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2006-01-02
IMAX makes viewers say 'WOW' - A sold-out crowd converged on Star Cinema in Fitchburg on Friday night to celebrate the opening of the first IMAX theater in Madison.

2006-01-02
In search of good cinema - The brightest minds in cinema came together to discuss everything from piracy to political scripts to experimental cinema at a recent seminar. Debbie Rodgers reports.

2006-01-02
Motion Picture Distribution LP and New Line Cinema renew output deal through December 31, 2008 - TORONTO, Dec. 22 /CNW/ - Motion Picture Distribution LP and New Line Cinema have agreed to renew their distribution agreement through December 31, 2008. In keeping with the agreement, Motion Picture Distribution LP will continue to distribute all New Line motion pictures in all media in Canada, which it has done since 1989. Financial terms were not disclosed.

2006-01-02
A happy ending for local cinema - The future of a community cinema looks brighter after an appeal for support from local people.

2006-01-02
CINEMA ACQUISITION WOULD CREATE A MONOPOLY IN BASINGSTOKE - The Competition Commission (CC) has provisionally concluded that the completed acquisition of the Festival Place cinema in Basingstoke by Vue Entertainment Holdings (UK) Limited (Vue) would substantially lessen competition, leading to higher prices and reduced choice for customers.

2006-01-02
Fox Claws for Lion's Share of Cinema Pie - Kenyan moviegoers are a picky lot. A few years back, urban dwellers with cash to spare would walk into any of the ubiquitous cinema halls and watch two or three Western movies in an afternoon.

2006-01-02
Loews will sell Seattle Cineplex as merger condition - The Loews Meridian 16 movie theater in downtown Seattle will get a new owner when AMC Entertainment Inc. and Loews Cineplex Entertainment Corp. complete their planned merger.

2006-01-02
AMC Entertainment Inc. and Loews Cineplex Entertainment Corporation Reach Agreements with Department of Justice and State Attorneys General - KANSAS CITY, Mo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 21, 2005--As a result of the merger review process, the United States Department of Justice and the attorneys general of California, the District of Columbia, Illinois, Massachusetts, New York, and Washington reached agreements with AMC Entertainment Inc. and Loews Cineplex Entertainment Corporation, pursuant to which the companies will sell 10 theatres.

2006-01-02
Dolby Seeks New Alternatives for Growth - NEW YORK - About 80 percent of households already own DVD players, and that means Dolby Laboratories Inc. is finding its biggest growth driver in recent years in the midst of a serious slump.

2006-01-02
National Film Theatre to be overhauled - Six years after the closure of the Museum of the Moving Image, the BFI has announced plans to use the space for an improved National Film Theatre.

2006-01-02
Carmike Theaters to Convert to Digital - A $150-million deal would make the chain the first to transfer to the new technology.

2006-01-02
Carmike Cuts Digital Cinema Deal With Christie/AIX - Carmike Cinemas Inc., the third largest U.S. movie theater chain, said Monday it has signed a deal with Christie/AIX to install about 2,300 digital cinema projection systems at its theaters.

2006-01-02
Oscar 'Screeners' Already Being Pirated - Illegal copies of movies sent to Oscar voters are starting to appear on the Web, said BayTSP, a Los Gatos, California-based intellectual-property monitoring firm.

2006-01-02
Rank sells film processing business - Rank has given some respite to its shareholders by agreeing to sell its film processing business in a £433m deal that could see some of the proceeds returned to investors.

2006-01-02
New iPod may be The End for theatres - Amidst the hoopla of Top 10 list-making and Oscar forecasting, something far more important about the movies in 2005 has been overlooked, it seems to me.

2006-01-02
Digital Cinema Grows Under New Pact - In a move that dramatically accelerates the transition to digital cinema, Carmike Cinemas, the nation's third-largest theater circuit, has contracted with AccessIT's Christie/AIX subsidiary to install 2,300 digital projection systems in theaters throughout the U.S. Under Monday's agreement, Christie/AIX will begin installing 2K DCI-compliant DLP Cinema projectors in Carmike's theaters in January, with the rollout to be completed by Oct. 31, 2007.

2006-01-02
Cinema tickets slide... again - For the third year in a row, movie goers are, well, not going to movies. Ticket sales have now declined for a third straight year, dropping a cumulative 12.6 percent since 2002, the last year in which there was not a decline. Ticket sales haven't been on this poor a streak in 40 years. What's the cause?

2006-01-02
Cinema 4 owner opens 8 screen theater in Portland - Rockport resident Jeff Dinger, owner of Cinema 4 in Rockport, has opened a second movie house in the area. NorthShore Cinema 8 is open for business in Portland after almost one year of construction.

2006-01-02
Qube joins elite D-Cinema club - Qube, the digital cinema server from Real Image, apart from being the only fully indigenously designed and developed technology product in its space, now joins the elite ranks of the big names in media and entertainment technology such as Dolby and Kodak in achieving D-Cinema capability in September this year. Qube met the compliance requirements for MXF Inter-Op Digital Cinema content.

2006-01-02
Cinema Reopens - The queue which snaked half the length of Western Road on Thursday made it obviuos just how much cinema had been missed in Bexhill.

2006-01-03
Closing scenes for old cinema - THE final curtain is about to come down at a disused picture house.

2006-01-03
Hollywood urged to use internet downloads to counter DVD pirates - HOLLYWOOD is losing the battle against internet piracy and should sell big box office films online as a way of fighting the escalating trade in bootleg downloads, a British expert on digital counterfeiting has argued.

2006-01-03
The Popcorn Palace Economy - Once upon a time, the movie studios and the movie theaters were in the same business. The studios made films for theater chains that they either owned or controlled, and they harvested almost all of their revenue from ticket sales. Nowadays, the two are in very different businesses. Theater chains, in fact, are in three different businesses.

2006-01-03
GDC Technology launches digital cinema solution - MUMBAI: GDC Technology which provides digital cinema solutions has announced the successful demonstrations of their digital cinema content solution including JPEG2000 codec, forensic marking and “Digital Censor Key” at CineAsia 2005 in Beijing China.

2006-01-03
Capital cinemas let under-age children watch adult-movies - ABU DHABI — Cinema houses in the capital have been seen allowing under-aged children to view films, which they are not, entitled to legally.

2006-01-03
Will Digital Cinema Can Pirates? - Switching from film-based to digital projectors in movie houses promises better quality for theatergoers. But it could also help Hollywood studios nab bootleggers.

2006-01-03
Low Cinema Figures Are Bad News For Kinepolis - 0945 GMT [Dow Jones] Belgian cinema audiences slipped 10% in 2005, according to a newspaper report, and this is bad news for Kinepolis (KIN.BT) which controls half the market, says Olivier Colsoul at Delta Lloyd Securities.

2006-01-04
Thomson Advances North American Digital Cinema Rollout Through Strategic Agreement with Century Theatres, Inc - Technicolor Digital Cinema to Launch Beta Test of DCI-Compliant Digital Projection Systems In Century Theatres’ Network in Early 2006

2006-01-04
Babies, Chatty Tots Are Welcome in Upscale Cinemas: London Kids - Jan. 4 (Bloomberg) -- At a movie, there may be nothing worse than a baby crying in a crowded theater. Try 100 babies.

2006-01-04
Harry Potter boosts cinema audiences - Harry Potter's latest screen outing boosted cinema box office takings in November, as cinema advertising hit £9m for the month.

2006-01-05
ACCESSIT ADDS LEADING EXHIBITOR RELATIONS EXECUTIVE AS DIGITAL CINEMA ROLLOUT MAKES MAJOR ADVANCE - Industry Veteran Brad Carroll Named Director Business Operations at AccessIT’s Digital Media Division

2006-01-05
Thomson +2% As Cinema Deal Boon To Strategy - 0837 GMT [Dow Jones] Thomson (TMS) +2% to EUR18.50 on the heels of a digitial cinema deal with Century Theatres.

2006-01-05
Bella in California cinema deal - LONDON (SHARECAST) - Bella Media shares received a boost after the group signed a letter of intent for a large-screen 3D cinema in Monterey, California.

2006-01-05
Sony Focuses on Future of Entertainment at CES 2006 - LAS VEGAS, Jan. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- (CES Booth # 14200) -- For the first time ever at the Consumer Electronics Show, Sony is leveraging all of its assets to exemplify its leadership as a total entertainment company. From electronic products and technologies to music, movies, TV shows and video games, the company is turning the world of consumer electronics into a world of consumer entertainment.

2006-01-06
China cinema to take leap - BEIJING, Jan. 6 -- China's first digital cinema server using the international standard is expected to debut in June, which could lower movie ticket prices and increase the export of Chinese films globally.

2006-01-06
Dolby: Digital Cinema Observations and Considerations -

2006-01-06
DLP Cinema(R) Chosen as a Preferred Technology for Landmark Theatres - LAS VEGAS, Jan. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Texas Instruments (NYSE: TXN - News; TI) at 2006 International CES today announced that Landmark Theatres has chosen DLP Cinema® technology as a preferred digital projection technology for the independent theater chain. In addition, the companies have finalized an agreement to collaborate on additional marketing activities surrounding the deployment of digital cinema to drive awareness and demand amongst moviegoers.

2006-01-06
Warner to move cinema design centre to Shanghai - Warner Bros Entertainment plans to move its cinema construction design centre from London to Shanghai as part of a continuing expansion into the Chinese market, a Chinese state media report said today.

2006-01-07
Projectionists star in movies as well as screen them - While projectionists play a crucial role in showing a movie, sometimes they're up there on the big screen themselves.

2006-01-07
Reel life of a projectionist - There's an art to showing a film, but professional projectionists are rapidly dwindling in numbers, writes Tony Wong

2006-01-08
Bringing film to China villages - Strapping an old projector and rusty cases of film reels on the back of a motorbike, they have been traveling rugged country roads to bring the magic of cinema to remote villages untouched by the marvels of the big screen.

2006-01-08
Tiffin moviehouse sits empty waiting for suitor - TIFFIN - The owner of Seneca County's only indoor, first-run movie theater hopes to attract a new operator for the eight-screen Marquee Cinemas, which closed unexpectedly last week.

2006-01-08
Duplex Airs Eyes of Tammy Faye Jan. 20, and Broadway: The Golden Age Jan. 30 - The Duplex Cabaret Theatre proudly announces plans to continue our acclaimed CINEMA DUPLEX series with special, intimate screenings of two celebrated documentaries, shown in our 70-seat theatre. There is no cover charge for these events, and there is a two-drink minimum. No one under 21 will be admitted, and credit cards are accepted. The Duplex Cabaret Theatre is located at 61 Christopher St., in the heart of New York's West Village. For reservations, please call 212.255.5438.

2006-01-08
China to launch world-class digital cinema server - China's first digital cinema server using the international standard is expected to debut in June and it could lower movie ticket prices and increase the export of Chinese films.

2006-01-09
UK box-office figures for 2005 are up by 1% - UK box office bucks the downward trend in Europe which has seen significant reductions in box office takings.

2006-01-09
German box office dropped 16% in 2005 - Only two months of last year finished with a box-office plus in a disappointing year in line with much of Europe.

2006-01-09
UK box offices beat cinema slump - UK and Ireland box offices beat the slump in cinema revenues in 2005, increasing revenue on 2004.

2006-01-09
Hate all that stuff before the movie begins? - NEW YORK — Coming to a movie theater near you: Show-biz gossip, juicy news tidbits and TV-show previews — all from E! Entertainment Television.

2006-01-09
Credits roll at 1930s cinema - THE curtain finally came down at the weekend on one of Scotland's most famous cinemas - the Odeon in Glasgow city centre.

2006-01-09
Is this Britain's most beautiful cinema? - A world away from the popcorn-strewn multiplexes, the Rex is a restored treasure from cinema's golden age. Jasper Rees reports.

2006-01-10
Technicolor Digital Cinema Strengthens Leadership Team with Appointment Of Curt Behlmer as Senior Vice President of Digital Cinema Operations - Experienced Digital Cinema, Entertainment Industry Executive to Spearhead Company’s Deployment of Digital Projection Systems in 5,000 Screens Throughout U.S. and Canada

2006-01-10
Japanese cinemas catering to moms, tots - TOKYO - A growing number of Japanese movie theaters are taking measures to attract mothers with very young children to the cinema, to enjoy movies without worrying about bothering other members of the audience.

2006-01-10
Portable Projectors Are Here: Mitsubishi PocketProjector - Mitsubishi has announced the upcoming availability of a new breed of truly portable projection devices: portable projectors. At just one pound, this new palm-sized technology opens up a whole new universe of opportunities for future projectors new applications and use.

2006-01-12
Media Analysis: Big screen, little growth - If cinema is to recover from a box-office slump, it must look beyond the mainstream family movie, writes Jeremy Lee.

2006-01-12
Foreign multiplex cinema chains sell off stakes to Japan movie moguls - The American-style cinema complex chains that spread across Japan in the early 1990s revolutionized the movie-going experience here, offering fans enticements such as soft reclining seats and hot buttered popcorn along with the onscreen action

2006-01-12
75 years of movie magic in Ionia - The historic Ionia Theatre has been bringing these sensations to area residents for a long time - for 75 years, in fact.

2006-01-12
Final screening for cinema stalwarts - THEIR names never feature in the rolling credits on the big screen at the Chapel Cinema, but the end of 21 years of service by volunteers Richard and Mia Cambridge this weekend is worthy of any Cecil B DeMille or Peter Jackson epic.

2006-01-13
Mansell wins contract to refurbish BFI - Mansell - the construction and property services business of Balfour Beatty – has been appointed by the British Film Institute to deliver the £4.5 million refurbishment of its South Bank site.

2006-01-13
First-run movies coming to the really big screen - Get ready to watch first-run movies on the giant-sized IMAX screen in Cathedral City.

2006-01-16
UK Film Council Brings More Films to Cinema-Goers Across the UK - Cinema-goers across the UK will be able to enjoy a wider range of British films during January thanks to National Lottery support through the UK Film Council.

2006-01-16
Eyeing the End Game: Digital Cinema Promises An Entirely New Business - To fully describe the benefits of digital cinema, one would have to author a book, not a magazine article. The benefits go far beyond the mere confines of the movie theatre itself, encompassing everything from marketing to ancillary product sales that occur long after the movie/programming has left the theatre. Digital cinema is not simply a film theatre with digital projection systems; it is in fact an entirely new business with expanded programming and associated revenue streams. This is the end game to which we should aspire.

2006-01-16
Oak Street Cinema is 'bleeding money': MFA says art-house programming must change - There were dramatic accusations, tears and angry name-calling at Oak Street Cinema on Saturday night. And that was before the movie.

2006-01-16
Curtain opens on nightspot bid - A RENOWNED cinema closed down amid angry protests is set to be turned into a massive new nightspot.

The former Odeon, on Clerk Street, which played host to some of the world's biggest movie stars, is earmarked for a major live music venue and nightclub.

2006-01-16
HMG to transform former cinema site - PROPERTY investment company Hollins Murray Group Limited is expected to begin construction work on new retail space on the site of the former Hippodrome Cinema in Wrexham later in the year.

2006-01-16
'Beautiful' spanner in works delays cinema: EXCITING developments for Hull's artshouse cinema have delayed its opening in a new venue this month. - Hull Screen's last film was shown at its Albion Street home on December 23 and a new programme of films was to have begun next Thursday at a lecture theatre at the University of Lincoln's George Street campus, just a short distance away.

2006-01-16
Granite State in ‘category 3’ for movie releases - LONG BEFORE Hollywood’s big night, five friends in Manchester were dreaming of a red-carpet gala of their very own, right here in the Queen City.

2006-01-16
The golden age of the silver screen - A young electrician with a vision, Leo-Ernest Ouimet, opened Montreal's first major movie theatre 100 years ago. The Ouimetoscope ushered in a new and lucrative era of entertainment

2006-01-16
LCD vs. DLP? - LCD or DLP? For anyone purchasing a projector, this question is a tough one. However, it's usually preceded by two even tougher questions: What are these technologies and what's the difference between the two?

2006-01-16
Digital movies enhance viewing joy - PETER Jackson's remake of the 1933 movie classic, King Kong, which opened in Shanghai last week, will still remain spotless and spanking new in one hundred years, thanks to digital technology.

2006-01-17
Archer Entertainment Media Communications Signs Letter of Intent to Acquire Alpha D-Cinema Unit - LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 17, 2006--Archer Entertainment Media Communications, Inc. (Pink Sheets:ARCM - News) announced today that it has signed a letter of intent to acquire Shenzhen, China-based Creations Technology Development Company, Limited's Alpha D-Cinema unit, including all of its rights, titles and interest in its approvals and contracts, and joint ventures to convert movie theaters in China to Digital Projection Format and related businesses.

2006-02-01
NEC ANNOUNCES HIGHEST INSTALL OF DIGITAL CINEMA PROJECTORS IN DOMESTIC POST-PRODUCTION D-CINEMA HOUSES - Starus Digital Cinema Projectors Now an Integral Part of Key Post-Production Houses Across the Country

2006-01-18
Moving picture show back in town - A Lancashire businessman is taking Hollywood blockbusters on the road with his mobile cinema.

2006-01-23
Cinema requests stronger police presence to avoid ‘possible death’ - A high street cinema has asked police to step up patrols around their site "to try and stop somebody being killed".

2006-01-23
Film society needs to help Oak Street Cinema help itself - Minnesota Film Arts Society needs to pursue students and better manage resources.

2006-01-23
National Amusements announces next two locations for IMAX(R) theatres - Exhibitor to Open Sixth North American IMAX Theatre and First in the United Kingdom

2006-01-23
Keith-Albee Theatre's closing a blow to 4th Avenue - The lights on 4th Avenue will be much dimmer Monday night. The historic Keith-Albee Theatre shows its final movie tonight, then turns out the lights for good. The old theater just couldn't survive the competition from the newer cinemas at Pullman Square.

2006-01-23
Cinema set to reel out sign language films - A SEASON of films made by deaf or hard-of-hearing actors and filmmakers is to be held in the Capital next month.

2006-01-23
The 1-2-3 Cinema is committed to celluloid - MARLBOROUGH -- It was the place of many first dates, first kisses and first flicks. Once a popular spot to catch a $1 movie on a Monday or Tuesday night, Marlborough’s 1-2-3 Cinema, one of the area’s last independent movie houses, is being renovated into retail space. The closing credits rolled a year ago, but the lobby, including the final marquee, recently was torn down, providing a final curtain call to three decades of cinematic viewing.

2006-01-23
Cinema set to reel out sign language films - A SEASON of films made by deaf or hard-of-hearing actors and filmmakers is to be held in the Capital next month.

2006-01-23
Working at The Grand is a family affair - GALVESTON — Whether learning yo-yo tricks from one of the Smothers Brothers, laughing with George Carlin or chatting with members of Mötley Crüe while they filmed a music video for MTV, meeting well-known entertainers is just another day on the job for Jeff Pye.

2006-01-24
CINETOPIA, CHRISTIE/AIX BRING DIGITAL CINEMA TO THE NATION’S NORTHWEST Digital Technology Will Enhance The Cinetopia Experience - Access Integrated Technologies, Inc. (“AccessIT”) (AMEX: AIX) underscoring its commitment to both large and small movie exhibitors across the country, today announced the company’s Christie/AIX unit will install state-of-the-art digital delivery, 2K projection and management systems for all eight of the screens at the Cinetopia (www.cinetopiatheaters.com) Theater Complex in Vancouver, Washington, a suburb of Portland, Oregon. Installation is expected to be completed in May, 2006.

2006-01-24
Openair Cinema opens with `No 2' - The Openair Cinema at the Viaduct Harbour is coming back for a third season. The temporary movie theatre will operate on Te Wero Island from 4 - 26 February 2006. The programme consists of 22 different movies - a real festival of cinematic work around the world - and a New Zealand Premiere: the snowboard documentary `First Descent' will be shown on Friday 24 February, while Toa Fraser's new feature film `No 2' opens the Festival on Saturday 4 February.

2006-01-24
Cinema in the park put forward in regeneration - A COMMUNITY cinema at Carlisle Park is the latest project proposed for the town's far-reaching riverside regeneration scheme.

2006-01-24
Former cinema destroyed by fire - Parts of an old cinema building may have to be demolished after being badly damaged in an arson attack on Sunday.

2006-01-24
Work begins on abandoned cinema - Refurbishment work is to begin on a former cinema in Leicestershire that has stood empty for 15 years.

2006-01-25
Disney snaps up Pixar in $7.4bn deal - Walt Disney, the media and entertainment group, put animation back at the heart of its strategy when it announced the $7.4bn (£4.1bn) acquisition of Pixar, the company behind Finding Nemo and Toy Story last night. The all-share deal makes Steve Jobs, the head of Pixar and founder of Apple computers, the largest single shareholder in the theme park and media group with an estimated 7% stake. He also gets a seat on the Disney board.

2006-01-25
Council won't help with cinema lease - The town of Northam has decided not to assist the local cinema to continue to operate.

2006-01-25
Britain bucks trend and flock to cinema - LONDON - In a year when blockbusters went bust in the United States and films fizzled in Europe, Britons flocked to the cinema - to see a teenage wizard, a magical wardrobe and a psychedelic chocolate factory.

2006-01-25
Technicolor to Receive Prestigious Technical Achievement Award From Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences - Technicolor Awarded for Its Patented Real Time Answer Print System

2006-01-26
'Legal record breaker' raises curtain at community cinema - THE "McLibel" story of two Tottenham residents who took on burger giant McDonald's and won is to be the inaugural film screened at a new community cinema.

2006-01-26
PAKISTAN: Abandoned cinema becomes rehab centre for female quake victims - ISLAMABAD, 25 January (IRIN) - Hindi films from Mumbai's giant film industry flicker on the screens at the Melody Cinema in the midst of a congested bazaar.

2006-01-26
Warner Brothers sets up cinema town in western China - A cinema town jointly set up by U.S. film company Warner Brothers Cinema Inc. and a Chinese investment firm opened Wednesday in Southwest China's Chongqing Municipality.

2006-01-26
Imax theater coming to area - Showcase Cinemas announces plans to convert auditorium

2006-01-26
Heron International sells Glasgow's The Quay - Heron International has sold Glasgow leisure park The Quay to WG Mitchell for £61.5m.

2006-01-26
Reel concern in Van Wert over multiplex - The newly rebuilt Van Wert Cinema, restored after its destruction by a tornado in 2002, will soon face formidable competition from a larger, state-of-the-art movie theater planned for the northeast side of the city.

2006-01-26
Press Release: ScreenSelect.co.uk brings cinema and DVD rental closer together - London, 25 January 2006: ScreenSelect.co.uk, the consumer brand of Video Island, today announced that it is bringing cinema and DVD closer together by offering its members a cinema booking service through existing partner Vue Cinemas. ScreenSelect.co.uk is the first online DVD rental company worldwide to offer members an integrated service of this kind.

2006-01-26
We want a new cinema - NINE out of ten people would like to see a new cinema in Okehampton, according to research carried out for Okehampton Town Council. However, the survey also found firm support for the town?s market, with 86% of people surveyed wishing to see it retained. The council is considering leasing the market hall to a cinema company to convert the building into a two or three screen modern cinema

2006-01-22
Ward Anderson buys six British cinemas for €40m - Ireland’s leading cinema operator is to take over six cinemas in Britain in a deal worth about €40 million.

2006-01-27
'I am sure it's a scary idea for the studios' - Director who is extending his experimental streak to methods of distribution.

2006-01-27
Katie Holmes' Love Scene Goes Missing - Director Jason Reitman believes that a projectionist is behind the mystery, although rumours are spreading that Tom Cruise had something to do with the disappearance.

2006-01-27
Dolby Laboratories Reports FY 2006 First Quarter Results; First Quarter Revenue Reaches $91 Million - Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE:DLB) today announced theCompany's financial results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2006.

2006-01-27
GDC Technology DSR™ 2k Digital Cinema Film server selected for the digital premiere of “THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA” at Hong Kong Disneyland - GDC DSR SA1000 GDC Technology, the leading provider of digital cinema solutions is pleased to announce the success of the gala premiere of “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe” at the Hong Kong Disneyland on January 13, 2006. One of the highest-budgeted special-effects movies in Disney's history - "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe", is topping box offices sales all over the world.

2006-01-29
Percolating Pixels - Digital cinema is on the move. Ever since DCI announced its technical standards and specifications on July 27, 2005, manufacturers, distributors, exhibitors and, most importantly, assorted financiers have started talking business. Within the past few months in particular, bits and bytes began banding together to shape a more concrete picture of where d-cinema is headed. With all due respect to initiatives in other parts of the world, this overview is nonetheless centered on North America. After all, Hollywood studios are setting the pace by consenting to supply digital prints to the emerging networks there.

2006-01-29
Axe falls on cinema plans - PLANS to transform a 1920s art deco cinema into a supermarket have been shelved after strong opposition from residents.

2006-01-29
GDC Technology DSR 2k Digital Cinema Film Server Selected For Digital Premiere - GDC Technology has celebrated the success of the gala premiere of “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe” at the Hong Kong Disneyland on January 13, 2006.

2006-01-29
Digital Cinema Awards will be celebrated for the first time in Cannes - As an XDC initiative, the Digital Cinema Awards will be celebrated for the first time during the International Digital Film Forum (IDIFF).

2006-01-29
AMC finally acquires Loews theater chain - Loews Cineplex, the cinema chain with a theater that anchors the sprawling Waterfront complex in Homestead, has been absorbed by AMC Entertainment Inc. Yesterday AMC announced the completion of its long-awaited merger with the Loews corporation, forming a new company to be called AMC Entertainment.

2006-01-29
Low attendance hurts Tate theater - Audience size shrinks each semester; DVDs create competition

2006-01-29
Movie piracy rife in Cineworld, Stevenage - HALF of all pirated films in the UK come from Cineworld in Stevenage.

The shocking revelation came to light when the cinema was dropped from a national newspaper's list of those offering film previews.

2006-01-29
New Yorker critic speaks on the future of films - Are movie theaters becoming a thing of the past? According to David Denby, film critic for The New Yorker, it’s a possibility.

2006-01-29
AMC, Loews finally merge - Your choices of theater chains just got a little more limited: AMC Entertainment has purchased Loews Cineplex Entertainment, bringing AMC's total ownership to 415 theaters with 5,672 screens. The merge has been planned for some time: both chains sold a few theaters last year to avoid legal problems with the consolidation. Regal Cinemas is still the largest theater chain in the U.S. but AMC is right behind them.

2006-01-29
Hollywood moves toward digital movies in theaters: Transition from film reels will facilitate tailoring movies to different audiences - HOLLYWOOD -- Most moviegoers just want to know what films are playing. Michael Joe wants to know what's playing the films.

2006-01-29
Kodak's big picture focusing on image change - Digital photography transformation puts emphasis on services.

2006-01-29
'BUBBLE' BURSTS TRADITION - Los Angeles -- Dallas billionaire media mogul Mark Cuban preached to the unconverted at a gathering of TV critics in Pasadena last week. The convergence gospel, according to Cuban, forecasts the end of traditional movie distribution and the dawn of a new digital age in which movie lovers can see anything, anytime, anywhere.

2006-01-30
The Northwick Resurrection - The Art Deco Northwick Cinema in Worcester has been empty for years. Now that has changed and it has a new owner who wants to resurrect it.

2006-01-30
Doddy backs battle to save Lonsdale Cinema - COMEDIAN Ken Dodd is backing the campaign to save Carlisle’s Lonsdale building from demolition.

2006-01-31
Going up in the world - Developers are reaching for the sky with ambitious plans to construct the North-East's tallest building in central Middlesbrough.

2006-01-31
Cineplex Entertainment Announces Naming Rights Available For Four Paramount Theatres - TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 31, 2006--Cineplex Entertainment (TSX:CGX.UN - News) today announced that the four Paramount-branded theatres located in Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto and Montreal will be re-named and are available for long-term naming right sponsorship.

2006-01-31
Morgan Stanley to sell aircraft-lease unit, pare charge - NEW YORK (AFX) -- After seeking a buyer for months, Morgan Stanley is selling its aircraft-leasing business to European private-equity firm Terra Firma for $2.5 billion in cash.

2006-01-31
NAB2006 Announces Fifth Annual Digital Cinema Summit Focusing on Real World Applications - # WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 30, 2006--National Association of Broadcasters (NAB):NAB, the Entertainment Technology Center at University of Southern California (ETC-USC) and the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) Partner to Produce Key Event on Future of Digital Cinema

2006-01-31
Northwick Cinema - Make your voice heard about the future of this site and The Northwick building.

2006-01-31
Prepare to 'Eat Cinema' - The British film industry is launching a new TV channel in an effort to boost cinema attendance following a downturn in fortunes with the advent of DVDs, HD-TV, pay-per-view and the like.

2006-02-02
Cinequest - Break Out - Silicon Valley Fest Redefines Film Festival; Films to Mobile Platforms a Highlight of 16th Year; 39 World, North American and U.S. Feature Premieres. Cinequest, Northern California’s premiere film institute, continues to redefine the very concept of film festival, culminating in a 16th event which goes beyond the traditional festival format of films in theatres by delivering content worldwide via secure Internet download, Cinequest DVD label, and now mobile platforms such as the Palm® Treo™ 650 smartphone (Nasdaq: PALM), Apple® iPod® (Nasdaq: AAPL), and video-capable mobile phones. The utilization of new technologies is a strength of Cinequest allowing the fest to expand to be not only worldwide but also year-round. If you are looking for the future of film, you will find it at Cinequest.

2006-02-02
Cineplex Entertainment Announces Naming Rights Available For Four Paramount Theatres - TORONTO, ONTARIO--(CCNMatthews - Jan. 31, 2006) - Cineplex Entertainment (TSX:CGX.UN) today announced that the four Paramount-branded theatres located in Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto and Montreal will be re-named and are available for long-term naming right sponsorship.

2006-02-02
FILM ARCHIVES TO BE RELEASED - Tuesday, January 31: The British Film institute is set to start making its archives available to the public thanks to new digital technology.

2006-02-02
Dolby Digital Cinema Forges Industry First with Dual JPEG 2000 and MPEG Support - SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 1, 2006--Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE:DLB) announced today its enhanced Dolby(R) Digital Cinema system with support for both JPEG 2000 and MPEG (MPEG-2) file formats. Hailed as an industry first, the Dolby Digital Cinema system allows exhibitors to play back future JPEG 2000-encoded content while fulfilling the current need to present movies and alternative content in the MPEG format.

2006-02-02
Kurt Schwenk, General Manager, Digital Cinema Division, NEC Solutions (America), talks about the role of NECSAM's digital cinema projectors in Hollywood's post-production environment - Kurt Schwenk is the General Manager of the Digital Cinema Division at NEC Solutions (America) (NECSAM). He's appeared three times before (on March 24, 2005, August 2, 2005, and October 19, 2005) on Entertainment Technology World to talk about the latest developments in the field of digital cinema, a process which involves the creation of digital files containing all the information necessary to generate beams of light that project moving images on a screen, the secure transfer and storage of this information in theaters, and the projection of those digitally-stored images on a screen.

2006-02-02
MPAA accused of DVD piracy - The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has been accused of breaking its own rules and making illegal copies of a film.

2006-02-02
Silent movie show - THE golden era of silent cinema will be brought to life at a special one-off event for St Brannocks Church in Braunton.

2006-02-02
Cinema owners thrilled about burst 'Bubble' - LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - The dismal debut of Steven Soderbergh's experimental film "Bubble" has sparked a gleeful response from U.S. cinema owners, who were less than enthused about its simultaneous release in both cinema and on cable.

2006-02-02
Qube Cinema, Inc. Installs Digital Cinema Servers in Landmark Theatres - SAN RAMON, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 31, 2006--Shortly after the commencement of operations in the United States, Qube Cinema, Inc. has signed an agreement with Landmark Theatres to begin their first rollout of Qube digital cinema servers in North America. Qube Cinema, Inc. is a subsidiary of Real Image Media Technologies Pvt. Ltd, an India-based technology leader in the media & entertainment space. After the successful implementation of digital cinema systems in India and Portugal, Real Image established Qube Cinema, Inc. as part of an initiative to address emerging global digital cinema market needs.

2006-02-02
Online cinema ads ‘peak a month before film release’ - Brand awareness of online cinema ads is at its peak a month before the film is released, and advertising at weekends has the biggest impact for generating tickets sales, according to new research.

2006-02-02
Cinema in recreation complex possible - THE proposal that Northam Town Council might include a cinema as part of its recreation complex was made at the last council meeting, but there are no certain commitments at this stage.

2006-02-02
REAL D Expands In Europe - Los Angeles-based REAL D, the provider of 3D technology for Disney's Chicken Little film, announced this morning that the firm will install its systems in Britain and Germany for the film. The company said that Odeon, Vue, Cinema Theatre and Cinecitta Multiplexkino will install its systems in theaters. REAL D said that the installs would bring it to a total of 102 screens.

2006-02-02
'Other Digital Stuff: Expanding the In-Theatre Experience' Launched by Entertainment Technology Center at USC - Conference Examines New Forms of In-Theatre Content Beyond Film

2006-02-03
Cinemagoers to be screened - CINEMAGOERS will have their bags searched as they enter Cineworld in Stevenage after it was revealed that half of all pirated films in the UK are made there.

2006-02-03
Dolby Laboratories enhances Dolby Digital Cinema system - Dolby Laboratories, announced today its enhanced Dolby Digital Cinema system with support for both JPEG 2000 and MPEG (MPEG-2) file formats. Hailed as an industry first, the Dolby Digital Cinema system allows exhibitors to play back future JPEG 2000–encoded content while fulfilling the current need to present movies and alternative content in the MPEG format.

2006-02-03
BACKLASH AT CINEMA - EASTBOURNE'S Cineworld cinema has come in for further criticism over its ban on customers bringing in their own food and drink.

2006-02-03
YC hoping to jump-start planned cineplex - Yuba City officials are expected to meet with movie-theater developers Monday in hopes of jump-starting the city's long-delayed downtown multiplex project.

2006-02-03
BACKLASH AT CINEMA - EASTBOURNE'S Cineworld cinema has come in for further criticism over its ban on customers bringing in their own food and drink.

2006-02-03
PVR Cinemas to take total screens to 75 - Hyderabad: PVR Cinemas, one of the leading cinema chains in the country with 50 screens spread across multiple locations, plans to add 25 more by the end of this fiscal. This includes seven more in Chennai and two more in Hyderabad.

2006-02-02
Warner Bros to sell movies on net - Films such as Batman Begins will be made available legally over the internet via peer-to-peer networks.

2006-02-02
£500,000 fake DVDs seized in raid - Counterfeit DVDs worth more than £500,000 are recovered by police in one of the biggest seizures to date.

2006-02-03
Revival hopes warning on studios - A business expert has warned against hopes of reviving the South West Film Studios in St Agnes.

2006-02-07
Projecting her dreams: Woman behind screen hopes one day she’ll be on it - She says she would rather be on the screen than behind it, but Katie Curley still loves being a projectionist at the IMAX theater at Jordan’s Furniture in Natick. The 22-year-old, who lives in Walpole, has spent many hours in the projection room watching people enjoy 3-D movies. But her job is interesting, she says, and even lets her find the time to study theater at Dean College. Curley took some time this week to tell us a bit more about herself, one of the unknown people who makes it possible for you to enjoy a movie.

2006-02-07
Cinema fights pub's all-night music move - PLANS by the largest pub in Cambridge to play live music all week have put the future of a cinema in doubt.

2006-02-07
Family selling, closing R&M Cinema in Sierra Vista - After serving Sierra Vista for 29 years, R&M Cinema III is going dark forever.

2006-02-07
The Lingering Reek of Smell-O-Vision - The tortured effort to bring smell to the silver screen proved that some things are best left to the imagination. Oscar season seems a good time to celebrate one of the worst movie ideas ever.

2006-02-07
Bethel Cinema changes hands - The Bethel Cinema will continue to offer the same great movies as it always has done, but there is a significant change.

2006-02-07
Will Digital Cinema Can Pirates? - Switching from film-based to digital projectors in movie houses promises better quality for theatergoers. But it could also help Hollywood studios nab bootleggers.

2006-02-08
Inquiry to be held into cinema's hours - RESIDENTS in Garston are gearing up to fight a proposal that would allow Woodside Leisure Park to remain open until 3am.

2006-02-08
Pirate watch at Cineworld - Cineworld has introduced random bag checks at its Stevenage cinema, following reports that up to half of the UK’s pirate DVDs originate from the site.

2006-02-09
Take two for Cinema City - Film fans were today reassured work to rebuild the city's art house cinema was firmly on track.

2006-02-09
Neighbors Come Together To Save The Cinema - Chalonda Roberts (Rochester, NY) - 02/08/06 - The Cinema on Clinton Avenue has had its ups and downs. Some nights it's a full house--other nights not so much. That's one reason owner Jo Ann Morreale is thinking about selling the theater.

2006-02-09
Berlin Film Festival goes digital with Barco - Imaging specialist Barco is pleased to announce that organizers of the 56th Berlin International Film Festival have selected D-CINE PREMIERE DP100 and D-CINE PREMIERE DP90 projectors for all digital screenings.

2006-02-09
Eight-Screen Movie Theater Plans Opening This Month - Phil Zacheretti, president of Phoenix Theatres LLC, stands near the entrance to Towne Cossing 8, the eight-screen movie theater that is scheduled to open later this month. Construction is nearing completion.

2006-02-10
Cinema needed to keep 4th Ave. alive - The Camelot and the Keith-Albee have closed, but the other movie theater on 4th Avenue will stay in business. Derek Hyman, president of Greater Huntington Theatre Corp., says the Cinema will become a discount theater showing second-run movies, effective Friday.

2006-02-10
New cinema fails to win many fans - WORK on a new cinema in St Albans city centre could begin this year.

2006-02-10
Arts Alliance Media leads the way for digital cinema in Europe by holding first commercial JPEG2000 screening on QuVIS Cinema Player - Arts Alliance Media, Europe’s leading digital cinema company, has screened Disney’s latest release ‘Chicken Little’ in JPEG2000 compression format, using MXF packaging and security keys in a format recommended by the Hollywood studios as the standard for digital cinema. The screening, held at City Screen York, was played from a QuVIS Cinema Player and marks a significant milestone in the adoption of digital cinema in Europe, as the first commercial screening to be compatible with recommendations of the DCI (Digital Cinema Initiative).

2006-02-13
Cinema shushing leads to assault charge - An enjoyable trip to a Texas cinema to watch Health Ledger in Brokeback Mountain ended badly for an Australian woman who had the nerve to shush a fellow movie-goer who was talking on her mobile phone.

2006-02-13
Avalon Cinema is dark for now - With movies such as “Walk the Line,” “Capote” and “Sarah Silverman: Jesus is Magic” drawing audiences to Paul Turner’s Darkside Cinemas, it may take some moviegoers a few days to notice that the doors of Avalon Cinema have closed, and maybe that’s part of the problem.

2006-02-13
Cineplex Galaxy Income Fund's Q4 profit up 7% to $7.3M on concession sales - TORONTO (CP) - Concession-stand revenue from items like popcorn and soft drinks propelled Cineplex Galaxy Income Fund (TSX:CGX.UN) to a 150 per cent revenue increase in the fourth quarter.

