major motion pictures from nine studios, including the first 3-D movie and the first 4K movie via satellite, to theater circuits within the United States, Mexico and Canada.
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2008-08-03
Odeon Leads the Way in Digital Cinemaa10a10 - Cinema goers at the ODEON in Guilford this weekend were the first and only audience in Europe to see “Hancock” screened in 4K resolution on Sony’s 4K SXRD Digital Projectors producing picture quality over four times the resolution of high definition televisions.
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2008-08-03
Sony Pictures Entertainment to Distribute “Hancock” in 4K Resolution to Select Theaters in the United Statesa11 - The growing list of feature-length motion pictures to be distributed in 4K resolution now includes “Hancock,” the new action-comedy movie starring Will Smith. The Sony Pictures Entertainment movie, which opens in the U.S. and worldwide on July 2, will be shown in 4K resolution on more than 20 screens using Sony’s 4K digital cinema projection systems.
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2008-08-03
Cinemark and RealD 3D Announce Exclusive 1,500 Screen Digital 3D Partnership - Cinemark Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CNK), and RealD 3D, the global leader in 3D, announced today that Cinemark will add up to 1,500 RealD 3D screens to its circuit, bringing RealD’s committed 3D platform to a game-changing 5,000 worldwide screens. Cinemark’s global deployment of its greatly expanded 3D platform, with RealD as exclusive digital 3D provider, comes as an unprecedented slate of top-tier 3D films is announced for 2009 and 2010. The parties expect to commence the roll-out upon completion of the Digital Cinema Implementation Partners (DCIP) initiative.
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2008-08-03
Harman Cinema Group Introduces New JBL Digital Surround Series Cinema Loudspeaker - Providing cinema exhibition venues and post-production facilities with unprecedented audio performance and versatility, JBL Professional today introduced two new Digital Surround Series loudspeakers as the latest additions to its award-winning line of cinema loudspeaker systems. Two new surround models, the 8320 Surround and the 8350 Surround, join the popular 8340A Surround loudspeaker to provide an ideal surround sound solution for every digital application.
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2008-08-03
DTS Digital Cinema Introduces New Suite of Products at Cinema Expo International 2008 - DTS Digital Cinema today announced the introduction of a new suite of products at Cinema Expo International 2008. The ScreenStore™ Media Player, Theatre Management System (TMS), and Screen Management System (SMS) have all been launched at the industry showcase demonstrating DTS Digital Cinema’s commitment to providing solutions for the digital cinema network.
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2008-08-03
RealD 3D and New Line Cinema/Warner Bros. Pictures Announce Brand Partnership with Journey to the Center of the Earth 3Da15a15 - RealD 3D, the global leader in 3D and the #1 3D cinema experience, with more than 1,000 RealD 3D screens in North America, will join New Line Cinema/Warner Bros. Pictures for the exhibition and co-branding of Journey to the Center of the Earth, it was announced today by Michael Lewis, RealD, Chairman and CEO, and Warner Bros. President, Distribution, Dan Fellman.
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2008-08-03
XDC Signs Cooperation Agreement with Emerging Pictures For European Digital Distribution Servicesa17a17 - XDC, the leading digital cinema service company in Europe, signs a cooperation agreement with Emerging Pictures, New York-based digital entertainment company, to provide, in selected European countries, digital mastering and distribution logistical services for La Scala opera titles.
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2008-08-03
Qubemaster Pro Chosen By Art Alliance Mediaa18a18 - Arts Alliance Media (AAM), Europes leading provider of digital film distribution services, has chosen QubeMaster Pro, the leading DCP encoding solution on the market today for the expansion of their Digital Cinema mastering services.
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2008-08-03
XDC Signs its First Large-Scale Deployment Agreement With Cineplexx for 193 Digital Screens in Austriaa19a19 - XDC, the leading digital cinema service company in Europe, announces to have signed an exclusive agreement with Cineplexx Kinobetriebe GmbH, the largest cinema chain in Austria, for the deployment of digital cinema systems in 100% of the circuit’s 193 screens. This agreement represents a contract of a total value of about 21 millions Euros.
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2008-08-03
Paramount Pictures International, Walt Disney Studios International and Twentieth Century Fox to support YMAGIS pan European digital cinema initiativea20a20 - Ymagis, a Paris, France based company, established in 2007 by several cinema executives to help accelerate the transition of European theatres to digital projection, has reached non-exclusive agreements with Paramount Pictures International, Walt Disney Studios International and Twentieth Century Fox who have independently agreed to supply digital content to the projection systems deployed by Ymagis. Ymagis is in advanced negotiations with other US and European distributors and expects to announce other similar agreements shortly.
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2008-08-03
Barco demonstrates all of today’s Digital Cinema potential at Cinema Expo in Amsterdam.a21a21 - Barco, a global leader in digital cinema, will be present at Cinema Expo ’08 with an impressive number of today’s digital cinema possibilities. From new product introductions to the very latest 3D
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2008-08-03
Barco’S New Digital Cinema Projector Makes its World Premiere at Cinema Expo, in Amsterdam.a22a22 - At the Cinema Expo trade show, digital cinema pioneer Barco strengthens it leading position by introducing a new member to the DP family. The DP-1200 is Barco’s newest digital cinema projector, custom made for the small venue market. Thanks to the DP-1200 even the smallest cinemas now have access to digital cinema, at an affordable price.
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2008-08-03
XDC Signs Digital Cinema Deployment Agreements with Sony Pictures Releasing International and Universal City Studios LLP - XDC, the leading digital cinema service company in Europe, has signed non-exclusive agreements with Sony Pictures and Universal and is now the first deploying entity having signed with six (6) major U.S. distributors to target the deployment of up to 8,000 DCI-compliant digital cinema installations across Europe.
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2008-08-03
XDC Previews its Dolby 3D Compatible D-Cinema Server - XDC announces that its CineStore® Solo G3 D-Cinema server was approved for Dolby 3D Digital Cinema
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2008-08-03
Dolby Launches 3D Playback Compatibility Programa26a26 - Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: DLB) today announced at CinemaExpo 2008 a licensing program for digital cinema server manufacturers to allow their digital cinema servers to support Dolby® 3D Digital Cinema playback. XDC became the first manufacturer to receive approval to license Dolby 3D Digital Cinema technology for its CineStore Solo G3 server line.
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2008-08-03
DVidea Introduces New Functionalities of its Innovative Theater Management System for Digital Cinema Exhibitorsa27a27 - DVidea, the company focused on developing tools to meet the challenges of asset management for digital cinema, unveils today new features for its state-of-the-art Theater Management System (TMS) at CINE EXPO 2008, currently underway in Amsterdam from June 23 - 26. Designed to meet the needs of all exhibitors, Dvidea TMS provides the most comprehensive tools for media management and automation, including the control of servers from several D-Cinema manufacturers. Exhibiting in Hall 11, booth 167, Dvidea will demonstrate the ability to manage remotely from a pocket wireless device a Doremi DCP-2000 server. Appointments for private demonstrations can be reserved upon request.
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2008-08-03
John Mayer on the Big Screen in Theatres Around the Country for One Night Only, June 30tha28a28 - For one night only, fans can watch five-time Grammy winning musician John Mayer’s “Where The Light Is: John Mayer Live in Los Angeles” on the big screen in theatres across the country on Monday, June 30th. In the larger-than-life movie theater setting, fans will feel like they actually attended the unique concert, which featured Mayer performing an acoustic set, a full-band Continuum set and a rare John Mayer Trio set. Recorded last December at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles and directed by Danny Clinch, “Where The Light Is” hits screens courtesy of The Bigger Picture, the alternative content distribution unit of Access Integrated Technologies, Inc. ("AccessIT") (NASDAQ:AIXD).
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2008-08-03
Christie DLP Cinema Projectors to Be Used at the Star-Studded World Premiere of Disney•Pixar’s WALL•E, June 21a29a29 - Christie, a global leader in visual solutions for entertainment, business and industry, is proud to announce that a pair of Christie CP2000-XB DLP Cinema projectors will be used at the World Premiere of Disney•Pixar’s WALL•E. The World Premiere will take place outside under the stars at the Greek Theatre and Griffith Observatory on Saturday, June 21st.
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2008-08-03
ARRI Chooses QubeMaster for Digital Cinema Encodinga30a30 - After extensive testing and investigation of the large number of digital cinema encoding tools available in today’s busy marketplace, ARRI have chosen upon QubeMaster Pro.
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2008-08-03
Arts Alliance Media Announce the Outfit of Yelmo’s New Site “Isla Azul” in Madrid with 5 Digital Cinema Projection Systemsa31a31 - Signifying its first move into the Spanish exhibition market, Arts Alliance Media (AAM), Europe’s leading provider of digital cinema technology, content and deployment, have announced a deal with Yelmo Cines, one of Spain’s largest exhibition chains, and Suministros Kelonik, Spain’s leading equipment installer, to fully outfit Yelmo’s new “Isla Azul” 5-plex site in Madrid with digital cinema projection systems. 5 screens will be installed in time for the complex’s opening in July. Yelmo Cines currently operates 351 screens in 31 sites.
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2008-08-03
‘High Octane’ Sport Hits the Big Screen as The Bigger Picture Brings Super Boat Races to a Digital Cinema Theatre Near Youa258a258 - The Bigger Picture, the alternative content distribution division of Access Integrated Technologies, Inc. ("AccessIT") (NASDAQ:AIXD), announced today that it will bring coverage of Super Boat International® races to digital cinema enabled movie theatres this year. This will be the first program offered by the division’s “High Octane Sports” channel.
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2008-08-03
Dolby incorporates Philips watermarking technology for Digital Cinemaa259a259 - Philips today announced that Dolby Laboratories will offer its customers the option of Philips CineFence advanced anti-piracy technology to protect its digital content. Dolby Laboratories, a reputable and trusted partner in cinema product and services, has incorporated Philips CineFence in its digital system for storing, managing and playback of digital movies. New cinema releases shown via Dolby’s digital cinema solution can be embedded with Philips CineFence forensic watermark, thus allowing the content to be traced and protected.
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2008-08-03
This is England released digitally in Norway thanks to the European project: D-PLATFORMa260a260 - This is England, directed by Shane Meadows, is the first movie digitally released through the D-PLATFORM initiative. It is currently being digitally screened in three cinemas in Oslo, Tromsoe and Fredrikstad. Arthaus, the movies Norwegian distributor, has thus achieved its first step in the digital world.
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2008-08-03
Cinema Ambasciatori chooses Kodak for digital feature presentationsa261a261 - Kodak today announced that Il Cinema A Trieste has purchased the Kodak Digital Cinema system for feature presentations in its highly-popular Cinema Ambasciatori auditorium in Trieste. The Kodak sale and installation includes the flexible and reliable Kodak Content Player JMN3000 and an NEC NC2500S cinema projector supplied by Prevost, NEC’s Italian distributor.
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2008-08-03
DVidea Introduces its Innovative Theater Management System for Digital Cinema Exhibitors at IBC 2007a262a262 - DVidea, the company focused on developing tools to meet the challenges of digital asset management for theater owners, today unveiled its state-of-the-art Theater Management System (TMS) at IBC 2007, currently underway in Amsterdam from September 7-11. Designed to meet the needs of digital cinema exhibitors, the TMS was developed with the cooperation of industry partners and end-users to provide the most comprehensive tools for media management and automation.
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2008-08-03
International Datacasting and Sensio Technologies Join Forces to Offer Integrated 3D Digital Cinema Broadcast Solutionsa263a263 - International Datacasting Corporation, (TSX:IDC) and SENSIO Technologies Inc. (TSX.V:SIO) announced today that they have signed a letter of intent to jointly develop and offer complete end-to-end integrated broadcast solutions for 3D digital and e-cinema. The announcement is being made on the occasion of the International Broadcasting Convention (IBC) being held in Amsterdam September 07 to 11. IBC is the leading international event for professionals involved in the creation, management and delivery of entertainment and news content world-wide.
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2008-08-03
Venice Film Festival Selects Doremi Cinemaa264a264 - As the official digital cinema partner of the prestigious Venice Film Festival, Doremi, in collaboration with cinema installer Decipro, will provide all the necessary equipment and technical support to ensure a successful DCI-JPEG2000 digital movie file playback during the festival. Six Doremi DCP-2000 servers were installed in the main auditoriums and successfully integrated with the existing traditional 35mm equipment for both image and sound.
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2008-08-03
AccessIT to Receive Bravo Award for Digital Cinema during 3D-Focused Forum at Venice International Film Festivala265a265 - Access Integrated Technologies, Inc. (AccessIT) (NASDAQ:AIXD) will receive the 2007 Bravo Award for its innovations in the digital cinema supply chain during the SMPTE D-Cinema International Forum at the Venice International Film Festival Sept. 5 in Venice, Italy.
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2008-08-03
AccessIT Signs Atlas Cinemas to Deployment and Pre-Show Programming Deala266a266 - Access Integrated Technologies, Inc. (AccessIT) (NASDAQ:AIXD) today announced that Atlas Cinemas will be the fourteenth chain to deploy the digital cinema leaders fully integrated and networked system. This agreement brings the total number of screens signed to the AccessIT Deployment Plan to almost 3700 with 800 of those belonging to customers of AccessITs PreFlix Pre-Show Entertainment solution.
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2008-08-03
Atlab Image and Sound Technology Previews Dolby 3D Digital Cinema at AIMC 2007a267a267 - Australian movie convention delegates queued with anticipation to view Atlab Image & Sound Technology’s presentation of Dolby Laboratories latest commercial cinema product, the Dolby 3D Digital Cinema solution.
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2008-08-03
The digital age hits tipping point in theaters as ACCESSIT INSTALLS 3,000TH DIGITAL CINEMA SYSTEMa268a268 - Access Integrated Technologies, Inc. (AccessIT) (NASDAQ:AIXD), the industry leader in digital cinema, announced today that the company has installed its 3,000th digital cinema system. The company is continuing to work toward its goal of completing its initial 4,000-screen deployment by the end of October.
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2008-08-03
Kinepolis Selects Dolby 3D for Major European Deploymenta269a269 - Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: DLB) today announced that the Kinepolis Group has selected the new Dolby® 3D Digital Cinema technology to outfit 17 screens throughout Europe. Kinepolis recently opened its 23rd cinema multiplex, in Ostend, Belgium, and installed the first Dolby 3D system in Europe. The Belgium-based exhibitor plans to convert one screen per complex using the Dolby 3D system.
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2008-08-03
Christie Returns as Official Digital Projection Sponsor at Toronto International Film Festivala270a270 - Christie, a global leader in visual solutions for entertainment, business and industry, is the exclusive digital projection sponsor for the 32nd Toronto International Film Festival(r) (TIFF), the world’s largest public film festival. Staged September 6 – 15 throughout Toronto, TIFF is dedicated to spotlighting Canadian artists, as well as works from filmmakers around the globe. As part of its sponsorship, Christie will provide an array of digital projectors, including the renowned Christie CP2000 DLP Cinema® projector, the most installed and preferred Digital Cinema projector in the world.
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2008-08-03
National CineMedia and Kerasotes Showplace Theatres Enter into Affiliate Agreement to Present Pre-Show Advertising, Meetings and Alternative Events in Sixth Largest U.S. Movie Circuita271a271 - National CineMedia LLC (NCM), has entered into a network affiliate agreement with Kerasotes ShowPlace Theatres, LLC, the sixth largest movie theatre exhibition company in the U.S., for the presentation of pre-show advertising, comprehensive meetings and event services, and in-theatre entertainment events. Under the terms of the new multi-year agreement, Kerasotes’ 95 theatres and 853 screens in top U.S. markets such as Chicago, Denver, Indianapolis and Minneapolis, will exclusively present NCM’s digitally distributed pre-show program, FirstLook offer in-theatre corporate meetings and event services through NCM’s CineMeetings
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2008-08-03
ravemotionpictures - Becomes United States’ Largest Exhibition Chain to go to 100% Digital Projectiona272a272 - Rave Motion Pictures, one of the fastest growing and most prominent independent theater circuits in the country, has completed its conversion to Digital Projection. All 427 screens at 27 stadium theater complexes, located in eleven states, will now feature state-of-the-art AccessIT (NASDAQ: AIXD) systems and DLP Cinema® projectors from Texas Instruments (NYSE: TXN). This represents one of the largest overall deployments of this revolutionary means of presentation and constitutes the biggest percentage adoption of any chain in the world to date.
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2008-08-03
Allen Theatres Signs Deployment and Pre-Show Programming Deal with AccessIT - Access Integrated Technologies, Inc. (AccessIT) (NASDAQ:AIXD) today announced that Allen Theatres (“Allen”) will be the thirteenth chain to convert 87 screens in 14 locations to Digital Cinema using AccessIT’s Theatre Command CenterTM software and pre-show programming and Christie DLP Cinema® projectors.
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2008-08-03
Cinema Buying Group-NATO issues Digital Cinema Request For Proposal - The Cinema Buying Group-NATO (CBG-NATO) issued today a Request For Proposals (RFP) to digital cinema equipment and service providers on behalf of the members of the CBG-NATO — small to medium-sized independent theaters in the United States and Canada.
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2008-08-03
XDC a Beating Heart of Major Events at the 60th Locarno Film Festival - On August 1st, as the Digital Cinema Official Partner of the Locarno Film Festival, XDC supported the worldwide premiere high definition projection of Vexille. After the official opening ceremony, Locarno 10,000 moviegoers, on Piazza Grande, warmed up with the high definition screening of Vexille CGA (Computer Graphic Animation) Japanese film by Fumihiko Sori. Thanks to the amazing digital cinema technology provided by XDC, the audience experienced a pure magic moment.
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2008-08-03
Paramount Pictures to Make Beowulf Available to Dolby 3D Digital Cinema Exhibitors - Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: DLB) today announced that Paramount Pictures’ Beowulf, scheduled for release on November 16, will be made available to select exhibitors who have installed Dolby® 3D Digital Cinema technology by the film’s release date.
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2008-08-02
Cinemas get lottery cash boost - Three cinemas in the East of England have received more than £30,000 of Lottery funding from the UK Film Council to improve their facilities.
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2008-08-02
Theatre stalwart takes final bow - You might not recognise his face, but Idris Parry has helped to entertain film and theatregoers for 45 years.
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2008-08-02
Confessions of a Projectionist - Excellent, funny and witty film reviews written by a film projectionist who works at the Odeon Cinema. This guy is on a mission to review every single film that is being shown at the Odeon, now that is a s**t load of films!!
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2008-08-01
Zimbabweans Push for Return of Mobile Cinemas in Rural Areas - In Zimbabwe, residents of several rural districts in the region of Mashonaland East are calling for the return of mobile cinemas. Rural inhabitants rejected the service nearly three decades ago, when authorities used the films to spread their propaganda. But some farmers now suggest mobile cinemas should be reinstituted, and air educational messages that would encourage local development. Voice of America English to Africa Service reporter Safari Njema visited the area.
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2008-08-01
Christie Projectors Help Quebec City Celebrate Its 400th Anniversary - Christie projectors are playing a key role in festivities marking the 400th anniversary of the city of Quebec, the birthplace of French civilization in North America and a UNESCO World Heritage site. From June 20 to August 24 Christie will participate in The Image Mill (Le Moulin à Images) – a sound and image spectacular created by Robert Lepage and Ex Machina. The Image Mill will recount the history of the city with what is believed to be the world’s largest video projection.
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2008-07-31
Dolby Laboratories, Inc. F3Q08 (Qtr. End 06/30/08) Earnings Call - Welcome to the Dolby Laboratories Conference Call discussing fiscal third quarter 2008 results. During the presentation, all participants will be in a listen-only mode. Afterwards, you will be invited to participate in a question-and-answer session. [Operator Instructions]. As a reminder, this call is being recorded, Thursday July 31st, 2008.
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2008-07-29
Stop bombarding us with unnecessary re-releases - We all know The Seventh Seal is great, and Badlands sublime. So why dont distributors get a little creative with their back catalogues?
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2008-07-29
Fox linked to digital cinema deal - NEWS Corps Twentieth Century Fox has reached a deal with a group of movie theatre chains, paving the way for a $1.1 billion (
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2008-07-29
Day in the Work Life: Projectionist - On this weeks "A Day in the Work Life," we get a peak at this summers blockbusters from a slightly different angle with a projectionist.
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2008-07-29
Dark curse strikes at city film premiere - THE RUMOURED Curse of the Dark Knight struck in Worcester on Wednesday night as the plug had to be pulled on a special advance screening of the summer
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2008-07-29
CCTV cameras in UKs Odeon cinemas to be installed - CCTV Cameras have been installed to watch over their audiences by Britains largest cinema chain. By Jon Swaine
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2008-07-29
Bravery award for cinema worker who tackled arsonist - Security officer honoured for action which prevented former employee from certain death
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2008-07-29
Thomsons Technicolor provides laboratory and digital services to top 10 films in North American market - Jul 25, 2008 (M2 EQUITYBITES via COMTEX) -- TMS | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- Thomson (Euronext Paris:18453) (NYSE:TMS), a provider of video solutions for the Communication, Media & Entertainment (CME) industries, announced on Thursday (24 July) that its Technicolor Services division provided a range of laboratory and digital services to the top 10 films of the North American box office for the weekend of 18-20 July, 2008.
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2008-07-29
Fox reaches digital cinema upgrade deal -sources - LOS ANGELES, July 24 (Reuters) - News Corps Twentieth Century Fox has reach a deal with a group of theater chains paving the way for a long-delayed $1.1 billion digital cinema upgrade that Hollywood hopes will boost attendance and cut costs, sources familiar with the deal said on Thursday.
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2008-07-29
Regal profit falls: digital upgrade advances - LOS ANGELES, July 24 (Reuters) - Regal Entertainment Group , the largest U.S. movie theater owner, posted sharply lower quarterly profit on Thursday and said improvement might not come until the fourth quarter.But the company also reported progress in a long-delayed digital upgrade expected to boost sagging attendance at movie theaters.Second-quarter net income fell to $13.8 million, or 9 cents a share, from $52.7 million, or 33 cents a share, a year earlier.
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2008-07-29
Thomson's Technicolor Contributes To Record Breaking Weekend Box Office. - Thomsons Technicolor Services division provided a full array of industry-leading laboratory and digital services to the top 10 films driving the record-smashing North American box office for the weekend of 18 -20 July.
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2008-07-29
Odeon puts CCTV into cinemas to stop snogging in the back row - KISSING in the back row could become a thing of the past after the UKs largest cinema chain admitted installing cameras to spy on the audience.
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2008-07-29
New images of Smithfield cinema proposals - A CINEMA operator has pledged to stay in Oswestry for at least 15 years if permission is granted to redevelop the Smithfield site.
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2008-07-29
Harry Potter helps British movies rake in - Harry Potter and The Order Of The Phoenix
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2008-07-29
New lease of life for old cinema - THE FORMER ABC cinema has been given a new lease of life, seven years after it closed its doors.
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2008-07-29
Cineplexx Selects Christie DLP Cinema - Christie, a leading provider of visual solutions for business, entertainment and industry today announced that the company
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2008-07-29
New President for European Digital Cinema Forum (EDCF) - Following the recent elections to the Board by EDCF members, the new Board has appointed Antoine Virenque as EDCF President for the next two years.
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2008-07-29
Countering the Content Piracy Threat - The issue of content security has been a hot topic in the audio-visual market for several years. In more recent times, it has become an increasingly urgent concern. The digital revolution has led to proliferation in digital content creation while the emergence of the Internet and broadband has made it much easier to share illicit copies of content with anyone across the globe. This has increased the window of exploitation for pirates.
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2008-07-29
Coming to a big screen near you - A season of performances from the Royal Opera House is to be screened live at cinemas in Britain and across Europe.
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2008-07-29
Cinepolis and RealD 3D Announce Exclusive Digital 3D Partnership - Morelia and Santa Fe, Mexico- based Cinepolis, Inc, the worlds fifth largest cinema exhibitor, and RealD 3D, the global leader in 3D, announced today that Cinepolis will add 500 RealD 3D screens to its circuit.
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2008-07-29
Barco Drops as Net, Video Wall Sales Miss Estimates (Update3) - July 23 (Bloomberg) -- Barco NV, the Belgian maker of electronic displays that will be used at the Beijing Olympics, dropped the most in at least 18 years in Brussels trading after saying quarterly profit fell more than analysts estimated.
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2008-07-29
AMC opens all digital cinema in Seattle - We
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2008-07-29
Cinema operator plans digital multiplex - A cinema operator is to open its first digital multiplex movie theatre at a leisure and retail park being built at Wisbech.
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2008-07-29
Why I - The Queen
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2008-07-29
The Empire is ten years old - and bigger than Godzilla! - THE giant cake baked and scoffed to celebrate the Empire cinema
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2008-07-29
New 10-screen cinema plan for Plymouth - THE city centres famous Reel Cinema may be knocked down and replaced by a 10-screen multiplex.
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2008-07-29
Cinema security rises as Batman opens - HORSHAM Centre Cinemas staff have been keeping a close eye on patrons since the new Batman movie The Dark Knight opened on Wednesday.
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2008-07-29
IMAX projectionist brings Dark Knight to screen - The MinnPost profiles Rodney Johnson, projection manager at the Minnesota Zoo
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2008-07-29
Reel life in the cinemas - WHILE you
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2008-07-29
Minster visit towns film achives - A government minister visited the worlds largest film archives that are in Berkhamsted to celebrate the launch of a new online service.
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2008-07-29
AMC opening Northwests first all-digital cineplex at Southcenter - Its not being billed as such, but the opening Friday of AMCs luxurious 16-screen multiplex at Westfield Southcenter in Tukwila is a milestone event in local movie history. Its the first large-scale cinema in the Northwest in which every projector is digital.
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2008-07-29
Cinepolis and RealD 3D Announce Exclusive Digital 3D Partnership - LOS ANGELES, Jul 17, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Morelia and Santa Fe, Mexico- based Cinepolis, Inc, the worlds fifth largest cinema exhibitor, and RealD 3D, the global leader in 3D, announced today that Cinepolis will add 500 RealD 3D screens to its circuit.
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2008-07-29
It - Hollywood moviemakers have been fascinated by 3D features for more than five decades now. If it can leap off the screen and land in your lap it has probably been shot, whether in a sci-fi shocker of the 1950s like It Came From Outer Space, an experimental film of the 1970s like Flesh for Frankenstein, a tacky sequel of the 1980s like Friday the 13th Part 3 or a popular CG release of the new millennium like Meet the Robinsons. Over the past few years, however, there has been a huge increase in the production of 3D films. More than a half-dozen live-action and a dozen computer animated 3D films are currently in the studio pipelines
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2008-07-29
Hollywoods 3-D kick hits a bump - While movies change titles all the time -- Will Smiths Hancock used to be called Tonight, He Comes -- rarely does a name switch hint at a looming crisis for the film business at large. But thats exactly whats behind the changed title of Journey to the Center of the Earth.
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2008-07-24
CSA appoints new sales director - Cinema sales house Carlton Screen Advertising (CSA) has promoted Gemma Atkinson to the role of sales director.
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2008-07-24
Reel cinemas future hangs in the balance - Plymouths oldest cinema - which once hosted a Beatles concert - is rumoured to be closing in October.
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2008-07-24
Multiplex plan: Anger over lack of consultation - A RESTAURANT owner has slammed a lack of consultation over plans for a city-centre multiplex cinema.
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2008-07-24
UK cinema attendances on the up - The number of people going to UK cinemas rose by 4% in 2007, after two years which saw attendances decline, the UK Film Council has said.
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2008-07-24
Cineplex Entertainment and RealD Sign Major Agreement for 175 3D Installations - Cineplex Entertainment (CA:CGX.UN
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2008-07-24
Hollywood gears up 3D TV effort - SAN JOSE, Calif. — It may not be easy, but Hollywood wants to bring its growing library of 3D films showing at the local cineplex to your living room. The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers is forming a task force that will set the stage for an effort to define a stereo 3D mastering standard for content viewed in the home.
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2008-07-24
Cinema theater Lietuva in Vilnius Old Town to be demolished - Vilnius Municipality Council on Friday confirmed the detailed plan of the site in Pylimo street, where the cinema theater Lietuva stands. The company Rojaus Apartamentai will be able to demolish the old cinema theater and to erect a multi-functional building with two cinema halls on this site.
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2008-07-24
The Dark Knight achieves biggest cinema opening ever - The Dark Knight has earned the best opening weekend ever, with $155.3 million (£77.7 million) in its first three days on release in the US and Canada.
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2008-07-24
Hungarian company to reopen and operate previously closed cinemas - Two previously closed cinemas will be reopened by a Hungarian-owned company, which believes they could continue operating once undergoing a few changes, reports Napi.hu
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2008-07-24
Behind The Screen at Somerset House (2008) - ILM buffs are once again invited to go Behind the Screen with Somerset House’s latest programme of screenings, talks and discussions taking place literally behind the giant screen
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2008-07-24
Digital cinema to be park focal point - A DAZZLING new digital cinema will be one of the focal points of a new retail and leisure park.
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2008-07-24
Christie News Update - Cineplexx Selects Christie DLP Cinema(r) Projection Systems For Xdcs First Large-Scale Deployment Of 193 Screens In Austria, Wokingham, Berkshire (7th July 2008)
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2008-07-24
3D movie experience a hit - After proving a hit with audiences at The Zone in Rosebank and Gateway in Durban, Ster-Kinekor Theatres are extending the 3D digital cinema experience.
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2008-07-24
Bid to lift ban on Monty Python’s Life of Brian - IT FEATURED some of the most famous scenes in cinema and has been repeatedly voted the funniest film ever made.
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2008-07-24
Cinema focus on ‘spy’ crime deterrent - AMOROUS film-goers who want to go hugging in the back row had better watch out.
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2008-07-24
Tropic Cinema expanding with fourth screen - The Tropic Cinema, a theater and venue for Key West community events, will soon grow, as a fourth screen and possibly another wine bar are in the works. Tropic staff and architect Michael Miller hope to knock down the wall between the theater at 416 Eaton St. and the retail space at 418 Eaton to lump them together.
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2008-07-24
Opening for £3m cultural centre - A £3m visitor attraction has officially opened in a Cumbria town.
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2008-07-24
Multiplex cinema is top of wish list for young people in Bognor Regis - Nearly every young person in Bognor Regis wants to see a multiplex cinema in the town
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2008-07-24
The Electric Palace cinema in Harwich: the first picture show - You’re the aspiring actor Clive Owen, it’s the mid-Eighties, and you are out to impress your girlfriend and fellow RADA graduate Sarah-Jane Fenton. So where do you take her? Drinking in Soho? Eating in Knightsbridge? Dancing in Hoxton? Why, you go to the Electric Palace cinema in Harwich, northeast Essex, of course.
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2008-07-24
COMMERCIAL BREAK - Falmouth is boldly strutting into the 21st century by getting its first commercial cinema for more than 20 years.
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2008-07-23
“Narnia“ Premiered at Medieval Tournament - Landsberg, Germany. The German premiere of „The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian” (Walt Disney Pictures) took place in very adequate surroundings – right in the arena of ancient Kaltenberg Castle in Upper Bavaria, erected in the 13. century, where the world’s largest annual Knights’ Tournament currently is being held. The fantasy blockbuster was perfectly in line with this exciting mixture of competing knights, Middle Ages market and varied artistic supporting program.
In anticipation of the imaginative movie adventure, Kaltenberg Castle presented a short knight stunt show. Then the 8,000 visitors let the 24 metres wide, brilliant cinema pictures carry them away to the never-never land called Narnia. The projection was organised by the zweiB GmbH company, which took Kinoton with equipment and support on board. The Kinoton technicians installed and adjusted the FP 25 D film projector in use and attended to the projection.
About Kinoton
Almost sixty years of experience make Kinoton, headquartered close to Munich/Germany, one of the world-wide leading designers and manufacturers of professional equipment for processing and projection of film and digital pictures. Kinoton offers complete system solutions for cinema and studio applications as well as for large format and special venue projection. The extensive product range also includes the innovative Litefast 360° LED Display systems for advertising and digital signage.
The well-established system provider with a staff of 160 employees and in-house manufacturing keeps impressing professional circles with innovative technical developments. An extensive international service and support network with competent partners guarantees reliable customer proximity all over the world.
More information about Kinoton is on the Internet at www.kinoton.com and www.litefast-display.com.
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2008-07-18
STAG THEATRE OPERATOR 'REGRETS CLOSURE' - Kino Holdings, the company which will close the Stag Theatre in Sevenoaks, has expressed its regret at the decision.
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2008-07-16
Rural projectionist -
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2008-07-16
Light and sound - t is a unique experience when the lights go down in a movie theatre and the action on screen begins. But as people enjoy their popcorn and let their senses be taken over by Surround Sound and 24 frames a second, somebody is adjusting, focusing and watching over the film that is being projected on screen.
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2008-07-16
Recession welcome to cinemas - Rapturous reviews, a dead star and Batman’s global familiarity will all help to sell The Dark Knight, but it is the crashing economy that could do the most for its success. Cinema tickets are the leisure industry’s equivalent of ties and lipstick, which enjoy better sales when looming job cuts encourage employees to smarten up.
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2008-07-16
Cinema will soon open new doors - Work is almost completed on the second cinema and the much needed disabled toilet at Narooma Kinema, housed in Narooma School of Arts Memorial Hall.
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2008-07-16
Blaze at derelict cinema in Cannock - FIREFIGHTERS forced their way into a derelict cinema today to tackle a blaze inside.
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2008-07-16
Valuable Group Officially Completes Acquisition of MovieBeam - Leading India-Based Media Company Plans to Transform MovieBeam’s Groundbreaking Video on Demand Servic
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2008-07-16
NATO and Warner Bros. Duke It Out - Even before the ink was dry on last Thursday’s Los Angeles Times article about the struggle Hollywood studios face in finding enough digitally equipped screens to distribute 3-D movies, The Hollywood Reporter published a story that had key industry executives debating who is to blame for the slow rollout of digital cinema. Representing distributors was Dan Fellman, Warner Bros.’ president of domestic distribution, while exhibitors were repped by John Fithian, the president of the National Association of Theatre Owner. The article has the two exchanging verbal barbs, each blaming the other side for the lack of digital cinema installations.
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2008-07-16
New entries on Theatre Building at Risk list - Brighton’s Gardner Arts Centre and the Farnham Redgrave Theatre have joined venues such as Wilton’s Music Hall on the list of England’s most endangered theatre buildings.
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2008-07-16
Popular cinema is saved - A popular cinema has been saved, just weeks after it closed after more than 80 years at a west Suffolk town.
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2008-07-16
Thomson to manage international network distribution services for NBC Universal - Thomson’s Technicolor Services division has completed a long-term agreement for Technicolor to provide NBC Universal with international broadcast distribution and media management services. Additionally, Technicolor has acquired NBC Universals broadcast distribution center in Denver.US
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2008-07-16
Microspace expands satellite digital cinema distribution to 3000 North American screens - Satellite digital cinema distributor Microspace Communications has expanded its network to more than 3000 screens across North America, the company said last week.
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2008-07-16
Defunct cinemas may finally be demolished - The long-abandoned Showcase Cinemas on Brady Street could soon be demolished to make way for contractor showrooms and other construction industry-related businesses.
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2008-07-16
Megaplex Theatres Introduces New Dolby 3-D Digital Technology - Megaplex Theatres at the Gateway in Salt Lake City and in Odgen launched their first film with the latest Dolby 3-D technology last weekend.
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2008-07-16
The Electric Cinema’s HD screen (and a little controversy) - The Electric Cinema recently completed the final stage of its refurbishment with the opening of a 78 seat second screen which features a High Definition projector. So far film screenings have leant towards the populist with Bladerunner (which I went down to see), The Wizard of Oz and, this coming weekend, The Great Escape. Check the Electric Cinema’s programme page for details.
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2008-07-16
What recession? Hollywood still smiling - Given the relentless onslaught of negative headlines about the looming prospect of recession, its perhaps no surprise that the idea of escaping into the darkness of the cinema or holing up with a CD or DVD instead of going out is fuelling rare optimism among some media executives.
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2008-07-16
D Cinema Finger-Pointing - Warner Bros. is accusing theater owners of dragging their feet in the deployment of digital cinema equipment. (True - the biggest chains, including Regal and AMC, have yet to get serious about installing digital projectors.)
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2008-07-16
Building work on cinema under way - Building work on a new cinema in a Berkshire town has begun.
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2008-07-16
BAFTA honours Arab cinema - LONDON – The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) in association with the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) celebrates Arab cinema with “BAFTA GOES TO THE ARAB WORLD” which will be held in London from 11-14 July as a token of recognition of Arab cinema’s unique contribution to the global film industry.
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2008-07-16
Star Cinema in the process of repairs - REEDSBURG—No reopening date has been set for Reedsburgs Star Cinema. The cinemas parent company Kerasotes ShowPlace Theatre, says it has contractors working to repair the facility, which endured significant damage during the June floods that turned its parking lot and adjacent streets into canals.
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2008-07-16
Ireland’s First Exclusively Digital Cinema Opens - Ireland’s first exclusively digital cinema, Omniplex Wexford, is set to open this Friday 4th July on The Rosslare Road, Drinagh, Wexford. The €9 million eight screen cinema, developed by the Ward and Anderson Group, has a seating capacity of 1577 and will present all films solely in the digital format.
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2008-07-16
Barco’s new digital cinema projector makes its world premiere at Cinema Expo, in Amsterdam. - At the Cinema Expo trade show, digital cinema pioneer Barco strengthens it leading position by introducing a new member to the DP family.
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2008-07-16
Dolby Launches 3D Playback Compatibility Program - Dolby Laboratories, Inc today announced at CinemaExpo 2008 a licensing program for digital cinema server manufacturers to allow their digital cinema servers to support Dolby(R) 3D Digital Cinema playback. XDC became the first manufacturer to receive approval to license Dolby 3D Digital Cinema technology for its CineStore Solo G3 server line.
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2008-07-16
XDC Signs Digital Cinema Deployment Agreements with Sony Pictures Releasing International and Universal City Studios LLP - XDC, the leading digital cinema service company in Europe, has signed non-exclusive agreements with Sony Pictures and Universal and is now the first deploying entity having signed with six (6) major U.S. distributors to target the deployment of up to 8,000 DCI-compliant digital cinema installations across Europe.
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2008-07-16
Digital Cinema In Europe - Progress At Last - Until recently, the European digital rollout was similar to watching a glacier in motion. At times, there seems to be no forward movement. Only when viewed over time and from a distance was there any apparent progress. However, in the past year, we have seen announcements from two major European-based digital-cinema providers that they are now able to offer exhibitors Hollywood-supported incentives covering up to 15,000 screens. These new business plans provide the European market with a solid foundation for future growth.
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2008-07-16
Barco Launches EMEA Certified Service Partner (CSP) program to establish European-wide digital cinema service and support network - Barco, a global leader in digital cinema, is delighted to announce the introduction of its Certified Service Partner (CSP) Program. Launched at Cinema Expo 2008, the program is the cornerstone of Barco’s commitment to provide its rapidly expanding European digital cinema customer base with the highest quality, local service and support.
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2008-07-12
US cinema pins hopes on 3D - Hollywood is hoping 3D films such as 'Journey to the Centre of the Earth' will draw movie lovers back to theatres as home cinema systems grow in popularity
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2008-07-12
Plans for controversial apartment block dropped - AN INVESTMENT firm has dropped controversial plans to build a 20-storey copper, bronze and steel apartment block in the centre of Cardiff.
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2008-07-12
Phoenix Mills inks deal with Adlabs Cinemas - The consortium led by Phoenix Mills has inked a historic deal with Adlabs Cinemas for the country's largest multiplex cinema at its Kurla project
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2008-07-12
Trans-Lux sells division for $8.5 million - Trans-Lux sells entertainment division for $8.5 million to private equity firm Marwit Capital
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2008-07-12
Theaters Prepare for 3D 'Journey' With New Technology Installations - NEC, RealD, Ballantyne/Strong Bring 3D Capabilities to Multiple US Theaters in Anticipation of Warner Bros. Pictures/New Line Cinema's, Walden Media's Journey to the Center of the Earth
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2008-07-12
PEP focuses on big picture with more Imax theatres - PACIFIC Equity Partners, the private equity owner of Hoyts cinemas, plans to open four Imax theatres in Australia over the next 18 months - its first big investment since buying the business from James Packer's Publishing & Broadcasting and West Australian Newspapers last year.
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2008-07-12
Chaplin's "Monsieur Verdoux" at Northwest Film Forum - Movie review: Charles Chaplin's comedy "Monsieur Verdoux," presented with a new 35-millimeter print, stars Chaplin as a Parisian dandy who marries wealthy doyennes and kills them for insurance money. Savagely delightful, the 1947 comedy is now hailed as an overlooked classic.
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2008-07-12
Imax 'may show Batman all night' - Managers at an Imax cinema in London have said they were "seriously considering" screening the new Batman film "24 hours a day" to meet demand.
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2008-07-12
CSA sale to Digital Cinema Media finalised - LONDON - ITV has completed the
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2008-07-12
Christie Introduces CP2000-M DLP Cinema Projector - Christie, a leading company in digital cinema, introduced the new light and compact CP2000-M DLP Cinema projector at Cine Expo in Amsterdam.
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2008-07-12
Screen opinion: A lengthening list of demands - Cinema on demand is one of those long-touted ideas that's become a cliche before the fact.
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2008-07-12
IMAX Signs First Joint Venture Deal With One of Australia's Largest Exhibitors - MISSISSAUGA, ON, July 10, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ ----IMAX Corporation (NASDAQ:IMAX
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2008-07-12
John Fithian fires back at Warner Bros. - Is exhibition or distribution to blame for the slow rollout of digital 3-D cinema?
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2008-07-12
Sensio Announces First Sale Of Its Sensio3D Cinema Decoding Technology - SENSIO has signed a Licensing Agreement with International Datacasting Corporation for the integration of the SENSIO3D cinema decoding technology into products for the digital cinema market.
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2008-07-12
UK cinemas set to screen first scented ads - LONDON - Cinema sales house Pearl & Dean is in talks with several luxury brands about the launch of the UK
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2008-07-12
Sony get a Vue into the cinema world - Sony has struck a deal with VUE cinemas to supply 62 multiplexes across the UK and Ireland with a new Sony Ziris digital signage system. The programme will see 287 Bravia and Sony Pro 40in LCD screens located throughout its network linked by Ziris software and centrally managed from Vue's London headquarters.
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2008-07-12
Engineers called in after leaks shut giant cinema - The largest new multiplex cinema to open in New Zealand this year has been shut indefinitely while its weathertightness and other building issues are investigated.
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2008-07-12
Odeon Leads the Way in Digital Cinema - Cinema goers at the ODEON in Guilford this weekend were the first and only audience in Europe to see
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2008-07-12
Digital Cinema Shifts into Second Gear - Cupertino, California (PRWEB) July 9, 2008 -- It has been three years since the Digital Cinema Initiative (DCI) published recommendations for how distributors and theaters should handle movies distributed and exhibited digitally. The recommendations have since turned into standards and the Digital Cinema industry went through a burst of activity and growth. There are now over 6,300 digital screens worldwide and major movies are now distributed digitally as well as with film.
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2008-07-12
Happy 40th to art's concrete bunker - Luminaries of the art world will flock to the South Bank tonight to celebrate an institution they love - even if the paying public has always been more cautious in its enthusiasm.
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2008-07-12
Hollywood celebrates reprieve - The Hollywood Film Theatre, in Bury St Edmunds, will re-open next week after a rescue package was negotiated with the existing owners.
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2008-07-12
NFT Logistics gets Harry Potter to the cinema on time with Skillweb - Track and Trace solutions from Skillweb systems provide competitive advantage in visibility and security for NFT Logistics
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2008-07-12
Vandals targeting neglected Odeon - DELAYS to the redevelopment of York
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2008-07-12
Ireland - Ireland
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2008-07-12
Church to move into former cinema - Parishioners in the Woburn Baptist Church in Lower Hutt, which was damaged by lightning last month, will soon pray in the city's former Hoyts cinema complex.
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2008-07-12
Guiding lights of a golden era - Star of many British films, Lesley Phillips, with the staff at the Ritz cinema, in the Buttermarket, Ipswich, when he attended a film premier. Valerie Porter
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2008-07-12
UK cinemas set to screen first scented ads - LONDON - Cinema sales house Pearl & Dean is in talks with several luxury brands about the launch of the UK's first scented ad campaigns in cinemas.
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2008-07-12
Microspace Digital Cinema Experiences 200% Growth in Less Than One Year - Leading Distributor of Digital Cinema Via Satellite to Deliver Feature Films and Alternative Content to 3,000 Screens in the U.S., Canada and Mexico
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2008-07-12
Demolition has begun at mall cinema - BARBOURSVILLE -- Demolition began Tuesday on the old cinema section of the Huntington Mall, to make way for a larger movie theater at the same location. The mall will remain open, with barricades protecting shoppers from the work areas.
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2008-07-12
Bafta to mark Arab cinema's success - British Academy of Film and Television Arts (Bafta), in association with the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) will celebrate Arab cinema with "Bafta Goes To The Arab World."
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2008-07-12
Community venue plans for school - A new
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2008-07-07
LOST METROPOLIS FOOTAGE FOUND - Lost footage from cult sci-fi film METROPOLIS has been discovered in Argentina. The director's cut of Fritz Lang's 1927 classic, featuring an extra 30 minutes, was believed to have vanished forever after it was cut by Paramount bosses because of bad reviews.However, the curator of the Buenos Aires Film Museum discovered a copy of the movie in his archives - and a projectionist noticed it was longer than all other versions of the iconic film.Film restorer Martin Koerber, who is one of the few people to see the lost footage, says, "No matter how bad the condition of the material may be, the original intention of the film, including all of its sub-plots, is now once again tangible for the normal viewer. The rhythm of the film has been restored."
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2008-07-07
New Report on Digital Cinema - Digital Cinema Shifts into Second Gear - It has been three years since the Digital Cinema Initiative (DCI) published recommendations for how distributors and theaters should handle movies distributed and exhibited digitally. The recommendations have since turned into standards and the Digital Cinema industry went through a burst of activity and growth. There are now over 6,300 digital screens worldwide and major movies are now distributed digitally as well as with film.