2006-02-13
Cinema licence battle is backed - ABOUT 1,600 people have formally expressed concerns about a pub's application for an entertainment licence.

2006-02-13
Cover Story: The resurrection of Cathay - Movie exhibitor with proud history in region is making its presence felt again, pens AMIR HAFIZI.

2006-02-13
Former President of National Cinema Network Joins Board of InStadium, Inc. - Chuck Battey, former President of National Cinema Network, joins the Board of Directors of InStadium, a revolutionary sports marketing company providing game-day advertising and promotions.

2006-02-13
Cinema becoming second-run theater - HUNTINGTON -- Every so often, Huntington resident Mike Davis will travel to Ashland to see not one, but two movies.

2006-02-13
Do you think film needs more money from the National Lottery? - The Government is asking for the public's opinion, via an online consultation, on how National Lottery money is to be shared between the arts, film, sport and heritage. Every year, the National Lottery raises over £1 billion to be shared between 'good causes'. Arts and film, heritage and sport are three of these good causes and the amounts they all receive are set until 2009. The consultation is asking what the allocations should be after that date. Each year film receives just 2% of Lottery money - that's £26 million in real terms - but even this amount could be under threat.

2006-02-13
First JPEG2000 commercial release in continental Europe - Nordisk Film Biografer selects Éclair Digital Cinema to upgrade digital screens to DCI compliance.

2006-02-13
CINEMA DEFENDS FOOD POLICY - EASTBOURNE'S Cineworld has finally broken its silence in light of a barrage of criticism over its food prices and searching customers.

2006-02-13
Rip Off Ireland is now at a cinema near you - RIP OFF REPUBLIC was the television hit of last summer, but now you can catch Rip Off Ireland at your local cinema. A Sunday Times survey has found the cost of a trip to the movies has risen by as much as 30% in a little more than two years.

2006-02-13
"Save Cinema" March Plan - Save Our Lonsdale campaigners are planning a protest march through Carlisle in defence of the cinema before planners decide its future on March 10.

2006-02-14
Vue sale in picture - (The Express On Sunday Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge)CINEMA operator Vue Entertainment is on track for a projected GBP400million flotation or sale following the appointment of investment bankers.

2006-02-15
Winterbottom film makes cinema history - Michael Winterbottom's new feature is to become the first film to be released across all platforms simultaneously - a move that threatens to shake up the industry's approach to distribution.

2006-02-15
DCR: Hallett Cinema - Ray Hallett runs Hallett Cinema, a small chain of theatres in the American Northwest. He has been running digital cinema on three screens since last May and as an early adopter the lessons he’s learned are well worth sharing.

2006-02-15
Epson Develops New HTPS Panels for 3LCD Digital Cinema Projectors - Seiko Epson Corporation ("Epson") has developed the first high-temperature polysilicon (HTPS) TFT liquid crystal panels for 3LCD digital cinema front projectors. Featuring D4 technology, the new 1.6-inch panels produce 2048 x 1080 pixel resolution. Shipment of samples has begun.

2006-02-15
Antaeus Sets up A Digital Cinema Subsidiary - (China IT Watch Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge)BEIJING, Feb 14, 2006 (SinoCast China IT Watch via COMTEX) --On February 12, Beijing- based Antaeus Group founded officially Time Antaeus Investment Group with total investment of CNY 160 million in Beijing, the capital city of China.

2006-02-15
Cinema-goers turn their backs on Hollywood - Ticket sales for cinemas in Switzerland dropped by more than ten per cent last year, partly because of a lack of Hollywood blockbusters.

2006-02-15
Amir Cinema to be razed by year end - THE oldest cinema hall in the country, Amir Cinema, is to be torn down. The property is owned by Qatar Cinema and Film Distribution Company (QCFDC). The decision to demolish the antiquated structure was taken at the company’s last board meeting.

2006-02-16
Cinema gets revamp - The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has pledged £3 million to restore the region’s much-loved Tyneside Cinema – the last surviving purpose-built newsreel cinema in the UK still operating as a cinema.

2006-02-16
OTHER DIGITAL STUFF: EXPANDING THE IN-THEATRE EXPERIENCE” ANNOUNCES CONTENT AND SPEAKER LINE-UP - ETC-USC Sponsored Conference Examines Music, Sports, Pre-show Ads, 3D, Games and Mobile-Powered Content in Theatres

2006-02-17
Cinema appeal for sick children - An appeal for funds to "bring the magic of the silver screen" to Scotland's sick children and their families has been made by a children's charity.

2006-02-17
Barco reinforces European leadership position with supply of 27 Digital Cinema projectors to XDC Kortrijk - PRESS RELEASE – Barco has been chosen by XDC to supply a total of 27 Digital Cinema projectors for installation reinforcing Barco’s leadership position within the Digital Cinema sector.

2006-02-19
Man charged over Oscar 'piracy' - A man accused of uploading a copy of the biopic film Walk the Line has been charged with copyright infringement.

2006-02-21
BAFTA winners announced - Joe Letteri, Christian Rivers, Brian Van't Hul and Richard Taylor walked away with a BAFTA Sunday night for their work on King Kong. At a star-studded awards ceremony for the Orange British Academy Film Awards, held on Sunday 19 February 2006 at the Odeon Leicester Square in London, the visual effects specialists behind last year's blockbuster remake of the film King Kong, won a BAFTA for Achievements in Special Visual Effects.

2006-02-21
Cinema's Biggest Stars Brighten up a Rainy London Night - There was plenty of glitz but little glory for Britain at the Baftas on Sunday evening when high-wattage stars including Pierce Brosnan, Rachel Weisz and Charlize Theron braved a rain-soaked red carpet. "A soggy carpet - very English," quipped the North Country actress.

2006-02-21
The name's up at cinemas - An Irish film giant is poised to complete the purchase of two North cinemas as part of a multi-million pound takeover deal.

2006-02-21
Movie museum is a top attraction in Turin - TURIN, Italy As befits a museum devoted to show business, the show is a key part of the display at Italy's national museum of cinema in Turin.

2006-02-21
Great Movies, Great Presentation - "Great Movies, Great Presentation..." We've borrowed our headline from the new 16-screen Lincoln Square Cinemas, the latest project by NATO board chairman Phil Harris, who is also president of Lincoln Square Cinemas LLC and several other companies. What better way is there is to counter last year's much-reported moviegoing malaise than to celebrate those fabulous new places to enjoy films that have opened since our survey in March and April of 2005? Just like last year, this Film Journal International selection makes no claim at being comprehensive, but still had to be extended into two parts. Watch for next month's ShoWest edition to continue with a global view and inside look at the launch of these million-dollar investments. Unless otherwise noted, all quotes in this article were provided in corporate communications.

2006-02-21
Online plea to film fans - BOSSES at the Cameo cinema are encouraging all website visitors to fill in an online questionnaire encouraging more funding for British films.

2006-02-21
RAT'S ALL FOLKS - CINEMA-GOERS fled a movie theatre after it was invaded by rats.

2006-02-21
UltraStar Cinemas Makes History with Largest Digital Cinema Rollout; Southern California Chain Delivers Walt Disney Pictures' EIGHT BELOW in Pure Digital(R) in over 90 Percent of its Theaters - SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 17, 2006--UltraStar Cinemas - the first in the nation to be 100 percent equipped with digital cinema - is releasing Walt Disney Pictures' family-friendly film EIGHT BELOW on Friday, February 17, digitally on 12 of its 13 theaters. This marks the first time in history that a theater circuit has released a digital film in over 90 percent of its locations. UltraStar Cinemas, currently operating 102 screens at 13 sites throughout Southern California, has teamed with Access Integrated Technologies, Inc. (AccessIT) and Christie Digital Systems (Christie) to become the first theater company in the United States to be fully equipped with Pure Digital Cinema(R) powered by DLP Cinema technology(R) in all of its locations.

2006-02-21
IDIFF focuses on D-cinema - IDIFF, the conference dedicated to digital cinema, attracted 690 professionals (a growth of 50% compared to 2005) at its four day conference in Cannes this month.

2006-02-21
Cinema Starline Seating adopts D-BOX motion simulation technology - LONGUEUIL, QC, Feb. 16 /CNW/ - Only weeks after announcing the creation of a seating manufacturer certification program for its motion simulation technology, D-BOX Technologies Inc. (TSX-V: DBO.A - News) announced today a new 'Motion by D-BOX' certified partner, Cinema Starline Seating (www.cinemastarlineseating.com). Cinema Starline is particularly well known as a provider of high-end seating for world-class sites such as the 42nd Street Theater in New York and Disneyland in California.

2006-02-21
Cinema appeal for sick children - An appeal for funds to "bring the magic of the silver screen" to Scotland's sick children and their families has been made by a children's charity.

2006-02-21
Former cinema plans get approval - The disused Roxy Cinema building in Kelso is to be turned into a restaurant and function suite.

2006-02-21
New cinema unveiled - COMPUTER-generated images of the proposed new St Albans city-centre cinema scheme have been released by developers Henry Davidson.

2006-02-21
Imax (TSX:IMX) to 'meet or exceed' 2005 earnings guidance - TORONTO (CP) - Imax Corp. says its business is gaining momentum as it installs more theatre systems around the world and more films are churned out in the giant-screen format that has made the company's name a byword for the big movie experience.

2006-02-21
Pearl And Dean cartoon 1 - catalog reference gpu0015 - Website full of Cinema cartoons

2006-02-22
Vietnam gets first multiplex April 2006 - MegaStar Media JV Vietnam – the JV company formed last year between Envoy Media Partners Limited and Vietnam’s Phuong Nam Corporation (PNC) to develop multiplex cinemas in Vietnam – has announced mobilization of additional funds as part of a facility sourced, structured and arranged by Prudential Fund Management Company through the Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (ANZ).

2006-02-22
Barco offers 3 European theater owners a free one-month trial of Digital Cinema during annual MEDIA Salles training. - PRESS RELEASE - Barco Media & Entertainment is proud to announce that it will host, for the third time, the MEDIA Salles seminar "DigiTraining Plus: New Technologies for European Cinemas", from 5-9 April 2006 in Belgium (Kuurne). During the seminar, a unique prize draw will take place as Barco offers 3 of the trainees a free, full digital cinema solution to experience for one month in their theater.

2006-02-22
Digital Cinema Initiatives (DCI) Announces Collaboration With Fraunhofer Institute to Develop Digital Cinema System Compliance Test Procedures - HOLLYWOOD, Calif. and ERLANGEN, Germany, Feb. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Digital Cinema Initiatives (DCI) has signed an agreement with the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS in Erlangen, Germany to collaborate and jointly produce a certification test plan comprised of test procedures and data to validate compliance with the Digital Cinema System Specification published by DCI in July of 2005.

2006-02-22
Philips Develop Anti-Piracy Solution for Digital Cinema - Philips Content Identification have created CineFence - "a new system designed to help the movie industry in its battle against video piracy".

2006-02-22
Firm gives cinema fresh look - Two bright white ceiling panels stand out conspicuously from the faded ones around them at Fresh Pond Cinema in Cambridge.

2006-02-22
Pearl and Dean Website Update - Pearl and Dean have redesigned their website to include more information and content. They have also changed split their corporate site to a separate subdomain (http://business.pearlanddean.com)

2006-02-27
Bafta busker blanked by blockbuster stars - Busker Duncan Kane swapped London Underground stations to perform in front of Hollywood stars but was only rewarded with £20 in tips.

2006-02-27
Australia's Village Roadshow records loss after restructuring, legal costs - SYDNEY (AFX) - Cinema operator and entertainment group Village Roadshow Ltd said one-off restructuring and legal costs associated with its film production division meant it recorded a 2.2 mln aud net loss for the first half ended December

2006-02-27
Regal Cinema hopes for windfall - A SUFFOLK cinema undergoing a dramatic change in fortunes is today waiting to hear if a £100,000 refurbishment funding bid is successful.

2006-02-27
MOVING 3-D MOVIES - BRITAIN'S first 3D cinema is to open at the Blackpool Pleasure Beach. Customers will wear 3-D specs, sit in vibrating seats and be hit by water and air jets.

2006-02-27
Regal Cinema hopes for windfall - A SUFFOLK cinema undergoing a dramatic change in fortunes is today waiting to hear if a £100,000 refurbishment funding bid is successful.

2006-02-27
MOVING 3-D MOVIES - BRITAIN'S first 3D cinema is to open at the Blackpool Pleasure Beach. Customers will wear 3-D specs, sit in vibrating seats and be hit by water and air jets.

2006-02-27
Cinema advertiser to provide web service - PEARL & Dean is finally putting its well known brand name to some good use – by launching a film news and listings website for cinemagoers.

2006-02-27
£5M SCREEN CREDIT - Scotland's first purpose-built cinema is to be restored in a £5million lottery scheme. The Hippodrome in Bo'ness, West Lothian, opened in 1912 but has been unused for 25 years.

2006-02-27
BASINGSTOKE CINEMA TO BE SOLD - The Competition Commission (CC) has decided that Vue Entertainment Holdings must sell one of the two cinemas it currently runs in Basingstoke to another cinema operator in order to preserve competition.

2006-02-27
Historic cinema will be restored in £5m scheme - SCOTLAND's first purpose-built cinema is to be restored as part of a £5 million lottery scheme to tidy up a run-down town centre.

2006-02-27
Digital Cinema Initiatives (DCI) Announces Collaboration With Fraunhofer Institute to Develop Digital Cinema System Compliance Test Procedures - Press Release: Digital Cinema Initiatives (DCI) has signed an agreement with the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS in Erlangen, Germany to collaborate and jointly produce a certification test plan comprised of test procedures and data to validate compliance with the Digital Cinema System Specification published by DCI in July of 2005.

2006-02-27
Police unit targets film piracy - A police unit dedicated to combating movie piracy and those responsible for the manufacture and distribution of pirated films has launched in London.

2006-02-27
Access Integrated Technologies to Offer a Plan to Ensure Exhibitors' Digital Cinemas Are 3D Ready in Its Christie/AIX Deployment Plan - MORRISTOWN, N.J., Feb. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Access Integrated Technologies, Inc. ("AccessIT" or the "Company") (Amex: AIX - News) today announced that its Christie/AIX unit has agreed to install the necessary hardware enabling its exhibitor customers to begin showing 3D movies on all digitally- equipped screens through a non-exclusive agreement with In-Three, Inc. (http://www.In-Three.com) and NuVision Technologies (http://www.NuVisiontechnologies.com). The agreement calls for the installation of Infra-Red Emitters provided by NuVision for its entire first- year Christie/AIX deployment of digital cinema systems, covering approximately 2,300 screens nationwide.

2006-02-27
Morley Theatre operations continue smooth run - Steve Holt, operator of the theatre, told members of the Borger Economic Development Corporation that the movie industry has been looking more closely at bringing digital cinema to theatres.

2006-02-27
Cinema chain yanks controversial "Wolves" - COLOGNE, Germany (Hollywood Reporter) - German multiplex giant CinemaxX has pulled the Turkish action blockbuster "Valley of the Wolves: Iraq" from cinemas after accusations that the film, which stars Billy Zane and Gary Busey, is anti-Semitic and anti-American.

2006-02-27
Inlet Technologies Showcases Latest Video Compression Technology - RALEIGH – Executives in Hollywood are getting their first look at new video compression technology being developed by Inlet Technologies.

2006-02-27
Digital Cinema Initiatives (DCI) Announces Collaboration With Fraunhofer Institute to Develop Digital Cinema System Compliance Test Procedures - HOLLYWOOD, Calif. and ERLANGEN, Germany, Feb. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Digital Cinema Initiatives (DCI) has signed an agreement with the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS in Erlangen, Germany to collaborate and jointly produce a certification test plan comprised of test procedures and data to validate compliance with the Digital Cinema System Specification published by DCI in July of 2005

2006-02-28
Workers hammer together Oscar night - Even hardened veterans happy to help with Hollywood’s big event

2006-02-28
Don't Close Our Cinema - HUNDREDS of activists fighting to stop Carlisle’s Lonsdale cinema being bulldozed marched through the city centre and warned councillors: “Enough is enough”

2006-02-28
Cinema auditorium given new look - The latest stage in a much-needed £250,000 makeover of a cinema and arts venue has been completed.

2006-02-28
Rural cinema plan just the ticket - Blockbuster hungry communities in Northumberland are being given the opportunity to run their own "neighbourhood cinemas".

2006-02-28
Call for dedicated arts cinemas - A Guernsey film society is calling for dedicated art house-style facilities on the island.

2006-02-28
Film festival with a difference - It's a film festival with a difference.

2006-03-01
BBC and the UK Film Council announce a dynamic new partnership with British films at the heart of the BBC’s new film strategy - The BBC and the UK Film Council, two of the biggest stakeholders in British film, have joined forces to put film and broadcasting at the centre of a brand new partnership.

2006-03-01
Islamabad — the cinema-less city - ISLAMABAD: Despite all claims of the government of pursuing a policy of enlightened moderation, the capital of the country is still without a cinema.

2006-03-01
James Cameron to Keynote NAB2006 Digital Cinema Summit Sunday; NATO President John Fithian to Join Director for Screen-Side Chat - WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 28, 2006--Director James Cameron ("Titanic," "True Lies," "The Terminator"), a pioneer in new film technology applications, will deliver the Sunday, April 23 keynote at the NAB2006 Digital Cinema Summit. Cameron's address will feature an in-depth look at the future of digital 3D.

2006-03-01
Britain’s Newest Cinema Chain “Empire” Signs 3-Year Speech Deal With Eckoh - Eckoh Technologies, one of Europe’s speech application service providers, today announced a 3-year contract to supply Empire Cinemas (Britain’s newest cinema chain), with an end-to-end automated cinema information and booking solution.

2006-03-01
Cinema plan: Community gives the thumbs-up to couple's ambitious plan - AN AMBITIOUS project which includes an art deco 1930s-style cinema is already having a positive knock-on effect for businesses in one part of Coventry.

2006-03-01
Reitman Explains Missing Holmes Sex Scene - WASHINGTON (AP) -- Jason Reitman says a projection error - not Tom Cruise - was responsible when a Katie Holmes' sex scene was missing during a screening of her upcoming movie, "Thank You for Smoking," at the Sundance Film Festival.

2006-03-02
WORLD'S LARGEST D-CINEMA INTEROPERABILITY TRIAL STARTS IN NORWAY - NORDIC project will put the country on the path to complete digital switch-over in 2007

2006-03-02
Final push for cash as new cinema wins grant - A NEW cinema for Saffron Walden is a step closer thanks to a £21,650 grant revealed this week.

2006-03-02
UltraStar Cinemas Launches Digital Cinema Rollout - UltraStar Cinemas - the first in the nation to be 100 percent equipped with digital cinema - released Walt Disney Pictures' family-friendly film "Eight Below" on Friday, February 17, digitally on 12 of its 13 theaters. This marks the first time in history that a theater circuit has released a digital film in over 90 percent of its locations. UltraStar Cinemas, currently operating 102 screens at 13 sites throughout Southern California, has teamed with Access Integrated Technologies, Inc. (AccessIT) and Christie Digital Systems (Christie) to become the first theater company in the United States to be fully equipped with Pure Digital Cinema powered by DLP Cinema technology in all of its locations.

2006-03-02
Access IT Launches D-Cinema Anti-Piracy ID Service - Access Integrated Technologies, Inc. announced the launch of a digital cinema anti-piracy initiative involving the deployment of forensic watermarking technology and the creation of a detection and recovery service created for studios and other owners of digital content.

2006-03-02
DCI Works with Fraunhofer Institute to Develop D-Cinema System Compliance Test Procedures - Digital Cinema Initiatives (DCI) has signed an agreement with the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS in Erlangen, Germany to collaborate and jointly produce a certification test plan comprised of test procedures and data to validate compliance with the Digital Cinema System Specification published by DCI in July of 2005.

2006-03-03
Cinema complex could open within three years - A NEW cinema complex should open in St Albans by Christmas 2008 if developers get planning permission for their giant city-centre scheme.

2006-03-03
Now playing in Boston: movie tickets below $10: AMC drops premium weekend pricing policy - AMC Entertainment just eliminated weekend premium pricing at the Loews theaters it recently acquired in Boston and at Liberty Tree Mall, rolling back prices on Friday and Saturday nights to below $10 for the first time in nearly five years.

2006-03-03
Barco Expands North American Service Operations with a new Digital Cinema Service Center - A new Service Facility has been opened in Sacramento. The facility supports parts stocking for rapid turn-around response, complete projection repair facilities, a technical support desk and an expanded field service team.

2006-03-03
Senator films immediately available for Digital Cinema - From today, German indie Senator is to offer digital cinema copies of its new films to all cinemas which are equipped with DLP Cinema Projectors. "Senator is thereby the first German film distributor to offer its complete slate of movies for digital projection," said Senator's Managing Director Benjamin Herrmann.

2006-03-06
Thomson to unveil digital rights package at NAB 2006 - French multimedia IT company Thomson has announced plans to unveil its Nexguard digital rights and content management package at the NAB 2006 electronic media show in Las Vegas.

2006-03-03
TI DLP(R) Projectors and TVs Chosen for 78th Annual Academy Awards(R) Presentation - DALLAS, March 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Texas Instruments (NYSE: TXN - News; TI) today announced its award-winning DLP® technology has been once again exclusively chosen as the projection technology at the 78th Annual Academy Awards. This marks the seventh consecutive year that DLP technology has lit up the screens at the world's most famous awards ceremony.

2006-03-06
Thomson To Deliver Hollywood Digital Piracy Platform - French media and entertainment company Thomson is making plans to unveil the first suite of its digital rights and content management software in April at a National Association of Broadcasters conference, company executives said Thursday.

2006-03-06
The ‘Model A’ of movie projectors - LIMA — “That is one of the very early Edison projectors. Thomas Edison perfected that,” said 79-year-old Dick Brownell, pointing to the small movie projector under a glass case. The 1903 movie projector is the pride and joy of Brownell’s collection. It was displayed Friday in the lobby of the new Regal Cinemas American Mall Stadium 12.

2006-03-06
It's not just the movie anymore: Can amenities and extras put customers in theater seats - even when movies aren't Oscar-worthy? - Huntington's Cinema Arts Centre has survived for more than three decades in the very tough business of showing movies. And, in recent years, the nonprofit's co-director likes to think that the big chains have learned a few lessons from a theater like his.

2006-03-07
Pearl & Dean builds on cinema heritage with website for film lovers - LONDON - Cinema advertising sales house Pearl & Dean has launched a new consumer website. The site aims to extend the Pearl & Dean brand and build on its heritage to promote cinema.

2006-03-07
Paisley's Black Hogmanay - ROBERT Pope was aged seven when he and his pals met on Paisley's Maxwell Street and, after collecting money at the local shop from exchanging jelly-bean jars given to him by his mother, walked to the nearby Glen Cinema to watch the Hogmanay matinee screening of The Dude Desperado.

2006-03-07
Transformation of Kuwait National Cinema Company into Cinescape: a vibrant new entertainment brand in the Kuwaiti market - The pleasure of going to the cinema has been taken to another level with Enterprise IG's rebranding of Kuwait National Cinemas into Cinescape.

2006-03-07
Cinema to set up screen at art gallery - THE popular arthouse cinema Hull Screen has been offered a temporary home at the city's Ferens Art Gallery while work is carried out at its permanent new base.

2006-03-08
NEC Solutions America Digital Cinema Division to Present STARUS Digital Cinema Solution at ShoWest 2006 - NEC Solutions America will be showcasing its STARUS(TM) Digital Cinema Solution designed for movie screens of all sizes. NEC's multiplex-wide digital cinema solution features a suite of STARUS Digital Cinema Projectors

2006-03-08
Barco shows significant growth in orders and sales - KORTRIK, Belgium -- Barco has announced results for the three- and twelve-month periods ended 31 December, 2005. Sales for Fiscal Year 2005 were euro 712.0 million and orders euro 730.4 million, leading to a book-to-bill ratio of 1.03. EBITA before non-recurrent costs was euro 60.5 million. Non-recurrent costs totaled euro 8.5 million.

2006-03-08
Cartoon Network UK using cinema to create further brand awareness - MUMBAI: Cartoon Network in the UK is using cinema as a medium to create further brand awareness. Before a film begins in certain theatres, the kids broadcaster will air a cartoon short as a way of promoting its TV brand to kids.

2006-03-09
Kodak Digital Cinema Brings to ShoWest 2006 The Only Full Network Linking Pre-Show, Features - By Making the Most of What Digital Technology Offers,Kodak Digital Cinema Proves ‘The Network is the Power’

2006-03-09
Ceiling falls in at multi-screen cinema venue - THE ceiling of a cinema being built in a multi-million pound leisure complex has collapsed.

2006-03-09
Thomson Unveils World’s Largest Digital Cinema Test Center - Technicolor Digital Cinema Unit Opens Testing Facility in Preparation For Extensive North American Digital Cinema Deployment

2006-03-09
Arts Alliance leads digital cinema in Europe with QuVIS - Disney’s ‘Chicken Little’ is first film shown commercially in Europe to be compatible with Hollywood standards for digital cinema

2006-03-09
DG2L and UFO Moviez Reach D-Cinema Milestone; 30,000 Digital Movies Shown on the DG2L Cinema Platform; DG2L to Showcase Pioneering DG2L Cinema System at ShoWest, Booth 2035 - NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 8, 2006--DG2L Technologies today announced that its newest customer, United Film Organizers Moviez (UFO Moviez), has reached a significant milestone -- surpassing 30,000 digital movies shown using the DG2L Cinema System platform.

2006-03-09
Case Study: UCI Cinema Adopts SSL VPN for Anytime, Anywhere Access - With personal e-mail available in an instant from any connected PC via free Web-mail accounts, users want to know why their corporate e-mail, applications, and documents can’t behave the same way.

2006-03-09
Lights, Camera, Stocks - Did you catch the Oscars over the weekend? Some of those top picture nominees came packing some bear market titles. Crash? Brokeback? Capitulation? What's that? It wasn't capitulation, but rather Capote?

2006-03-09
Odeon Cinemas - Odeon Cinemas is the largest chain of cinemas in the United Kingdom. It is owned by Terra Firma Capital Partners.

2006-03-09
SIGNS & DISPLAYS: Cinema signage, Sports arena displays - A total of 5.2 miles of LED channel letter lighting has been used to rebrand a UK cinema chain, while Odeco has installed 100 square meters of LED display screen in a Madrid sports venue.

2006-03-09
Cinema screens axed for new casino - Multiplex cinema operator Vue is slashing four screens at its Millennium Plaza base and replacing them with the new gambling nightspot.

2006-03-09
Odds stack up against Lonsdale being saved - FEARS are growing that Carlisle’s Lonsdale cinema could be demolished almost immediately if English Heritage says the building is not worth listing.

2006-03-10
CINEMA DE LUX THEATRE TO DEBUT IN CONNECTICUT - State-of-the-art Showcase Cinemas to feature Chatters Bar & Grill, Director’s Halls, and luxury atmosphere

2006-03-10
2005 THEATRICAL MARKET STATISTICS REFLECT CHANGE, STRENGTH - Los Angeles - - The Motion Picture Association of America, Inc. (MPAA) today released its annual theatrical market statistics report including some new consumer information on moviegoing from an analysis conducted by Nielsen Entertainment/NRG. As has been reported widely, U.S. box office dipped 6% in 2005 but remained healthy, reporting nearly $9 billion in revenue. Last year, 1.4 billion theater tickets were sold in the U.S. and the worldwide box office recorded intake of $23 billion, which was a 7.9% decline over the previous year. At the same time, consumer information from the Nielsen analysis revealed that a majority of moviegoers were satisfied with their recent experiences at the movies and felt the movies were a “good investment of their time and money.”

2006-03-10
U.S. Theatrical Market: 2005 Statistics - The following document provides context and empirical data with respect to box office in 2005, a topic which provoked much dialogue throughout the year.

2006-03-10
Big-screen pioneer Imax may be for sale - Investors were not just content to sit back and watch the show yesterday after Mississauga-based Imax Corp. announced it is considering selling the company.

2006-03-10
Cinemas losing out to DVDs - A NIGHT out at the cinema just isn't as appealing as it used to be, with more and more people opting to save extra bucks by staying at home with a DVD.

2006-03-10
Short cinema viewing - TWO years after a developer was selected for the new St Albans city-centre cinema and housing scheme a contract has finally been signed.

2006-03-10
Cinemas losing out to DVDs - A NIGHT out at the cinema just isn't as appealing as it used to be, with more and more people opting to save extra bucks by staying at home with a DVD.

2006-03-10
Short cinema viewing - TWO years after a developer was selected for the new St Albans city-centre cinema and housing scheme a contract has finally been signed.

2006-03-10
Canadian giant-screen cinema maker Imax up for sale to 'expand our scale' - TORONTO (CP) - Big-screen movie technology company Imax Corp. (TSX:IMX) is on the auction block after "several unsolicited inquiries" prompted management to look at strategic alternatives.

2006-03-10
Conference Centre in Old Cinema - NEW conference and office facilities being developed at Penrith’s former Regent Cinema are set to be completed early next month.

2006-03-10
A pioneering projectionist - Even as women moved into factory jobs during World War II, it was still news when someone found a job where no woman had gone before.

In 1943, Jean Larson made headlines as the first woman projectionist in the Play Circle movie house at the University of Wisconsin Student Union in Madison.

2006-03-10
The big switch - No more crackles, pops or breaks in the film; no more scratches, fading out or skips -- just the movie as filmmakers intended from the first viewing to the last. Two of the 14 screens at Lee Highway Multiplex Cinemas in Merrifield offer moviegoers this experience, showing high-resolution digital movies with clear, crisp pictures.

2006-03-10
Technicolor Opens Digital Cinema Test Lab To Squash Bugs - Thomson's Technicolor Digital Cinema division has opened a digital cinema research and equipment test lab, supporting the entertainment industry's move to shed celluloid for bits and bytes.

(Comments from Berchtold; Julian Levin, executive vice president at 20th Century Fox; and Dan Fellman, president of domestic distribution at Warner Bros. in podcast form to listen to or download are available here. )

2006-03-13
US cinema suffers year of slump - Box office takings in the US slid by 6% in 2005, final figures have revealed.

2006-03-13
intoPIX technology selected by MikroM for its Digital Cinema product development - Following quickly on the introduction of its single chip FPGA JPEG2000 technology earlier this month intoPIX has today announced an agreement with MikroM, a leading provider of audio-visual digital OEM product, to provide a total decoding solution for Digital Cinema.

2006-03-13
Microspace Fetches Walt Disney’s The Shaggy Dog Via Satellite for Cinemark Theaters Industry’s First Satellite-Delivered JPEG 2000 File is a Major Step toward DCI Compliance - Microspace Communications Corporation (Microspace), the leading provider of point-to-multipoint satellite services, today announced that it has delivered the first JPEG 2000 feature via satellite for Walt Disney’s The Shaggy Dog, opening today in theaters nationwide. The delivery is a key milestone in reaching Digital Cinema Initiatives (DCI) compliance. Microspace delivered the feature via its VELOCITY® satellite service in conjunction with Kodak Digital Cinema to the Cinemark Tinseltown Theater in Rochester, New York.

2006-03-13
XDC announces advanced hybrid (JPEG 2000/MXF-MPEG2) CineStore™ Solo G3 server. - XDC is proud to announce its fully interoperable and DCI compliant advanced Digital Cinema Hybrid server - CineStore™ Solo G3 - offering both JPEG 2000 and MPEG-2 play-back capabilities.

2006-03-13
REAL D Announces Addition of Digital Cinema Industry Veteran Matthew Cowan as Chief Scientific Officer - Leading Expert Joins REAL D to Shepherd in Next Generation of 3-D Advancements

2006-03-13
Movie window closing quickly - ANNA MARIA - Walt Jenkins wants to beam his movie "Vampire Biker Babes" to movie theaters around the world by satellite.

2006-03-13
Digital in front-row seat theater owners' confab - LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - As the movie theater industry's annual convention kicks off Monday in Las Vegas, the conversion to digital cinema is again on the agenda.

2006-03-13
Cheap cinema tickets - Cinemas in Rome will offer reduced-price entry for films between 13 March and 13 April during the Cin Cin Cinema season

2006-03-16
Movie theaters may ask to jam cell phones - LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Movie theater owners faced with falling attendance are considering asking federal authorities for permission to jam cell phone reception in an attempt to stop annoying conversations during films, the head of the industry's trade group said on Tuesday.

2006-03-13
Increase in cinema complexes, Japan films feed movie boom - Japanese films are experiencing a revival in popularity with several blockbusters coming out in rapid succession and more movie theaters going up across the country.

2006-03-13
Digital cinema may not be ready to roll - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - After years of haggling, Hollywood's movie studios and theater owners agreed in 2005 to replace old film projectors with new digital systems, but some say the equipment is not ready for use.

2006-03-13
All change at cinema - QUINTON Odeon has changed hands for the second time in a matter of weeks as the screen industry undergoes a major shake-up.

The 1930s cinema, in Hagley Road West, will soon be rebranded a Reel Cinema after being acquired by the Loughborough-based chain.

2006-03-13
Crisis talks over £70m centre after ceiling collapses - CRISIS talks were under way today after a cinema ceiling collapsed at a new £70million leisure complex - just weeks before its planned opening.

2006-03-13
The ShoWest Must Go On ... - These are grim times for theater owners.

Unless you've been living in a cave, you're well aware that 2005 not only marked a downturn in overall revenues, it also experienced significant erosion in the big screen audience. Then there's a consolidation in theater ownership that's put thousands of people back into the job market this year.

2006-03-14
Cinema plans two new screens - Film buffs could soon have more choice at Lynn's Majestic Cinema after owners announced plans to extend the building and install two extra state-of-the-art screens.

2006-03-14
DTS to Acquire Digital Booking Systems from FilmStew.com - Acquisition Provides Online Booking Service with Capabilities for Cinema Exhibitors and Distributors

2006-03-16
Film projector - Life has been reel good for retired projectionist David Butterman of West Hempstead. He's had a love affair with movies for all of his 66 years, more than 30 of which were spent in theater projection booths in the city. He spoke last week with Newsday staff writer Daniel Bubbeo about the pleasure he gets playing movies on his Bell & Howell Filmosound projector.

2006-03-14
Technicolor Digital Cinema Selects Digital Cinema Projector from NEC as Part Of Alliance for Upcoming Beta Test - NEC’s STARUS Digital Cinema Projector Selected Based on Detailed Evaluation of Performance and Reliability Standards

2006-03-14
DLP Cinema Projectors Deployment Crosses 1,000 Milestone - Texas Instruments (TI) announced the deployment of 1,195 DLP Cinema projectors worldwide from manufacturers Barco, Christie and NEC. The company said that surpassing the 1,000 screen milestone represents a major step forward in the movie industry's conversion from film to digital projection.

2006-03-14
Barco reaches 500th digital cinema projector milestone - As worldwide installations of Barco’s 2K D-Cine projectors increase, a major milestone has just been achieved with a multi-projector sale of Barco digital cinema products.

2006-03-14
TI Highlights Advancement of Digital Cinema Industry at ShoWest - LAS VEGAS, March 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Texas Instruments (TI) and its customers this week will highlight the advancement of the digital cinema industry at ShoWest, the largest annual convention for the motion picture industry. DLP Cinema(R) technology from TI will be utilized throughout the tradeshow, with digital screenings of three upcoming studio summer release movies, multiple digital product reel presentations, and a special presentation looking at the past, present and future of digital cinema. In addition, this will be the fifth consecutive year that TI and its DLP Cinema Products division has served as corporate sponsor of ShoWest.

2006-03-14
Dolby Leads Motion Picture Industry into Digital Future at ShoWest 2006 - Updated digital cinema solutions help drive industry standards

2006-03-14
MikroM announces an new integrated decoder solution for Digital Cinema - MikroM is proud to announce its new high integrated, DCI compliant decoder platform - MVC200-DC - offering both JPEG2000 and MPEG-2 playback capabilities.

2006-03-14
BT Branches Into Digital Cinema - U.K.-based telecommunications giant BT is working with Los Angeles-based Digital Cinema Network Service (DCNS) to launch a global solution for delivering movies to theaters via digital satellite transmissions.

2006-03-14
GDC TECHNOLOGY DEBUTS DCI ADOPTED MXF JPEG2000 UPGRADE KIT WITH 3D AND MXF MPEG2 PLAYBACK CAPABILITIES - GDC TECHNOLOGY, the leading provider of digital cinema solutions today unveils the new MXF JPEG2000 Upgrade Kit for SA1000 DSR™ Digital Film Server.

2006-03-15
DTS Launches Cinema Media Network(TM) - AGOURA HILLS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 14, 2006--DTS, Inc. (NASDAQ: DTSI - News), the leading digital entertainment company, expanding its Cinema Division portfolio of products and services, announces the DTS Cinema Media Network(TM), a high-quality automated E-Cinema network system for the delivery of high-definition video content with DTS digital surround sound.

2006-03-15
Cinema back on the market as sale agreement falters - THE landmark EMD Cinema, the old Granada, has been put up for sale again after a bid to buy it collapsed.

2006-03-16
Behind the Scenes:The man behind the light - Charleston’s film-lovers have seen John Atkinson’s work, but would not recognize his name. They have watched countless movies with him, but haven’t noticed him.

As the projectionist for the West Virginia International Film Festival, Atkinson shows us the result of millions of dollars and several months of filming with attention to focus, lighting and to not distracting the audience.

2006-03-16
US, VN studios to open cinemas - HCM CITY — US film studio Warner Bros International Cinemas and HCM City-based film company Thien Ngan (Galaxy) have announced plans to build and run several multiplex cinemas in Viet Nam.

2006-03-16
Barco wins first Digital Cinema project in Taiwan - Visualization leader Barco is pleased to announce that it has won its first digital cinema project in Taiwan continuing a string of successes in Digital Cinema in the Far East.

2006-03-15
Arthouse 'education' cinema opens - An arthouse cinema named after Blackburn film makers Sagar Mitchell and James Kenyon is opening in Preston.

2006-03-15
Fithian, Glickman cite turning point for cinema - LAS VEGAS -- At ShoWest's opening ceremony Tuesday, National Association of Theatre Owners president and CEO John Fithian and MPAA chairman and CEO Dan Glickman put a brave face on the challenges facing the exhibition business: the 5.8% decline in 2005 boxoffice receipts, shortened release windows, rampant piracy and consumers distracted by new tech gadgets.

2006-03-15
Cinema upgrade plans considered - Plans for a major upgrade of Perth's only cinema will come before councillors for approval on Wednesday

2006-03-15
Arts centre unveils new cinema season - WARWICK Arts Centre has announced details of its new film season, which includes a host of award-winning movies and films nominated for awards at this month's Oscars.

2006-03-16
D-CINEMA NUMBERS STACKING UP - World-wide installations of Barco’s 2K D-Cine projectors have reached the 500 mark, says the Belgian manufacturer.

2006-03-16
The show will go on at Holiday Cinema, owners say - MIDDLETOWN - Plans for a remodeled Holiday Cinema remain on the boards.

2006-03-16
Ron in bid for booze licence at ex-cinema - PLANS to transform Maryport’s Carlton Cinema into a £1.5 million nightspot in time for the blues festival could take a step closer this week.

2006-03-15
Golden age of cinema returns to Coundon - A HUSBAND and wife team aim to breath new life into Coundon by creating a mini leisure complex.

2006-03-15
Digital Cinema Rollout Hinges on Agreement - LAS VEGAS -- In the wake of a worldwide rollout to digital cinema, the international perspective on the transition is rife with conflicting views, not the least of which is whether the global exhibition community will faithfully adopt technical and business standards devised by Hollywood studios.

2006-03-15
Technicolor Digital Cinema Selects Digital Cinema Projector from NEC as Part of Alliance for Upcoming Beta Test - BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 13, 2006--Reinforcing its global leadership in digital cinema, Thomson (Euronext: 18453) (NYSE: TMS - News) today announced that its Technicolor Digital Cinema business, part of the Services division of Thomson, has selected the STARUS line of digital cinema projectors from the Digital Cinema Division of NEC Solutions (America), Inc. to include in its upcoming beta test of end-to-end digital cinema services. Technicolor Digital Cinema and NEC Solutions America have formed a strategic alliance to support and promote this initiative.

2006-03-15
Microspace Announces Letter of Intent with Paramount for Expanded Digital Cinema Pilot Program - Microspace Communications Corporation (Microspace), the leading provider of point-to-multipoint satellite services, today announced that it has signed a non-exclusive, non-binding letter of intent to partner with Paramount Pictures for satellite delivery of digital cinema. Since 2004, Microspace has delivered several films from Paramount’s Dreamworks SKG via its VELOCITY service to select digitally-equipped theatres in North America, including Shrek 2, Collateral and Shark Tale.

2006-03-15
Doremi Cinema's DCP-2000 Digital Cinema Server Installed in Over 300 Movie Theaters Nationwide - Doremi Cinema LLC's DCP-2000 digital cinema server was released to instant acclaim in late 2005 and currently has an installed base of over 300 servers nationwide with another 500 scheduled to be installed by the end of June 2006.

2006-03-15
CO-FOUNDER OF ULTRASTAR CINEMAS TO DISCUSS COMPANY’S CINEMATIC MILESTONE AT LARGEST MOVIE INDUSTRY CONVENTION - John Ellison to speak on first theater chain to go completely digital and the audience response to digital cinema at ShoWest panel

2006-03-15
GDC TECHNOLOGY MAINTAINS LEAD IN DIGITAL CINEMA INDUSTRY WITH A DOZEN DIGITAL MASTERING SYSTEMS INSTALLED WORLDWIDE - GDC TECHNOLOGY, the leading provider of digital cinema solutions is pleased to announce the recent installations of DSR™ Digital Mastering System that reinforces its leadership position. With the recent installations including Korea’s Hollywood Image and Entertainment Technology and Kalasa Entertainment Media in South India, GDC TECHNOLOGY now has its Digital Mastering Systems installed in 12 sites worldwide.

2006-03-15
Technicolor Digital Cinema Selects Barco Digital Projector For North American Digital Cinema Beta Test - Barco’s D-Cine Premiere DP100 Digital Projectors Chosen Based On Superior Equipment Performance, Reliability, and Functionality.

2006-03-16
Florence Mall to get 14-screen cinema - National Amusements said Wednesday that it will build a 14-screen movie theater complex at the Florence Mall. It is expected to open in late 2007.

2006-03-16
MP is put in the picture about cinema - VETERAN Crewe and Nantwich Labour MP Gwyneth Dunwoody took time out from her busy Parliamentary and constituency schedule to go to the cinema.

2006-03-16
Cinema admits mouse bother - CINEMA goers were shocked to find they were not alone while settling down to watch a film.

2006-03-15
Moving Image Technologies Announces FUSION™ Digital Projection Module - Moving Image Technologies (MiT), a leading manufacturer of cinema exhibition equipment, announced today the development of the FUSION™ digital projection module, a new, patent-pending concept which will greatly facilitate the rollout of Digital Cinema (D-cinema). The announcement was made at ShoWest, the largest annual tradeshow for the cinema exhibition industry.

2006-03-16
SMG to manage Grand Palace: Former Showcase Cinemas to undergo $20M renovation - WORCESTER— SMG has been awarded a five-year contract to manage the Grand Palace Theatre, the former Showcase Cinemas in Federal Square, whose owner is planning a $20 million renovation and reopening of the building in late 2007.

2006-03-16
DTS 5.1-Channel Surround Sound Now Supported by PixelTools' TransMux Software for Cinema Pre-Show and Alternative Content -

2006-03-20
Councillors back cinema/music venue - COUNCILLORS in Shetland have backed plans to build a £7 million cinema and music venue despite protests from the islands' pubs and clubs.

2006-03-20
Chemical alert closes cinema - A FULL-scale chemical alert was launched at Hollywood Green cinema on Friday night after customers complained of breathing difficulties.

2006-03-20
Sleuths in the cinema hall - The censor board has hired private detectives to keep tabs on increasing violations of their guidelines.

2006-03-20
Galaxy Theatres Latest Chain to Contract With Christie/AIX for Installation of Digital Cinema Systems - MORRISTOWN, N.J., March 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Access Integrated Technologies, Inc. ("AccessIT") (Amex: AIX - News) today announced that Galaxy Theatres (www.galaxytheaters.com), a rapidly-expanding independent exhibitor, has signed a contract with Christie/AIX, a wholly owned subsidiary of AccessIT, for the installation of state-of-the-art digital cinema systems on 67 of their screens. Galaxy's theatres operations are located in 4 states, including California, Washington, Texas and Nevada. Galaxy is the fourth chain, including the 2,300-screen Carmike national circuit, to contract with AccessIT for its conversion to digital cinema.

2006-03-20
DTS Enhances Digital Video Compression - Agoura Hills-based DTS announced yesterday that it has rolled out a new product that supports JPEG 2000 image compression used to encode high quality images for digital cinema

2006-03-20
Barco wins Digital Cinema Project in Taiwan - Taiwan - Visualization leader Barco has announced that it has won its first digital cinema project in Taiwan continuing a string of successes in digital cinema in the Far East.

2006-03-20
Foxmoor movies once more - New York City theater developer promises rejuvenated Foxmoor with new cinema

2006-03-20
THE LAST PORN PALACE - Karim Green has gone $2-million in debt to keep Toronto's last big-screen adult cinema alive. His labour of love: Bloor West's Metro Theatre, where $5 gets you a day in a lonely room

2006-03-20
Warner Bros to open cinemas in Vietnam - US film studio Warner Bros International Cinemas and Ho Chi Minh City-based film company Thien Ngan (Galaxy) have announced plans to build and run several multiplex cinemas in Vietnam.

2006-03-20
Golden age of silver screen is still with us - FILM aficionados do not despair. The North Shore's arthouse culture is alive and well at the Workshop Film Group, which screens films at the Workshop Arts Centre at Willoughby.

2006-03-20
Plot twist: Huge film archive moving to UM - Miami will soon be home to one of the world's largest private collections of celluloid movies, trailers and shorts.

2006-03-20
Bucks resident aims to make Quakertown hub for art cinema - She creates Broadside Film Society as venue for hard-to-find films.

2006-03-20
Turin's National Cinema Museum - Turin’s National Cinema Museum is pretty fascinating just for its collections, which cover all kinds of movie history, technology, exhibits, and several continuously playing films and programs

2006-03-20
Cinema update - The Euroa Community Cinema is seeking interest from community/recreation/church groups to host fundraising movie nights during 2006.

2006-03-20
Galaxy Theatres Latest Chain to Contract With Christie/AIX for Installation of Digital Cinema Systems - MORRISTOWN, N.J., March 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Access Integrated Technologies, Inc. ("AccessIT") today announced that Galaxy Theatres (http://www.galaxytheaters.com/), a rapidly-expanding independent exhibitor, has signed a contract with Christie/AIX, a wholly owned subsidiary of AccessIT, for the installation of state-of-the-art digital cinema systems on 67 of their screens. Galaxy's theatres operations are located in 4 states, including California, Washington, Texas and Nevada. Galaxy is the fourth chain, including the 2,300-screen Carmike national circuit, to contract with AccessIT for its conversion to digital cinema.

2006-03-20
Cinemas reel in the punters - The challenge for anyone who doubts the success of the cinema business in Ireland is to find a route into or out of Dublin without coming close to a multiplex.

2006-03-20
Big picture: Who owns what in the cinema market? - Ward Anderson: This group controls more than 50 per cent of the Irish market, with 36 cinemas and 220 screens.

2006-03-27
Makeover for 70-year-old cinema - A former cinema which has been a landmark in Neath for 70 years is to get a new lease of life as part of a £7.7m investment.

2006-03-27
The cinema King - A Cleveleys man has recreated Hollywood's golden age with a lounge cinema in his own home. Steve King first visited the silver screen as a five-year-old when his grandmother took him to see Snow White and the Seven Dwarves.

2006-03-27
Cinema brings 60 jobs to Spa town - An 11-screen cinema complex opens at the site of a new shopping and leisure development in Cheltenham on Friday, bringing 60 jobs to the town.

2006-03-27
Cinema's future under spotlight - The owners of an Imax cinema which closed its doors last year have been asked to spell out their future plans.

2006-03-27
Digital cinema to attract big money - MUMBAI, MARCH 23: The Rs 6,800 crore Indian film industry will get a major boost by 2007 with over 2,500 movie theatres turning digital. Digitalization of Cinema and movie exhibition business will attract over Rs 500 crore of investments from companies including the Essel group, Reliance Entertainment and Apollo International.

2006-03-27
Movie theaters aim for live 3D sports in 2007 - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Movie theater operators hope to be screening live 3D sports events by 2007 in a bid to lure sports fans away from their home theater systems and bolster sagging mid-week ticket sales.

2006-03-27
DALSA Announces Collaboration with Ascent Media Group for Digital Post Production of 4K Motion Picture Content from Origin Cinema Camera - WATERLOO, ONTARIO--(CCNMatthews - March 23, 2006) - DALSA Corporation (TSX:DSA - News), an international high performance semiconductor and electronics company, today announced a collaboration with Ascent Media Group (AMG) of Santa Monica, California, one of the world's largest independent post production and content delivery companies. The collaboration will enable reliable, cost effective post production of digital 4K motion picture content originating from the DALSA Origin, the world's first and only commercially available 4K digital cinematography camera.

2006-03-27
Theaters count on bright projections - Movie exhibitors entered the Paris hotel's Les Theatres Des Arts last week seeking reassurance that 2005's box office slump wasn't the beginning of the end of their profession. Their fearless leader, National Association of Theater Owners president John Fithian, apparently didn't notice the Steely Dan ditty playing before his opening remarks:

2006-03-27
Get the picture? Cinetopia going digital - Rudyard Coltman will be able to give 35 trillion more reasons why someone should experience a movie at his Cinetopia multiplex theater beginning next Friday.

2006-03-27
Digital Cinema Show 'n' Tell - LAS VEGAS -- Digital cinema developers descended here last week to convince theater owners that the future of their industry has finally arrived. But, after years of failed promises, newfangled confections like dark-chocolate Raisinets appeared to get a better hearing (two thumbs up.)

2006-03-28
Digital Cinema (JPEG2000) Reaches Europe - Press Release: Arts Alliance Media, Europe’s leading digital cinema company, has screened Disney’s ‘Chicken Little’ in JPEG2000 compression format, using MXF packaging and security keys in a format recommended by the Hollywood studios as the standard for digital cinema. The screening, held at City Screen York, was played from a QuVIS Cinema Player, and marks a milestone in the adoption of digital cinema in Europe, as the first commercial screening to be compatible with recommendations of the DCI (Digital Cinema Initiative).

2006-03-29
Cathay's New Cinema - Singapore, 26 Mar - The Cathay Organisation marked its 77-year legacy as one of South East Asia's most prominent film enterprises when the new Cathay Building on Orchard Road opened its doors in a grand opening party last Thursday.

2006-03-29
Vue Entertainment has launched a new bespoke on-line recruitment system - Vue Entertainment, one of the fastest growing multiplex cinema chains in the UK and Ireland, has launched a new bespoke on-line recruitment system developed in partnership with on-line recruitment specialists Changeworknow. The interactive on-line application process allows applicants immediate feedback as to their suitability for the role.

2006-03-29
Confab revisits digital cinema - For nearly a decade, ShoWest has been the place where exhibs heard about the coming of digital cinema, a new technology that has been promised to cut costs, boost business, eliminate piracy and even make a fresh pot of coffee.

2006-03-29
Yoram Globus, Avraham Namdar to build Cinema City in Germany - Euro Sat Investments Ltd. (TASE:ERST), recently taken over by diamond merchant Avraham Namdar, is joining forces with Yoram Globus to build a chain of cinema city-type entertainment centers in Europe

2006-03-29
Be part of cinema's history - It may just be a humble cinema seat, but it could hold the key to the future of a popular city cinema.

As the building and renovation work at Cinema City picks up pace, bosses are thinking of ways to increase funding for the multi-million pound project.

The cinema has launched a scheme in which members of the public can dedicate a seat in the new cinema with a plaque naming their favourite film, a film quote or a message of support to the city's only art house cinema.

2006-03-29
Conway to get cinema - There was a time when the city of Conway was rich in movie theaters. There were two movie houses, The Carolina and The Holliday Theater, but the last screen went dark in 1986.

2006-03-29
Access Integrated Technologies' Subsidiary, Christie/AIX, Receives Commitment for 7-Year, $217 Million Senior Credit Facility From GE Commercial Finance - MORRISTOWN, N.J., March 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Access Integrated Technologies, Inc. ("AccessIT") (Amex: AIX) today announced its subsidiary, Christie/AIX, has received a commitment from GE Commercial Finance's Global Media & Communications business for a $217 million senior credit facility. The facility will be used to provide Christie/AIX and its parent company, AccessIT, financing for funding future capital equipment outlays contemplated under its ongoing 4,000-screen digital cinema rollout.

2006-03-31
Superman to be converted to IMAX-3D - (Subscription site) Director Singer to convert 20 minutes of film to 3D, add visual cues.

2006-03-31
Cinema dream gathers pace - AMBITIOUS steps are being taken by the town's reinvigorated Chamber of Trade to see if Harborough can attract a cinema and ten-pin bowling alley.

2006-03-31
Cinema is coming to town at last - AFTER years of waiting town residents can now look forward to enjoying a trip to the cinema as plans to house a seven screen complex in the Kingfisher Centre were unveiled this week.

2006-03-31
Celebration of cinema and art - A Tampa filmmaker is honored at a college's festival that includes theater and dance

2006-03-31
Call to action over cinema development - A CAMPAIGN against proposals for a new cinema complex in the city centre is being launched by St Albans Civic Society on Saturday.

2006-03-31
Korean Circuit CEO Named International Exhibitor of the Year - Lotte Cinema, part of Korea's Lotte conglomerate, is being honored at ShoWest with the 2006 International Exhibitor of the Year Award. Mr. Kim Kwang-seop, CEO of the Cinema Group, will be in attendance to accept the honor.

2006-03-31
Groundbreaking for Bow Tie Cinema - Schenectady officials said an empty lot at State Street and Broadway could soon be the place for people to come to see the latest movies.

2006-03-31
FTP Service aids manageability of large FTP delivery. - March 31, 2006 - MediasFTP(TM) managed content delivery service combines industry standard FTP and secure FTP standards with Mainstream applications and monitoring technologies to provide secure, simultaneous broadcast delivery of content using standard IP infrastructure. It enables end-to-end management, monitoring, and reporting. Broadcasters and information content firms can use FTP to deliver digital content to newspapers, TV and radio stations, and to major web portals.

2006-04-03
Odom charges dropped - An appeals court has agreed with a Baton Rouge judge to uphold the dismissal of corruption charges against stage agriculture commissioner Bob Odom.

2006-04-03
Blockbuster merger for cinema giants - THIS summer's biggest cinema blockbuster might not be The Da Vinci Code or Casino Royale, but an £800m tie-up between the two leading chains.

2006-04-03
Cinema opens on high note - Homestead's new movie multiplex, Flagship Cinemas, opened for business Friday with a full schedule of 15 films, including hits Inside Man, V for Vendetta, Stay Alive and Failure to Launch.

2006-04-03
Newbury Gets Its Cinema - At Last! - After years of controversy and disappointment, Newbury is to finally get its own cinema.

Plans have been submitted by the Scandinavian firm, Diputs, to build a 10-screen multiplex cinema and entertainment centre, in the town. There will be no need for any hidden subsidies and parking will be free. The project is estimated to cost more than £25m.

2006-04-03
Ward Anderson rebrands British cinemas - Ireland’s top cinema group is to rebrand its 17 cinemas in Britain, becoming the fifth-largest chain in the British market.

2006-04-03
Cinema bosses to shut Odeon - THE final curtain is to come down on York's last traditional picture house.

2006-04-03
Security Guard Injured During Cinema Scuffle - MIAMISBURG, Ohio -- Police said a security guard is recovering after a violent scuffle Friday night at the Showcase Cinemas in Miamisburg. The incident happened around 11:30 p.m.

2006-04-04
Fan's anger at wait for film - Like waving a red rag to a bull, Cineworld cinema has upset a Pierce Brosnan fan by refusing to show his latest film, having advertised it as 'coming soon'.

2006-04-05
Digital Cinema Show 'n' Tell - LAS VEGAS -- Digital cinema developers descended here last week to convince theater owners that the future of their industry has finally arrived. But, after years of failed promises, newfangled confections like dark-chocolate Raisinets appeared to get a better hearing (two thumbs up.)

2006-04-05
Cinema Revolution Takes Hold As Yorkshire And North West Go Digital - Minister for Film opens state of art digital facility at Cineworld Wakefield giving film buffs more choice

2006-04-05
Officers go into battle as DVD pirates expand empire - FILM piracy has become such a problem that the Metropolitan Police has created a specialist unit to fight it.

2006-04-05
As a leading service provider, XDC is offering today a new option for JPEG 2000 systems alongside its MXF Interop MPEG2 servers. - Along with actively developing the XDC Hybrid (MXF Interop JPEG2000/MPEG2) CineStoreTM Solo G3 server, XDC has decided to drastically accelerate its technology commitment and time-table.

2006-04-05
XDC, Christie and FTT Complete Year One of a Successful Implementation and Extend Their Digital Cinema Presence in Germany. - XDC is very proud to announce that with its partners Christie and FTT, it has successfully installed 63 Digital Cinema theatres across, Germany, Austria and Switzerland, making these countries the leaders in the Digital Cinema roll out in Europe. XDC, FTT and Christie have decided to consolidate their preferred partnership in Germany and hence wish to keep the momentum in order to accelerate the migration to Digital Cinema by offering a reliable and experienced winning team solution to the market.

2006-04-10
Cineplex Galaxy Income Fund Announces Timing of First Quarter Earnings Release and Conference Call - TORONTO, ONTARIO--(MARKET WIRE)--Apr 7, 2006 -- Cineplex Galaxy Income Fund (Toronto:CGXUN.TO - News) today announced they will release the 2006 first quarter results and hold a conference call on Thursday, May 4, 2006. Interested parties can participate in the conference call with the management of Cineplex Galaxy Income Fund to review the company's results for the first quarter.

2006-04-10
QuVIS Flexes Single Server 4K in Norway - Previewing the future of digital cinema, QuVIS treated an audience at the 2006 Trondheim International Film Festival - Kosmorama to the leading edge of imaging technology. A single high performance QuVIS Digital Cinema Server, in conjunction with Sony's SXRD 4K projector, presented previews of coming Hollywood movies in standard 2K, then thrilled the crowd with another level of image quality with 4K vignettes of "I, Robot, " "The Sound of Music" and DCI STEM footage.

2006-04-10
Twentieth Century Fox launches first International release in JPEG2000 - Nordisk Film and Éclair Digital Cinema successfully complete the Danish digital release of Ice Age 2

2006-04-10
CINEMA DE LUX THEATRE TO DEBUT IN CONNECTICUT - [Dedham, MA]--March 09, 2006-- National Amusements, Inc., owner and operator of Showcase Cinemas, will unveil its new Connecticut Post 14: Cinema de Lux to the public tomorrow on March 10th. The Cinema de Lux concept takes movie going to a whole new level and is the high-end entertainment concept that National Amusements has successfully rolled out in select markets across the country. The Milford location is the first Cinema de Lux to open in Connecticut.

2006-04-10
LARGEST EVER PIRATE DVD MANUFACTURING AND DISTRIBUTION FACILITY RAIDED. - The Metropolitan Police and Waltham Forest Trading Standards in a joint initiative with FACT (Federation Against Copyright Theft) on Wednesday raided a major pirate DVD manufacturing facility and made five arrests. The premises contained over 500 individual DVD burners capable of producing over 60,000 pirate DVDs per day, with an estimated daily street value in excess of £250,000 (£1.7m per week).

2006-04-10
Motion Picture Industry Takes Action Against 14 Ebay Pirates Across the US - Los Angeles – The Motion Picture Association of America, Inc. (MPAA) yesterday filed fourteen lawsuits against online auctioneers who had been selling counterfeit DVDs on eBay. The cases involve movie titles from the major film studios including Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, State of the Union, Ice Age, Toy Story, Sahara and A Beautiful Mind. The lawsuits are an extension of the MPAA’s ongoing initiative to combat piracy on the Internet and protect consumers from being tricked into purchasing counterfeit copies of movies online.

2006-04-10
LARGEST EVER PIRATE DVD MANUFACTURING AND DISTRIBUTION FACILITY RAIDED - The Metropolitan Police and Waltham Forest Trading Standards in a joint initiative with FACT (Federation Against Copyright Theft) on Wednesday raided a major pirate DVD manufacturing facility and made five arrests. The premises contained over 500 individual DVD burners capable of producing over 60,000 pirate DVDs per day, with an estimated daily street value in excess of £250,000 (c. £1.7m per week).

2006-04-10
NEC Starus Cinema Projectors at ShoWest 2006 Ilse Jurriën : April 10th 2006 - 08:02 CET - NEC Starus Cinema Projectors at ShoWest 2006 : NEC Solutions, announced at ShoWest 2006 the availability of a full new line of Starus Digital Cinema projectors. The complete family of Starus Digital Cinema projectors includes the NEC Starus NC2500S for large screen multiplexes, the Starus NC1500C for medium-sized movie screens, and the Starus NC800C for small theatres, screening rooms, and post-production facilities. NEC's Starus Digital Cinema projectors deliver amplified brightness, sharper graphics and eye-catching color, using DLP Cinema technology from Texas Instruments. NEC Solutions America has exclusive rights to market NEC 3-chip DLP Cinema projectors provided by NEC Viewtechnology, Ltd. to the North American cinema market.

2006-04-10
Hitachi Deskstar used in StoreData Cinema System Ilse Jurriën : April 10th 2006 - 08:03 CET - Hitachi Deskstar used in StoreData Cinema System : Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (Hitachi) today announced that its award-winning Deskstar hard disk drive will be used in SM Data's StoreData Digital Cinema System, one of the first hard-drive-based digital cinema projection systems in Europe. The StoreData solution uses multiple 500-GB Deskstar 7K500 SATA hard drives for storing digital cinema content, replacing the need for storing and projecting cinema content using 35-mm films. Hitachi Deskstar drives were chosen for their large capacities, high reliability, ultra-fast transfer rates, quiet acoustics and low power requirements. Spain-based SM Data specializes in high-end, high-performance storage networking solutions.

2006-04-10
Cinema without film reels - Digital cinema seems getting ready to roll. Besides promising to change the way we watch movies, it offers new revenue opportunities for theatre owners

2006-04-10
Cinemas temporarily closed in north-western Pakistan - ISLAMABAD - Cinemas in Pakistan’s north-western city of Peshawar have been temporarily closed following threats of “dire consequences” by a religious cleric.

2006-04-10
Cape Cinema opens to a brighter future - For the first time in the cinema's history, films will be projected using xenon arc projectors rather than carbon arc projectors. The change may seem subtle for a venue that has existed for more than three quarters of a century, but the difference in some ways is like night and day.

2006-04-10
Vision of a cinema and shops complex - A VISION to create a £14m cinema, library and shopping complex needs council support to get off the ground.

2006-04-10
Cinema joins remodeling boom - After nearly 20 years, 4 Star Cinema is getting a facelift.

2006-04-10
Bridgton Drive-In: 50 years of starlit nights - BRIDGTON (April 7, 2006): John Tevanian of Naples is a lifelong devotee to the Bridgton Drive-In.

2006-04-10
Odeon brings the World Cup to the big screen in HD - You know those 50 inch high definition plasma screens? They’re for girls. If you really want to catch the World Cup in all its 1080p glory you’ll need to head down to your Odeon cinema and watch it on a massive 50 ft screen.

2006-04-10
Automating the Pre-Show - It seems like only yesterday that the American public vowed that it would never sit through a series of pre-show advertisements in a movie theatre. Quite apart from that uncomfortable feeling that one's thoughts might be controlled or manipulated by global brands, audiences couldn't see cinema advertising as entertaining. Furthermore, Americans are over-familiar with countless dull infomercials shown in captive audience situations such as domestic airline cabins. So it might be fair to assume that it is a public naturally suspicious of being trapped and force-fed sales propaganda.

2006-04-10
Barco's Real-Time Multi-Channel MPEG-4 Encoder Library Available on Cradle's Award-Winning CT3616 MDSP - KORTRIJK, BELGIUM and SUNNYVALE, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 04/06/06 -- Barco Silex, Barco's center of competence for electronic design services and IP focused on image and video-processing, and Cradle Technologies, a fabless semiconductor company delivering high-performance and flexible Multi-core DSP (MDSP) platform solutions for real-time video, audio and imaging applications, today announced the availability of a multi-channel SD MPEG-4 encoder on Cradle's CT3616 MDSP.

2006-04-10
Director is a white knight for AMC - Of the many e-mails that poured in after a recent column about a bad day at a local movie theater, one of the first came from Peter Brown.

2006-04-10
Odéon Théâtre in Paris has reopened - The Odéon Théâtre de l’Europe on the Left Bank in Paris reopened on 3 April following three years’ restoration work.

2006-04-10
Cineplex set to open here next fall - Charlotte-based Consolidated Theaters will open a 14-screen theater complex near Greenville Boulevard and Memorial Drive by November, developers said.

2006-04-10
Shringar Cinemas acquires 33 properties - Mumbai, Apr 05: Multiplex operator Shringar Cinemas Ltd on Tuesday said it has acquired 33 more properties for expanding its screen capacity since its initial public offer in April last year.

2006-04-10
Curtain drops on State Theater - WETT CITY -- The borough's movie theater is closing April 16, after just six months in business.

2006-04-10
A theater fades to black? - Film buffs and many Hyde Park residents wonder if condos will really replace Sunrise Cinemas, and when.

2006-04-10
New cinema Star is born - A famous Tyneside building is about to step out of the shadows and into the stars. The Tyne-Tees warehouse, on Stepney Bank, in the Ouseburn area of Newcastle, will be transformed into a new Star and Shadow Cinema.

2006-04-10
4 Studios Set For Technicolor's Digital Cinema - Technicolor Digital Cinema on Wednesday announced its long-awaited deployment plan for digital cinema, for which four studios are on board and three more are in final negotiations.

2006-04-12
Media Centre / Statistics - Latest figures from the British Video Association/ IPSOS show that the total loss to the whole audio visual industry through copyright theft, including file sharing, home burning and borrowing other people’s fake DVDs is more than £818 million. £450 million of this is the value of lost DVD sales, £277 million is lost box office takings and £74 million is from loss to the rental sector.

2006-04-12
COURT ORDERS WORLD’S SECOND LARGEST DVD CHIP MAKER TO COMPLY WITH CONTENT PROTECTION LICENSE - Los Angeles -- The Motion Picture Association of America, Inc. (MPAA) today announced that its member companies have successfully resolved yet another breach of contract lawsuit involving non-compliant DVD chips that enable piracy.

2006-04-12
Carmike Cinemas rolling out its digital experience, including bingo, video games, concerts, sporting events, religious programs - Saturday morning video games for the kids and late-night gaming for adults. Church services on Sunday morning, followed by bingo in the afternoon. Live concerts and sports events, some with in-your-face 3-dimensional pizzazz. Those are the flashy ingredients that Carmike Cinemas is banking on to lure more people into theaters as the company rolls out its digital viewing experience over the next two to three years.

2006-04-12
Senior Screen scheme stopped - Cinema bosses who scrapped popular senior citizens' screenings have not ruled out bringing them back if feedback about its replacement service is not positive.

2006-04-13
UK 's Digital Screen Network heads into phase two - After successful phase one rollout from UK Film Council and Arts Alliance Media, next phase of 190 screen installations will start in May.

2006-04-13
Cineplex Entertainment Increases Synergies Target to $30 Million Selects Coca-Cola as Exclusive Beverage Supplier and Expands Digital Pre-Show Network - TORONTO, ONTARIO--(CCNMatthews - April 12, 2006) - Cineplex Entertainment (TSX:CGX.UN - News) announced today that it expects annual recurring synergies resulting from the acquisition of Famous Players to now reach $30 million dollars. This is a $5 million increase versus the $25 million target that was previously announced. Cineplex Entertainment also announced the selection of Coca-Cola as the exclusive beverage partner to all 129 Cineplex Entertainment cinemas across Canada for the next five years and the continued expansion of the Digital Pre-Show Network.

2006-04-13
Firm still big box office via £8.2m deal - Telephonetics plc, the Hemel Hempstead-based speech recognition specialist, has won a major contract with Cineworld Cinemas worth £8.2 million over the next six years.

2006-04-13
Barco offers DCI Ready Digital Cinema solutions - Barco’s D-Cine Premiere series are being manufactured to comply with DCI hardware specifications, the company has announced.

2006-04-13
'Smellovision' for Japan cinema - Screenings of Colin Farrell's latest film will be accompanied by a series of smells at a cinema in Japan.

2006-04-13
Newport Cinema 4 invites the public to celebrate its 10 years of service to the community - 2006 NPT PHOTO BY STEVE BLANCHETT Newport Cinema 4 will co-host its 10th anniversary celebration with the Pepsi Cola Company at the Cinema, which is located at 424 Heritage Boulevard, on Saturday, April 15, from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

2006-04-12
Digital cinema releases up by 50% - The number of movies released in cinemas around the world in a digital format has doubled, experts have said.

2006-04-18
QuVIS TO PREVIEW THE FUTURE OF DIGITAL CINEMA AT NAB 2006 - Company to Display 4K DCI Compatible JPEG2000 Digital Cinema System and QuVIS Ovation 4K

2006-04-18
Cineplex Entertainment Increases Synergies Target to $30 Million Selects Coca-Cola as Exclusive Beverage Supplier and Expands Digital Pre-Show Network - TORONTO, ONTARIO -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 04/12/06 -- Cineplex Entertainment (TSX:CGX.UN) announced today that it expects annual recurring synergies resulting from the acquisition of Famous Players to now reach $30 million dollars. This is a $5 million increase versus the $25 million target that was previously announced. Cineplex Entertainment also announced the selection of Coca-Cola as the exclusive beverage partner to all 129 Cineplex Entertainment cinemas across Canada for the next five years and the continued expansion of the Digital Pre-Show Network.

2006-04-18
Odeon opens $45-million Silent Hill - Odeon Films isn't focusing heavily on TV commercials to market its April 21 release of Silent Hill, the $45-million horror adaptation of the video game. Instead, it is reaching out to fans of the game through the Internet.

2006-04-18
Doors close on Somerset County’s only cinema - SOMERSET — Looking through the locked doors of The Palace Theatre, the only sign of life remaining is a final batch of popcorn in the snack stand.

2006-04-18
Fire damaged cinema reopens - Richmond Filmhouse announced it will reopen for business next month following a fire that closed it 10 weeks ago.

2006-04-18
Ranch cinema getting closer to show time - Sarasota Film Society building 6 screens to show independent movies

2006-04-18
Preserving a cinema treasure - So, you like to catch your favorite flick on an uber TV screen while snuggled deep in the cushions of your down-filled sofa?

2006-04-18
Qatar Cinema Co reports QR2.3mn net profits in Q1 - DOHA: Qatar Cinema and Film Distribution Company (QCFD) has reported a net profit of QR2.26mn in the first quarter of this year, the same level as that in the corresponding quarter of 2005.

2006-04-18
OFFTHE RECORD - COMING to a cinema near you: smellovision.

2006-04-18
Cinema Art marquee removed - TROY - The landmark marquee of the Cinema Art theater was ripped down Friday after the city deemed it unsafe a day earlier.

2006-04-18
Attack on cinema showing Aamir's film - AHMEDABAD: Youth Congress workers on Friday attacked a cinema house showing an Amir Khan film in Vadodara and forced the authorities to suspend the show.

2006-04-18
Cinema in passport racket - Possible terrorist links in Bangladesh being probed - Officers of the Special Branch (SB) of the city police suspect that more people are involved in the forged passport racket, which came to light following a raid conducted on a cinema in north Calcutta late on Thursday. Many forged stamps and fake passports were seized from the premises.

2006-04-18
Development ensures city's regional fame - WITH the construction period expected to be completed by Easter next year Tamworth's Town Hall car park shopping complex could reinforce Tamworth's growing reputation as the retail and regional centre for the north-west of the State.

2006-04-18
Cinemas to benefit from digital equipment - Cinema-goers will benefit from sharper picture and sound quality from next month as a programme to equip Irish cinemas with digital equipment kicks off.

2006-04-18
Jessamine cinema's opening aids charity - Jessamine County movie fans will finally have their own theater at the end of this month.

2006-04-18
Church swaps pew for cinema seat - An Easter service with a difference has been taking place at a cinema in Kent in an attempt to encourage people to join in an act of worship.

2006-04-18
Great Theatres, Grand Openings - In continuation of last month's survey of new cinema construction, part two takes an international turn and provides some additional insight into how to launch these million-dollar investments. Once again, this selection makes no claim at being complete and, unless otherwise noted, all quotes in this article were provided by corporate communications.

2006-04-18
DTS Finalizes Digital Booking Systems Acquisition - DTS Expands Cinema Services with Addition of DBS AGOURA HILLS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 17, 2006--DTS, Inc. (Nasdaq:DTSI) announces that the company has finalized its acquisition of Digital Booking Systems (DBS) from FilmStew International, Inc. DBS, the only Application Service Provider (ASP) that enables cinema exhibitors and distributors to manage communications via the Internet, has transitioned all operations and customer support to DTS. The acquisition represents DTS' continuing expansion of products and services for an increasingly digital and software-based film industry.

2006-04-18
Border Cinema Thrives on Independence - Ideas and passion are key for any scene to flourish, and El Paso, it seems, has the raw material for numerous subcultures. Most haven’t reached their potential, however, held back by a lack of critical mass, venues for artistic expression, and a consistent audience.

2006-04-18
Silicon Imaging Announces World's First Digital Cinema Camera with Direct-to-Disk 10-bit CineForm RAW(TM) Recording and Adobe(R) Production Studio Integration - ALBANY, N.Y., April 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Silicon Imaging, Inc. has unveiled the revolutionary SI-1920HDVR portable IT-integrated 10-bit digital cinema camera with direct-to-disk recording and Adobe Production Studio integration. The Silicon Imaging SI-1920HDVR is a 2/3-inch 1920x1080P camera recording to a new version of CineForm's Visually Perfect(TM) wavelet codec called CineForm RAW(TM), in a dual-core embedded PC architecture under Microsoft Windows® XP. It delivers unprecedented image quality, 10 f-stop dynamic range, a 7-inch LCD touchscreen interface, gigabit connectivity, battery-powered operation, and up to 4 hours of continuous shooting on its USB2.0 hot-swap 160GB notebook hard drive.

2006-04-18
James Cameron: Lights, Digital Camera, NAB - The famed director will keynote the Digital Cinema Summit on Sunday at the annual National Association of Broadcasters show.

2006-04-19
Boy, 13, wants local cinema back - A 13-year-old boy is at the forefront of a campaign to bring back a Kent town's local cinema.

2006-04-19
Million Pound Film - A brand new pixel page site aimed at promoting everything to do with film-making and the movies is on air as of today. Check out www.millionpoundfilm.com for more details on how to be one of the first to advertise, and there's a 10% discount for all orders received before the end of April.

2006-04-20
Deluxe Hollywood selects SGI Professional Services and Barco for film review suite - Hollywood’s Deluxe Laboratories has installed a Barco Premier DP100 D-Cine projector for film review applications, complementing the four Barco DP100s in EFILM’s Digital Intermediate suites.

2006-04-20
Cinema ad preshow has no plot, but marketers give it thumbs up - Cinema advertising is becoming a blockbuster hit with companies seeking new ways to reach younger consumers, and new digital technology makes its cheaper to make commercials for the silver screen, industry observers say.

2006-04-21
WARNER BROS. STUDIOS SUPPORTS CHRISTIE/AIX DIGITAL CINEMA FUNDING PLAN - Warner Bros. Studios Will Release Its Movies And Pay Virtual Print Fees For Digital System Rollout Now Under Way

2006-04-21
XDC Official Partner of the Cannes Film Festival for digital cinema. - XDC to enhance its partnership with the Cannes Film Festival will support all the digital cinema activities from encoding the movies up to the screenings in the auditoriums of the Palais.

2006-04-24
A job that puts movies in focus - Lou DiCrescenzo, a film enthusiast with a library of 400, runs projectors for the Ritz theater chain.

2006-04-24
Final credits for historic cinema - A Carlisle cinema's final credits are to roll for the last time despite a campaign to keep it open.

2006-04-24
Curtain falls on Capitol theatre - One of London's longtime downtown landmarks, the Capitol theatre on Dundas Street, has been sold to local developer Shmuel Farhi, who says he plans to turn it into a parking lot.

2006-04-24
4 MILLION OF CINEMA'S MOST FAMOUS CLIPS GO UP FOR SALE - MOVIE fans can cash in on the end of a booming industry - as some of screen history's most memorable sound recordings are put up for sale.

2006-04-24
UltraStar Cinemas becomes first company to be 100 percent equipped with digital cinema - UltraStar recently released Walt Disney Pictures' family film "Eight Below" digitally on 12 of its 13 theaters, marking the first time in history that a theater circuit has released a digital film in more than 90 percent of its locations.

2006-04-24
Tech support - As d-cinema quickly becomes a reality, the postproduction community is searching for new ways to support the growing demand for digital deliverables.

2006-04-24
FILM STUDIOS MAINTAIN HEALTHY RECYCLING RATE - Los Angeles - - The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) and the Motion Picture Association of America, Inc. (MPAA) Solid Waste Task Force announced today that in 2005 the major film studios did their part to prevent air pollution, conserve natural resources and reduce water pollution by collectively diverting over 64% of studio sets and other kinds of waste from going to landfills.

2006-04-24
Cinema building to become a pub? - THE owners of the former Apollo Cinema in Blackburn have applied for planning permission to turn the venue into a pub.

2006-04-25
Former Cinema is Given New Lease of Life as Bar - FORMER cinema and town centre pub in Grange has been converted into a state-of-the-art café bar.

The former Palace picture house, which in recent years was the Lancastrian pub, is set for a new lease life as The Sands Café Bar.