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2008-07-07
NEW MANAGER FOR CINEMA - The newly reopened Tivoli cinema in Tiverton has a new manager in Rob Lea, who joins from the Apollo Cinema chain in Redditch.
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2008-07-07
New Cinema Opens In Burlington - Burlington, NC -- People looking for a big show turned to the sky for fireworks Friday night and many others will head to the movies this weekend.
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2008-07-07
City centre tower block plans defended - The 20-storey apartment block proposed for the site of the former Capitol Odeon cinema on Queen Street, Cardiff, was recently lambasted by planning officials who identified a litany of failures.
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2008-07-07
Cinemas reel them in - A wet summer and tighter finances are attracting more punters to see films, and cinema-owners are taking advantage of their good fortune, writes Emma Kennedy.
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2008-07-07
Ward Anderson plans cinema complex in Co Down - Cinema group Ward Anderson plans to open a new Omniplex cinema complex in Dundonald in Co Down, following the opening of its
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2008-07-07
Local man recalls the magic of the motion picture business - At the age of 87, Bill Bartlett knows everything there is to know about movie theaters. It's how he, his father Ray and grandfather C.W. Bartlett made a living.Today, there is one walk-in theater, the Mall Cinema, with three movie screens and one drive-in, Fiesta, with three movie screens in Carlsbad. Although not all operating at the same time, there have in the past been an additional six walk-in theaters and two drive-ins in Carlsbad.
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2008-07-07
Sony Unveils New - PARK RIDGE, N.J., June 5, 2004 - Sony is taking the lead in the rapidly emerging digital cinema market with the introduction of two new
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2008-07-07
Curtains for cinema development? - CAMPAIGNERS against the demolition of the city's last cinema fear the unstable economic climate could turn the approved scheme on its head.
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2008-07-07
Cinemark and RealD 3D Announce Exclusive 1,500 Screen Digital 3D Partnership - Cinemark Holdings, Inc., and RealD 3D, the global leader in 3D, announced today that Cinemark will add up to 1,500 RealD 3D screens to its circuit, bringing RealD
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2008-07-07
Real Image announces Digital 3D capability on their Qube XP Digital Cinema servers - With the introduction of Stereoscopic Digital Cinema (3D), Real Image Media Technologies (RIMT), a pioneer in the Digital Cinema domain, has heralded a major resurgence of the film exhibition industry that is trying to draw the audience back into the movie theaters again. Following their recent major initiatives against movie piracy with the forensic watermarking system, Real Image has announced Stereoscopic digital playback capability (more commonly known as Digital 3D) on their Qube XP Digital Cinema servers.
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2008-07-07
DTS DIGITAL CINEMA INTRODUCES NEW SUITE OF PRODUCTS AT CINEMA EXPO INTERNATIONAL 2008 - DTS Digital Cinema announced the introduction of a new suite of products at Cinema Expo International 2008. The ScreenStore
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2008-07-07
Ireland - Ireland
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2008-07-07
Cinema plans set for approval - A COUNCIL is set to approve plans for a new cinema as part of its cultural strategy.
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2008-07-07
Worksop needs a cinema- join the fight - THE WORKSOP Guardian is backing the public's campaign to put pressure on Bassetlaw Council to build a cinema in Worksop.
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2008-07-07
New 35mm Projector Arrives at The Grand - ELLSWORTH
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2008-07-07
DTS Digital Cinema Introduces New Products At Cinema Expo - DTS Digital Cinema, a provider of digital entertainment services for content owners and cinema exhibitors, has announced the introduction of a new suite of products at Cinema Expo International 2008. The ScreenStore Media Player, Theatre Management System (TMS) and Screen Management System (SMS) have all been launched at the industry showcase demonstrating DTS Digital Cinema's commitment to providing solutions for the digital cinema network.
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2008-06-30
Cineworld trading - Cineworld has said that trading for the first half of 2008 was as expected, with total revenues up 0.7% on last year, driven by gains in box office revenue which increased 1.2%.
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2008-06-30
Indiana Jones blockbuster helps whip up improved revenues for Cineworld - CINEWORLD, operator of the cinema complex at FountainPark, has seen revenues in the first half of the year nudge ahead, thanks to blockbuster movie releases including Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
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2008-06-30
Cineworld eyes box-office boost - The UK's second-largest cinema chain hopes to recover from a "challenging" summer with a string of box-office hits due for release this autumn.
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2008-06-30
Anticipated acquisition by Odeon Cinemas Limited and Cineworld Cinemas Limited of Carlton Screen Advertising Limited - The full text of the decision will be available shortly
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2008-06-30
UK's OFT clears Odeon/Cineworld purchase of Carlton Screen Advertising - LONDON (Thomson Financial) - The UK Office of Fair Trading said it has cleared the anticipated acquisition by Odeon Cinemas Ltd. and Cineworld Cinemas Ltd. of ITV Plc.'s Carlton Screen Advertising Ltd. (CSA).
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2008-06-30
Dolby Supports Big-Screen Premiere of New Chronicles of Narnia Movie - Dolby provided digital cinema technical support for the UK
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2008-06-30
Cinema Makes Grand Opening in Burlington - BURLINGTON, N.C. (WGHP)
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2008-06-30
Curtains for cinema development? - CAMPAIGNERS against the demolition of the city's last cinema fear the unstable economic climate could turn the approved scheme on its head.
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2008-06-30
DTS Digital Cinema Introduces New Suite Of Products At Cinema Expo International - AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS -- DTS Digital Cinema today announced the introduction of a new suite of products at Cinema Expo International 2008. The ScreenStore
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2008-06-30
Cinemark and RealD 3D Announce Exclusive 1,500 Screen Digital 3D Partnership - LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cinemark Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CNK), and RealD 3D, the global leader in 3D, announced today that Cinemark will add up to 1,500 RealD 3D screens to its circuit, bringing RealD
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2008-06-30
Cinemark Inks Digital 3D Partnership with RealD 3D - (RTTNews) - Tuesday, RealD 3D, a digital 3D technology provider, announced that Cinemark Holdings, Inc. (CNK: News, Chart, Quote ) would add up to 1,500 RealD 3D screens to its circuit, bringing RealD's committed 3D platform to a game-changing 5,000 worldwide screens.
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2008-06-30
Tartan Films goes into administration - UK distributor Tartan Films has gone into administration, ending months of speculation.
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2008-06-30
INTEREST IN ARCHIVE IS GROWING AS CLASSICS ARE RELEASED ON DVD - Movie lovers are expected to flock to an Exeter University archive created by a revolutionary film director after his ground-breaking work was widely released on DVD for the first time.
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2008-06-30
Hi-tech images on Tube platforms - Tube users are able to watch moving advertising images and film trailers while they wait for their next train.
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2008-06-30
Hit makers: The real stars of British film - Who decides what we watch? And who can really sell a movie? Geoffrey MacNab gives a rundown of British cinema's top movers and shakers
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2008-06-30
Noisey phone users in cinemas: your days are numbered - Huzzah! Microsoft is developing something called a 'manners device' which will automatically silence all phones within an area. The idea is that it will be installed in cinemas internationally, making the world a better place.
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2008-06-30
Merlin cinema approved for Falmouth - Plans for a multiplex cinema in Falmouth were approved this morning and work is expected to start as soon as possible.
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2008-06-30
CURTAIN TO RISE AT CINEMA'S GALA RE-OPENING - Film lovers in Mid Devon will be putting on their glad rags tonight for the gala reopening of a much loved cinema.
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2008-06-30
SpongeBob SquarePants in revamp of Pearl & Dean ident - LONDON - Nickelodeon UK will later today launch a SpongeBob SquarePants version of the iconic Pearl & Dean Cinema cinema ident.
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2008-06-30
Technicolor moves to Soho - Technicolor will open a new seven-storey facility in Soho's Lexington Street in late autumn as part of a multimillion pound project to move its post-production and its creative services division from West Drayton.
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2008-06-30
XDC Signs Cooperation Agreement with Emerging Pictures For European Digital Distribution Services - XDC, the leading digital cinema service company in Europe, signs a cooperation agreement with Emerging Pictures, New York-based digital entertainment company, to provide, in selected European countries, digital mastering and distribution logistical services for La Scala opera titles.
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2008-06-30
DLP Cinema(R) Brings U.S. Troops in Kuwait Some Hollywood Glitter: Summer Blockbuster 'Hancock' Will Premiere in Digital Cinema at Camp Arifjan Military Installation - KUWAIT CITY, June 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Texas Instruments (TI) (NYSE: TXN) DLP Cinema(R) in conjunction with the Army & Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES) today will screen Sony Pictures' summer blockbuster, "Hancock" at Camp Arifjan military installation. Of the 9,000 troops deployed at this remote site, 220 will be the first to experience the movie in a digital cinema format enabled by DLP Cinema projector technology. The installation of a DLP Cinema projector will provide military members the highest technical quality image in the world.
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2008-06-30
Screen International - Screen International is proud to host digital Cinema 2008, the comprehensive event that provides solutions to the major obstacles in moving digitisation forward. taking place at a make-or-break time for the whole digital cinema project, the conference will bring together key stakeholders, identify new business opportunities and set forth a strategy to accelerate roll-out.
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2008-06-30
Big drop in cinema audiences - FILM fans are deserting the big screen, with cinemas set to lose more than 11million people this year, figures reveal.
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2008-06-30
Building work starts on cinema - Cinema will show 3D films as well as major sporting and music events, new operator says
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2008-06-30
UK cinema attendances approach 8-year low - Cinema attendances are heading towards an eight year low as the credit crunch hits leisure spending, new figures show.
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2008-06-30
The age of the super cinemas - Talking of cinemas, which we have been in Nostalgia in recent weeks, a notable anniversary falls tomorrow. On June 27, 1938 the Odeon, the first of Halifax's super cinemas, opened at the corner of Broad Street and Orange Street. The other, the Regal, later the ABC, opened later in the year, on September 19, at Ward's End.
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Cinema admissions suffer but Carlton predicts comeback - LONDON - Cinema admissions dropped markedly in May but cinema sales house Carlton Screen Advertising expects 2008 to be a "bumper" year for movies as it hit back at press reports claiming attendances will be down by 11m for the year.
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2008-06-30
Execs uneasy as Europe's d-cinema lags - AMSTERDAM -- Studio anxiety over the slow pace of Europe's conversion to digital cinema was apparent Thursday at a closing-day seminar at Cinema Expo.
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2008-06-30
Consortium bid for Brighton cinema - A famous cinema which has fallen into disrepair is changing hands for the second time in less than a year.
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2008-06-30
Cinema staff were all well dressed - REFERENCE the memories of The Rex cinema by Bernard Hopkins (Callback, Post, Wednesday, May 7).
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2008-06-30
Cinemas - THE teams of two Odeon cinemas in West Yorkshire are taking part in their very own action adventure by embarking on a cross country hike for child charity NSPCC.
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2008-06-30
Plans for region's first hospital cinema unveiled - PLANS for the region
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2008-06-30
Cinema Chain Urges Digital Change at Cinema Expo - Steve Knibbs, COO of Vue Cinemas, has urged distributors to start making more digital trailers alongside their digital films. In December 2007, the UK cinema chain opened Europe's first all digital 10-screen multiplex in Hull and Knibbs told attendees at this year's Cinema Expo conference in Amsterdam of the benefits and teething problems of running an all-digital theatre. He said that since the multiplex's inception, 85% of films on offer were shown in digital but when it came to showing trailers, only 26% of them were available in digital format
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ARTS ALLIANCE MEDIA ANNOUNCE THE OUTFIT OF YELMO'S NEW SITE 'ISLA AZUL'IN MADRID WITH 5 DIGITAL CINEMA PROJECTION SYSTEMS - Paris, France
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2008-06-30
Digital Dearth in Europe - The time warp that is digital cinema figured prominently Monday in opening-day seminars at Cinema Expo. In the U.S., the rollout of d-cinema systems in multiplexes nationwide is sufficiently progressed -- at almost 5,000 movie-quality screens -- that exhibitors already are eyeing the additional implementation of 3-D hardware. Pacific-Asian exhibition is even further around the digital bend, with an installed base of about 6,500 screens. Yet in Europe, which has fewer than 1,000 digital screens at present, d-cinema is largely a theoretical discussion.
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2008-06-30
Dolby 3D Digital Cinema Expands Global Presence - Dolby Laboratories Inc., provider of high-quality audio and surround sound, announced at Cinema Expo 2008 this week the growth of Dolby 3D Digital Cinema worldwide.
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2008-06-30
Naked reviews Digital Cinema Media strategy - LONDON - Digital Cinema Media, the cinema sales house formed through the purchase of Carlton Screen Advertising by Odeon and Cineworld, has appointed Naked Communications to undertake a strategic review of the business.
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2008-06-30
Art Alliance Media implements QubeMaster Pro - Digital film distribution services provider Arts Alliance Media (AAM) has installed QubeMaster Pro, a digital cinema packages (DCP) encoding software developed by Qube Cinema, as part of its plan to spread digital cinema mastering services.
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2008-06-30
Barco premieres small venue digital cinema projector at Cinema Expo Amsterdam. - Kortrijk, Belgium, 25 June 2008. At the Cinema Expo trade show, digital cinema pioneer Barco has introduced the DP-1200, a custom-designed cinema projector for the small venue market.. Thanks to the DP-1200, smaller theaters now also have access to digital cinema at an affordable price.
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2008-06-30
The Future of Display - Stereoscopic 3D "The world is Not Flat" - Korea's research on 3D image-based technologies was initiated with the participation of such a state-owned research institute as the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) in 2002. Leading companies in the private sector are KDC Corp. and masterImage. Founded in 1972, this year marks the 36th anniversary of its establishment as Korea's leading IT company. KDC has four subsidiaries, listed on Kosdaq in 1996. The overall sales of the KDC Corp, an IT enterprise of middle standing, amounted to more than $1.1 hundred million, employing a staff of 800 people. KDC has decided to put priority on the next-generation display business as a new growth engine in 2004, and has joined forces to make inroads to the display market in close collaboration with masterImage, a professional 3D enterprise. Launched with the participation of influential engineers in the 3D sector, masterImage has secured core technology with regard to stereoscopic 3D images.
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2008-06-30
Billington Cartmell secures Cineworld Group business - Cineworld Group, the UK
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2008-06-30
Dolby secures global 3-D deals - Dolby Labs has landed commitments for its 3-D systems on more than 350 screens in Europe, Asia and the Americas.
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2008-06-30
Cinema Expo closes on upswing - AMSTERDAM -- After four days of high-profile screenings, receptions themed to promote studio slates and seminars devoted to all things digital, Cinema Expo 2008 wound to a close Thursday with organizers touting upturns in attendance and trade show participation.
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2008-06-30
3D can be 'saving voice' for cinema, claims Nielsen - 3D cinema is a "three-legged stool operation", requiring co-operation from not only exhibitors and distributors, but consumers as well, delegates at Cinema Expo in Amsterdam were told.
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2008-06-30
Doremi Exhibits Its Technologies At Cinema Expo International - Cinema Expo International, held at the RAI, Amsterdam between June 23-26, is forecast to be a success for Doremi, the company has announced.
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2008-06-30
Stiller's 'Tropic' heats up Cinema Expo - Jeffrey Katzenberg found a receptive audience as he tubthumped 3-D, helping European exhibition confab Cinema Expo get off to a bang Monday.
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2008-06-30
Odeon-UCI to go digital - AMSTERDAM -- Europe's largest exhib chain Odeon-UCI plans to convert all its U.K. theaters to digital projection in the next three years, with the rest of its European sites following shortly after, the company revealed at Cinema Expo in Amsterdam Monday.
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2008-06-30
XDC Signs its First Large-Scale Deployment Agreement with Cineplexx - XDC, the leading digital cinema service company in Europe, announces to have signed an exclusive agreement with Cineplexx Kinobetriebe GmbH, the largest cinema chain in Austria, for the deployment of digital cinema systems in 100% of the circuit’s 193 screens. This agreement represents a contract of a total value of about 21 millions Euros.
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2008-06-30
Digital dearth in Europe - AMSTERDAM -- The time warp that is digital cinema figured prominently Monday in opening-day seminars at Cinema Expo.
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2008-06-30
Dolby to license cinema 3D playback support - Dolby Laboratories Inc (NYSE: DLB), a supplier of audio and video enhancement applications, announced on 23 June that it will launch a programme to allow manufacturers of digital cinema servers to license their servers to support Dolby 3D Cinema playback.
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2008-06-30
Dolby Digital Cinema Helps Screen Prince Caspian Premiere - Dolby Laboratories Inc., which features a complete digital system for storing, managing, and playing digital movies, provided digital cinema technical support for the premiere of The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, the UKs biggest single-screen digital cinema movie premiere to date in London last night.
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2008-06-30
Sony Showcases CineAlta 4K SXRD Projection And Digital Signage Solutions At Cinema Expo 2008 - ystems, Ziris digital signage solution, HD standard LCD panels and plasma screens at Cinema Expo 2008 in Amsterdam.
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2008-06-30
Cinema to open in top of New Empire Theatre - A NEW community-based cinema is being planned for Southend.
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2008-06-30
QubeMaster Pro Chosen by Art Alliance Media - QubeMaster Pro Chosen by Art Alliance Media
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2008-06-30
Progress at last - Until recently, the European digital rollout was similar to watching a glacier in motion. At times, there seems to be no forward movement. Only when viewed over time and from a distance was there any apparent progress. However, in the past year, we have seen announcements from two major European-based digital-cinema providers that they are now able to offer exhibitors Hollywood-supported incentives covering up to 15,000 screens. These new business plans provide the European market with a solid foundation for future growth.
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Dolby 3D Digital Cinema Expands Global Presence in Europe, Asia, and the Americas - AMSTERDAM, Netherlands--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE:DLB - News) announced today at Cinema Expo 2008 the growth of Dolby® 3D Digital Cinema worldwide. With sales and commitments to date of more than 350 systems to exhibitors and equipment distributors in Europe, Asia, and the Americas, Dolby continues to transform theatrical experiences with its high-quality digital 3D solution.
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2008-06-30
CINEMA EXPO 2008 - It’s an exciting time for European exhibition, as the first agreements to finance digital-cinema installations in theatres begin to take shape (see separate article in this issue) and the Hollywood studios make plans to back more local-language productions, which are taking an increasingly larger share of box office.
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2008-06-30
Glamour and glitz at cinema launch - THERE was red carpet glamour at Reel Cinemas, Andover, last week when its official opening took place.
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2008-06-30
2 killed in Somali cinema attack - Mogadishu - Two people died and six were injured after attackers hurled a grenade at a cinema hall in southern Somalia, where youths were watching a Euro 2008 quarter-final, said witnesses on Monday
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2008-06-30
Happy 80th to Cinema Arts Centres Vic Skolnik - Last evenings scheduled 80th birthday party for Vic Skolnick, co-founder with his beloved Charlotte Sky of the anti-multiplex known in these parts as the Cinema Arts Centre, actually was a belated celebration. Officially, Skolnick waded into his four score years on April 25. June, however, seemed a more favorable date for throwing a party, what with potential partygoers all hyped over flowerings of landscape and sunnier skies.
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2008-06-30
The Church of Cinema: A Preamble - I love movies, obviously, and I love my home entertainment center. I love DVD(and, slowly, I will come to love Blu-Ray), and I love popping a disc into the player in the wee hours before I go to bed at night. But above all, I love going out to the theatre. I dont do it as often as I once did, or as often as Id like. Partly thats due to the consequences of having an 8-5 job, a child, bills, and a healthy ongoing relationship. But its also partly due to the changing theatre experience. And yet, despite the fact that theatre chains are charging us more for less, and all major chains now play television commercials and military propaganda advertisements-sometimes under the guise of an exclusive short film- I will continue to treasure the theatrical experience above the home theatre experience. Theres just something to be said for surrounding yourself with strangers in a dark room while this fantasy plays out in larger than life scales, knowing that for those few brief hours you are connected with the people around you in your emotional responses.
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With Screening Room, YouTube dips its toe in the cinema world - At the Henry Fonda Theater on Hollywood Boulevard last night, YouTube introduced its new "Screening Room," an area of the site devoted exclusively to selected independent films. The Screening Room will feature four short films every two weeks, as well as the occasional full-length feature. The first several slates of films are chock-a-block with recognizable names and Academy Award-nominated filmmakers, but as the program continues, YouTube expects to include films submitted to a kind of cinema slush pile, to keep at least a modicum of the "You" in YouTube.
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2008-06-30
Teen stabbed at city cinema - A teenager was stabbed outside a Wolverhampton cinema after a row between groups of youths.
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2008-06-30
Another Fine Old Cinema Building Destroyed - The building which was the Scala Cinema on the Stroud Green Rd, or to be exact 15 The Parade, Stroud Green Road, Finsbury Park, is no more.
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2008-06-30
CinemaExpo may help Europe go digital - The annual CinemaExpo International in the Netherlands represents the most recent attempt to spread digital cinema throughout Europe, industry officials say.
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2008-06-30
New cinema on market site - A 10-screen multiplex cinema and more than 20 new bars and restaurants will form a major part of Prestons Tithebarn rebirth.
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2008-06-30
Cinema plan is submitted - A FORMAL bid to convert the North Street car park into a multiplex cinema plus a hotel and shops has been submitted to Scarborough Council.
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2008-06-30
Canon cinema back in action - A FORMER Liverpool cinema is to become the welcome point for the city’s international arts biennial.
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2008-06-30
Christie DLP Cinema(R) Projectors to Be Used at the Star-Studded World Premiere of Disney-Pixars WALL-E, June 21 - CYPRESS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Christie, a global leader in visual solutions for entertainment, business and industry, is proud to announce that a pair of Christie CP2000-XB DLP Cinema® projectors will be used at the World Premiere of Disney•Pixar’s WALL•E. The World Premiere will take place outside under the stars at the Greek Theatre and Griffith Observatory on Saturday, June 21st.
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2008-06-30
Engineers on Hampton cinema revamp withdraw plans - HAMPTON — Engineers working on the transformation of Hampton Cinema Six on Lafayette Road into a pharmacy/retail building withdrew the plans previously submitted to the Zoning Board of Adjustment.
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2008-06-30
ITV confirms to sell assets to Cineworld jv - LONDON (Thomson Financial) - ITV PLC has confirmed that its unit Carlton Screen Advertising Ltd has signed a binding head of terms agreement to sell certain business and assets to the new 50:50 cinema advertising joint venture between Cineworld Group PLC and Odeon Cinemas Ltd.
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2008-06-30
Digital cinema looks for traction in Europe - If the digital-cinema revolution took its time getting traction among U.S. exhibitors, the situation in Europe has been downright slo-mo.
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2008-06-30
Adobe Starts Initiative to Develop Open Format for Digital Cinema Files - Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced that it plans to lead an initiative to define an industry-wide open file format for digital cinema files to streamline workflows and help ensure easy archiving and exchange. Adobe intends to leverage its successful Digital Negative Specification (DNG) file format as a foundation, and Adobe plans to work with a broad coalition of leading camera manufacturers, including Panavision, Silicon Imaging, Dalsa, Weisscam, and ARRI-along with software vendors, including Iridas and The Foundry, and codec provider CineForm-to define the requirements for an open, publicly documented file format that it plans to call CinemaDNG.
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2008-06-30
Christie Projectors Are Ubiquitous At The Newly Built Newseum - Christie was among the many newsmakers at the recently opened Newseum, and supplied over sixty projectors throughout the various exhibits and galleries. Integrators Electrosonic, Inc. and Communications Engineering, Inc. (CEI) specified and installed the technology.
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2008-06-30
Cinema Expo preview - On the eve of Cinema Expo International, the annual European exhibition confab set to take place June 26-28 in Amsterdam, international exhibitors and distributors alike have reason to throw back a couple of celebratory pilsners, as the international boxoffice reached an all-time high of $26.7 billion in 2007, according to the MPAA.
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2008-06-30
Iconic cinemas $100 million transformation - The iconic El Dorado Cinema in Indooroopilly will become the focal point of a $100 million urban renewal project featuring the construction of a 14-storey residential building.
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2008-06-30
Axe falls on Hatter Street cinema - Oldest cinema in town to close after 80 years
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2008-06-30
ARRI Chooses QubeMaster for Digital Cinema Encoding - After extensive testing and investigation of the large number of digital cinema encoding tools available in today´s busy marketplace, ARRI have chosen upon QubeMaster Pro.
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2008-06-30
The good ol’ days of theatre going …. - A recent discussion over Fat Dragon’s Chinatown blog prompted this post…
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2008-06-30
Cineman bids farewell to "showman" technician - The Odeon cinema in Hastings has waved goodbye to one of its oldest employees.
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2008-06-30
Sell-off to church was why EMD cinema shut - IT is no wonder the identity of Walthamstow Mum was hidden, judging by the crass remarks in last weeks Guardian that the EMD was rubbish as a cinema - cold, uncomfortable and never showed any good films.
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2008-06-30
Man questioned over cinema fire - A 33-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a fire at a disused cinema in Wrexham town centre.
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2008-06-30
Progress at last - Until recently, the European digital rollout was similar to watching a glacier in motion. At times, there seems to be no forward movement. Only when viewed over time and from a distance was there any apparent progress. However, in the past year, we have seen announcements from two major European-based digital-cinema providers that they are now able to offer exhibitors Hollywood-supported incentives covering up to 15,000 screens. These new business plans provide the European market with a solid foundation for future growth.
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2008-06-30
Dolby Digital Cinema Helps Screen UK’s Biggest Movie Premiere - LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE:DLB) will provide digital cinema technical support for the UK’s biggest single-screen digital cinema movie premiere to date. Disney Pictures’ and Walden Media’s The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian will be screened this evening at the O2 arena in London before an expected audience of 10,000, including stars from the movie Liam Neeson (the voice of Aslan), Ben Barnes (Prince Caspian), and the film’s director, Andrew Adamson.
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2008-06-30
Disappointing response from cinema operators - Cinema operators are not queuing up to provide a facility in St Neots – according to St Neots Town Council.
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2008-06-30
Royal Cinema needs a coat of paint - The Royal Cinema, which dominates Royal Square in St Ives, has for a long time badly needed a coat of paint - and it now also has a boarded-up broken window to add to the general impression of neglect. Merlin Cinemas who own the Royal should address the problem and give the place a face-lift ( part of the interior of the cinema has been refurbished).
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2008-06-30
Suicide film banned from cinema - A cinema in a county where a number of young people have apparently killed themselves has been criticised for not showing a film about suicides.
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2008-06-30
Now Shipping: QubeMaster Xpress from Qube Cinema - Qube Cinema, Inc announced the availability in the North American and European markets, of its latest offering – QubeMaster Xpress. The powerful and easy-to-use QubeMaster Xpress software provides users the ability to convert slides, animations and videos into ready-to-use Digital Cinema Packages (DCPs) that will work on any Digital Cinema Server.
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2008-06-30
Cinema Admissions Worldwide up 2% in 2007 Falling Dollar Helps Studio Revenue - The number of cinema tickets sold worldwide increased almost 2% in 2007 to 7.427 billion according to the latest issue of Cinemagoing Trends and Forecasts from Dodona Research. Box office increased nearly 10% to US$28.2 billion, helped by falling exchange rates for the US dollar.
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2008-06-30
intoPIX Wins LSEC Information Security Award 2008 - LSEC Information Security Award goes to intoPIX, the leading provider of JPEG 2000 solution for its brilliant work in the information security domain
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2008-06-30
Marcus Theatres Purchases 13 NEC Digital Cinema Projectors from Ballantynes Strong Digital Systems Division - Ballantyne of Omaha, Inc. BTN, a provider of motion picture projection, digital cinema and cinema screen equipment and services, announced today that Marcus Theatres®, a division of The Marcus Corporation MCS and seventh largest U.S. theatre circuit, has purchased thirteen NEC STARUS™ NC2500S Digital Cinema projector systems from Ballantyne’s Strong Digital Systems (SDS) division. Financial terms were not disclosed.
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2008-06-30
OSRAM Opto Semiconductors Providing Image Projection and IR Technology for Reconfigurable Tactile Display From Digital Dash - LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--OSTAR®-Projection LED modules and IR DRAGON® infrared emitters from OSRAM Opto Semiconductors are the LED light sources behind a new reconfigurable control and display interface designed by Digital Dash, Ltd. of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
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2008-06-30
FogScreen, Inc. Announces AV Integrator Partner Program for Walk-Through Projection Screen - SAN FRANCISCO, June 17 /PRNewswire/ -- FogScreen, Inc., creators of the worlds first walk-through projection screen made of "dry" fog are proud to announce the launch of a new partner program focused exclusively on AV Integrators. With the recent installation of dozens of FogScreen projection screens at numerous mega-projects worldwide, FogScreen, Inc. has developed a new partner program for fixed installations to complement its successful rental partner program. By teaming with the worlds leading AV integrators, FogScreen, Inc. is extending its ability to supply larger and more complex projects with the design, support and product to create some of the most stunning effects on the planet.
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2008-06-30
FogScreen, Inc. Showcases GestureTek Interactive Technologies at InfoComm 2008 - SAN FRANCISCO, June 18 /PRNewswire/ -- FogScreen, Inc., creators of the worlds first walk-through projection screen made of "dry" fog, and GestureTek(TM), the pioneer, patent-holder and world-leader in camera-enabled gesture-recognition technology for presentation and entertainment systems, will team up to showcase their magical interactive visual display systems at InfoComm 2008.
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2008-06-30
Disused cinema fire forces town centre closures - PARTS of a busy town centre were closed off when a disused cinema went up in flames.
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2008-06-30
Marcus Theatres(R) Purchases 13 NEC Digital Cinema Projectors from Ballantynes Strong Digital Systems Division - OMAHA, Neb.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ballantyne of Omaha, Inc. (Amex: BTN - News), a provider of motion picture projection, digital cinema and cinema screen equipment and services, announced today that Marcus Theatres®, a division of The Marcus Corporation (NYSE: MCS - News) and seventh largest U.S. theatre circuit, has purchased thirteen NEC STARUS™ NC2500S Digital Cinema projector systems from Ballantyne’s Strong Digital Systems (SDS) division. Financial terms were not disclosed.
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2008-06-30
Barco and IBM Global Financing announce CLM projection lease offering for rental and staging companies - Barco, a global technology company that designs and develops visualization products, including the special video and graphic effects behind big concerts like U2, George Michael and Kylie Minogue, has partnered with IBM Global Financing (IGF), the lending and leasing business segment of IBM to develop a new lease offering to help rental and staging companies more easily acquire Barco projector technology.
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2008-06-30
AccessIT To Bring Live 3-D - Access Integrated Technologies, Inc. ("AccessIT") announced its plans for the installation of 150 of its leading edge CineLive product in key markets throughout the United States. The technology, which enables the live broadcast to movie theatres of both 2-D and 3-D events such as sports and concerts, will be added to those theaters that are part of AccessITs satellite network, all of which are part of the companys completed 3700 plus screen Phase 1 digital cinema deployment plan. Installations of CineLive will begin immediately in 50 sites and are anticipated to expand to at least 150 by the end of 2008.
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2008-06-30
Technicolors Chris Carey Discusses the Progress of Digital Cinema - Hollywood studios, theater owners and others have spent more than eight years working to bring digital cinema
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2008-06-30
Christie Helps Moore Warren Theatres Go Digital - Christie Digital Systems USA, Inc., a global leader in Digital Cinema, was selected by Warren Theatres as the exclusive DLP Cinema provider for its spectacular new 14-screen multiplex in Moore, Oklahoma. The Moore Warren Theatre, the most expensive in the history of the state, is also one of the largest, with luxury accommodations and screens up to 80 feet wide and four stories tall.
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2008-06-23
Odeon-UCI to go digita - AMSTERDAM -- Europe's largest exhib chain Odeon-UCI plans to convert all its U.K. theaters to digital projection in the next three years, with the rest of its European sites following shortly after, the company revealed at Cinema Expo in Amsterdam Monday.
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2008-06-20
Stars wow Narnia fans at premiere - Narnia stars talk about the film on the 'green' carpet
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2008-06-19
Deal includes Film, HD Content in the Museum - NEW YORK, NY June 16, 2008
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2008-06-19
Man questioned over cinema fire - A 33-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a fire at a disused cinema in Wrexham town centre.
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2008-06-19
Cinema ads cost effective & impactful than TV - MUMBAI: While cinema may have a lower reach than television in India, it is a far more cost effective and high impact medium for advertisers, according to a report by Group M.
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2008-06-19
UK's Biggest Premiere of Prince Caspian at the O2 -
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2008-06-19
Entertain in Cineworld distribution tie-up - LONDON - Expansive Media's DVD magazine Entertain is to be distributed in copies of Cineworld from July.
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2008-06-19
Marcus Theatres buys 13 NEC Cinema Projectors from Ballantyne - Mumbai: Cinema equipment provider Ballantyne of Omaha announced that Marcus Theatres has purchased 13 NEC STARUS NC2500S Digital Cinema projector systems from its Strong Digital Systems (SDS) division. The financial terms were not disclosed.
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2008-06-18
PROGRESS AT LAST
- Until recently, the European digital rollout was similar to watching a glacier in motion. At times, there seems to be no forward movement. Only when viewed over time and from a distance was there any apparent progress. However, in the past year, we have seen announcements from two major European-based digital-cinema providers that they are now able to offer exhibitors Hollywood-supported incentives covering up to 15,000 screens. These new business plans provide the European market with a solid foundation for future growth.
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2008-06-17
Cash boost for Barnoldswick cinema plan - BARNOLDSWICKS community cinema has received a huge cash boost - but it may mean rethinking the original plans.
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2008-06-17
Top Ten Cinemas in England - rather than spending the summer another soulless squalid multiplex cinema, I intend to embrace more lavish, elaborate and comfortable surroundings and experience cinema as it was intended in the early 1920
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2008-06-17
Projectiondesign to use InfoComm as launch pad for active 3D stereoscopic projectors - Projectiondesign is set to wow the audiovisual industry in Las Vegas next month with the most spectacular booth it has ever brought to an InfoComm show. projectiondesign is using the event to showcase a number of new products, including our first-ever active stereo 3D projector. Another world first from projectiondesign, the new F10 AS3D single-chip DLP
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2008-06-17
Minor accident on Hannah Montana movie set when wind blows projection screen against ride - RIDGETOP, Tenn. - No one was seriously injured when the wind blew a projection screen against a Ferris wheel on the set of Hannah Montana: The Movie, witnesses said.
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2008-06-17
Flicks in sticks a big hit with chicks - There
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2008-06-17
Indiana Jones Soundtrack Intentionally Muted In Theaters - The Hollywood machine
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2008-06-17
Barco Launches Global Training and Certification Program for Digital Cinema Installers - Barco, a leading manufacturer in digital cinema and display technology, announces the launch of its global digital cinema installation certification program. For the Americas, a dedicated training facility has been specifically designed for the program in Rancho Cordova, California. EMEA training sessions will be performed in Belgium, and APAC trainings will be run in each territory where they will be adapted to each market
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2008-06-17
AccessIT To Bring Live 3-D Events to 150 Digital Cinema Equipped Theatres in Top U.S. Markets - MORRISTOWN, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Access Integrated Technologies, Inc. (AccessIT) (NASDAQ:AIXD) announced today, its plans for the installation of 150 of its leading edge CineLiveSM product in key markets throughout the United States. The technology, which enables the live broadcast to movie theatres of both 2-D and 3-D events such as sports and concerts, will be added to those theaters that are part of AccessIT
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2008-06-17
CSA on the look-out for Formula 1-Odeon sponsor - LONDON - Carlton Screen Advertising, the UKs largest cinema sales house, is on the hunt for a sponsor to back an initiative in which the Odeon cinema chain will broadcast live coverage of this seasons Formula 1 races.
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2008-06-17
Old Cinema Restored, Transformed - A theatre that thrilled movie goers for decades is morphing into its new role in local culture.
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2008-06-17
Regal Gets Real but What Does it Mean? - Regal Entertainment Group and RealD 3D have announced a partnership to convert some 1,500 screens to 3D. The deal, when completed, the key phrase here would bring the total number of 3D screens in the US to well over 3,000. But the deal will not take effect until the major studios and the Digital Cinema Implementation Partners come to terms. So the question is what does this all mean?
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2008-06-17
Marcus Theatres(R) Purchases 13 NEC Digital Cinema Projectors from Ballantynes Strong Digital Systems Division - OMAHA, Neb.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ballantyne of Omaha, Inc. (Amex: BTN - News), a provider of motion picture projection, digital cinema and cinema screen equipment and services, announced today that Marcus Theatres
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2008-06-17
Reel anger frames action - Projectionists in the Bectu union at Odeon Cinemas have voted overwhelmingly to reject a proposed realignment of the payroll system.
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2008-06-17
Delight for movie fans as cinema gets go-ahead - AN epic 20-year struggle to bring a multi-screen cinema to Falmouth has finally come to an end after plans to convert the old Drill Hall into an entertainment centre were given the go-ahead.
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2008-06-17
Related MediaGrant may help historic cinema reopen earlier - A Wide Bay town could reopen a historic cinema sooner than anticipated thanks to a Queensland Government grant.
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2008-06-17
The Majestic Cinema - Moving pictures could be seen at the mart as early as 1910. Between the World Wars four cinemas were operating in the town.
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2008-06-17
Exhibition for cinema revamp plan - Plans to transform a derelict Newcastle cinema into shops and offices are to go on public display next week.
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2008-06-17
Fire-hit Universal Studios opens - The world-famous Universal Studios in Los Angeles, California, has re-opened to visitors, a day after a fire tore through sets and exhibits.
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2008-06-17
Verizon sends text messages to the big screen - Verizon will be asking moviegoers about their music preferences and posting their responses up on the cinema screen as part of a new pre-movie advertisement.
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2008-06-17
Priory cinema site sold - A DEAL to sell the site of the former Priory cinema in Royston has been agreed.
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2008-06-17
New look for old cinema - The development is planned for the old cinema site which is on the market for
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2008-06-17
How to improve cinemas in one simple step - Matt has a new idea that will fix the problem with modern cinemas once and for all. And, yknow, it might just work...
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2008-06-17
THE GLITZ AND THE GLAMOUR OF THE ELEPHANT AND CASTLE! - THE GLITZ and glamour of the 1930s picture house went down in history at the Elephant and Castle this week, with the unveiling of a commemorative plaque on the site of a former cinema.
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2008-06-17
Champagne launch for new cinema - ANDOVERS newest attraction officially opens its doors to the public on Friday, 13 June.
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2008-06-17
Spending on cinema ads up - continued growth seen - NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - Cinema advertising spending in the U.S. continues to grow at a rapid pace, jumping 18.5 percent to $539.9 million in 2007.
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2008-06-17
Eight-screen cinema in - An eight-screen cineplex is among the elements in a
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2008-06-17
Curtain may fall on film nights at village centre - FILM nights at Denmead Community Centre are under threat because of falling attendances.
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2008-06-17
Warren Theatres selects Christie as DLP cinema provider - MUMBAI: Christie Digital Systems USA, Inc. has been selected by Warren Theatres as the exclusive DLP Cinema provider for its new 14-screen multiplex in Moore, Oklahoma.
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2008-06-17
And fade to new cinema opening - EARLY this afternoon one of the most eagerly awaited projects in Andovers history gets underway when the doors open at Reel Cinema on top of Asda.
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2008-06-17
The Cinedrome Padstow - The Cinedrome at Padstow is situated on Lanadwell Street, opposite the Golden Lion public house. It is a very short walk from the towns shops and quay, with car parking being available on the quay itself.
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2008-06-17
Cinema popcorn strike tonight - A popcorn strike will hit Skycity Cinemas at Aucklands St Lukes complex tonight as Unite union members protest over pay.
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2008-06-17
Budding projectionist needed - The Bowraville Theatre has now been reopened for five years, operating under the management of the Bowraville Arts Council.
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2008-06-17
Warren Theatres Selects Christie as Exclusive DLP Cinema Provider for New, All-Digital 14-Screen Multiplex - Christie Digital Systems USA, Inc., a global leader in Digital Cinema, was selected by Warren Theatres as the exclusive DLP Cinema provider for its spectacular new 14-screen multiplex in Moore, Oklahoma. The Moore Warren Theatre, the most expensive in the history of the state, is also one of the largest, with luxury accommodations and screens up to 80 feet wide and four stories tall.
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2008-06-17
Foo Fighters Wembley Stadium Shows To Be Shown At Cinemas - The two Foo Fighters shows at Wembley Stadium will be shown at cinemas across the UK
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2008-06-17
Workers to continue popcorn strike action - SkyCity cinema workers are promising further industrial action after staff at an Auckland theatre walked off the job last night.
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2008-06-17
Its THE END for Odeon cinema saga - THE END was finally flashed up on screen on Monday as the site of the citys last cinema was given the go-ahead to become a flats scheme.
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2008-06-17
CSA board to disband following sale - LONDON - The entire board of cinema sales house Carlton Screen Advertising will leave the company once its sale to Odeon Cinemas and Cineworld Group is completed next month.
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2008-06-17
OSRAM Launches OSTAR(R) Projection SMT LED, the Ideal Solution for Pico Projection Applications - SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The new OSTAR
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2008-06-17
Cineworld Group says forms 50:50 joint venture with Odeon Cinemas - LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Cineworld Group Plc. said it has formed a 50:50 joint venture, Digital Cinema Media Ltd. (DCM), with Odeon Cinemas Ltd. to address cinema advertising.
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2008-05-31
Disney Channel Tests Cinema Advertising With - The Disney Channel has partnered with cinema advertiser Screenvision to promote the cable network
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2008-05-31
$1.1M OK'd for city cinema project - PITTSFIELD
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2008-05-31
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2008-05-31
AccessIT Formalizes Agreement with Lionsgate to Receive Content and Virtual Print Fees Through November 2017 - Access Integrated Technologies, Inc. ("
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2008-05-31
INFORMATION MINISTER TO LAUNCH OPEN AIR CINEMA IN KAPIT NEXT MONTH - The information minister's launch of the open air cinema (wayang pacak) in Kapit next month is among several activities organised by the Sarawak Information Department to coincide with the 45th anniversary celebrations of the state's independence within Malaysia.
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2008-05-31
articleid=4073731">Appealsin cinema listing battle - Appeals have been launched against the decision not to list Bradford's former Odeon cinema building.UK
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2008-05-31
DTS Reports First Quarter 2008 Financial Results - DTS, Inc. (Nasdaq: DTSI) today announced financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2008. In addition, the Company announced that it has sold its Digital Cinema business to Beaufort California, Inc., a member of Beaufort International Group Plc. in England.
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2008-05-31
1st payment made on Amherst Cinema - AMHERST - More than eight years after a group of volunteers took action to bring a movie theater to downtown, cinema officials have written a check for the first payment that will bring them the title to the theater.
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2008-05-31
SCIENCE CENTER'S KING NAMED TO GIANT SCREEN CINEMA ASSOCIATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS - The Giant Screen Cinema Association has named Doug King, president and CEO of the Saint Louis Science Center, to its board of directors. King began his two-year term in March and is the only representative from a Missouri museum or giant screen entity to be selected for the board.
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2008-05-31
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2008-05-31
Cineworld Website Offers Exciting Marketing Opportunity - Cineworld, one of the leading UK cinema house groups, is offering a chance for a selected brand to reach millions of UK cinemagoers through brand exposure ...See all stories on this topic:Regal Plans to Add 3-D Movie Screens target=_blank> The Regal Entertainment Group, the world?s largest cinema operator, has reached an agreement to equip 1,500 screens to show three-dimensional films. - Rest
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2008-05-31
Cinema 6 Theater opens to throngs of ardent moviegoers - Despite a rainy evening and tight parking on Mill Pond Parkway, the long-awaited Monroe Cinema finally opened last ...
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2008-05-31
Hold the popcorn! Opera is heading for the multiplex - Glyndebourne (whose summer season starts today) is scheduling screenings into its repertoire after having a hit at Odeon cinemas last year with three operas ...
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2008-05-31
imw=Y">DIGITAL CROSSROADS - Digital cinema presents tremendous opportunities for the industry to improve, expand, standardize and future-proof audio in theatres worldwide, and the industry is focused on balancing these technological possibilities with the process of standardization.
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2008-05-31
Chester Odeon extension plan is deferred over access fears - Premium Article ! Your account has been frozen . For your available options click the below button.
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2008-05-31
Sex & The City (15) target=_blank>AS far as eagerly anticipated films go, Sex & - The City has got to be one of the biggest. And as hundreds of stylishly-dressed women queued excitedly in a never-ending snakes and ladders game across the Odeon in Southampton, expectations were high.
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2008-05-31
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2008-05-31
Cinema victors to run the show - THE Sussex Inlet community has ensured public ownership of its cinema building is retained and now its challenge is to keep it running.
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2008-05-31
Hold the popcorn! Opera is heading for the multiplex - As Glyndebourne starts, its arias won't just be heard in Sussex. Hermione Eyre reports on a new cinema trend
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2008-05-31
Regal Plans to Add 3-D Movie Screens - The Regal Entertainment Group, the world
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2008-05-31
The first 3-D cinema halls in Romania - Movieplex Cinema Bucharest will launch the first 3-D cinema halls in Romania, on May 22. On the same day, the cinema will provide viewers the first hall with digital projection in Romania, a press release announces.
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2008-05-31
Doubt over cinema plan - A THREE-STOREY extension to Chester’s Grade II listed art deco Odeon cinema building may not be able to be built even if plans are approved.
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2008-05-31
Americas largest cinema chain adds 3D tech - 1,500 extra cinemas to be equipped with the technology
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2008-05-31
Cinema denies dangerous noise levels - The Odeon cinema has denied claims by deaf awareness campaigners that it shows films at dangerous volumes.
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2008-05-31
Barco Launches Global Training and Certification Program for Digital Cinema Installers - Four-day training and certification course represents a strong commitment to customer service and support.
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2008-05-31
Studio deals extend digital cinema in Europe - May 26, 2008 In a move that could jumpstart the digital cinema transition in Europe, Warner Bros., Paramount Pictures, 20th Century Fox and Walt Disney Studios have signed virtual print fee-style agreements that could result in the rollout of 8,000 new digital cinema installations in 22 countries. The agreements have been reached with XDC, a Belgium-based digital cinema service company that is preparing a digital cinema deployment plan. Warners, Paramount, Fox and Disney have agreed to co-finance more than 65% of the value of digital exhibition systems for a estimated investment up to €600 million ($947 million) over a maximum 10 years from the point of installation.