2006-04-25
'Titanic' director: Digital cinema will save biz - "Titanic" director James Cameron, warning that Hollywood is "in a fight for survival," wants the movie industry to offer films in digital 3D to counteract declining sales and rampant piracy.;US;

2006-04-25
'I could run a Harborough cinema' - A CINEMA owner has said he would be interested in running an 800-seater movie theatre in Harborough.

2006-04-26
Ballantyne of Omaha Names John Wolski Vice President - Strong Digital Systems - Appointment of 35 Years Industry Executive Reflects Ballantyne's Commitment to Digital Cinema Long-term Growth Strategy

2006-04-26
Kantana Thailand first in Asia to use Sony 4K projector for digital intermediate workflow - SRX-R105 SXRD 4K High Resolution Projector as colour grading tool

2006-04-26
30 new digital screens of Utopia Group join XDC roll out initiative. - Utopolis Kirchberg 10 screens cinema is the first multiplex to be fully digital in Europe! Utopia Group has just signed an agreement with XDC for the roll out of 30 digital screens spread over four countries: Luxembourg, Belgium, France and The Netherlands. In Luxembourg, Utopolis Kirchberg is upgrading 3 existing digital screens and is adding 7 new screens. This cinema will be the very first one in Europe to be fully digital!

2006-04-26
MPA AND MUSIC INDUSTRY SIGN ANTI-PIRACY AGREEMENT IN NEW ZEALAND - Hong Kong – Today, the New Zealand Federation Against Copyright Theft (NZFACT), representing the Motion Picture Association (MPA) in New Zealand, and the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand (RIANZ) signed a Memorandum of Understanding aimed at increasing the effectiveness of the two organizations’ copyright education initiatives and strengthening anti-piracy enforcement efforts.

2006-04-26
Hollywood Continues Its Digital Makeover - Seagate Hard Drives Enable World's First Digital Cinema Camera With Direct-to-Disc Recording - SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif., April 25 /CNW/ -- It's not quite Brad and Angelina, but the relationship between Seagate and the Entertainment Industry gets stronger every day.

Seagate Technology (NYSE: STX - News), the world's leading manufacturer of Consumer Electronics (CE) hard drives, announced today that its 2.5-inch hard drives will provide the storage for the Silicon Imaging SI-1920HDVR, the world's first digital cinema camera with 10-bit Cineform RAW(TM) direct-to-disc recording. The SI-1920HDVR delivers unprecedented image quality, 10-F stop dynamic range, IT-friendly connectivity, battery powered operation and up to four hours of continuous shooting on a hot-swap 160GB USB 2.0 cartridge.

2006-04-26
International Datacasting Provides Equipment for Access Integrated Technologies Digital Cinema Deployment - LAS VEGAS, NEVADA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 04/24/06 -- International Datacasting Corporation (TSX:IDC) announced today that it has received an order for 400 DVB-S2 receivers from Access Integrated Technologies, Inc. (AccessIT) (NASDAQ: AIXD), the leading provider of digital cinema software and services. In conjunction with the Christie/AIX turnkey digital cinema deployment, AccessIT will be providing satellite receivers to locations across the United States and Canada enabling simultaneous broadcast delivery of feature films, advertisements, and alternative content to theatres.

2006-04-26
BBC Programme Catalogue Launched - The BBC puts it's entire programme catalogue on the web for the first time in an experimental form.

2006-04-28
Nostalgia: Bingo! The number’s up for cinema - This week we continue the history of the former Regal cinema.

2006-04-28
Cinema protest - PROTESTERS gathering signatures of people opposed to the current plans for a new cinema in St Albans will be out again on Saturday.

2006-04-28
Old Cinema Site For Sale Again - THE site of the old cinema on Spencer Street is to be put up for sale, at the third time of asking, in a couple of months. Following a motion, in which Cllr Brendan Heneghan called on the council to, ‘retain ownership of Kelly’s House on Spencer Street, beside the old cinema, and demolish same to create a new car park entrance to Spencer Street Car Park,’

2006-04-28
Capital opens first cinema complex - Hanoi's first cinema complex, The MegaStar Cineplex opened yesterday to audiences at the city's Vincom City Towers, 191 Ba Trieu Street.

2006-04-28
Dolby Digital Cinema Selected for 20 Screens with MEGAPLEX Theatres in Utah - SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 26, 2006--Dolby Laboratories, Inc., (NYSE:DLB) today announced that it was selected by MEGAPLEX Theatres to outfit 20 of its screens with Dolby(R) Digital Cinema throughout MEGAPLEX's chain of multiplexes in Utah. Ten of the Dolby Digital Cinema systems will be installed in MEGAPLEX's new multiplex, the MEGAPLEX 20 in South Jordan, Utah, which will celebrate its grand opening on May 19, 2006. As the newest member of the MEGAPLEX family, the MEGAPLEX 20 is leading the industry in the move to digital cinema with plans to dedicate seven of its screens to digital-cinema-only presentations, making it one of the first multiple-screen installations of digital-cinema-only theatres.

2006-04-28
Empire Theatres continues expansion and announces 2 exciting new Cinema and Entertainment complexes! - HALIFAX, April 24 /CNW/ - Empire Theatres Limited, a leading Canadian film and entertainment exhibitor is pleased to announce today that it will soon begin development on 2 new cinema and entertainment complexes! One, a new state-of-the art 12 screen entertainment complex as part of the exciting new Dartmouth Crossing project now under development by North American Development Group in Dartmouth, NS is scheduled to open in the Spring of 2007, the other, a new state-of-the-art 7 screen entertainment complex on land owned by Perlane Developments in Bolton, ON is scheduled to open in the late Fall of 2006.

2006-04-28
Former cinema is given new lease of life as bar - A FORMER cinema and town centre pub in Grange has been converted into a state-of-the-art café bar.

2006-04-28
Cameron: D-cinema is exhibition's salvation - LAS VEGAS--Boxoffice king James Cameron issued a call to arm theaters with digital cinema and digital 3-D in response to declining cinema receipts and rampant movie piracy during his keynote address Sunday at the National Association of Broadcasters' Digital Cinema Summit.

2006-04-28
Cinema paradiso - Soaring ceilings dotted with gilt curlicues. Old posters on the walls. A screen that's 50 feet across showing a spotless print of a classic movie. The smell of fresh popcorn drizzled with actual butter. They don't make them like that anymore.

2006-04-28
Cinema halls to be privatised by year end - By the end of this year, the Ministry of Culture intends to privatise all the cinema halls and theatres in Bucharest and in the country. According to Culture Minister Adrian Iorgulescu, the Ministry intends to improve film distribution quality and also the quality of the buildings and services offered to the public.

2006-04-28
Dolby Selects 20 Barco 2K Digital Cinema Projectors - SACRAMENTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 27, 2006--Digital cinema pioneer Barco announced today that Dolby Laboratories (NYSE:DLB - News) has selected 20 DP100 2K Digital Cinema Projectors.

2006-04-28
Ballantyne of Omaha Enters into Letter of Intent to Acquire National Cinema Service Corp. - Planned Acquisition is First Step towards Establishment of a National Digital Cinema Service Network

2006-04-28
Dolby Laboratories Reports FY 2006 Second Quarter Results - SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 27, 2006--Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE:DLB - News) today announced the Company's financial results for the second quarter of fiscal 2006.

2006-04-28
WikiCINEMA Launched - WIkiCINEMA an experimental wiki designed to be an authorative source of information on projectors/projectionists/cinema was announced by the Mad Cornish Projectionist.

2006-04-28
Maps for European theaters! - Google Maps has just added detailed maps for Europe. So you know what that means... we now have maps for theaters in England, France, and elsewhere!

2006-05-02
National Amusements Launches Kidtoon Films, a Unique G-Rated Family Film Program. Parents will be supported with discussion guidelines and reviews to enhance the family movie-going experience - DEDHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 1, 2006--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, launched a unique family oriented program created by Kidtoon Films that features a G-rated film every Saturday and Sunday morning at 10:00 a.m., in select U.S. theatres. The program includes a monthly review written by children's media professional Dr. Donna Mitroff, providing parents with information about the film, content and features, and discussion guidelines for conversation with children after they view the film. The Kidtoon Films program, exhibited by National Amusements, Inc., launches with a dozen G-rated animated movies for 2006 - a new title every month! The program is being rolled out in National Amusements' Cinema de Lux, Showcase and Multiplex Cinemas in select locations with SHE-RA, PRINCESS OF POWER in "THE SECRET OF THE SWORD," May's featured film.

2006-05-02
Consolidated Cineplex - Combining the assets of three different circuits, going as far back as the foundation of Famous Players Canadian Corporation in 1920 and Cineplex Odeon Corp. in 1979, Cineplex Entertainment LP today operates or has interests in 129 theatres with 1,269 screens. Calling itself "proudly Canadian," the Cineplex Galaxy Income Fund, which controls approximately 50.6 % of the operating company, is traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange. "Our goal is to be the best motion picture theatre operator in the business," Ellis Jacob, president and chief executive officer, told Film Journal International in an exclusive interview during ShoWest. "We're proud of what we've done as a company. We started six years ago with our first theatre and now we are the largest circuit in the country."

2006-05-02
Vue sale projected to make £400m - ONE of Britain’s biggest cinema chains, Vue, is set to change hands in a deal worth £400m, writes Matthew Goodman.

2006-05-02
Town divided as cinema closes after half a century - THE Avoca Beach cinema is modest, with dinky seats and a single screen. So it is hard to believe the battle seething over this little theatre at one of Sydney's favourite holiday destinations will lead to its closure tonight, after it has been showing films for the past 55 years.

2006-05-02
New cinema halls for Tehran planned - LONDON, May 1 (IranMania) - Deputy Tehran mayor for socio-cultural affairs, Ahmad Nourian has given the details of the cinema halls which have recently been opened in the capital and others which the municipality plans to establish as part of its program to increase the number of movie theaters in the metropolis, reported the Persian daily Hamshahri

2006-05-02
US chain to show more indie films - The second-largest US cinema chain is to devote far more of its screens to arthouse and non-mainstream films.

2006-05-02
Movie theater may make return showing in city - BROCKTON — Celluloid heroes may be making their way back to the big screen in the City of Champions.

2006-05-02
Smyrna getting 14-screen cinema - A Memphis company will open a 14-screen, stadium-seated movie theater next summer in Smyrna as part of a mixed-use project being developed by a local investor group.

2006-05-02
INTERVIEW Barco CEO sees up to double-digit growth in digital cinema sales - "Digital cinema has changed the business," de Prycker told AFX News in an interview. He explained that digital cinema has removed significant expenses for studios, distributors and cinema groups relating to the physical creation, duplication and transport of 35mm prints. ;Rest;

2006-05-05
Mission III goes global on 9,500 screens - International weekend preview Paramount launches biggest ever day-and-date release in 55 territories.

2006-05-08
Row over advertising contract at the Imax Cinema - A ROW has erupted over a £2million advertising contract at the Imax Cinema.

2006-05-10
Hands joins queue for Vue cinema chain - TERRA FIRMA, the private equity group run by Guy Hands, has joined a flurry of last-minute interest in the £400 million sale of Vue Entertainment, Britain’s third biggest cinema chain.

2006-05-10
Canada gets taste of global cinema - Eurocinema, a US on-demand service featuring award-winning European and international films, is making its debut in Canada.

2006-05-10
Sterling screen will go blank - One more single screen theatre in the city is giving way to a swanky multiplex. The Tata-owned Sterling cinema, a major south Mumbai landmark, is gearing up for a makeover. The theatre will down shutters this Friday and is expected to reopen early next year as a three-screen multiplex.

2006-05-10
DTS Reports Strong First Quarter 2006 Financial Results - AGOURA HILLS, Calif. --(Business Wire)-- May 8, 2006 -- DTS, Inc. (Nasdaq:DTSI) today reported results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2006.

2006-05-10
Real D to Rollout 3D Digital Cinema - According to the release below, it looks like digital 3D cinema may be coming ahead of schedule. So fast in fact that Monster House will be one of the first to taste the technology.

2006-05-10
PARAMOUNT PICKED KODAK TO HANDLE DIGITAL PREPARATION AND DISTRIBUTION FOR ‘MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE III’ - Paramount and Kodak partner to release on the greatest number of screens ever showing digital cinema feature presentation

2006-05-10
London float for Cineworld - LONDON (ShareCast) - Cineworld UK Ltd , the second largest cinema operator in the Britain, has announced plans to float in London, with press talk of a June listing and an enterprise value of £450m.

2006-05-11
WORLD FIRST AS DOGS TRAINED TO DETECT DVDS - United Kingdom, Los Angeles - - The Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT), express delivery company FedEx and HM Revenue & Customs, has joined forces to launch an exciting new initiative to help combat DVD piracy.

2006-05-11
TWO JAILED AFTER POLICE RAID ONE OF UK'S BIGGEST PIRATE DVD ‘FACTORIES’ - Two men have been jailed for a total of three years after admitting their part in the running of one of the biggest ever pirate DVD factories in the UK, capable of producing thousands of counterfeited films each day.

2006-05-11
DOREMI DCI MASTERING AND PLAYBACK PURCHASED BY DELUXE DIGITAL CINEMA, LONDON - Doremi Cinema has been selected by Deluxe Digital Cinema, Capital FX and EFILM London to provide its DMS-2000 DCI 1.0 JPEG2000 mastering station for encoding movies in 2K and 4K formats. The purchase also includes two Doremi DCP-2000 DCI JPEG2000 digital cinema servers.

2006-05-11
"M:I:3" Opens on 170 Digital Screens; - Paramount’s “Mission: Impossible: III” is the largest digital release ever, playing on more than 170 digital cinema screens throughout North America. And all digital preparation and distribution to those screens was handled by Kodak Digital Cinema.

2006-05-11
Hands joins queue for Vue cinema chain - TERRA FIRMA, the private equity group run by Guy Hands, has joined a flurry of last-minute interest in the £400 million sale of Vue Entertainment, Britain’s third biggest cinema chain.

2006-05-11
County's first Imax screen meant to wow moviegoers - With this Friday's opening of Showcase Cinemas' new Imax theater, local cinephiles will have a whole new reason to go to the movies.

2006-05-11
Terra Firma in race to buy Vue despite MBO talks - TERRA FIRMA, the private equity group run by City financier Guy Hands, is understood to be among those interested in the £400 million sale of cinema chain Vue Entertainment.

2006-05-16
Film funding 'shocking' says Ross - TV and radio presenter Jonathan Ross has called on the government to do more to support cinema production in the UK.

2006-05-16
Terra Firma in race to buy Vue despite MBO talks - TERRA FIRMA, the private equity group run by City financier Guy Hands, is understood to be among those interested in the £400 million sale of cinema chain Vue Entertainment.

2006-05-16
Interworld Digital forays into Film Production, Distribution - Interworld Digital has forayed into film production, distribution (analog and digital), overseas film distribution, audio and DVD releases.

2006-05-16
GOGGLES TO CATCH DA VINCI CHEATS - CINEMAS are to use night vision goggles to stop criminals making copies of blockbuster film The Da Vinci Code.

2006-05-15
Cineplex CEO's road to success? A complete 360 - TORONTO -- About to be given the pink slip, Ellis Jacob wondered whether he had the royal jelly to start his own company, and take on the top job of running it.

2006-05-16
Barney’s the reel thing at the GFT - The verbal equivalent of Oscars have been awarded to the man who has just celebrated 25 years as chief projectionist at Glasgow Film Theatre, the city's oldest active cinema.

2006-05-16
10 reasons given to reject cinema - DAMNING objections from planners could sink the proposed new St Albans city centre cinema.

In a report due to be considered at a district council planning committee meeting on Monday, they have given 10 reasons why councillors should reject the scheme proposed by Henry Davidson Developments for the Bricket Road site.

2006-05-16
JONATHAN ROSS PRESENTS ONLINE GUIDE TO EALING STUDIOS FILMS - A new interactive online guide to Ealing Studios films was launched today on the British Film Institute’s (bfi) educational website www.screenonline.org.uk. The Archive Interactive guide has been developed jointly by the bfi and its broadband technology partner, BT.

2006-05-16
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2006-05-16
Cineworld of tomorrow to open to the public - Cineworld, the UK's second largest cinema chain, ruled out further consolidation in the multiplex business yesterday as it announced plans for a flotation that could value the company at £440m.

2006-05-16
Cinema legal row leaves green legacy - A CONTROVERSIAL scheme to site a multiplex cinema in Crystal Palace Park was finally settled last week after European judges ruled that Government planners broke EU environment law, writes Patrick Clift.

2006-05-16
Exhibit Cinema Bar - Balham’s Exhibit bar and restaurant has added a third level with an additional bar serving its new screening room. When not booked for private functions, the theater seats 56 on leather sofas, chairs, or beanbags, and it shows movies three times a day, Sunday to Thursday. (Note that the first screening, the “Daily Scream,” is for mommies and their infants. So bring your adult roleplaying baby slave and riding crop to join in the noisy fun.) Movies on offer include classics and newish fare, plus locally produced independent films. Dinner-movie combo packages are available.

2006-05-16
NZ cinema revenue down - Reading - United States-based Reading International says revenue from its New Zealand cinema operations were flat in the March quarter.

2006-05-16
Cinema sales a blockbuster for local developer - The movie, "Friends With Money," now playing at Vancouver's City Center 12 Cinema, might also apply to owner Elie Kassab.

2006-05-16
Cinema site plans unveiled - CONTROVERSIAL plans to redevelop one of Bradford's best known landmarks – the former Odeon cinema – were unveiled yesterday.

2006-05-16
Theatre Information Systems Launches Product That Simplifies Buying Cinema Advertising - Cinema Direct Media is a Web-Based Media Tool That Networks Theatres in the Rest of America and Allows Users to Select Screens for Advertising Based on Location, Theatre Technologies, and Demographics

2006-05-16
Midtown group OKs sale of cinema to city - Harrisburg's Midtown Market District is moving ahead with plans to sell the Midtown Cinema building to the city.

2006-05-16
It’s No Silver Screen. Shattuck Cinema Workers Are Going Union - Approximately 80 Wobblies and supporters gathered in what some hailed as the one of the largest IWW gatherings in recent Bay Area history to demonstrate their solidarity with the union drive of Landmark Shattuck Cinema workers, in Berkeley, CA, on May 12, 2006

2006-05-16
Civic League calls for cinema boycott - All reasonable people prefer truth over falsehood, and virtue over vice. This preference for truth and virtue is a practical matter, for insofar as an individual, community or nation is guided by a correct understanding of the world, it prospers and flourishes. Similarly, if an individual, community or nation chooses to be guided by error and falsehood, it sets its face toward destruction.

2006-05-16
Premiere Cinema to open Friday in Bryan - Premiere Cinema 16 opens Friday at North Earl Rudder Freeway and Boonville Road, in conjunction with the release of The Da Vinci Code.

2006-05-16
Cinema may be health hazard for teens - WATCHING many modern movies may be a health hazard, particularly for impressionable teenagers, a researcher suggests.

2006-05-16
Cinema ticket helps solve murder mystery - The city police have achieved a breakthrough in the murder for gain case within a short period of 7 days and arrested one Raj Prabhu, an unemployed youth from Sivaganga district. He was remanded to judicial custody yesterday.

2006-05-18
NEC SHOWCASES ROBUST DIGITAL CINEMA TECHNOLOGY FOR DRIVE-IN MOVIE THEATRES - NEC STARUS NC2500S Projector on Display for United Drive-In Theatre Owners Association Members from Across the United States

2006-05-18
Doremi's Mastering Station Produces the First 4k Commercial Releases for the Da Vinci Code and RV Movies - Doremi Cinema's DMS-2000 is the first digital cinema mastering station to create 4k movie files for major Hollywood Studio releases. The DMS-2000 was utilized to encode DCI / JPEG2000 4k masters for the new Da Vinci Code and RV movies.

2006-05-18
Cinema plans for Celtica building - A heritage centre which closed because it could not attract enough visitors may be turned into a cinema.

2006-05-18
Ranch cinema project coming together quickly - The $4 million, 21,000-square-foot Lakewood Ranch Cinema on Lakewood Main Street will seat close to 900 people. It's set to open around July 14.

2006-05-18
MAGIC OF MOVING PICTURES - The magic of moving pictures came to west Cornwall in the late 1890s. Travelling showmen with early cinematograph machines would hire a hall, put on a display of the new technology and then move on to the next town.

2006-05-18
FUTURE VISION FOR EYESORE - Plans have been unveiled to dramatically change one of Newquay's many eyesores in a multi-million pound scheme. The former Astor Cinema and John Nance building on Narrowcliff is set to be transformed into a contemporary structure comprising of 40 one to three bedroom apartments.

2006-05-22
Coming soon, the end of a cinema near you? - Digital technology is rewriting the script for both film and television at an astonishing speed

2006-05-22
Area theaters converting film projectors to digital - Moviegoers attending this weekend's openings of "The Da Vinci Code" and "Over the Hedge" at Carmike Cinemas' Summit theater are getting their first glimpse into the future of motion pictures.

2006-05-22
DLP Cinema(R) Technology Illuminates Largest Digital Projection Event Ever at World Premiere of Disney/Pixar's CARS on May 26th - CHARLOTTE, N.C., May 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Texas Instruments (NYSE: TXN) (TI) today announced that its DLP Cinema(R) technology has been exclusively chosen as the digital cinema projection technology for the worldwide premiere of Disney/Pixar's thrilling new computer-animated feature, CARS. Manufacturers Barco, Christie, and NEC are supplying a total of twelve DLP Cinema(R) projectors to pull off an amazing feat of lighting up four custom built 115-foot screens for first ever multi-screen outdoor projection event.

2006-05-22
Turner Classic Movies Donates $100,000 to the Magic Johnson Foundation for New State-of-the-Art Screening Room - ATLANTA, May 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Turner Classic Movies (TCM) has donated $100,000 to the Magic Johnson Foundation towards the implementation of a state-of-the-art TCM Screening Room, it was announced today by Tom Karsch, executive vice president and general manager of TCM. The venture coincides with Race & Hollywood: Black Images on Film, an on-air and online event in May that chronicles the varied concepts, stereotypes and imagery of African Americans as represented in classic Hollywood cinema.

2006-05-23
PIRATE DVD FACTORY RAIDED - STREET VALUE OF OVER £1M A WEEK - THIRD MAJOR LONDON OPERATION DISMANTLED SINCE FEBRUARY - At approx midday on 21.05.06 local officers from Walthamstow borough discovered a large counterfeit DVD and cannabis factory at premises in East Walthamstow, E17.

2006-05-23
The Little Gem - Frank and Betty Terry have owned and operated the Little Gem Theatre in Wagin, Western Australia since 1986.

2006-05-23
HBOS ready for lead role in Vue cinema buyout - VUE Entertainment, Britain’s third-biggest cinema chain, is expected this week to announce a £400 million management buyout led by HBOS, the bank.

2006-05-25
WORLDWIDE STUDY OF LOSSES TO THE FILM INDUSTRY & INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIES DUE TO PIRACY PIRATE PROFILES - In 2004, the major motion picture studios commissioned the MPAA to do a study to get a more accurate and detailed snapshot of the film industry’s losses to piracy worldwide. The intent was to provide the industry with a tool for government advocacy and also a more complete picture of where to attack film copyright theft in anti-piracy efforts. The MPAA has already begun using this data to work with governments on strengthening copyright laws and illustrating local losses to their economies and their own film industries.

2006-05-25
bfi announces first ever film download with a major national newspaper - In the first deal of its kind, the British Film Institute is making a film from the National Film and Television Archive available for free download via The Times website. Timed to coincide with the Cannes Film festival and as part of a successful and ongoing partnership between the bfi and The Times, visitors to the newspaper's website can now download or stream the bfi-produced The Peaches (1964), a 15-minute short film directed by Michael Gill.

2006-05-25
Easy solution to lack of a cinema in town? - A NEW cinema could be on its way to Merton courtesy of easyJet tycoon Stelios Haji-Ioannou, if a councillor gets his way.

2006-05-28
Digital Cinema Show 2006 discusses business and tech aspects - MUMBAI: Digital Cinema Show 2006, organised by Saicom Trade Fairs & Exhibitions got underway in Mumbai today. The three day trade show is packaged with an exhibition, conferences and film screenings.

2006-05-28
Cineplex Entertainment: A New Theatre For Milton, Ontario Job Fair Takes Place This Weekend - TORONTO, ONTARIO -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 05/26/2006 -- Cineplex Entertainment (TSX: CGX.UN) is pleased to announce that construction is nearing completion for the new Galaxy Cinemas Milton. The 8-screen cinema complex is located at 1175 Maple Ave. (at highway 401 and Steeles Ave. E.) and will welcome its first guests next month.

2006-05-28
Odeon and UCI to offer World Cup football in High Definition - If you can't raise the cash to get yourself a HDTV and subscription to Sky HD or Telewest this summer to watch the World Cup, Odeon Cinemas are offering you the chance to see it on an even bigger screen.

2006-05-28
PROLIFIC EBAY PIRATE JAILED FOR 6 MONTHS - Yesterday at Bradford Crown Court a prolific DVD pirate was jailed for 6 months. Peter Spencer, 39, of Oakhall Park, Bradford had been trading on eBay since 2002 selling counterfeit DVDs and making over £39,000 in less than two years from his illegal activities. In just one day in January 2004 Spencer had over 950 pirate DVDs listed for sale on eBay.

2006-05-28
Mineral cinema - Luc Moullet is one of the pioneers of cinema. Although he made his first feature some 70 years after moving photographic images were first projected, and though he is, and had been before he began making films, an accomplished film critic, when he works on a film, it’s as if the cinema had just been invented and he had to figure out what to do with it. The mineral quality of his mise-en-scène, the brusque cutting, yields a presentational kind of cinema in which people, objects, and landscapes seem to have just now sprung into being, for the purposes of the shot.

2006-05-28
On-line cinema library unveiled at Cannes - A US company has unveiled here an online, on-demand cinema library aimed at filmmakers and movie fans looking for more than just Hollywood fare, set to go global at the end of the year.

2006-05-28
Gujarat 'bans' new Bollywood film - Cinema owners in Gujarat have refused to show Bollywood actor Aamir Khan's latest film, fearing protests about Khan's criticism of a big dam project.

2006-05-28
Modell’s Opens At Site Of Cross Bay 1 Cinema - Two hundred and fifty shoppers braved the rain to line up outside Modell’s Sporting Goods’ Ozone Park location Friday morning. All were excited to be among the first customers through the store’s doors on the day of its grand opening at 94 11 Rockaway Blvd.

2006-05-28
For movie lovers, the party is over:Last small cinemas are shutting down - In 1969, a reporter for the Toronto Telegram interviewed Harry Sherman, manager of the Fox movie theatre at 2236 Queen St. E., on the prospects for his cinema. "We get by, but there's no fortune in this business any more," he said with a sigh.

2006-05-28
Manatee theater goes digital, high-tech - MANATEE - With the rollout of the first digital projectors around the nation, moviegoers should expect to see a leap in picture and sound quality, industry observers say.

2006-05-28
Cineworld boss ushers in London float premiere - WHENEVER Steve Wiener, founder and boss of the Cineworld multiplex chain, opens another cinema, he buys a new shirt and tie for the event.

2006-05-28
Stelios no longer in the picture - THE ambitions of the Greek entrepreneur Stelios Haji- Ioannou to become a blockbuster force in the British cinema industry have had their curtain call after just three years, writes Mark Kleinman.

2006-05-30
Warner Sells Stake in Venture - Village Roadshow Ltd., Australia's biggest cinema chain, agreed to pay $192 million for Time Warner Inc.'s stake in their theme park joint venture in Queensland state.

2006-05-30
Court orders wind up of Westpoint-linked Cinema City Mezzanine - The Federal Court in Perth today ordered the winding up of Cinema City Mezzanine Pty Ltd, another company in the former Westpoint Group.

2006-05-30
Skycity buys NZ Village Roadshow - NEW Zealand gaming company and cinema operator SkyCity Entertainment Group Ltd would buy Village Roadshow's New Zealand and Fijian cinema business for $NZ49.5 million ($A41.5 million).

2006-05-30
Canadian Cinema Chain Won't Permit Paid Ad Correcting Da Vinci Code Errors - VANCOUVER, May 29, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The Canadian Movie Theater chain Cineplex Odeon abruptly cancelled a planned in-theater advertising campaign by Campus Crusade for Christ May 17. Valued at more than $60,000, the ads were part of the organization's program encouraging the public to view The Da Vinci Code movie and explore religious issues raised by the film.

2006-05-30
Village looks to Asia after Warner deal - Entertainment group Village Roadshow Ltd has set its sights on theme parks in Asia after clinching a $254 million deal with Warner Bros.

2006-05-30
Rent rise brings down curtain on easyCinema - Stelios Haji-Ioannou has abandoned an attempt to transform the movie business by opening easyJet-style bright orange "no frills" cinemas with tickets for as little as 20p.

2006-05-30
Storm Cinemas Group buys Belfast cineplex - The Storm Cinemas group, which operates sites in Limerick, Portlaoise and Cavan, has bought the biggest cinema in Belfast for an estimated €7million.

2006-05-30
Coming soon: the digital drive-in movie theater - The owners of the 406 surviving drive-in theaters in the US have long memories: They can recall 10-cent Cokes, B-movies like ``I Was a Teenage Frankenstein," and tail-finned Cadillacs driving off with the speaker still clipped to the window.

2006-05-30
Cinema company plans 76 million dollar expansion plan in India - MUMBAI (AFP) - The company said it was investing 3,500 million rupees (76 million dollars) into expanding its 100-strong cinema network centred around the southern city of Chennai into a nationwide chain of more than 2,000 by 2010.

2006-05-31
Growth tack for cinema - IF there was ever any doubt that the people of this country loved movies, the results from operations of Village Cinemas here tell the true story.

2006-05-31
Theaters' mystique lingers - These grand downtown Camden movie theaters, all demolished more than 40 years ago, are touchstones of memory for many.

2006-05-31
MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND MILESTONE PROVES DIGITAL FEATURE AVAILABILITY - Access Integrated Technologies, Inc. ("AccessIT") (NASDAQ:AIXD) reported today Memorial Day Weekend 2006 marked another digital cinema milestone for the industry, with almost 85 percent of its Christie/AIX digitally-equipped theatre screens across the country presenting feature films, reflecting the first wave of what will be a steadily increasing number of digital releases during the balance of the year.

2006-05-31
The second generation of multimedia is here - If you've got any involvement in e-learning, take a look at the British Film Institute's latest project. It's an online guide to the work of Ealing Studios, introduced and narrated by Jonathan Ross, and the interesting thing is that it's non-linear.

2006-05-31
Visitors see restored cinema - THE new Embassy Cinema in Ilfracombe - formerly the Pendle Stairway - has reopened to the public as work on a major refurbishment continues apace.

2006-06-01
64 years after bombing, Rialto cinema lives again - FILMGOERS have given the thumbs up to an ambitious 1930s-style art-deco cinema that has opened in Coventry. The Rialto Cinema, in Moseley Avenue, Coundon, is a throwback to the golden age of the pictures and has welcomed its first patrons.

2006-06-01
CHRISTIE BLAZES TRAIL FOR 3-CHIP DLP APPLICATIONS AT 10th ANNIVERSARY OF TEXAS INSTRUMENTS' REVOLUTIONARY TECHNOLOGY - Christie, a major provider of visual solutions for business, entertainment and industry, has been recognized as one of the most innovative manufacturers of projection systems, consistently setting the standards by being the first to market some of the world's most advanced projectors utilizing Texas Instruments' groundbreaking 3-Chip DLP technology. Among its notable achievements, Christie shipped the world's first commercially-available 3-chip DLP projector, the Christie VistaPRO in 1996.

2006-06-02
Longreach cinema to reopen - The operator of the Star Cinema in Longreach says he is hoping for more support from locals when the complex reopens this weekend.

2006-06-02
Odeon honored for its preservation - The Odeon Hall in Belview, constructed in 1901 as a gathering place for the community's events, was falling into disrepair 75 years later.

2006-06-02
Hacking IT: Digital Cinema - I love technology and the way it is changing everything. I went recently to a NuMetro theatre in Johannesburg’s Hyde Park to see a digital projection test. I was blown away. I could not tell the difference between the digital projection and the pervasive 35mm traditional film reel projection system.

2006-06-02
Cinema stops the Top Deck show - Hull is about to lose a special shopping experience. Alexandra Wood reports

2006-06-06
Arts Alliance upgrades UK digital screens to JPEG2000 - The first 50 servers in the UK FIlm Council's Digital Screen Network are now JPEG2000 compatible.

2006-06-06
Arnold's still wowing movie crowds at 90 - CINEMA organist Arnold Loxam has been entertaining audiences for 60 years.

2006-06-06
Apollo Cinema sees the big picture - MORE than £800 was raised for charity by tin rattling in the foyer of Leamington's Apollo Cinema during a screening of Hotel Rwanda.

2006-06-06
Cinema chain goes back into the black - DUBLIN CINEMA GROUP, which operates the Savoy and Screen cinemas, returned to profitability last year. The company founded by Kevin Anderson and Leo Ward went back into the black despite a drop in sales due to competition from multiplex operators.

2006-06-06
Upgrading To First Class - National Cinemas is upgrading Showcase Cinemas Buckland Hills to the company's new theater concept, Cinema de Lux. The new movie theater, to be called Cinema de Lux at Buckland Hills, will feature:A lobby with a pianist playing a baby grand piano.

2006-06-06
Luxury Coming Soon To A Theater Near You - There's going to the movies and then there's going deluxe, as in Cinema de Lux.

2006-06-06
Odyssey cinema in new hands - The 12-screen cinema in Belfast's landmark Odyssey complex is under new ownership, it can be revealed today.

2006-06-06
QuVIS TO PREVIEW THE FUTURE OF DIGITAL PRESENTATION AT INFOCOMM 2006:Company to Display QuVIS Ovation 4K - QuVIS, the leading technology provider for the digital imaging industry, is pushing the envelope once again with another 4K server offering, this time for the rental & staging and fixed screen display markets. At INFOCOMM 2006, the company will be highlighting its QuVIS Ovation 4K™. The unit will be on display at both QuVIS’ booth 1166 and Sony’s booth 2200, at the Orlando Convention Center, June 7-9.

2006-06-06
See England play in the World Cup on the giant screen:bfi London IMAX Cinema to show two England matches - 5 June 2006 - Missed out on tickets to see England play live in Germany? Then you can book now for the next best thing – come to the bfi London IMAX Cinema in Waterloo and see them play in all their glory on the giant screen

2006-06-06
New cinema all set to flick the switch - IT'S showtime this Friday as Preston's new arts and independent cinema finally opens its doors.

2006-06-06
National Survey Reveals Most Consumers Prefer the Small Screen for Watching Movies - NEW YORK, June 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- According to a recent national study by Guideline, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: GDLN), one of the nation's largest providers of custom business research and analysis, 85 percent of consumers typically watch movies at home on the small screen. Even when it's a movie they want to see, 49 percent of respondents said they usually wait to purchase or rent the DVD.

2006-06-15
Plans for £9.2m cinema unveiled - PLANS for a £9.2 million five-screen multiplex cinema in Haverhill have been announced. The site proposed for the multiplex cinema, as well as two restaurants, a drive-thru and a leisure shop, is at the front of Haverhill Leisure Centre on the stretch of land in front of the all-weather pitch.

2006-06-15
Sunday's movies will be the last for Prospect Mall Cinema - Prospect Mall Cinema, on Milwaukee's east side, will close after Sunday's shows, cinema owner Marcus Theatres Corp. said Wednesday.

2006-06-15
New Galaxy Cinemas Milton to Open on June 30, 2006 - MILTON, ONTARIO--(CCNMatthews - June 14, 2006) - Cineplex Entertainment LP (TSX:CGX.UN) is proud to announce its newest eight-screen entertainment complex will open in Milton, Ontario on Friday, June 30, 2006.

2006-06-15
Region to get digital cinema - THE first of eight digital projectors will be installed in West Midlands cinemas by late summer, it was announced today.

2006-06-15
Cineworld float dropped as 'four o'clock shock' knocks shares - Cineworld has shelved its planned flotation, the latest new issue to be blown off course by the storms which continue to buffet stock markets around the world.

2006-06-15
Bowls plan for old cinema site - CAMPAIGNERS hope potential investors will be bowled over by their proposals for a derelict cinema

2006-06-15
Is it curtains for the Odeon? - Odeon Cinemas is considering shutting its four-screen cinema in North End and selling the building.

2006-06-15
Dolby Unveils New Dolby Digital Cinema Networking & Sound Components At Cinema Expo - Dolby Laboratories, Inc. is to unveil the newest components of the Dolby Digital Cinema system at Cinema Expo in Amsterdam, 26-29 June 2006.

2006-06-15
Cineworld uses Fairfield Displays Suspended Cable System - Cineworld have selected Fairfield Displays & Lighting to create a presentation that would inspire people to interact with the display and encourage them to pick up information.

2006-06-15
Uphaar Cinema fire victims still seek justice after nine years - New Delhi: Every year on June 13, families of the 59 people who died in the worst cinema hall fire in India huddle together at a memorial made right outside the now-closed-down hall, with moist eyes and prayers on their lips for their lost ones.

2006-06-15
Raven cinema to reopen its doors - Healdsburg's only cinema, which has been shuttered since October, has a new lease on life thanks to a company that plans to reopen it by the end of the month.

2006-06-15
s=rollingnews.htm - Dublin Cinema Group posts profits

2006-06-15
Film buff sparks cinema terrorist scare - A CINEMA-GOER was left red-faced after he was pointed out as a terror suspect during the screening of disaster flick United 93.

2006-06-15
Bollywood urged to campaign against piracy - Mumbai, June 12 (UNI): The Dadasaheb Phalke Academy has appealed to Bollywood personalities to use the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards function in Dubai this week as a platform to launch a campaign against piracy.

2006-06-15
GDC Technology Marks South Korea Milestone With Over 20 New D-Cinema Installations - GDC Technology has commissioned another 20 units of SA1000 DSR Digital Film Servers in South Korea

2006-06-15
QuVIS Performs With Pixar’s “Cars” Company's Digital Cinema System Used In Digital Showings of New Feature - Once again, the QuVIS' Cinema System is helping drive digital cinema with the domestic and international showings of the highly anticipated Disney presentation of Pixar’s motion picture “Cars”. The film is Pixar’s latest animated feature to be shown using a QuVIS Cinema System, continuing a tradition established in 1999 with the digital showing of Toy Story 2.

2006-06-15
Cineworld calls off £290m flotation plan - tain's second-largest cinema chain, Cineworld, became the latest casualty of choppy stock markets yesterday as it postponed its planned flotation expected to value it at £290m.

2006-06-15
Cinema designed by National Artist faces demolition - THE National Commission for Culture and the Arts has activated its “emergency response committee” to monitor, preserve and save from destruction privately-owned buildings or structures designed by National Artists

2006-06-15
Regal Cinema contruction under way at Pyramid Mall - Subcontractors working for Bold Associates have started construction at the site of the new 14-screen Regal Cinema complex that was formerly the Ames store at the Pyramid Mall in Lansing. The northern part of the existing building will be removed and the southern section remodeled. The 64,000 square foot theater is scheduled to open by February of 2007 according to Linn Redder, marketing director for the mall.

2006-06-15
Cinemas see the bigger picture by reviving classics - THEY are timeless cinema classics that have largely been consigned to the late-night graveyard slots on the small screen.

2006-06-15
Kenilworth could get a cinema - A public service centre for Kenilworth could be nearing reality if the Talisman Theatre and Town Council offices were sold off at the right price.

2006-06-15
Oak Street Cinema reopens with two Swedish films - The beleaguered venue will be testing audience interest to see if the theater can stay afloat.

2006-06-15
Final curtain call for cinema - CITY MP Christine Russell is calling for a campaign to save Chester's historic cinema which this year celebrates its 70th anniversary.

2006-06-15
Images Cinema Oral History - Images Cinema is exploring its history this summer by recording an oral history, through videotaped interviews. Interviewees can be former employees, people who grew up in Williamstown, regular customers, and anyone else who has any experiences they would like to share about Images, and its previous incarnations. To participate, contact Janet Curran at janet@imagescinema.org, or call 413 458 1039.

2006-06-15
Case Study: Odeon UCI Chooses AEP Networks’ Netilla Security Platform for Secure, Remote Access - Odeon UCI in the UK owns and operates more than 100 multiplex cinemas with 1,057 screens across Europe, the Far East, Asia and South America. With Odeon’s senior management traveling frequently between locations it became necessary to provide executives with secure, remote access to email and applications from any location at any time. To make this happen, Odeon installed the Netilla Security Platform (NSP), a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) VPN solution from AEP Networks, with support and consultancy from Think Secure.

2006-06-15
Cineworld postpones flotation - CINEWORLD, the second- biggest cinema chain in Britain, has become the latest company to delay flotation because of stock market volatility.

2006-06-15
Paris Cinema owner says he won't rebuild - Higher than anticipated construction costs have forced John Allred of Caulksville into an agonizing decision.

2006-06-15
First Digital Cinema Screens in Iceland Equipped with Dolby Digital Cinema - WOOTTON BASSETT, United Kingdom--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 7, 2006--Dolby Laboratories, Inc., (NYSE:DLB - News) today announced that it was selected by Iceland's SamFilm Group to provide the first digital cinema systems in Iceland. SamFilm Group, the largest theatrical, video, and DVD distributor in Iceland, purchased three Dolby® Digital Cinema systems to install in its three-screen cinema complex in Reykjavik. For the first digital cinema presentation in Iceland, SamFilm Group hosted a special private screening of Disney's Cars. The first digital cinema presentation open to the public was Mission: Impossible III, which opened May 5.

2006-06-15
First showing at new uni cinema - Preston's new independent cinema at the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) opens tomorrow with academy award-winning film Tsotsi which looks at life in the ghettos outside Johannesburg.

2006-06-15
Plans to be lodged for bigger and better cinema - New operator will manage 1,000 seat venue next to the Kennet Centre

2006-06-15
Must be a bad Omen - A FIGHT broke out between punters at a screening of horror flick The Omen.

2006-06-15
TOWN CENTRE PLANS GET GREEN LIGHT - A MULTI-SCREEN cinema and bowling alley have been approved for central Douglas

2006-06-15
Saturday night at the movies as Coleraine cinema reopens - Movie mogul Michael McAdam is going back to the seaside where it all began.

2006-06-15
World Cup Streams Live To Growing Array Of Screens - Movie theaters and Web sites are leveraging technology to bring the 2006 FIFA World Cup soccer tournament to an ever-increasing array of screens, small and large.

2006-06-19
GDC TECHNOLOGY ANNOUNCES THE APPOINTMENT OF NEW CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER - DC Technology, the leading provider of digital cinema solutions is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Kent Chiu as GDC Technology’s new chief financial officer (CFO) with effect from June 1st, 2006. Kent is a chartered accountant who began his career with Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, Hong Kong, where he advised on numerous financial projects of listed and multinational companies.

2006-06-19
Case Study: UCI Cinema Adopts SSL VPN for Anytime, Anywhere Access - With personal e-mail available in an instant from any connected PC via free Web-mail accounts, users want to know why their corporate e-mail, applications, and documents can’t behave the same way.

2006-06-19
Probe into cinema blaze - AN investigation is underway into a huge fire that caused the front of an old cinema building in Miles Platting to collapse.

2006-06-21
Vue in management buyout worth $645m - Bank of Scotland backs buyout and acquires minority stake in UK exhibition company.

2006-06-21
Organ Concert at the Odeon Weston-super-Mare - The next Organ Concert at the Odeon Weston-super-Mare is being held on Sunday July 9th, featuring Frank Fowler & Stephen Dutfield. Ticket booking available on 01934 625282 after midday, or in person at the cinema Box Office.

2006-06-21
Ballantyne's Strong Digital Systems Division Brings State of the Art Digital Cinema to Atlanta's Historic FOX Theatre NEC STARUS NC2500S Digital Cinema Projector Installation Adds Digital Cinema to Theatre's Event Programming - Ballantyne of Omaha, Inc. (Amex: BTN), a leading provider of motion picture projection, specialty lighting and digital cinema equipment and services, announced today that its Strong Digital Systems division has completed the installation of a state-of-the-art NEC STARUS(TM) NC2500S Digital Cinema projector at the nationally-known Fox Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia. "The Fox" plans to debut its new digital cinema capability June 26 with the screening of The Chronicles of Narnia- The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.

2006-06-21
Kodak taps Kercher to manage Digital Cinema in Europe, Middle East and Africa Executive Will Lead Kodak’s Digital Cinema Expansion In Key Growth Markets - Underscoring Kodak’s global commitment to digital cinema, the company named Brian Kercher to be general manager for Kodak Digital Cinema covering Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Kercher joins the Kodak team now offering digital cinema solutions in all key regions of the world.

2006-06-21
Kodak Introduces Flexible Networked Digital Cinema Player At Cine Expo Kodak CineServer plays all formats, demonstrates ‘The Network is the Power’ - Kodak is showcasing its fully-networked digital cinema solution at Cinema Expo 2006, June 26 – 29, here in Amsterdam. The Kodak demonstrations feature the first public European showings of the versatile Kodak CineServer JMN3000, a playback unit that handles JPEG- and MPEG-compressed movies, as well as trailers and pre-show content.

2006-06-21
Village offloads UK cinema interests - Entertainment group Village Roadshow Ltd has forked out $33.5 million to dispose of its remaining United Kingdom cinema interests.

2006-06-21
Cinema Ad Market Is A Blockbuster, Jump 21 Percent - CINEMA ADVERTISING CONTINUED ITS EXPLOSIVE growth in 2005--with revenue surging 20.6 percent to almost $528 million from about $438 million in 2004, according to a report released today by the Cinema Advertising Council (CAC). The 2005 results, tabulated by Miller, Kaplan, Arase and Co., follow several years of sustained double-digit growth--and the industry hopes for similar growth in 2006, according to Bob Martin, president of the CAC.

2006-06-21
BUG Norway creates world's first 3D digital cinema advert Car advert for Mitsubishi unveiled at Cannes Lions' SAWA seminar on future of cinema advertising - Norwegian post-production and graphic design/animation studio BUG have created the world's first digital 3D cinema advert, which will première today at the Screen Advertising Word Association (SAWA) seminar 'The Best Ideas Come From Cinema - In 3D'. The highly anticipated event is part of the Cannes Lions, the world's most prestigious advertising event, where the best adverts from around the world are showcased each year. The advert for Mitsubishi's new range of cars was animated and rendered in 3D by BUG, one of Scandinavia's fastest growing and most innovative digital studios and is currently screening in 2D.

2006-06-21
Another step for cinema center - The $1 million designated for Pittsfield's North Street cinema center by a House and Senate conference committee last week should bring this important $13.2 million project one step closer to becoming reality. The six-screen cinema, the product of an imaginative public/private partnership, will be a magnet drawing people downtown, as is the case with movie theaters in many other Northeastern communities. Committee Chairman Daniel Bosley of North Adams, along with Representative Christopher Speranzo and Senator Andrea Nuciforo, both of Pittsfield, have pushed hard for this project, and if it is not signed into law by Governor Romney as it should be, we hope our Berkshire delegation will round up the votes needed to override a veto. The economic stimulus bill also includes funding to provide increased parking in downtown Pittsfield, restore Pittsfield's historic gateway and extend the Ashuwillticook Trail into Pittsfield a project that has met neighborhood resistance. All of this money would be well-spent as Pittsfield, after a long period of stagnation, is working to improve itself at many levels.

2006-06-21
Cinema to get more screens - West Cumbria's only cinema has announced it is to expand from six to eight screens to cope with extra demand

2006-06-21
On Command Showcases Sony Digital Cinema Technology at HITEC 2006 - Leading In-room Entertainment Company Features Theater Presentation With World's First 4K Digital Cinema Projector

2006-06-21
Artist's impression of new cinema - Cinema City have released an artist's impression of how it will look when it reopens in Norwich next year. Currently the cinema is showing films at Norwich Playhouse.

2006-06-21
Old cinema's epic run celebrated - A cinema which has been run by volunteers since the silent film era is celebrating its 80th birthday.

2006-06-23
Award for the Eye Cinema - Douglas Wallace Architects has won two Irish Architecture Awards 2006 for the design of the EYE Cinema in Galway.

2006-06-23
Cinema exit costs Village $33.5m - VILLAGE Roadshow has forked out $33.5 million to dispose of its remaining British cinema interests.

2006-06-23
XDC, Official Sponsor of Cinema Expo International 2006 - XDC is proud to support Cinema Expo International 2006 as Official Sponsor. Either cinema industry players want to see the movies, hear the experts, meet the filmmakers, visit the Trade Show or network with their customers, suppliers and industry colleagues, Cinema Expo is the place to be. “XDC is the largest pan-European Digital Cinema roll out initiative. Then, it is so natural to sponsor the Monday afternoon European Focus Forum.”, says Fabrice Testa, Marketing & Operations Coordination Manager. “The seminar, "Digital Cinema Roll-Out in Europe, Year 2 Has Begun" and the special keynote addresses from UNIC, NATO and Warner Bros. are scheduled to take place on Monday 26 June, 2006 from 13.30-15.30 in the Forum Room of the Amsterdam RAI.”

2006-06-23
Suburban loss, multiplex gain - THE Schonell is not the only Brisbane cinema to pass into history in recent times.

2006-06-23
The MP strikes back - CHESTER MP Christine Russell is fighting to save the city's Odeon.

2006-06-23
Cinema toilets assault on child: police issue fresh information plea - Police are still looking for information on an assault on a schoolboy in a cinema toilet.

2006-06-23
Archer Entertainment Exclusive Mandate From China to Digitize Cinemas Announced at Singapore Infocomm IMBX2006 - LOS ANGELES and BEIJING, June 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Archer Entertainment Media Communications Incorporated (OTC: ACRM) revealed today that China Film Group, China's official film production and exhibition entity, announced its exclusive, 30-year arrangement with Archer at the Infocomm Media Business Exchange event currently taking place in Singapore. Archer's mandate includes selecting vendors to digitize as many as 100,000 film theatre screens throughout China.

2006-06-23
Laggardly cinema at last starts to embrace digital - N THE headlong rush to digital, cinema has lagged behind, at least until now. But a big push from film studios, distributors and the Film Council finally heralds the death of celluloid on the big screen and its replacement by digital technology.

2006-06-23
Cinema projector - BenQ has launched the new PE8720 home cinema projector. The model has a 10000:1 ratio and features BenQ’s proprietary Advanced Continuous Electronic IRIS and Senseye technology. To provide a low noise environment for a real home cinema experience, the BenQ PE8720 operates at a whisper-quiet 23dB. Apart from superior image quality, the PE8720 makes it easy for users to adjust its settings.

2006-06-23
Theatre sets sights on summer opening - Officials from Cineplex Entertainment remain vague about the opening date for the 12-screen Galaxy Cinemas Saskatoon.

2006-06-23
Hi-tech adverts to arrive on the Tube - Like a scene from science fiction movie Blade Runner set in Victorian England, giant advertisement films are to be beamed on to London Underground platform walls.

2006-06-26
Vue's buyout should help with flexible planning - CEO Tim Richards says that company could open as many as 20 new cinemas in the next three years.

2006-06-26
INOX to acquire Calcutta Cinema - Kolkata: INOX Leisure Ltd, a leading multiplex chain in the country, is set to expand its presence in the eastern region with a deal to acquire Calcutta Cinema Pvt Ltd (CCPL) that runs the "89 Cinemas" chain of multiplexes.

2006-06-26
THE LAST PICTURE SHOW - Acherished quartet of Toronto repertory movie houses in the Festival Cinemas group is set to close on June 30, but while the fate of the Kingsway, Paradise and Revue theatres appears sealed, there's hope for patrons of the Royal on College Street. Specifics have not been finalized, but there is a possible deal to sell the Royal to an owner who plans to restore the art deco building, transforming it into a post-production film facility by day and continuing to operate it as a neighbourhood theatre by night.

2006-06-26
Say goodbye to celluloid - The digital revolution is upon us and the movie industry is moving fast to play catch-up As small venues close, the fate of the business is of interest to us all, reports Philip Marchand

2006-06-26
Lights Out for Movie Theatre Film Challenge Includes Locals - Guelph is losing another movie house with the announcement that Woodlawn Cinema will close its doors June 29.

2006-06-26
MOVING PICTURES - The local movie industry is set to score big as theatre operators Ster Kinekor and Nu Metro upgrade many of their cinemas to digital projectors in the next few months.

2006-06-26
Mobile Movie Tickets Launched in Australian Cinema, Showcasing in Amsterdam Expo - SYDNEY, Australia, June 26 /PRNewswire/ -- bCODE(TM), the universal provider of mobile ticketing solutions, today announced the launch of its mobile ticketing service for Manly Cinemas. The same technology is being showcased at the 15th World Cinema Expo at the Amsterdam RAI this week.

2006-06-28
Iconic cinema theme re-written - For millions of cinema-goers the famous "Pa-pa, pa-pa pa-pa" of Pearl & Dean has been a part of the movie experience for decades.

2006-06-28
Barco and Guangdong Dadi sign contract for 300 digital projectors in China - BRUSSELS (AFX) - Belgian imaging techonolgy group Barco NV and Guangdong Dadi Digital Cinema China Ltd. have signed an agreement to deploy up to 300 digital projectors across Guangdong province in China, the group announced today.

2006-06-28
Columbia Pictures to Present Sneak Preview of MONSTER HOUSE in REAL D, the Premier Digital 3D Experience, at Cinema Expo - LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 26, 2006--Columbia Pictures will present MONSTER HOUSE in REAL D, the leader in the delivery of premium digital 3D experiences, at Cinema Expo in Amsterdam on Thursday, June 29. MONSTER HOUSE in 3D will be released in REAL D day-and-date with the motion picture's 2D release starting domestically on July 21, 2006. MONSTER HOUSE is the second release in REAL D and the second motion picture to employ the ground-breaking "Performance Capture" innovation developed by Sony Pictures Imageworks.

2006-06-28
CHRISTIE HITS 1,000th DIGITAL CINEMA INSTALLATION MILESTONE:Christie Dominates Global DLP Cinema Landscape with Most Installations of Any Manufacturer - Christie, a major provider of visual solutions for business, entertainment and industry, announced the installation of its 1,000th Digital Cinema projector, a major milestone in the exhibition community, illustrating the rapid adoption of Digital Cinema that is transforming the movie-viewing experience everywhere. The accomplishment includes installations in the United Kingdom, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, France, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Austria, Bulgaria, Africa, Canada, Asia and as of June 30th, more than 500 completed installations in the United States under the Christie/AIX plan in collaboration with Access Integrated Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AIXD).

2006-06-28
Analog Devices' Video Technology Enables Delivery of Digital Cinema to the Big Screen - ADI's JPEG2000 video compression chip enables Doremi's DCI cinema mastering stations and playback servers to deliver summer movies, such as "The Da Vinci Code" and "Cars," in digital format to commercial theaters.

2006-06-28
City shuts down 3 Penny Cinema for unpaid taxes - The city shut down the independent movie house in Lincoln Park on Tuesday for failure to pay more than $100,000 in amusement taxes, said Jim Burrows, 3 Penny Cinema's owner.

2006-06-28
1955: Disney's Tomorrowland features Circarama - June 27, 1955: In preparation for the opening of Disneyland, Walt Disney studios unveiled Circarama, a film projection technique to be used in the park's Tomorrowland.

2006-06-28
QuVIS Enables 3D At Cinema Expo 2006 - Acclaimed Director James Cameron to Discuss 3D and the Future of Digital Cinema

2006-06-28
XDC adds 20 Barco 2k digital cinema projectors to its European roll out - Barco, pioneer in digital cinema visualization, announces that XDC have added another twenty 2k digital cinema projectors to their already substantial roll out of Barco projectors. Consisting of a combination of DP90 and DP100 projectors XDC have invested in Barco based on a long standing and successful relationship.

2006-06-29
Stalin used cinema to keep comrades in line - CINEMA enjoyed a unique position in the Soviet Union — Lenin and his successors considered it the ideal medium for educating the masses in Marxist ideology.

2006-06-29
Barco and Dadi Digital Cinemas agree large scale digital cinema deployment in China - Digital cinema pioneer Barco and Guangdong Dadi Digital Cinema China Ltd. have signed an historic agreement to roll out digital cinema across Guangdong province in China.

2006-06-29
Historic cinema shut down by revenue department - June 27, 2006 - The historic Three Penny Cinema on Chicago's North Side has been shut down by the city's revenue department. Full lists of links about this story can be found here

2006-06-29
Orama 4D - Cinema Launch - 28thJune 2006: Movie buffs had a 4-dimensional reason to celebrate last evening, as Orama - Mumbai's first 4D theatre was launched with much pomp at Atria. The rains too - couldn't hold back movie enthusiasts from experiencing the much sought after virtual phenomena. All hell set loose ? literally ? as the 'Haunted House' - an animated 3D film thrilled the viewers with its sensory effect. Mr. Anckur Choksey, MD, Orama played the perfect host as family and friends participated in the first screening of this virtual experience

2006-06-29
Reel trouble: Poor attendance threatens to close Harbor Cinema. Owners of the Harbor Cinema & - Lounge, 1937 Lakeshore, hope "The Notorious Bettie Page" can at least resuscitate the struggling art-film and second-run movie house enough to get it off life support.

2006-06-29
Nano-projector turns phone into a cinema - A tiny colour projector designed to be used with mobile phones, handheld devices and PDAs has successfully passed its first batch of tests.

2006-06-29
Giant Challenges:Newly Merged Association Looks at Bigger Picture - Giant-screen, 70mm movie theatres started showing up in educational venues in the 1970s, and in cinema multiplexes in the 1990s. The benefits were state-of-the-art appeal via super-high-res film projection and immersive screen size. Today, more than 25% of such theatres are in multiplexes, which favor 3D systems. Most of the rest are in nonprofit venues such as science museums. The multiplexes and the nonprofits have vastly different missions and often present widely different content. But they are fellows in today's struggle to maintain audience numbers against the rising tide of in-home entertainment.

2006-06-29
116 screens at theaters near you - Superman picked a good time to return, at least in Lexington.

With the opening of 16 new screens today at Cinemark's Fayette Mall theater, the Lexington market has been supersized to more than 70 movie screens.

2006-06-29
XDC closes its second round financing and raises 12.5 million EUR to leverage its early stage leadership position - The Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of XDC today approved the second round of financing of the company, raising 12.5 million EUR additional equity. This funding will allow XDC to further expand its market-leading digital cinema network across Europe. Following the successful launch over the last two years, XDC is one of the largest digital cinema networks in the world with more than 230 digitally equipped screens that represent a 75% market share so far in its targeted area: Europe.

2006-06-29
NATIONAL CINEMEDIA ENGAGES JPMORGAN TO ASSIST WITH STRUCTURING OF DIGITAL CINEMA BUSINESS - National CineMedia, LLC (NCM), the media, marketing and content distribution venture of AMC Entertainment Inc., Cinemark USA, Inc. and Regal Entertainment Group (REG, NYSE: RGC), has selected JPMorgan to assist with the evaluation and development of a financing plan to help support the exhibition and motion picture industries' transition from film to digital cinema. NCM is actively developing a digital cinema financing and equipment deployment plan for its owner's nearly 13,000 screens nationwide, as well as other participating exhibitor screens. The announcement was made today by Kurt Hall, chairman and chief executive officer of NCM.

2006-06-29
EXHIBITION INDUSTRY VETERAN TRAVIS REID JOINS NATIONAL CINEMEDIA TO HEAD DIGITAL CINEMA BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT:Former Loews Executive to Work with Financing Sources and Studios to Develop Digital Cinema Business Plan - Former Loews Cineplex Entertainment President and CEO Travis Reid has been retained by National CineMedia (NCM), the joint venture of AMC Entertainment Inc., Cinemark USA, Inc. and Regal Entertainment Group (NYSE: RGC) to lead the effort to create a business plan for the financing of digital cinema with the major studios. The announcement was made today by Kurt Hall, chairman and chief executive officer of NCM.

2006-06-29
Kinoton D-Cinema Projectors Built on DLP Cinema® Components from Barco Now Certified - The new DCP 2K Digital Cinema Projector line of the renowned cinema technology supplier Kinoton, based on Barco?s OEM core components, has successfully passed the Texas Instruments (TI) certification procedure, proving to meet highest demands on picture reproduction quality.

2006-06-29
FBI BREAKS WORLDWIDE PIRACY RING - Los Angeles/New York – Special agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) today arrested thirteen members of an organized network of movie thieves in the New York area. The thirteen individuals were part of an international ring of movie thieves responsible for half of all camcorded copies of films available on the black market and on the Internet in the United States, and 25% of all camcord copies of counterfeit movies worldwide. The arrests were the culmination of a three-year investigation conducted by the FBI with the assistance of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York.

2006-06-29
Pearl & Dean's theme tune remixed for the digital age - Any mention of Pearl & Dean is impossible without a chorus of the "Pa-pa, pa-pa, pa-pahhhh ... pa!" theme tune.

Now, one of the most recognisable advertising jingles of all time is being re-recorded for release as a digital download to promote the ad sales house's new internet film portal.

More on this story can be found here

2006-06-29
T-Systems equips movie theaters for digital films - Telekom service provider subsidiary T-Systems is implementing solutions for digital films in Europe's largest cinema: UCI Kinowelt Millennium City in Vienna. The project demonstrates the completely integrated value chain: from the seamless digital rental process for major movies to the management of movies in a multiplex cinema and digital playback. Trailers, advertising, and other content can also be integrated.

2006-06-29
UK film company set up to ride growing digital wave - A new British film company, Slingshot, opens for business this week with an ambitious pledge to produce 10 feature films over the next three years - a goal it hopes to achieve with a business model unique to this country: producing and distributing digital feature films.

2006-06-29
Superman's 3-D return - Not only will a super-sized Man of Steel swoop into IMAX theaters this week as the summer blockbuster Superman Returns opens on 86 of the 266 enormous screens around the world, he'll also spring headlong into the third dimension.

2006-06-29
QuVIS Enables 3D At Cinema Expo 2006 - AMSTERDAM, Netherlands--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 27, 2006--Continuing its position as the leader in digital cinema innovation, the QuVIS Cinema System will provide digital 3D playback for the "Digital Cinema: The Future Is Now & Special 3-D Presentation" seminar. The seminar is being held at this year's Cinema Expo, at the RAI in Amsterdam. James Cameron, Chairman and CEO, Lightstorm Entertainment, and outspoken proponent of 3D and Digital Cinema, will be the keynote speaker. Following Cameron's keynote address on the future of Digital Cinema, the audience will be treated to a 3D Digital Cinema presentation.

2006-06-29
Cinema complex gets go-ahead - AMBITIOUS multi-million pound plans to bring a cinema to the centre of a Suffolk town have moved a step closer after a borough council gave the scheme its blessing.

2006-06-30
Keep it up, lads! - It'll never get a season at the NFT, but British erotic cinema offers a surprisingly honest view of postwar life. Matthew Sweet salutes naughty nurses and cheeky chappies

2006-06-30
Backing for £9m cinema - PLANS for a five-screen cinema have won backing from councillors and the board of operator Cineworld. More stories can be found here

2006-06-30
Tax credit veto threatens rehab of old theater - WORCESTER— Gov. Mitt Romney’s veto of the expansion of the state historic tax credit program might significantly alter the $20 million plan to create a performing arts center in the vacant Showcase Cinemas building. His action could also jeopardize the effort to renovate a dilapidated Main South building into 40 affordable housing units.

2006-06-30
Movie theaters going digital - National CineMedia LLC of Denver is diving into digital cinema, hiring JP Morgan & Co. and ex-Loews Cineplex Entertainment Corp. CEO Travis Reid to help in that pursuit. More details can be found here

2006-06-30
Technicolor aligns with movie studios - Technicolor said Wednesday it has reorganised into four business units in an effort to bring operations in line with studios like The Walt Disney and Warner Bros., as digital content and distribution models change.

2006-06-30
Dedicated compression chip masters digital cinema - Doremi Labs uses the ADV202 JPEG2000 video compression chip in its digital cinema movie mastering systems and playback servers.

2006-06-30
Exhibition Industry Veteran Travis Reid Joins National CineMedia to Head Digital Cinema Business Development - DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 28, 2006--Former Loews Cineplex Entertainment President and CEO Travis Reid has been retained by National CineMedia (NCM), the joint venture of AMC Entertainment Inc., Cinemark USA, Inc. and Regal Entertainment Group (NYSE: RGC - News) to lead the effort to create a business plan for the financing of digital cinema with the major studios. The announcement was made today by Kurt Hall, chairman and chief executive officer of NCM.

2006-06-30
National CineMedia Engages JPMorgan to Assist with Structuring of Digital Cinema Business - NEW YORK & DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 28, 2006--National CineMedia, LLC (NCM), the media, marketing and content distribution venture of AMC Entertainment Inc., Cinemark USA, Inc. and Regal Entertainment Group (REG, NYSE: RGC), has selected JPMorgan to assist with the evaluation and development of a financing plan to help support the exhibition and motion picture industries' transition from film to digital cinema. NCM is actively developing a digital cinema financing and equipment deployment plan for its owner's nearly 13,000 screens nationwide, as well as other participating exhibitor screens. The announcement was made today by Kurt Hall, chairman and chief executive officer of NCM.

2006-07-03
Cinema under the stars in partnership with the BFI - The British Film Institute (bfi) is bringing rare films out of the archive and presenting classic re-issues for outdoor and festival screenings on hot summer nights.

2006-07-03
FACT TACKLES CAMCORDING WITH NEW INVESTIGATOR FOR CINEMAS - The Federation Against Copyright Theft (‘FACT’) is addressing the increasing threat from camcording in UK cinemas by creating a new role of Theatrical Investigator. Reporting to Jim Angell, Director of Operations, the investigator will be tasked specifically with liaising with the UK cinema industry to help educate, prevent and protect against copyright theft from camcording and other forms of digital recording.

2006-07-03
Cinema court seniors to compensate for dwindling audiences - Cinema showing firms target seniors to compensate for the erosion of young people's interest in cinema. In Germany, wine and cinema evenings are organised to turn film-viewing into a social event. In France, cinemas show arthouse and popular films to attract both the aged and the young. For film companies it is clear today that the loyalty of the baby-boomers and seniors might save them from a sow death.

2006-07-03
Resort feature film banned from cinema - CAST and crew of the only feature film ever completely made at Felixstowe were left shocked today after the resort's cinema suddenly pulled out of showing its world premiere.

2006-07-03
3D Tipped For Cinema Starring Role - A leading Hollywood director has called on studios, film-makers and distributors to wake up to the role that 3-D films can play in winning back audiences to the big screen. James Cameron, showered with Oscars for Titanic, is directing a science-fiction 3-D film for 20th Century Fox. He says 3D technology lets cinemas offer filmgoers something home entertainment cannot.

2006-07-03
Film4 for free! - Channel 4 has announced plans to launch the brilliant FilmFour channel as a free service from July 23.

2006-07-03
Super cinema upgrade - MORE than six years after an improved cinema complex was suggested, there will be lights, cameras and, at last, some action on the Hastings movie front.

2006-07-03
Harbor Cinema closes doors - owners cites poor attendance

2006-07-03
$5million price tag for Bacup cinema - ONE of Bacup's most historic buildings is on sale for $5million on internet auction site eBay just a year after its owner bought it for £180,000.

2006-07-03
Marion Theatre renovation over budget - OCALA - Just like a feature film that runs over budget, rising construction costs have pushed the price tag for the long planned and frequently delayed renovation of the Marion THeatre beyond the money now available

2006-07-03
Projectionist dies at 81 - Longtime motion picture and television studio projectionist James "Rod" Hatch died after a lengthy illness June 25 at his home in Burbank. He was 81.

2006-07-03
Garden Drive-In staff cleans up after another flood - OCK CREEK — When the rain refused to stop last Tuesday, it was time to haul out the popcorn machine, pack up the candy, and anchor the projection booth.

2006-07-03
Regal, AMC join forces for screen advertising - In a move that will unite the two largest U.S. theater chains' fastest-growing business, Regal Entertainment Group and AMC Entertainment announced Tuesday that they are combining their two cinema screen advertising businesses into a new joint venture called National CineMedia Llc. The deal already has closed and will not be subject to regulatory approval.

2006-07-06
AQTIS members present a major compromise - A settlement is within reach in the Quebec film industry - the ball is now in IATSE's camp

2006-07-06
Cinema boss celebrates ten year run in town centre - Cinema mini-mogul Charles Morris is looking to the future as he celebrates ten years running Keighley Picture House.

2006-07-06
City's new cinema opens – 5 years late - LANCASTER'S six-screen cinema will finally open next month – five years later than planned.

2006-07-06
THOMSON : THOMSON REACHES DIGITAL CINEMA EQUIPMENT DEPLOYMENT AGREEMENT IN EUROPE WITH KINEPOLIS GROUP, BARCO AND DOLBY - Technicolor Digital Cinema to Deploy Digital Cinema Systems with Barco 2K DLP® Projectors and Dolby Servers in 130 Kinepolis Screens in Belgium

2006-07-06
Ballantyne of Omaha Completes Acquisition of National Cinema Service Corp. - OMAHA, Neb.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 6, 2006--Ballantyne of Omaha, Inc. (Amex: BTN), a provider of motion picture projection, specialty lighting and digital cinema equipment and services, today announced that it completed the acquisition of the assets of National Cinema Service Corp. (NCSC), a national provider of cinema services including film and digital projector maintenance, repair, equipment installations, site surveys and other theatre services. The acquisition was funded with available cash.

2006-07-06
US film academy issues slimmed down 2006 invitation list - WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has extended invitations to 120 cinema stars and film makers under tough new membership rules, the Academy said.

2006-07-06
Rave Motion Pictures Commits 445 Screens to Christie/AIX Deployment Plan as Digital Cinema Roll-out Momentum Continues - MORRISTOWN, N.J., July 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Access Integrated Technologies, Inc. ("AccessIT") today announced that Rave Motion Pictures ("Rave") (http://www.ravemotionpictures.com/), one of the fastest growing and most prominent independent exhibitors in the country, has signed a contract with Christie/AIX, a wholly owned subsidiary of AccessIT, for the initial installation of 445 state-of-the-art digital cinema systems. Rave currently has 23 multiplexes in nine states with plans to add 4 more locations throughout the balance of 2006. It has operations in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Tennessee, Alabama and Florida and as part of its 2006 expansion, it will add two additional states, Michigan and Pennsylvania. Rave is the sixth exhibition company to contract with AccessIT for its total conversion to digital cinema.

2006-07-17
City theaters had long, varied past - In my last column, I stated that the Burtis Grand on North Street, which had been closed, reopened as a movie theater and was renamed the Capitol. In became Auburn's fourth motion picture theater, all of which were in the downtown area. It was not a Schine theater as were the other three - Strand, Jefferson and Palace.

2006-07-17
ARTS ALLIANCE MEDIA SCORES WITH 50TH MOVIE ON UKFC DIGITAL SCREEN NETWORK - Arts Alliance Media (AAM), Europe’s leading provider of digital film distribution services, announces Momentum Pictures’ District 13, opening in the UK today, as the 50th feature title they have digitally prepared (encoded and encrypted), delivered to and shown on the UK Film Council’s Digital Screen Network (DSN), Europe’s first and largest 2K digital cinema network.

2006-07-17
Student caught recording in cinema - PENANG: Ever wondered how the latest movie blockbusters make it into the pirated market within a day of its official cinema release?

2006-07-17
EU to support cinema industry in ACP countries - The European Commission, the executive arm of the European Union(EU), announced on Friday that it would fund a new EU-ACP support program for cinema and the audiovisual industry under the 9th European Development Fund (EDF).

2006-07-17
Kinepolis goes digital in Belgium - BRUSSELS — Kinepolis will digitalise all of its cinemas by the end of 2007 to become the first European cinema network to convert completely to digital projection.

2006-07-17
Mall opened at former Ritz cinema - Early this year Rtiz Cinema was burnt flat under suspicious circumstances but owner Khemraj Shiwcharan was able to recover and has now established a mini mall in its place.

2006-07-17
Some diamonds to celebrate 60 years of movies - OVER the past five years, Edinburgh Film Festival director Shane Danielsen has taken audiences on a voyage of discovery. His itinerary has stretched from the forgotten films of Italian maestro Valerio Zurlini to the Swaziland childhood of Richard E Grant. He has broadened horizons, proving there is just as much excitement over a new film by Nuri Bilge Ceylan as there is over the world premiere of a science-fiction epic like Joss Whedon's Serenity. The remarkable thing is Edinburgh audiences have been only too happy to follow him to the promised land, with attendance figures on a steady upward curve.

2006-07-17
Curtain up again on cinema scheme - A PROGRESS report on the revised plans for a cinema in St Albans should be available when councillors meet to discuss the project on Wednesday.

2006-07-17
Shattuck Cinema Workers Prepare for Contract Negotiations - Support Rally on Saturday June

2006-07-17
Digital Cinema Good For Barco Big Picture - 0913 GMT [Dow Jones] Barco (BAR.BT) is proving a leader in the world of digital cinema, according to Bank DeGroof. Analyst Francois Van Leeuw estimates its successful bid to add 130 digital projectors to the Kinepolis Group (KIN.BT) is worth between EUR6M and EUR8M, which he says shows digital cinema will be one of Barco's main growth drivers in coming years. "Instead of just being the cherry on the cake it could become a whole new cake in itself," says Van Leeuw. Maintains accumulate rating and EUR82 target. Shares +0.7% at EUR72.8. (ABJ)

2006-07-17
Cinemark, other movie chains may go digital - Plano-based Cinemark USA Inc., Regal Entertainment Group and AMC Entertainment Inc. and may borrow $1 billion to transform 13,000 U.S. theater screens to digital film from reel-to-reel, according to people involved in raising the money.

2006-07-17
Coming soon to a theater near you: Digital cinema in place of film reels - Furthering the march toward digital cinema, three of the nation's biggest movie theater chains aim to raise up to $1 billion to convert about one-third of all U.S. theater screens from film projectors.

2006-07-17
Campaigners launch cinema sale petition - AN online petition calling for the sale of the EMD Cinema has been launched by the McGuffin Film Society.

2006-07-17
Rank spins the wheel for one last time - The famous leisure group is betting all it has left on expanding its gambling operations. If that doesn't work, it'll be curtains, writes Nick Mathiason

2006-07-17
Odeon site set for new leisure complex - IPSWICH'S former Odeon cinema is set to be transformed into a 21st century entertainment centre for the whole family, the Evening Star can reveal today.

2006-07-17
Cannibals sink Pirates 2 at cinemas - A cinema official confirmed that the box-office record-breaker "Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man's Chest" will not open on the mainland because it depicts people eating human flesh.

2006-07-17
Cinemas may borrow funds to convert screens to digital - REGAL Entertainment Group, AMC Entertainment Inc and Cinemark USA Inc may borrow US$1 billion to transform 13,000 US theater screens to digital film from reel-to-reel, according to people involved in raising the money.

2006-07-17
It's reels on wheels as Hollywood hits the Highlands - The damp breath of toe-tapping Highland chatter is all around. David Chiffers is talking so incessantly about Top Gear and cars and engines and Jeremy Clarkson that his young voice is in danger of exploding. Along with my ears. His mother, Annette, looks over and smiles. Then she takes yellow ticket stubs from a bunch of children trudging up the stairs behind her with eyes the size of oatcakes. Annette, the usherette. She laughs at the absurdity of it all. I'm standing inside an articulated lorry in a picturesque village on the isle of Skye watching a gaggle of stubby-fingered youngsters clasp an assortment of sticky sweets. One little chubster chomps heartily on the edge of his super-sized, choco-fudge-munch thingy. "Easy there, Augustus Gloop," I mutter, "before you get sucked up into that pipe." Chomp. The Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory reference is lost on him.

2006-07-17
End of an era for city shoppers - The end of an era has arrived for shoppers in Hull as an entire floor of the Princes Quay precinct closes to make way for a 10-screen cinema.

2006-07-17
Cinema hall in Amritsar catches fire - Amritsar, July 9: Annm cinema hall in Amritsar was gutted in fire on Sunday morning when people were watching Hrithik starrer Krrish.

2006-07-17
Theater chains move to convert from film to digital projection - Furthering the march toward digital cinema, three of the nation’s biggest movie theater chains aim to raise up to $1 billion to convert about one-third of all U.S. theater screens from film projectors.

2006-07-17
Pirates Plunders Fandango Opening Weekend Ticketing Records - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Sets New Records for Biggest Opening Weekend, Biggest Opening Day and Biggest Day-Bef

2006-07-17
Channel 4 is offering advertisers a 20% reduction in rates if they experiment with new 60-second-plus, “cinema style” commercials on Film4. - The broadcaster is to launch the channel free to air on 23 July, ditching its subscription policy and claiming it can make substantially more money from advertising than from the 300,000 viewers currently signed up.

2006-07-17
THOMSON REACHES DIGITAL CINEMA EQUIPMENT DEPLOYMENT AGREEMENT - PARIS – Thomson (www.thomson.net), through its Technicolor Digital Cinema business, has reached a strategic, long-term agreement with Kinepolis Group NV, one of Europe’s largest theatre circuits, and a leading exhibition chain in Belgium, to install and operate digital cinema systems in Kinepolis-owned and operated screens in line with Digital Cinema Initiatives, LLC (DCI) specifications.(7/11/2006)

2006-07-17
4K CINEMA FOR NORWAY - Norwegian cinemas are to trial Sony 4k digital projectors.

2006-07-17
Thomson’s Technicolor Digital Cinema Business Deploys Barco 2k Projectors In European Theatre Network - Thomson will deploy Barco's 2k digital cinema projectors in 130 Kinepolis theaters.

2006-07-17
AccessIT Passes 500th Deployment in Its Digital Cinema Rollout - Records Virtual Print Fees for Over 1,200 Screen Bookings Through June

2006-07-17
Copyright watchdog steps up the fight against film pirates - Last week’s appointment of a cinema investigator to tackle the illegal recording of films in cinemas comes at a time when piracy is soaring to record levels.

2006-07-17
Charities get lift as Everett's new megaplex opens - The seats are in, the screens are operational, and they've rolled out the red carpet and hauled out the searchlights.