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2008-05-31
Adlabs launches first 6D cinema - CHENNAI: Adlabs Cinemas, part of the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani group, has launched 6D cinema experience at Agra. Unlike conventional 2D or 3D movie theatres, Cinema Park’s technology employs cutting-edge visual and audio effects allowing audience simultaneous experience of sight, smell, sound, touch and motion. A special half an hour film, India in Motion, has been specially created within this format, says a release.
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2008-05-31
Cinema 8 likely to reopen next week - The Hermitage theater is set to reopen Friday, said Katie Gancy, spokeswoman for Hermitage Theaters Inc., the theater’s new owner.
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2008-05-31
Regals Colonie Center cinema increases competition for moviegoers dollars - Nearly a year to the day that a six-screen movie theater opened in downtown Schenectady, a new 13-screen cinema debuted at Colonie Center.
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2008-05-31
Which Cinema Do You Prefer? - An online poll to find out
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2008-05-31
Pirates selling new hit film - PIRATE copies of the summers biggest movie blockbuster are being freely sold on Blackpools streets - just days after the film premiered.
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2008-05-31
ma sign blown loose by wind - Part of a cinema sign at a shopping centre near Bridgend came loose during strong winds.
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2008-05-31
Cinema to Be Given Facelift - and More Comfortable Seats - A CINEMA showing signs of wear and tear is to be refurbished, with improving viewer comfort the top priority
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2008-05-31
O2 Arena Narnia film premiere offers 10,000 red-carpet treatment - UK
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2008-05-31
Merlin cinema approved for Falmouth - Plans for a multiplex cinema in Falmouth were approved this morning and work is expected to start as soon as possible.
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2008-05-31
FogScreen, Inc. to Feature Walk-Through Branding and Advertising Inside Envy, San Diegos Most Luxurious Nightclub - SAN FRANCISCO, May 28 /PRNewswire/ -- FogScreen, Inc., creators of the worlds first walk-through projection screen made of "dry" fog, will soon showcase their walk-through branding and advertising inside the Envy Nightclub at the acclaimed Ivy Hotel in San Diegos Gaslamp Quarter. The visually captivating screens are the perfect way for brands and advertisers to attract attention from the A-list celebrities, while allowing Envy to entertain their upscale audience in an entirely new and innovative way.
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2008-05-31
Lucas complex to be completed by 09 - After a $175-million donation from celebrated filmmaker George Lucas and a ceremonious groundbreaking last fall, the Cinematic Arts Complex, the latest architectural addition to the USC School of Cinematic Arts, is beginning to take shape.
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2008-05-31
Cinemas air-con plans approved - CONTROVERSIAL changes to the Odeon cinema in Westbrook have been approved by council planners.
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2008-05-31
Chester Odeon extension plan is deferred over access fears - A DECISION on whether to allow an extension to the former Odeon building in the city has been deferred.
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2008-05-31
De Lux Preview - A sneak peak of the new Cinema de Lux in Florence on Wednesday showed there will be more to the theater complex than just seats and screens.
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2008-05-31
Wonderful response to cinema news - THE new owner of the Tivoli cinema in Tiverton said there had been a "wonderful response" to the news that the cinema was due to re-open on June 20.
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2008-05-31
Save our old cinema - JAZZ trumpeter Digby Fairweather has called for the "very last of the real cinemas" in Southend to be saved.
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2008-05-31
Doremi Masters Cannes - Doremi Cinema is, once again, playing a major role at the Cannes Film Festival.
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2008-05-31
Owner of planned mall cinema bought out - Consolidated Theatres, the slated owners of the new cinema in the Laurel Commons redevelopment project, was bought out in a merger with Tennessee-based Regal Entertainment Group.
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2008-05-31
Over 6,300 Digital Screens Worldwide and Major Movies Are Now Distributed Digitally as Well as with Film - It has been three years since the Digital Cinema Initiative (DCI) published recommendations for how distributors and theaters should handle movies distributed and exhibited digitally. The recommendations have since turned into standards and the Digital Cinema industry went through a burst of activity and growth. There are now over 6,300 digital screens worldwide and major movies are now distributed digitally as well as with film.
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2008-05-31
Regal & RealD Reach Deal for 1,500 More Screens - Regal Entertainment Group and RealD 3D today announced a deal that calls for a rollout of 1,500 RealD 3D screens, bringing the RealD 3D screen count to over 3,500. The rollout will allow most U.S. markets to have 3D capability and will commence upon the completion of the Digital Cinema Implementation Partners (DCIP) initiative. Regal and RealD will work together to market and develop the RealD premium 3D platform in key Regal markets and theatres throughout the U.S.
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2008-05-31
Legal setback for Chester Odeon extension plan - A THREE storey extension to Chesters grade ll listed art deco Odeon cinema building may not be able to be built even if plans are approved.
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2008-05-31
Studio deals extend digital cinema in Europe - May 26, 2008 In a move that could jumpstart the digital cinema transition in Europe, Warner Bros., Paramount Pictures, 20th Century Fox and Walt Disney Studios have signed virtual print fee-style agreements that could result in the rollout of 8,000 new digital cinema installations in 22 countries. The agreements have been reached with XDC, a Belgium-based digital cinema service company that is preparing a digital cinema deployment plan. Warners, Paramount, Fox and Disney have agreed to co-finance more than 65% of the value of digital exhibition systems for a estimated investment up to €600 million ($947 million) over a maximum 10 years from the point of installation.
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2008-05-31
Warner Bros to close two divisions - Warner Brothers said that it would shut two troubled film divisions, a cost-cutting move rooted in the changing economics of the specialty film business.
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2008-05-31
Regal Plans to Add 3-D Movie Screens - The Regal Entertainment Group, the world’s largest cinema operator, has reached an agreement to equip 1,500 screens to show three-dimensional films.
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2008-05-31
Cineworld posts $25 mil pretax profits - March 19, 2008 The company posted pretax profits of 12.4 million pounds ($25 million) in the 12 months ending December 2007, a turnaround from a pretax loss of 7.7 million pounds during 2006. The company also said it has reduced its net debt to 124.4 million pounds ($250.6 million) following the IPO in May 2007 and debt refinancing measures from 314.2 million pounds the previous year
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2008-05-31
A twist in the Odeon tale - THE PLANNING battle over two key town centre sites in Middlesbrough has taken a dramatic twist.
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2008-05-30
Lots of News - Due to a lack of time I haven't had time to do the news stories in May. As a temporary fix until I can add them to the database I have put up a page http://www.madcornishprojectionist.co.uk/tempnews.php which a collection of the top news stories. One which is really worth looking at is of a film all about Technicolor.
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2008-05-21
Regal inks largest 3D deployment deal - Regal Entertainment the largest movie theatre circuit in the USA, and indeed the world, has inked an agreement with digital stereoscopic technology provider RealD for the roll-out of 1,500 3D systems over the next few years. The deal is the largest mooted in the 3D arena, and by RealD itself to date, eclipsing the Odeon/UCI target to equip 500 3D screens with RealD technology by 2009. However, the deals are both contingent on deployment of the underlying digital cinema platform, necessary to add the 3D portion of the upgrade. For Regal, upgrading 1,500 of its screens or around 22 per cent of its total screen base to 3D, hinges on finalising studio contributions in the form of the VPF for DCIP, the joint venture it set up with AMC and Cinemark for digital cinema deployments.
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2008-05-21
Sony Pictures to launch digital cinema unit - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Sony Pictures studio unveiled plans on Wednesday for a new digital cinema unit to bring filmed presentations of Broadway shows, rock concerts and sports events to specially equipped movie theaters nationwide.
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2008-05-21
Flicks should come back as cinema - EDITOR - After seeing Flicks nightclub in Sleaford boarded up I thought what an absolute shame.
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2008-05-18
Pop at the Pictures - The old Odeon cinema on The Headrow closed in October 2001 after nearly 70 years bringing blockbuster movies to the city – but its use as a venue for some of the wildest pop nights of the 1960s is the subject of a new book, as Neil Hudson found out...
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2008-05-16
Cinema chain signs lease - A NATIONAL cinema chain has signed a 25-year lease with the company behind the
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2008-05-16
Cineworld confident of revenue growth - LONDON (SHARECAST) - Box office revenues at multiplex cinema operator Cineworld are up in 2008 despite a dearth of blockbuster films on release.
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2008-05-16
French chain starts to go digital CGR to have 100 digital screens by July - LONDON
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2008-05-16
Arsonists target disused cinema - A disused cinema has been extensively damaged by a fire which police believe was started deliberately.
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2008-05-16
Dalsa Looking For A Digital Cinema Partner - Dalsa Corp. is looking for a partner to help seek out strategic partnership opportunities for its digital-cinema division.
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2008-05-16
Dolby posts higher Q2 profit - May 1 (Reuters) - Audio technology licensor Dolby Laboratories Inc (DLB.N: Quote, Profile, Research) posted a better-than-expected 45 percent rise in quarterly profit, driven by strong gaming, broadcast and personal computer markets, sending its shares up 11 percent.
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2008-05-16
Katzenberg says 3D films are the future - When Jeffrey Katzenberg recently stood on stage in Las Vegas before 500 of the movie industry's most influential members and theatre owners from as far away as Australia, he looked like a general motivating his troops.
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2008-05-16
http://gwinnettherald.com/Articles-i-2008-04-25-171720.112113_AMC_opens_alldigital_theater_May_16.html - CUMMING
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2008-05-16
New home hope for Hull Screen - HULLS only independent arthouse cinema could be transferred to a new home by the beginning of next year.
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2008-05-16
Developer to start survey of Odeon site - Survey work begins this week on Bradford's Odeon cinema building, ahead of a planning application to develop the site.
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2008-05-16
Mixed feelings over going digital on the big screen - Everyone agrees that digital projection is the future of cinema, but the rise of 3D films means cinemas may soon have more incentive to invest in the technology.
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2008-05-16
D-Cinema Deadlock - At least 10 3-D digital features are planned for 2009, but the clock is ticking ominously when it comes to the deployment of digital theater installations. "(DreamWorks Animation CEO) Jeffrey Katzenberg has stated that he wants 5,000 3-D-ready digital-cinema screens by March," National Association of Theatre Owners president John Fithian said. "That is aggressive. We can get there, but I kind of doubt it." DWA's "Monsters vs. Aliens" is slated for release March 27
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2008-05-16
XDC Official Digital Cinema Partner for Cannes Film Festival - As the Official Partner for Cannes Film Festival, XDC is providing all of the necessary equipment, as well as its know-how, to support, under the technical supervision of the French CST, all the digital screenings including the parallel sections during the May competition.
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2008-05-16
Adlabs Films to operate cinema chain in Malaysia - MUMBAI, May 5 - Adlabs Films Ltd has entered a pact to acquire a controlling interest in Malaysia-based Lotus Five Star Cinemas to operate a 51-screen cinema exhibition chain in the country, an official said.
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2008-05-16
IMAX Sells $18 Million Worth Of Shares - IMAX Corp. has announced that the Douglas family, its largest shareholder, is adding to its stake by buying 2.7 million shares for $18 million in a private placement. As a result of the move, the Douglas family now owns 19.9 per cent of the company.
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2008-05-16
Lighthouse Cinema Re-Opens After 12 Years - The new Lighthouse Cinema, located in Smithfield Square, Dublin 7, opens its doors to the public this Friday, 9th May. IFTN chatted to co-founder of the cinema, Maretta Dillon, to find out how the cinema made its return.
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2008-05-16
Cinema surveyed ahead of plans for demolition - WORK has started on surveying Bradford's Odeon cinema ahead of a controversial planning application to develop the site.
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2008-05-16
Odeon sale hit by economy - PROBLEMS with the economy have been blamed for holding up negotiations to find a buyer for the former Odeon cinema in Ipswich, it emerged today.
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2008-05-16
Celebrating decade of film at Tyneside Cinema - FILM lovers can join in the celebrations of 100 years of cinema on Tyneside on a new interactive website.
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2008-05-16
CGR CINEMAS AND ARTS ALLIANCE MEDIA INSTALL THE FIRST ALL DIGITAL MULTIPLEX IN FRANCE AT LA ROCHELLE - Circuit George Raymond (CGR Cin
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2008-05-16
The stuff of legend - THE curtain finally came down on the Odeon in Hall Gate earlier this month - but a new book records the three dates the Fab Four took the old Doncaster cinema by storm back in 1963 as Beatlemania was gripping Britain.
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2008-05-16
Sussex says, - SHOALHAVEN City Council has come under pressure to abandon plans to sell the Sussex Inlet Cinema.
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2008-05-16
Council backs bid to create multi-theatre venue at old cinema site - Auckland City Council is backing Auckland Theatre Company's bid to create a multi-theatre complex in the abandoned Mid City cinema complex in Queen St.
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2008-05-16
DTS sells digital cinema business for $3.3 million - AGOURA HILLS, Calif. (AP) -- DTS Inc., which makes audio parts for speakers, DVD players and computers, said Monday it sold its digital cinema business to Beaufort California Inc., a member of U.K.-based Beaufort International Group PLC.
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2008-05-16
Council postpones cinema decision - PITTSFIELD
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2008-05-16
Cinema attendance rises by 5.8% - Cinema attendance increased in the first quarter, despite a slump in the figures in the first two months of the year, according to new figures from Carlton Screen Advertising.
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2008-05-16
Warners closes troubled divisions - Warner Bros has closed down its subsidiaries Warner Independent Pictures and Picturehouse, citing a need to streamline costs and bring operations under one roof. The move had been widely expected following lukewarm results for the pair of "specialty" distributors 70 jobs will be lost. WIP rose to fame when it bought US rights to the Oscar winning French documentary March of the Penguins, but had struggled to find box office gold in the three years since then. Picturehouse, established in 2005, had successes with Pan's Labyrinth and La Vie en Rose.
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2008-05-16
Lionsgate, AccessIT sign Print Fee Deal - "Digital cinema integrator Access Integrated Technologies has formalized a virtual print fee deal with Lionsgate.
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2008-05-16
Lights, camera, action as cinema set to open - WORK on the fitting out of Andover's new cinema complex is progressing well with the doors now scheduled to open on 12 June.
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2008-05-16
The Big Picture:A 3D Journey - One of the most highly anticipated movies in years is this summer’s Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D. The movie, from Walden Media, is the first live-action digitally captured, wide release 3D-feature film in history. I recently interviewed Cary Granat, Walden’s co-CEO about the making of the movie.
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2008-05-16
Introducing Cinema Technology Emag - Cinema Technology E-MAG is an exciting online edition of the print version and provides a truly worldwide window for everybody in the business.
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2008-05-16
Planning Application for the demoliation of the Derby Playhouse. -
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2008-05-16
Derby Hippodrome Theatre - A petition has been raised to save the Derby Hippodrome Theatre.
Intended re-use is as a live theatre, after many years as a bingo
club and recent attempts by the current owner to demolish it.
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2008-05-10
Museum puts Rare Film in the Spotlight - The Black Country Living Museum will be rolling out the red carpet on Saturday 17th May for a glittering evening performance of its latest find - a rare print of Buster Keaton's 1927 silent masterpiece - The General.
For more details press read the press release
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2008-04-28
French chain starts to go digital - CGR to have 100 digital screens by July
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2008-04-28
Sony Creates New Division in Support of 4k Technology - In hopes of increasing awareness of 4k projection technology, Sony Electronics has created a new business group, called the Digital Cinema Services and Solutions Division, which is located in Los Angeles. This group will install, maintain, and finance programs that deal with the digital cinema industry, primarily servicing clients of the Sony CineAlta 4k SXRD Projector, also known as the SRX-R220. Realizing that the conventional cinema market is moving to digital cinema, this recent move by Sony will be detrimental to encouraging the use of 4k, as opposed to 2k projection. Providing his management experience to the company, Michael Fidler will be senior vice president of the newly created group.
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2008-04-28
Projectionist sees indie films for free, but it's a lot of work - Max Savage feels pretty lucky when he goes to work. The San Rafael native, 24, is a projectionist at the Christopher B. Smith Rafael Film Center, where he gets to see some of the best independent films for free. Savage is a student at College of Marin and works at the Rafael at night.
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2008-04-27
Digital Cinema 3-D dispute - NATO prexy John Fithian warned Sunday that the cinema industry is headed for “a potential train wreck” over 3-D if studios and theater owners do not settle their dispute over digital cinema fees in short order. And he noted that while heavyweights such as Jeffrey Katzenberg and James Cameron were early and ardent supporters of digital, key helmers like Steven Spielberg remain on the fence.
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2008-04-27
Killer snake on loose in cinema - A DEADLY snake caused mayhem after it was found warming itself under a popcorn machine in a Northern Territory cinema - less than a metre from teenage staff.
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2008-04-27
Never mind the credit crunch, have you seen the price of popcorn? - I came across a receipt the other day from a trip the cinema. It was HUGE. But it wasn' for tickets (although in most places, especially central London that receipt would be HUGE too). No, it was for popcorn and a drink. OK, it was a large popcorn (salt, only ever salt) and a medium drink. How much did that come to?
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2008-04-27
Film website lands in UK - LONDON - A new film website, Screenrush.co.uk launches in the UK this week and aims to become a leading platform to promote films within Europe.
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2008-04-27
Opera muscles in on the big screen - Move over, Indiana Jones. A multiplex chain more usually the home of the big-budget blockbuster is about to screen productions from one of the world's most famous opera houses.
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2008-04-27
Bermondsey Square signs hotel, cinema and Sainsbury - Igloo has signed up a hotel, a cinema and a Sainsbury’s store at its Bermondsey Square development in south London.
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2008-04-27
Two in race to build cinema - Two cinema operators are bidding to open in Kidderminster as part of a £38 million redevelopment of the Worcester Street area.
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2008-04-27
Livingstone: I will build an open-air cinema on the Thames - Ken Livingstone today pledged to build a new open-air cinema beside the Thames as he unveiled his arts manifesto.
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2008-04-27
Livingstone backs BFI film centre for South Bank - Support for a new film centre with an outdoor screen on the South Bank and backing for the refurbishment of The Old Vic were two of the commitments made by Ken Livingstone at the launch of his arts and culture manifesto on Monday.
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2008-04-27
EMI makes restructuring move - The reorganization of EMI into what topper Guy Hands terms "a global functional matrix organization" was completed Thursday with the announcement of regional presidents, the creation of two boards and the shift of Roger Ames from A&R to acquisitions.
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2008-04-27
Preserved 1930s film posters found underneath carpet - Another discovery arrived on my desk this week from John Wragby, from Annitsford. While clearing out an old house, he discovered a set of old cinema posters being used a underlay beneath a carpet.
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2008-04-27
The Exhibitionist: Film Appreciation in the Digital Age - Is film really better than digital? Or vice versa? Following the news that Steven Spielberg is allegedly to blame for the slow rollout of digital projectors into cinemas, I've been thinking about the questions all week. And I have no idea. But not because siding with Spielberg, just because he's Spielberg, is difficult when he suddenly announces a new digital 3-D project (Ghost and the Shell) he'll be producing. The reality is that I'm not technologically informed enough and, more importantly, my eyesight isn' good enough for me to really make the distinction anymore.
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2008-04-27
Digital cinema in Ireland - Last week the Arts Council launched the report Digital cinema in Ireland (available from the web site), which was commissioned by the Cultural Cinema Consortium, the strategic partnership between the Arts Council and the Irish Film Board.
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2008-04-27
After some hard times, drive-ins celebrate 75 years of entertainment - About two years ago, Paul Geissinger was getting ready for another night of movies at Shankweiler's drive-in movie theater in Orefield when he found a state trooper standing outside.
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2008-04-27
Film portal launches in UK - A new film portal, Screenrush.co.uk, launches in the UK this week, pitched as ‘YouTube, IMDB, Odeon, Lovefilm and TimeOut all-in-one’.
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2008-04-27
3D Cinema could provide new market for practitioners - With a new generation of 3D films being screened across UK cinemas, the sale of polarised spectacles could provide a new market for opticians.
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2008-04-27
Qube Is Digital Cinema Partner at 2008 Tribeca Film Festival - Qube Cinema is proud to announce its partnership with the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival taking place in New York City from April 23 to May 4. This initiative is aimed at introducing and exposing independent filmmakers to Qube Cinema and the DCI JPEG2000 format - the global standard for digital cinema.
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2008-04-27
The future of film education: digital media - DePaul University has pulled a neat little bit of rebranding and retooling, which went into effect yesterday. The old School of Computer Science, Telecommunications and Information Systems has been transformed
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2008-04-27
Insight forms 3-D consortium - LAS VEGAS -- Driven by the momentum of 3-D in digital cinema, the U.S. Display Consortium and consulting firm Insight Media launched the 3D@Home Consortium with 22 founding members Tuesday at the NAB Show in Las Vegas.
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2008-04-27
Spielberg Blamed for 3-D “Train Wreck” - There’s currently a crisis in the theater industry and apparently it’s all Steven Spielberg’s fault. According to Variety coverage of Sunday’s National Association of Broadcasters Show’s Digitial Cinema Summit, the filmmaker was named as a constant obstacle in the transition to digital cinema.
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2008-04-27
Plans for cinema - THERE are two applications for cinemas currently being assessed by the Whitsunday Regional Council (WRC).
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2008-04-27
Battle declared over 'unforgivable' plan to destroy cinema - THE demolition of a historic cinema in Edinburgh would be "unforgivable", architectural experts have warned.
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2008-04-27
Inside the old Odeon cinema, Cambridge Street, Aylesbury - In March 2008 I investigated this long closed and fast deteriorating cinema building with my brother. This is a small documentary of what we found, as shot on my digital stills camera when the battery on my camcorder proved flat.
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2008-04-27
How cinema helped me to survive in Palestine - After Jerusalem became violently divided, I wondered how people could carry on going to the movies. My film offers an answer
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2008-04-27
The Cinema that comes to you - And now rural communities in Stratford district are seeing the principle in motion - with the success of the Moving Pictures project that brings the cinematic experience to their doorsteps.
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2008-04-27
Shuttered cinema sold in foreclosure - In describing why Streator's Northpoint Cinemas shut its doors in late February, owner Daniel Rogers listed taxes, wages, expiration of a tax break, fuel costs and other expenses as reasons for the closing.
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2008-04-27
Final show at Odeon - THE curtain has finally come down on Doncaster's Odeon cinema.
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2008-04-27
The Secret Projectionist Short Film -
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2008-04-27
Cinema site saga is still rolling on - THE future of a former cinema site is still undecided after appeals against the refusal of two housing schemes were dismissed.
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2008-04-27
Council weighs cinema funding - PITTSFIELD — To help offset the rising costs of the delayed Beacon Cinemas project, Mayor James M. Ruberto is asking the City Council to spend $1.1 million from the GE Economic Development Fund.
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2008-04-27
Petition reaches 5000 signatures - Following a successful awareness event on the 19th April and an additional signature signing event held by Peter Valentine at the Thamesside Theatre in Grays the combined petition count has now reached an amazing 5000 signatures!
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2008-04-16
New bid to turn former Odeon into flats - ANOTHER bid to demolish the former Odeon cinema in St Albans and replace it with a block of flats has been launched by developers Wattsdown.
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2008-04-16
Digital cinema dispute in 3-D - NATO prexy John Fithian warned Sunday that the cinema industry is headed for "a potential train wreck" over 3-D if studios and theater owners do not settle their dispute over digital cinema fees in short order. And he noted that while heavyweights such as Jeffrey Katzenberg and James Cameron were early and ardent supporters of digital, key helmers like Steven Spielberg remain on the fence.
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2008-04-16
Dolby SCC2000 Secure Content Creator Establishes Global Presence - LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE:DLB), announced today at the 2008 NAB Show that it has expanded the global presence of its Dolby
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2008-04-16
Chemical evacuation empties cinema - The cinema in Streatham High Road was evacuated this afternoon after a chemical spill.
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2008-04-16
Adobe Rolls Camera on New Digital Cinema Standard - Adobe hopes to become the standard bearer in digital movie making with CinemaDNG. The format would help ease workflows and processes for digital filmmakers by serving as an across-the-board standard for RAW image files. The move has support from major camera manufacturers like Panavision.
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2008-04-16
Kodak Selects intoPIX Technology for Digital Cinema - intoPIX, the leading high-performance JPEG 2000 solution provider, announces today that Kodak Digital Cinema will use the intoPIX decoder in next generations of the Kodak Content Player JMN3000. New Kodak units with intoPIX technology inside will be available later this year. The intoPIX decoder, which meets DCI specifications, will bring Kodak new flexibility in its continuing evolution of digital cinema systems that meet the industry
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2008-04-16
DTS Sells Digital Images Business to Reliance Big Entertainment - DTS, Inc. today announced that the Company has completed the sale of its Digital Images business to Reliance Big Entertainment Ltd., a member of the Reliance ADA Group of India.
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2008-04-16
International Datacasting's 3D Digital Cinema Product With Sensio Technology a Hit at European Satexpo Event - OTTAWA, CANADA and LAS VEGAS, NEVADA--(Marketwire - April 15, 2008) - International Datacasting Corporation (TSX:IDC - News), a global leader in providing advanced solutions for multimedia content distribution via satellite, announced the European debut of its SuperFlex Pro Cinema 3D Live product line with embedded Sensio
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2008-04-16
Cinema to close - but will re-open for school hoidays - It means that the Parkes-Forbes area will be without a cinema following the closure about a month ago of the Forbes Cinema.
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2008-04-16
ODEON BRINGS IN TECHNOLOGY TO SHOW NEXT-GENERATION FILMS - Derby Odeon will embrace digital technology later this year as it faces up to the extra competition from the new Showcase Cinema De Lux.
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2008-04-16
1 dead, 2 cops hurt in shootout at movie theater - EL SEGUNDO, Calif. - A shootout at a movie theater has wounded two police officers and left a suspect dead.
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2008-04-16
Last picture show as town cinema closes doors - MORE than seven decades of cinema history came to an end in Doncaster yesterday when the Odeon cinema closed its doors for the final time.
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2008-04-16
Before your very eyes - Films in 3D are back - and poised to revolutionise the cinema. And even the new-style specs are comfortable
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2008-04-16
King of clubs - NIGHTCLUB tycoon Stefan King wants to launch a multi-screen cinema in Glasgow's South Side.
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2008-04-16
Many issues threaten 3-D momentum - LAS VEGAS -- Digital-cinema stakeholders said that while digital-cinema and 3-D has been widely embraced, there remain myriad unresolved technical and business issues that threaten the momentum.
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2008-04-16
Beam it up: Tiny projectors magnify cell-phone cinema - LAS VEGAS Recognizing that it's not much fun to watch movies on a tiny cell phone, a number of companies are racing to develop gadgets that project what's playing on the small screen onto walls, tablecloths and other handy surfaces.
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2008-04-16
Over-50s cheaper film chance - CINEMA tickets to see award-winning films are at a reduced price for the over-50s this month.
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2008-04-16
Mecca Bingo Hall in Swindon is Sold Off - It has just been reported that a Mecca Bingo club in Swindon
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2008-04-16
FogScreen, Inc. AV Rental Partner Program Continues Rapid Expansion With Newest Additions - SAN FRANCISCO, April 15 /PRNewswire/ -- FogScreen, Inc., creators of the world's first walk-through projection screen made of "dry" fog, today announced the newest additions to its rapidly growing AV Rental Partner Program. In the first quarter FogScreen, Inc. has added new partners domestically in the states of Arizona, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas and the District of Columbia. FogScreen, Inc. is also proud to announce their first Canadian partner in British Columbia, as well as new international partners in Bahrain, Belgium, Bulgaria, Russia and Turkey.
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2008-04-15
Media Invitation to attend the RAAM 2008 UK Film Distribution and Cinema Exhibition Conference and Forward Screenings - Press Release for the above event taking place on the 29th-1st May. Follow the link for more details.
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2008-04-15
Cinema Exhibitors Association launches website - The CEA today launched it's new website with large of information on the organisation and issues affecting the industry [words by editor]
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2008-04-11
Old cinema to be demolished - LANCASTER'S famous old cinema building will be pulled down to be replaced by a development "more in keeping with the city centre".
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2008-04-11
BFI IMAX 'Worldwide Highest Grossing Cinema' For 'U2 3D';The BFI IMAX has become the highest grossing cinema in the world for the U2 concert movie 'U2 3D'. - UK
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2008-04-11
STRATACACHE Announces New Release of OmniCast for Digital Cinema at the NAB Show - STRATACACHE today announced the newest release of OmniCast for Digital Cinema (DC) 4.0, an updated version of the fast and highly efficient digital cinema distribution software. The 4.0 release is capable of distributing some of the movie industry
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2008-04-11
STRATACACHE to Exhibit Newly Released Digital Cinema Solution at 2008 NAB Show in Booth C1247 - DAYTON, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--STRATACACHE, a leading provider of scalable, high-speed data delivery solutions for the digital cinema and digital signage industries, returns to Las Vegas this month to participate in the 2008 NAB Show, April 14-17. Exhibiting in booth C1247, STRATACACHE will spotlight OmniCast for Digital Cinema, a recently upgraded solution for fast, efficient digital cinema distribution, and ActiVia for Media, its award-winning digital signage software.
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2008-04-11
QuVIS Unveils Real-time JPEG2000 Mastering Options for the QuVIS Acuity - The QuVIS Acuity now offers real-time digital video mastering capabilities never before seen on a single server, providing workflow solutions that directly increase HD and Digital Cinema content production efficiencies and profitability.
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2008-04-11
Hollywood Gets Depth With Digital Makeover - Hollywood studios, theater owners and others have spent more than eight years working to bring digital cinema projectors to the big screen.
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2008-04-11
COMING TO A CINEMA NEAR YOU ... IT'S THE BIGGEST SCREEN IN THE MIDLANDS - When National Amusements opens the country's first luxury cinema in Derby in May, city moviegoers will be able to watch the latest blockbusters on the biggest screen in the Midlands.
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2008-04-11
How Things Get Invented - The history of motion pictures is an interesting one, and I am learning more about it in the context of my present work inventing stereoscopic motion picture systems, and in connection with the work I am doing with studios and filmmakers. I am taking working with filmmakers seriously because the quality of the Real D system is judged by the content projected on our screens. I was recently appointed as the co-chair (Peter Andersen is the other co-chair) of the sub-committee of the ASC Technology Committee tasked to help figure out workflow production pipeline and stereoscopic cinematographic issues. These subjects are tentative and need to be developed and we
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2008-04-11
Credits roll at town's old cinema - The curtain finally falls on the Odeon cinema in Doncaster on Thursday night - ending 74 years of entertainment.
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2008-04-11
Drive-in draws curtains - This is one show that will go on no longer.
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2008-04-11
Farrell pitches underground cinema plan - A NEW home for the Edinburgh International Film Festival and the Filmhouse could be built below one of the Capital's main public squares under plans drawn up by the city's design champion.
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2008-04-11
Open air cinema will be back - KUCHING - The Information Ministry will reintroduce the "wayang pacak" or open air cinema which will show films by Malaysian directors in the effort to make the ministry more people-friendly.
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2008-04-11
Charm of big screen no more in twin cities - Cinema houses, once a major source of entertainment in twin cities, are fast losing their appeal to people with owners thinking it advisable to turn these into commercial hubs to generate handsome profit.
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2008-04-11
Last picture show for old cinema - A 101-year-old cinema is staging its last show after campaigners' hopes were dashed that it could be saved.
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2008-04-11
Going, going, gone - THE number is up for the town centre's Mecca Bingo, whose members have been given only a week's notice that the doors are closing.
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2008-04-11
Cinema celebrates birthday with free tickets - Rochdale's Odeon cinema celebrates its tenth birthday today, Thursday 10 April, and to celebrate they are giving away free tickets to some lucky customers.
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2008-04-11
Cine-tal Develops 3D Image Processing Solution for Dolby - Cine-tal Systems announced that it has developed customized, image processing technology for Dolby Laboratories that facilitates the playback of 3D movies using a Dolby 3D Digital Cinema process while they are in production. The technology, which will be deployed under the name Cine-tal Color Processor for Dolby 3D, is aimed at movie studios and other producers of stereoscopic 3D films using a Dolby 3D Digital Cinema process for post production operations such as color grading and screenings. The system employs Dolby's advanced color processing for playback of any 3D source material that has not yet been packaged into a DCP (Digital Cinema Package). Cine-tal's solution ensures color accuracy in 3D playback, so that the playback image matches Dolby 3D Digital Cinema systems used in theaters
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2008-04-11
ADAG acquires Hollywood film restorer - MUMBAI: In its first acquisition in the digital services space, ADAG
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2008-04-11
£18 million funding boost for film in the regions from UK Film Council - The UK Film Council will be investing a total of £18 million over the next two years in the English regions to help them boost their local film industries and open up access for the public to our screen heritage.
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2008-04-11
Cine-tal Develops 3D Image Processing Solution for Dolby - DMN Newswire--2008-4-8--Cine-tal Systems announced that it has developed customized, image processing technology for Dolby Laboratories that facilitates the playback of 3D movies using a Dolby
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2008-04-11
The curtain drops - Generations of memories play on, but tonight will be Dedham cinema's final act
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2008-04-11
First 5D Cinema to Open in Moscow - The first ever cinema equipped with 5D technologies will appear in Moscow in the nearest future. It will be situated inside the shopping-entertainment centre Mall of Russia of the Moscow international business-centre Moscow-City.
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2008-04-11
Regal Entertainment Group Announces Two Additional Locations for Cinebarre Cinema and Eatery Concept - KNOXVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Regal Entertainment Group (NYSE: RGC), a leading motion picture exhibitor owning and operating the largest theatre circuit in the United States, today announced that two existing Regal Entertainment Group theatres are going to be converted into Cinebarre theatres. Under the Cinebarre brand these locations will offer first-run films, an expanded menu including fresh pizzas and burgers along with a wide selection of beer and wine. The two locations announced are in the Denver and Charleston markets.
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2008-04-11
Historic cinema's - AN historic cinema is to re-open next month after a
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2008-04-11
Regal expanding cinema eatery concept - Regal Entertainment Group announced today two existing theater locations will be converted to Cinebarre theaters, a
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2008-04-11
Almost had a major problem with Juno - Juno came in on Thursday as usual. The projectionist took it into the booth and opened it. I was just about to leave for my class (my last.one. ever!) when he said he had bad news. Reel 3 was missing!
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2008-04-11
Will the Empire strike back in the war of the cinemas? - AS Eden's leisure revolution takes hold in High Wycombe, questions remain over what will become of one of the town's other key recreational destinations.
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2008-04-11
Competition Commission cancels cineworld - The Competition Commission (CC) has today formally cancelled its inquiry concerning the anticipated acquisition by CineWorld Group Plc of the cinema business at the Hollywood Green Leisure Park, Wood Green, previously operating under the Showcase brand.
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2008-04-11
Odeon signs Irish management deal - Odeon & UCI Cinemas has announced a deal with Entertainment Enterprises Group (EEG) to manage and operate five multi-screen cinemas in Ireland.
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2008-04-11
Barco 3D Cinema comes to NuMetro - In Fourways, Johannesurg, NuMetro Montecasino is installing a Barco 2k digital cinema projector for Questek Advanced Technologies. The D-Cine Premiere DP100 digital projector is capable of 2048 x 1080 display resolution. The system uses Texas Instruments DPL cinema technology for premium performance and reliability. According to Sobi Mokholo, general manager of Questek Advanced Technologies,
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2008-04-11
Odeon, UCI to run Storm chain - LONDON
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2008-04-11
Proavio to Introduce New Line of Fibre Channel Storage Products for Growing Digital Cinema Markets - Proavio, U.S.A., has announced a completely new line of 4Gb Fibre Channel storage solutions designed to accommodate the needs of growing digital cinema storage requirements.
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2008-04-11
Lego to run campaign across cinemas - LONDON - Toy brand Lego is to promote its portfolio across ad cinema chain Vue for the next 12 months.
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2008-04-11
Mature cinemagoers targeted by Carlton - LONDON - Carlton Screen Advertising is targeting older cinemagoers with an "Award-Winning Film Season" at Odeons across the UK as part of its Senior Screen initiative.
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2008-04-11
An Open Letter to Terra Firma Capital Partners Limited - Traditionally, the cinema offered the chance for families to and young people to find entertainment in their local area at a price level their budget could afford. However, for some time now there has been a number of factors affecting the use of cinemas for entertainment.
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2008-04-11
On the job - Benjamin C. Ash, Manager, West Boylston Cinema Inc., West Boylston
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2008-04-11
Digital Projector - At the theater I work at we just got our first digital projector! It's so cool, we control it through a touch screen computer and instead of film the movie is on a portable hardrive. The other day at work we got it running and sat in the theater to watched some of it. The image is amazing, no scratches or little black spots. It was cool to see but at the same time it was kind of depressing because slowly the digital projectors will take over the the movie theater world and us projectionists will loose our jobs. Not that I want to be a projectionist for the rest of my life but there are a lot of die hard projectionists out there.
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2008-04-11
Cinema made a - A LANDMARK cinema in Barry has been declared a
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2008-04-11
UK event to address impact of D-cinema on distributors - The role of distributors in the development of digital cinema is the subject of a London conference this month, organised by analyst Screen Digest and the European Digital Cinema Forum.
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2008-04-11
Former bakery site could be transformed - It is the latest purchase by the firm which has also taken over ownership of the historic Odeon cinema on Hall Gate.
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2008-04-11
- A HISTORIC North-East cinema is to reopen next month after a
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2008-04-11
Cinema planned for Swan Centre - Cinema group Ward Anderson has been granted planning permission to develop a cinema on top of the Swan shopping centre in Rathmines in Dublin.
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2008-04-11
What is the cinema industry's death wish? - So we went to the movies on our tenth anniversary last week. We saw an average-to-not-so-good movie. But what bothered me was the disaster that is the cinema experience these days.
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2008-04-11
Network18 to get into cinemas, roll out theatre chain - Plans to nationally roll out multiplexes, with cinema screens, food courts, besides other entertainment zones; special focus on smaller cities
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2008-04-11
UK screen advertiser bags two new contracts.(ADVERTISING)(Pearl and Dean Ltd. wins contracts from Vue Cinemas and Bloom... - UK screen advertiser Pearl & Dean has won two significant screen advertising contracts. After a disappointing start to the year (see 2005/59b2), Pearl & Dean has won the advertising contract for seven Ster Century sites now incorporated into Vue Cinemas (see 2005/150b3). Vue now has 49 multiplexes with 496 screens. The contract takes in Ireland-a key target for Pearl & Dean. Ireland is undergoing a second wave of multiplex growth, and Pearl & Dean is keen to expand its presence. It recently won the contract for a new nine-screen multiplex
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2008-04-11
Reliance to open cinema chain in US - MUMBAI: Reliance Entertainment Pvt Ltd (REPL) is all set to start its cinema chain in the US under the brand name Big from next month. More than 200 theatres will screen Hindi as well as regional films from India.
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2008-04-11
Bexhill's only cinema closes - FOLLOWING weeks of speculation it has been announced Bexhill's only cinema has closed.
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2008-04-11
Cinema owner to appeal two years backpay order - A cinema owner, ordered to backpay a staff member for two years of unpaid work, says he will appeal the decision.
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2008-04-11
Arthouse cinemas refuse to face final curtain - While in recent years cinema may have become dominated by the Hollywood blockbuster, according to Marcus Wan independent picture houses are not yet ready to go quietly.
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2008-04-11
Picture House Joins The Dots With Online Initiative - Joiningthedots.tv, the London based online documentary initiative partnered by Mercury Media and The Independent Newspaper, which launches on April 15, has announced that an agreement to show films licensed to the site in cinema's across the UK has been reached with Picturehouse Cinemas, a leading UK independent Cinema network.
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2008-04-11
Cinema man worked two years without pay - A man who worked for free for nearly two years will finally get paid after the Employment Relations Authority (ERA) ordered his employer to cough up.
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2008-04-11
Independent Exhibitors Step Into the Digital Future - NATO's Cinema Buying Group Selects AccessIT to Provide Digital Cinema Equipment and Service to Over 8,000 Independent North American Screens AccessIT Offered the Winning Package of Extensive Experience, Exhibitor Choice, and Competitive Cost, Says Wayne Anderson, Managing Director of CBG- NATO
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2008-04-11
Brian's back to set films rolling - GOLDEN years of the cinema will be celebrated by a Calder Valley theatre as part of its centenary celebrations.
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2008-04-11
The final cut for Birmingham's Midland Arts Centre projectionists - PROJECTIONISTS Phil Fawke and John Brockington became screen stars themselves today.
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2008-04-11
XDC and Luxor Make Breakthrough in Russia With Scar 3D Playing on 33 Digital Cinema Screens - Shown for the first time during the Cannes Film Festival 2007, Scar is a first-of-its kind 3D movie. Moviegoers should brace themselves for an entirely new dimension in larger-than-life horror, shot entirely with one vision: to create an amazing full 3D digital cinema experience.
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2008-04-11
CBG focused on AccessIT - The Cinema Buying Group -- a buying program of the National Association of Theatre Owners for small and independent theater operators -- has inked a far-reaching deal with Access Integrated Technologies, making the digital-cinema deployer the integrator for the CBG's 600-plus members in the U.S. and Canada.
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2008-04-11
Developers buy historic Odeon Cinema - DEVELOPERS Lazarus Properties have bought Doncaster's historic Odeon Cinema - and it will show its last film in a week.
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2008-04-11
UK's leading cinema circuit signs up Royal Opera - In a further sign that alternative content is beginning to make in-roads into the cinema of the future, leading UK cinema circuit Odeon Cinemas and smaller circuit City Screen have agreed a deal with the Royal Opera House (ROH) for the upcoming season'\s events to be shown in its cinemas. Deal is arranged as part of wider distribution agreement between UK digital distribution company Arts Alliance Media (AAM), and Canadian DigiScreen Corp, Pillar Group and Royal Opera House'\s Opus Arte. AAM has an exclusive distribution agreement to take ROH events across Europe and will be responsible for cinema exhibitor booking negotiation, digital print services, security and tracking, live event project management and marketing/PR support. ROH plans to film 14 productions a year in HD and screen them in cinemas, beginning with The Marriage of Figaro in the autumn, although this was shot in 2006. Events will be a combination of Covent Garden'\s opera and ballet; the latter will be new for cinemas and is hoped to tap into a wider family audience. The new strategy for Covent Garden follows the acquisition of spin-off company Opus Arte, Covent Garden'\s DVD and CD sales outfit), by the ROH for £5.7m. Long-time negotiations between unions and management for new performers'\ rights deals (due to extra performaces such as these) have been concluded. In the beginning, screenings will be pre-recorded but Covent Garden aims to show live events. Initially, 13 Odeon cinemas will be involved. ROH is also looking to sell rights to these screenings in Europe and America. Ticket prices may start at £12 at Odeons, although City Screen has been charging around £25 for its previous operatic screenings and says that this is nearer the mark when a satellite transmission is involved. New York'\s Metropolitan Opera is the pioneer in this area, having agreed with cinema groups in several countries, including City Screen, to screen operas live into cinemas). Odeon has already shown three events from Glyndebourne. Both companies have reported seat occupancy of up to 90 per cent.
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2008-04-11
Scrabble Entertainment Chooses Qube for Its Digital Cinema Roll out in India - Qube Cinema, Inc. Hannah Cash, +1-818-392-8155 Fax: +1-818-301-0401 www.qubecinema.com Qube Cinema's Qube XP-D digital cinema server has been chosen by Scrabble Entertainment for its digital cinema roll out in India. Scrabble Entertainment is an India based digital cinema group. Over the next 12 months, Scrabble will upgrade 350 key screens in metropolitan cities across the country and release content in the DCI JPEG2000 format. Indian feature films in multiple languages as well as Hollywood Studio films will be released on this network.
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2008-04-11
'Going digital is the right step to prevent piracy' - Digital cinema infrastructure providers are bullish that in the year ahead, aggressive digitisation of cinema halls will significantly help in plugging the leak of film revenues due to piracy.
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2008-04-11
ODEON TO BECOME NIGHTCLUB? OH NO! - More than 2,000 clubbers will be milling about outside the old Odeon in the early hours if plans for a nightclub go ahead, a public inquiry was told.The planning inquiry opened yesterday in the Municipal Offices in Cheltenham.
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2008-04-11
Interview of Real D CEO Michael Lewis - Real D CEO Michael V. Lewis is approaching the world of 3D Cinema from a different angle, being the head of the technology company who has the biggest job in terms of convincing film directors, producers, studios as well as the theater owners and exhibitors, that 3D is a worthwhile investment and indeed the way of the future. ComingSoon.net had a chance to sit down with Lewis during ShoWest to find out more about his company's origins and how they've been using the Real D technology over the past few years and how they'll continue to provide the main foundation for digital 3D projection as more and more studios get into the act.
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2008-04-11
Cinema, hotel bid for town centre - A developer wants to build a leisure and retail complex on council-owned land in an Anglesey town centre.
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2008-04-11
Rivals set for cinema chain bidding war - French cinema chain UGC is understood to be preparing for a sale in a multi-million pound deal that could spark a battle between British rivals Cineworld and Odeon to buy the business and create the world's number one player.
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2008-04-11
DLP to lead cinemas' metamorphosis - With hundreds of theatre screens coming up across India in 2009, Texas Instruments (TI)
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2008-04-11
CSA signs up perfume brand for SATC - Carlton Screen Advertising (CSA) has lured the luxury brand Carolina Herrera 212 on board to advertise alongside Sex And The City: The Movie.
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2008-04-11
Jason Brenek Promoted to Newly Created Position of Senior VP, Worldwide Digital Cinema and Cinema Programming for Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures - BURBANK, Calif., April 2, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- Jason Brenek, who most recently served as the Studios' vice president of Distribution Strategy, has been promoted to the newly created position of senior vice president, Worldwide Digital Cinema and Cinema Programming, it was announced today by Mark Zoradi, president, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Group.
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2008-04-11
Disney reveals 3D movie line-up - Disney and Pixar are to make eight new 3D animated films over the next four years, Walt Disney has announced.
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2008-04-11
Imax Signs Texas Instruments For Digital Projectors - Imax Corp. (IMAX) will use Texas Instruments Inc.'s ( TXN) DLP Cinema technology in its forthcoming digital-projection system, the companies confirmed Tuesday.