2006-07-17
On with the show in Tinley Park? - A movie theater stands at the heart of a project that aims to breathe life into downtown Tinley Park.

2006-07-17
Burnham-On-Sea Cinema celebrates its 70th anniversay with party! - Supporters of Burnham-On-Sea's Ritz Cinema gathered to celebrate the building's 70th birthday this week when an evening of special events was held.

2006-07-17
Malayalam cinema goes digital - Malayalam cinema has gone digital with the VK Prakash-directed Moonnamathoraal. A trail-blazing movie, it has been shot entirely on a High Definition Camera and projected digitally.

2006-07-17
Roads shut as building collapses - Part of a building in a town centre collapsed as work was going on to demolish it.

2006-07-17
Galaxy Theatres, LLC Expands Its Digital Cinema Options at State-of-the-Art Multiplex in Monroe, Washington - MONROE, WA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- July 13, 2006 -- Galaxy Theatres, LLC announced today that Galaxy Monroe 12 has expanded its digital cinema options with the recent installation of DLP® Cinema projectors, making all 12 of the auditoriums fully digital. Using digital projection and drawing from a palette of 35 trillion color combinations, Digital Light Processing (DLP®) technology reproduces the exact image of the digital master. With DLP® technology to digitally project the images, all Galaxy movies will be shown in the ultimate color, clarity and detail.

2006-07-17
Final stretch for cinema projects - Work began today on street and utility improvements that will provide a red carpet for the opening later this year of a new urban cinema/apartment/retail complex in downtown Kalamazoo.

2006-07-17
TAIWAN'S KAOHSIUNG PLANS TO SET UP CINEMA THEME PARK - KAOHSIUNG, July 12 Asia Pulse - The Kaohsiung city government is seeking the central government's support to set up a cinema theme park in the southern Taiwan port city.

2006-07-17
AccessIT Passes 500th Deployment in Its Digital Cinema Rollout - Records Virtual Print Fees for Over 1,200 Screen Bookings Through June

2006-07-17
Your own cinema - and room service too - If you've ever wanted hotel-style pampering at home, now's your chance. Nicola Venning checks into the Marriott Hotel to find out about a new trend in upmarket, state-of-the-art apartments

2006-07-17
Paramount Pictures Corporation Joins Third Phase of '4K Pure Cinema' - World's First Networked 4K Digital Cinema Joint Field Trial, Which Has Now Been Extended Through 2006 - 'Mission Impossible III (M:i:III)' to be Distributed Over Fiber-Optic Network and Exhibited in '4K Pure Cinema' in Japan New Toho Theater Capable of '4K Pure Cinema' Exhibition Opens on September 22nd in Osaka

2006-07-17
Cinema clinches two major awards - SAFFRON Screen - Walden's unique community cinema - has won two major accolades.

2006-07-17
Theatre Museum/BFI merger proposed - National Heritage chairman James Bishop has called for the endangered Theatre Museum to unite with the British Film Institute to form an independently-run centre for the performing arts based in a disused power station.

2006-07-17
Rejection leads to complete rethink on cinema - A MAJOR rethink is on the cards for the proposed new cinema in St Albans.

2006-07-17
It was lights out as Boston welcomed new silver screen - Updated Friday, July 14, 4.30pm: VIVIENNE Leigh and Conrad Veidt, starring as a French spy and her German contact in 1915 Stockholm, were the big-screen pull for the opening night of Boston's Odeon Cinema.

2006-07-17
AMC launches early-bird special - After testing its early-morning movie program in Columbus and several other markets, AMC Entertainment Inc. is launching it nationally, the company said Thursday.

2006-07-17
Jharkhand wants closed cinema halls revived - The Jharkhand government has proposed several incentives to revive cinema halls in the state that have shut down due to dipping profits. At least half a dozen cinema halls in Ranchi have closed down, apart from many in other parts of the state. And 30 percent of the closures took place in the last five years.

2006-07-17
Warm summer nights, the car roof’s down, you’re watching one of your favourite movies. For free. - Sound too good to be true? Well think again, as that’s exactly what you can look forward to at the Renault Mégane Summer Movies-a season of free drive-in films held at five magnificent venues across the UK. And all you have to do to request tickets is complete the online form, found here.

2006-07-17
Cinema fire sparked by stray firework - Hundreds of people were evacuated from a city centre cinema after a fire broke out in its roof shortly after fireworks were let off at the Lord Mayor's Procession.

2006-07-17
REAL D and Cinemark Announce Unprecedented Digital 3-D Cinema Initiative with 150 Screens - Deal Gives REAL D Cinema the Largest Digital 3-D Cinema Platform Worldwide

2006-07-23
Curtain up on plans for takeover of Cineworld - THE owners of two of Britain’s biggest cinema operators have begun talks to stage a summer blockbuster of their own — a £300m break-up of Cineworld, the chain owned by the private-equity group Blackstone.

2006-07-23
The feature attraction: vintage movie palaces - A historic theater group travels back in time, and even the wrong way sometimes, for a look at the grand and graying.

2006-07-23
UK films claim box office record - British films secured a record one-third share of UK cinema takings totalling £770m last year.

2006-07-23
Christie ramps up projector production - Christie ramps up projector production as Digital Cinema contracts surge worldwide. Company will achieve 400 percent increase in production by end of year

2006-07-23
Kalamazoo 10 opens `Monster House' in digital 3-D - Planning on seeing ``Monster House'' at Kalamazoo 10 this weekend? You'd better pick up some glasses on the way in. You'll need them for the 3-D digital projection system the theater recently installed. ``Monster,'' which opens today, will be the first movie to use the new equipment, and Kalamazoo 10 General Manager Mitch Ross said audiences should prepare themselves for what he calls ``total immersion.''

2006-07-23
Stella Artois Film Festival - Stella Artois presents the UK's first ever outdoor film festival. See also this link

2006-07-23
Ballantyne's Subsidiary, Strong Technical Services, Selected for 24 Digital Projector Installations Featuring REAL D Cinema Format - New Subsidiary off to Strong Start

2006-07-23
New SilverCity Cinemas to Open in Hamilton, Ontario - TORONTO, ONTARIO -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 07/19/06 -- Cineplex Entertainment (TSX: CGX.UN) today announced they are developing a new ten screen SilverCity Cinema to open in Hamilton, Ontario. Construction is expected to begin in the spring of 2007 with a targeted completion date for the fall of 2007 and is dependant upon receiving the necessary Municipal approvals. Located within the Heritage Greene Centre on the southeast intersection of the new Red Hill Creek Expressway and the Lincoln Alexander Freeway, the cinema will occupy approximately 41,000 square feet of space and will offer the only state-of-the-art entertainment experience in Hamilton.

2006-07-23
Silver screen for sick children - Work is under way to bring the magic of the silver screen to sick children and their families while in hospital.

2006-07-23
Major new anti-piracy campaign target local councils - The UK’s video retailers have been joined by cinemas in the fight against DVD piracy by embarking on their first national campaign aimed at raising awareness among local authorities to the harm done by piracy.

2006-07-23
5-screen theater for Hoboken - HOBOKEN - Break out the popcorn, movies may be returning to the Mile Square City.

2006-07-23
Cinema Now offers movie DVD downloads - CYBERSPACE (AP) - It's a first for Hollywood -- and a breakthrough for those who hope to be able to legally download movies on the Internet.

2006-07-23
National Amusements Deploys 14 Additional REAL D Digital 3-D Systems to Circuit - DEDHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 19, 2006--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, today announced an agreement with REAL D, the leader in the delivery of premier 3-D experiences, to roll-out 14 additional digital 3-D projection systems in select theatres (see list). This follows the October 2005 agreement with REAL D for 11 systems and brings the total of National Amusements 3-D 2K projection systems to 24 locations on 25 screens. The installations will be completed for the opening of Columbia Pictures' comedy thrill-ride 'MONSTER HOUSE' in REAL D on July 21, 2006.

2006-07-23
Store, shops, cinema, homes in blueprint - A LARGE supermarket, a cinema, 12 shops and several dozen new homes will be built if planning permission is granted for a scheme aimed at revitalising the cattle market area of Driffield.

2006-07-23
Curtain up again on cinema project - THE troubled St Albans city centre cinema project took a step forward last week, with the district council cabinet agreeing a plan to scale down the proposed building.

2006-07-23
CHAUVEL CINEMA RE-OPENS - Sydney cinemaphiles went into mourning last year when the Valhalla cinema closed, followed in quick succession by the Chauvel. Now, comes good news for lovers of the art-house, foreign language and cult films the venues exhibited, with the Chauvel’s imminent re-opening.

2006-07-23
At least nine people including a woman have been arrested by the Islamists in Mogadishu last night after a Cinema ride at northern neighborhood of Sinaay. - Rest

2006-07-23
Cinema transformation moves ahead - Village of Pewaukee - A proposal to redevelop the Capitol Cinemas into a retail complex moved forward with important Plan Commission approvals Thursday.

2006-07-23
REAL D and Cinemark Announce Unprecedented Digital 3-D Cinema Initiative with 150 Screens - LOS ANGELES & PLANO, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 17, 2006--REAL D, the leader in the delivery of premium digital 3-D experiences, and Cinemark USA, Inc., a major theatrical exhibitor, today announced a landmark deal to equip up to 150 Cinemark Theatres with REAL D Cinema systems for the exhibition of digital 3-D content.

2006-07-23
Carmike projection goes digital - Local theater's new system uses servers, satellites

2006-07-23
Dolby JPEG 2000 digital cinema mastering facility open for business - Dolby Laboratories has announced the first European JPEG 2000 digital cinema encode completed by its European mastering team.

2006-07-23
Dolby Selects 9 NEC STARUS NC2500S 2K Digital Cinema Projectors - BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 18, 2006--NEC Corporation of America today announced that Dolby Laboratories, Inc. selected and installed nine NEC STARUS(TM) NC2500S 2K Digital Cinema projectors for a strategic deployment in state-of-the-art movie theatres, including several in the newly built MEGAPLEX 20 Theatre in South Jordan, Utah which opened in May.

2006-07-23
THE 25 MOVIE CLASSICS THAT EVERY FILM BUFF MUST SEE - THERE are 25 iconic movies every wannabe movie buff must see, experts claim.

2006-07-23
It's cinema in the sand - This is Sunset Cinema Inc., a first-run movie theater whose screen is inflated nightly, and whose owners chose Wildwood after scanning coastal terrain by satellite, determining that the famously wide beaches of this try-anything Jersey Shore town would be perfect for a movie theater on the beach.

2006-07-23
When computers detract from a film - Are you over-digitized yet? Are you pixeled out? Is your cinema soul disfigured with carbuncles of bytes and bits? Is your vision so splotchy from movie digital special effects you can't tell an actor from a computer? Then welcome to film in the 21st century.

2006-07-23
Paramount Joins 3rd Phase of 4K Digital Cinema Joint Field Trial, Extended through 2006 - "4K Pure Cinema," a field test to use the Digital Cinema Initiatives (DCI) Digital Cinema System Specifications at the highest quality standard of 4K to test the service model of digital cinema distribution and exhibition of feature-length motion pictures has announced an expansion. Paramount Pictures will join current field trial participants Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., Warner Entertainment Japan Inc., Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc., Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan Inc., Toho Co., Ltd., Warner Mycal Corporation, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Corporation and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corporation.

2006-07-24
Anger over new plans for cinema - FURIOUS residents' groups and an MP claim a council is steam-rollering through plans for the restoration of a derelict cinema.

The Coronet Cinema, Well Hall Road, Eltham, showed its last film seven years ago and has since remained unused.

2006-07-26
Warner Bros offers TV shows on iTunes - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group on Tuesday became the latest division of a major Hollywood studio to offer television shows, including the hit sitcom "Friends," for sale on Apple Computer Inc's (AAPL.O: Quote, Profile, Research) iTunes Web site.

2006-07-26
MULTI AGENCY OPERATION TARGETS PROLIFIC DVD SELLERS IN LEYTON - 11 pirate DVD sellers were arrested on Saturday 22nd July 2006 in a joint operation by FACT, Metropolitan Police, Waltham Forest Trading Standards and the Immigration Service in a major swoop on Leyton Mills Retail Park in North East London.

2006-07-26
New NEC Digital Cinema Projector Makes Dazzling Debut on 70-Foot Screen - NEC STARUS Projector Delivers 'Absolute Miracle' Picture for Malco Theatres

2006-07-26
Advertisers increase cinema spend by nearly 10% - LONDON - Cinema ad revenues have climbed by 9.3% to £73.9m in the first half of 2006, thanks to blockbusters such as 'Mission Impossible III' and 'The Da Vinci Code'.

2006-07-26
Amazon delivers cinema to the home - Apple has all but cornered digital music, so Amazon has set its sites on video downloads.

2006-07-26
Kodak to expand GLOBAL Digital Cinema 3-d installations - Kodak Digital Cinema is helping to deliver the screams being heard from Columbia Pictures’ animated “Monster House” now playing in 3-D. Over the past several weeks, Kodak installation teams have been at work in nine states and Canada, and soon they’ll be in Australia and Singapore, providing fully networked digital cinema 3-D systems on 27 multiplex screens of eight different exhibition chains.

2006-07-26
Portugal's Largest Cinema Chain Adopts NeoMedia's Mobile Ticketing for Theatres: Lusomundo Uses Mobile Tickets from Gavitec and TopSolutions to Speed Entrance - FORT MYERS, Fla. & AACHEN, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 24, 2006--Gavitec AG - mobile digit, a leading provider of mobile technologies and marketing solutions and a NeoMedia Technologies, Inc. (OTC BB: NEOM) company, has collaborated with Portuguese partner and solution provider TopSolutions to equip Lusomundo, Portugal's leading cinema chain, with admission terminals for mobile tickets.

2006-07-26
Ready to roll with Moonee Ponds cinema complex - ALMOST a decade after first proposing a $40 million cinema complex on the former market site in Melbourne's Moonee Ponds, Reading Entertainment is expected to finally kick off the project.

2006-07-26
Casino Royale is 60th royal film - The forthcoming James Bond film Casino Royale has been chosen for the 60th Royal Film Performance.

2006-07-26
Studios Shift to Digital Movies, but Not Without Resistance - Every weekend through the summer, big-budget movies compete for dominance at the box office. On movie sets, a quieter sort of contest is taking place as a handful of companies are angling to have their digital movie cameras used to capture the action, supplanting the traditional 35-millimeter film camera.

2006-07-28
Amazon Options Stolen Child - Amazon.com has optioned the screen rights to Keith Donohue's best-selling novel The Stolen Child for its first feature-film venture, Variety reported. Amazon will move to secure a filmmaker and then a studio partner to turn the fantasy into a live-action feature.

2006-07-28
Galaxy Cinemas Brockville Opens Tomorrow! - BROCKVILLE, ONTARIO--(CCNMatthews - July 27, 2006) - Cineplex Entertainment (TSX:CGX.UN) is pleased to announce Galaxy Cinemas Brockville will open to the public tomorrow, Friday, July 28, 2006. The box office opens at 2:15 p.m. with the first shows beginning at 2:50 p.m.

2006-07-28
Airport cinema plan abandoned - Sydney Airport has reduced the size of its proposed retail complex by about one-fifth in an effort to appease State Government and local council concerns about traffic.

2006-07-28
Politics, Business, Art: Three New Governors Appointed to British Film Institute Board - The British Film Institute is delighted to announce three new appointments to its Board of Governors: Shami Chakrabarti, Peter Foy and Sam Taylor-Wood.

2006-07-28
REAL D Digital 3D presentation of Columbia Pictures’ MONSTER HOUSE 3D earns $2.4 million domestically opening weekend - The REAL D Digital 3D presentation of Columbia Pictures’ MONSTER HOUSE 3D exceeded industry expectations, grossing $2.4 million opening weekend on only 178 screens in 162 theatre locations. The combined earnings for the 2D and 3D presentations of MONSTER HOUSE also surpassed box-office expectations, grossing $22 million opening weekend.

2006-07-28
Empire Cinema to open at Limelight in Sunderland - Morley, advised by Savills, has successfully concluded the assignment of the multiplex cinema space at Limelight, High Street West, Sunderland to Empire Cinemas.

2006-07-28
Landmark cinema gets a new life - Famous College Street site to be a theatre by night, modern production studio by day

2006-07-28
National finals for nominated cinema - A LOCAL cinema will be taking Wotton-under-Edge on to the national stage later this year.

2006-07-30
Digital age ushers in epic cinema changes - The latest screens allow you to play video games, watch football or learn eye surgery. By Matthew Goodman

2006-07-30
Five expert panels to study film sector issues - New Delhi - Information and Broadcasting Minister Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi Saturday announced five core groups to study issues related to the film industry and give inputs ahead of the 2007-08 fiscal budget.

2006-07-30
New cinema opens doors - REDWOOD CITY — Stepping into the new 20-screen Century Theatres in refurbished downtown Redwood City brought Brigitte Van Essen back a little bit to her childhood hometown in the Netherlands.

2006-07-30
Cinema company profits look up - THE Qatar Cinema and Film Distribution Company (QCFS) has reported a 6% expansion in its net profit to QR3.25mn during the first half of this year due to fast growth in income and lower general and administrative expenses.

2006-07-30
Remodeling plan would raze cinema - ENCINITAS ---- The public can comment on an environmental analysis of a development plan that calls for razing the AMC Encinitas 8 cinema on El Camino Real, officials said Friday.

2006-07-30
An area theater quietly takes on 21st-century slant - Charlotte's movie revolution began quietly last Friday at the Regal Cinemas Stonecrest. Regal opened the horror comedy "Monster House" there in 3-D and installed a digital projector to show it.

2006-07-30
XDC provides digital cinema projection system to HoverlorD company - XDC has just provided HoverlorD post-prod house with one Barco DP-90 2K DLP Cinema® projector, offering one of the most powerful colour grading facility in Europe. Indeed, thanks to this High Definition (HD) digital projection system, HoverlorD becomes one of the very few European post-house able to perform HD captures and to process the image quality up to the screening with a projector similar to those installed into the digital cinema equipped theatres.

2006-07-31
Bond film stage 'will be rebuilt' - The James Bond soundstage destroyed by fire at the weekend "will need to be demolished and rebuilt", according to a statement from Pinewood Studios.

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2006-07-31
Dolby to offer 3-D cinema with Infitec technology - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Dolby Laboratories, best known for its movie theatre surround-sound systems, on Monday said it has teamed up with German virtual reality company Infitec GmbH to develop a three-dimensional theatre projection system for theatres.

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2006-08-01
When British films ruled the world - Out of the horrors and privations of the early 1940s emerged the greatest flowering of British movie talent, all showcased in the most magnificent cinemas ever built. David Thomson salutes the golden age of the silver screen

2006-08-01
Cinema under the stars in partnership with the bfi - The British Film Institute (bfi) is bringing rare films out of the archive and presenting classic re-issues for outdoor and festival screenings on hot summer nights.

2006-08-02
The last picture show... - LIVERPOOL'S last privately-owned picture house needs a saviour after the last picture show. The future of the Woolton Cinema has been uncertain since the unexpected death of its owner David Wood in June.

2006-08-03
NFT screens public information heritage - Once, it was acceptable for a very large man in a green leotard to escort children across the road. Rolf Harris taught us to swim. And the great unwashed packed village halls to be shown how to use a handkerchief. It is 60 years since the government began funding public information films, and the British Film Institute is celebrating the anniversary by programming a two-month season at the National Film Theatre.

2006-08-03
Cinema restoration given go-ahead - CONTROVERSIAL plans to develop and restore a much-loved cinema have been given the go-ahead.

2006-08-08
Pathé Network Headquarters Installs Doremi's Digital Cinema Server - Doremi Cinema, a division of Doremi Labs, Inc. has completed an installation at the Paris, Champs Elysees, headquarters of the French cinema and movie company, Pathé Network. The work at Pathé's Viewing Theatre adds Doremi Cinema's DCP-2000 JPEG2000 digital cinema server technology and projection to the existing 35mm viewing facilities.

2006-08-08
£25,000 gap bridged to aid cinema scheme - FUNDING for a new multiplex cinema and restaurant complex has been given a five-figure boost.

2006-08-08
100 FAVORITE BRITISH FILMS of the 20th Century - Early in 1999, the British Film Institute produced a selection booklet and sent copies to 1,000 people embracing all strands of the film, cinema and television industries throughout the UK - producers, directors, writers, actors, technicians, academics, exhibitors, distributors, executives and critics. Participants were asked to consider (and vote for up to 100) 'culturally British' feature films, released in cinemas during the 20th century, which they felt had made a strong and lasting impression on the art form and the culture. Altogether, more than 25,700 votes were cast, covering 820 different films.

2006-08-08
Counting the cost of converting the Coliseum - KUALA LUMPUR: The cost of acquiring the Coliseum cinema and converting it into a heritage centre could turn out to be a very expensive exercise.

2006-08-08
Cinema operator revenue rises - Carmike Cinemas Inc., which operates nine movie houses in the Pittsburgh area, said first-quarter revenue rose to $111.9 million from $101.2 million.

2006-08-08
Troubling paradox - A paradox has emerged in the DVD era, which has made a century of cinema more assessable: Watching some old movies can be troubling even when they entertain.

2006-08-08
Mega corp to develop $25 mln cinema complexes - MegaStar Media JV Vietnam (JVC) will launch a US$25 million project to build a string of movies theatre complexes in Vietnam, said JVC representatives in a press conference Thursday.

2006-08-08
Jewel in Palace crown an art deco cinema gem - MELBOURNE'S oldest functioning cinema, the Westgarth, reopens this month after a $4 million facelift and the addition of two new screens.

2006-08-08
Derelict cinema plan accepted - PLANS to transform a 1920s art-deco cinema into flats have been given the go-ahead by planning chiefs. More stories on this can be found here

2006-08-09
Moving picture show - STOCKTON - Attracting 400 people to downtown Stockton on a Friday night once would have been considered a major feat.

2006-08-09
Government wants amicable solution to cinema acquisition move - KUALA LUMPUR: Following a public outcry, the Government wants to push for an amicable solution to the controversial proposal to acquire the Coliseum Cinema here.

2006-08-09
Cameras roll at last for cinema - A multiplex cinema is finally opening in Lancaster city centre after a legal battle left it empty for six years.

2006-08-11
Studio to be reopened for movies - A company which has bought the failed South West Film Studios in Cornwall has told BBC News it plans to reopen the location as movie studios.

2006-08-10
Home movies of a 1940s star - She appeared in some of the most enduring classics of British cinema and became one of the biggest box-office stars of the 1940s and 1950s in films such as Odette.

2006-08-10
DTS Accelerates Entry Into The D-Cinema Market - Agoura Hills, CA – DTS, Inc. (Nasdaq: DTSI) today announced that it has entered into an exclusive licensing agreement with Avica Technology Corporation, a recognized name in the digital cinema market. The license agreement provides DTS exclusive global rights to exploit Avica’s suite of technologies, products and services. This agreement leverages existing DTS technologies, including the recently completed acquisition of the Digital Booking Systems software, and positions DTS to compete more aggressively in the emerging D-cinema market.

2006-08-10
ONLINE PIRATE DVD SELLER RAIDED IN LONDON - A prolific pirate DVD seller in Hackney, operating online, had her house raided by officers from Hackney Trading Standards and FACT following work done by FACT’s Internet Investigation Team over a number of months. The woman, aged 55, will be summonsed to appear in court at a later date.

2006-08-10
GDC TECHNOLOGY FIRST TO DELIVER COLUMBIA PICTURES’ MONSTER HOUSE IN DIGITAL 3-D IN ASIA - GDC Technology, the leading provider of digital cinema solutions is proud to be the first to deliver Columbia Pictures’ MONSTER HOUSE in 3-D on its flagship SA1000 DSR™ Digital Film Server in Asia. MONSTER HOUSE is the first digital 3-D release in Korea. The movie is presented in REAL D, the Premiere Digital 3-D Experience™, exclusively at 11 digital cinema theatres of Lotte Cinemas all across Korea. Lotte Cinemas owns more than 1600 screens throughout Korea and is the country’s second largest exhibitor.

2006-08-01
Stars support cinema battle - CINEMA campaigners say they have not given up hope of another operator taking over the Odeon site in York when it closes later this month.

2006-08-11
Cinema dreams - There is a spectacular 1970s time-capsule cinema hidden away right in the centre of Leeds.

2006-08-11
Cinema top team changes - A NEW-LOOK management team will run Warrnambool's Capitol Cinema Centre from today after the end of an era for Stan and Norma Stevens.

2006-08-11
Let cinema stay open for its memories, say readers - PETALING JAYA: The Coliseum Cinema in Kuala Lumpur is a place that evokes memories, and for that reason, The Star readers say it should be left as it is.

2006-08-11
New cinema plan to boost the audiences - THE Trinity Partnership has developed a new strategy for screening films at Stage & Screen, Clitheroe's community owned cinema based at St Mary's Centre on Church Street.

2006-08-14
Small cinemas lead a digital revolution - A village hall in Kent is one of the centres for a movement that the UK Film Council is convinced will stir a revolution in film-going.

2006-08-14
FILM FANS ACROSS THE UK GET READY FOR CINEMA REVOLUTION - 200 UK cinemas go digital in one of the biggest film advances in cinematic history

2006-08-14
Cineworld float back on screen - MULTIPLEX cinema operator Cineworld is to revive plans for a £300m flotation.

2006-08-14
Curtain raised on Cinema City - This is the first picture that reveals a glimpse of refurbishment work in one of the region's most prestigious independent cinemas.

2006-08-14
AMC expands market for independent films - Plush stadium seats. Surround sound. Miles of movie screen. Multiplexes might seem to have it all -- as long as you're willing to watch flicks about pirates or comic book heroes.

2006-08-14
Mandatory anti-smoking cinema ads sought - The New South Wales Cancer Council has launched a new anti-smoking advertisement to be shown in cinemas.

2006-08-14
Cinema giant rolls out profits - TORGYLE HOLDINGS, one of the main constituents of the Ward Anderson cinema empire, the country’s largest with 220 screens, is sitting on a cash pile of €31m and has retained profits and reserves of almost €13m, according to accounts recently filed

2006-08-14
Vermont town to unveil newly restored theater curtain - FAIRLEE, Vt. --In 1998, Don Weaver was helping to clean out the basement of Fairlee Town Hall when he stumbled across a giant rolled fabric.

2006-08-17
Battersea's burning ambition to become an arts power to rival the Tate galleries - Battersea is to take on the art supremacy of Tate Modern in a battle of the former power stations. The site is to undergo a £1.5 billion redevelopment, a blueprint of which includes a pedestrian bridge linking the site to Pimlico across the Thames.

2006-08-17
Plans for nightclub turned down - Controversial plans for a new nightclub in an Essex town have been turned down by council planners.

2006-08-17
DDD Awarded Key Japan Patent Covering 2D to 3D Conversion - SANTA MONICA, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 08/15/06 -- DDD Group plc (LSE: DDD), the 3D software and content company, today announces that it has received notification of allowance from the Japan patent office of its key "Dynamic Depth Cueing" ("DDC") technology. DDC is a core DDD technology that enables existing photo, film or video images to be converted for display in stereo 3D.

2006-08-17
Coming out of a screen near you - THE digital era was the biggest transition in cinema since the advent of sound, an American film exhibition official told the Australian International Movie Convention on the Gold Coast yesterday.

2006-08-17
Fandango Now Ticketing to More than 550 Additional Regal Screens - Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) August 15, 2006 -- Fandango, the nation’s largest online, phone and mobile movie ticketing service, announced today that it has broadened its reach with its founding partner Regal Entertainment Group, the largest motion picture exhibitor in North America. The addition of more than 50 newly-wired Regal theaters, representing more than 550 screens, will expand Fandango’s national footprint in the Eastern United States and will help enhance the moviegoing experience for many more moviegoers.

2006-08-17
Odeon plans eight screens for Victoria Square centre - The UK's largest cinema chain is to open an eight-screen film theatre in Northern Ireland.

2006-08-17
Odeon Theater added to Culutural Register - Tucumcari’s Odeon Theater, built in 1936, is one of six theaters that were placed on Friday on the State Register of Cultural Properties, said John W. Murphey, state and national register coordinator with the state’s Historic Preservation Division.

2006-08-17
Cinema server makers adopt Thomson antipiracy scheme - WASHINGTON — Digital cinema server makers have adopted watermarking technology developed by French consumer electronics specialist Thomson.

2006-08-17
Mobile phone operators hit out at cinema blocking plan - The blocking of mobile phones in cinemas and theatres would be inappropriate and impractical, it was claimed today.

2006-08-17
Last stage of building demolition - Work is starting on the final stage of a project to demolish a Teesside town centre building.

2006-08-19
Cinema meets digital technology - Filmmakers have relied on film to make their movies for almost as long as the industry's been around.

2006-08-19
Kodak, CineMedia Build Cinema Software - Kodak Digital Cinema and National CineMedia LLC are collaborating on movie theater management software (TMS) that will integrate nearly every function, from scheduling to ticketing. The platform will automate and control all digital content from a central point in the theater or remotely.

2006-08-19
Threatened cinema wins reprieve - Plans to sell Edinburgh's historic art house cinema, The Cameo, have been shelved by its owner, City Screen.

2006-08-19
Screen subsidies for towns - UP TO 20 regional centres will soon get a subsidised digital projector so they can watch Australian films and documentaries.

2006-08-22
Cinema to have £50,000 makeover - A Forest of Dean cinema is to have a £50,000 makeover

2006-08-22
Last stand in fight to save cinema - Campaigners battling to save the Odeon cinema in Bradford from demolition will have to redouble their efforts after last week's announcement that a striking new building could take its place. Robert Sutcliffe reports

2006-08-22
Digital projectors helping film makers countern priacy - MUMBAI: Bollywood's piracy woes might ease a bit with film makers and distributors increasingly opting for digital projectors for cinema transmission instead of conventional reels, which can be easily copied

2006-08-22
College plans hi-tech learning mall - Plans for an interactive learning mall' in the heart of the city centre have been unveiled by Bradford College.

The college has announced plans to take up space in the flagship development on the former Odeon Cinema site, creating a gateway between the college and the city centre.

2006-08-22
Sky City profit up around 13 per cent - Sky City Entertainment Group has announced a full year profit up 12.9 per cent to $120.1 million.

2006-08-22
Pirates of the Caribbean helps boosts cinema admissions - LONDON - Whether it was the draw of Johnny Depp in 'Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest' or people escaping the heat, cinema admissions for July were the highest for the year so far.

2006-08-22
Cinema work is almost complete - THE COMPLETION of work on the building that houses Belper's Ritz Cinema is edging closer.

2006-08-22
City's Regal Cinema closes after 70 years - LANCASTER'S Regal cinema is to close, probably on Thursday – the eve of the opening of the six-screen Vue multiplex.

2006-08-22
SMG could sell Pearl and Dean if under new management. - Rebel Shareholders at SMG want the former Channel 4 executive Rob Woodward to become head of the Scottish Media Group. If appointed Woodward plans to sell its cinema advertising business Pearl and Dean and its poster operation Primesight.

2006-08-22
Bollywood box-office overtake British film takings - Box office takings for Bollywood films have overtaken those of home-grown British films for the first time, it was revealed this weekend.

2006-08-22
Darren and Dan move in on the Lonsdale - Two Cumbrian film-lovers will take over the running of Carlisle's independent cinema, the Lonsdale City, from Friday, September 1.

2006-08-22
projectiondesign Brings a Full Line of Advanced DLP Home Cinema Projectors to CEDIA (18/8/2006) - projectiondesign, a world leader in innovative DLP TM projection technology, presents its full line of advanced DLP projectors for home cinema applications at CEDIA EXPO 2006. The company's Action! DLP projectors, which are now shipping, will be at the projectiondesign booth #461 at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver, September 14-17. These include the Action! model one mk III

2006-08-23
Considers Options For Former Cinema - The Flatley Company, which owns the Falmouth Mall property, is considering its options for its vacant cinema building.

2006-08-23
Different nights at the movies - CINEMAS in Bolton could soon become entertainment venues offering gambling, old movies and big screen games.

2006-08-23
CHRISTIE IS THE OFFICIAL DIGITAL PROJECTION SPONSOR OF THE TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, CELEBRATING AGE OF DIGITAL CINEMA - Renowned Festival Standardizes on Christie Digital Projectors, Including World Famous Christie CP2000 DLP Cinema Projector

2006-08-24
Star Cinema to celebrate reopening of theater - JOHNSON CREEK - Star Cinema, located off of Highway 26 in Johnson Creek, will celebrate the grand reopening of its newly remodeled 12-screen movie theater starting Friday.

2006-08-24
The False Divide: Crosstalk in the Digital Wars - As part of Time magazine's annual look into the near future, film critic Richard Corliss made his entry ("Can this man save the movies? (Again)?" 20 March 2006) into the debate over digital technology and its impact on cinema. Corliss situates himself as a pro-digital revolutionist, taking particular note of the economic advantages of digital film making and distribution. What makes Corliss' article problematic is not so much the side he takes, as his participation in the tendency to treat digital and "traditional" film as necessarily mutually exclusive. Why there isn't room for both isn't entirely clear, but Corliss, and his central informant, George Lucas, seem intent on framing the debate as if it were an either/or proposition.

2006-08-24
INDUSTRY EXPERT PATRICK VON SYCHOWSKI JOINS DELUXE LABORATORIES - Appointment reinforces Deluxe's expansion into European digital cinema market

2006-09-04
CINEPLEX ENTERTAINMENT TO EXPLORE DIGITAL CINEMA WITH NATIONAL CINEMEDIA - Cineplex Entertainment, Canada’s largest motion picture exhibition company, and National CineMedia LLC (NCM), a venture of AMC Entertainment Inc., Cinemark USA, Inc. and Regal Entertainment Group, have entered into an exclusive agreement wherein Cineplex will be included in NCM’s digital cinema technology design and procurement initiative.

2006-09-04
Cinema flats plan to be continued . . - PLANS to transform a historic Leith cinema into a restaurant and flats have been put on hold.

2006-09-04
Lighthouse cinemas Will Close - Lighthouse Cinemas will show its final movie on Sept. 7. And then, after nearly two decades in Pacific Grove, the curtains at the old theater will close for good.

2006-09-04
The celluloid detective - The Pacific Film Archive's new senior curator tracks down the best prints, keeping local cineastes coming back for more

2006-09-04
Eastman House gets $500,000 for Dryden - The George Eastman House has secured a $500,000 state grant to equip and renovate the projection booth at its Dryden Theatre. The Rochester delegation to the state senate will formally announce the grant at the Eastman House Wednesday, according to an Eastman House announcement.

2006-09-04
Scene set to give historic cinema a new lease of life - A LEITH landmark which has housed a cinema and a nightclub is set to be turned into a luxury restaurant and flats after the proposed £4 million development won the backing of planning chiefs.

2006-09-04
Kinoton’s Digital Cinema Showcase started with “Pirates of the Caribbean 2” - Movie-goers visiting the Admiral Filmpalast in Nuremberg (Germany) or the UCI Kinowelt Millennium City in Vienna (Austria) can enjoy Jonny Depp’s furious performance as Captain Jack Sparrow as classical film projection as well as in state-of-the art Digital Cinema quality. The new D-Cinema equipment was installed by the German cinema technology manufacturer Kinoton.

2006-09-04
Beavercreek Multiplex Going Digital On 7 Screens - BEAVERCREEK, Ohio -- A new multiplex in the Dayton area will use seven digital movie projectors, more than any other cinema in the state.

2006-09-04
Century plans to sell its 4 Tucson theaters - Tucson's cinema scene is changing, as the city's biggest theater chain is being sold amid planned openings of new multiplexes by other companies in the next year.

2006-09-04
Revealed: The Grand's 30s look - MURALS from the 1930s have been found at Leeds Grand Theatre after workmen stripped back wallpaper.

2006-09-04
Fresh plans for cinema - THE troubled project to bring a cinema to St Albans will move forward next month with a public consultation on a new design.

2006-09-04
East Hartford Cinema To Close - EAST HARTFORD -- Suffering from fewer moviegoers, Showcase Cinema, a town fixture and eyecatcher along I-84 for more than 30 years, will close Sept. 4 after its last showing.

2006-09-04
A picture house in a workshop and Pedro running the projector - THE earliest memories found so far come from children who, up till then, had only seen lantern slides as presented by the Band of Hope once a week.

2006-09-04
Job losses at cinema call centre - Up to 30 jobs are being lost at a call centre for Odeon cinemas in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.

2006-09-04
Film fun at The Deco - The Deco is proud to announce a return to its heyday as a thriving cinema, with the opening night of a new season of film screenings starting on Tuesday, 25th July.

2006-09-04
DTS At IBC 2006 - As a leading provider of digital entertainment DTS’ IBC 2006 participation spans the wide variety of areas covered at the show this year.

2006-09-04
Theatre 'could reopen by October' - A Kent cinema and theatre complex which closed last month because it could not make ends meet could reopen as soon as October, the local council has said.

2006-09-04
AMC Theatres(R) Announces Creation of Concession Value Menu with New 'Clip's Picks(SM)' Option - KANSAS CITY, Mo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 28, 2006--AMC Theatres today announced the circuit-wide launch of its new concession value menu, Clip's Picks, which will begin in theatres Friday, Sept. 1, 2006. Clip's Picks gives moviegoers the opportunity to create their own 10-item value menu. Depending on the market and AMC theatre, guests can purchase Clip's Picks concession items at $2.75 or $3.00 each, or a combination of three items for $7.00 or $7.50.

2006-09-04
Thomson Continues Momentum for North American Digital Cinema Plan Through Major Agreement with National Amusements, Inc. - August 29, 2006 -- Reinforcing its global leadership in digital cinema, Thomson (Euronext Paris: 18453

2006-09-04
End of an era - 1937 was a peak year for the Oscar Deutsch circuit of cinemas and the 1st of February saw the opening of York's £60,000 new Odeon on Blossom Street. Tim Addyman, Save the Odeon campaigner, brings us up to date.

2006-09-05
Filmmakers not fully sold on digital - Despite the many benefits of phasing out celluloid film, production companies are hesitating to go fully digital

2006-09-05
Cineworld offers 3.5% pay rise - BECTU members in Cineworld multiplexes are balloting on this year's pay offer.

2006-09-05
China expected to realize film digitalization within ten years - China will accomplish the strategic objective of transiting the film projection into digital projection in the upcoming 5 to 10 years, revealed by Zhang Hongsen, deputy director general of the State Administration of Radio Film and Television in the Fourth Digital Cinema Forum held in Beijing last week.

2006-09-05
Final reel for golden age cinema as curtain falls - THE final curtain came down on Liverpool's oldest surviving cinema as it screened its last film yesterday.

2006-09-05
Increase in US cinema attendance - The number of people going to North American cinemas this summer has increased by 3% compared to a year ago, reversing a decline in attendances.