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2008-04-11
Real Image - Real Image Media Technologies (RIMT), India
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2008-04-11
NEC Hires Seasoned Digital media Executive As General Manager Of Digital Cinema Division - NEC Corporation of America, a premier provider of IT and network solutions and services, today announced that Jim Reisteter has joined the company as the general manager of the Digital Cinema Division. He will report to the vice president of the Solutions Business, Yuji Ichimura. Reisteter offers a diverse and successful background in sales leadership, marketing and general management of Fortune 50, mid-cap and re-start organizations.
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2008-04-11
XDC and Sound Associates Announce Partnership Agreement - From its beginnings in 1958, Sound Associates has continued to provide solutions to the technical challenges for film exhibition
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2008-04-06
Odeon Doncaster to close 10th April 2008 - The last day of operation as a cinema for the Odeon Doncaster will be Thursday 10th April 2008. alas the Art Deco architecture lost in the 1964 conversion.There is a book available on the 100 year history of Doncaster Cinema History included the history of the Gaumont/Odeon history with photographs. (Lets Go To The Pictures)
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2008-03-28
Odeon staff payroll dispute - BECTU members working as technicians (projectionists) in Odeon Cinemas have gone into dispute with the company.
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2008-03-28
Theatres Trust raises concerns as demolition contractor appears at Derby Hippodrome - On Tuesday 25 March an excavator, owned by contractor AB Demolition, appeared outside Derby Hippodrome as the deadline for its owner to carry out essential repairs ordered by Derby City Council came to an end. The Trust fears that the presence of the contractor will lead to further damage to the theatre. We hope that local people will be vigilant over the next few days and continue to report any suspect activity to the Council and to us. This is a critical time when the theatre is at its most vulnerable and faces greatest risk.
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2008-03-27
Sony 4K Digital Projectors Used for First 3D HD Live-Action Simulcast of Regular Season NBA Game - DALLAS, March 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Sony Electronics 4K digital cinema projectors were used earlier this week for the first live high-definition presentation in 3D of an NBA regular season game, which was shown at a commercial movie theater.
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2008-03-27
Rethink on plan for cinema - A COMPANY has revised its controversial
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2008-03-27
Cinema chain plans $35 tickets - Village Roadshow Ltd., Act III, Lambert Entertainment and the Retirement Systems of Alabama pension fund are partnering to bring a luxury cinema chain to the US.
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2008-03-27
Computer games to be given tough new cinema-style age ratings to protect children from violent material - Computer games will be given tough new cinema-style age ratings under proposals to protect children from violent material.
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2008-03-27
Grand Cinema redevelopment - latest - THE steel frame is taking shape for an exciting multi-million pounds arts, community and enterprise (ACE) Centre in the heart of Nelson.
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2008-03-27
DTS Digital Images Fine Tunes - BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--DTS Digital Images, Inc. has provided custom image processing services for New Line Cinema and Walden Media
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2008-03-27
SONY 4K DIGITAL PROJECTORS USED FOR FIRST 3D HD LIVE-ACTION SIMULCAST OF REGULAR SEASON NBA GAME - Sony Electronics
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2008-03-27
Real Image - Real Image Media Technologies (RIMT), India
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2008-03-27
Imax to add 31 projection systems at Regal theatres - TORONTO
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2008-03-27
Worlds Smallest Movie Premiere Hits ODEON in Leicester Square, London, England - Its April Fools day, but this is no joke. The Odeon West End, which sees some of the worlds biggest premieres is hosting the worlds smallest. The worlds first one-man movie. Madness in the First Degree. A record breaking movie event.
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2008-03-27
Talks on plan for old cinema - application for a premises licence for the Empress Cinema at Chatteris is due to be discussed by district councillors on April 1.
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2008-03-27
Cinema moguls buy into toilet business - CINEMA moguls, the Ward and Anderson families, have emerged as major shareholders in John OLoughlins Qualceram Plc, which received a preliminary takeover approach last week.
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2008-03-27
Railways to set up cinema halls at stations - New Delhi, Mar 21: Indian Railways public-private-partnership (PPP) now extends to entertainment business. The public sector behemoth has chalked out an ambitious plan to set up about a dozen cinema halls at various railway stations in metros. The development would be part of Railways larger plan to utilise its surplus land and existing prime space at stations. It also plans to privatise 44 yatri niwas and the National Rail Museum cafeteria
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2008-03-27
Paranoid Park - I worked for years as a projectionist in archival screening venues that handle films of all kinds from all eras. These venues, the Walker counted among them, are typically equipped to handle just about anything that comes in the door, often via the octagonal shipping cans like those pictured on the left. As most projectionists can attest, it is not uncommon to receive a print that is not marked with the film
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2008-03-27
The Projection Dilemma - I will now take you, reader, on a journey involving both technology and aesthetics intermingled with projection practices that are a century old and how the ways that the digital cinema revolution impacts this, combined with concerns about stereoscopy. Stick with me and it may all make sense by the end. Along the way I
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2008-03-27
10,000 More Cinemas To Go Digital - Access Integrated Technologies, the US based digital cinema supplier, has commitments from four major film studios, including Disney, Twentieth Century Fox, Paramount Pictures and Universal Pictures, to continue to pay virtual print fees whilst actually providing movies digitally.
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2008-03-27
India to become major D-Cinema territory - The Indian film industry has so far opted for e-cinema technology (a cheaper lower-quality alternative to high-end D-Cinema systems) that meets the requirements of its strong local film sector, but there are now signs that D-Cinema will also feature prominently, following several new deals in the territory.
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2008-03-27
Kodak enters North American market as D-Cinema facilitator - Eastman Kodak has signed up two mid-sized cinema operators in the US market for entire circuit-wide conversion of their screens to digital. The first major signing was Santikos Theatres with 126 screens in Texas. The first installations of which have already been completed in the newly opened Silverado Houston multiplex, and will be followed by a complete conversion to an all digital circuit. The second signing was Goodrich Quality Theatres which operates 280 screens in 32 venues across the USA. The deployments will begin in 2008, although it is not known how many will be completed during the first phase of the roll-out.
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2008-03-27
Digital cinema player Christie eyes India signs multiplexes - Mumbai: Global digital cinema leader Christie has signed an exclusive contract with Scrabble Entertainment to supply 200 Christie DLP Cinema projectors for Indias largest single digital cinema deployment.
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2008-03-27
Businesswoman sells cinema for - THE businesswoman who ensured cinema returned to Winchester has sold her company for
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2008-03-27
Live opera and ballet shown in cinemas - Live ballet and opera performances are to be shown in cinemas across Britain from later this year for just
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2008-03-27
SUNDANCE SPECTACULAR - At this year’s Sundance Film Festival, Dolby technologies, products and services converged in perfect harmony for the world premiere of the critically lauded U2 3D, a new concert film featuring the world-renowned Irish rock band shot during the “Vertigo” tour throughout South America. The film, produced by 3ality Digital Entertainment and distributed in the U.S. by National Geographic, was shown on Jan. 19 at the Eccles Theatre in Park City, Utah.
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2008-03-27
FSN Southwest to Televise First Ever Regular-Season NBA Game in 3D HD - FSN Southwest and the Dallas Mavericks will provide a look into the future of sports television on March 25 when they team with PACE, the leader in digital 3D productions, to produce the first-ever NBA regular-season game live in 3D HD secured through PACE Fusion 3D and the third ever live sporting event presented in the innovative format.
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2008-03-27
IMAX to now use DLP projectors - Texas Instruments DLP Cinema has announced that IMAX will now be using DLP Cinema projectors.
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2008-03-27
Cineworld profits, revenue rise - LONDON — U.K. exhibitor Cineworld’s operating profits for 2007 rose 62% against the previous year to $61.3 million (£30.4 million); revenues rose 7.8% to $575.5 million.
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2008-03-27
ARTS ALLIANCE MEDIA RANKED IN TOP 50 FASTEST GROWING DIGITAL MEDIA COMPANIES IN THE UK - The Media Momentum Awards 2008 today announces the fastest growing digital media companies. The prestigious invitation-only Media Momentum Awards organised by investment bank GP Bullhound, presents accolades to just five companies selected from an elite pool of fifty, all outstanding achievers and expanding rapidly in their field.
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2008-03-27
Save The Chester Odeon Campaign - 793 signatures so far... - We would like to draw your attention to the fact that Brook Leisure has submitted a planning application and an application for Listed Building Consent to Chester City Council for the demolition of part of the rear of the Odeon building and the construction of a three-storey extension on land that is presently used for car-parking.
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2008-03-26
Listed building status for Odeon is rejected - AN application to grant listed status to a Bradford building at the centre of a major planning row has been turned down
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2008-03-26
Lenny Lipton Blog - News & Archives along my 3D Journey
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2008-03-26
Cash boost for Cumbria's arts and cinema - NORTHWEST Vision and Media, which works on behalf of the region's film, TV and digital content industries, is to distribute almost
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2008-03-26
Revised plans for cinema revealed - PLANS have been revealed to transform a former Yorkshire cinema into a mixed-use development featuring retail and office space.
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2008-03-26
Odeon Staff Forum - The staff forum which offline a few weeks ago has been relaunched
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2008-03-26
HARINGEY: Cinema sale threat to cheap ticket prices - The proposed takeover of a Wood Green cinema has been referred to the Competition Commission (CC) over fears it would create an unfair monopoly in the area.
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2008-03-26
Revised cinema project unveiled - property development finance - New plans have been unveiled for the commercial re-use of a former cinema in Leeds.
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2008-03-26
Power cut pulls plug on film fun - FILM fans were left disappointed today as Glasgow city centre's biggest cinema was hit by a power cut.
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2008-03-26
Well give Odeon plan six months - Campaigners fighting to save the former Odeon cinema building in Bradford city centre from demolition have given themselves a deadline of six months to push through their scheme for its restoration - or they will then throw in the towel.
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2008-03-26
Scrabble Entertainment Chooses Qube for Its Digital Cinema Roll out in India - NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Qube Cinema
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2008-03-26
3D movies taking cinemas by storm in digital age - LAS VEGAS - Now is the time to put on your glasses. Once known as a headache-inducing screen gimmick of the 1950s, 3D is roaring back into movie theaters - thanks to new digital-cinema technology and Hollywood studios eager to exploit the format.
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2008-03-26
Imax adds 31 screens to U.S. deal with Regal - Imax Corp. is expanding the screen-count of its joint venture deal with Regal Cinemas to install another 31 Imax digital projection systems at Regal locations in 20 cities in the United States.
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2008-03-26
Digital Projection Changing the Face of Cinema - Since the advent of projection technology there have been various advances in cinema, primarily in the way a creative team develops a motion picture, and how we view the finished product. The various improvements that have been made are due to the ever-growing need for inspiring movies that can touch the hearts of millions and allow the industry to remain active. This digital change is not lacking a future as experts predict the market will grow exponentially with screens making the transition to digital cinema in 2009, some even to three dimensional cinema for specific films.
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2008-03-26
CST installs Kodak Digital Cinema in Paris theatre - Mumbai: The Commission Superieure Technique (CST), the French organization charged with evaluating new systems for television and the cinema, has purchased a Kodak Theatre Management System (TMS) as well as a Kodak Content Player JMN3000 for use in Espace Pierre Cardin in Paris. The system will be installed by Kodak.
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2008-03-19
Cineworld posts $25 mil pretax profits - LONDON -- U.K. exhibition group Cineworld Group climbed into the black Tuesday posting its maiden results as a publicly listed company on the stock exchange here.
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2008-03-19
Cleaners in protest - SACKED cleaners at Middlesbrough
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2008-03-19
Petition Reaches 1700 Signatures for the State Grays Cinema - Following some fantastic coverage by the Thurrock Gazette and general word of mouth the online petition has now received over 1700 signatures and is continuing to receive a large number of signatures each day. We will also be looking to have a paper petition available for written signatures at the awareness day on Saturday 15th March.
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2008-03-19
Belgium to reassess Kinepolis competition rules - BRUSSELS, March 18 (Reuters) - Belgian cinema operator Kinepolis (KIPO.BR: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Tuesday Belgiums competition agency would reassess its decision to cancel specific competition rules which limited the groups development there.
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2008-03-19
There is more to the cinema than just movies - GET your own slice of paradise and celebrate the everlasting magic of the movies at Paradiso
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2008-03-19
SkyCity CEO sees cinema sale within 3 months - SkyCity Entertainment Groups new boss hopes to wrap up the protracted sale of the casino operators struggling cinema business within three months.
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2008-03-19
The Popcorn Investing Strategy - There are many good businesses trading at attractive levels at the moment. One such example could be Cineworld (LSE: CINE) . Todays results show a business with a P/E of less than 9 and a yield of over 7%.
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2008-03-19
NEC Corporation of America Hires Seasoned Digital Media Executive as General Manager of Digital Cinema Division - NEC Corporation of America, a premier provider of IT and network solutions and services, today announced that Jim Reisteter has joined the company as the general manager of the Digital Cinema Division. He will report to the vice president of the Solutions Business, Yuji Ichimura. Reisteter offers a diverse and successful background in sales leadership, marketing and general management of Fortune 50, mid-cap and re-start organizations.
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2008-03-19
Major cinema chain restores raunchy trailers - LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - In a move that will allow movie studios to inject racy jokes into the trailers they use to promote their more adult-oriented films, the nations largest cinema chain has decided to permit restricted, "red band" trailers in its multiplexes.
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2008-03-19
Planetariums real-time show - A planetarium incorporating some of the worlds most advanced digital projection technology is due to open in the south of England in March.
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2008-03-19
BFI reels in the years - A list of the Top Ten most-watched films in the British Film Institutes archive has been compiled by curators.
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2008-03-19
North London cinema merger - The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has referred the anticipated acquisition by CineWorld Group Plc of the cinema business at the Hollywood Green Leisure Park, Wood Green, previously operating under the Showcase brand to the Competition Commission (CC).
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2008-03-19
RealD 3D Biggest and Brightest at ShoWest - 3D Cinema Leader RealD Uses RealD XL Technology to Bring Digital 3D to Larger Screens Than Ever Before
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2008-03-17
Reel protest at threatened cinema - Campaigners who want to save a 100-year-old cinema wrapped a mock film reel around the building to highlight their fight to keep it open.
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2008-03-16
Thomson and Cineplex Entertainment Pact for Digital Cinema Test at Flagship Toronto Theatre - Technicolor Digital Cinema to Install Digital Projection Systems at Scotiabank Theatre in Downtown Toronto
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2008-03-16
Electrosonic showcases MS9600 2K Digital Cinema Player - If youve been wishing that those double digit theater prices would actually net your local hot spot an upgrade, heres an idea you can certainly nudge their way. Showing off at ShoWest 2008 in Las Vegas, the Electrosonic MS9600 is hailed as a "high-performance JPEG2000 appliance," which plays back unencrypted JPEG2000 content at 2K, 1080p and 720p resolutions. Designed specifically for digital cinema, post production and show control applications, this unit also touts dual HD-SDI / dual DVI-I video outputs and 16-channels of broadcast quality digital audio. Furthermore, it even supports 48fps 3D playback, but unfortunately, weve no idea how soon its destined to hit cinemas of any kind.
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2008-03-16
Classic Cinemas Adopts DTS Digital Booking System(TM) - LAS VEGAS
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2008-03-16
Dolby Spotlights Collection of Digital Cinema Solutions at ShoWest 2008 - LAS VEGAS, BUSINESS WIRE -- At ShoWest 2008 today, Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: DLB) highlighted how its digital cinema solutions address the unique needs of exhibitors and create an efficient digital cinema environment. The comprehensive families of products, designed to work together to streamline business processes, make it easier for exhibitors to transition to digital cinema.
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2008-03-16
Dolby Expands Footprint in Asia with Digital Cinema, 3D Digital Cinema Solutions - LAS VEGAS, BUSINESS WIRE -- Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: DLB) announced today at ShoWest 2008 that Shanghai Film Group Corporation (SFG) and UFO India Limited have selected Dolby Laboratories to bring more digital cinema systems to China and India.
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2008-03-16
Imax focuses on DLP chips - Imax, which is on the verge of entering the digital era, is in negotiations with Texas Instruments to use TIs Digital Light Processing technology as part of Imaxs proprietary system.
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2008-03-16
Theaters, studios see $1.1 billion upgrade deal in Q2 - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Several theater chains and studios are nearing an estimated $1.1 billion financing deal to deploy in cinemas digital technology that promises to boost attendance and save Hollywood billions of dollars in annual print and delivery costs, industry officials said on Sunday.
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2008-03-16
Fresh plans for Chester - OWNERS of the former Chester Odeon are pressing ahead with plans to build a three-storey extension to serve a new single screen cinema.
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2008-03-16
NEW CITY CINEMA TO OPEN IN MAY - A new era of movie-watching in Derby will get under way when a new luxury cinema opens in May.
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2008-03-16
Lit missile sparks cinema blaze - A small fire broke out at a cinema and retail complex after two teenagers threw a lit candle into its entrance.
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2008-03-16
Technical Services for Cinema & Television is a Comprehensive Evaluation of the French Market - This revised and updated 2008 edition analyses the financial performance of each of the companies important to the success of your business. Using the most up to date information available, the analysis is ideal both as a tool to benchmark your own companys results and to study the market in more depth. Aimed at the busy manager, Technical Services For Cinema & Television is both quick and easy to use thanks to the unique visual layout. Technical Services For Cinema & Television is both quick and easy to use thanks to the unique visual layout. Technical Services For Cinema & Television lays bare the performance of each company highlighting their strengths and weaknesses. Do you know which Technical Services For Cinema & Television companies are best to do business with? Do you know which companies are selling at a loss and whose profit margins are plummeting? Find out the answers to all these questions and more with the newly published Technical Services For Cinema & Television.
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2008-03-16
Thomson and Marcus Theatres Pact for Digital Cinema Test in Milwaukee Market - Thomson (Paris:18453)(NYSE:TMS), through its Technicolor Digital Cinema business, announced today it will install digital cinema projection systems with Milwaukee, Wis.-based Marcus Theatres(R) at the Cinema At The Renaissance 13-plex in Sturtevant, Wisconsin.
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2008-03-16
Access IT, Studios to Add 10,000 Digital Cinema Screens - Morristown, N.J. - Access Integrated Technologies (Access IT) (NASD: AIXD), a provider of digital cinema projection systems for movie theaters, announced on Tuesday a massive deal with four major movies studios, to provide movies to up to 10,000 digital cinema systems in the U.S. and Canada.
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2008-03-16
UPDATE: Imax Signs Texas Instruments For Digital Projectors - TORONTO -(Dow Jones)- Imax Corp. (IMAX) will use Texas Instruments Inc.s ( TXN) DLP Cinema technology in its forthcoming digital-projection system, the companies confirmed Tuesday.
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2008-03-16
Time running out for the Cinema Museum - As was reported a few months ago on The Bioscope, the Cinema Museum in south London comes to the end of its lease this month, and has no new home to move to. Its current home is a former Lambeth workhouse (the same one that once incarcerated Charlie Chaplin
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2008-03-16
Cinema buff may lose his Paradiso - When Ronald Grant was ten he fell in love with films, helping out the projectionist at a village hall in rural Scotland.
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2008-03-16
Studios Announce a Deal to Help Cinemas Go 3-D - LAS VEGAS
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2008-03-16
Dr Who - TELEVISION viewers have attacked the BBC for spending up to
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2008-03-16
Cinema one of the most expensive in London - FILM-LOVERS have attacked Islingtons biggest cinema for being one of the most expensive in London.
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2008-03-16
RealD 3D Biggest and Brightest at ShoWest - 3D Cinema Leader RealD Uses RealD XL Technology to Bring Digital 3D to Larger Screens Than Ever Before
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2008-03-16
XPAND Acquires Assets of NuVision Technologies, Securing its Leading Position in 3D Digital Technology - X6D Limited, a European company whose products and services are marketed under the XPAND brand name, formally announced today that the active 3D cinema glasses assets of NuVision Technologies LLC, a widely recognized manufacturer of superior stereoscopic delivery systems with production facilities in Oregon, have been acquired by an Oregon corporation controlled by X6D Limited. Subsequently, all of NuVisions 3D cinema products will now be produced under the XPAND brand name.
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2008-03-16
Scrabble Entertainment Contracts Christie for Indias Largest Digital Cinema Roll-Out - Christie, a global leader in Digital Cinema, is pleased to announce it has secured an exclusive contract with Scrabble Entertainment (SE) to supply 200 Christie DLP Cinema(r) projectors for India
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2008-03-16
Barco to expand Digital Cinema team in the US. - Barco, a world leader in Digital Cinema, increases its commitment to the digital cinema market, and announces the appointment of Todd Hoddick as new Vice President for Barco Media & Entertainment
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2008-03-16
Empire Theatres Limited Chooses Kodak to Expand Digital Installations - Canadian exhibitor extends working relationship with Kodak to 15 sites
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2008-03-16
Texas Instruments Announces IMAX Digital Projection System to be Powered by DLP Cinema - 2008 marks the 10th Anniversary of digital cinema led by DLP Cinema
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2008-03-16
Sony Digital Cinema Group to Offer Integrated Solutions for Exhibitors - Sony Electronics has formed a new integrated business group that will provide movie theater owners with a variety of tools to support the sales and marketing of 4K CineAlta
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2008-03-16
Empire Theatres Selects Christie DLP Cinema Projectors to Meet Surging Demand for 3D Movies - Christie, a global leader in Digital Cinema, announced that Empire Theatres, Canada
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2008-03-16
Christie Offers Expanded Family of Cinema Solutions with More Choice and Higher Brightness - Christie, a global leader in Digital Cinema, with over 4,600 Digital Cinema systems installed worldwide, continues to set the pace in the industry with an expanded family of Digital Cinema products perfectly tailored to meet the needs of the exhibitor. At the 2008 ShoWest convention in Las Vegas, the company will showcase its latest CP2000 series product line, including projectors with three new brightness levels and a new dual projector 3D system.
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2008-03-16
XPAND Climbs to Higher Ranks as International Leader in 3D with O - Making great strides in the research and development of 3D technology during the past year, XPAND has wisely incorporated Active 3D delivery as their primary product for the digital cinema marketplace. In a strategic move to position the company as a dominant player in 3D, XPAND joined forces with NuVision Technologies (Portland, OR), creating a compelling business model that will support existing and future XPAND digital theaters.
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2008-03-16
New Christie CP2000-M DLP Cinema Projector Is Worlds Best "Lightweight Contender" - At 95 Pounds, Delivers Powerful "One-Two" Punch of Brightness and Lowest Cost of Ownership
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2008-03-16
DTS Digital Cinema Installs FilmStore - DTS Digital Cinema has announced the installation of its FilmStore
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2008-03-16
Goodrich Quality Theaters Selects Kodak for Circuit-Wide Digital Conversion - Proven Kodak feature solution brings new capability to quality-minded circuit
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2008-03-16
Universal Cinema Services Keeps Rave Motion Pictures On The Cutting Edge With Harman Pro Cinema Group Companies JBL Professional And Crown - Universal Cinema Services, one of the most successful cinema system consulting and installation firms in the United States, has enjoyed continued success with Harman Pro Cinema Group products, as evidenced by its installation of JBL Professional ScreenArray
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2008-03-16
Dolby Expands Footprint in Asia with Digital Cinema, 3D Digital Cinema Solutions Shanghai Film Group and UFO India Limited select Dolby - Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: DLB) announced today at ShoWest 2008 that Shanghai Film Group Corporation (SFG) and UFO India Limited have selected Dolby Laboratories to bring more digital cinema systems to China and India.
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2008-03-16
Cineplex Entertainment Selects Christie For Rollout Of 25 Digitally Equipped 3D Theatres Across Canada - Christie, a global leader in Digital Cinema, announced that Cineplex Entertainment (TSX:CGX.UN), Canada
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2008-03-09
Cinema workers stole over $22,000 - Three Nelson teenagers stole more than $22,000 by refunding tickets sold to non-existent customers while working at a cinema.
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2008-03-09
Everyman Media acquires Screen Cinemas - Independent cinema group Everyman Media will this week announce that it has acquired the chain of Screen Cinemas in London and the South East.
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2008-03-09
Glenelg Cinema up for sale - Glenelg Cinema, on Jetty Road in Adelaide's south-west, has been put on the market for $7 million.
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2008-03-09
Electrosonic's New Digital Cinema Player Available at Showest - DMN Newswire--2008-3-7--Audio-video manufacturing, design, installation and servicing giant Electrosonic Systems, fast making inroads into the cinema market, will be displaying the newly-launched MS9600 JPEG2000 server at ShoWest 2008 in Las Vegas.
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2008-03-09
Cinema magic in Gig Harbor - Gig Harbor’s 10-screen movie theater opens to long lines and eager moviegoers whose only other theater closed in January.
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2008-03-09
U.S. CINEMA EARNINGS BREAK RECORDS - North American box office earnings hit a record high in 2007 - despite the Hollywood writers strike and ongoing economic concerns. In the U.S. and Canada, theatres took in more than $9.6 billion (GBP4.8 billion), climbing 5.4 per cent from the previous year (06), due in part to increased ticket prices throughout the continent
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2008-03-09
Cineworld, Odeon embark on ad venture - LONDON
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2008-03-09
Not coming to a screen near you - Want to go see Rambo? Not at the Odeon you can't. Owen Gibson looks at the push-me pull-you relationship between film distributors and cinemas
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2008-03-09
Carlton Screen Advertising sold for - ITV has sold Carlton Screen Advertising to a joint venture between Cineworld and Odeon Cinemas for
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2008-03-09
Clayton projectionist keeps a dying art alive - As the Clayton Theatre projectionist, Thorns said he was 8 years old when his father let him show that first film at the family-owned movie theater in Virginia. Since then, he said, he's watched thousands of films through a little hole in the wall of projectionist booths in various community movie theaters across the Eastern shore.Rest
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2008-03-09
US cinema takings hit record high - North American box office takings hit a record high in 2007 with global box office receipts also on the up.
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2008-03-09
Carlton Screen Advertising sold to joint venture for - LONDON - ITV has sold Carlton Screen Advertising, the UK's largest cinema advertising sales house, to a joint venture between Cineworld and Odeon Cinemas for
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2008-03-09
NEW CHRISTIE DUAL PROJECTOR SYSTEM FOR 3D CINEMA OFFERS BEST VALUE IN THE INDUSTRY - Christie, a global leader in Digital Cinema now offers the industry
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2008-03-09
European Digital Cinema Security Whitebook is Online - This book results from the work of the Enhanced Digital Cinema (EDcine) project established by the European Commission in the context of the Networked Audio Visual line of the 6th framework of IST (Information Society and Technology). The world of digital cinema has been led by Hollywood initiatives. The Digital Cinema Initiative (DCI) is under standardisation by a subgroup of the Society of Moving Pictures and Television Engineers, namely the DC28. EDcine was launched in this environment to maintain the European industrial leading edge in the field and to develop new tools and best practices beyond the Digital Cinema Initiative (DCI). Economic, cultural and technical aspects are more complex in Europe. There is a clear need to go beyond DCI. In its initial functional analysis, EDcine included end-user groups, such as small production studios, local post-production
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2008-03-09
ArcLight glows with d-cinema - Technicolor Digital Cinema signed an agreement with Hollywood's ArcLight Cinemas to provide digital projection systems at its complex. The deal encompasses ArcLight's Cinerama Dome, where Technicolor has previously been testing its systems.
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2008-03-07
Pan-European digital cinema pilot project to launch in autumn - France's MK2, Hungary's Szimpla Film, Denmark's Nordisk Film and Belgium's Kinepolis Group are supporting a European "Cinema on demand" film digitisation project entitled Europe's Finest which is being launched this autumn by Cologne-based reelport to digitise and distribute 30-40 European films.
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2008-03-07
ITV offloads cinema advertising assets - ITV has sold part of its cinema advertising subsidiary Carlton Screen Advertising to a new joint venture company owned by Odeon Cinemas and Cineworld Group in a deal worth £500,000 in cash to the broadcaster.
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2008-03-03
Back in the picture with The Movieum - For years, London has been without a film museum. Now it has one, the Movieum, which opened its doors at County Hall last week. But is it the collection that the capital needs?
The Movieum website can be found at: http://www.themovieum.com/.
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2008-03-01
Vue creates new marketing role - Cinema exhibitor Vue Entertainment is on the hunt to fill the new position of head of marketing.
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2008-03-01
Cinema evacuated after blaze - CINEWORLD in Ipswich was evacuated this evening after a small fire in a light fitting.
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2008-03-01
BBC Trials Live 3D Rugby by Satelitte - "The BBC is to test screen the Rugby Six Nations match between Scotland and England live and in 3D HD to a select audience. The event is a joint venture between BBC Sport and the3DFirm, a consortium comprising media communications firm Can Communicate, 3D specialist Inition and hire and post production house Axis Films, writes Adrian Pennington.
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2008-03-01
3D Movies Arrive at SilverCity Ancaster Cinemas - CINEPLEX ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCES 25 THEATRES IN CANADA TO BE EQUIPPED WITH DIGITAL 3D PROJECTORS AND PREMIERES WITH HANNA MONTANA & MILEY CYRUS: BEST OF BOTH WORLDS CONCERT
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2008-03-01
DTS 4Q Loss Grows on Write-Down - NEW YORK (Associated Press) - DTS Inc. posted a much wider fourth-quarter loss on Thursday due to a write-down on the value of its discontinued digital cinema and images businesses, which it might sell.
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2008-03-01
It's curtains for Showcase Cinemas - The final curtain will drop on the eight-screen Showcase Cinemas in Orange after the last show Sunday, because the business is "no longer financially viable," according to its owners, National Amusements Inc. of Dedham, Massachusetts.
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2008-03-01
New luxury Silverado IMAX opens today near Tomball - These are not the best of times for the movie-theater business. Netflix, cable television, pay-per-view and competition from the Internet and video games are cutting into box-office revenue.
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2008-03-01
Goodbye New Line Cinema
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New Line Cinema has long been a subsidiary of Time Warner and closely allied to Warner Bros, but today it has been announced that the formerly indie studio is being folded into its larger partner, where the name will remain as a genre arm, making comedies, horrors and what the Americans persist in calling "urban" films. In short, it's goodbye New Line as we know it.
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2008-03-01
Pearl and Dean looks to merge with Carlton - Industry speculation has suggested that SMG-owned cinema advertising firm Pearl & Dean is set to be subject to a bid by an Australian venture capital firm.
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2008-03-01
Former Odeon in line for sale - AFTER a three-year search, a buyer may have finally been found for Ipswich's former Odeon cinema, it emerged today.
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2008-03-01
The Vic's screen goes dark tonight - The closing credits will roll tonight at the Vic, downtown Victoria's last single-screen movie house.
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2008-03-01
Odeon: fanatical about film, unless that film is Rambo - Cinemagoers should be able to decide for themselves what to watch, without being punished for the petty feuds of big business
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2008-03-01
Rambo fails to top UK box office - Sylvester Stallone's latest Rambo movie has failed to top the UK box office.
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2008-03-01
Cinema revamp may spark ‘York prosperity’ - THE redevelopment of York's Odeon cinema could serve as a "launch pad" for a wider economic boom, according to a local councillor.
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2008-03-01
MP slams 'extortionate' cinema sweet prices - A family of four face a £22 bill for sweets, drinks and popcorn at Boldon Cinema – and that is before the price of a ticket.
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2008-03-01
Thousands taken in cinema hole-in-the-wall raid - INVERNESS police are awaiting results of forensic tests taken at the scene of a robbery — believed to have involved the theft of thousands of pounds — from a cash machine at the city's Vue cinema.
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2008-03-01
Sounding the Alarm on DTS Inc. - DTS Inc. (DTSI) is a provider of digital multi-channel audio, or surround sound, to the consumer electronics market and Hollywood. The market is a duopoly for audio codecs, with Dolby (DLB) dominating the market. The “duopoly” is more like a monopoly with a second standard for the sake of competition (think Intel (INTC) and AMD (AMD)).
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2008-03-01
Rambo shot down - by UK cinema chain - Pity Sylvester Stallone. Over the past year he's battled the heavyweight champion of the world at the age of 60, and taken on an evil military junta in the jungles of Burma - to say nothing of his off-screen tussles with Australian customs. But his latest battle, with the UK cinema chain Odeon, appears to have been lost.
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2008-03-01
LOTTERY BOOST FOR REVOLUTIONARY TECHNOLOGY IN SUPPORTING UK RELEASE OF U2 3D - The UK Film Council’s Prints & Advertising Fund is backing U2 3D, the first-ever feature length live action film shot and exhibited in breakthrough digital 3D. Released on Friday 22 February by Revolver Entertainment, the film documents the band’s 2006 Buenos Aires concert in the Vertigo tour and is an exciting and immersive cinema-going experience unlike anything seen in cinema before.
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2008-03-01
JPEG 2000 a great step forward for the archival community - The Digital Preservation Coalition has examined JPEG 2000 in a report published today. The report concludes that JPEG 2000 represents a great stride forward for the archival community. The format now allows for greater compression rates and a recompression rate that is visually lossless.
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2008-03-01
The Makeup of Digital Cinema Server Systems - Digital Cinema server systems, in production for several years now, are reaching hundreds of placements in cinemas around the world. Digital Cinema harnesses disk based post-production, compilation, transport, distribution, and play-out technologies into an end-to-end solution.
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2008-03-01
Schneider Optics Appoints D. Scott Dewald to Director of Product Development - Van Nuys, CA (PRWEB) February 27, 2008 -- Schneider Optics, Inc., the well-known lens and professional filter manufacturer, has announced the hiring of D. Scott Dewald as Director of Product Development. He will lead Schneider's international team on Digital Cinema development while simultaneously helping to expand and improve Schneider's entire optical product line.
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2008-03-01
SMPTE Announces Call for Papers for the 2008 Technical Conference and Exhibition - The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) is seeking proposals for technical papers and tutorials for presentation during the 2008 SMPTE Technical Conference & Exhibition. Proposed papers are to be informational in nature and must address technical theory, application or practice associated with technologies relevant to the Motion Imaging Industry.
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2008-03-01
Government offers lukewarm support for South Bank film centre
- The Government's long-awaited culture green paper published last week has offered cautious support for the British Film Institute's proposed Film Centre on the South Bank.
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2008-03-01
MEL GIBSON - GIBSON BUYS AUSSIE CINEMA CHAIN - Hollywood star MEL GIBSON has completed a $19.44 million (GBP9.72 million) deal for his company Icon Film Distribution to takeover a popular cinema chain in Australia and New Zealand. Gibson and his business partner Bruce Davey have purchased the Dendy Cinema chain and distribution business via their Icon firm, making them owners of theatres in cities like Canberra, Brisbane and Melbourne. Warwick Syphers, the managing director of Dendy Cinema's previous owners Prime Media Group, said Icon's offer was attractive "on various parameters, including value, timing and transaction certainty." He adds, "They're fellows (at Icon) who I think are in the business very strongly in the distribution side. It would appear sensible and logical that if you're in that side of the business, it really helps to have a cinema distribution platform." Icon Film Distribution has recently experienced success with the Oscar-nominated movies I'm Not There and The Diving Bell And The Butterfly.
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2008-03-01
FogScreen, Inc. Unveils Interactive Walk-Through Branding - SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- FogScreen, Inc., creators of the world's first walk-through projection screen made of "dry" fog, will be debuting new opportunities for nightclubs, bars and brands at the 2008 Nightclub & Bar Convention and Trade Show. The FogScreen(TM) Inia projection screen will be featured on the showroom floor to offer attendees a glimpse at the future of bar and nightclub branding and entertainment.
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2008-03-01
Maplin intros virtual laser keyboard, type on any flat surface - Maplin has announced the availability of its Bluetooth Laser Key Projection Keyboard, a gadget that will project a keyboard onto any flat, non-reflective surface and allow you to type. It works by optically tracking finger movements, and incorporates both keyboard and mouse functions.
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2008-03-01
Man robbed at knifepoint at Circle Cinema - Brookline - A Dorchester man, who allegedly held up a moviegoer at knifepoint in the parking lot of the Circle Cinema and led police on a foot chase, was arrested on drug and robbery charges last week.
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2008-03-01
Cinema regeneration architect winners revealed - An architectural practice was chosen this morning to provide concept designs for the site of a former cinema in the centre of Royal Tunbridge Wells.
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2008-03-01
Great Glasgow blaze probe continues - Investigations are continuing into a fire which damaged a restaurant, three bars and a historic cinema in a well-known area of Glasgow.
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2008-03-01
Telephonetics signs 3-year cinema line call traffic deal with Kcom
- LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Telephonetics PLC said it has signed a three year deal with Kcom Group PLC to support cinema line call traffic.
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2008-03-01
Hollywood star pays tribute to tiny cinema’s closing scene - A TOUCH of Hollywood glamour was brought to a quiet Welsh street at the weekend when one of the smallest cinemas in the world closed its doors for the last time.
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2008-03-01
Fishing for revenues - GERMANY: A group of digital cinema suppliers have set up a project designed to look for new sources of cinema revenue.
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2008-03-01
GE Provides $55 Million in Financing to Cinema Circuit Owner-Operator Reading International - NORWALK, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GE Commercial Finance’s Media, Communications & Entertainment business has provided $55 million in financing to Reading International (AMEX:RDI), a Commerce, Calif.-based cinema exhibition and real estate company. The financing will support Reading International’s acquisition of a number of cinemas in California and Hawaii, operated by Pacific Theatres Exhibition Corp. Reading International currently owns and operates a majority of leasehold assets in Australia and New Zealand making this acquisition a key component for its plans to expand its presence in the United States.
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2008-03-01
Cinema gets revamp and hosts festival - AN historic cinema in Tenbury Wells has been selected as a venue for Britain's largest rural film festival, just months after it was devastated by flood water.
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2008-03-01
Starry last night for tiny cinema - The smallest cinema in Wales - a 23-seat former railway carriage in a Swansea back garden - has been given a star-studded farewell.
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2008-03-01
Death of Bob Webb, DSM - Following his demob, Bob returned to his job at the Regal cinema, before later transferring to the Clifton as head projectionist. He became expert at the operation of the projection equipment, and prided himself on the speed at which he could repair a broken film against a background of boos and catcalls from the auditorium.
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2008-03-01
Bligh to enact never-used powers to save Regent theatre - EXTRAORDINARY but never used powers held by the State Government will be exploited as part of a bid to save Brisbane's historic Regent theatre.
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2008-03-01
Curtain raised on lost picture palaces - It was September 22, 1937, and the gamine young actress had been pressed into opening the new Granada cinema with her husband Sonny Hale.
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2008-03-01
Renovation Plans Proceeding for Theater - THE Pelham Picture House’s third annual gala, held earlier this month at the Hilton Rye Town in Rye, brought the historic theater another step and half a million dollars closer to fulfilling its mission of becoming a hub for independent film in southern Westchester. The goal of the event, said Jennifer S. Christman, the theater’s executive director, was to ensure a significant percentage of the capital needed for the Campaign for Renewal, which encompasses the restoration and expansion of the theater.
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2008-03-01
The movie starting on platform six - Kneehigh's lively version of Noel Coward's classic brings the dreariness of pre-war Britain to life
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2008-03-01
Film fan thrown out of cinema for bringing own sweets - A cinema sweet price row has started after a film fan was stopped and searched - because he had brought his own bag of sweets.
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2008-03-01
Mum may sue cinema after her daughter falls 14ft - A MUM has said she is considering legal action against a cinema operator after her daughter fell 14ft from a balcony.
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2008-03-01
Seaside cinema closure threatened - Film fans in a west Wales seaside town are being urged to use their local cinema or risk losing it altogether.
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2008-03-01
Ballantyne's Cinema Screen Subsidiary Enters Long-Term Supply Agreement with IMAX for Large Scale Cinema Screens - OMAHA, Neb. - (Business Wire) Ballantyne of Omaha, Inc. (Amex: BTN), a motion picture projection, digital cinema and specialty lighting equipment and services provider, announced today that its Marcel Desrochers Inc. (MDI) subsidiary, doing business as Strong Screen Systems, has entered into a long-term supply agreement with IMAX Corp. (NASDAQ: IMAX). Under the agreement Strong Screen Systems/MDI will provide coated cinema screen sheets and structural screen frames (the key components of a cinema screen system) for use with IMAX
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2008-03-01
Power cut leaves cinema in dark - Cinemagoers were left in darkness when Clapham Picture House was affected by a power cut at 6.45pm this evening.
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2008-03-01
GFF News Update: Cineworld Closed - by Robert Duffin - The GFF team sadly announced today that due to technical problems, the Cineworld on Renfrew Street has been closed for the foreseeable future. All cancelled performances will be honoured or rescheduled and anyone with a ticket should take it to the Glasgow Film Theatre Box Office.
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2008-03-01
Stop the movie snacks rip-off - But while people flock to the cinema, today we expose the rip-off cost of the snacks sold inside.
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2008-03-01
Poles gear up for a trip to the Galaxy - Specialist movie season set for Luton cinema
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2008-03-01
Preview: The Movieum Museum - Today, London’s new movie museum, The Movieum (geddit?), has opened its door to the public, catering to the interest of those, who were left wanting, when the Museum of Moving Image (MOMI) was closed in 1999. The Movieum, situated in County Hall on the South Bank, claims to be both tactile and academic, displaying props and sets from a variety of British films, as well as organising occasional events, permanent exhibitions, and film education.
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2008-03-01
Turning 3-D into a business - RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. -- A call for industry standards for stereoscopic 3-D, both for theatrical release and in the home, was hammered home during a 3-D presentation Wednesday at the Hollywood Post Alliance's annual Technology Retreat.
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2008-03-01
May opening for cinema - ANDOVER'S eagerly awaited new four-screen cinema will open its doors to the public on 14 May - and the first film on screen is expected to be the new Indiana Jones film.
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2008-03-01
Flooded cinema set to reopen - A SHEFFIELD cinema devastated by last summer's floods will reopen later this month following a
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2008-03-01
Hope for cinema - EXPERTS are to visit Barry’s under-threat Theatre Royal cinema to assess it for listing as a building of special architectural or historic interest.
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2008-03-01
A GLASGOW cinema was evacuated today (Tuesday) after an electrical scare. - The Fire Service was called to the Cineworld Cinema in Renfrew Street after an alarm was raised
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2008-03-01
Doremi's Cinema Server Provides 3D Playback On 80% of Hannah Montana Screens - Doremi's DCP-2000 cinema server provides 3D playback on 80% of the screens for Disney's record breaking 3D film
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2008-03-01
3D Rocks the Future - Digital 3D will spark revolution in cinema that could be comparable to the introduction of colour Digital 3D screens in the UK set to increase tenfold by 2012
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2008-03-01
REALD 3D BRINGS U2 3D HOME - Groundbreaking 3D Concert Film's European Premiere in RealD 3D Rocks Band's Hometown of Dublin
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2008-03-01
Ballantyne's Cinema Screen Subsidiary Enters Long-Term Supply Agreement with IMAX for Large Scale Cinema Screens - Ballantyne of Omaha, Inc. (Amex: BTN), a motion picture projection, digital cinema and specialty lighting equipment and services provider, announced today that its Marcel Desrochers Inc. (MDI) subsidiary, doing business as Strong Screen Systems, has entered into a long-term supply agreement with IMAX Corp. (NASDAQ: IMAX). Under the agreement Strong Screen Systems/MDI will provide coated cinema screen sheets and structural screen frames (the key components of a cinema screen system) for use with IMAX's proprietary large format digital, analog and 3-D projection systems.
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2008-03-01
Hoyts backers to buy UK cinema ad group - The Australian private equity firm behind the national Hoyts cinema chain is plotting to buy a theatre advertising company in the UK.
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2008-02-16
Library is new town cinema - PORT CLINTON -- Movie fans have no reason to say there's nothing to do in Port Clinton on a Friday night.
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2008-02-16
“Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert” in 3-D Enabled by AccessIT Technology and Deployment - Disney Digital 3-D™ Blockbuster Adds to Growing Demand for Special Event Programming
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2008-02-16
DIGITALLY INDEPENDENT CINEMA - Converting theaters big and small to digital projection involves a complex mix of standards, art, money, technology, and logistics.
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2008-02-16
Dyke chairs BFI film organisation - Former BBC director-general Greg Dyke has been appointed as the chairman of the British Film Institute (BFI).
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2008-02-16
The Walt Disney Studios, ESPN, AccessIT Team Up to Bring Fans into Theatres for Live Satellite Streaming of Major College Basketball Event - MORRISTOWN, N.J., Feb. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Walt Disney Studios, ESPN and Access Integrated Technologies, Inc. ("AccessIT") (Nasdaq: AIXD - News) will team up to stream a live HD broadcast of the classic rivalry between the University of Texas and Texas A&M into digital cinema- equipped theatres throughout Texas on February 18, 2008. The game will be shown on a total of 15 screens in Carmike Cinemas, Galaxy Theatres and Rave Motion Pictures cinema locations. Excited fans, unable to be in the Longhorn's sold-out Frank Erwin Center, will be able to cheer together from the equivalent of courtside seats as the teams tip-off.
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2008-02-16
Exclusive: Film festival to celebrate David Lean centenary - A film festival is being planned to mark the centenary of the birth of one of Croydon's most famous sons, the acclaimed film director David Lean.
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2008-02-16
BFI Launches Filmstore Online in Partnership with Web Design Agency, Green Jersey & Ecommerce Supplier, Actinic - West Byfleet, UK, 12 February 2008 - For the first time film enthusiasts worldwide can now access a wide selection of DVDs, books, gifts and other film-related products from the British Film Institute’s collection at its new Filmstore website. This is thanks to a partnership between the BFI, web design agency Green Jersey and ecommerce supplier Actinic
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2008-02-16
Brown's plan to make Britannia cool again - London will get a national film centre and a permanent home for its fashion week under Gordon Brown's plans to revive the "Cool Britannia" spirit of new Labour.
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2008-02-16
European archives release vintage films online - Where do you go if you want to watch rare archive films such as a 1916 documentary about life on a German submarine or John Ford's 53-minute Western Bucking Broadway from the following year?
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2008-02-16
Celluloid's still selling - Will 2008 finally be the year that digital cinema comes to a multiplex near you?