2006-09-06
KODAK TO HELP DISCOURAGE THEFT OF DIGITAL MOVIES - Licenses Thomson watermarking solution to identify source of copies

2006-09-07
QuVIS BRINGS 4K MASTERING AND PLAYBACK TECHNOLOGY TO IBC 2006 - Company to Display 4K DCI Compatible Digital Cinema System

2006-09-07
CCTV Selects Dolby Digital Cinema for New State-of-the-Art Screening Rooms - Sale Marks First Dolby Digital Cinema Installations in China

2006-09-07
Dickinson Theatres Incorporates DTS Digital Booking System™ for Exhibition Management - Agoura Hills, CA – DTS, Inc. (Nasdaq: DTSI) today announced that Dickinson Theatres has chosen the DTS Digital Booking System™ (DBS) for their in-house exhibition management. Consisting of 352 screens at 37 locations in Kansas, Missouri, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Nebraska, Oklahoma, North Carolina, South Carolina and Texas, the theater chain will use DBS to manage all aspects of their business including film acquisition, theater operations, gross reporting, end-of-day financials and film payment. This deal represents the first significant adoption of the DBS system since DTS acquired DBS from FilmStew International, Inc. in April 2006.

2006-09-07
Lord Mayor's firework caused cinema fire - A rogue firework has been identified by fire bosses as the probable cause of a small fire which caused hundreds of people to be evacuated from a city cinema on the night of the Lord Mayor's Procession.

2006-09-07
Met to broadcast opera into cinemas - NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Metropolitan Opera said on Wednesday it would broadcast six live performances to cinemas in North America and Europe starting on December 30 in a bid to broaden its audience.

2006-09-08
Cinema Ad Firm to Roll Out Digital Equipment - Screenvision, one of the nation's leading cinema advertising companies, signed an exclusive, multiyear deal with National Amusements Inc. to invest more than $10 million in high-definition digital equipment for more than 1,000 screens.

2006-09-08
New deals to evolve movie-going experience - BOSTON, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- Two deals struck in recent weeks by the National Amusements theater chain have the Massachusetts company talking about reinventing the movie-going experience.

2006-09-08
Doremi Cinema's industry leading DCP-2000 cinema server now supports MPEG2 MXF-Interop film and pre-show content in addition to JPEG2000. - Europe

2006-09-08
Flats plan for cinema - PLANS to turn a former South Molton cinema into 11 flats are to go before a planning committee at North Devon District Council on September 20.

2006-09-08
The Square screen - BOLTON'S first open-air cinema could be set up in Victoria Square, in the town centre

2006-09-08
Twilight at the Tacora - Last silver-screen showing tonight: other parts of business to stay open

2006-09-08
BFI revamped website with increased digital content - The British Film Institute (BFI) has launched its newly revamped website today with increased digital content as part of a drive by the BFI to engage a wider online audience

2006-09-08
The public spirit award goes to ... - This week the British Film Institute unveiled its new digital media initiative, a dull phrase for something actually quite exciting. Most exciting of all is that the BFI is for the first time allowing the public to download movies from its archive. For the launch it will have around 30 titles, including Dziga Vertov's Man With a Movie Camera, Michael Powell's The Edge of the World and early works from Ridley Scott and Stephen Frears.

2006-09-10
Sky and Odeon strike cinema deal - Broadcaster Sky and cinema chain Odeon have teamed up to form a film distribution company to bring movies into homes as well as cinemas.

2006-09-10
Where have all the movie theaters gone? - A few hours before the screens darkened for good, Arnold Reed stood bewildered.

2006-09-10
The Empire strikes back - A SWINDON cinema is to be given a new name after a change of ownership.

2006-09-10
Empire in hunt for creative and media agencies - LONDON - Empire Cinemas has begun a search for agencies to handle its creative and media accounts.

2006-09-10
BFI to make archive films available for download - The British Film Institute, through digital media company 7 Digital, is to offer over 600,000 films from its National Archive for the public to download.

2006-09-11
Final curtain at last silver screen - THEY say the show must go on, but Bangor's silver screen will fade to black for the final time tomorrow.

2006-09-12
Digital Cinema Initiatives (DCI) Announces Compliance Testing Process for Digital Projectors and Theater Equipment - Compliance Process Furthers the Goal Towards One Universal Standard in Creating the Next Generation of Digital Cinema Projection Systems

2006-09-12
BFI Chooses Sigmer For Cinema Film And Television Database - Sigmer Technologies has announced it has developed a comprehensive database solution and framework for the BFI’s collection of filmographic data, including world cinema, film and television, onto a new searchable film and television website. As the custodian of one of the largest national film and television archives in the world, the BFI presented Sigmer, provider of bespoke software solutions and website consultancy, with the challenge of developing the database, creating the search functionality to query the database and hosting the new website.

2006-09-13
Cinema to stay open - for now - Glenbrook Cinema will remain open for at least the next six months despite losing a battle with council to stop major alterations to the theatre building.

2006-09-13
ARTS ALLIANCE MEDIA ANNOUNCES DEALS TO SUPPLY FOUR MORE SITES WITH CINEMA MANAGEMENT SERVICE - Arts Alliance Media (AAM), Europe’s leading provider of digital film distribution services, has announced two agreements to provide its cinema box-office and customer management service to four further London sites. The Renoir, Chelsea Cinema and Richmond Filmhouse (all part of the Curzon group) and the Phoenix Cinema in East Finchley have all signed deals to equip their cinemas with Newman, AAM’s online cinema management solution.

2006-09-13
DELUXE BUYS HD ASSETS FROM GLOBAL ENTERTAINMENT PARTNERS - Acquisition of KK Digital assets bolsters Deluxe’s position as a full service technical partner for content owners

2006-09-13
Acquisition of KK Digital assets bolsters Deluxe’s position as a full service technical partner for content owners - QUVIS INTEGRATES FORENSIC MARKING BY THOMSON IN DIGITAL CINEMA SYSTEMS

2006-09-13
SMG to offload advertising businesses - SMG said today it had decided to sell its cinema and outdoor advertising businesses. More stories about this news story can be found here.

2006-09-13
Council: 'We will listen' on cinema - WE will listen to the public this time was the message from St Albans District Council, discussing progess on city centre cinema plans this week.

2006-09-13
Cinema eyesore - The Cineworld complex, in Bury St Edmunds, has been short-listed as one of the five worst buildings in East Anglia.

2006-09-14
QuVIS Integrates Forensic Marking by Thomson in Digital Cinema Systems - TOPEKA, Kan., BUSINESS WIRE -- QuVIS, Inc., the leading provider of digital cinema solutions, is pleased to announce that it has completed testing and will begin shipping the watermarking solution developed by Thomson, the global technology company serving the media and entertainment industries, in its commercial grade cinema systems. With the integration of Thomson's forensic watermarking, the QuVIS' Cinema System will support an essential tool in the battle against piracy, a worldwide problem that cost Hollywood studios $6.1 billion in 2005, according to statistics released by the Motion Picture Association of America (May 3, 2006).

2006-09-14
First cinema in city to be demolished - THE first purpose-built cinema in Liverpool is to be bulldozed and replaced with flats.

2006-09-14
Digital Cinema: Rollout, Business Models and Forecasts - D-cinema rollout has begun, currently on a small scale but with a rapidly gathering momentum toward full-scale rollout. 2006 is likely to be a year for negotiations and signature of contracts with wide-scale rollout happening from 2007. Hollywood will drive the market forward and the key factors in the switch to digital cinema are cost savings to distributors, the economic imperative of controlling piracy and the need to maintain the experience gap with regard to home cinema and HDTV.

2006-09-14
Anti-piracy body to file charges vs film pirate suspect - THE Movie Industry Anti-Piracy Organization (MIAPOI) reported the filing of a case against suspected film pirate Imelda Manangan by the Tarlac City police.

2006-09-14
Regal expected to buy Fenway 13 theater - Regal Entertainment Group, operator of the nation's largest movie theater chain, is expected to make its debut in the Boston market this week with the purchase of the Fenway 13 theater from AMC Entertainment.

2006-09-15
17,000 D-cinema screens w'wide by 2010 - MUMBAI: Digital cinema is on the rise and how. According to a recent study done by Research and Markets, there will be more than 17,000 D-cinema screens in the world by 2010. Research and Markets’ study throws light on the global market for D-cinema.

2006-09-15
Cinema redevelopment plans passed - PROPOSALS to redevelop a redundant cinema into a £5m entertainment complex, including nightclub, have been given the green light - subject to the provision of a late running bus service.

2006-09-15
Free Films from the BFI at the Thames Festival - The BFI joins London's biggest family friendly festival to celebrate the River Thames with a programme of free films at the National Film Theatre and BFI IMAX this weekend.

2006-09-18
Ireland: Butlers pay €90m in UCI cinema deal - COLUM and Ciaran Butler, the brothers behind the Leisureplex chain of entertainment outlets, have acquired the operations of UCI cinemas in Ireland for more than €90m

2006-09-18
An Introduction To Programming & Audience Development For Independent Cinema - The Independent Cinema Office presents an essential one day training course aimed at independent exhibitors based in Scotland who want to broaden the range of audiences attending film screenings at their venue, film society or festival, while working with limited resources. The course will focus on how to develop your programming strategies and marketing materials to maximise attendances, and is appropriate for full-time and part-time cinemas, arts centres, film societies, film festivals, rural touring organisations and arts development officers.

2006-09-18
'It's the wave of now' New digital equipment debuts at the Michigan Theater - New technology at the Michigan Theater features digital projection capabilities in both auditoriums and a 'microcinema' gallery - consisting of screens and monitors that display video art in the theater's lobby areas

2006-09-18
National Gallery promotes the art of movies at Cine Club - Along with Our Secret Agency (OSA) graphic design company, the National Gallery of the Cayman Islands will now be featuring a new programme to encourage film art appreciation, called Cine Club.

2006-09-18
Partitions Down at Keith Albee Theatre - Huntington, WV (HNN) -- Fifty to 60 volunteers worked early Saturday morning, Sept. 16, 2006 to complete the task of removing the two mini-theatres from the Keith Albee.

2006-09-18
Pearl & Dean eyed up by only rival - Pearl & Dean, the cinema advertising company put up for sale by SMG, could be acquired by its sole rival, Carlton Screen Advertising, even though the deal would create a monopoly. Other stories can be found here

2006-09-21
Projector size of sugar cube made - A video projector that is the size of a sugar cube has been created by researchers.

2006-09-21
Cinema Fanatic Rescues Roxy - A popular 1930s cinema has been rescued from the threat of closure by a cinema saviour.

2006-09-21
Cinema talk should ring true - A BUSINESSMAN who has restored a disused Hertfordshire cinema into operation will be talking tonight about how he wants to do the same in St Albans.

2006-09-21
Historic cinema saved for future - A historic Edinburgh cinema has been safeguarded for future generations after a 10-month struggle.

2006-09-21
Town given two months to prove cinema can work - A COMMUNITY was yesterday told it has two months to prove a major cinema project can work - or risk losing it forever.

2006-09-21
ACCESSIT SPEEDS DIGITAL AVAILABILITY OF ALTERNATIVE CONTENT THROUGH EXCLUSIVE AGREEMENT WITH THE BIGGER PICTURE - New Agreement Will Make Alternative Programming Immediately Available to Any Digitally-Equipped Theatre Nationwide

2006-09-21
ARTS ALLIANCE MEDIA ANNOUNCES DEALS TO SUPPLY FOUR MORE SITES WITH CINEMA MANAGEMENT SERVICE - LONDON -- Arts Alliance Media (AAM), Europe’s leading provider of digital film distribution services, has announced two agreements to provide its cinema box-office and customer management service to four further London sites. The Renoir, Chelsea Cinema and Richmond Filmhouse (all part of the Curzon group) and the Phoenix Cinema in East Finchley have all signed deals to equip their cinemas with Newman, AAM’s online cinema management solution.

2006-09-22
Cinema overhauls till system - Vue Cinemas this month completes a major overhaul of tills and back office functions to improve efficiency and business intelligence and cut queues.

2006-09-22
New cinema design has been drawn up - NEW-look designs for the St Albans cinema complex are to be revealed within the next three weeks.

2006-09-22
BFI ANNOUNCES FILM CENTRE FEASIBILITY STUDY - The BFI has launched an Options Appraisal and Feasibility Study to establish a world-class Film Centre on London’s South Bank. Drivers Jonas have been appointed as lead consultants, with David Pratley Associates in support as arts consultants. The study, which starts immediately and is expected to be completed by the end of February 2007, is to be funded from a grant of up to £500,000 allocated by the London Development Agency.

2006-09-24
Films continue to roll at cinema - A film enthusiast has stepped in to save an historic 1930s art deco cinema from closure.

2006-09-24
Rooftop cinema to add more stars to city sky - IMAGINE sitting on a rooftop in Swanston Street, quaffing wine and watching scenes of a futuristic city in the cult film Blade Runner, as Melbourne skyscrapers twinkle around you.

From December, movie lovers will be able to do just this, with the launch of the city's first rooftop cinema above the Cookie bar and restaurant in Curtin House on Swanston Street.

2006-09-24
Lonsdale Cinema waits to learn fate - THE former Lonsdale Cinema in Carlisle celebrated its 75th birthday this week.

2006-09-24
Cinema suffers worst August for six years - THE summer blockbuster film season proved to be as big a washout as the weather, as cinemas attracted their worst August attendances since 2000.

2006-09-24
Is this the end of the cinema? - AOL announced recently that it will start offering film downloading, and Apple is expected to follow suit through iTunes.

2006-09-24
Cinema battlers face fund deadline - TEN councillors are to lead the fight to prove their local cinema can work.

2006-09-24
Cinema classics can bring town hall back to life - Michael Kustow is a writer and producer who lives five minutes from Hornsey Town Hall asnd dreams of seeing it become a home for independent cinema. As Director of the Institute of Contemporary Arts, he created the ICA Cinema and as Arts Commissioning Editor of Channel 4 Television, he commissioned over 500 hours of film and television.

2006-09-24
ITV eyes £20m Pearl & Dean - ITV is among a clutch of bidders for Pearl & Dean, the iconic cinema advertising business put up for sale by SMG.

2006-09-24
A groundbreaking 40 years of cinema - Today the 40th anniversary of the founding of the Norfolk and Norwich Film Theatre, which became Cinema City, will be marked by the screening of four classic films.

2006-09-27
Movie mice add spice to thriller - Movie-goers watching a thriller at a Cardiff cinema had an added fright when mice were seen scuttling under the seats.

2006-09-27
Cinema restoration move to begin - Work to restore Scotland's first purpose-built cinema to its former glory is to get under way.

2006-09-27
Coming to a cinema near you . . £500 tickets offer - UNLIMITED cinema tickets for a year are being offered to people willing to put money into a revamp of one of Edinburgh's best-known cinemas.

2006-09-27
Aiming to save derelict cinema - GRAVESEND's burnt-out cinema could have a saviour in the shape of a businessman who once worked there.

2006-09-27
Yelmo Cineplex Install 2K Barco Digital Cinema System - Barco is part of the MEDIA Salles training program, which allows three European exhibitors to obtain digital cinema hands-on experience in their own theater.

2006-09-27
International Digital Cinema Convention Launches International Industry Awards in Kansas City - KANSAS CITY, Mo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The International Digital Cinema Convention will launch new international awards for the cinema industry when the event returns to Kansas City October 6-7 at Bartle Hall Convention Center.

2006-09-27
Curtain to rise soon on cinema - The media got a sneak preview Monday of the work under way on the new Carmike Cinema theater expected to open Friday at Colonial Mall-Myrtle Beach

2006-09-27
New distribution system aimed at theaters - DAYTON — Stratacache, a company that provides content distribution systems to serve network-connected organizations, is marketing a new system for high-speed transmission of digital films from a single source to multiple theaters.

2006-09-27
Stratacache Introduces OmniCast for Digital Cinema - DAYTON, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Stratacache today announced OmniCast for Digital Cinema, a new content distribution solution for reliably transmitting digital film files from a single source to hundreds or thousand of theaters simultaneously at high speed. Based on OmniCast Performance Edition (see "Stratacache Introduces Unprecedented Level of File Delivery Performance," also released today), OmniCast for Digital Cinema is the first product to accelerate the trend toward digital cinema in theaters by enabling very fast, highly-reliable distributions of digital cinema content using standard, low-cost Intel based servers.

2006-09-28
Warren to demonstrate high-definition projector - Wichita will be one of 12 cities across the country to get a first look at state-of-the-art high definition digital filmmaking with the screening of an acclaimed aviation documentary.

2006-09-28
Harwich: Owen’s new role... as cinema patron - Hollywood film star Clive Owen has agreed to become patron of a famous Essex landmark.

2006-09-28
the Global view Screen Ad Associations Celebrate a Growing Business - Global cinema-advertising revenues for 2005 are expected to reach US$2 billion, reports Cheryl Wannell, general manager of the Screen Advertising World Association (SAWA). Better yet, “most surveys that came back were pretty optimistic about 2006” as well. “The forecasts seem to be steady growth, probably above total ad markets.” The industry is “relatively healthy.” as screen advertising “is still able to set itself apart from the rest of advertising due to the unique nature of cinema.”

2006-09-28
Bollywood outstrips Britain at box office - BOLLYWOOD films have started to make more money at the box office in Britain than home-grown productions.

2006-09-29
CHRISTIE HIRES INDUSTRY EXPERT FOR GROWING SALES IN CINEMA MARKET - Christie, a leading provider of visual solutions for business, entertainment and industry, is pleased to announce the appointment of Keith Watanabe as Senior Manager of Cinema Sales in its Entertainment Solutions division. In his new role, Keith will support Christie's growing number of cinema customers in the US, Canada and Mexico while identifying new directions for sales and service in Christie's expanding portfolio of film, Digital Cinema and On-Screen Advertising (OSA) products.

2006-09-29
BFI celebrates COI's 60th Anniversary with Free Bluetooth Downloads - To help promote its month-long season of public information films, the BFI has partnered with the COI to provide two short safety films that visitors to the National Film Theatre and the BFI London Imax Cinema can download for free to their mobile phones using Bluetooth technology. Already, people are distributing the downloads virally amongst their friends and colleagues.

2006-09-29
He wants to buy:will cinema sell?A Ridgewood filmmaker is hoping to save a historic Queens movie theater and help terminally ill children at the same time. - Rest

2006-09-29
Access Integrated Technologies Completes 1,000th Digital Cinema Installation - ORRISTOWN, N.J., Sept. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Access Integrated Technologies, Inc. ("AccessIT") (Nasdaq: AIXD - News) announced today it has reached an historic industry milestone, the installation and commissioning of Christie/AIX's 1,000th digital cinema system, utilizing Christie CP2000 projectors and services.

2006-09-29
Jacobi joins save the Lonsdale Campaign - One of the country's best known actors, Sir Derek Jacobi, has joined the campaign to save Carlisle's Lonsdale Cinema from demolition.

2006-09-29
Cinema is ‘an eyesore and a magnet for drug users’ - IT once brought entertainment to thousands of York people, but has now been branded one of the city's worst eyesores.

2006-09-29
COLUMBIA PICTURES’ ANIMATED OPEN SEASON TO PLAY IN IMAX® 3D AT THE BFI IMAX - London, 27 September 2006 – Audiences will be in for a wild IMAX® 3D adventure through the wilderness as Columbia Pictures’ animated family adventure Open Season debuts at the BFI IMAX on 13 October. The film will be released in IMAX 3D simultaneously with the motion picture's premiere in conventional cinemas. Open Season has been digitally converted into IMAX 3D and re-mastered into the unparalleled image and sound quality of The IMAX Experience® through IMAX DMR® (Digital Re-mastering) technology.

2006-10-09
Death Of A President shut out by cinema bosses - A new movie that depicts the death of President George W Bush looks likely to flop at the US box office after being snubbed by America's biggest cinema chain.

2006-10-09
Film fans give support to boost Roxy Cinema - FURNESS movie fans have been giving their support to a film buff on a mission to save old cinemas.

2006-10-09
Forum Cinema on market for 90,000 - The Market Place cinema is up for sale after owner Norman Brownell decided to move abroad.

2006-10-09
Sally Gray, 90, Actress in British Cinema, Dies - LONDON, Oct. 6 (AP) — Sally Gray, a spirited, husky-voiced British star of the 1930’s and 40’s who turned down a Hollywood contract, died on Sept. 24 at her home here. She was 90.

2006-10-09
The ugliest building in Suffolk? - Retailers have shunned it, no shoppers have ever crossed its door and now it has been officially voted the ugliest building in Suffolk.

2006-10-09
Amherst Cinema set for grand reopening - AMHERST - The lights will shine Nov. 18 at the Amherst Cinema on a grand opening celebration. Then they'll darken a week later when the cinema starts showing movies again.

2006-10-09
Pittsfield Cinema Center Financial Package Finalized -

2006-10-09
Cinema complex 'eyesore' - Residents may think the Cineworld cinema is an eyesore but, according to the results of a recent poll, it is only the second ugliest building in Suffolk.

2006-10-09
De La Warr Pavillion - In partnership with CINECITY The De La Pavillion presents the very first Film Weekend Fri 1st to Sun 3rd December, showing 35mm film prints projected onto the big screen in the Pavillion's auditorium.

2006-10-09
Looper troopers >> The “cinema jazz” of San Francisco’s film-projector trio Wet Gate - “A word has different meanings, depending on how it’s used in relation to other words,” says Steven Dye, one-third of San Francisco’s Wet Gate, wizards of light, sound and motion. “In and of itself, it’s just a thing, but it’s how it’s used in context.”

The same goes for moving pictures, whether it’s the grainy old educational clips or the handcrafted abstract strips with which the trio create, and in fact improvise to a degree, a luminous collage of loops and layers, entirely by way of creaky old 16mm projectors.

2006-10-09
X-rated! - PRANKSTERS are giving a Chippenham cinema an X-rated reputation by rearranging letters on its advertising hoarding to spell out vulgar phrases.

2006-10-09
FACT appoints New Director General - The Federation Against Copyright Theft (‘FACT’) is delighted to announce the appointment of Kieron Sharp as its new Director General. Kieron takes up his post on 6th November 2006.

2006-10-09
Film pirate caught on film - A Glasgow man who was caught twice by Trading Standards with illegal DVDs at Ayr Sunday Market pled guilty to charges at Ayr sheriff Court last week and was sentenced to 2 years and 10 months imprisonment.

2006-10-09
City Screen brings Amnesty International’s Secret Policeman’s Ball to a Picture House cinema near you LIVE via landmark use of digital satellite technology! - The UK’s leading independent cinema chain, CITY SCREEN, is set to cross an industry milestone with the installation of a live High Definition satellite network across its entire UK circuit, making it the first cinema chain in Europe to drive alternative programming through the installation of a private satellite network at each of its locations.

2006-10-09
BFI to open next-generation Film Centre - The British Film Institute (BFI) has announced that it will unveil the next generation of the National Film Theatre early next year. Another story on this available here

2006-10-09
SMPTE Celebrates 90th at Fall Convention - Between the aisles of a packed ballroom, SMPTE President Ed Hobson opened a large silver canister of 35mm print film and rolled the black spool down the aisle.

There in that canister was the standard for film, he said to the crowd, there for the first annual digital cinema summit sponsored by SMPTE at an NAB convention. Take it to any theater, anywhere in the country, and loop that film onto a standard film projector. And voila, the images would appear.

2006-10-09
Digitalisation of cinema knocks Indian doors - NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 5: Having simultaneous release of his movie all over the country in one go is any producer's dream. This is possible with digitalisation, although Indian cinema has been slow in adopting this technology.

2006-10-09
Screenvision Expands Digital Advertising Network Through New Multi-Year Agreement with Carmike Cinemas - NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Screenvision, the global leader in cinema advertising, has expanded its relationship with Columbus, Ga.-based Carmike Cinemas (NASDAQ: CKEC), the nation’s fourth largest exhibitor. As part of the agreement, Screenvision will use its technological compatibility and flexibility to display its high-definition digital preshow through Carmike’s newly-installed 2K-level digital projection systems. The partnership with Carmike Cinemas, which operates 292 theatres in 37 states, increases Screenvision’s digital preshow distribution by at least 2,000 screens and up to 2,300 screens nationwide.

2006-10-09
Playhouse saved in the final act - A LIFELINE has been thrown to a popular arts venue just two months after it went bust.

2006-10-09
Film Waimate Conspiracy to open at Waimate Regent - Kiwi film “The Waimate Conspiracy” opens at the Waimate Regent October 17

2006-10-09
Cinema firm employees to protest 'unfair tactics' - BAHRAIN Cinema Company staff will hold a demonstration outside the Labour Ministry tomorrow calling for intervention into what they claim are unfair tactics used by their employer to discourage union activities.

2006-10-09
Cinema campaigners call for help - ANGRY residents campaigning against the refurbishment of a derelict cinema in Hoxton are encouraging people to write in and complain.

2006-10-09
Vue’s monopoly is broken after sell-off - A BASINGSTOKE cinema complex has changed hands after an industry watchdog ordered Vue to break its monopoly in the town.

2006-10-09
Further funds for historic cinema - A campaign to restore a historic Newcastle cinema to its former art deco glory has moved a step closer after £2.8m of funding was secured.

2006-10-09
Apple Valley gets first movie theater - April opening planned for cinema boasting high-back rocking chair stadium seating with retractable armrests

2006-10-09
Movies shown in clear, crisp digital picture - Albany -- Those who come out to the movies tonight will get a brand new viewing experience.

2006-10-09
Developers in the frame for cinema plans - FIVE developers have been shortlisted to develop the waterside district in Trowbridge - and all have included a multi-screen cinema in their proposals.

2006-10-09
Bid to phase out celluloid for digital revolution - One of the world's foremost experts on digital cinema has urged the global film industry to adopt a universal set of guidelines to phase out traditional cinema.

2006-10-09
Access Integrated Technologies Completes 1,000th Digital Cinema Installation - MORRISTOWN, N.J., Sept. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Access Integrated Technologies, Inc. ("AccessIT") announced today it has reached an historic industry milestone, the installation and commissioning of Christie/AIX's 1,000th digital cinema system, utilizing Christie CP2000 projectors and services.

2006-10-09
Film Studies: Ronald Reagan's mentor - Roy M. Brewer died a week ago in a Los Angeles suburb. He had ten grandchildren, and 20 great-grandchildren, and he was 97, so the ritual tributes of decent respect can be paid. But he did damage, and applied it as steadily as he knew how, and he was probably the second most important trade-unionist in the history of Hollywood. We'll come to number one before the end of what must be a brief obituary survey.

2006-10-09
Cinema in Taiz, facing oblivion - Just as it is the case all over Yemen the condition of movies halls or cinemas in Yemen is quite miserable. Even though it’s been 40 years since the first public cinemas in Yemen appeared, today imported movies films are shown in pathetic movie houses using the most outdated technologies. The first time a movie was screened in Taiz was in 1963 in a cinema house that is more like a store and since then 5 movie houses were established

2006-10-09
Alliance Atlantis unit makes peace with former chair - Alliance Atlantis Communication Inc.'s movie-distribution unit made peace with its former chairman Victor Loewy yesterday, clearing the way for a sale of the company, analysts said.

Motion Picture Distribution Inc. announced a "consulting agreement" with Mr. Loewy -- who stormed off the job in July after two of his subordinates were fired by the board of directors -- and named him chairman emeritus.

2006-10-09
Live cabaret plan for old cinema - A former cinema in Bath could be turned into a new entertainment venue featuring cabaret, music and comedy.

2006-10-09
Film star backs landmark cinema - BRITISH film star Clive Owen has thrown his weight behind a local independent cinema which is about to celebrate its 95th birthday.

2006-10-11
Cinema chief named entrepreneur of year - Tim Richards, an entrepreneur who created a cinema chain worth £350m from scratch in just eight years, has won the title UK Entrepreneur of The Year 2006.

2006-10-11
York Odeon Sale Details - Details of the sale fo the former York Odeon appear on this site.

2006-10-12
CHRISTIE PERFORMS FOR ASIA’S LARGEST FILM FESTIVAL - Christie CP2000 and Christie Roadster S+20K Projectors to Power Pusan International Film Festival

2006-10-12
New rural cinema initiative - Norfolk villagers are being given the chance to enjoy flicks in the sticks thanks to a new initiative.

2006-10-12
Curtain's up on latest cinema refurbishment - THE Commissionaire hung up his jacket long ago and an unfamiliar smell of popcorn now fills the downstairs foyer. Black and white film has given way to a mind-blowing new world of special effects, but the Bristol architect who designed Barnstaple's Central Cinema in 1932 would be pleased to learn that the picture house is still going from strength to strength

2006-10-12
Fall-off in earnings on sales of cinema seats - Palace Amusement closed the chapter on its Odeon Cinema Complex during the year, having finally settled with realtors who facilitated the sale of the complex to the government.

2006-10-16
Picturehouse cinemas to get live events in HD via satellite - Arqiva has signed a deal with City Screen's Picturehouse cinemas and has now completed installation of a UK-wide private satellite network to screen live entertainment and sports events in both standard and high definition. It kicks of tomorrow with the revived Amnesty International Secret Policeman's Ball, to be screened across all 17 cinemas.

2006-10-16
Pub Plan Cinema put Back Up For Sale - Maryport's Carlton cinema, which was to be turned into a pub, is on the market

2006-10-16
AccessIT Is Starring in the Analog-to-Digital Cinema Revolution - Richard Shonfeld submits: The so-called digital cinema revolution – the inevitable total electronic transition of movie production, distribution, and exhibition from analog celluloid film to digital files -- is being led by Morristown, N.J.-based Access Integrated Technologies, Inc., or AccessIT (AIXD). Some industry insiders have called the digital revolution the most important development in filmdom since the introduction of the “talkies” in the late 1920s. AccessIT's share price is currently hovering around $10, between a low of $3.25 in January, 2005 and a high of $14.73 on May 8, 2006.

2006-10-16
Malco Theatres Embraces the Future of Cinema by Bringing Dolby Digital Cinema to Theatres Today - MEMPHIS, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Malco Theatres, one of the leading independent exhibitors in the US, announced today that it is making digital cinema a reality by deploying Dolby® Digital Cinema in theatres. As its first step in a long-term digital cinema rollout strategy, Malco Theatres has successfully installed 11 screens with Dolby Digital Cinema systems in three of its leading theatres.

2006-10-16
FILM MINISTER LAUNCHES UK FILM INDUSTRY FILM THEFT PREVENTION TOOLKIT - Film Minister Shaun Woodward today launched a major initiative in the fight against film theft at an event hosted by the Federation Against Copyright Theft (‘FACT’) and the Film Distributors’ Association (‘FDA’) in London. The initiative (‘the toolkit’) combines two key elements to assist those working in the theatrical and distribution sectors and is specifically aimed at protecting film prints and preventing camcording.

2006-10-16
BROADWAY FOUNDER'S REEL PRIDE - He brought the British premieres of Pulp Fiction and Silence of the Lambs to Broadway, counts Quentin Tarantino as a friend and says Nottingham may have been the biggest challenge of his career. Before the Hockley cinema unveils its overhaul this month, MHAIRI McFARLANE talks to one of its founding directors, Film London chief Adrian Wootton

2006-10-16
Cinema Theatre Association Website Relaunch - The site has been completely redeisgned and the content extended

2006-10-16
Mad Cornish Projectionist Relaunch - The website has been given a design revamp, providing a more professional feel, but with the same great content as previous

2006-10-17
DAVE MONK APPOINTED AS EDCF CEO - EDCF –The European Digital Cinema Forum - has appointed Dave Monk as Chief Executive Officer. For 38 years Dave worked for Texas Instruments being one of the enabling companies of Digital Cinema with its DLP Cinema™ technology. He was Vice President of TI Europe and MD of TI’s UK and Ireland Subsidiaries until his retirement in 2004. For the last two years he has been the producer for IBC ‘s D Cinema Theme Day, he is a technology advisor to the UK’s Film and Television Academy – BAFTA, a BKSTS Council Member and an advisor to the UK National Film Theatre’s Digital Test Bed Project.

2006-10-17
Cinema chain screens contract extension - Eckoh to provide speech-enabled information to Vue cinemas until 2009

2006-10-17
Cinema West's Screens Joins AccessIT's Digital Cinema Rollout - MORRISTOWN, N.J., Oct. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Access Integrated Technologies, Inc. ("AccessIT") (Nasdaq: AIXD - News) today announced that independent exhibitor Cinema West (www.cinemawest.com) has signed a contract with the company's wholly owned subsidiary Christie/AIX, for the installation of state-of-the-art digital cinema systems for all 64 of its screens.

2006-10-17
MULTI AGENCY SWOOP ON COUNTERFEIT FRAUDSTERS - Ten people were arrested in the early hours of yesterday morning following raids at addresses across North Wales, Cheshire and the Wirral. The arrests followed an operation to uncover rip-off merchants who claim benefits whilst making a living selling pirate DVDs to bargain hunters on Greenfield Market in Flintshire.A multi-agency taskforce led by the Department for Work & Pensions (DWP) investigated allegations of benefit fraud and other illegal activity in a joint operation codenamed ‘Buzzard’.

2006-10-17
Pearl & Dean to sell ads on Virgin Atlantic flights - LONDON - Pearl & Dean is to sell ads before films on Virgin Atlantic's in-flight entertainment system from December and has already signed up Sky as an advertiser for the service.

2006-10-18
MALTON'S Palace Cinema is up for sale – the second in the district to go on the market in recent weeks. - The Castle in Pickering was offered for sale or rent by owner and East Coast businessman Patrick Corrigan last month.

2006-10-18
Digital wave hits small theatres too - Changing movies when houses run empty and monthly savings on electricity and carbon costs are a few benefits of digital cinema.

2006-10-18
Premiere Theaters to Create Digital Cinema Multiplex with Dolby Digital Cinema - Independent Theater Chain to Install Nine Additional Dolby Digital Cinema Server Systems to Create Digital Multiplex After a Year of Proven Success

2006-10-18
NINE ARRESTED IN NORTHERN IRELAND MARKET RAID - Nine people were arrested after police smashed a counterfeiting racket at a street market in Greysteel, Co Derry, on Sunday morning.

2006-10-18
Atlab integrates Digital 3D into Hoyts Cinemas - Hoyts Australia is equipping four of its Cinemas with Christie CP2000 DLP Cine Projectors for the playback of 3D digital content.

2006-10-18
Malco sees the future in digital - Malco Theatres says it's embracing "the future of cinema" by bringing Dolby Digital Cinema to its properties.

2006-10-18
Premiere Theaters to Create Digital Cinema Multiplex with Dolby Digital Cinema - Independent theater chain to install nine additional Dolby Digital Cinema server systems to create digital multiplex after a year of proven success

2006-10-18
Survey points to high price of cinema trip in central London - Cinemagoers in London are being charged more than three times more for tickets on average than audiences in Europe, according to research released yesterday.More details on this story can be found here and here

2006-10-12
UK festival eyes screening record - The Times BFI London Film Festival is hoping to set a world record by staging 50 simultaneous screenings to mark its 50th year.

2006-10-19
Independent exhibitors proceed with D-cinema roll out in the US - Dolby has secured deals for roll out of D-cinema systems with two leading independent exhibitors in the US. Malco Theatres has installed 11 d-screens in three theatres, comprising the Dolby Digital system. The initial installations form part of a wider proposal to convert 45 screens in four Memphis-based theatres

2006-10-19
'Ugly' 192Os city cinema is pulled down for homes - ONE of Glasgow's oldest - and ugliest - cinemas has brought the curtain down for the last time.

2006-10-19
THE GOLDEN AGE OF THE SILVER SCREEN - Once upon a time, the cinema was the centre of entertainment life for many residents of North Cornwall. David Flower, a freelance photographer, from Tintagel, knew most of the movie houses of the area when the film industry was at its peak.Recalls David: "Many people may not realise that a small cinema with 230 seats once existed in Atlantic Road, Delabole.

2006-10-20
Kodak Demonstrates First Comprehensive Theatre Management System - Kodak Digital Cinema today introduced its Kodak Theatre Management System (TMS) to the exhibition community. The TMS is the first comprehensive digital system designed to manage all digital cinema content and bring new connectivity to theatres in the future.

2006-10-20
Pearl and Dean plus 80s adverts to give that cinema feel - Yes its the old pearl and dean with the "ba ba baba " music and some old 80s adverts enjoy ...

2006-10-20
Lavalife Brings Dating to the Big Screen and Invites Singles to 'Click At A Flick' - TORONTO, Oct. 19 /CNW/ -- An entirely new way of dating is coming soon to a theatre near you! Lavalife, Fido and Cineplex Entertainment announced today a new partnership to expand the online dating experience with an innovative "offline" singles event series that will take place exclusively at Cineplex Entertainment theatres in select cities across Canada. "Click at a Flick" -- a special event series designed exclusively for singles -- will feature movie screenings in cities across Canada, launching in Toronto, Vancouver and Calgary. Single moviegoers simply buy a ticket for the featured movie and proceed to the designated Cineplex Entertainment auditorium where they can mingle and click with other singles before the lights go down.

2006-10-20
Old Govan cinema is put up for sale by bingo firm - A HISTORIC Glasgow cinema is being sold nine months after it was bought by a major bingo operator.

2006-10-20
Picturehouse cinemas to get live events in HD via satellite - Arqiva has signed a deal with City Screen's Picturehouse cinemas and has now completed installation of a UK-wide private satellite network to screen live entertainment and sports events in both standard and high definition. It kicks of tomorrow with the revived Amnesty International Secret Policeman's Ball, to be screened across all 17 cinemas.

2006-10-20
High-profile DVDs held back for "fifth quarter" - The fourth quarter is barely under way, but studio DVD marketers already are eyeing January as a potentially lucrative slot to release films that either came out too late for a pre-Christmas release or purposely were held back to avoid the fourth-quarter clutter.

2006-10-24
SMG Will Have Trouble Selling Pearl & Dean - 1314 GMT [Dow Jones] SMG (SMG.LN) will have difficulty divesting Pearl & Dean, following Friday's profit warning, says Investec. "We do not believe Cinema (Pearl and Dean) can be sold currently and reduce our target value for a sale to a mere GBP9M, from GBP16M," analyst says. Shares trade -20.6% to 54.75p. (JEK)

2006-10-24
Newbury cinema plans given the green light - Seven screen project given the go ahead

2006-10-24
Pearl & Dean facing problems in the cinema - Casino Royale, the new James Bond film starring Daniel Craig which opens next month, has come too late to boost the fortunes of Pearl & Dean, the cinema advertising group owned by SMG.

2006-10-24
Cinepolis Cinema Chain Adopts DTS Digital Booking System - AGOURA HILLS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--DTS, Inc. (NASDAQ: DTSI - News) announces that Cinepolis(TM), the largest cinema circuit outside of the US, has chosen DTS Digital Booking System(TM) (DBS) for the in-house exhibition management of its chain, comprising more than 1,400 screens throughout central America.