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2008-02-16
Cineplex Entertainment Announces New Cineplex Odeon Theatre in London, Ontario - TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Feb. 6, 2008) - Cineplex Entertainment (TSX:CGX.UN - News) is pleased to announce the development of a new eight-screen Cineplex Odeon theatre to open in London, Ontario. Construction is expected to begin in the spring of 2008 with a targeted opening in late fall. Located near the intersection of Wonderland Road South and Viscount Road at the Westmount Shopping Centre, the theatre will occupy approximately 31,000 square feet of space and will offer a first class entertainment experience, replacing the existing six-screen cinema currently located in the mall.
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2008-02-16
THOMSON MOVES TECHNICOLOR - Technicolor is divide its operations in the UK.
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2008-02-16
Fun Cinemas aims to have over 1,500 screens by 2011 - Chandigarh, Feb 14 E-City Ventures promoted Fun Cinemas, is aiming to reach the mark of 1,500 screens across India by 2011. New screens will be added in three formats comprising multiplex, digital screen and talkie town (single screen). Talking to FE, Vishal Kapur, chief operating officer, Fun Cinemas said, "At present we have 53 operational screens in multiplexes and talkie towns. We are planning to take the 110 digital screens to 1,000 screens with an investment of over Rs 200 crore in the next four years. An investment of about Rs 500-600 crore is kept aside for multiplexes and more single screens will also be added."
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2008-02-16
A Brief Encounter with a bygone era - Red roses strewn from the ceiling, a red carpet in the entrance, 1930s signage and plush red curtains with gold brocade; the Cineworld on Haymarket is rapidly being transformed into the newly named Cinema Haymarket, which, from 2 February, will host Kneehigh theatre’s live stage production of Brief Encounter
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2008-02-16
Kneehigh has that movie feelin' - LONDON -- In an era when old-style movie theaters are being torn down for lucrative property deals, the last thing you'd expect to find is a thriving cinema chain producing a play in its venue. But thanks to a deal between David Pugh and Dafydd Rogers -- producers of "Art," "The Play What I Wrote" and "Equus" -- and Cineworld Group CEO Steve Wiener, that's exactly what's happening.
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2008-02-16
Amazon teams up with Lovefilm - DVDs-by-post company Lovefilm is partnering with the rival rental business of online retailer Amazon in a deal that will give them a combined subscriber base of almost 1m people.
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2008-02-16
Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' set for cinema release - Fans can watch video for free to mark 25th anniversary
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2008-02-16
Baftas vs the box office - The British Academy Film and Television Arts Film Awards ceremony takes place tomorrow, honouring the stars of the silver screen.
Features editor Joni Ager takes a look at the nominees and finds out how they compare with the local blockbusters of the past year.
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2008-02-16
ODEON CHANGE - The old Odeon cinema in Nottingham could finally be knocked down and turned into offices and shops.
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2008-02-16
Her Majesty the Screen - It has been six glamorous decades, more than 60 star-studded years, that the Royal family has rubbed shoulders with the nobility of the silver screen.
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2008-02-16
Taking the silver screen to French villages - ECUEILLE, France (AFP) — On a chilly winter morning, the hissing sound of air brakes announces the arrival of an oddly out-sized juggernaut in the main square of Ecueille, a small village in central France.
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2008-02-16
100-year-old cinema closure fight - Campaigners are fighting to save a 100-year-old independent cinema from closure.
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2008-02-16
Vietnam’s first 4D cinema opens -
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Vietnam’s first 4D cinema opens
Vietnam’s first 4D cinema opened Friday in Ho Chi Minh City’s Suoi Tien Theme Park.
The 120-seat ALTA Cine 4D Max Suoi Tien in District 9 consists of a 3D screen with a fourth dimension created by special effects such as a six-channel surround sound system, shakable seats and man-made wind, water, bubbles and snow.
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2008-02-16
Cinema Industry Set For Further Consolidation - After a period of rapid consolidation early this decade, partly prompted by the wave of bankruptcies that hit US cinema chains in 2000-01, merger and acquisition activity in the industry has slowed. However, according to Exhibitor Rankings, an analysis by Dodona Research, 64 companies operating 200 or more screens now own 31,855, or 29%, of all cinema screens worldwide. This compares to 51 companies of similar size with 29,747 screens between them in 2004.
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2008-02-16
Town's cinema is voted the best in the country - KETTERING'S cinema has been named Cinema of the Year by the Odeon group.
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2008-02-16
Make to turn Edinburgh Odeon into hotel - Make plans to convert an art deco former Odeon cinema in Edinburgh into an arts hotel.
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2008-02-16
Cinema in Vienna allows dog owners to take pets in to see films - A cinema that allowed dog owners to take their pets once a month now lays on daily shows because they are so popular.
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2008-02-16
Cinema ads more effective than TV - LONDON - Cinema advertising is eight times more effective than TV in terms of brand recall, according to Cinema Advertising Association research.
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2008-02-16
Is the golden age of British cinema over? - The Baftas are to pay tribute to legendary film director Sir David Lean, whose bright career marked a golden age in British cinema.
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2008-02-16
Qube Cinema chosen for the National Film Board of Canada’s digital cinema initiative - Qube Cinema is the platform of choice for the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) and its new digital cinema pilot project in Atlantic Canada.
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2008-02-16
Office tower plan for Regent Cinema - THE historic Regent Theatre is to make way for a new 38-storey office tower as part of an $800 million redevelopment in the city heart
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2008-02-16
Kodak digital cinema strategy bearing fruit - Italy has entered the digital screen advertising revolution, with Warner Bros International Cinemas (WBIC) aiming to convert its entire network during the first half of this year. WBIC has signed Kodak Digital Cinema to install a networked digital advertising system in all its cinemas, numbering 172 screens in 17 sites when two new sites are completed this year. WBIC is building on Kodak's work in Japan with its sister cinema circuit to digitise its screen advertising in Italian market, generally lagging behind in the wider digital cinema marketplace. Kodak will take control of all packaging and distribution of advertising content, with some tasks taken care of in Italy (such as encoding) but full control remaining with Kodak's network operating centre in USA.
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2008-02-16
Planners offer glimmer of hope to cinema campaign - CAMPAIGNERS hoping to see the former Kwik Save site in Harborough restored into a cinema are delighted after a bid to demolish it was rejected by planners.
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2008-02-16
Cinema seen as council's priority - A new venue for a cinema is a priority for arts development in East Cambridgeshire, it has been announced.
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2008-02-16
Hamster makes great escape while on secret trip to cinema - Sarah's pet does a runner on secret trip to cinema
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2008-02-16
New beginning for historic cinema - A £1.8m project to restore Scotland's oldest purpose-built cinema has been completed.
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2008-02-16
Project Explores Impact Of Digital Cinema - Digital exhibitor kino cinemas, server manufacturer Doremi, software developer SiTec and consultancy peacefulfish have joined forces to launch a pilot project exploring and testing the added value of digital cinema services as a new source of cinema revenue.
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2008-02-16
Digerati Explore 4K Technologies - DJ Woods Productions, in association with Ryerson University and Post DNA Productions, are presenting an opportunity for Professionals in the Film, Television and Advertising industries to expand their knowledge of the concepts and techniques in digital media.
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2008-02-16
FISHING FOR REVENUES - A group of digital cinema suppliers have set up a project designed to look for new sources of cinema revenue.
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2008-02-16
Casablanca - Back On The Big Screen - CASABLANCA RETURNS TO THE BIG SCREEN AT SELECTED UK CINEMA’S FOR VALENTINES DAY
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2008-02-16
Barco projects world premiere of U2 3D at Sundance Film Festival - Using the latest in 3-D digital technology, the screening takes the concert movie to unprecedented heights. Crisp images, sharp colors, it’s like being right there in the front row for the best U2 concert imaginable… and projected by Barco.
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2008-02-16
Santikos Theatres Joins Kodak Digital Cinema Family - Innovative Kodak system powers and automates twenty-seven screens in Texas circuit’s movie complexes
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2008-02-16
Access Integrated Technologies, Inc. Announces Fiscal 2008 Third Quarter Results - MORRISTOWN, N.J., Feb. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Access Integrated Technologies, Inc. ("AccessIT" or the "Company") reported a 51% increase in revenues, to a record $21.5 million for the fiscal 2008 third quarter ended December 31, 2007, versus the year-ago period. In the quarter, the Company posted an Adjusted EBITDA(1) (defined below) of $8.4 million or $0.33 per share, and a net loss of $8.4 million or $0.32 per share. The net loss includes non-cash expenses for depreciation, amortization of intangible assets, non-cash interest, debt refinancing and stock-based compensation aggregating $11.1 million or $0.43 per share.
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2008-02-16
Kodak to power Texas’ Santikos Theatres - Kodak has been selected to power the digital transition of the legendary Santikos Theatres chain in Texas. Full Kodak Digital Cinema systems will be installed on all screens of the newly-constructed Silverado 19 in Houston and on nine screens in current Palladium theatre in San Antonio. All installations will be done by Kodak and include several models of Barco Premiere projectors, depending on screen size and requirements.
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2008-02-16
Digital technology and the film industry - I read the article called "the film industry should embrace digital technology" in which Lord Puttnam gives a lecture at Cass, Monday 14 June 2004. In this lecture, called ‘The Impact of Digital Technology on the Film Industry – Opportunity or Threat?’ at Cass Business School, he said that digital technology offers a huge opportunity for the film industry but the current trend of treating it as a threat could hasten the demise of parts of the industry. Puttnam said the film industry needed to embrace digital technology otherwise it would share a similar fate to that of the music industry which has witnessed a massive drop in profits due to illegal internet trading. Lord Puttnam also spoke of the impact of digital technology on special effects in films, arguing that special effects are both increasingly important in the success of a film as well as being very reliant on specialist skills.
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2008-02-16
WALT DISNEY STUDIOS INTERNATIONAL AND ARTS ALLIANCE MEDIA SIGN DIGITAL CINEMA DEPLOYMENT AGREEMENT - Walt Disney Studios International ("Disney") and Arts Alliance Media ("AAM"), one of Europe's leading providers of digital film distribution services, have reached a non-exclusive long-term agreement for digital cinema rollout across Europe. Disney is the latest studio to support the AAM DCI-compliant rollout. Under the terms of the agreement, Disney will supply European exhibitors with its feature films in digital format and will make provisional contributions towards the digital cinema hardware costs of AAM-deployed DCI-compliant screens.
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2008-02-16
Bafta Film Awards 2008: The winners - Here are the winners of this year's Bafta Film Awards, held at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London.
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2008-02-12
Santikos Theatres Joins Kodak Digital Cinema Family - Kodak announced today that it has been selected to power the digital transition of the legendary Santikos Theatres chain in Texas. Full Kodak Digital Cinema systems will be installed on all screens of the newly-constructed Silverado 19 in Houston and on 9 screens in current Palladium theatre in San Antonio. All installations will be done by Kodak and include several models of Barco Premiere projectors, depending on screen size and requirements.
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2008-02-12
Mystery over moves for mobile cinema - In November last year it was revealed that a mobile 120-seat cinema dubbed ‘The Screen Machine’ was to come to Harborough as a temporary solution to the lack of facilities in the town.
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2008-02-12
Serbia's first multiplex cinema opens - BELGRADE -- The first multiplex cinema in the country officially opened in the Delta City mall in New Belgrade.
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2008-02-11
The smallest shows on earth - Small cinemas are often thought of as hokey homespun little places whose charm resides chiefly in their impression of imminent obsolescence: like the run-down flea-pit in the 1957 Basil Dearden movie The Smallest Show On Earth, starring Peter Sellers as the boozy old projectionist.
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2008-02-11
Santikos Theatres invests in new film-delivery technology by Kodak - Santikos Theatres is going automated at two of the companys movie houses.
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2008-02-11
Digital Watermarking to be Demonstrated at Jan. 30 State of the Net Conference in Washington, D.C. - The Digital Watermarking Alliance (DWA) is a group of organizations that share a common interest in furthering the adoption of digital watermarking and which are actively involved in commercialization of digital watermarking-based applications, systems and services.
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2008-02-11
Cinema site reels in chain restaurant - A £25M leisure and commercial development under construction in the heart of Merthyr Tydfil has taken a major step forward by signing two more high profile brands.
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2008-02-11
Why 3D is about to break through - For a long time 3D movies and TV shows have been a bit of a gimmick. They have been used to re-energise a tired franchise, help a film stand out at a crowded box office or to give TV viewers a glimpse of what the future might hold.
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2008-02-11
DTS Digital Cinema - KeyPort Security Key Management System - The DTS KeyPort™ security key management server is the foundation for automated global key delivery.
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2008-02-11
Hoyts backers to buy UK cinema ad group - The Australian private equity firm behind the national Hoyts cinema chain is plotting to buy a theatre advertising company in the UK.
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2008-02-11
Road diversions for new cinema - Road diversions are being put in place in a Berkshire town as work gets under way to build a new cinema.
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2008-02-11
Resort’s past glories preserved on film; - PIONEERING aviators from 1911 and workers from Southport’s famous car manufacturing industry are hitting the silver screen next month.
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2008-02-11
10 Problems with Today’s Cinemas - I’m a big movie fan, so you’d think I would enjoy going to the cinema. To be honest, I kind of still do. Where else can you see the newest movies on a nice big screen with great sound? But a part of me sees the actual experience as a chore. Yes, I want to see movies in the cinema, but there are so many things wrong with the cinema experience that I wonder if it is actually worth it. If you have a big enough TV set at home, what is the added value of going to the cinema? The traditional concept of the movie-going experience desperately needs a complete reinvention (FourStarters did a post about this a while back).
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2008-02-11
Historic theater to celebrate with free classic films - WILLIAMSBURG - The Kimball Theatre in Colonial Williamsburg will celebrate its 75th anniversary next month with free screenings of several classic films, including one of the first titles ever to play at the historic cinema.
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2008-02-11
Thousands join fight to save cinema - A CAST of thousands has launched a campaign to save a century-old cinema from closure.
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2008-02-11
The A-Z of cinema - Home-video, DVD, high-def, illegal downloads, shaky camcorder copies from Thailand
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2008-02-11
The Southwold Electric Picture Palace - The Electric Picture Palace was opened by Michael Palin in May 2002. It is named after the first Southwold cinema which began to operate in 1912 (in York Road where the Surgery now stands) and follows the style of this period. It has 66 authentic cinema seats, a box office, kiosk, circle, organ, air-conditioning, etc.
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2008-02-11
Digital 3D Cinema Company Real D Raises $20 Million - Los Angeles - Real D, a provider of digital cinema 3D projection systems, has raised $20 million in its fourth round of venture capital financing, led by Pequot Capital, PEHub.com reported.
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2008-02-11
Cottonwood Cinema closing the curtain - The days are numbered for those who enjoy going to the movies without breaking the bank. Cottonwood Cinema in Cottonwood Plaza in Glen Carbon has announced the closing of the low-cost theater.
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2008-02-11
PATENTS: Movies raise the curtain on digital cinema projectors - This patent review from Nerac explores some new developments in digital cinema that may speed its widespread adoption.
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2008-02-11
Digital cinema front, center in Paris - PARIS -- Digital cinema was in the spotlight in Paris on Wednesday as the sixth edition of the International Digital Film Forum (IDIFF) kicked off for the first time in the French capital.
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2008-02-11
Odeon cinema set for sale - A PROPERTY firm is in negotiations to sell Ipswichs former Odeon cinema, it said today.
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2008-02-11
Apollo up for award - THE APOLLO Cinema, in Altrincham, has been nominated for the award of Best New Cinema in the UK.
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2008-02-11
3D television to burst into the living room - Television will enter a new dimension this week with the launch of the first 3D sets designed for use in the home.
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2008-02-11
Memories of the Odeon Cinema - Looking through your paper last week I was excited to see an article about the old Odeon cinema in Preston city centre.
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2008-02-11
Total Film and Sky plan preview events - Total Film magazine and Sky Movies have teamed up to launch a series of red carpet movie preview events to be staged at cinemas across the UK.
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2008-02-11
A new golden age in cinema - A revolution in ambition and intelligence has brought us films to rival those of the 40s and 70s
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2008-02-11
Cinema thief crawled under seats - A man has been accused of stealing from people at a cinema in Sydneys CBD by crawling under the seats during movie showings.
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2008-02-11
Curzon redesigns cinema site - Curzon Cinemas is launching a new-look website designed by Franki & Jonny, listing its film schedules for the five London cinemas.
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2008-02-11
John admits cinema defeat - ACTOR John Thomson has spoken of his anger over the demolition of Withington
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2008-02-11
Curtain falls on Rocky Horror Picture Show at cinema - AFTER nearly 20 years, the curtain has fallen on the late-night Rocky Horror Picture Show screenings held in Sydney.
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2008-02-11
100-year-old cinema closure fight - Campaigners are fighting to save a 100-year-old independent cinema from closure.
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2008-02-11
Bingo slump forces cinema closure - A decline in bingo because of the smoking ban has been blamed for the final curtain falling on the last remaining cinema on Anglesey.
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2008-02-11
'Doctor Who' trailer premieres in UK cinemas - A new trailer previewing the next series of Doctor Who is being launched in cinemas across the UK today.
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2008-02-07
New books charts Basingstoke’s chequered cinema history - Basingstoke’s chequered picture-house history is told in detail in a newly published book, Basingstoke Entertained, by cinema and theatre historian Mervyn Gould.
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2008-02-06
Park Circus Films pick up the first Arts Alliance Media Innovation Award at this year’s RAAM Awards - Glasgow based Park Circus Films were awarded the first Arts Alliance Media Innovation Award at this year’s RAAM Awards presented to the UK and Irish cinema and film distribution industry.
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2008-01-26
New city multiplex is premiered - The latest project to be completed as part of Stirling Council's £110m Forthside development is set to open its doors.
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2008-01-26
Listing bid verdict now due in days - Save the Odeon campaigners should learn within the next fortnight whether their final attempt to have the building listed is successful.
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2008-01-26
Half million pound pirate DVD factory raided in New Cross, SE London. - Following an intelligence led operation, a large pirate DVD factory was raided yesterday in a 3 bedroom semi-detached house in Joseph Hardcastle Close, SE14 by New Cross Safer Neighbourhoods Team and FACT.
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2008-01-26
Pearl & Dean is licked at 20,000 Feet - Virgin Atlantic has launched a Pearl & Dean branded ice-cream on all flights to create a "cinema in the sky" experience for passengers watching in-flight entertainment.
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2008-01-25
Fresh hope for York cinema - AN INDEPENDENT cinema chain has finally completed its purchase of York's former Odeon picturehouse - clearing the way for a major refurbishment later this year.
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2008-01-25
Thatcham cinema application lodged - Just days before building work starts on Newbury cinema, proposal for Lower Way cinema gathers pace
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2008-01-25
OK sought for Odeon flats - A BID to build a new block of flats behind a former city cinema has been resubmitted for approval.
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2008-01-25
Cinema ad spend up as retail and online boost presence - LONDON - Cinema ad spend rose last year for the first time in three years, posting a 10% rise from 2006, after retail and online brands significantly upped their use of the medium.
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2008-01-25
Odeon legacy lives on in £20m project - WHEN a historic art deco cinema closed its doors, Scottish movie legends such as Sean Connery, Dougray Scott, James Cosmo and Brian Cox battled unsuccessfully to save it.
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2008-01-25
Cottonwood Cinema closing the curtain - The days are numbered for those who enjoy going to the movies without breaking the bank. Cottonwood Cinema in Cottonwood Plaza in Glen Carbon has announced the closing of the low-cost theate
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2008-01-21
ITV brings in adviser to sell Carlton Screen Advertising - LONDON - ITV has appointed corporate adviser Grant Thornton to sell cinema advertising business Carlton Screen Advertising, according to a report.
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2008-01-20
Barco’s new 0.98 inch digital cinema platform fully endorsed by Major Hollywood studios - Digital cinema pioneer Barco announced today that major Hollywood studios fully endorse Barco’s new 0.98 inch platform for its DP-1500 and DP-2000 digital cinema projectors.
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2008-01-20
Town cinema shuts - THE people of Nadi will now have to travel more than 20 kilometres to watch movies in a cinema after the town's only theatre closed down last week.
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2008-01-20
Projection Industry Players Align to Set New Standard - Today, leading projector manufacturers and technology providers united to endorse a new international specification that will allow users to evaluate the color performance of digital projectors to ensure their investment delivers the most impact and the greatest effect. The new specification called "Color Brightness" measures color light output. With the fast-paced development of vivid color content and the rapid adoption of high definition video, the quality and impact of the color produced by a projector has become extremely important. Leading industry players in support of the movement include 3LCD manufacturers Epson and Sony.
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2008-01-20
Future Mobile Phones Could Project an Image 40 Inches Wide Onto Walls - 3M scientists have developed a breakthrough ultra-compact, LED-illuminated projection engine designed for integration into virtually any personal electronic device. Roughly the size of a wireless earpiece and less than half an inch thick, the 3M mobile projection engine delivers brilliant VGA resolution images and the company says that it is available immediately to mobile phone manufacturers.
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2008-01-20
FACTBOX: Key facts about Terra Firma - (Reuters) - Guy Hands, the private equity owner of EMI, plans to cut up to 2,000 jobs at the ailing British music company, in a plan to rebuild the group which has sparked fury from some of its biggest acts.
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2008-01-20
Sport could be the next big box office attraction - The digital cinema market is worth a potential $8bn (£4.1bn), with half the world's cinemas in a position to replace traditional 35mm projectors by 2013, according to a report by Deloitte.
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2008-01-20
The instruction of disabled men in motion picture projection - It’s been a while since we added anything to the Bioscope Library. The latest addition is James R. Cameron’s The Instruction of Disabled Men in Motion Picture Projection (1919). Cameron was Instructor of Projection at the Red Cross Institute for Crippled and Disabled Men, in New York. The Institute sought to instruct soldiers disabled during the First World War in suitable professions, and motion picture projection was one of them. As Cameron tells us, “almost any man with both hands intact could, with a course of study of about two months in duration, acquire sufficent knowledge to enable him to enter an operating booth, and take charge of the machines”.
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2008-01-20
Business at a Glance - Da-Lite Screen Co., Warsaw, has launched the Da-Lite Screen Green Exchange Program. The initiative is aimed at reducing the burden to recycle an old projection screen when a new Da-Lite screen replaces an existing installation. The program became effective Tuesday and is available throughout North America. Specific instructions can be found at www.da-lite.com.
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2008-01-20
Kodak Digital Cinema to Manage Pre-Show Content for Warner Bros. International Cinemas in Italy - Kodak announced today that it has been selected to power the digital pre-show transition of all Warner Bros International Cinemas throughout Italy. Beginning later this month, fully-networked Kodak Digital Cinema pre-show systems will be installed on 172 screens in 17 sites, including two new sites scheduled to open later in the first quarter.
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2008-01-20
Several people injured in cinema ceiling collapse in Voronezh -
VORONEZH, January 19 (Itar-Tass) - Several people were hurt on Friday in an incident involving the collapse of a suspended ceiling in a cinema hall of the Moskovsky Prospekt hypermarket in the city of Voronezh, Central Russia, senior regional prosecutor’s aide Mikhail Usov told Itar-Tass.
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2008-01-20
Guy Hands and Terra Firma - A selection of stories which profile Guy Hands and Terra Firma
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2008-01-20
Cineworld rides high on Harry Potter magic - Cineworld, the UK's only listed cinema group, expects to reel in full-year profits at the top end of expectations thanks to the movie magic of last year's Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
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2008-01-20
Cine-tal Opens New Headquarters - Cine-tal Systems (www.cine-tal.com), a leading manufacturer of image processing, display and collaboration solutions used in digital cinema and video production, has moved into a new 17,000 square foot facility in Indianapolis. The move will enable the company to meet rising demand by tripling production capacity for its current product line, including its flagship product Cinemage™ and to bring several new products into production.
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2008-01-20
London cinema to host a stage & screen production - LONDON, ENGLAND — A stage production based on David Lean’s film Brief Encounters will begin February 2 at “The Cinema on The Haymarket” ( Cineworld Haymarket) and last until at least June 22. Both stage and screen will be used. Westminster Council agreed to change the use from cinema to live shows on stage. The official, gala opening will be on February 17. Top price tickets will be only $29.50 pounds, a bargain for the West End.
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2008-01-20
Anger at plans for super-size nightclub - A NEW super-size nightclub for an Essex town would trigger noise, nuisance and anti-social behaviour if it was given the go-ahead, it was claimed yesterday.
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2008-01-20
Two-month road closure as work for cinema starts - WORK starts this month on Newbury's long-awaited seven screen cinema but preliminary work is bound to cause a stink among the town's motorists.
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2008-01-20
Doncaster's Odeon Cinema still for sale - DONCASTER'S historic Odeon cinema is still on the market despite rumours the venue had been sold.
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2008-01-20
E-cinema could bring more movies to more people, especially in remote towns - TORONTO - A handful of Acadian communities are participating this week in a National Film Board of Canada pilot project involving electronic cinema, an emerging new distribution technology that could bring more movies to more people, especially those in small towns where the cinematic pickings are slim.
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2008-01-20
Owners pull plans for Odeon - LONG-AWAITED plans for Chester's Odeon Cinema have been swiftly withdrawn by miffed applicants.
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2008-01-20
Cinema's saviour ready to spread the Everyman effect - WHEN Daniel Broch stepped in to save The Everyman Cinema Club eight years ago, you would have thought he'd have been met with people jumping for joy.
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2008-01-20
British films boost cinema ticket sales - Cinema-goers in Britain and the Republic of Ireland spent £904m at the box office in 2007, up 8 per cent from the previous year, figures showed yesterday.
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2008-01-20
American Picture Palaces - Each week from the 1910s through the 1940s, Americans "went to the show" in record numbers. "The show" drew peak crowds three to four times daily with an extra screening on weekends and it began, as architect S. Charles Lee noted, "on the sidewalk" with the extravagant architecture of America's motion picture palaces. (1) Palaces seated between 2500 and 6000 patrons at a time; "de luxe" palaces boasted stage shows, permanent orchestras, organs, first run films, and an array of customer services unknown to today's cinemagoers. Studio head Marcus Loew recognized, "We sell tickets to theaters, not movies." (2) Movie historian Ben Hall described the movie palace as "an acre of seats in a garden of dreams."(3)
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2008-01-20
Profile: Guy Hands - City man who has hit sour note with music industry over cost cutting at EMI
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2008-01-20
Dance hall, cinema, sports venue idea for Tesco store site - DRIFFIELD'S Tesco supermarket should become a cinema, concert hall, dance hall and a sports venue, according to the latest in an ever increasing list of planning applications.
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2008-01-20
Cottonwood Cinema will close - The Cottonwood Cinema in the Wal-Mart complex will close after Monday night’s screening. Employees were notified on Sunday, Jan. 13, that they have one week to find another job or transfer to ShowPlace 12, another Kerasotes theater.
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2008-01-20
Fights over cinema seats
- FIGHTS on the screen have moved into the cinema since the introduction of compulsory allocated seating at the Greater Union Marion Megaplex.
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2008-01-20
3D cinema: A giant leap forward - Forget those flimsy red and green glasses – 3D cinema is back, but this time it actually works. At a preview of the new U2 film, Rebecca Armstrong glimpses the future
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2008-01-20
Work on centre's cinema completed - Developers building Bristol's new £500m shopping area have finished work on the centre's cinema.
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2008-01-20
Readers urged to help halt demolition of old cinema - CAMPAIGNERS hoping to turn Harborough's former Kwik Save site into a cinema have appealed to Mail readers to object to an application to demolish the site.
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2008-01-20
IMAX signs 10-cinema China deal - BEIJING - IMAX Corp. will install 10 of its giant-screen cinemas in China in its biggest sale in Asia to date in a deal announced Thursday amid a boom in Chinese moviegoing.
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2008-01-20
New plans for Odeon revealed - HAVE YOUR SAY - LONG-AWAITED plans for Chester's Odeon have finally been lodged – and they include room for a 200-seat cinema!
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2008-01-20
Odeon ends cinema life as a legend - A SCREENING of Will Smith's thriller I Am Legend will mark a piece of history at the Odeon in North End, Portsmouth tonight.
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2008-01-20
Opening of Regal Cinema at Colonie Center Delayed Again - Opening of the Regal Cinema movie theater at Colonie Center Mall is being postponed yet again.
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2008-01-20
Historic city film screening marks cinema’s 80th year - THE Woolton Picturehouse last night celebrated its 80th birthday in style as a sell-out “house” sat back and enjoyed Liverpool on Film – a fascinating production showing the changes the city has seen over the years.
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2008-01-20
Cinema to return to Chester city centre - Yorkshire based entertainment company the Brook Group has submitted its plans for the former Odeon cinema in Chester. They involve a mixed-use entertainment venue with shops, restaurant, bar, and cinema.
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2008-01-20
Cinema may join Huntley's growth plan - HUNTLEY -- In the past, local merchants paid for a projector and screen to be set up in the village square so residents could watch an outdoor movie during the annual summer carnival.
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2008-01-20
Mystery withdrawal of cinema plans at former Odeon - MYSTERY surrounds the withdrawal of plans which included a new cinema at the former Odeon.
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2008-01-20
Witness hunt after smashing spree - A CINEMA in Worcester had its windows smashed during attacks on two businesses at the weekend.
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2008-01-20
See Brief Encounter - The website for the Kneehigh show which is being performed at the Cineworld Haymarket
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2008-01-20
RAAM Announce the nominations of the RAAM Awards - The RAAM Awards will take place at the five star Millennium Hotel, Grosvenor Square London W1 on Wednesday 6th February 2008.
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2008-01-20
Lord Attenborough CBE to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award - RAAM is extremely proud and honoured to be able to award Lord Attenborough with a Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the film industry both behind and in front of the camera.
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2008-01-07
Hands continues to clear - Guy Hands has parted company with the chief operating officer at EMI in a review of the business which includes plans to create closer ties between the record label and his chain of Odeon and UCI cinemas.
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2008-01-07
Brief Encounter to Play New West End Venue - Equus producers David Pugh and Dafydd Rogers will present a West End production of Brief Encounter, Kneehigh Theatre's stage version of the classic 1945 David Lean movie.
According to the Daily Mail, the show will be staged at The Cinema, a new venue currently occupied by the Cineworld cinema on London's Haymarket in Piccadilly.
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2008-01-07
Odeon Reports Record Year For UK Cinema - The UK Box Office is celebrating almost 8% growth in takings in 2007, as the popularity of cinema hits a record high in recent years. The news comes as thousands decided to ditch Christmas traditions and instead grab a film and a box of popcorn with family and friends this Boxing Day.
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2008-01-07
MOVING iMAGE TECHNOLOGIES rolls out its first Dolby 3D Digital Cinema Installations - Continuing its support for the independent cinema exhibitor, Moving iMage Technologies has installed its first Dolby® 3D Digital Cinema systems at Cinema City in Anaheim Hills, CA and Whittier Village in Whittier, CA; as well as Maya Cinemas’ flagship theatre in Salinas, CA. These independent cinema chains debuted Paramount Pictures “Beowulf” in digital 3D using Barco DP100 D-Cinema projectors, Dolby’s 3D Digital Cinema systems, and the Dolby Show Store/Show Player digital cinema servers. The most recent installations complete Cinema City’s transformation to all-digital, with 13 Dolby Digital Cinema servers and two Dolby 3D systems. Four of Whittier Village’s eight screens are now fitted with Dolby Digital Cinema servers, with additional installations planned for early 2008.
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2008-01-07
Cinema in blaze drama - FIREFIGHTERS tackled a blaze at a cinema which is home to the Edinburgh International Film Festival. They were called out to the Filmhouse on Lothian Road at around 8.30am yesterday.
A brigade spokeswoman said they had been called out to tackle a fire in the projection room.
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2008-01-07
Mad Cornish Projectionist launches new Digital Cinema Section - The Mad Cornish Projectionist today launched a major new section on his website dedicated to Digital Cinema. The new section is intended to include all areas of this new technology including alternative content. To the intention is to provide the same range of information and resources digital cinema as have been for the more traditional film cinema. Comments, ideas and content are all welcomed.
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2008-01-02
Europe set for wide digital rollout - LONDON — Europe is set for a wide-scale rollout of digital cinema next year, according to U.K.-based cinema research org Screen Digest.
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2008-01-02
Parent company of Technicolor Digital to install more digital systems at theaters worldwide - Thomson has agreed to install digital projectors in a number of major theater chains around the world. This includes Clearview Cinemas here in NJ, although this story is not as big as the IMAX/AMC deal.
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2008-01-02
InFocus Corporation Announces COO Appointment - WILSONVILLE, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--InFocus Corporation (NASDAQ:INFS - News), the industry pioneer in digital projection technology, is pleased to announce the appointment of Joe O’Sullivan as the Company’s Chief Operating Officer.
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2008-01-02
Report: 30 Percent of World’s Cinema Screens to be Digitized by 2010 - The latest report from media analysts Screen Digest claims that Europe has reached a tipping point for digital cinema development and is ready for a wide-scale roll-out.
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2008-01-02
New plans for former cinema - FIFTEEN new jobs could be created immediately if a company that produces china is successful with plans to move into the Carlton Cinema building in Maryport.
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2008-01-02
Cinema project showing tonight - CINEMA lovers in Laneshawbridge are being asked to support a new rural film project which premieres tonight.
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2008-01-02
Fanatical about Film ... but Complacent about Customers? - Back on August 15th, I managed to catch a showing of the Bourne Ultimatum in London’s Tottenham Court Odeon cinema a couple of hours after the star-spangled Leicester Square premiere.
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2008-01-02
Adlabs to operate 200 screens in US - Adlabs Films has entered into agreements with several existing cinema properties and will be operating a 200 screen cinema exhibition chain in USA.
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2008-01-02
European digital cinema foundations are being laid for mainstream market take-up in 2008. Arts Alliance deal acts as a market catalyst - The latest report from media analysts, Screen Digest, entitled 'Digital Cinema: Global and European roll-out, business models and forecasts to 2012', argues that Europe has reached a tipping point for digital cinema development and is ready for a wide-scale roll-out. As David Hancock, the report's lead author and Screen Digest's Head of Cinema argues "The insurmountable obstacle of exhibitor access to key content has been removed with four studios now backing a roll-out programme and the building blocks for a mainstream market deployment are in place."
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2008-01-02
Thomson's NexGuard Watermarking Integrated in Dolby Digital Cinema Servers - PARIS--(MARKET WIRE)--Dec 13, 2007 -- Thomson (Euronext Paris: 18453) (NYSE:TMS - News), today announced Dolby Laboratories Inc. (NYSE:DLB - News) offers the option of NexGuard(TM), Thomson's content security solution suite, in its digital cinema servers. NexGuard watermarking is intended to prevent illegal recordings of digital cinema content, as required by the Digital Cinema Initiative's (DCI) V1.1 specifications. This partnership enables Dolby to embed NexGuard's video forensic watermarking solution in its digital cinema server, which can replay DCI compliant 2D and 3D digital cinema images. Thomson and Dolby have been working together since 2006.
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2008-01-02
Cineworld client seeks contract renegotiation - LONDON (SHARECAST) - Holders of shares in Cineworld were rattled by news that Carlton Screen Advertising wants to materially amend the terms of its existing contract with the multiplex cinema operator.
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2008-01-02
HOPE FOR A HAPPY ENDING FOR CINEMA - Uncertainty still hangs over the future of a Devon cinema - but its fate could finally be decided within a matter of weeks.
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2008-01-02
Cineworld agrees to Carlton Screen Advertising talks - LONDON - Cineworld, the cinema chain, has agreed to enter into discussions with Carlton Screen Advertising, the cinema sales house owned by ITV, about renegotiating their sales contract.
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2008-01-02
FogScreen and AES Partner to Deliver Dry Fog Projection Screen to Tradeshow Organizers - FogScreen's Walk-Through Projection Screen Showcased on December 10-12 at Expo! Expo! In Las Vegas
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2008-01-02
European digital cinema close to breaking deadlock - report - Digital cinema deals signed by studios and exhibitors with integrator Arts Alliance Media (AAM) is close to breaking the D-cinema deadlock in Europe, according to analyst Screen Digest.
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2008-01-02
Pearl & Dean kicks off Hull digital cinema campaigns - LONDON - Pearl & Dean will be selling advertising on the first new-build fully digital cinema in Hull, which opens on 21 December.
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2008-01-02
Preview of Hull's Newest Cinema - Hull new 10-screen Vue cinema at Princes Quay prepares for its premiere screenings on Friday
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2008-01-02
Media Republic - New Dublin City fm Advertising Sales Contractor - MediaRepublic, Ireland’s most progressive media sales house, is delighted to announce their appointment as advertising sales contractor to the newly relaunched Dublin City FM, previously trading as 103.2 Dublin City Anna Livia FM. Dublin City FM, Dublin’s only special interest radio station, has been broadcasting since 1992 and boasts a loyal audience of over 120,000 listeners per week - with programmes reflecting the changing social and economic nature of the culturally diverse city that is Dublin today.The appointment comes at the close of an exciting first year of trading for MediaRepublic, which has seen their appointment as sales house for the two iRadio regional stations i102 - 104 FM in the North West, and also the forthcoming North East franchise. On top of this, 2007 cinema advertising trading has recorded unprecedented growth for Pearl and Dean of over 10%, consolidating their position in Ireland.
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2008-01-02
Group mounts fight to save cinema - NORTHAMPTON - A group of citizens dedicated to keeping the Pleasant Street Theater viable is well on the way to their goal of raising money for the endeavor.
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2008-01-02
Cinema site turned down for housing - THE latest in a series of applications to build affordable homes on the site of a former cinema which has been empty for 11 years has been refused by Kettering Council.
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2008-01-02
Cineplex Entertainment Selects Kodak For Newest Complex - Kodak announced today that Kodak Digital Cinema systems will be the driving force behind all nine ‘next-generation’ digital projectors in Cineplex Entertainment’s SilverCity Oakville Cinemas in Oakville, Ontario, Canada. With nearly 2300 seats in its nine digital -- and three traditional 35mm film -- auditoriums, the entertainment destination offers VIP theaters, bowling, billiards, lounges, child minding services and a retail store, among other leisure activities.
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2008-01-02
Carlton Screen's future in doubt after deal collapses - The future of ITV-owned Carlton Screen Advertising hangs in the balance, after it emerged that ITV’s weak cinema advertising revenue has forced it to renegotiate its advertising contract with Cineworld.
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2008-01-02
Qube Cinema Chooses Thomson NexGuard -
Digital cinema systems supplier Qube Cinema has selected NexGuard, Thomson’s content security suite, for integration into its Digital Cinema Initiative (DCI)-compliant servers. NexGuard offers the means to identify the date, time and location of illegal camcorder recordings in an effort to combat in-theater piracy.
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2008-01-02
Even Stanley Kubrick Had a Problem With Projection Quality - Last week I addressed the ongoing issue of poor projection quality in movie theaters, pointing out that the biggest problem is that people just don't care enough to complain. It's only with everyone's involvement and help will movie theaters begin to improve over time. The response to the article was tremendous and for the sake of building even more awareness, I thought it would be important to continue to mention that the issue is still prevalent. My encouragement to discuss the problem at hand came from originally a blog post by Jeffrey Wells on Hollywood Elsewhere. Wells posted another update on projection quality this week, and this time he pulled in the legendary Stanley Kubrick, who even 20 years ago was complaining about poor theater standards.
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2008-01-02
Curse of the multiplexes - Like this year, 2008 will bring great films - but you'll be lucky to see them
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2008-01-02
Christie Announces Record Year in Digital Cinema - CYPRESS, Calif., Dec 20, 2007 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Christie, a global leader in Digital Cinema, announced record sales of its DLP Cinema(R: 46.15, -0.86, -1.82%) projection systems worldwide for 2007, outpacing the entire field of competition to take a commanding 80% control of the market, a nearly 20% increase over the previous year. Christie surpassed original industry expectations, setting a strong pace of installation that has culminated in more than 4,400 digital screens to date across North and South America, Europe, South Africa, Australia and Asia.
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2008-01-02
Cinema exhibition industry year in review - JOE MOODABE’S cinema exhibition industry year in review
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2008-01-02
Cinema to boost town's business - Work to pave the way for the building of a new seven-screen cinema in the heart of a Berkshire town is to start in early 2008.
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2008-01-02
Cinema move could finally bring the curtain down on sorry saga - IT’S FOR reel: after nine years in the cultural desert a cinema operator has announced it’s bringing Hollywood to Macclesfield.
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2008-01-02
Colorfront takes dailies worldwide - Budapest -based Colorfront has introduced Doremi Digital Mastering and Cinema Player technologies at its facility. It is now the first company in Central Europe able to create Digital Cinema Packages (DCPs) for movies and pre-show content in line with DCI specifications, and to offer a service delivering these materials for viewing in digitally-equipped cinemas worldwide.
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2008-01-02
Analysts predict format war to end next year (2008) - Analysts at U.K. based Screen Digest are now predicting that either HD DVD or Blu-ray will win the hi-def format war next year, although they're not guessing which one. This is a switch from their position over the last few months which has been in agreement with others in the industry that neither format would dominate for at least another 2-4 years.
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2008-01-02
Cinema closure mystery - FILM fans have been kept in the dark about the mysterious closure of Muswell Hill's Odeon cinema this week - after it suddenly shut its doors in the middle of the Christmas blockbuster season.
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2008-01-02
U2 in first ever 3D concert beamed live to a cinema near you - December 19, 2007 Irish supergroup U2 has followed film-maker James Cameron’s lead in embracing state-of-the-art digital 3D technology with plans for a concert to be filmed live in 3D and then streamed in real time to digital cinemas around the world.
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2008-01-02
Cinema in town wins backing - SCARBOROUGH Civic Society has backed an ambitious scheme to build a multi-screen cinema on the North Street car park site.
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2008-01-02
IMAX Signs Theatre Deal With National Amusements - IMAX Corporation (Nasdaq:IMAX; TSX:IMX) and National Amusements Inc., the United States' fifth largest theatre operator, today announced IMAX's sale of the Feinstein IMAX(R: 43.56, -2.35, -5.11%) Theatre in Providence, Rhode Island to National Amusements.
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2008-01-02
Burst pipe closes town's cinema - Film fans in Llanelli have been left out in the cold during the holidays as a burst heating pipe has shut the town's cinema and theatre complex.
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2008-01-02
Christie Announces Record Year in Digital Cinema - Celebrates Blockbuster Success with 80% Global Dominance
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2008-01-02
2008 is the year to bring a Cimema back to Harborough - The great news is that after advertising the site as a leisure investment at least 2 cinema companies have put a bid in for the former Ritz Building on Northampton Road. Even better, the news is that one of them put in a fair and realistic bid. That is, the full market rate for the land. This is the first time in 3 decades that the town has been able to claim that a serious cinema group has actually bid at full price for the land and has made a commitment backed by cash. The company has drawn up full plans for a 6 seater digital cinema.
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2008-01-02
Cinema shutdown ends - THE VEIL of secrecy regarding the future of Muswell Hill Odeon has been lifted following the re-opening of the cinema last Thursday.
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2008-01-02
The slow death of digital cinema - Writes Michael Cieply in the New York Times: “To keep to keep the enormous swarm of data produced when a picture is “born digital” — that is, produced using all-electronic processes, rather than relying wholly or partially on film …
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2008-01-02
Coffee Republic serves up Cineworld UK deal - Coffee Republic, the independent coffee and deli bar operator, has reached an agreement with Cineworld UK to roll out its 'Coffee Republic Served Here' concept to all 73 Cineworld sites in the UK.
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2008-01-02
Barco celebrates 2,000th digital cinema projector milestone - Kortrijk, Belgium, 21 December 2007. Barco is delighted to announce that it has reached its 2,000th 2K digital cinema projector milestone further reinforcing its position as a worldwide industry leader in the Digital Cinema Market. Barco now holds more than 55% market share in Europe and 65% in the Asian Pacific region and is further strengthening its position in the US.
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2008-01-02
Search for business models undermines digital progress - The term 'business model' has been haunting the film industry all year. It has been a given in any conference presentation and a must at market and festival discussions.
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2008-01-02
Archiving costs for FILM vs Digital - Interesting article in the NYT about a recent study on film archiving costs vs digital archiving costs.
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2008-01-02
Cinematic Metadata - I had a recent opportunity to spend a long lunch with seminal New Media theorist and practitioner Lev Manovich discussing all manner of topics and ideas related to New Media aesthetics.
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2008-01-02
Congratulations to Nigel Wolland MBE - Many congratulations to Nigel Wolland, former chief projectionist at the Odeon Leicester Square who has been awarded an MBE for services to the film industry in this year's birthday honourees list. Ian Grey has a nice little piece in his blog. NB Nigel isn't the first projectionist to be awarded in this way, a recent email states:
Dear Sir, just to let you know (emend)? Ronald Curry Doncaster projectionist was awarded the MBE in June 1997 for services to film. So Mr Wolland is not the first proj to be awarded this honour. Mr Curry was also awarded a Blue Plaque in 1996 by the British Film Institute the 100 Year of cinema.Mr Curry served on the Rank sub com with Mr Wolland fighting for better conditions and pay for cinema workers. Hope you find this of interest and Congrats to Nigel. Regards J Barry.
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2008-01-02
Cineworld and Carlton Screen Advertising deal - Various articles from across the web on the above story
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2008-01-02
The first picture show - Two years after the AMC Art Cinema shut its doors, the same company is opening the Castleton Square 14 on Friday. The city's newest movie theater will feature more than 2,400 plush seats and cutting-edge digital technology.
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2008-01-02
And the Oscar goes to? European digital cinema - Europe is the market leader when it comes to digital cinema. But only a small share of what is produced globally is not on film roll. Poor interoperability, lack of standardisation and high costs have, in the past, slowed down expansion. Researchers are now finding ways to make it easier and cheaper to produce digital film.
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2008-01-02
Thomson NexGuard Watermarking integrated in Dolby Digital Cinema Servers - Thomson (Euronext Paris: 18453 NYSE: TMS), today announced Dolby Laboratories Inc. (NYSE: DLB) offers the option of NexGuard?, Thomson?s content security solution suite, in its digital cinema servers. NexGuard watermarking is intended to prevent illegal recordings of digital cinema content, as required by the Digital Cinema Initiative?s (DCI) V1.1 specifications. This partnership enables Dolby to embed NexGuard?s video forensic watermarking solution in its digital cinema server, which can replay DCI compliant 2D and 3D digital cinema images. Thomson and Dolby have been working together since 2006.
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2008-01-02
2008 RAAM Awards - Ciaran Carty honoured by the 2008 RAAM Awards which are presented annually to recognise individual contribution to the film industry and Ireland and the UK.
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2008-01-01
Digital-delivery standard in sight - The Hollywood studios are taking the first steps in a process that could lead to an industry standard for master digital files used to send entertainment content to broadcasters, Internet sites and mobile service providers.
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2007-12-10
European digital cinema foundations are being laid for mainstream market take-up in 2008. Arts Alliance deal acts as a market catalyst - London 10th December 2007: The latest report from media analysts, Screen Digest, entitled 'Digital Cinema: Global and European roll-out, business models and forecasts to 2012', argues that Europe has reached a tipping point for digital cinema development and is ready for a wide-scale roll-out. As David Hancock, the report's lead author and Screen Digest's Head of Cinema argues "The insurmountable obstacle of exhibitor access to key content has been removed with four studios now backing a roll-out programme and the building blocks for a mainstream market deployment are in place."
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2007-12-10
The last picture show: Southland Cinema closes - HOUMA -- Southland Mall’s management wasn’t expecting Southland Cinema to shut down.
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2007-12-10
Adlabs Films to operate cinema chain in U.S - MUMBAI (Reuters) - Adlabs Films Ltd said on Monday it has entered into agreements with several cinema properties and will be operating a 200-screen cinema chain in the U.S., covering 28 cities.
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2007-12-09
No popcorn, then? - Can underground cinema survive when you can find anything on the web? Andrea Hubert takes a subterranean journey
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2007-12-09
Cinema set to reopen for Christmas - Theres good news for local cinemagoers this week with the announcement that Nenagh Ormond Cinema will reopen for Christmas.
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2007-12-09
Digital watermark punishes cinemas, not their evil cam-copying customers - Japan
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2007-12-09
Kensington Odeon scheme gets green light - Minerva and Northacre have been given the go ahead to redevelop a cinema site in Kensington, London into a luxury residential apartment scheme.
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2007-12-09
When d-cinema leaves audinces in the dark - You are not a frequent film goer if you have not sat through at least one instance of a 35mm reel breaking and the projectionist (or the kid who sold you the popcorn) taking forever to fix it. I once waited 45 minutes to get to see the last underwhelming five minutes of
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2007-12-09
AMCs disgraceful Boston Common multiplex is now a national embarrassment - Nationally known blogger slams poor projection and managers smug attitude
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2007-12-09
Pirate is filmed by projectionist - A cinema projectionist who stopped a man from illegally filming at a Croydon multiplex before turning the camera on the movie pirate has been rewarded for his bravery.
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2007-12-09
School snaps up historic theatre - A historic Melbourne theatre has been sold to a nearby school at auction.
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2007-12-09
Sony signs digital deal with AAM - LONDON -- Sony Pictures Releasing Intl. has signed a nonexclusive long-term deal with European digital cinema deployment org Arts Alliance Media.
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2007-12-09
Sony introduces 4K D-Cinema in Singapore - Sony has installed the latest CineAlta 4K SRX-R220 digital cinema projectors, together with the LMT-100 Media Block servers and LSM-100 Screen Management System for the Cathay Cineplexes in Singapore, a cinema operator providing entertainment in Singapore, Malaysia and Dubai.
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2007-12-09
AMC Entertainment, IMAX strike a deal for more 3-D theaters - AMC Entertainment Inc. has struck an exclusive deal with IMAX Corp. to install immersion- experience 3-D theaters at 100 of its megaplexes and multiplexes throughout the U.S.
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2007-12-09
Qube Cinema Integrates Thomson - Thomson (Euronext Paris: 18453) (NYSE: TMS) today announced that Qube Cinema, a key supplier of Digital Cinema systems, has selected NexGuard
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2007-12-09
CINEMA GOING UNDER HAMMER - The site of a former cinema and supermarket will go under the hammer this week.
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2007-12-09
Plans for old cinema approved - BLOCKBUSTING plans to revamp a former cinema building have been passed by Wakefield Council planning chiefs, paving the way for a
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2007-12-09
Calls for new cinema on blaze anniversary - ON THE 25th anniversary of the blaze that shut down Selbys last permanent cinema, councillors have issued fresh calls for a new picture house.
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2007-12-09
Access Integrated Technologies Announces International Distribution Agreement for Its Theatre Command Center(TM) and Library Management System(TM) with Doremi Labs Inc. - -Capitalizing on their successful collaboration in the U.S. digital cinema market Access Integrated Technologies, Inc. (
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2007-12-09
Move to digital movie projection is going slowly - Digital projection may improve the look of movies on the big screen, but it hasn
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2007-12-09
Matti Multiplex Opens as Film Festival Ends - As the curtain fell closing the second Ethiopian Film Festival, the doors opened on Addis Abebas newest cinema, Matti Multiplex
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2007-12-09
UK mergers and acquisitions flows slowed sharply in Q3 - Mergers and acquisitions flows slowed sharply in the third quarter of the year, signalling the extent of the summers credit crunch, official figures showed today.
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2007-12-09
CHRISTIE SUPPLIES CANADA - Cineplex Entertainment Sets New Standard for Theatres Throughout North America
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2007-12-09
DOREMI LABS OUTFITS NEW SCREENING ROOM WITH STATE-OF-THE ART DIGITAL B-CHAIN - DOREMI LABS OUTFITS NEW SCREENING ROOM WITH STATE-OF-THE ART DIGITAL B-CHAIN
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2007-12-09
Imax to double theaters in United States - Imax says it plans to put 100 large-format digital-projection systems in AMC theaters in the United States during the next three years.
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2007-12-09
Cinema work starts in town revamp - Work on laying the foundations of a new cinema has started as part of the £75m regeneration of a Cornish town centre.
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2007-12-09
Town gets £100m regeneration deal - A cinema and theatre complex, a seafront plaza, office spaces and 300 new homes are all part of the £100m regeneration planned for a Sussex town.
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2007-11-30
Thomson Signs Agreements with Three North American Exhibitors to Provide Digital Cinema Projection Systems - PARIS & BURBANK, Calif--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Thomson (Paris:18453 - News) (NYSE:TMS - News), through its Technicolor Digital Cinema business, has signed agreements with Clearview Cinemas, iPic Entertainment and Cinemaworld to install digital projection systems as part of its North American digital cinema equipment deployment.
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2007-11-30
Dolby 3D Digital Cinema Extends Reach in Theatres Worldwide - Dolby Laboratories announced that its Dolby 3D Digital Cinema system was available in 75 screens in 12 countries worldwide in time for the release of Paramount Pictures' Beowulf, which premiered November 16.
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2007-11-30
Anti piracy stops premiere - PREMIERE Australian screenings of much-hyped 3D spectacular Beowulf descended into farce on Monday night when the digital projection technology failed simultaneously in Adelaide and Perth.
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2007-11-30
Horrified film fan rats on her cinema - A DISGUSTED film fan ratted on her local cinema this week as she accused the Holloway Road Odeon of being infested with vermin.
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2007-11-30
Peter Bart honoured by the 2008 RAAM Awards which are presented annually to cinema exhibition and distribution leaders - The recipient of the 2008 RAAM International Award was announced in London today
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2007-11-30
Vote for Plaza - PEOPLE were being urged to vote for the Plaza community cinema today, to secure it a £50,000 lottery prize.
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2007-11-30
Ex-cinema site will house flats and shops - FLATS and shops are to be built on the site of a former Wakefield city centre cinema which has stood derelict for a decade.
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2007-11-23
UK troops get Mobile Movie Machine - British troops can now pop into a local cinema, in Afghanistan!;British Forces in Afghanistan are about to get a big welfare boost. SSVC’s giant Movie Machine, a state-of-the-art 80-seat cinema on wheels, is deploying to Camp Bastion in Helmand Province for the thousands of British Forces based there. Housed in the largest vehicle which is road-legal, this amazing rig can convert from articulated lorry to plush cinema in just half an hour, with one man driving and operating.
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2007-11-23
FogScreen and PlayMotion Partner to Deliver World's First Fully Interactive Walk-Through Projection Screen - SAN FRANCISCO and ATLANTA, Nov. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- FogScreen, Inc., creators of the world's first walk-through projection screen made of "dry" fog, and PlayMotion, an interactive media company that develops unique, gesture-based interactivity for the entertainment, education and healthcare sectors, today announced that they have signed a strategic partnership to bring fully interactive capabilities to the award-winning fog projection screen. Now people everywhere can manipulate and play with virtual objects that look as if they are literally floating in mid-air.
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2007-11-23
West Berkshire's only cinema opens - The Corn Exchange's Screen One set to provide art house and independent films in Newbury
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2007-11-23
3D cinema comes to Blackpool - The Odeon in Blackpool has a new
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2007-11-23
Great Escapes and Barco debut in Digital Cinema Grand Opening - Digital cinema pioneer Barco is proud to announce that Great Escapes Theatres chose Barco exclusively for its brand new Harrisburg complex located at the Harrisburg Mall in Pennsylvania.
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2007-11-23
India cinema owners found guilty - A court in the Indian capital Delhi has found the owners of a cinema hall and several officials guilty for a fire 10 years ago which killed 59 people.
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2007-11-23
Theater applies for tax breaks - WORCESTER
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2007-11-23
18-wheel cinema from Scotland to Afghanistan - If you can
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2007-11-23
Anthony Doesburg: Focus on digital cinema takes the film out of the movies - With many cinemagoers up in arms at finding themselves watching inferior electronic screenings of movies rather than the 35mm film of old, must we give up our celluloid dreams?
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2007-11-23
St Kilda's cinema icon to go under the hammer - THE Astor Cinema needs a knight in shining armour. The St Kilda art deco landmark will be auctioned for the first time in 41 years next month and will struggle to survive in its single-screen form.
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2007-11-23
Odeon work halted until status verdict - No further work will be carried out on Bradford's Odeon site until a decision is reached on a sixth bid for listed building status.
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2007-11-23
Cinema gets alcohol licence - A cinema in Nottingham has become one of the few in the country to be granted a licence allowing cinema-goers to take alcohol into the auditorium.
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2007-11-23
French chain to convert to digital - Pumping Europe
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2007-11-23
Moonlight Cinema is on it's Way Back - The Nissan Moonlight Cinema is an open air cinema which screens the latest releases plus a mixture of contemporary, cult and classic movies on the lawns of the Synergy Parkland at Kings Park.
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2007-11-23
Disparity in cinema prices revealed - Cinema tickets can cost anything from
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2007-11-23
FIRST EUROPEAN EXHIBITOR GOES FULLY DIGITAL - CGR SIGNS WITH ARTS ALLIANCE MEDIA - Virtual Print Fee Agreement Signed For 400 Screens In France. To see what Screen Digest had to say, click here.
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2007-11-23
Malcos Razorback Cinema debuts new digital 3-D experience - While movie attendance is said to be on the decline, industry officials are hoping a 40-foot image of Angelina Jolie in 3-D will help revive the movie-going experience and entice a new generation away from their big screen televisions and surroundsound systems.
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2007-11-23
The Projectionist - I grew up across the street from Gordon Brinckle in the small town of Middletown, Delaware. Gordon was born in 1915, and as a boy he fell in love with the grand old movie palaces, most of which have now been demolished. During World War II he worked as a projectionist for the US Army, showing the latest Hollywood movies to boost the troops
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2007-11-23
Boston's Newly Renovated IMAX - Mugar Omni Theater at the Museum of Science will reopen with a new service partner.
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2007-11-23
DTS aims for the digital signage market - UK - DTS Digital Cinema today has announced the availability of its XD10 Media Player for digital signage and commercial A/V applications. The product combines an HD-capable A/V server and control package, suitable for a variety of applications from hotels to airports, theme parks to museums.
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2007-11-23
AccessIT Looks to Expand Digital Cinema Deployments - Access Integrated Technologies (AccessIT) announced its intent to provide up to an additional 10,000 networked Digital Cinema systems to exhibitors across the United States and Canada.
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2007-11-23
REAL D, GLOBAL LEADER IN 3D CINEMA, PASSES 1000 SCREEN MILESTONE FOR BEOWULF RELEASE - “GAME-CHANGING” REAL D 3D PLATFORM NOW AT 1,110 SCREENS WORLDWIDE ;REAL D, the global leader in 3D, today announced that its next-generation 3D cinema experience reaches over 1100 screens as of press time, surpassing the company’s previously announced milestone of 1000 screens for the release of Paramount’s Beowulf on November 16, and outpacing industry estimates. Most moviegoers who see Beowulf in 3D will see it in REAL D 3D, the largest global 3D cinema platform. Beowulf premiered in REAL D 3D on November 5 in Los Angeles.
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2007-11-23
REAL D 3D DELIVERS $8 MILLION FOR PARAMOUNTS BEOWULF AND ESTABLISHES 3D AT BOX OFFICE - Paramount Pictures
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2007-11-23
D&E ENTERTAINMENT ROLL OUT FALL 2007/2008 DIGITAL CINEMA EVENT SCHEDULE - LEADING MARKETING AND BRANDING COMPANY OF WORLDWIDE DIGITAL CINEMA THEATRICAL PREMIERES CONNECTING CONSUMERS AND ARTISTS VIA GROUNDBREAKING DIGITAL FORMAT
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2007-11-15
Hamiltons Glass Snail Slithers Into Hammersmith - With a budget of £250 million it will contain 30,193 square metres of offices, a new 1,858 square metre multiplex cinema and 1,393 square metres of retail space for restaurants and cafes. There will also be a new pedestrian route from Beadon Road to Lyric Square.
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2007-11-15
3D experience hits Hatfield - THE future of cinema arrived at Hatfield Odeon yesterday- the first cinema in Europe to go digital.
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2007-11-15
Cinema Listings on Your Mobile - Easy Cinema have launched a text service where you can get cinema listing information on your mobile phone.
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2007-11-14
Digital cinema lifts off, eyes 2013 orbit - LONDON -- After more than 10 years in development, digital cinema finally took off this year, with 4,627 screens converted through September, nearly 5% of the global total.
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2007-11-14
Resurgence of British productions brings fans back to the cinema - Industry fights back against internet, helped by Harry Potter - and bad weather
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2007-11-14
FIRE UPDATE: Cinema blaze "suspicious" - POLICE believe the fire at Shaw Ridge may have been an arson attack.
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2007-11-14
Blockbusting Success for Mobile Cinema Tickets - In July, Village Cinemas in the Czech Republic became the first cinema chain in Europe to deliver and redeem tickets on customers
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2007-11-14
Disused nightclub fire suspicious - A bowling alley and a cinema in Swindon were evacuated after a fire broke out in a disused building nearby.
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2007-11-14
Cinema world in a 3D revolution - THE new generation of high-end digital cinemas will boast stunning detail, a wider range of content and amazingly realistic 3D effects.
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2007-11-14
AccessIT plans on 10,000 d-cinemas - Access Integrated Technologies is putting in place the largest digital-cinema deployment plan to date.
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2007-11-14
City Entertains Proposal to Combine Cinema, Parking Downtown - The City Council could give new meaning to the term
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2007-11-14
Entrepreneur buys disused cinema - A millionaire developer has bought a landmark former cinema for
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2007-11-14
$8 billion Digital Cinema Market Beckons - $8 billion Digital Cinema Market Beckons: Half of All Screens Will Be Digital by 2013. The conversion of the world
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2007-11-14
Ram-raiders drive into cinema - Ram-raiders are being sought after a vehicle was driven through the doors of a cinema in Ipswich.
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2007-11-14
Temporary cinema for town - A MOBILE 120-seat cinema will be coming to Harborough to provide a temporary solution to the lack of facilities in the town.
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2007-11-14
FogScreen Promotes AV Rental Partner Program for Walk-Through Projection Screen Made of Dry Fog - SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- FogScreen, Inc., creators of the world's first walk-through projection screen made of "dry" fog, today announced that their successful AV rental partner program will be showcased at LDI 2007. Resellers and dealers can continue partnering with FogScreen(TM) to sell and rent the stunning, fully interactive device that creates magical visual effects wherever captivating audience attention is essential, such as nightclubs, casinos, tradeshows, live stage events and high-end parties.
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2007-11-14
QuVIS Serves New All Digital Stadium Cinema in Historic Harrisburg - QuVIS is proud to announce that it has been selected to provide 2D and 3D Digital Cinema JPEG2000 servers for the new Great Escape Digital Stadium Cinema 14 opening today in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The new state-of-the-art multiplex, located in the Harrisburg Mall, will feature 14 all-digital screens with crowd-pleasing stadium seating.
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2007-11-14
Historic cinema saved thanks to Standard campaign - One of the oldest working cinemas in the country has been saved - with help from the Harwich and Manningtree Standard.
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2007-11-14
Access Integrated Technologies, Inc. Announces Fiscal 2008 Second Quarter Results - MORRISTOWN, N.J., Nov. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Access Integrated Technologies, Inc. ("AccessIT" or the "Company") reported a 95% increase in revenues, to a record $19.5 million for the fiscal 2008 second quarter ended September 30, 2007, versus the year-ago period. In the quarter, the Company posted an Adjusted EBITDA(1) (defined below) of $6.9 million or $0.27 per basic and diluted share, and a net loss of $9.3 million or $0.37 per basic and diluted share. The net loss includes non-cash expenses for depreciation, amortization of intangible assets, non-cash interest, debt refinancing and stock-based compensation aggregating $10.4 million or $0.41 per basic and diluted share.
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2007-11-14
Digital Cinema Report - Ten years in, digital cinema has become a reality. With most of the technical and business issues at least on the brink of solution, the big questions now are how long is the roll-out going to take, and when is going to be the best time to get on the bandwagon.
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2007-11-14
3D experience hits Hatfield - THE future of cinema arrived at Hatfield Odeon yesterday- the first cinema in Europe to go digital.
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2007-11-14
Dolby Executives Receive SMPTE Honors - Dolby Executives Receive SMPTE HonorsSAN FRANCISCOCA-DOLBY-LABORATORIES
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2007-11-09
A Step Toward the Future of Cinema - There’s a big gamble taking place right now at the highest levels of American filmmaking and it concerns almost every major studio and many of the biggest producers and directors in the industry. Cameron, Zemeckis, Disney, Paramount, and Fox believe they have the future of cinema within their grasp and each has bet hundreds of millions of dollars that audiences will agree. That dream is 3-D cinema, and by all accounts this is not your parents’ Jaws 3 in 3-D. It’s a form of digital 3-D that solves all the past issues, such as headaches due to the crappy cardboard glasses or poorly synched reels. Where available, the films being shown in 3-D have been outselling the non-3-D version of the same pic three to one.
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2007-11-09
Cinema just the ticket as attendance figure hits 600 - BRISK ticket sales at Hawick's new cinema are proving that it has made a welcome return to the town after 23 years, but its success will only continue with crucial feedback and support from townsfolk.
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2007-11-09
DTS Reports Third Quarter 2007 Financial Results - DTS, Inc. today announced financial results for the third quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2007.
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2007-11-09
Dolby Laboratories Reports FY 2007 Fourth Quarter and Year-End Results - SAN FRANCISCO --(Business Wire)-- Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE:DLB) today announced the Company's financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended September 28, 2007.
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2007-11-09
Rival Korean exhibitors back digital - SEOUL -- South Korea's two leading exhibitors, CJ-CGV and Lotte Cinema, are setting up a 50/50 joint venture to encourage the uptake of digital projection in theaters.
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2007-11-08
Boost for cinema fans - CINEMA fans in Evesham have received a boost with the news that a lottery grant of more than a quarter of a million pounds could lead to the reopening of the town's Regal Cinema.
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2007-11-08
Beowulf becomes even more epic in 3-D - When Oscar-winning US film-makers set out to create a landmark 3-D film that would revolutionise 21st-century cinema, they turned to an 8th-century English poem.
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2007-11-08
Irish go to the cinema most often - Statistics published by Eurostat revealed that citizens in the 27 EU countries went to the cinema 929 million times in 2006.
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2007-11-08
Suspended cinema worker spared jail for setting himself on fire - A disgruntled employee who turned himself into a human fireball inside a cinema complex was saved from serious injury by staff.
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2007-11-08
Mystery as plaques vanish from historic former cinema - Mystery surrounds the disappearance of two plaques from Bradford's landmark former Odeon building.
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2007-11-08
DLP Cinema(R) Technology Surpasses 5,000 Screen Milestone Deployed by Every Major Circuit including AMC, Carmike, Cinemark and Regal Cinema - Now Showing in 42 Countries and Every Continent except Antarctica - DALLAS, Oct. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Texas Instruments (TI) today announced that its DLP Cinema(R) technology has surpassed the 5,000 screen milestone on a path to doubling that next year. There are 5,260 DLP Cinema enabled theatres installed across the globe, an increase of 140% from the same period one year ago.
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2007-11-08
Ballantyne Reports Q3 Earnings and Updates Progress of Digital Cinema Businesses - Ballantyne of Omaha, Inc. (Amex: BTN - News), a motion picture projection, digital cinema and specialty lighting equipment and services provider, today reported financial results for the third quarter (Q3) and nine months ended September 30, 2007.
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2007-11-08
Odeon revamp set to be a touch of glass - WORK could start early next year on the
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2007-11-08
Access Integrated Technologies Announces Plans For New Digital Cinema Deployment Plan Targeting 10,000 Screens - Further solidifying its global leadership in Digital Cinema, Access Integrated Technologies, Inc. (
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2007-11-08
Curtain up on cinema revamp - IMPRESSIVE new facilities have been unveiled at Kettering's cinema ahead of its 10th anniversary next month.
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2007-11-08
Academy Selects Architecture Firm for Museum in Hollywood - Beverly Hills, CA — The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures will be designed by French architecture firm Atelier Christian de Portzamparc, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Sid Ganis announced today. The selection was approved by the Academy’s Board of Governors, based on the recommendations of the Architect Selection Subcommittee, chaired by Academy member Jeannine Oppewall.
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2007-11-08
AMPAS panel notes digital dilemmas - Just as Hollywood is preoccupied with keeping its content machine running, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has weighed in on the problems of preserving existing digital content -- and it's not a pretty picture.
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2007-11-07
BUDDING FILMMAKERS GET A SECOND SHOT AT
‘60 SECONDS OF FAME’ - '60 Seconds of Fame' is back. This exciting and innovative short film challenge was launched by BAFTA and Orange in 2006, and attracted more than 250 entries. This year, aspiring filmmakers are invited to submit a 60 second short film, based on the theme ‘unite’. The winning film will be featured on the BBC1 broadcast of the Film Awards, watched by millions around the world.
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2007-11-05
Doremi Cinema's DCP-2000 Server Receives FIPS Level 3 Certification - Doremi Cinema announces that its DCP-2000 cinema server has officially received a Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) 140-2 Level 3 validation certificate.
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2007-11-05
GDC Selects Thomson - DMN Newswire--2007-10-22--Thomson (Euronext Paris: 18453
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2007-11-05
Screen tested: A rough guide to the UK's cinemas - Britons have been going out to watch films in record numbers. But, says a new report, not all of them have been enjoying it. Jerome Taylor identifies some of the best and worst venues
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2007-11-05
THE WAY THE PIRATE FILM INDUSTRY WORKS - Piracy costs the global film industry about
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2007-11-05
Digital cinema reduces carbon dioxide emissions, too - Raaja Kanwar is the new face of the old Apollo Tyre Group. The eldest son of group chairman OS Kanwar is not only involved in running the Rs 3,000-crore family business, but is also spearheading the diversification and development of new businesses for the group. He is on the board of UFO India Limited, which has launched UFO Moviez. It uses digital media instead of conventional prints for film screening
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2007-11-05
Stinky Pig's Vortex Of Movie Madness - TRIBUTE TO A CINEMA - THE CARLTON (1934-2007)
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2007-11-05
Cinema site future uncertain again - The future of the former Odeon cinema in Ipswich hangs in the balance yet again after it emerged today that it is up for sale.
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2007-11-05
Industry Vet John Wolski Joins Deluxe Digital Cinema - HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Oct. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Deluxe Digital Cinema, a unit of Deluxe Entertainment Services Group Inc., has announced that John Wolski has joined as its new Vice President of Exhibitor Services. Wolski will be leading Deluxe's relationship management with the exhibition community, helping to build a national satellite network, and representing Deluxe at major industry events and standards bodies.
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2007-11-05
Ster-Kinekor Goes 3D - Cape Town: Ster-Kinekor Classic recently launched new generation 3D at The Zone in Rosebank Gauteng and Gateway in KwaZulu-Natal with screenings of the hit films Meet the Robinsons and Tim Burton's classic Nightmare Before Christmas.
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2007-11-05
Norway's digital cinema roll-out test to expand - Norway's industry-wide attempt to digitise the whole nation in a consensus-led conversion is to expand its screen base and widen its focus to include satellite distribution. Norway's film agency Film&Kino has released extra funding for this project to expand to 23 screens, for a total d-screen base in country of 40. There is a second project involving exhibitor Kristiansand Kino and UK's Arts Alliance. The expansion of NORDIC will result in a screen base that is 10 per cent digitised, similar to USA's current situation. Phase One of the project was completed in May 2007, and resulted in identification of areas to resolve. Second phase is aimed at deepening the research to include some remote locations and assess their operational requirements, add in servers from more suppliers now that more are closer to DCI-compliance especially in field of FIPS certification. The third area is to include satellite distribution with partner Telenor Satellite Broadcasting, including both films and alternative content. An all-digital multiplex is to be opened in Bergen in order to assess the reality of a digital environment and film flow.
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2007-11-05
Its a miracle that nobody was hurt - HUNDREDS of tons of steel scaffolding, at Odeon Towers in Beach Road Strand, collapsed and hurtled to the ground early on Thursday last week, after one of the supports of the structure was allegedly dislodged during gale force wind conditions. No one was killed or injured, nor any vehicles damaged. "Despite all that went wrong, we were also very lucky, " Frans Brand of Paintmasters told DistrictMail on Tuesday. "Fortunately, it happened at night, at a time when there were no cars in the parking lot or passing traffic. The only casualties were two broken windows in the building."
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2007-11-05
Credits roll at Dreamland cinema - The final credits are due to roll at a an art deco cinema which set a design trend when it opened in 1935.
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2007-11-05
Cineworld pay offer agreed - Cineworld projection members have voted by over 85% to accept a 3.9% pay increase and a 0.5% uplift to the annual bonus.
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2007-11-05
No go – red light for flats and shops plan for cinema - Empty for 25 years but plans face veto PLANS to convert a derelict Burntisland cinema into a retail and residential complex look set to be shelved.
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2007-11-05
Nonprofit group finalizes sale of Franklin Cinema - The $1.75 million purchase of the historic Franklin Cinema by The Heritage Foundation of Franklin and Williamson County has been finalized.
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2007-11-05
$3.4 million in-house cinema wins HE's installation of the Year Award - A house in Asuton, Texas has just been awarded with Hoem Entertainmet's "Installation fo the YEar" accolade - check out the photographs
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2007-11-05
Cinema developers under fire - THE company behind plans to tear down Bradford's former Odeon cinema has refused to reveal details of structural surveys it claimed it commissioned on the historic building.
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2007-11-05
NASHE KINO COMMITS FUTURE TO DIGITAL CINEMA - Christie, a global leader in visual solutions for entertainment, business and industry, announced it has received the commitment of Russian distributor Nashe Kino (
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2007-11-05
Glickman lauds Indias anti-piracy effords - NEW DELHI -- India is making strides in the battle against piracy and compares favorably with neighbor China, MPA chairman and CEO Dan Glickman told The Hollywood Reporter here Monday.
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2007-11-05
DTS Digital Cinema Supports Release of First Mexican Production in Digital Cinema Quality - DTS Digital Cinema is proud to announce that it has encoded the highly anticipated release of the Mexican production La Leyenda de la Nahuala, utilizing its JPEG2000 variable bit rate encoder. The November 1 release date of La Leyenda de la Nahuala in Mexico will mark the first release of a Mexican production which meets the digital cinema specifications set by the major Hollywood studios. The release will be screened in select cinemas on the DTS FilmStore
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2007-11-05
CHRISTIE APPOINTS GEORGE D. SCHECKEL, JR. DIRECTOR OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT - New Position Addresses Christie
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2007-11-05
Exclusive Bon jovi concert presented by the bigger picture, an Access IT company, on more than 100 Movie Screens Digital Cinema Movie screens nationwide - Bon Jovi The Lost Highway Event on the Big Screen is being distributed by AEG Network LIVE for digital cinema and other outlets
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2007-11-05
Amazing Journey: The Story of The Who - Exclusive live premiere at ODEON - ODEON Cinemas to host live satellite link to London Premiere with introduction and Q&A with film makers and band legends Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey
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2007-10-26
Screen tested: A rough guide to the UK's cinemas - Britons have been going out to watch films in record numbers. But, says a new report, not all of them have been enjoying it. Jerome Taylor identifies some of the best and worst venues
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2007-10-25
Odeon signs up for 500 RealD systems - Owned by private equity group Terra Firma, Odeon and UCI, the leading European multiplex chain, agreed a deal to convert approximately 30 per cent of its 1,700 screens to digital 3D cinema by year end 2009 using the RealD format. This 500 screen deployment across seven European territories including Italy, Spain, Germany and the UK will position Odeon and UCI with the largest 3D footprint in Europe. The deal will see an additional eight sites upgraded to digital 3D capability for the release of Paramounts Beowulf in November 2007 on top of the existing five screens also using the RealD system in the UK. The first round of deployments will see Odeon upgrading its existing digital screens with the RealD system
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2007-10-25
THOMSON : GDC SELECTS THOMSONS FORENSIC WATERMARKING FOR DIGITAL CINEMA SERVER ROLL OUT - PARIS--(MARKET WIRE)--Oct 22, 2007 -- Thomson (Euronext Paris: 18453) (NYSE:TMS - News) today announced that GDC, one of the leading solution providers for digital cinema, has selected NexGuard(TM), Thomsons comprehensive, state-of-the- art forensic tracking product line, for integration into 1,200 digital cinema servers.
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2007-10-25
Curtain falls on 23-seat cinema - The final credits have rolled at a 23-seat cinema housed in an old railway carriage that has been entertaining film lovers for more than 50 years.
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2007-10-25
IMAX goes for digital cinema and 3D in 4K - Large format (LF) exhibitor IMAX is slowly pulling the curtains back on its long-gestating plans for digital cinema and how to hang on to the 3D cinema market segment, just as digital 3D is about to go mainstream with Beowulf.
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2007-10-25
Small is the choice - A NEW Which? study has found that cinema-goers prefer smaller independent cinemas to big chains, such as Odeon or Vue.
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2007-10-25
A reel-life drama - A CINEMA projectionist who showed the final film before the closure of a towns last picture house will return to the job after nearly 25 years.
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2007-10-25
Disparity in cinema prices revealed - Cinema tickets can cost anything from £3.50 to more than £12 per adult, a new report has found.
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2007-10-25
Campaigners launch 'save cinema' petition - RESIDENTS are defending their cinema with a petition to ask a council to reverse controversial cuts.
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2007-10-25
Views Sought on New Cinema for Whitehaven - A WHITEHAVEN resident is hoping to create a new one-screen cinema in the Copeland area.
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2007-10-25
Doremi Cinema's DCP-2000 Server Receives FIPS Level 3 Certification - Doremi Cinema announces that its DCP-2000 cinema server has officially received a Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) 140-2 Level 3 validation certificate.
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2007-10-25
Vue backs all-digital cinema in U.K - LONDON -- Vue Entertainment, the U.K.'s third-largest exhibition company, has pumped £5 million ($10 million) into Europe's first new all-digital cinema, the company said Wednesday.
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2007-10-19
Restoration Grant for NFTA - In an impressive public relations move, the British Film Institute (BFI) will tomorrow use the opening of the 51st London Film Festival to announce a much-needed grant from government to restore the countrys National Film and Television Archive (NFTA).
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2007-10-19
Screen Digest - Arts Alliance Media (AAM), the European digital film distribution company, has signed up a third Studio to enable its digital cinema deployment target of 7,000 screens. Paramount Pictures has agreed a non-exclusive long term agreement for digital cinema deployment, under which it guarantees to supply its films in the digital format. AAM is currently targeting roll-out in nine Western European nations as well as the Nordic and Benelux regions. Paramount joins other major Studios Fox and Universal, who have already signed similar agreements with the AAM d-cinema network.
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2007-10-19
Future of Film Archives secured - As the curtain opens on the Times BFI 51st London Film Festival, Culture Secretary James Purnell today announced that the UK Film Council (UKFC) has been awarded
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2007-10-19
ITV DVD SIGNS DOWNLOAD TO OWN DEAL WITH ARTS ALLIANCE MEDIA - LONDON, 15th October 2007
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2007-10-19
REAL D CONTINUES GLOBAL 3D CINEMA DOMINANCE, PARTNERING WITH ODEON AND UCI FOR THE INSTALLATION OF 500 DIGITAL 3-D SYSTEMS ACROSS EUROPE - REAL D teams up with ODEON and UCI to bring 3D cinema to Spain and Italy, with aggressive expansion in UK, Ireland, Germany, Austria, & Portugal
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2007-10-19
ACCESS IT TEAMED WITH INTERNATIONAL DATACASTING AND SENSIO TECHNOLOGIES INTRODUCES LIVE 2-D AND 3-D EVENT SATELLITE STREAMING THROUGH CINELIVESM - Access Integrated Technologies, Inc. ("AccessIT") (NASDAQ:AIXD) announced today, CineLiveSM, a new proprietary product that will bring both 2-D and 3-D live content to movie theatres equipped with digital cinema. CineLive, the next step in leveraging the digital era to further enhance exhibition offerings, is a new set of hardware, developed exclusively for AccessIT by International Datacasting Corporation (TSX:IDC) and Sensio
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2007-10-19
Thomson Signs Exclusive Long-Term Agreement with Overture Films to Provide Range of Film & Distribution Services - Thomson (Euronext 18453
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2007-10-19
Qube XP-D Digital Cinema Server now equipped with stereoscopic playback capability - Qube Cinema announced today that the Qube XP-D Digital Cinema Server is now available with 3D playback capability. This feature has been implemented in compliance with the DCI specification and draft SMPTE standards and works with single stereoscopic 48 fps Track Files.
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2007-10-19
Access IT’s Bigger Picture announces anime alternative content offerings at Showeast - The Bigger Picture, the alternative content distribution division of Access Integrated Technologies, Inc. ("AccessIT") (NASDAQ:AIXD), continues its foray into Asian cinema with four new movies as part of its partnership with leading anime and Japanese film DVD distributor, FUNimation Entertainment.
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2007-10-19
NASHE KINO COMMITS FUTURE TO DIGITAL CINEMA - Christie, a global leader in visual solutions for entertainment, business and industry, announced it has received the commitment of Russian distributor Nashe Kino (
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2007-10-19
DLP Cinema® Technology Surpasses 5,000 Screen Milestone - Deployed by Every Major Circuit including AMC, Carmike, Cinemark and Regal Cinema – Now Showing in 42 Countries and Every Continent except Antarctica
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2007-10-19
DCI ANNOUNCES COMPLETION OF ITS COMPLIANCE TEST PLAN FOR DIGITAL CINEMA VALIDATION AND COMPLIANCE TESTING - Digital Cinema Initiatives, LLC (DCI) announced today the completion and availability of the DCI Compliance Test Plan (CTP). Six months ago, DCI engaged CineCert LLC to finalize the CTP, which includes validated test procedures for the DCI Specification, version 1.1, including all referenced SMPTE standards. It details test procedures appropriate for each class of digital cinema device, such as projectors, servers, and media blocks.
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2007-10-19
Sony to Install SXRD 4K Digital Cinema Systems in Four New AMC Theatres - PARK RIDGE, N.J., Oct. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Sony Electronics is equipping four of AMC Theatres new movie theatres with CineAlta(TM) SXRD(TM) 4K digital cinema systems.
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2007-10-19
DIGITAL CINEMA: THEATRE CIRCUITS CLIMB ABOARD A FAST-MOVING TRAIN - The world
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2007-10-19
Dolby Spotlights CP650DC Audio Processor for Digital Cinema at ShowEast 2007 - Oct 18, 2007 (WORLDWIDE COMPUTER PRODUCTS NEWS via COMTEX) -- DLB | charts | news | PowerRating -- At ShowEast, Dolby Laboratories is showcasing its latest version of the Dolby CP650 audio processor designed exclusively for digital cinema applications.
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2007-10-19
Cinema battle begins after funding vote - THE fight to save a cinema is on after councillors objected to a controversial vote to slash its funding.
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2007-10-19
DLP Cinema(R) Technology Surpasses 5,000 Screen Milestone - DALLAS, Oct. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Texas Instruments (TI) today announced that its DLP Cinema(R) technology has surpassed the 5,000 screen milestone on a path to doubling that next year. There are 5,260 DLP Cinema enabled theatres installed across the globe, an increase of 140% from the same period one year ago.
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2007-10-19
Delay-hit - A NEW
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2007-10-19
3-D cinema available to audience in Istinye Park - AFM cinemas, Turkeys largest cinema chain, has decided to bring technological advances into cinema life in Turkey and has opened Istanbuls first IMAX, a three-dimensional movie theater in Istinye Park along with a 12 screen movie theater with 2,270 seats
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2007-10-19
Property redevelopment: Put your money into reel estate - Coming soon to an old cinema near you... the thrilling story of developers with an eye for an opportunity. Mary Wilson reports
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2007-10-19
U.K. government saves BFI archive - LONDON -- The future of Blightys national and regional film archives has been secured thanks to a
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2007-10-19
Campaigners urge council action to preserve cinema - Campaigners trying to save Bradfords former Odeon cinema are calling on the citys council to serve a preservation notice on the historic building.
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2007-10-19
Westcott Cinema, open since 1919, closes today - Westcott Cinema to will close its curtains indefinitely today after more than a decade of operation.
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2007-10-19
Imax moves up launch of digital projection system - Giant-screen movie company Imax Corp. (TSX: IMX) has moved up the launch date for a "stunningly crisp" digital projection system to the second quarter of 2008, from the end of next year to mid-2009.
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2007-10-19
Whats your favourite independent cinema? - We need more cute and imaginative picture houses, yet many of the ones we already have are in danger of closing.
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2007-10-19
Dolby 3D finds some cinema fans - Dolby has signed up a passel of cinemas to use its Dolby 3D movie technology, the company announced Monday
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2007-10-19
Task team formed to press for new cinema - A TASK panel has been set up and other exciting developments have followed a meeting about a potential Harborough cinema.
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2007-10-19
Cinema hit by ram raiders - RAM RAIDERS smashed into the entrance of the Empire Cinema in High Wycombe just before midnight last night.
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2007-10-19
Qube Cinema Strengthens European Presence - Qube Cinema, Inc. is expanding its presence in Europe with key sales in Germany, Italy and the Czech Republic
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2007-10-19
DTS D-Cinema rolls security mgmt system - MUMBAI: DTS Digital has announced its new digital cinema security key management server, KeyPort, to be shown at ShowEast 2007 that is being held in Orlando from 15-18 October.
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2007-10-19
Days of film dying as theaters go digital - For more than 110 years, since movies were invented, frames of film have moved in front of an illuminated lens, creating the illusion that we are watching "motion" pictures.
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2007-10-19
Cinema Ad Revenue Up 15 Percent - NEW YORK Ad revenue among Cinema Advertising Council members grew 15 percent to nearly $456 million in 2006, up from $395 million in 2005, according to a CAC report released today. CAC members account for more than 81 percent of U.S. movie screens.
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2007-10-19
The Jazz Singer (Three-Disc Deluxe Edition) - The Jazz Singer has been showing up on clip and compilation reels for going on seventy years now, with a snatch of Al Jolson performing or saying the immortal words, "You aint seen nothing yet!" For viewers in 1927 amazed at the sight of a talking motion picture, those words have served as the leadoff for the entire talkie revolution. Warners box set of The Jazz Singer packages the milestone film with two additional discs of extras that include a new docu as well as dozens of original Vitaphone short subjects, all restored. But the Al Jolson feature remains the draw -- finally seen in a respectably restored condition, its less a fossil from the dawn of sound than a fully realized star-vehicle musical that uses its talkie sequences to wow the audience.
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2007-10-19
Suburban Chicago Cineplex is the Country - Muvico Theatres has opened their new 101,000 square-foot movie palace in the Chicago suburb of Rosemont, Illinois. The new venue, which has 18 screens is the country
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2007-10-12
PARAMOUNT PICTURES INTERNATIONAL AND ARTS ALLIANCE MEDIA ENTER INTO AGREEMENT TO DEPLOY DIGITAL CINEMA IN EUROPE - London, UK – 11 October, 2007 – In a move that accelerates the conversion to digital cinema in Europe Paramount Pictures International (PPI) and Arts Alliance Media (AAM), Europe’s leading provider of digital film distribution services, have reached a non-exclusive long term agreement for digital cinema deployment. Under the agreement PPI has committed to supply its films in digital format to AAM deployed DCI-compliant digital cinema screens in the UK and Ireland, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Spain, Italy, the Nordic region and Benelux.
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2007-10-12
ARTS ALLIANCE MEDIA ADDS PATHÉ TO DOWNLOAD LIBRARY - LONDON, 10th October 2007 – Arts Alliance Media (AAM), Europe’s leading provider of digital film distribution services, has added content from Pathé to its roster of content available for download. The deal announced today will see titles including Talk To Her, Memento and The Queen being made available for customers to rent, from £2.99. The deal also covers Pathé’s forthcoming available current titles.
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2007-10-11
Odeon Sky Filmworks strikes UK deal for REC with Filmax - Odeon Sky Filmworks has taken the UK rights to Filmax's horror film REC from directors Jaume Balaguero and Paco Plaza.
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2007-10-11
Cineworld enters the next dimension - CINEWORLD, which owns the UK's biggest portfolio of digital screens, is to bring 3D to its Edinburgh cinema at Fountainbridge.
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2007-10-11
EU celebration cinema built to be demolished - A cinema will be built then demolished after just a handful of screenings as part of a film prize scheme to celebrate the European Union which is costing taxpayers £240,000.
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2007-10-10
Odeon Star Cinema - Opened as the Wondergraph Picture Palace in 1920, it ran a matinee every Saturday tickets cost threepence. In 1952, it became the Odeon Star. It closed in 1976, a victim of the trend away from cinema.
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2007-10-10
Cineworld strikes largest digital 3D deal in Europe - Cineworld, one of the leading multiplex chains in the UK has agreed a deal with RealD, the leading digital stereoscopic format provider, for the installation of 30 systems for the release of Beowulf in November 2007. In addition, Regal, the largest exhibitor in the US, will also convert an additional 25 screens to digital 3D capability using the RealD system for the re-release of Nightmare 3D, on top of around 100 screens it has already upgraded. The deals are likely to be the first of several announced prior to release of several digital 3D titles in Q4 2007, mirroring the previous pattern of exhibitors responding to early 3D content availability.
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2007-10-10
E-City plans theatres, malls across 45 cities - E-City Ventures, Zee group
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2007-10-10
Volvo ad turns audience into joysticks - Interactive car advert lets moviegoers get behind the virtual wheel by waving their arms around.
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2007-10-10
Peter Greenaway declares cinema officially dead - Famously uncompromising British helmer Peter Greenaway declared cinema officially dead but said interactive forms of filmmaking offered exciting new possibilities.
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2007-10-10
Europe's largest Digital Cinema test bed set to expand - NORDIC Project Phase II will add new digital cinema servers, focus on satellite transmission and include more remote cinema locations
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2007-10-10
DTS Digital Cinema Launches KeyPort(TM) D-Cinema Security Key Management System - BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--DTS Digital Cinema (NASDAQ:DTSI - News) is announcing its breakthrough digital cinema security key management server, KeyPort(TM), to be shown at ShowEast 2007 (Orlando, Oct 15-18).
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2007-10-09
The heyday of reel cinema - THE projectors in modern cinemas like the Basildon Empire or the Southend Odeon are computers in everything but name.
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2007-10-09
Take That to broadcast gig live to 50 Cinemas - Fans disappointed to have missed out on tickets for Take That's sold-out British tour can watch the reformed boyband in action at one of 50 live cinema screenings across the U.K.
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2007-10-09
Centennial Twin Cinema to close within weeks - FARMINGTON — San Juan County will lose a local landmark Oct. 21 when the Centennial Twin Cinema, locals' "dollar movie," closes its doors after 31 years. In the last decade, the Centennial offered movie patrons budget-priced tickets.
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2007-10-09
Movie Theater Incentives: What Works? What Doesn't? - In heading back to our roots on discussing the theatrical side of cinema, I caught a recent piece over at Cinematical titled The Exhibitionist: Moviegoing Incentives by Christopher Campbell. The article is a lengthy introspective on Christopher's thoughts recently while choosing between two local theaters purely based off of incentive. It's a great look at a regular moviegoer's thoughts and opinions when considering movie theaters, whether looking at it from a marketing standpoint, or from a layman's standpoint of choosing the best option. The article really lead me to wonder, at movie theaters are there certain incentives that work and certain incentives that don't?
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2007-10-09
Dolby Digital Cinema Receives Industry's First FIPS Level 3 Certification for Digital Cinema - Dolby Laboratories, Inc. today announced that the Dolby Digital Cinema server has offically earned its Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) 140-2 Level 3 validation certificate. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a nonregulatory federal agency within the US Department of Commerce, awarded the certificate.
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2007-10-09
Kodak to Showcase Its ‘Evolving’ Theatre Management System at ShowEast Systems are driving full feature schedules on two continents in working cinemas - Kodak will demonstrate its comprehensive and commercialized Kodak Theatre Management System (TMS), to exhibition and distribution managers at the 2007 ShowEast convention and trade show in Orlando next week. These demonstrations come just seven months after the company showed prototypes at ShoWest and subsequently installed first systems in busy working cinemas.
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2007-10-09
Feldman Mall Properties Announces New Lease for 14-Screen Rave Theater at Northgate Mall in Cincinnati, Ohio - CINCINNATI, Oct. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Feldman Mall Properties, Inc. , a real estate investment trust focused on the renovation and repositioning of enclosed regional shopping malls, today announced the signing of a new 60,000 square-foot lease with Rave Digital Media/Rave Motion Pictures for the creation of a state-of-the-art 14-screen, all-digital multiplex at Northgate Mall, a 1.1 million square foot mall located in the northwest suburbs of Cincinnati, Ohio. The new theater, which will total approximately 2,850 seats, is expected to open in the fall of 2008.