2006-10-24
Dolby to Showcase Advanced Dolby Digital Cinema Networking and Sound Technologies With JPEG 2000 Content at ShowEast 2006 - SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE:DLB - News) announced today that it will be demonstrating its advanced digital cinema technologies to improve connectivity for Dolby® Digital Cinema systems at ShowEast, October 23-26 in Orlando, Florida. In addition, Dolby will exhibit JPEG 2000-encoded content on its upgraded server systems. To support DCI compliance, Dolby is currently upgrading its deployed Dolby Digital Cinema systems to the JPEG 2000 format worldwide

2006-10-24
Thomson Advances North American Digital Cinema Rollout with Installations in Mann Theatres Locations - Technicolor Digital Cinema Installs Digital Projection Systems at Prominent Los Angeles Theatres, Including Grauman's Chinese and the Village in Westwood

2006-10-24
ARTS ALLIANCE MEDIA AND SONY PICTURES TELEVISION INTERNATIONAL ANNOUNCE DOWNLOAD-TO-OWN DISTRIBUTION DEAL IN THE UK - LONDON, October 17, 2006 – Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) and Arts Alliance Media (AAM), Europe’s leading provider of digital film distribution services, have signed an agreement that enables consumers in the UK to purchase download delivery of Sony Pictures movies for retention and viewing on a permanent basis. Downloads of the recent hit, The Da Vinci Code, along with other favourites such as The Legend of Zorro, Fun with Dick and Jane and many more can be purchased through internet sites, LOVEFiLM (www.lovefilm.com), and AOL (www.aol.co.uk), starting from October 24th. The Download-to-Own (DTO)1 deal was announced today by Stuart Baxter, Executive Vice President of European Distribution, SPTI, and Mark Livingstone, President, Arts Alliance Media.

2006-10-24
Philips Cinefence Anti-Piracy Now In 1300 Theaters - Philips has started the rollout of its CineFence anti-piracy technology with Christie/AIX a subsidiary of Access Integrated Technologies (AccessIT).

2006-10-24
Dolby exhibits latest digital cinema system - SAN FRANCISCO, CA --Dolby Laboratories, Inc. announced October 24, that it will be demonstrating its advanced digital cinema technologies to improve connectivity for Dolby® Digital Cinema systems at ShowEast, October 23–26 in Orlando, Florida. In addition, Dolby will exhibit JPEG 2000-encoded content on its upgraded server systems.

2006-10-24
Prominent Los Angeles Theatres Including Grauman’s Chinese and the Village in Westwood - Reinforcing its global leadership in digital cinema, Thomson (Euronext Paris: 18453

2006-10-24
XDC and ARRI cooperate in the production of digital copies - ARRI and XDC cooperate in the production, the duplication and the distribution of digital film copies (so-called Digital Cinema Packages or DCP’s). The collaboration permits ARRI to offer its customers an all-in service for the distribution of digital film copies. Thanks to the cooperation, it is possible to encode a distribution-DCP at Arri in Munich. XDC prepares and duplicates the digital copies for the respective theatre systems. To guarantee a secure and well-rehearsed workflow, XDC is in charge of the key management, logistics, time windows and their extensions as well.

2006-10-24
MAJOR INDEPENDENT DISTRIBUTORS INCREASINGLY EMBRACING DIGITAL CINEMA - Access Integrated Technologies, Inc. ("AccessIT") (NASDAQ:AIXD) reported today that several leading independent film distributors have joined the major studios in embracing digital releases of their movies, adding to the rapidly growing stream of movie available to theatres equipped with 2K digital projection systems.

2006-10-24
MEAT LOAF'S "BAT OUT OF HELL III" HALLOWEEN RELEASE EVENT PRESENTED IN THEATRES ACROSS THE US BY PILLAR ENTERTAINMENT - - Virgin Records and Pillar Entertainment Create Unique Marketing Opportunities for the Bat out of Hell Experience with the Latest in Digital Cinema Technology -

2006-10-24
DIGITAL CINEMA VETERAN FRANK STIRLING JOINS PANORAMA LABS - Former Boeing Executive to Direct Projector Development and Commercialization

2006-10-25
Brighton comedy club acquires old Bath cinema - Comedy club owner Komedia is to take over a former cinema in Bath and transform it into a live entertainment venue.

2006-10-25
The Curtain Rises on Sony's New SXRD 4k Digital Cinema Projector - ORLANDO, Fla., Oct. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Sony is expanding its line-up of 4K Silicon X-tal Reflective Display (SXRD(TM)) digital cinema technologies with a new 18,000-lumen* projector here at ShowEast this week.

2006-10-25
U.S. leads way in digital cinema - Progress in Europe is slower and more fragmented

2006-10-25
DLP Cinema Extends Deal With Cinea’s Digital Cinema Certificate Program - RESTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cinea, Inc., a subsidiary of Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE:DLB), announced today that Texas Instruments has ordered an additional block of 1,000 “digital certificates” from Cinea as part of Texas Instruments’ ongoing production of digital cinema projector components.

2006-11-03
Plans for cinema complex unveiled - A new cinema and ice rink planned for the banks of the Mersey could create up to 350 jobs, a council says.

2006-10-25
Ballantyne Expands Digital Cinema Distribution into Hong Kong - OMAHA, Neb. & HONG KONG, BUSINESS WIRE -- Ballantyne of Omaha, Inc. (Amex: BTN), a motion picture projection, specialty lighting and digital cinema equipment and services provider, announced today that its Asian distribution subsidiary, Strong Westrex, has secured Hong Kong distribution rights from NEC Viewtechnology Ltd. for its line of Digital Cinema Projectors. Strong Westrex has served the Hong Kong market's traditional cinema needs for over fifty years.

2006-10-25
ITV could be buyer for SMG’s cinema advertising business - ITV has expressed an interest in acquiring SMG’s Pearl & Dean, as it emerged that some leading shareholders favoured Virgin Radio boss Fru Hazlitt taking the helm of the Scottish media group.

2006-10-25
Market Report -- In Play (DLB) - Dolbys Labs extends deal with Cinea's Digital Cinema Certificate program Co announces that Texas Instruments (TXN) has ordered an additional block of 1,000 "digital certificates" from Cinea as part of Texas Instruments' ongoing production of digital cinema projector components.

2006-10-25
Hollywood studios step up battle against pirates - ORLANDO, Florida (Hollywood Reporter) - The trade group for the major Hollywood studios began the international rollout of its anti-camcording Web site, http://www.fightfilmtheft.org, during the first day of the ShowEast convention of cinema owners Monday.

2006-10-25
Digital Watermarking Alliance Announces Industry Demand for Piracy Deterrence, Broadcast Monitoring and Intelligence Solutions Continues to Grow - LOS ANGELES, Oct. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- The Digital Watermarking Alliance (DWA), an international group of industry leading companies, today announced growing momentum and interest in digital watermarking solutions that are helping to deter the piracy of movies, monitor and verify the airing of broadcast programming and advertising, and more effectively identify and manage image-based intelligence assets

2006-10-25
Major Independent Distributors Increasingly Embracing Digital Cinema - MORRISTOWN, N.J., Oct. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Access Integrated Technologies, Inc. ("AccessIT") reported today that several leading independent film distributors have joined the major studios in embracing digital releases of their movies, adding to the rapidly growing stream of movies available to theatres equipped with 2K digital projection systems.

2006-10-25
DLP Cinema Extends Deal With Cinea's Digital Cinema Certificate Program - RESTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cinea, Inc., a subsidiary of Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE:DLB - News), announced today that Texas Instruments has ordered an additional block of 1,000 "digital certificates" from Cinea as part of Texas Instruments' ongoing production of digital cinema projector components.

2006-10-25
Ballantyne Expands Digital Cinema Distribution into Hong Kong - Strong Westrex Subsidiary Granted Hong Kong Distribution Rights for NEC Digital Cinema Projectors

2006-10-25
Next Step in Cinematic Evolution: the new XpanD Theater in Murcia, Spain - XpanD, an ever-growing digital 3D cinema network that combines cinematographic content with special effects, has announced the official grand opening of their first XpanD theater in Spain. Featuring a large library of cinema experiences, XpanD offers a powerful integration of dramatic digital imagery with the excitement of a theme park experience.

2006-11-03
PLM lights ODEON with LED Cinema Range - PLM Illumination's LED cinema range has become the standard equipment deployed in all new ODEON multiplex cinemas.

2006-11-03
Public information, 1940s style - Stop, look, listen

2006-11-03
They saw and then fainted - AMBULANCE crews were called to a cinema after film fans fainted with fright at gruesome scenes in a horror film.

2006-11-03
Cinema ad revenue on the rise as other media suffer - Cinema advertising revenues have risen over 10% in the first three quarters of 2006, a period in which many other media sectors have struggled.

2006-11-03
Events target preservation of Franklin Cinema - FRANKLIN - After Franklin Cinema owners announced they would close the 70-year-old movie theater on Main Street, several Franklin organizations are banding together to make sure that doesn’t happen.

2006-11-03
Historic York cinema is razed - YORK, Maine -- Crews began knocking down the York Beach Cinema at 8 a.m. Tuesday.

2006-11-03
Yelmo Cineplex installs 2K Barco digital cinema system as winner of MEDIA Salles' DigiTraining Plus 2006 - Kortrijk, Belgium, 25 September, 2006 – As a leading manufacturer of Digital Cinema solutions, Barco is delighted to be part of the MEDIA Salles training program, which allows three European exhibitors to obtain digital cinema hands-on experience in their own theater. Yelmo Cineplex Madrid is the first exhibitor to have the system installed. Installing digital projection is a significant step forward as it will enable cinemas to maximize their return on investment by using the cinemas for alternative content, such as the Gaming, a rapidly growing trend.

2006-11-03
Cinema warns of graphic content - A cinema is issuing a health warning about a new horror film which is so graphic some viewers have passed out.

2006-11-03
How the MPAA knows where movies are Pirated - Although I’m familiar with the watermarks that are put in DVD’s, I never realized that theater releases are marked as well (see picture for the “dot pattern”).

2006-11-03
Projections for a multi-screen cinema plan - PLANS for a seven-screen, 1,000-seat cinema complex for Newbury have been approved by council officials.

2006-11-03
Cinema is now open - The Ritz Cinema is throwing open its doors for the first time in more than 15 years on Friday.

2006-11-03
ITV mulling offer for SMG - report - LONDON (AFX) - Broadcaster ITV PLC is reportedly considering a takeover bid for Scottish ITV franchise holder and Virgin Radio owner SMG PLC.

2006-11-03
Has the curtain fallen on the age of cinema advertising? - IF you are still reeling from Jack Nicholson’s performance in The Departed or will never forget Philip Seymour Hoffman’s portrayal of Truman Capote, you might think it has been a good year for cinema.

2006-11-03
Pictures, Pictures, Pictures - A lot has been happening this week. In the theater, the scaffolding is now gone, and installation of the new carpeting has begun. The picture below is from the last day of scaffolding removal. As seen from the lowest level in theater looking up, we see one of the “dance floor” boards being lowered to the ground, and we get a glimpse of the completed dome screen above.

2006-11-03
SMG puts Pearl & Dean on the block - LONDON -- U.K. media operator SMG, which has put its cinema advertising business, Pearl & Dean, up for sale, may become the target of a merger or a bid following a dramatic fall in its stock price.

2006-11-03
Umpire knifed OAP in porn cinema - A cricket umpire who tried to kill a pensioner at a pornographic cinema in despair at being evicted from his flat was jailed for 10 years yesterday.

2006-11-03
Cinema reels in its 10,000th customer - AFTER being open for just five months, Saffron Screen welcomed its 10,000th customer on Saturday.

2006-11-03
Cinema and ice rink for waterfront - STRAP on your skates and pick up your popcorn - Widnes is getting a multi-screen cinema and ice skating rink!

2006-11-03
Miller raises curtain on Vue cinema portfolio - Miller Developments is to buy a £78m cinema portfolio that includes Vue’s flagship cinema in London’s Leicester Square.

2006-11-03
EUROPEAN COMMISSION PUSHES FOR DIGITAL CINEMA - The European Commission, which initiates legislation and serves as the executive branch for the European Union, has been asked to step up the development of digital cinema on the continent. European film groups from each of the EU's 25 countries said in a joint petition to the EC on Wednesday that, given the U.S.'s accelerating transition to high-definition digital exhibition and on-demand cable platforms, "there is a real risk that European films lose out and never reach a new and committed audience."

2006-11-03
New bid to put flats on old cinema site - DEVELOPERS are making a fresh bid to build flats on the site of the city's last cinema.

2006-11-03
Major Independent Distributors Increasingly Embracing Digital Cinema - MORRISTOWN, N.J., Oct. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Access Integrated Technologies, Inc. ("AccessIT") (Nasdaq: AIXD) reported today that several leading independent film distributors have joined the major studios in embracing digital releases of their movies, adding to the rapidly growing stream of movies available to theatres equipped with 2K digital projection systems.

2006-11-03
Cinema plan could debut in new year - HELP is at hand for film buffs in the form of a plan to make Middlewich the only town in the area with a cinema.

2006-11-03
New cinema is ready to open - THE doors at Belper 's Ritz Cinema will open once again next week.

2006-11-03
Luminvision Ltd., Interactive Floor Projection Systems - Luminvision Ltd. have just launched their latest product, the ADVIS Interactive Projection System. Their software and hardware package can turn ordinary computers and projectors into a virtual interactive wall or floor.

2006-11-03
Orange renews cinema campaign - Orange has signed a three-year deal with Carlton Screen Advertising to continue its ‘gold spot’ advertising in cinemas.

2006-11-03
Europe's fragmented cinema market is holding back the transition to digital - Screen Digest releases the Digital Cinema Conversion Index as the first step in developing a working model for conversion to digital.

2006-11-03
DLP Cinema Extends Deal With Cinea's Digital Cinema Certificate Program - Dolby Laboratories subsidiary Cinea has announced that Texas Instruments has ordered an additional block of 1,000 "digital certificates" from Cinea as part of Texas Instruments' ongoing production of digital cinema projector components.

2006-11-03
Cinema closure an unexpected twist - THE man leading the £200m regeneration of Northwich says the imminent closure of the town's only cinema has come as a complete surprise.

2006-11-06
Shedding light on projectors - Davis Cox has been fascinated with projectors ever since he saw his first film in the fifth grade while growing up in Appalachia.

2006-11-06
Rivals unite for Cineworld break-up - Two of Britain's biggest cinema chains, Odeon and Vue, have joined forces to launch a £300m break-up bid for rival Cineworld. More on this story can be found here and also in The Times

2006-11-06
Village International D-Cinema Festival 2007 call for entries - The VIDCF is the first international digital film festival in Europe. Its first edition occurred last June and the second one will happen next year, from June 18th until June 24th. The VIDCF main goals are to encourage digital culture and promote production, distribution and exhibition of digital films. As Portugal inaugurated the national Digital Cinema Network featuring movie on-demand, not only does it plays a very important role in redefining film distribution, but also promotes the creation of film in digital format.

2006-11-06
TIM BURTON'S NIGHTMARE IN 3-D BODES WELL FOR 3-D FILMS - The Walt Disney Studios is benefiting from theaters equipped with the REAL D 3-D technology that has brought to life its re-release of Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas. Having grossed $3.3 million on 168 screens nationwide ($19,500 per screen) in its first weekend, Nightmare in 3-D pulled in $1.9 million this past weekend, for a cumulative gross of $6 million. The film's box office success to date is a promising note for this year's movie exhibition business as well as Disney Digital 3-D's new banner.

2006-11-06
Lighthouse at the drive-in - UK - Drive-in movies are still relatively unusual in the UK and are an ideal format for television broadcaster Channel Five to promote its commitment to showing films. 2006 is the third year of the FiveDrive campaign held in conjunction with car manufacturer Peugeot, which sponsors Channel Five's film content. During July and August it took in four locations around the UK at which giant Lighthouse LED screens provided the perfect big drive-in experience, with local publicity (plus a chance to win £1,000 in cash at each venue) ensuring that the events were well attended.

2006-11-07
Town cinema shuts after 70 years - Cheltenham's Odeon cinema has closed after more than 70 years in business.

2006-11-07
Odeon and Vue preparing for Cineworld - Odeon and Vue, which hold 35 per cent and 20 per cent of the UK cinema market respectively, are said to be preparing a joint bid for Cineworld, which holds another 25 per cent of the sector. Cineworld, which runs 79 cinemas, has been valued at some £300 million.

2006-11-07
BFI commissioned report shows how ethnicity, class and education affect how we watch television and film - The BFI has today published a report highlighting how class, ethnicity and education influence the way British viewers relate to film and television and how these differences can exclude large groups of the population. It suggests we need to rethink how we communicate across our different communities as audiences are divided in their taste and understanding of British cultural programming and film. The BFI has today published a report highlighting how class, ethnicity and education influence the way British viewers relate to film and television and how these differences can exclude large groups of the population. It suggests we need to rethink how we communicate across our different communities as audiences are divided in their taste and understanding of British cultural programming and film.

2006-11-07
National Amusements, Inc. Continues Epson, Symbol and Digital Dining Mobile POS Rollout to Seven Additional Theaters - LONG BEACH, Calif., Nov. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Today Epson, a leading supplier of value-added Point of Sale (POS) solutions, announced that seven additional National Amusements theaters are using Epson Mobilink(TM) wireless POS printers, along with Symbol(R) PPT8800 mobile computers and Digital Dining software, to increase food and beverage sales and enhance customers' overall theater experience.

2006-11-07
Movie fans faint over horror flick - SHOCKED cinemagoers in the Herts on Sunday patch were so upset by a gruesome film that ambu lances had to be called out three times in one night - and one woman needed hospital treatment.

2006-11-09
Empire Cinemas set to hire The7Stars - Empire Cinemas is believed to be on the verge of appointing The7Stars as its first media planning and buying agency.

2006-11-09
History of Leith - A list of Edinburgh Cinemas that have exsisted through the years

2006-11-09
Cinema site may have a new owner - MOVIE lovers in Bolton could see another change to the town's cinemas over the coming months.

2006-11-09
Carlton Screen launches cinema marketing drive - LONDON - Carlton Screen Advertising is to launch a marketing campaign to promote the benefits of the captive nature of cinema advertising on audiences.

2006-11-09
Talks start on town centre leisure complex - A NEW leisure complex with a ten-screen cinema, bowling alley, nightclub, bars and restaurants could be built in the centre of Welwyn Garden City.

2006-11-09
Briefing: Time Warner pulls plug on cinema in China - NEW YORK: Time Warner pulls plug on cinema in China

2006-11-09
Warner to end mainland cinema stakes - WORLD media giant Warner Brothers Inc will pull out of its cinema business in China's mainland following regulatory restrictions that ban it from controlling its domestic joint ventures.

2006-11-09
FOUR YEAR SENTENCE FOR DVD PIRATE - ONE OF STRONGEST SENTENCES YET IN UK- - In one of the strongest ever sentences for film piracy in the UK, Zhong Li, age 35, and a Chinese national, was sentenced to four years imprisonment last week at Southwark Crown Court. He was recommended for deportation at the end of his sentence.

2006-11-20
New lease of life for Devon cinema - It's bringing a touch of elegance to Teignmouth's regeneration. A Georgian building which fell into disrepair is being restored as an asset for the local community.

2006-11-20
Plans unveiled for disused cinema - Plans to turn the site of a derelict cinema into a housing and leisure complex have been submitted to Nottingham City Council.

2006-11-20
Pastor's prayers and popcorn plan - Leaders of a Cheltenham church are hoping to buy the site of a recently closed cinema to house its growing congregation.

2006-11-20
Yorkhill kids set for own cinema - THESE children are too sick to go to the cinema - so the big screen is coming to them.

2006-11-20
Imax stock plummets after US$12M Q3 loss, no new cinema installations - TORONTO (CP) - Stock in Imax Corp. (TSX:IMX) tumbled more than 20 per cent Thursday to their lowest level in almost four years after a US$12-million loss in a quarter during which the company installed no new wide-screen movie systems.

2006-11-20
Film star speaks up for cinema - ONE of Britain's biggest film stars made a rare personal appearance last night as he delighted fans in an Essex town, delivering a passionate speech in support of an historic cinema.

2006-11-20
Cineworld profits jump - Profits at Cineworld, the 17-screen cinema on Parnell Street in Dublin, doubled last year, despite a fall in the number of people attending the cinema.

2006-11-20
Ward Anderson has expansion plans in Britain - The Ward Anderson group, the country’s biggest cinema operator and owner of the Savoy cinema in Dublin, is on course to double its presence in Britain if a planned takeover deal involving the top three British operators gets the go-ahead.

2006-11-20
The Cinema World Wakes Up To the 50-plus - Vue Entertainment the third biggest cinema chain in the UK, with 58 multiplex theatres across the country and in Ireland. There are plans to build another 20 before the end of 2008.

2006-11-20
Developer pictures new lease of life for disused city cinema - A MULTI-MILLION-POUND bid is being mounted to bring a disused historic cinema building in the Capital back to life.

2006-11-20
Towering ambition for new cinema - A TALLER building than the one which has already been rejected is included in new ideas being put forward as part of the St Albans cinema project.

2006-11-20
Cliffhanger over cinema's future - A independent cinema in Gwynedd is struggling to keep going because of rising costs and smaller audiences.

2006-11-20
Cinema for sale - The property section in the D&S Times today includes amongst the Old Rectories, Old Smithys, Old Schoolhouses, and Old Post Offices destined to be occupied by old civil servants the Elite Cinema in leyburn, over the hill in Wensleydale.

2006-11-21
Cinema is star in its own rights - AN AMBITIOUS project to provide Buckingham with its own community cinema is celebrating a milestone this month.

2006-11-21
New lease of life pictured for Capital cinema - A FORMER cinema in Leith is set to be renovated into new homes and a basement restaurant.

2006-11-21
Ealing Studios Redevelopment - Ealing Council has given consent to Ealing Studios for the second phase of their £50 million redevelopment of multi-media office space.

2006-11-21
Digital cinema trial for Ster Kinekor Sandton - On Friday, 1 December 2006, Ster-Kinekor will launch its first Hollywood studio-endorsed digital cinema projector with a screening of the movie Happy Feet, the comedy adventure set in the land of the Emperor Penguins in the heart of Antarctica. The Christie CP 2000x and computer server is to be installed in Ster-Kinekor Classic Sandton.

2006-11-21
Qube Cinema Receives Tremendous Response at ShowEast 2006 - Qube Cinema, Inc., the US subsidiary of India-based technology company Real Image Media Technologies Pvt. Ltd, recently participated in ShowEast 2006 in Orlando, Florida, exhibiting Qube Cinema, its comprehensive, flexible and highly cost effective suite of end to end digital cinema solutions covering all aspects of digital cinema mastering, distribution and exhibition.

2006-11-21
Kinepolis launches XL Gaming with Barco 2k Digital Cinema projectors - From Saturday 18 November onwards, gaming enthusiasts at Kinepolis Bruges will be able to play on the big screen with the help of Barco’s latest Digital Cinema Solution. The gaming concept is also to be rolled out to other Kinepolis complexes in 2007. With this move, Kinepolis and Barco are taking their first steps in the world of interactive entertainment.

2006-11-21
NEC DIGITAL CINEMA PROJECTORS INSTALLED AT TOP THREE WORLD-FAMOUS PREMIERE THEATRES IN LOS ANGELES - NEC’s STARUS NC2500S Projectors Installed for Technicolor Digital Cinema in Three of Los Angeles’ Premiere Movie Theatres: Mann’s Grauman’s Chinese Theatre, Mann’s Village Theatre and ArcLight Cinema’s Cinerama Dome

2006-11-21
XDC and Kinoton start a new cooperation in order to enhance the XDC roll out plans in Europe - XDC and the German projector manufacturer Kinoton have launched a new cooperation for the integration and the delivery of 2K digital cinema installations with Kinoton projectors. “The focus will mainly be on the German speaking territories - Germany, Austria and Switzerland – but, since Kinoton is active in many European countries, XDC will of course consider any market opportunity.” said Bernard Collard, XDC General Manager. XDC has ordered a first batch of 21 Kinoton projectors that are already being installed to Kinoton customers and integrated into the open XDC Network.

2006-11-21
Framestore masters Casino Royale - Working with director of photography Phil Meheux, Framestore CFC's head of digital grading, Adam Glasman created a full digital mastergrade of the latest James Bond 007 outing, 'Casino Royale'. In addition to producing multiple versions (UK, US and International) of its normal DI deliverables, the project marked another successful step into the future of cinema for Framestore CFC, as the company provided Sony with Digital Cinema Masters of the film.

2006-11-22
Flagging gallery eyes cinema boost - THE "premier outstation" of the National Galleries of Scotland is turning to the magic of films in an attempt to halt a continuing decline in visitor numbers.

2006-11-22
New lease of life pictured for Capital cinema - A FORMER cinema in Leith is set to be renovated into new homes and a basement restaurant.

2006-11-22
Suspicious fire at disused cinema - Fire investigators are to examine the cause of a suspicious blaze which destroyed up to half of a disused cinema in Surrey.

2006-11-22
A major announcement is expected today about funding for the redevelopment of the Tyneside Cinema - The work is expected to cost around three million pounds, but for that work to be carried out the existing cinema will have to close from this Thursday until 2008. The Tyneside is the last original British news theatre still in use. When it reopens there'll be new screens, and original decor hidden for years will be back on show. The cinema will have a temporary home in the Old Town Hall in Gateshead while the work is carried out.

2006-11-22
Call to save old cinema - CONSERVATION groups today claimed a rare Egyptian-style cinema in Glasgow would be "completely ruined" if a developer is allowed to convert it into flats.

2006-11-24
Reels of cinema history - SYDNEY filmmaker Alec Morgan was researching Australian history for the end-of-the-millennium TV series Our Century when he was startled by 10 minutes of footage of a 1939 film about the infamous Pyjama Girl murder case.

2006-11-24
British exhib plans night at the opera - LONDON — U.K. indie exhibition chain City Screen has teamed with New York's Metropolitan Opera to bring live cinecasts of a series of operas to British auds.

2006-11-24
Police Investigate Cinema Embezzlement Case - WELCH -- Welch Police are investigating what they are calling an embezzlement case involving close to $2,500 at Marquee Cinemas in Welch.

2006-11-24
Chennai's 1st 70 mm theatre to shut - MUMBAI: Chennai's first 70 mm theatre Anand is soon going to be demolished. It is learnt that the cinema will make way for a shopping complex.

2006-11-24
Placing cinema blame on uncertainty - THE former EMD cinema is no longer for sale, with its owners citing uncertainty over the Arcade site as a reason.

2006-11-24
French actor Philippe Noiret dies - French film star Philippe Noiret, one of the most popular and prolific actors of his generation, has died at the age of 76.

2006-11-24
Unique Digital selected to digitise Swedish cinemas for advertising network - Contract with SF Media makes Unique world's largest independent digital screen ad operator

2006-11-24
TRINITY CHURCH BUYS ODEON FOR £2.5M - Trinity Church in Cheltenham has bought the former Odeon cinema for £2.5 million.Architects are now drawing up plans to refurbish the Art Deco building with a further £2.5 million.

2006-11-24
Russia enters Digital Cinema era! - The first Russian Digital Cinema opens in Saint-Petersburg

2006-11-24
Cinema Tycoon Gold - Cinema Tycoon? Find out in this exciting and addictive new simulation!

2006-11-24
No sex please - we're bored

2006-11-24
Youth cinema - A NEW community cinema has been set up by young people in North Devon to give access to films that are out of the mainstream and an opportunity to discuss the issues they portray.

2006-11-27
Now playing: A movie theater that's also a gaming center - National Amusements' new CyGamZ video game center at the Showcase Cinemas Ann Arbor, which opened this weekend, aims to change the theater into more of an entertainment destination and possibly set some precedents in the process.

2006-12-01
Wizard of Oz returns to cinemas - A digitally restored version of 1939 Hollywood classic The Wizard of Oz is to open in UK cinemas next month.

2006-12-01
Concern that listed cinema is 'at risk' - FEARS for the deterioration of a listed art deco cinema have been aired by a heritage group.

2006-12-01
Cash boost for Curzon cinema - CLEVEDON'S Curzon Cinema has been awarded a cash boost of more than £15,000 by the UK Film Council.

2006-12-01
Atos Origin selected to manage Cineworld’s loyalty scheme - London, 29 November 2006 - Atos Worldline, an Atos Origin Company, has been awarded a three year contract by Cineworld, the UK cinema chain, to manage its frequent visitor scheme – "Unlimited". The scheme allows members to see as many films as they like, any day, any time and at any Cineworld Cinema across the UK, Jersey and Ireland for a monthly subscription fee.

2006-12-01
LONDON - Cinema chain Empire is overhauling its branding to create consistency across its 17 theatres. - UK

2006-12-01
Victory in cinema fight - It is one of London's finest surviving examples of an art deco picture palace. Today, campaigners who have been fighting to save the Odeon cinema in Kensington High Street from demolition were celebrating a partial victory.

2006-12-01
Welcome to the Media Museum! - The landmark red letters spelling out National Museum of Photography, Film and Television were today being removed from Bradford's skyline, via a 60-metre high crane.

2006-12-01
Cinema revamp with £16,000 lottery grant - FILM fans in Penrith are in for a treat next time they visit their local independent cinema thanks to a lottery grant of almost £16,000.

2006-12-05
Takeover hope for Odeon cinema site - NEW operators could take over the former York Odeon cinema site by early next year.

2006-12-05
The reel story of the Pen-Mar - A night of entertainment for locals means a lot of work for employees of the Pen-Mar theatre.

2006-12-05
A ‘reel’ step for Worcester Cinema complex launches CitySquare - WORCESTER— Construction of the $563 million CitySquare project is set to start next spring, with the razing of part of a vacant downtown mall and the building of a 12-screen cinema complex.

2006-12-05
Freeman leads cinema revolution with download after two weeks - Morgan Freeman does not seem the most obvious providential figure to deliver Hollywood into the internet age, but the 69-year-old actor is pushing the boundaries with his latest release, a comedy called 10 Items Or Less which reached US cinemas yesterday and will be available for digital download in just two weeks.

2006-12-05
'Lost' gems from the TV archives - He was a swash-buckling Edwardian crime-fighter who lay encased in a block of ice for 64 years before being dug up in "swinging sixties" London.

2006-12-05
EBAY FILM PIRATE HAS RECORD £55,000 ASSETS SEIZURE - LORD OF THE RINGS WAS TOP SELLING ITEM -:A prolific seller of pirate DVDs on eBay has been ordered to pay £55,000 under Proceeds Of Crime legislation following a judgement on Friday (1st December) at Bradford Crown Court. - UK

2006-12-05
XDC will digitally prepare Gaumont’s feature films. - From today, Gaumont will offer its next feature films in digital format to be available for theatres equipped with digital projection systems. “Gaumont is the first French producer and distributor to commit itself to make its films available for digital projections”, said Alain Remond, General Manager of XDC France.

2006-12-05
ACCESSIT’S CHRISTIE/AIX DEPLOYMENT PROGRAM HITS AVERAGE MONTHLY SCREEN INSTALLS OF 266 - Access Integrated Technologies, Inc. ("AccessIT") (NASDAQ:AIXD) today announced average monthly installs for the past three months hit 266. This number exceeds the announced and expected average of 200. The monthly installs for September, October and November were 257, 361 and 180 respectively, showing an expected decline for holiday movie activity in November. This number also brings total installs to more than 1583 exceeding the goal to have total installs of 1,500 by the end of the year.

2006-12-05
The 5th edition of IDIFF will take place in La Rochelle, France - The 5 th edition of IDIFF (International Digital Film Forum) will take place from February, 6 – 8 2007 at the Espace Encan in La Rochelle, France.

2006-12-05
PANASONIC CELEBRATES SUPPLYING OVER 2,500 DLP™-BASED PROJECTORS INSTALLED IN CINEMA THEATERS WORLDWIDE - Panasonic, the brand name of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., boasts 2,500 installations of DLP™ projectors in cinema theaters worldwide. With an increasing number of installations, Panasonic now leads in the field of providing DLP™-based projectors for cinema applications.

2006-12-05
Here at CineAsia, Panasonic announced the market introduction of a full-resolution 1080p projector for cinema applications, the PT-DW10000. Shipments of the new model are planned to begin in the middle of December. - China

2006-12-05
Guardian backs Second Life film festival - The Guardian is sponsoring Second Life's Avalon film festival this week, kicking off today in a zeppelin floating through the virtual world.

2006-12-05
Traders unsure of complex impact - TRADERS in Westover Road have expressed mixed feelings about the proposed multi -million -pound iconic leisure complex to overlook Bournemouth Gardens.

The £50 million complex earmarked for the former bus station site in Exeter Road, Bournemouth, is set to feature a nine-screen multiplex cinema and 17 restaurants but no night-clubs or bars.

2006-12-06
Curtain to fall on Franklin Cinema in January - After months of unsuccessful efforts to save a piece of Franklin history, the curtain is expected to drop for the final time at the Franklin Cinema.

2006-12-06
Facelift for local cinema industry - COLOMBO: The National Film Corporation is planning a series of programmes to give a facelift to the local cinema industry.

2006-12-06
Happy feet launches town's new cinema - A NUMBER of stars from Coronation Street are expected to attend the official opening of Altrincham's brand new Apollo Cinema tomorrow.

2006-12-15
That is another fine mess you have left us - Before you drop your next popcorn kernel, spare a thought for the cinemas cleaners. Kevin Maher investigates

2006-12-13
Secrets of Size - In terms of seat counts, cinema auditoria are a fraction the size they used to be — but there are signs that the trend toward small might be reversing.

2006-12-13
Odeon's fate in balance - THE demolition of the building housing the much-lamented former Odeon cinema will go ahead if approved by councillors next week.

2006-12-13
Memories of movie magic will linger on - THE cinema that first brought the blockbusting Star Wars film to Coventry audiences is up for sale.

2006-12-13
Call for campaigners to be given cinema access - CAMPAIGNERS fighting to save a historic cinema from demolition should be allowed inside the building to assess its condition, a councillor has claimed.

2006-12-13
AMC Entertainment files to go public (again) - The second-biggest US theater chain, AMC, is filing to go public. In December 2004, the company went private, and then in 2005 acquired Loews Cineplex Entertainment. Why go public again? The private equity investors who control AMC must think the markets offer the opportunity to make a profit on the deal.

2006-12-13
TV presenter to open cinema - THE Midlands' favourite news presenter will be coming to Redditch to officially open the town's eagerly awaited new cinema in February.

2006-12-13
Kerala cinema cuts off ties with studio over 'fake' CDs - Thiruvananthapuram: Malayalam film industry representatives yesterday decided to suspend doing any business with a music company which has been in the eye of a storm over fake CDs.

2006-12-15
Theater embraces place in history - As Livermore prepares for its new movie multiplex to open, the two-screen theater down the road is getting ready to celebrate its 50th anniversary.

2006-12-15
Dolby Introduces Advanced JPEG 2000 Digital Cinema Mastering Solution - SAN FRANCISCO, BUSINESS WIRE -- Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE:DLB) announced today that its Dolby(R) SCC2000 Secure Content Creator, a scalable mastering solution for JPEG 2000 digital cinema compression, encoding, packaging, and encryption, will be accessible by postproduction facilities, laboratories, and exhibitors. The Dolby SCC2000 features many of the same tools used by the Dolby Production Services Group to master over 50 digital cinema titles for major Hollywood and international studios. The unit will be offered as part of a complete equipment rental, training, and support package.

2006-12-15
Help Needed To Run New Cinema - FILM buffs are being sought by West Craven Together to help run a new community cinema.

2006-12-15
Plan for complex opposed - Borat and The Queen may be drawing crowds at Walthams Embassy Cinema, but zoning was packing them in at City Hall.

2006-12-15
Vine Cinema reels in 50 years - LIVERMORE — As the city prepares for its new movie multiplex to open, the two-screen theater down the road is getting ready to celebrate 50 years of business.

2006-12-15
Features at a cinema which have been hidden for decades have been uncovered by a team doing restorat - Features at a cinema which have been hidden for decades have been uncovered by a team doing restoration work.

2006-12-15
Cinema makeover may get fee break - WORCESTER— The Commerce and Development Committee has recommended that the city waive $195,000 in permit fees to help the former Showcase Cinema building be converted into a 2,300-seat performing arts center.

2006-12-15
DLP Cinema(R) Enables Midwest Premiere of Charlottes Web in Full Digital Projection - Carmike Cinemas Hosts Screening at Site of its 1000th DLP Cinema Installation

2006-12-15
Odeons fate in balance - THE demolition of the building housing the much-lamented former Odeon cinema will go ahead if approved by councillors next week.

2006-12-15
Odeon Theatre acclaimed in Belgium - The theatre company from Bucharest offered a delightful performance at the Theatre du Residence Palace in Brussels, Tuesday night, staging The Picture of Dorian Gray play. Since it is the capital city of Europe and since the future commissioner sent by Romania will be in charge with multilingualism, the actors from the Odeon Theatre took there a trilingual version of the play – Romanian, French and English, explained the head of the permanent mission of Romania to the European institutions, Lazar Comanescu.

2006-12-15
Back to former glories - THIS is Carlisles Lonsdale Cinema as it was in its heyday.

2006-12-15
Last ditch effort to save cinema - A FINAL bid to save a city landmark is being made by civic watchdogs.

2006-12-15
Saved cinema comes of age - The Phoenix Cinema Trust is celebrating 21 years since it saved the countrys oldest continuously used, purpose-built cinema. JANAKI MAHADEVAN reports

2006-12-15
Barco & OSRAM Offer One Stop Shop For Digital Cinema Lamps - Digital Cinema pioneer Barco has announced a co-operation with OSRAM

2006-12-15
BFI IMAX wins Loo of the Year Award - We are thrilled to announce that the diligence and hard work of staff at the BFI IMAX has been recognised with prestigious Loo of the Year Awards in the Entertainment and 4 Star categories.

2006-12-15
New life for old cinema - A SEARCH was yesterday launched for a developer to restore one of Liverpools most cherished art deco landmarks to its former glory.

2006-12-15
Rare screening for Glasgow archive - ILM enthusiasts will enjoy a rare opportunity to see Glasgows changing social landscape when a series of features are given a screening next year.

2006-12-15
O2 steps into Orange Wednesdays - O2 is giving away a years worth of free movie tickets with some of its handsets to customers buying online.

2006-12-15
Country cinemas set to go digital - Eight regional cinemas will go digital in a bid to bring more Australian content to country audiences, in the first phase of a new initiative by the Australian Film Commission (AFC).

2006-12-15
New life sought for old cinema - So this theater is a special place for Janey Kattelman, now a city councilwoman. She understands, though, that other people might not see that right now, with the musty smell and Tuesdays rain leaking through the marquee outside the Act One Theater.

2006-12-15
Lack of support forces closure of local cinema - The Parkes Cinema is to close because of lack of support. The cinema, located in the upstairs section of the Parkes Leagues Club, will screen its last movie on January 7, eliminating jobs for six people.

2006-12-15
Birmingham to lead the UK in Digital Media - Birmingham City Council today launched its ambitious plans to make the City the most advanced UK digital media hub, bringing together the public, private and voluntary sectors.

2006-12-15
Cinema advertising gets new measurement from TNS - LONDON - The Cinema Advertising Association has handed its market research contract to TNS as part of plans to overhaul its annual survey of film audiences and viewing.

2006-12-15
UK based cinema conference receives backing by major and independent operators, distributors and industry media - UK and international industry leaders to address delegates in London; Five first time screenings scheduled – BVI, Sony and Universal commit to screenings; New industry awards in cinema exhibition and distribution

2006-12-18
Curtain falls on bid to reopen Odeon so owners plan hotel - THE owners of the former Odeon cinema plan to turn it into a hotel after the collapse of a bid to reopen it as a cinema and arts centre.