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2007-10-09
Cineworld pay ballot extended - The ballot deadline on Cineworld's pay offer has been extended to 19 October due to the CWU postal workers' strike action.
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2007-10-05
DTS Digital Cinema Announces Implementation of Philips CineFence Forensic Watermarking on FilmStore(R) Digital Cinema Player - TWYFORD, England, BUSINESS WIRE -- DTS Digital Cinema today announced that it has implemented the Philips CineFence(1) forensic watermarking technology on its FilmStore(R) Digital Cinema Player as part of its commitment to continue providing solutions that support DCI specifications for digital cinema.
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2007-10-05
Exploring novelty in digital cinema - Film-making is a hobby for this civil engineer from the US who also runs a consultancy and software firm. Now, he has floated a project division called International Dream Merchants (IDM) to encourage budding talents in Tamil cinema.
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2007-10-05
Star Cinema projectionists work in the reel world - These days it seems like everything is digital but you might be surprised to know that the projectors at movie theaters in the area are not.
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2007-10-05
What Are D-Cinema Manufacturers Up To? - DCinematoday’s creator and editor Bill Mead cast a State-of-the-Union eye on the activities of all the different digital cinema equipment manufacturers in an article from Film Journal International. According to celluloidjunkie.com, the conclusion is the most interesting thing about the article.
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2007-10-05
Cineworld RPI pay offer - Cineworld members are being offered a RPI pay offer which union negotiators are recommending is accepted.
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2007-10-05
Ballantyne to Provide 24 NEC Digital Projectors Equipped with REAL D 3-D Technology to Regal for October 19th Launch of ""The Nightmare Before Christmas"" in Disney Digital 3-D - Ballantyne of Omaha, Inc. (Amex: BTN), a motion picture projection, digital cinema and specialty lighting equipment and services provider, announced today that its Strong Digital Systems (SDS) division will provide 24 NEC STARUS(TM) NC2500S Digital Cinema projectors with REAL D 3-D technology to Regal Entertainment Group (NYSE: RGC). The 24 projectors will be shipped in time for the October 19th release of Walt Disney Pictures" animated feature film The Nightmare Before Christmas in Disney Digital 3-D. Financial terms of the agreements were not disclosed.
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2007-10-05
Digital Cinema - What are the true benefits to the exhibitors? - I have been involved on the technologies side for a number of years and consulting with a couple exhibitors for their digital transition. I am, however, finding it difficult to recommend digital equipment(outside advertising systems) for the small 10- to 50-auditorium organizations I speak to.
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2007-10-05
Imax in Joint Venture With Regal Cinemas - NEW YORK (AP) -- Imax Corp., which makes movie projection systems for use on giant screens, said Tuesday it entered a joint venture agreement with Regal Cinemas Inc. for five Imax theater systems.
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2007-10-05
Film fans give cinema the flick - More complaints about poor picture and sound quality have surfaced around digital format movies screened at arthouse cinema Rialto Newmarket.
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2007-10-05
Cinema call goes international - A CAMPAIGN to give Harborough its own cinema for the first time in nearly 30 years has received an international response from supporters.
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2007-10-05
From the golden age of cinema... two reel bargains - TWO cinema projectors which lit up the big screen for thousands of movie-goers from the 1930s to the 1990s are up for sale.
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2007-10-05
Technology Has Done it Again - In the early 1970s every single movie theater in Sacramento County employed union projectionists. Now, in 2007, there is one theater left using the union. There are only seven projectionists in Local 50. The Crest Theatre employs them all. Union-paid projectionists are a dying breed, and they will never repopulate the movie industry.
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2007-10-05
The challenge was to synchronize sight and sound - It wasn"t the first talkie.
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2007-10-05
Cinema plans to go on show - A PROJECT to bring a cinema and bowling alley complex to Trowbridge is expected to move a step forward at a meeting on Wednesday.
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2007-10-05
Angry filmgoers accuse cinema of showing domestic DVDs - Art-house cinema Rialto Newmarket is under fire for showing movies from DVD-type formats that lack the picture and sound quality of film.
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2007-10-05
The story behind city"s Mr Film - For almost a decade he has proved the driving force behind a
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2007-10-05
Summer cinema gets boost from rain - Record summer takings at box offices in Britain have been put down partly to the terrible weather.
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2007-10-05
Grand Cinema C3X 1080 Projector or Ferrari? - SIM2 just released the Grand Cinema C3X 1080p Projector. I don"t know whether to project this thing or drive it - damn thing looks like a cheery red Ferrari. SIM2"s Next Generation Grand Cinema C3X 1080 3-Chip DLP is one of the first to utilize Texas Instruments DLP Product"s latest DarkChip chip to integrate superior contrast plus benchmark-quality 1080p video display with the functions and features required to power today"s sophisticated home theaters, all within the dramatic industrial design for which SIM2 is justly famous. It delivers astonishing performance from its compact design.
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2007-10-05
Cinema"s winning formula - Edward Lawrenson tears himself away from his DVDs long enough to see how the spectacle of sport stands up on the silver screen
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2007-10-05
Couple will bring cinema to downtown Greeley - As you enter through the front door of the downtown building, Linde Thompson turns to you and smiles.
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2007-10-05
Williamstown cinema gets new image - WILLIAMSTOWN — Images Cinema installed a new marquee early Thursday morning, replacing its heavy, tattered two-dimensional shingle with an aluminum model, which pops out over the sidewalk.
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2007-10-05
Australia"s Publish And Broadcasting Ltd, West Australian Newspapers Unload Hoyts Cinema Chain - (RTTNews) - Australia"s Publishing and Broadcasting Ltd and West Australian Newspapers have transferred cinema chain Hoyts to buyout firm Pacific Equity Partners.
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2007-10-05
NEW CINEMA NETWORK: AN INTRODUCTION - While no-one knows the exact number of potentially great film projects that just sit on the shelf, it is estimated 75% of first-time film-makers do not complete their second projects.
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2007-10-05
HAVE YOUR SAY: Our city needs a cinema - There was standing room only at a public meeting at St Mary"s Centre last night when an estimated 250 movie lovers turned out to show their backing for a bid to Save the Odeon.
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2007-10-05
Cinemas vs DVD release - This has become one of thee issues of the film industry over the last few day and that is whether the films should be released both at the cinema and on DVD at the same time.
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2007-10-05
Savills predicts further cinema sector consolidation - The UK cinema market will see further consolidation and expansion, with new technology and improving facilities driving growth, according to the latest research from Savills. The report predicts that there is at least one more major deal in the sector, further focusing a market which has 85% of screens controlled by three operators.
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2007-10-05
Solar Cinema: The Groovy Movie Picture House - Even in this age of DVDs and movies on iPods, there is nothing like the collective experience of sharing a movie. In the UK, it"s a moveable treat: The Groovy Movie Picture House is a 45 foot diameter portable cinema, "with full blackout lining, a coconut matting floor, providing a cosy venue for daytime or night time screenings for audiences of over 150." Now they have gone solar: "All of our power requirements are provided by eight large, highly visible solar panels, which charge a large battery bank, providing electricity for screenings during bad weather." It is "an exciting demonstration of green technology in action!"
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2007-10-05
FogScreen Introduces Reseller Program For World"s First Dry Fog, Walk-Through Projection Screen - FogScreen, Inc., creators of the world"s first walk-through projection screen made of "dry" fog, recently announced the introduction of the FogScreen Reseller Program. Resellers and dealers can now sell or rent FogScreen"s stunning device that creates elegant visual effects wherever there is a desire to captivate audience attention, such as nightclubs, casinos and live stage events.
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2007-10-05
Domestic cinema market lucrative in big names - VietNamNet Bridge – With the presence of such names as Warner Bros, Envoy Media Partners, and Megastar, the domestic cinema market has been developing steadily and still has lots of untapped potentials, said cinema investors.
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2007-10-05
Flats plan for site of old cinema - A NEW landmark building to replace Coventry"s old Theatre One cinema which has stood empty for five years.
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2007-10-05
Barco & Cinemeccanica Further Strengthening Their Cooperation With A Value Added Partnership - With this agreement Cinemeccanica will have access to the new range of 0.98", 2K digital DLP Cinema projectors from Barco which will allow them to promote and develop the world of digital cinema together.
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2007-10-05
Ballantyne to Provide 24 NEC Digital Projectors Equipped with REAL D 3-D Technology to Regal for October 19th Launch of ''The Nightmare Before Christmas'' in Disney Digital 3-D - OMAHA, Neb.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ballantyne of Omaha, Inc. (Amex: BTN - News), a motion picture projection, digital cinema and specialty lighting equipment and services provider, announced today that its Strong Digital Systems (SDS) division will provide 24 NEC STARUS(TM) NC2500S Digital Cinema projectors with REAL D 3-D technology to Regal Entertainment Group (NYSE: RGC - News). The 24 projectors will be shipped in time for the October 19th release of Walt Disney Pictures' animated feature film The Nightmare Before Christmas in Disney Digital 3-D. Financial terms of the agreements were not disclosed.
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2007-10-04
Editorial: The shock of the new - It's tempting to see digital cinema as a manana technology - perpetually on the horizon but never getting any nearer. The effect is magnified if you count out your life in d-cinema conferences, which have often made a virtue of heated arguments about bafflingly esoteric points. As Arts Alliance Media CEO Howard Kiedaisch puts it: "If you go to more than two digital cinema conferences a year, you need to get a hobby."
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2007-10-04
SmartJog unveils the 1st database of digital cinema server certificates for the French exhibition market - During the 62nd Convention of the FNCF (National Federation of French Theater Owners), taking place from October 2nd to the 4th in Deauville, France, SmartJog, the global leader in secure digital delivery of media, plans to announce the first operational certificate database and device registry for digital cinema servers installed in France. Intended for distributors and laboratories, the database objective is to facilitate the generation of valid Key Delivery Messages (used for decrypting) to the theaters.
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2007-10-04
DTS DIGITAL CINEMA ANNOUNCES IMPLEMENTATION OF PHILIPS CINEFENCE FORENSIC WATERMARKING ON FILMSTORE® DIGITAL CINEMA PLAYER - DTS Digital Cinema today announced that it has implemented the Philips CineFence[1] forensic watermarking technology on its FilmStore® Digital Cinema Player as part of its commitment to continue providing solutions that support DCI specifications for digital cinema.
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2007-10-04
New 'arthouse' cinema for Fifers - A new "arthouse" cinema is to be opened in Fife with the backing of St Andrews University.
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2007-10-04
projectiondesign cineo3+ 1080 Projectors In VFX review suites At The Moving Picture Company - The Moving Picture Company (MPC) based in Soho, London, UK has taken delivery of two cineo3+ 1080 DLP projectors from Norway's projectiondesign for use in visual effects review suites.
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2007-10-03
Film at the Grand - The rise and fall of Paris’ old Grand Theater, for decades a center of activity in the downtown area, is being captured for all time in a documentary that could be seen around the world.
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2007-09-21
Cineworld appoints new COO - Cineworld Group, the UK cinema chain, has appointed a new chief operating officer.
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2007-09-20
Crews called to blaze at cinema - Firefighters are called to tackle a blaze at a cinema in Bristol.
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2007-09-17
Ulysses cinema gets a reel good makeover - A SMALL band of historians is celebrating after an old music hall and cinema featured in the James Joyce epic Ulysses was restored to its former glory.
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2007-09-17
Heres looking at 10 years of Tacomas Grand Cinema - For South Sound lovers of independent movies (
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2007-09-17
Vandals set back revamp at Odeon - YORKS former Odeon cinema is now unlikely to re-open until next year after vandals broke in and damaged the main screen and foyer area.
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2007-09-17
Omniplex cinema firms value doubles - One of the main holding companies in the Ward Anderson cinema group has increased in value to almost
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2007-09-17
Bluetooth boost for cinemas - Cinemas are going to be able to make better use of Bluetooth technology for marketing purposes on the back of a new deal.
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2007-09-17
Wharf Film Festival launches - FILMS celebrating Docklands life will get a screening at the first Wharf Film Festival which starts today (Thurs).
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2007-09-17
Latest cinema plans to be submitted - A REVIVED plan for a city centre cinema will be disclosed at a meeting tomorrow night.
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2007-09-17
Groups organize to keep independent films in Camden as Bayview Street Cinema closes - CAMDEN
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2007-09-14
Cinema scheme set to be shelved - A scheme to provide Scarborough town centre with a multi-screen cinema looks likely to be a casualty of the £140m project to redevelop the resort's North Bay.
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2007-09-13
Online Movie Strategies - New Screen Digest Report - Screen Digest have just published our latest report, 'Online Movie Strategies: Competitive review & market outlook'.
The report focuses on the online distribution of digital movies in Western Europe and the US, and contains detailed analysis of the strategies of the major Hollywood Studios as well as five year forecasts of consumer spending and studio level revenues generated from online a la carte movie transactions.
The study also details penetration of technology: including broadband connectivity, portable video device data and in-home broadband-enabled entertainment device forecasts.
The company profiles section of the report presents key details on eight Hollywood Studios, including the size of libraries prepared for digital distribution and a comprehensive bench marking of service deals struck in the US and Western Europe.
Please click on the following link for a full description of the report, as well as a table of contents, sample extract, and pricing details
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2007-09-13
Odeon hotel plan premiered - PLANS which would see the former Odeon cinema on South Clerk Street transformed into a hotel were today unveiled by the building's owner.
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2007-09-13
College site will be redeveloped - The site of the old Swindon College is to be transformed into a cinema, shops, restaurants, a supermarket and flats.
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2007-09-13
Stadium cinema plan 'won't kill off Odeon' - ODEON bosses have hit back at claims a new multi-screen cinema alongside the Emirates Stadium will kill off the historic Holloway Odeon.
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2007-09-13
'Kodak's Reign in Hollywood Threatened by Digital Cinema' - Among the most entertaining people to talk to in the entertainment industry are Kodak executives.
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2007-09-13
Euro d-cinema supporters want to get rolling - AMSTERDAM -- Europe-based stakeholders Tuesday exhorted the industry to get the digital cinema transition rolling on the continent, where the switchover is lagging behind that of the U.S.
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2007-09-13
DTS XD10 Media Player Presented at IBC 2007 - TWYFORD, United Kingdom--(BUSINESS WIRE)--DTS Digital Cinema (Nasdaq:DTSI) has announced the availability of its XD10 Media Player for digital signage and commercial A/V applications. The product, which combines an HD-capable A/V server and control package ideal for a variety of applications from hotels to airports, theme parks to museums, was exhibited at IBC 2007.
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2007-09-13
National CineMedia and Marcus Theatres® Enter into Affiliate Agreement to Present Alternative Events in U.S. Movie Theatres - CENTENNIAL, Colo. & MILWAUKEE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--National CineMedia LLC (NCM), has entered into a digital network affiliate agreement with Marcus Theatres Corporation, a division of The Marcus Corporation (NYSE: MCS) and the seventh largest exhibition company in the U.S., for the presentation of live and pre-recorded in-theatre events by NCM’s FATHOM division. Under the terms of the new agreement, NCM will expand its live, High-Definition in-theatre network – the largest of its kind in North America – to include 21 Marcus Theatres® locations in multiple markets, including Minneapolis, Minn.; Milwaukee, Wis.; Chicago, Ill.; Columbus, Ohio; Fargo, N.D.; and several others in Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin.
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2007-09-13
WALTHAMSTOW: New cinema plan brings concerns over fate of EMD - PROPOSALS to build a cinema on the Arcade site have prompted fresh concerns about the fate of the vacant EMD Cinema.
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2007-09-10
Dolby Incorporates Philips Watermarking Technology for Digital Cinema - AMSTERDAM, Netherlands--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Philips today announced that Dolby Laboratories will offer its customers the option of Philips CineFence advanced anti-piracy technology to protect its digital content. Dolby Laboratories, a reputable and trusted partner in cinema product and services, has incorporated Philips CineFence in its digital system for storing, managing and playback of digital movies. New cinema releases shown via Dolby's digital cinema solution can be embedded with Philips CineFence forensic watermark, thus allowing the content to be traced and protected.
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2007-09-10
"This is England" released digitally in Norway thanks to the European project: D-PLATFORM - This is England, directed by Shane Meadows, is the first movie digitally released through the D-PLATFORM initiative. It is currently being digitally screened in three cinemas in Oslo, Tromsoe and Fredrikstad. Arthaus, the movie's Norwegian distributor, has thus achieved its first step in the digital world.
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2007-09-10
DVidea INTRODUCES ITS INNOVATIVE THEATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR DIGITAL CINEMA EXHIBITORS at IBC 2007 - DVidea, the company focused on developing tools to meet the challenges of digital asset management for theater owners, today unveiled its state-of-the-art Theater Management System (TMS) at IBC 2007, currently underway in Amsterdam from September 7-11. Designed to meet the needs of digital cinema exhibitors, the TMS was developed with the cooperation of industry partners and end-users to provide the most comprehensive tools for media management and automation. Appointments for private demonstrations can be reserved by contacting William Sully at wsully@dvidea.com or by phone at +33 6 82 61 51 56.
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2007-09-10
Cinema Ambasciatori chooses Kodak for digital feature presentations - Kodak today announced that Il Cinema A Trieste has purchased the Kodak Digital Cinema system for feature presentations in its highly-popular Cinema Ambasciatori auditorium in Trieste. The Kodak sale and installation includes the flexible and reliable Kodak Content Player JMN3000 and an NEC NC2500S cinema projector supplied by Prevost, NEC’s Italian distributor.
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2007-09-10
DTS DIGITAL CINEMA TO SHOWCASE FULL SERVICE SOLUTION @ IBC 2007 - TWYFORD, UNITED KINGDOM - DTS Digital Cinema today announced its plans to showcase, at IBC 2007, its complete full range of product and service solutions designed to connect content creators with their audiences. Due to the importance of the motion picture industry’s transition to digital cinema, DTS-DC has developed this technology in line with its singular focus on supporting all elements of the migration.
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2007-09-10
Plans for old cinema site discussed - New plans for the redevelopment of an old cinema site in Ramsey have had a mixed responses
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2007-09-10
Green plays host to film festival - Stars of the big screen are out at Glasgow Green as part of the first-ever BBC Film Festival.
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2007-09-10
Dolby SCC2000 Secure Content Creator Streamlines JPEG 2000 Digital Cinema Mastering in Europe - Dolby SCC2000 Delivers Reliable, Efficient Encoding and Encryption for Digital Content to Mastering Facilities in the UK, Belgium, Iceland, and the Netherlands
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2007-09-07
Strategies for online movies - The latest report from Screen Digest released today examines how the individual Hollywood Studios are adapting their businesses to online movie distribution. Notably, the report finds that a viable business will emerge in the US and Western Europe for movie downloading, but warns that the Studios are following a fragmented path to digital distribution, with each major following a different strategy. This is likely to hamper the development of movie downloads and ultimately confuse and fragment the consumer market.
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2007-09-07
Dolby Does 3D - ShoWest 2007 provided another big boost to digital cinema. With numerous announcements and equally enlightening panel presentations on the subject, it nonetheless seemed at times as if the deployment of d-cinema systems was becoming old news. Instead, all the excitement was bubbling up into a new dimension. After an exclusive media preview on March 12, news that Dolby Laboratories had developed another and apparently more flexible cinema solution for digital 3D quickly spread throughout the convention. Theatre operators and technology experts signed up in record numbers at the Dolby tradeshow booth to attend an invitation-only demonstration of the all-new Dolby 3D Digital Cinema (D3DDC). And even though the company carefully spoke of a "sneak peek" and about developments that are "still in the early stages of testing," from all accounts received, people were deeply impressed by what they saw. [Disclosure: Due to an eye deficiency, this author cannot properly see any images produced by 3D systems.]
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2007-09-07
Access IT Lands 13th Digital-Cinema Client - Access Integrated Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:AIXD), a provider of digital cinema software and services, has landed its 13th client. Allen Theatres of Las Cruces, N.M., will convert 87 screens in 14 locations to digital cinema using Access IT
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2007-09-07
Cinema traditions to continue - Film fans have been reassured that Norwich's much loved art house cinema will not sell out when it gets taken over by a London-based chain following its grand reopening.
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2007-09-07
Movie fan brings his cinema dream to life - Growing up in Wakefield during the austerity of 1950s post-war Britain, nothing was more magical to a young Gerald Parkes than the silver screen at his local cinema.
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2007-09-07
Cinema rescuers claim development plans changed - Campaigners to save Bradford's former Odeon building claim the latest plans for the site to be seen by the public have changed radically from the original scheme.
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2007-09-07
Movies on tour of rural villages - A touring cinema scheme run by Norfolk arts organisation Creative Arts East is bringing the movies to villages in south Norfolk.
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2007-09-07
No cinema for priory - The Priory site is not suitable for a cinema according to the long-awaited report of property consultants.
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2007-09-07
CURTAIN UP ON - Further improvements will be made to Wotton-under-Edge's commun-ity-run cinema thanks to a
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2007-09-07
UKIP wants Odeon referendum - The UK Independence Party has called for a referendum on the future of Bradford's former Odeon cinema.
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2007-09-07
D-Cinema -- coming soon to this movie theater - Digital films of outstanding picture quality are set to attract movie fans back to the cinema. At the International Broadcast Convention IBC in Amsterdam on September 7-11, Fraunhofer research scientists are presenting important components of an all-digital film-production chain.
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2007-09-07
Woo-hoo! Blockbusters help cinema break records - A CINEMA has broken its own box office record after more than 20,000 people visited in a single week.
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2007-09-07
Arts centre hopes revived as Odeon on market - THE former Odeon cinema has been put up for sale by developers frustrated by the constraints being put on them by council planners.
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2007-09-07
Internet killing cinema, says director Scott - THE Hollywood director, Ridley Scott, warned yesterday that new technology is killing off the big-screen experience. The Oscar-winning County Durham-born movie mogul said mobile phones and computers threatened movie-making on an epic scale.
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2007-09-07
£20,000 windfall for town cinema - A cinema in Gloucestershire has been awarded £20,000 from a trust fund run by a waste management company.
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2007-09-07
Donation helps Victorian cinema - A businessman has donated money to make up for the recent theft of charity donations from a Victorian Curzon cinema near Bristol.
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2007-09-07
Plans for new cinema are unveiled - A multiplex cinema is to be built on the site of a multi-million pound retail and leisure park in Darlington.
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2007-09-07
Row over delays to cinema plans - Plans for a cinema are in doubt after a council said it was unsure the developer would complete the project.
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2007-09-07
Cinema-goers go back to the 1940s - Cinema-goers will get a taste of what life was like in the 1940s before the premiere of a wartime film on Teesside.
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2007-09-07
First $4bn summer for US cinema - Summer box office takings in North America have broken the $4bn (
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2007-09-07
Council keeps options open on cinema - Deputy leader says council will pursue other options until it is clear developer will deliver on Kennet Centre scheme
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2007-09-07
Cinema City to reopen on October 19 - It is the premiere that movie fans have been waiting for - and this sequel follows through on its promise to be bigger and better than before.
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2007-09-07
FICCI calls for standardisation of cinema rules - To give a fillip to the multiplex industry, the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry has called for standardisation and modernisation of cinema regulations under a Central Uniform Cinema Code to be applicable across the country.
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2007-09-07
The Digital Age Hits Tipping Point in Theaters as AccessIT Installs 3,000th Digital Cinema System - MORRISTOWN, N.J., Aug. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Access Integrated Technologies, Inc. ("AccessIT") , the industry leader in digital cinema, announced today that the company has installed its 3,000th digital cinema system. The company is continuing to work toward its goal of completing its initial 4,000-screen deployment by the end of October.
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2007-09-07
New cinema complex creates opportunities - That banging you hear outside your classrooms, film students, is the sound of a new era. With a blockbuster ceremony last year, including Steven Spielberg, George Lucas and a montage of USC's solid position in Hollywood history, USC christened the School of Cinematic Arts, giving the proceedings that feeling in the movie where the ugly duckling becomes a swan.
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2007-09-07
Cinema admissions up 28 percent in June - New figures released today by the Cinema Advertising Association reveal that in June cinema admissions were up 28.4 percent year-on-year to 11.2million, spurred on by high profile blockbusters, especially 'threequeals' such as Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, Shrek the Third, Ocean's Thirteen and Spider-Man 3.
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2007-09-07
MP reels in support for cinema - CHESTER MP Christine Russell is calling on enthusiastic film and arts lovers to join an action group aimed at saving the Chester Odeon.
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2007-09-07
Cinema campaign is misleading the public - THE owner of the former Chester Odeon building has hit back after city MP Christine Russell launched a campaign to save the venue as a cinema.
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2007-09-07
Will the cinema ever come to town? - DESPITE assurances that work will start on Newbury's long-awaited cinema next year, council chiefs admit they are still searching for alternatives.
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2007-09-07
Luxury housing beats cinema - AN INITIAL report for the redevelopment of the St Neots Priory area has been labelled "disappointing" after it suggested the site was right for housing, and wrong for a cinema.
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2007-09-07
AIT's digital cinema goal 75% complete - Access Integrated Technologies has installed its 3,000th digital cinema system in the U.S. its goal is 4,000 screens by the end of October. The systems include AccessIT's Theatre Command Center software, Christie DLP Cinema projectors and networked hardware.
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2007-09-07
Odeon future in doubt - DARLINGTON, UK -- The future of the 1938 Odeon Cinema in Darlington, County Durham, UK, could be uncertain following an announcement that Vue cinemas have secured a 20 year lease to operate a new multiplex, due to open in autumn
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2007-09-07
National Amusements to close two theaters in the Flint, MI area - FLINT, MI -- The National Amusements theater chain has announced they will close two of their multiplexes in the Flint market. The Showcase Cinemas Flint East in Burton will close on September 3 after the last show.
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2007-09-07
Around the corner at the Odeon - LONDON, England (CNN) -- In this month's edition of The Screening Room, we met an old and treasured resident of Leicester Square: the Odeon Cinema's Compton Organ.
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2007-09-07
Old ABC cinema to become boutique hotel - THE disused ABC cinema on Lime Street is to become a New York-style supper club and boutique hotel, it has been revealed.
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2007-09-06
FILM INDUSTRY UNITES TO FIGHT FILM THEFT - The film and video industries today presented a coordinated and united front in the fight against film theft in the UK at an event in London attended by the Rt Hon Margaret Hodge MBE MP, Minister for Culture, Creative Industries and Tourism.
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2007-09-06
Cineworld pay talks start - Negotiations have opened on the 2007 pay claim covering BECTU members in the Cineworld cinema chain.
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2007-09-06
VENICE FILM FESTIVAL SELECTS DOREMI CINEMA - As the official digital cinema partner of the prestigious Venice Film Festival, Doremi, in collaboration with cinema installer Decipro, will provide all the necessary equipment and technical support to ensure a successful DCI-JPEG2000 digital movie file playback during the festival. Six Doremi DCP-2000 servers were installed in the main auditoriums and successfully integrated with the existing traditional 35mm equipment for both image and sound.
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2007-09-06
ACCESSIT SIGNS ATLAS CINEMAS TO DEPLOYMENT AND PRE-SHOW PROGRAMMING DEAL - Exhibitors already using PreFlix pre-show entertainment solution to account for more than 800 digital cinema screens
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2007-09-05
Depth Of A Salesman - Jeffrey Katzenberg is determined to show that 3D's time has arrived
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2007-09-05
The Big Picture:A Summer of Milestones - This summer has seen a long list of milestones in the evolution of digital cinema, but for me none captures the possibilities the technology has to offer quite like the fact that tonight the residents of Silsbee, Texas can see the new Harry Potter film in their hometown theatre. This past weekend the fifty-year old single screen Pines Theatre there became the 2000th screen in the Carmike Theatres chain to go digital.
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2007-09-05
St Austell Film Centre Closes - The (former Odeon?) Film Centre in St Austell Cornwall closed last
month for Redevolpment. New Cinema building planned 2008 for St Austell.
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2007-09-05
Cinema campaign 'is misleading the public' - THE owner of the former Chester Odeon building has hit back after city MP Christine Russell launched a campaign to save the venue as a cinema.
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2007-09-05
Village Launch Gold Class Muliplexes in USA - VILLAGE Roadshow plans to start a deluxe cinema chain in the US next year, after
returning to profit.
The cinema and theme park operator has signed up 12 sites in US cities including New
York and Seattle for Gold Class cinemas, with the first theatre scheduled to open in
Washington DC next May. The cinema chain will grow to about 40 complexes across the
US within three to five years, Village Roadshow boss Graham Burke told the Herald
yesterday.
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2007-09-05
Cinema plans fourth screen - THE State Cinema is to become North Hobart's "cultural hub", with plans for a fourth screen and bookshop at the heritage site.
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2007-09-05
New cinema described as 'eyesore' - A new cinema in Derby city centre has been described as "obtrusive" by the local civic society.
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2007-09-05
Gadgets 'ruin' film, claims Scott - British director Sir Ridley Scott has claimed technology which allows people to watch films on mobile phones and computer screens is killing cinema.
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2007-09-05
GIRLS LAUNCH CINEMA DRIVE - DETERMINED 11-year-old girls from Harborough have started a petition calling for a cinema to be brought to the town centre.
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2007-09-05
The perils of not encrypting your ODS content - Maybe they figured that no one would be interested in it once it was not live. Maybe they thought that the file would be too big for anyone to re-distribute. Maybe they just didn't think that anyone would be interested in Phil Collins.
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2007-08-17
Digital Cinema for Independents - The Cinema Buying Group (CBG), a semi-autonomous buying program under the NATO umbrella for small and medium-sized independent theaters, took a big step forward in making digital cinema equipment available for independent theater operators by issuing a request for proposals for digital cinema equipment and service providers.
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2007-08-17
Foreign films no longer lost in translation - Foreign-language films are seven times more likely to be British box-office hits than they were a decade ago, thanks to Mel Gibson, digital technology and the cultural awakening of the multiplex cinemas.
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2007-08-17
IBC2007 digital cinema day to look at 3-D moviemaking - The theme of IBC2007 will shift to digital cinema Monday, Sept. 10, with an emphasis on major issues such as retaining and increasing movie theater audiences and how the availability of HD broadcasts and packaged media for home viewing will impact movie attendance, as well as emerging issues such as 3-D movie production and presentation.
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2007-08-17
New plan for old cinema to be aired - A PUBLIC meeting is to be held on new plans to redevelop the site of an old cinema.
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2007-08-17
LEWISHAM PIRATE DVD RAID UNCOVERS COUNTERFEIT MONEY AND FAKE DOCUMENTS - A joint operation between Lewisham Council, local police and the Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT) led to a successful raid on residential premises in Deptford on 8th August
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2007-08-16
Fears complex will be end for historic cinema - UNCERTAINTY surrounds the future of a 70-year-old picture house in Darlington after plans were announced to build a nine-screen multiplex less than half-a-mile away.
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2007-08-16
Nelson gets his own mini-cinema - On September 4, the last remaining Trafalgar Square pigeons will be joined by a giant pod showing audiovisual works on 16 screens. Each installation will be based on a rare or unheard version of a well-known song.
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2007-08-16
Islamabads cinema houses need restoration - It is really surprising that Islamabad, the capital city, has no cinema halls where good films can be screened for its residents to enjoy.
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2007-08-16
Heritage Foundation to buy historic Franklin Cinema - FRANKLIN - The Heritage Foundation of Franklin and Williamson County, a nonprofit preservation group, will purchase the Franklin Cinema thanks to an anonymous lender.
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2007-08-15
Bayview Street Cinema to close — Doug Hall plans to retire — Camden theater’s future uncertain - CAMDEN — After 32 years running his Bayview Street Cinema, Doug Hall is planning to close the independent theater Aug. 24.
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2007-08-15
Tories threatening to axe cinema plans - THE future of Newbury's long-awaited cinema was at the centre of yet another political row this week.
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2007-08-15
Cinema and jobs on way - WORK starts next week on construction of Haverhill's multiplex cinema, which should be showing the latest blockbusters by next summer.
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2007-08-15
Cinema City pledge to film fans - Film fans were last night reassured that Norwich's much loved art house cinema will not sell out when it gets taken over by a London-based chain after its grand reopening.
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2007-08-14
Top 100 Coolest film Sites on the Net - As the headlines suggests
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2007-08-14
Inside the BFI - A funding crisis at the British Film Institute could have wide-ranging consequences for our nation
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2007-08-14
AccessIT Just Got on the Trampoline - Digital cinema projection is hitting its stride, and none too soon for ailing movie theater chains like Cinemark (NYSE: CNK), Regal Entertainment (NYSE: RGC), or Carmike Cinemas (Nasdaq: CKEC). Access Integrated Technologies (Nasdaq: AIXD) has a big hand in that slowly unfolding revolution, and it looks like economies of scale are about to kick its results into the ionosphere.
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2007-08-14
Cinema Expo 2007 - David Hancock, Screen Digest's Head of Film and Cinema, moderated a high-level panel discussion at Cine Expo, aimed at highlighting the evolution of a European Business Model for Digital Cinema by distributors and studios, on the day when Arts Alliance Media announced the first European VPF deal with Fox and Universal. David presented an overview of the digital cinema market and his view of the challenges still facing the market, before moderating the panel discussion with Chuck Goldwater, Julian Levin, Howard Keidaisch, Tom Cotton, Scott Sherr and Tom Molter.
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2007-08-14
Quality is crucial to survival of cinema - Despite new technology, moviegoers will still pay at the box office for the shared experience of an inspired film
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2007-08-14
Fun targets 300 multiplex screens by 2011 - MUMBAI: E-City Ventures promoted Fun Cinemas, which has registered a growth of 176 per cent in the past one year, is plotting major infrastructure plans across the country. As was first reported by Businessofcinema.com, Fun Cinemas is targeting 1500 new screens (including multiplex and single screens) by the year 2011.
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2007-08-14
Arts centre hopes revived as Odeon on market - THE former Odeon cinema has been put up for sale by developers frustrated by the constraints being put on them by council planners.
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2007-08-10
Cinema Paradiso Futurista - How much would you expect to pay for a really good home cinema system? Surround sound, a huge high-definition screen, everything you
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2007-08-10
DTS Announces Strong Second Quarter 2007 Financial Results - AGOURA HILLS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--DTS, Inc. (Nasdaq:DTSI), today announced financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2007.
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2007-08-10
Donor reduces £1m of cinema funding - THE £1million windfall promised to St Neots has dwindled by £150,000 as the town's benefactor finds other good causes ready to spend the money.
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2007-08-10
Cinema is going nowhere - Shock announcement as district council come close to aborting plans for cinema at Kennet Shopping Centre
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2007-08-10
Cinema City wins licensing fight - The new-look Cinema City has been given the green light to serve alcohol 24 hours a day - despite objections by the same man whose complaints about the noise from St Andrew's Hall sparked controversy.
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2007-08-09
2 free cinema tickets with each 2 bought on your Mastercard (31/08 to 30/09) - MasterCard has teamed up with ODEON to give every cardholder the chance to get two free ODEON cinema ticket vouchers whenever you buy two or more ODEON cinema tickets from Friday 31 August to Sunday 30 September
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2007-08-07
Digital cinema standard is coming soon - The number of digital-cinema screens in the U.S. could exceed the number of traditional screens employing film projection within four years.
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2007-08-07
Cinema volunteers commended - WITH only a matter of weeks until the fate of the Tivoli cinema in Tiverton is revealed, two volunteers who work there are being commended.
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2007-08-07
THX working on self-adjusting home cinema - Reports in the States suggest that THX, the movie-sound company founded by George Lucas back in 1983 to optimise sound quality in cinemas, is now working on technology to do the same for our systems at home.
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2007-08-07
Paramount Pictures to make Beowulf available to Dolby 3D Digital Cinema Exhibitors - Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: DLB)today announced that Paramount Pictures' Beowulf, scheduled for release on November 16, will be made available to select exhibitors who have installed Dolby(R) 3D Digital Cinema technology by the film's release date.
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2007-08-02
Limbo misery for popcorn workers - Popcorn workers at a Preston factory say they are having to find out details of when they will be out of a job from the company newsletter.
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2007-08-02
Cinema City opening announced - The much anticipated opening of the upgraded Cinema City was revealed today.
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2007-08-02
XDC at the 60th Locarno International Film Festival: 17 Motion Pictures - 30 Digital Screenings - 5 Digital Systems - As the official digital cinema technical partner, XDC is providing all of the necessary projection equipment and technical support for the digital screenings which will be performed on the famous Piazza Grande and in the Teatro Kuursal, the Auditorium Fevi, La Sala and the Rialto.
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2007-08-01
New move to bring cinema to town - MILLIONAIRE Peter Rowley has started private negotiations to bring a cinema to St Neots.
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2007-08-01
Orange unveils Kilmer as cinema ad star - Former Batman star Val Kilmer is to appear in the next version of Orange’s Gold Spot cinema ads created by Mother London.
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2007-07-31
NEC DIGITAL CINEMA DIVISION WINS THE 2007 AMERICAN BUSINESS AWARD - NEC Corporation of America, a premier provider of network, IT and digital cinema solutions, today announced that the its STARUS
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2007-07-31
CN Films chooses SmartJog - CN Films has named SmartJog, the global leader in secure digital delivery of entertainment media, to operate a platform for digital delivery of independent European films.
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2007-07-31
UK Consumers Spend - UK consumers made 76.9 million visits to the cinema in the first six months of 2007, spending
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2007-07-31
Global Film: Exhibition & Distribution (8th Edition) - (PRLog.Org)
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2007-07-31
NEC DIGITAL CINEMA DIVISION WINS THE 2007 AMERICAN BUSINESS AWARD - NEC Corporation of America, a premier provider of network, IT and digital cinema solutions, today announced that the its STARUS
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2007-07-31
CN Films chooses SmartJog - CN Films has named SmartJog, the global leader in secure digital delivery of entertainment media, to operate a platform for digital delivery of independent European films.
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2007-07-31
UK Consumers Spend - UK consumers made 76.9 million visits to the cinema in the first six months of 2007, spending
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2007-07-31
Global Film: Exhibition & Distribution (8th Edition) - (PRLog.Org)
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2007-07-27
Late-night cinema - THE company planning to restore York's former Odeon cinema to its former glory is seeking the go-ahead to stay open until well into the early hours.
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2007-07-27
Odeon management move - Odeon management have made a move to address members concerns on rejected sound and projection harmonisation proposals.
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2007-07-26
UK cinema admissions up 6% in first half of the year - The UK distributors' association says local films added significantly to box-office success.
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2007-07-26
The government pledge to protect an archive of film and television footage - The government pledged to protect an archive of film and television footage rated as one of the best in the world.
The British Film Institute's national archive contains 150,000 films and around 625,000 television programmes featuring the great actors and directors of British cinema.
The culture secretary, James Purnell, told MPs the archive was a "national treasure" and it was safe in the government's hands.
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2007-07-25
UK Film Industry Contributes - The UK film industry contributed
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2007-07-25
Thomson Plays a Key Role for this Summer Season Record-Breaking Motion Pictures - Thomson provided a full-range of digital and physical services for several blockbusters, such as DreamWorks Shrek the Third, Pixars Ratatouille, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, and Oceans
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2007-07-25
NATIONAL CINEMEDIA AND NATIONAL AMUSEMENTS ENTER INTO AFFILIATE AGREEMENT TO PRESENT ALTERNATIVE EVENTS IN U.S. MOVIE THEATRES - National CineMedia LLC (NCM), has entered into a digital network affiliate agreement with National Amusements, Inc., one of the leading movie theatre exhibition companies in the U.S., for the presentation of live and pre-recorded in-theatre events presented by NCM
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2007-07-25
Strategy for UK Screen Heritage - The BFI is leading a consultation on a strategy for promoting UK Screen Heritage. The strategy has been drafted by the UK Film Heritage Group which collectively believes the public is entitled to access, learn about and enjoy the UK's rich moving image heritage, wherever they live and wherever the materials are held.
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2007-07-21
ARTS ALLIANCE MEDIA AND PARK CIRCUS SIGN LONG-TERM DIGITAL CINEMA CONTENT SERVICES AGREEMENT - LONDON, 18 July 2007
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2007-07-21
Odeon questionnaire revealed - The results of an Odeon questionnaire by BECTU members have been presented to the cinema chain management.
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2007-07-21
Crackdown Nets 1,218 Fake DVDs in Whitechapel - A crackdown on illegal DVD sellers in Whitechapel netted 1,218 pirate DVDs including 311 obscene pornographic films. Eight DVD sellers were arrested in the street raids on Thursday (12 July) and seven pleaded guilty to breaking the Trade Marks Act 1984 and the Video Recordings Act 1984.
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2007-07-21
Showplace Cinemas Latest to Sign Digital Deployment and Pre-Show Programming Deal with AccessIT - MORRISTOWN, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Access Integrated Technologies, Inc. ("AccessIT") (NASDAQ:AIXD - News) today announced that Showplace Cinemas, (North Park Cinemas, Inc.) will be the eleventh chain to convert 39 megaplex screens in three locations to Digital Cinema using AccessIT's Theatre Command Center(TM) software and pre-show programming and Christie DLP Cinema
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2007-07-21
Saving the cineplex - Upstairs in one of the dark, dusty projection rooms at Brooklyn's Pavilion Digital Cinema, owner Bud Mayo watches an employee struggle to lift a 50-pound reel of 35-millimeter film out of its giant metal canister. After placing the film on a shelf the size of a tractor wheel, the projectionist will manually splice reels, inserting ads and trailers that will get fed into a bulky projector. The process can take as long as four hours. Mayo shifts his weight. He's impatient, and with good reason. Near the projector sits a sleek network server system it looks like a stack of industrial hard drives - that can do this entire job almost instantly, with a few clicks of the mouse. That server is the heart of Mayo's new digital projection system, and Mayo says it will do more than just save time. It might just save the nation's movie theaters.
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2007-07-21
Images from heyday of British cinema found in filing cabinet - A photograph of Alec Guinness in the character of Fagin, taking a break with a cigarette during filming of David Lean
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2007-07-21
Adult cinema evacuated during fire - Fire fighters had to evacuate up to ten people from an adult cinema in Melbourne after a blaze broke out in the building.
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2007-07-21
Sale of cinema chain to foreigners sparks concern in S Korea - SEOUL (Thomson Financial) - An Australian investment fund has bought one of South Korea's three major cinema chains, sparking concerns here that the acquisition might further strain the struggling local film industry.
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2007-07-21
Saving the cineplex - Can an entrepreneur persuade movie houses to go digital before it is too late?
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2007-07-21
Britain loves film and the world loves our films - Britain is a nation of film lovers with box office takings up 56% in the last ten years
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2007-07-21
Formula One at the Movies - LONDON, England (CNN) -- Digital projection technology has opened up a whole new live experience for Formula 1 fans: official feeds from Formula 1 grands prix transmitted straight into their local cinema.
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2007-07-21
Regal 5 cinema set for closure - PORTSMOUTH
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2007-07-21
Fire Erupts In Bathroom Of Englewood Cinema - ENGLEWOOD, Ohio -- Fire officials in Englewood said a fire started in a restroom at the Englewood Cinema on Monday night.
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2007-07-21
Movie Download Service For Independent World Cinema: Jaman - There is now a movie download service devoted to showcasing the very best in independent world cinema, allowing you to rent, purchase and discuss cinema from around the globe with your online contacts.
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2007-07-21
Matchbox Creator Dies - Jack Odell, a van driver, cinema projectionist, estate agent, engineer and inventor of Matchbox toy cars, died this weekend at the age of 87. More than 12,000 different models and 3 billion miniature vehicles have been produced since he created the first one for his young daughter in 1952.
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2007-07-21
FogScreen Launches New FogScreen One Projection Screen for Ultimate Eye-Catching Experience - SAN FRANCISCO, July 17 /PRNewswire/ -- FogScreen, Inc., creators of the world's first "walk-through" projection screen, today announced the release of the FogScreen(TM) One projection screen. The simple yet stunning device now allows a deeper breadth of creativity wherever there is a desire to attract a crowd and visually capture interest.
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2007-07-21
Oakdale Cinema is showing movies again - New owner hopes to carve niche based on family fare
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2007-07-21
Mum in Potty cinema rumpus - HARRY POTTER fans were left spell-bound by an enraged mum who blew her top at a Coventry cinema.
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2007-07-21
Cinema group aim to save building - Campaigners aiming to save a cinema from demolition in Bradford believe "people power" will aid their cause to prevent the building being torn down.
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2007-07-21
RIAS partners with Odeon Cinemas - RIAS signed a new partnership with Odeon Cinemas with RIAS sponsoring the Odeon Senior Screen offering the over 50s access to regular, reduced-price cinema screenings across the country.
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2007-07-21
SHOWPLACE CINEMAS LATEST TO SIGN DIGITAL DEPLOYMENT AND PRE-SHOW PROGRAMMING DEAL WITH ACCESSIT - Access Integrated Technologies, Inc. ("AccessIT") (NASDAQ:AIXD) today announced that Showplace Cinemas, (North Park Cinemas, Inc.) will be the eleventh chain to convert 39 megaplex screens in three locations to Digital Cinema using AccessIT’s Theatre Command CenterTM software and pre-show programming and Christie DLP Cinema® projectors. The completion of this contract brings AccessIT’s Christie/AIX program to a total of 3,486 screens committed of the 4,000 in the Christie/AIX plan.
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2007-07-18
Seeking the Pillars of Pearl & Dean - Pearl & Dean is urging Cinema Business readers to track down its lost film heritage. The cinema advertising house with the iconic opening idents and famous theme tune is seeking to find copies of its missing screen title "Colonnade" or "Pillars 2" opening ident.
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2007-07-16
Bring back cinema ushers to keep an eye on manners - Anyone who has sat in front of a teenager playing with his mobile or rustling popcorn will mourn the demise of cinema ushers.
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2007-07-16
Cinema shows signs of growing up - Cinemas are reporting record figures at the box office thanks to a big increase in attendance by the over-45s.
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2007-07-16
The final frontier - Digital technology is changing cinema. THERE is a scene in
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2007-07-16
UK cinema attendance down by 5% - The number of people going to the cinema in the UK fell for the second consecutive year in 2006, despite an increase in the number of films shown.
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2007-07-16
Protesters hug historic cinema - Nearly 1,000 people have taken part in a protest to save a cinema earmarked for demolition, organisers say.
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2007-07-16
PICTUREHOUSE CINEMAS NOTCHES UP ANOTHER MAJOR LIVE EVENT VIA SATELLITE - David Gilmour, the voice and guitar of Pink Floyd, will be premiering a cinematic version of his forthcoming new live concert DVD from London
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2007-07-16
Cinema figures show indies on the up - New cinema figures appear to show people are seeing more diverse movies at independent venues.
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2007-07-12
Cineworld says party to long-term contract with Carlton, over half term to run - LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Cineworld Group PLC said it is party to a long-term contract with Carlton Screen Advertising (CSA) with minimum guaranteed payments every six months and that the contract has significantly more than half of its term to run.
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2007-07-12
EUROPE EYES DIGITAL - Nowhere else in the world is the digital-cinema rollout more complex than in Europe. Compared to the U.S., where similar virtual print fee (VPF) arrangements have prompted an initial first wave of installations from exhibitors, Europe has more difficulty finding the common ground among the exhibitors, distributors, and digital-cinema providers on which equitable financial sharing arrangements can be built. In Europe, as elsewhere, the question of "who will pay" has evolved into a series of follow-up questions about how to develop equitable cost-benefit sharing deals that are fair today and are sustainable in the future.
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2007-07-12
Technicolor In The Thick Of Theatrical Digital Projection - Technicolor is installing its digital projection systems in more and more theaters, including the popular and state of the art Los Angeles multiplex "The Bridge".
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2007-07-12
BAFTA Screening Room Chooses Dolby Digital Cinema - Dolby has been selected by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) to provide the Academy with a Dolby Digital Cinema system.
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2007-07-12
Island with no cinema gets ready for global screen test - It does not have a cinema, but Ireland
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2007-07-12
Cinema given green light to build verandah - Nelson's State Cinema has been given the go-ahead to build a verandah with pillars over the footpath, after the city council got legal advice saying it would not be liable if the extension fell down.
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2007-07-12
Anderson theater/condo project to begin after years of planning - ANDERSON TWP. - The long-anticipated groundbreaking for the $35 million Anderson Towne Place project, which includes a 12-screen cinema, condominiums and a parking garage, will take place Friday.
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2007-07-12
Franklin Cinema May Be Added To Endangered Sites List - FRANKLIN, Tenn.- The Franklin Cinema closed in January, but an historic group is trying to make sure it has a future.
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2007-07-12
Thomson Delivers Transformers: First Motion Picture Sent via Satellite Simultaneously to U.S. and International Theatres - PARIS and BURBANK, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 07/11/07 -- Thomson (Euronext Paris: 18453
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2007-07-12
3D Content Goes Mobile - Director Randal Kleiser and inventor Michael Mehrle are introducing a technology designed to enable the viewing of 3-D content on such mobile devices as PDAs and iPods without the use of special glasses
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2007-07-12
DTS Introduces Filmstore - Burbank-based DTS Digital Cinema introduced a new content management system targeted at mutiplex theaters last week. The new software and system, Filmstore Director software, Filmstore Central storage, and Filmstore Digital Cinema Player are used for showing trailers, advertising, and other content in theaters. DTS is developing digital theater systems for the cinema environment. DTS said the new product will be available for delivery in Q3.
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2007-07-12
Newest Kinepolis multiplex goes 3D with new Barco 2K digital cinema projectors - Barco, a pioneer in digital cinema, is proud to announce that its latest range of 2K digital cinema projectors has been installed in Kinepolis
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2007-07-12
64TH VENICE FILM FESTIVAL SELECTS DOREMI CINEMA - The Venice Film Festival, one of the most prestigious of its kind, has selected Doremi Cinema as its digital cinema technology partner for its 64th edition, running from August 29 to September 8, 2007.
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2007-07-12
Barco lights up Transformers movie premiere at LA film festival - Flawless performance of Barco
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2007-07-03
DTS Digital Cinema Debuts FilmStore CMS At Cinema Expo 2007 - DTS Digital Cinema intyroducesd its FilmStore Content Management System at the recent Cinema Expo 2007.
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2007-07-03
A Celluloid Hero Goes Digital - Technicolor is racing some nimble rivals to gain the lead at the multiplex
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2007-07-03
Honouring the original with a digital upgrade - Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love The Bomb, Stanley Kubrick's 1964 black satirical thriller, has aged well in terms of its themes (cold war paranoia run amok, man's relationship to technology) and the memorable comic performances of Peter Sellers and George C. Scott. But in terms of its physical form, Dr. Strangelove, like many cinema classics, has fared very poorly most of its life - until now.
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2007-07-03
Cinema pulls Maddy adverts after complaints - Odeon cinema has decided to pull some of its adverts about missing four-year-old Madeleine McCann after complaints from angry parents.
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2007-07-02
Good article on Technicolor's digital effort - Business Week has a good article on Technicolor's efforts in the digital cinema space. It gives both historical and current market context
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2007-07-02
Cinema operator signs up to - LEADING cinema and bowling operators have signed up to the long-awaited Waterside development in Trowbridge.
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2007-07-02
Open-air cinema plan for city park - A GIANT open-air cinema is planned for Kelvingrove Park this summer.
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2007-07-02
SMG puts businesses on the market - SMG puts businesses on the market
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2007-07-02
Odeon revamp will create 700 jobs - More than 700 jobs could be created in Bolton town centre after development plans for the former Odeon cinema site were approved.
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2007-07-02
Movie magic boosted by wet summer forecast - Cinemas say miserable weather and a string of mega blockbusters could make it a summer to remember as box-office takings soar.
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2007-07-02
Studios agree projector deal - Two Hollywood studios will today announce a long-awaited compromise in their battle with European cinemas over who should bear the cost of upgrading to digital projection equipment.
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2007-07-02
To get ahead in business, go to the cinema - Anyone wanting to succeed in business should spend more time watching Hollywood classics than attending management courses. That, at least, is the advice of four Italian management consultants who have issued a handbook called Cinema for Managers.
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2007-07-02
Board studying franchise plan - WEST SPRINGFIELD - A franchise owner is proposing a new Dunkin' Donuts on property near the Showcase Cinemas.
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2007-07-02
Carlton Screen sounds out advertisers for short-film spot - LONDON - Cinema sales house Carlton Screen Advertising is planning a new advertiser opportunity involving short films shown before main features.
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2007-06-29
Vue goes blue... - Vue cinemas are making an exciting upgrade to their venues around the country; by the end of June 2007 all 58 cinemas will be fitted with a Bluetooth system called “BluePod”.
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2007-06-29
DLP Cinema® Technology Powers North American Premiere of TRANSFORMERS at the 2007 Los Angeles Film Festival - Texas Instruments (TI) (NYSE: TXN) today announced that its DLP Cinema® technology has been exclusively chosen as the digital cinema projection technology for the North American premiere of DreamWorks/Paramount’s action packed feature, TRANSFORMERS.
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2007-06-29
CHRISTIE CELEBRATES MORE THAN 3000 DIGITAL CINEMA INSTALLATIONS WORLDWIDE - Christie, a global leader in visual solutions for entertainment, business and industry, announced that it has installed more than 3,000 Digital Cinema systems worldwide, the first manufacturer to reach this important milestone. The accomplishment confirms the company’s solid dominance in the Digital Cinema market, with nearly 80% of all installations around the world using Christie DLP Cinema projectors, making the projector a world standard. With Christie on target to surpass 4,000 installations by the end of the year, the company’s success has exceeded all earlier industry expectations for the entire global market for Digital Cinema.
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2007-06-29
Sathyam Cinemas selects Qube for all screens of its flagship multiplex at Chennai, India - The Qube XP-D digital cinema server has been installed in all six screens at Sathyam Cinemas flagship multiplex in Chennai, making the complex completely digital with DCI compliant systems. Qube provides end-to-end solutions for digital cinema and the Qube XP-D server is built to conform to the requirements of the DCI Specification.
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2007-06-29
Startup taking 3-D mobile - Director Randal Kleiser and inventor Michael Mehrle are introducing a technology designed to enable the viewing of 3-D content on such mobile devices as PDAs and iPods without the use of special glasses.
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2007-06-28
SMG puts advertising businesses up for sale, receives approaches for Virgin Radio - Scottish Media Group SMG Plc has announced its plans to sell two of its non-core assets, Primesight and Pearl and Dean, and float its Virgin Radio business, after a 100-day company review.
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2007-06-28
Christie installs 3000+ D-Cinema worldwide - MUMBAI: Christie has installed more than 3,000 Digital Cinema systems worldwide, the first manufacturer to reach this important milestone, claims the company.
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2007-06-27
Man sets fire to himself in cinema foyer - A man believed to have been sacked from his job at a cinema is seriously ill in hospital after returning to the building and setting himself on fire in the foyer last night.
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2007-06-27
BAFTA Selects Dolby Digital for Screening Theatre - Dolby Laboratories, Inc. has been selected by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) to provide the Academy with a Dolby® Digital Cinema system. Now operational in BAFTA’s Princess Anne Theatre in London, the system will enable pristine digital screenings with highly reliable anti-piracy protection in one of the British film industry’s most revered and historic locations.
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2007-06-27
UK Screen and FACT collaborate to beat piracy - With film piracy becoming an increasing concern throughout the industry, UK Screen (formerly UK Post & Services) is teaming up with FACT (the Federation Against Copyright Theft) to roll out a standard industry security questionnaire to all facilities in its membership. The questionnaire will help establish a range of robust benchmarks at facilities covering security design, procedures and staff vetting, as well as to cut out some of the current duplication whereby facilities become FACT accredited but then also have to complete further questionnaires for each major US studio.
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2007-06-27
Sathyam Cinemas selects Qube for all screens of its flagship multiplex at Chennai, India - Sathyam Cinemas equips 6 screens with Qube XP-D DCI Compliant digital cinema servers and Barco DP-100 DLP Cinema
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2007-06-27
CHRISTIE CELEBRATES MORE THAN 3000 DIGITAL CINEMA INSTALLATIONS WORLDWIDE - With 79.6% Worldwide Market Share, Christie Maintains its Position as a Global Market Leader in Digital Cinema
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2007-06-27
New projectors cinema debut - MOVIE lovers will soon be able to enjoy higher-quality films at Basingstoke ODEON - thanks to a new digital projector.
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2007-06-27
Qube Cinema Earns Acclaim at Lisbon Village Festival - LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Lisbon Village Festival, an annual movie festival held at Lisbon, Portugal is currently underway and filmmakers from not just Europe but even Canada and South Asia have entered their work in this festival. The Festival gains special importance as every one of these entries is being screened digitally. This called for a technology partner who provided end-to-end solutions in digital cinema. The organizers of Village International D-cinema Festival after much research went with Qube Cinema and their decision has won them the critical acclaim of all the participating film makers for two years in a row.
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2007-06-27
Kinepolis Unveils All-THX Certified Cinema Complex in Oostende, Belgium - SAN RAFAEL, Calif., June 26 /PRNewswire/ -- THX Ltd., the leading provider of technologies, certification programs and quality assurance standards for the entertainment industry, today announced that the Kinepolis Oostende cinema in Belgium will feature THX certification in every cinema auditorium. Opening on July 8, this latest "All-THX" Kinepolis cinema features 1,800 seats and 8 THX Certified screens. In addition, the Kinepolis Oostende will be the first THX Certified Cinema to use the THX Approved, QSC Basis 922az and 914lz network control systems.
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2007-06-27
Ad announces city cinema closure - A Northern Ireland council found out from the press that a cinema it owns is closing, it has emerged.
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2007-06-26
Breakthrough D-cinema agreement signed with US studios - A potential breakthrough in the "who pays?" deadlock that has stunted digital cinema rollout is unveiled today at Cinema Expo in Amsterdam.
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2007-06-26
Cinema Expo attracts industry biggies - AMSTERDAM -- Cinema Expo kicked off with a bang as Jeffrey Katzenberg and Jerry Seinfeld touched down in the Netherlands to help beat the drum for a buzzing Paramount slate.
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2007-06-26
Microspace Revolutionizes the Digital Cinema Experience by Delivering the North American Premiere of - Microspace Communications Corporation (Microspace), the leading distributor of digital cinema via satellite, today announced that it will deliver the North American premiere of DreamWorks Pictures and Paramount Pictures
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2007-06-26
Lets get behind cinema revival - IT is fantastic news to hear the Odeon will be reopened once again, (It's the Reel deal, The Press, June 19). This is truly a wish come true for me.
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2007-06-26
Ritz and glamour for cinema's 70th - The Ritz, Randwick's much-loved cinema, is turning 70.
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2007-06-25
New Ritzy pay offer - BECTU members at Brixton's Ritzy Cinema meet next week to vote on an improved pay offer following two days of industrial action.
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2007-06-25
Odeon proposals rejected again - Almost 60% of Odeon cinema members have rejected the second sound and projection harmonisation proposals in a ballot.
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2007-06-25
Felixs MAX BOX tested in cinemas - CHESHIRE, England
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2007-06-25
Dolby Laboratories Show Accessible Digital Cinema Products - Dolby Laboratories has announced that at Cinema Expo, held in the Netherlands, it will demonstrate the full Dolby Digital Cinema presentation system and its new digital cinema trailer,
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2007-06-25
SkyCity sells cinema building for $55.1m - SkyCity has sold its Metro cinema building in downtown Auckland for $55.1 million, The New Zealand Herald reported today.
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2007-06-25
Call for Micklegate to get major facelift on back of scheme to reopen city centre screen - THE reopening of Yorks Odeon should be the springboard for the regeneration of the city centre, a councillor said today.
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2007-06-25
Cinemas show Glyndebourne opera - Opera productions staged by Glyndebourne in Sussex are to be shown in cinemas across the country in a bid to "reach a broader audience".
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2007-06-25
Blackstone float raises $4.13bn - The partial stock market listing of US private equity giant Blackstone has raised $4.13bn (
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2007-06-25
XDC Presents Advanced JPEG2000 Digital Cinema Server at Cinema Expo 2007 - XDC introduces the CineStore
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2007-06-25
Odeon flat plan rejected - THE future of the former Odeon cinema building in London Road is clouded in uncertainty after plans to demolish it in favour of flats were defeated.
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2007-06-25
4,000 Spanish cinemas close in protest over proposed cinema law - MADRID, Spain (AP) - Most of the movie theatres in Spain - around 4,000 - were expected to close Monday in protest at a proposed law requiring exhibitors to offer at least one Spanish or European film for every four shown.
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2007-06-25
CINEMA QUEUE LEADS TO DESTRUCTION - Malaysian moviegoers rioted cinemas in the capital Kuala Lumpur on Thursday (14Jun) after unexpected delays and cancellations of SIVAJI: THE BOSS, a highly-anticipated Tamil film.
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2007-06-25
Cinema will go ahead this Autumn - Kennet Centre's Irish owners confirm their commitment to building leisure complex in Newbury
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2007-06-25
Cinema has become horror for neighborhood - Neighbors of the Avalon Cinema used to want the building saved, but some have wearied of its presence.
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2007-06-25
National finals for nominated cinema - A LOCAL cinema will be taking Wotton-under-Edge on to the national stage later this year.
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2007-06-25
A delay for cinema project - The delay in North Street's Beacon Cinema project by the National Park Service, of all organizations, highlights the project's fragility. Funding comes from a variety of sources, and $900,000 in federal tax credits have been held up because the service believes the design does not retain enough historic elements of the facade and entryway to the Kresge-Kinnell building in downtown Pittsfield. The Service's concerns aren't frivolous and the project may be better for their being addressed, but any delay is worrisome with this complex a project. The state-of-the-art, six-screen complex will draw people back downtown and play a key role in its renaissance, but residents may have to wait until 2009 for it to become a reality. It would be best to assume that other pitfalls will emerge along the way.
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2007-06-25
Cinema group to go public? - Cinema operator firm Cinema City International (CCI) is considering listing on the Budapest Stock Exchange, according to Hungarian economic daily newspaper Napi Gazgas
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2007-06-25
UCI Italia adds 10 theaters to chain - LONDON -- UCI Italia, the subsidiary of Odeon & UCI Cinema Group, Europe's leading chain of cinemas, has snapped up 10 theaters from Cinestar Italia.
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2007-06-25
Enjoy movies in digital at Village Cinemas in Athens - 3D Village Cinemas use Kodak system in two popular Athens multiplexes
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2007-06-25
Cinema - Details of the Vue Cinema at the New O2 Venue (formerly the Millennium Dome)
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2007-06-25
Digital Cinema, DTS style - Digital cinema, once so anticipated and heralded, is now in picture houses across Europe but still has not taken either the market or audiences by storm in the way that might have been hoped.
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2007-06-25
Cinema-ticketing kiosk incorporates ATM function - ROSTHERNE, U.K.
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2007-06-25
AccessIT Lights the Fuse - The just-released earnings report for the 2007 fiscal year showed nearly three times the revenue of 2006 for the digital cinema content expert. That was accompanied by nearly quadruple the net loss of the prior year, or almost triple on a per-share basis. Massive dilution doesn't sound so bad when the company is unprofitable, does it?
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2007-06-25
Malco, Megaplex, and Premiere Theaters Transform Multiplexes With Dolby Digital Cinema - SAN FRANCISCO, BUSINESS WIRE -- Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE:DLB) today announced that Malco Theatres, Megaplex Theatres, and Premiere Theaters LLC have added Dolby(R) Digital Cinema systems in several of their locations. Malco and Megaplex Theater chains are currently converting all their screens at specific locations from film to digital. Premiere completed the Dolby Digital Cinema conversion last January.
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2007-06-25
Becker Group Announces the Cancellation of Proposal to Sell Film and Cinema Assets - Becker Group announced that it has decided to cancel the general meeting to approve the sale of the film and cinema businesses to Becker Film Group and others (Asset Sale Proposal). The general meeting was originally convened for 15 June, then was postponed to 29 June, and has now been cancelled. The Asset Sale Proposal was announced by Becker Group on 30 March 2007, together with the announcement of the recommended cash takeover offer for shares in Becker Group by Prime Media Broadcasting Services. Although the Asset Sale Proposal will now not proceed, the Independent Chairman considers that the Asset Sale Proposal has assisted in facilitating the original Prime offer, prompting interest from another potential bidder, and now that the Prime offer has been increased to 47 cents per share and declared unconditional, provides Becker Group shareholders with an opportunity to realise a substantial premium for their shares.
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2007-06-25
Action urged on derelict cinema - BRADFORD Council is being urged to take action against Yorkshire Forward over the state of the city's Odeon building.
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2007-06-25
Fears for cinema in plans for development - Cinema buffs fear for the future of an historic picturehouse if plans for a modern multiscreen are given the go ahead.
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2007-06-25
Codex debuts portable 4K field recorder - Codex Digital has launched a toaster-sized field recorder than can capture high-definition video up to 4K. The Codex Portable can record from virtually every digital camera from HD to 4K, according to the company, and is designed to be quick to deploy
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2007-06-25
Film world at loggerheads over the future of the nation - The film world is at loggerheads over plans to sell off the British Film Institute
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2007-06-25
Avalon Cinema to close - CORVALLIS
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2007-06-25
Theatre supporters recall projectionist - Duane Fischer had been running equipment for the weekly film series since it started.
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2007-06-25
Qube Cinema co-sponsors the Village International D-Cinema Festival - Qube Cinema, Inc will co-sponsor the Village International Dcinema Festival [VIDCF], a part of the Lisbon Village Festival. The DCI standards based Qube technology has won worldwide recognition for its quality and capabilities, and is now at the Lisbon Village Festival, an annual digital cultural event in the region bringing to the forefront digital technology providers.
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2007-06-25
Kodak to Bring First Universal Theatre Management System To Europe - Kodak is announcing the European availability of its first version of the Kodak Theatre Management System (TMS), to exhibition and distribution managers at the 2007 Cinema Expo International Convention and Trade Show in Amsterdam June 25 - 29.
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2007-06-25
Kodak Digital Cinema Making Steady Progress in Europe - Kodak announced today that its Digital Cinema solution is finding enthusiastic acceptance with a broad range of European exhibitors. Since the beginning of the year, the company has installed Kodak JMN3000 Content Players on 24 screens with 10 exhibitors in 4 countries. In all cinemas, studio-produced features, local movies, and other creative digital content are showing on a regular basis.
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2007-06-25
FIPS Level 3 Certification Recommended for Doremi Cinema's DCP-2000 Server - Doremi Cinema announces that its DCP-2000 cinema server has been recommended by InfoGard Laboratories for a Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) 140-2 Level 3 validation certificate. DCP-2000 cinema servers built to FIPS standards will start shipping in the 3rd quarter, 2007.
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2007-06-25
intoPIX announces a complete solution for Digital Cinema Multi-Asset Decryption - Coinciding with its exhibit at Cinema Expo in Amsterdam next week intoPIX has announced the availability of a new AES Multi-Asset Decryptor to complete its range of Digital Cinema security cyphering cores.
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2007-06-25
XDC and CinePostproduction Cooperate To Provide Distributors and Producers with One-Stop-Shopping Solutions for Digital Cinema - XDC and CinePostproduction have teamed up to offer a high-value digital postproduction package, which includes everything from Digital Intermediate (DI) mastering processes through to content management in the manufacture of digital cinema copies of movies.
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2007-06-25
Malco, Megaplex, and Premiere Theaters Transform Multiplexes with Dolby Digital Cinema - Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: DLB) today announced that Malco Theatres, Megaplex Theatres, and Premiere Theaters LLC have added Dolby
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2007-06-25
ARTS ALLIANCE MEDIA ANNOUNCES FIRST EUROPEAN COMMERCIAL DIGITAL CINEMA VIRTUAL PRINT FEE AGREEMENTS WITH TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX AND UNIVERSAL PICTURES - Twentieth Century Fox (“Fox”), Universal Pictures International (“Universal”) and Arts Alliance Media (“AAM”), Europe’s leading provider of digital film distribution services, have reached non-exclusive long term Virtual Print Fee (VPF) agreements for digital cinema deployment across Europe, for close to 7000 screens over the next few years. Under the landmark agreements, Fox and Universal have committed to distribute feature film content digitally to Arts Alliance Media DCI-compliant digital cinema projection systems throughout Europe; to the UK and Ireland, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Spain, Italy, the Nordic region and the Benelux. Arts Alliance Media is also engaged in active negotiations with other studios including Buena Vista International and Paramount Pictures International. The VPF business model is a means of financing the conversion to digital cinema, where both distributor and exhibitor contribute over time towards the total cost of the digital projection and server equipment.
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2007-06-25
National Cinema Day - KRS Film Distributors announced that the 12th annual National Cinema Day will this year be held on Saturday, 7 July
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2007-06-25
DTS Digital Cinema Debuts FilmStore(R) Content Management System at Cinema Expo 2007 - BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--DTS Digital Cinema has announced that it will be introducing its FilmStore® Content Management System at Cinema Expo 2007 (June 25-28). The system is designed to provide a complete solution for management of digital content within a multiplex, and consists of three interrelated components: FilmStore Director(TM) content management software, FilmStore Central(TM) ingest and storage system, and the FilmStore® Digital Cinema Player. Together they provide a powerful digital cinema management system, from the ingest of content through playout and presentation.
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2007-06-17
Odeon's future in balance - HERITAGE campaigners came face-to-face with developers who want to knock down the former Odeon cinema and use the land to build flats.
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2007-06-17
Cinema is saved - One of the world's first cinemas came within a film reel of demolition, but has won a stay of execution thanks to a Tooting councillor.
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2007-06-17
DTS Digital Cinema Premieres End-to-End Solution at Cinema Expo International 2007 - TWYFORD, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)--DTS Digital Cinema (NYSE:DTSI), an expert provider of premier-quality digital entertainment services for the motion picture industry, has announced its plans to premi
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2007-06-17
Odeon's future in balance - HERITAGE campaigners came face-to-face with developers who want to knock down the former Odeon cinema and use the land to build flats.
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2007-06-17
Cinema is saved - One of the world's first cinemas came within a film reel of demolition, but has won a stay of execution thanks to a Tooting councillor.
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2007-06-17
DTS Digital Cinema Premieres End-to-End Solution at Cinema Expo International 2007 - TWYFORD, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)--DTS Digital Cinema (NYSE:DTSI), an expert provider of premier-quality digital entertainment services for the motion picture industry, has announced its plans to premi
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2007-06-17
Suspected arson at cinema - A CINEMA in Bridgwater was the scene for a suspected arson attack that could have been out of one of its own films on Monday (June 11) night.
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2007-06-17
Orlando moviegoers get clearer view in digital era - It's been promised for the better part of a decade: movies that are never out of focus, with pristine sound, where scratches and splices and the dreaded screen meltdown never trouble moviegoers again.
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2007-06-17
Theatre supporters recall projectionist - Duane Fischer had been running equipment for the weekly film series since it started.
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2007-06-17
Political posturing slammed in cinema row - POLITICAL drama should be banned from the long-running debate over why Newbury is still waiting for a cinema.
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2007-06-17
Economic reality makes cinema plan less than certain - THE ambition of establishing a cinema in St Neots may slowly be fading as the economic reality of delivering such a project dawns on some councillors.
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2007-06-17
Silent cinema is talk of Cultra - A whole cinema from a County Down village has been rebuilt at the Ulster Folk Museum in Cultra.
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2007-06-17
Odeon battle won? - PLANS to demolish the former Odeon cinema building in London Road have been defeated, leaving hopes that it could return to showing films.
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2007-06-17
ARTS ALLIANCE MEDIA OPENS SOUTHERN EUROPEAN OFFICE - London, 14 June, 2007
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2007-06-17
Exhibitors trial 4K technology - US cinema chain, Landmark Theatres, placed an order for 25 4K digital cinema projectors from Sony, three of which were used to equip the new Landmark Theatres complex in Los Angeles which opened last month. The projectors were also deployed in the company's NuArt complex, also in LA, and the remainder widely circulated across theatres in 10 different US cities, including New York and Chicago. Landmark will additionally install 4K in two more US states. In a separate annoucement, a 4K Sony SXRD projector was installed at the Pacific Theatres complex in Los Angeles for the screening of Warner's Oceans Thirteen, comprised in a complete 4K DCP (digital cinema package).
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2007-06-17
Projectionist loses job after panning movie - LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - A projectionist at a Memphis theater chain has lost his job after writing an unauthorized early review of "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer" for the Web site Ain't It Cool News.
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2007-06-17
Celebration! Cinema Buys Out Local Cinemark Theaters - WEST MICHIGAN
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2007-06-17
Derelict cinema reopening soon - YORKS Odeon cinema is set to re-open this summer under new ownership - and will then be restored to its former glory under a major refurbishment scheme.
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2007-06-17
Civic hall to be saved by new group - A group is set to be formed to safeguard the long-term future of a civic hall.
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2007-06-06
Odeon harmonisation ballot - BECTU Odeon cinema members are to be balloted on improved sound and projection harmonisation proposals.
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2007-06-06
Odeon's future in balance - HERITAGE campaigners came face-to-face with developers who want to knock down the former Odeon cinema and use the land to build flats.
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2007-06-06
Sir Tom: plans for old Odeon are best on offer - SIR Tom Farmer today defended controversial plans to redevelop the former Odeon cinema as the only practical proposal on offer for the future of the building.
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2007-06-05
Digital technology brings classic 007 films back to the big screen - SEAN CONNERY'S licence to thrill cinema audiences as James Bond is set to be renewed with the rerelease of the film Goldfinger this summer.
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2007-06-05
Ritzy strikes again - Brixton Ritzy cinema members are striking today for a second time in a dispute over low pay.
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2007-06-05
Brixton strike cancelled - The next Brixton Ritzy cinema stoppage has been cancelled because of a new film whose production team support the dispute.
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2007-06-05
MOORE SAVES SINGLE-SCREEN THEATER IN MICHIGAN - Michael Moore will reopen a 58-year-old theater in Traverse City, MI that has been closed for more than a decade, refurbish it with new screen and projection equipment and use the theater as the site for his Traverse City Film Festival, which he founded two years ago.
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2007-06-05
MP's cinema enquiry - CHESTER'S MP has sought reassurances at Westminster that new laws will not assist developers hoping to convert a city cinema into a nightclub.
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2007-06-05
Kodak Enters The Hospital To Install Kodak Digital Cinema Content Player - Kodak Digital Cinema is pleased to announce that The Hospital, a private members club for creative professionals, has installed a Kodak Content Player JMN3000 in their 30 seat cinema in London. The player will be used for digital cinema presentations to their members as well as to other audiences in the United Kingdom.
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2007-05-30
atsec tests Time Antaeus E-montage 2k cryptographic algorithms - (openPR) - Beijing China
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2007-05-30
The rise of digital independence - The introduction of digital technology arguably represents the most exhaustive technical and social changes in the history of cinema, greater than both sound and colour (Ford 2005). In analysing who benefits from the proliferation of digital cinema, it is helpful to review it in the context of the traditional film making process and then to define digital cinema in regard to this. Developments in digital media are having a significant impact on the spectrum of cinema production (filming, editing and effects) and distribution (printing, shipping and screening). This results in both positive and negative ramifications that can be addressed in relation to a number of recent Australian films with digital processes.
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2007-05-30
Thomson to Offer Content Mastering, Replication, and Key Management Services in Europe for Digital Cinema - Paris, France and Burbank, Calif. - May 29, 2007 - Thomson (Euronext Paris: 18453: NYSE: TMS), through its Technicolor Digital Cinema business, today announced it is now able to provide digital cinema mastering, replication, distribution and key management services out of its London digital intermediate and film facility.
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2007-05-30
Theatres close, cinema industry near collapse in Sri Lanka - May 29, Colombo: Sri Lanka cinema industry sources say that 74 cinema halls were closed within the past two decades while only a few were added.
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2007-05-29
Cinema dream is still alive - A CINEMA operator has shown its interest in helping a town realise its movie dreams.
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2007-05-27
Ritzy Cinema staff strike against poverty pay - Despite its trendy reputation as a favourite haunt for Brixton
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2007-05-27
Odeon congratulations - Odeon members have been congratulated on recruitment leading up to their rejection of management harmonisation proposals.
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2007-05-27
Scorsese to rescue lost film gems - Oscar-winning film director Martin Scorsese is spearheading a new body aimed at salvaging neglected films.
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2007-05-27
New cinema is just the ticket - YOUNG people in Bicester have welcomed plans which will bring blockbuster movies to the town centre.
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2007-05-27
BAFTA offers Qube Cinema to European market - MUMBAI: The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) is now equipped to present to members of the industry, digital cinema presentations from the DCI compliant Qube XP-D Digital Cinema Server.
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2007-05-27
Celebration! Cinema Begins A New - Hailed as the biggest technology change in movies since the inception of sound, Digital Cinema has come to Celebration! Cinema (including Studio 28 and Cinema Carousel). Officials at Celebration! Cinema announced today that most, or all of their 128 35mm movie screens will be converted to the Digital Cinema format by May 18th, 2007. This puts Celebration! Cinema in the top10% of theatres in the nation to convert to Digital Cinema.
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2007-05-27
Film chain gives new hope in bid to save cinema - FRESH hopes have been raised that a Chester city centre cinema could continue to operate after a leading independent chain expressed an interest in the building.
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2007-05-27
Cinema is finally set to reopen - EIGHT years after its sudden closure, Bridport's Palace Cinema is reopening tomorrow.
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2007-05-27
National Amusements to Build New Prototype Cinema De Lux Theatre - DEDHAM, Mass.-(Business Wire)-May 16, 2007 - National Amusements, Inc., a world leader in the motion picture exhibition industry operating more than 1,500 screens in the U.S., U.K., Latin America and Russia, announced today plans to build a new prototype Cinema de Lux theatre on the site of the Commack Multiplex Cinema. The theatre will feature a unique new design for National Amusements Cinema de Lux brand, bringing it to a whole new level of luxury. A key feature of the new design will be a special VIP seating area in several of the auditoria that will allow guests to enjoy in-seat dining before and during the featured film. The new theatre will replace the current theatre building, which opened in 1983. The entire project is expected to be completed by Fall of 2008.
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2007-05-27
DTS Reports First Quarter 2007 Financial Results - AGOURA HILLS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--DTS, Inc. (Nasdaq:DTSI - News) today announced financial results for the first quarter of 2007. In addition, DTS announced that it has filed its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2007 with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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2007-05-27
Kirby Center - The F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts, Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA.
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2007-05-27
Film buff's bid to save Odeon - A FILM enthusiast, outraged that the historic London Road Odeon could soon be converted to flats, has launched a campaign to save it.
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2007-05-27
DreamWorks sees cinema - Three-dimensional films are poised to revolutionise the cinema industry, says Jeffrey Katzenberg, chief executive of independent US studio DreamWorks Animation.
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2007-05-27
Manchester - Manchester
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2007-05-27
ODEON Cinema runs first digital ads through Pavilion - ODEON Cinemas used Wilmslow agency Pavilion Communication, to launch its first online advertising campaign, with the objective of increasing ODEON site registration and pre-bookings for the release of Spider-Man 3.
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2007-05-27
No cash for town until cinema moves forward - St Neots Town Council will not receive a penny of the
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2007-05-27
Kodak introduces advances in Digital 3D Cinema at Cannes - CANNES (M&C) - Kodak May 16, announced it will host - with 3ality Digital and REAL D - a private reception celebrating the world premiere screening of U2 3D, the legendary rock band
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2007-05-27
Popcorn workers to lose jobs - The axe has fallen on 45 workers at a factory which makes popcorn for a top cinema chain.
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2007-05-27
Pirates' raising flag of digital cinema community - When "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" opens this weekend, it will mark another milestone for the digital cinema community.
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2007-05-27
Town's cinema drought over - The curtain looks poised to go up on a
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2007-05-27
Doremi Cinema Appoints Digital Cinema Support Executive - Doremi Cinema is strengthening its UK operations with the appointment of Brent Watson as Digital Cinema Support Executive.
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2007-05-27
Where - The new Pirates of the Caribbean film is so long that cinemas are reintroducing the intermission. Burhan Wazir adjourns for a choc ice
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2007-05-27
CHRISTIE DLP CINEMA PROJECTORS SELECTED FOR THE WORLD PREMIERE OF DISNEY'S "PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD'S END" - Christie, a global leader in visual solutions for entertainment, business and industry, announced that the world's most preferred Digital Cinema projector, the Christie CP2000-X projector, will be used at the World Premiere of Walt Disney Pictures/Jerry Bruckheimer Films' "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End," at Disneyland Park in Anaheim, California, on May 19. The gala event, at which all of the film's stars are expected to attend, raised $3 million for Make-A-Wish foundation of America and Make-A-Wish International.
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2007-05-27
CHRISTIE APPOINTS SEAN JAMES, VICE PRESIDENT, MANAGED SERVICES - Christie, a global leader in visual solutions for entertainment, business and industry, announced the promotion of industry veteran Sean James to Vice President, Managed Services. Heading Christie's Managed Services team, James will leverage Christie's technical expertise and world-class service capabilities. His team of over 150 is comprised of the Network Operations Center in Cypress, CA as well as Factory Service Centers, Customer Service Engineers (CSE's) and Technical Systems Installers (TSI's) located in regions across North America. These Customer Service Engineers and Installers provide local onsite service and installation support to Christie's customers.
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2007-05-27
SmartJog offers an electronic solution for last-minute delivery to the Cannes Film Festival and Market - SmartJog has delivered trailers, showreels, DVD elements and a digital movie (DCP), for several studio clients in Cannes.
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2007-05-27
CHRISTIE DLP CINEMA PROJECTOR TO DIGITALLY SCREEN STAR WARS SAGA IN ITS ENTIRETY AT 30th ANNIVERSARY STAR WARS CELEBRATION IV IN LOS ANGELES - Christie, a global leader in visual solutions for entertainment, business and industry, brings the force of cutting edge Digital Cinema technology to the biggest Star Wars party ever
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2007-05-27
D&E ENTERTAINMENT MARKET AND DISTRIBUTE NATIONAL HD DIGITAL CINEMA PREMIERE OF BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - D&E Entertainment Utilizes Digital Cinema Technology And Comprehensive Marketing Campaign To Create A Unique Viewing Experience and Marketing Strategy For Musical Content
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2007-05-27
SONY SXRD PROJECTORS SNARE AUDIENCES WORLDWIDE AT PREMIERE SCREENINGS OF - Worldwide audiences at premiere screenings of
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2007-05-27
QuVIS' DIGITAL CINEMA PLAYER - QuVIS, Inc. today proudly announced the QuVIS Cinema Player
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2007-05-16
Odeon's future remains a mystery - THE future of York's Odeon cinema building remains shrouded in mystery, more than two months after a final deadline for offers from developers.
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2007-05-16
Cinema plans for mature viewers - VUE Cinema in Inverness is about to start screening films for more mature movie buffs at their West Seafield complex.
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2007-05-16
City Gate gives new life to old cinema - In the converted former Regal Cinema, which once drew filmgoers to the back row in their thousands, you can actually find one of Norwich's biggest pubs.
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2007-05-16
Marcus Theatres - MILWAUKEE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Marcus Theatres Corporation, a division of The Marcus Corporation (NYSE: MCS) today announced that its new one-of-a-kind entertainment destination, The Marcus Majestic Cinema, will open its doors at 9:00 P.M. this evening in anticipation of its first movie showings at midnight of Spider-Man 3. The highly-anticipated Majestic Cinema is located in the town of Brookfield, Wis., a Milwaukee suburb.
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2007-05-16
Malco Theatres Converting to Digital Cinema - After much testing, Malco Theatres has selected DLP Cinema
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2007-05-16
Plans for former Odeon Cinema in Glasgow - Gordon Murray and Alan Dunlop Architects have lodged a Detailed Planning Application with Glasgow City Council for the former Odeon Cinema on West Regent Street to create a mix Grade A Office, Restaurant and Leisure Complex, retaining the original 1930
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2007-05-16
- THE famous Odeon Cinema in Glasgow is to be reborn as the Paramount Building with an
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2007-05-16
- FACT investigators were involved in the largest ever single seizure of pirate DVDs in a raid on premises in High Street, Dudley, West Midlands last week where five people were arrested.
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2007-05-16
ARTS ALLIANCE MEDIA TO ACQUIRE HART SHARP VIDEO AND CREATE NEW FILM DISTRIBUTION COMPANY ARTS ALLIANCE AMERICA - NEW YORK, NY and LONDON, UK
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2007-05-16
Cleveland Cinema, projectionists agree to settle dispute - A three-year fight between a local chain of movie theaters and a projectionists union has ended with them agreeing that Cleveland Cinemas does not need to use professional projectionists in its theaters.
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2007-05-16
Cinema to be reborn as offices - THE Odeon Cinema in Glasgow is to be reborn as the Paramount Building with an
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2007-05-16
Arson attack on city building - Firefighters were called to an arson attack on a derelict building behind the former Odeon cinema in Bradford city centre today.
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2007-05-16
Golden future for cinema - West Cumbria's Plaza cinema enters the digital age this week as it prepares to launch a weekly series of independent film screenings.
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2007-05-16
Sony Launches CineAlta 4KTM Digital Projector - Singapore, May 3, 2007 -- With the launch of its CineAlta 4KTM digital projector, Sony has just significantly enhanced Singapore movie theatre fans' cinematic experience. Termed the Movie Booster, Sony
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2007-05-16
Londonist Loves - Chances are if you see a movie in London it'll end up being at one of the mega-chain's such as Vue or Odeon. Fortunately, a few boutique cinema houses still exist. One such is The Electric Cinema on trendy Portobello Road, a place everyone should experience at least once in their life. It's easy to miss on market days, but shines like a beacon at night, with the blue neon 'Electric' sign hanging over the pavement.
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2007-05-16
The Big Picture:Cinema Advertising Reached $600 Million Mark in 2006 - Cinema advertising spending reached an estimated $600 million last year, according to Cliff Marks, president and chairman of the Cinema Advertising Council and president of sales for National CineMedia. This is a sizable increase over the $527 million spent in 2005, Marks said, and he attributed the gains in part to digital cinema technology.
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2007-05-16
Digital Cinema System Specification - Updated for 3D
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2007-05-16
DTS Swings to 1Q Loss - DTS Inc., which licenses audio technology and makes audio parts for speakers, DVD players and computers, on Tuesday said it swung to a first-quarter loss on substantial losses in its now-discontinued digital cinema segment.
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2007-05-16
Arsonist group sets Athens cinema on fire - A movie theater in Kallithea, southern Athens, was damaged yesterday when a homemade bomb went off in front of the building in an attack that was claimed by a group calling itself the Arsonists in Black.
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2007-05-16
Movie-Goer Puts Out Fire In Cinema - Some movie-goers in Steubenville saw some action off of the big screen on Monday night, after a small fire broke out inside the movie theater.
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2007-05-16
ODEON Cinemas launches first ever online ad campaign with Pavilion - ODEON Cinemas has chosen Pavilion Communication to launch its first foray into online advertising with a campaign focusing on ODEON site registration and pre-booking for Spider-Man 3.
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2007-05-16
Marquee Cinemas Signs Comprehensive Digital Deployment and Pre-Show Programming Deal with AccessIT - MORRISTOWN, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Access Integrated Technologies, Inc. (
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2007-05-16
Real D : the future of cinema - If we were to tell you that a revolution in cinema
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2007-05-16
Blockbuster to open cinema in Mexico - Through an agreement with a real estate investment company, Blockbuster is opening a multiplex in Mexico that will include a small Blockbuster sell-through store. The complex will be located in a new shopping mall that also will house Wal-Mart chain stores Bodega Aurrera and Suburbia.
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2007-05-16
Cineworld finally makes it to the big screen - Shares in Cineworld, Britain
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2007-05-16
Cineworld moves into the limelight - Cineworld, Britain's second-largest cinema chain, has priced its shares at the mid-point of the expected range ahead of its flotation on the London Stock Exchange.
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2007-05-16
Orlandos first all digital cinema - Premiere Fashion Square goes all digital this week. The 14 screen multiplex in Fashion Square Mall becomes the first all digital theater in town (in the state? Not sure).
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2007-05-16
Cineworld jumps on stock market premiere - LONDON (Reuters) - Cineworld Group saw its shares jump 14 percent on their stock market debut as the cinema operator looks forward to revenues being boosted this year by films like the fifth Harry Potter movie.
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2007-05-16
Access Integrated Technologies Reports Major Uptick in Digitial Showings - MORRISTOWN, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Access Integrated Technologies, Inc. ("AccessIT") (NASDAQ:AIXD) reported that it has completed 1.8 million digital showings as of April 30 on the more than 2,500 networked digital cinema systems it has installed in 30 states to date. AccessIT
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2007-05-16
New Cinema Complex Planned for Laucala Bay - The operators of Fiji's largest cinema outlets are planning yet another cinema complex in Suva despite the uncertainties surrounding Fiji's current political arena.
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2007-05-16
XDC SELECTS CHRISTIE PROJECTORS FOR MAJOR DIGITAL SCREENINGS AT THE 60th CANNES FILM FESTIVAL - Christie, a global leader in visual solutions for business, entertainment and industry, has been selected by XDC as the projection supplier for digital screenings at the 60th Cannes Film Festival, May 16
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2007-05-16
RAAM Digital Conference - BAFTA London June 21, 2007 sets out the following challenges - Europe presents unique challenges
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2007-05-16
UK FILM COUNCIL SETS OUT FUNDING PLANS TO 2010 - The UK Film Council published its new funding and policy priorities from April 2007
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2007-05-16
PANORAMA LABS ANNOUNCES SUCCESSFUL OPERATION OF WORLD - Panorama Labs, the company pioneering magneto-photonic crystal technologies, announced today that it has completed and successfully operated its first magneto-photonic projector. This operational, small-scale digital projector was built to demonstrate Panorama Labs
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2007-05-16
Kodak Celebrates Advances in Digital 3D Cinema at Cannes Film Festival - Kodak today announced it will host -- with 3ality Digital and REAL D -- a private reception celebrating the world premiere screening of U2 3D, the legendary rock band
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2007-05-16
XDC To Install 2 Kinoton Digital Systems at The Cannes Film Festival - As the official digital cinema partner of the Cannes Film Festival, XDC is providing for the Cannes Film Market, one 2K DLP Cinema
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2007-05-16
SMPTE Announces new staff hires - The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers is pleased to announce the hiring of two new staff members for key leadership positions. Peter Symes will join the Society as Director of Standards & Engineering at the end of June. Heather Tomko recently joined as Director of Marketing.
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2007-05-16
ACCESS INTEGRATED TECHNOLOGIES REPORTS MAJOR UPTICK IN DIGITIAL SHOWINGS - Access Integrated Technologies, Inc. ("AccessIT") (NASDAQ:AIXD) reported that it has completed 1.8 million digital showings as of April 30 on the more than 2,500 networked digital cinema systems it has installed in 30 states to date. AccessIT's systems, the industry's only complete networked digital cinema solution, are at the forefront of rejuvenating the movie theater business model by providing the technology and content to enable operators to improve their bottom line.
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2007-05-16
Access Integrated Technologies Receives - Access Integrated Technologies, Inc. (
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2007-04-30
London premiere for Cineworld - Cineworld launched on London stock market this morning, just over a decade after opening its first cinema in Stevenage.
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2007-04-30
School on board the cinema campaign - SUPPORT for the Save the Tivoli cinema campaign is growing with local companies getting on board the campaign trail.
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2007-04-30
Historic cinema warns of closure - A cinema which has been open for nearly 100 years is in danger of closing, its owners in Powys have warned.
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2007-04-30
Cinema ram-raid footage released - Police have released CCTV footage of the moment thieves ram-raided an Oxford cinema and stole a cash machine.
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2007-04-30
Kuwait Cinema Company, Qube sign deal - Kuwait National Cinema Company (KNCC), one of the largest theatrical exhibition companies in the Middle East, the Chennai-based Qube Cinema, Inc. and Cinemeccanica Theatrical Equipment Co,(Italy) have partnered to bring the first digital cinema to the Middle East and Gulf region. A pilot DCI quality digital cinema is under installation in KNCC
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2007-04-30
Thomson Provides Digital Cinema Mastering and Distribution Services for Walt Disney Pictures' Meet the Robinsons - PARIS and BURBANK, CA -- (