2008 News
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2008-01-02
Europe set for wide digital rollout - LONDON — Europe is set for a wide-scale rollout of digital cinema next year, according to U.K.-based cinema research org Screen Digest.
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2008-01-02
Parent company of Technicolor Digital to install more digital systems at theaters worldwide - Thomson has agreed to install digital projectors in a number of major theater chains around the world. This includes Clearview Cinemas here in NJ, although this story is not as big as the IMAX/AMC deal.
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2008-01-02
InFocus Corporation Announces COO Appointment - WILSONVILLE, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--InFocus Corporation (NASDAQ:INFS - News), the industry pioneer in digital projection technology, is pleased to announce the appointment of Joe O’Sullivan as the Company’s Chief Operating Officer.
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2008-01-02
Report: 30 Percent of World’s Cinema Screens to be Digitized by 2010 - The latest report from media analysts Screen Digest claims that Europe has reached a tipping point for digital cinema development and is ready for a wide-scale roll-out.
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2008-01-02
New plans for former cinema - FIFTEEN new jobs could be created immediately if a company that produces china is successful with plans to move into the Carlton Cinema building in Maryport.
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2008-01-02
Cinema project showing tonight - CINEMA lovers in Laneshawbridge are being asked to support a new rural film project which premieres tonight.
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2008-01-02
Fanatical about Film ... but Complacent about Customers? - Back on August 15th, I managed to catch a showing of the Bourne Ultimatum in London’s Tottenham Court Odeon cinema a couple of hours after the star-spangled Leicester Square premiere.
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2008-01-02
Adlabs to operate 200 screens in US - Adlabs Films has entered into agreements with several existing cinema properties and will be operating a 200 screen cinema exhibition chain in USA.
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2008-01-02
European digital cinema foundations are being laid for mainstream market take-up in 2008. Arts Alliance deal acts as a market catalyst - The latest report from media analysts, Screen Digest, entitled 'Digital Cinema: Global and European roll-out, business models and forecasts to 2012', argues that Europe has reached a tipping point for digital cinema development and is ready for a wide-scale roll-out. As David Hancock, the report's lead author and Screen Digest's Head of Cinema argues "The insurmountable obstacle of exhibitor access to key content has been removed with four studios now backing a roll-out programme and the building blocks for a mainstream market deployment are in place."
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2008-01-02
Thomson's NexGuard Watermarking Integrated in Dolby Digital Cinema Servers - PARIS--(MARKET WIRE)--Dec 13, 2007 -- Thomson (Euronext Paris: 18453) (NYSE:TMS - News), today announced Dolby Laboratories Inc. (NYSE:DLB - News) offers the option of NexGuard(TM), Thomson's content security solution suite, in its digital cinema servers. NexGuard watermarking is intended to prevent illegal recordings of digital cinema content, as required by the Digital Cinema Initiative's (DCI) V1.1 specifications. This partnership enables Dolby to embed NexGuard's video forensic watermarking solution in its digital cinema server, which can replay DCI compliant 2D and 3D digital cinema images. Thomson and Dolby have been working together since 2006.
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2008-01-02
Cineworld client seeks contract renegotiation - LONDON (SHARECAST) - Holders of shares in Cineworld were rattled by news that Carlton Screen Advertising wants to materially amend the terms of its existing contract with the multiplex cinema operator.
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2008-01-02
HOPE FOR A HAPPY ENDING FOR CINEMA - Uncertainty still hangs over the future of a Devon cinema - but its fate could finally be decided within a matter of weeks.
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2008-01-02
Cineworld agrees to Carlton Screen Advertising talks - LONDON - Cineworld, the cinema chain, has agreed to enter into discussions with Carlton Screen Advertising, the cinema sales house owned by ITV, about renegotiating their sales contract.
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2008-01-02
FogScreen and AES Partner to Deliver Dry Fog Projection Screen to Tradeshow Organizers - FogScreen's Walk-Through Projection Screen Showcased on December 10-12 at Expo! Expo! In Las Vegas
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2008-01-02
European digital cinema close to breaking deadlock - report - Digital cinema deals signed by studios and exhibitors with integrator Arts Alliance Media (AAM) is close to breaking the D-cinema deadlock in Europe, according to analyst Screen Digest.
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2008-01-02
Pearl & Dean kicks off Hull digital cinema campaigns - LONDON - Pearl & Dean will be selling advertising on the first new-build fully digital cinema in Hull, which opens on 21 December.
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2008-01-02
Preview of Hull's Newest Cinema - Hull new 10-screen Vue cinema at Princes Quay prepares for its premiere screenings on Friday
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2008-01-02
Media Republic - New Dublin City fm Advertising Sales Contractor - MediaRepublic, Ireland’s most progressive media sales house, is delighted to announce their appointment as advertising sales contractor to the newly relaunched Dublin City FM, previously trading as 103.2 Dublin City Anna Livia FM. Dublin City FM, Dublin’s only special interest radio station, has been broadcasting since 1992 and boasts a loyal audience of over 120,000 listeners per week - with programmes reflecting the changing social and economic nature of the culturally diverse city that is Dublin today.The appointment comes at the close of an exciting first year of trading for MediaRepublic, which has seen their appointment as sales house for the two iRadio regional stations i102 - 104 FM in the North West, and also the forthcoming North East franchise. On top of this, 2007 cinema advertising trading has recorded unprecedented growth for Pearl and Dean of over 10%, consolidating their position in Ireland.
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2008-01-02
Group mounts fight to save cinema - NORTHAMPTON - A group of citizens dedicated to keeping the Pleasant Street Theater viable is well on the way to their goal of raising money for the endeavor.
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2008-01-02
Cinema site turned down for housing - THE latest in a series of applications to build affordable homes on the site of a former cinema which has been empty for 11 years has been refused by Kettering Council.
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2008-01-02
Cineplex Entertainment Selects Kodak For Newest Complex - Kodak announced today that Kodak Digital Cinema systems will be the driving force behind all nine ‘next-generation’ digital projectors in Cineplex Entertainment’s SilverCity Oakville Cinemas in Oakville, Ontario, Canada. With nearly 2300 seats in its nine digital -- and three traditional 35mm film -- auditoriums, the entertainment destination offers VIP theaters, bowling, billiards, lounges, child minding services and a retail store, among other leisure activities.
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2008-01-02
Carlton Screen's future in doubt after deal collapses - The future of ITV-owned Carlton Screen Advertising hangs in the balance, after it emerged that ITV’s weak cinema advertising revenue has forced it to renegotiate its advertising contract with Cineworld.
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2008-01-02
Qube Cinema Chooses Thomson NexGuard -
Digital cinema systems supplier Qube Cinema has selected NexGuard, Thomson’s content security suite, for integration into its Digital Cinema Initiative (DCI)-compliant servers. NexGuard offers the means to identify the date, time and location of illegal camcorder recordings in an effort to combat in-theater piracy.
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2008-01-02
Even Stanley Kubrick Had a Problem With Projection Quality - Last week I addressed the ongoing issue of poor projection quality in movie theaters, pointing out that the biggest problem is that people just don't care enough to complain. It's only with everyone's involvement and help will movie theaters begin to improve over time. The response to the article was tremendous and for the sake of building even more awareness, I thought it would be important to continue to mention that the issue is still prevalent. My encouragement to discuss the problem at hand came from originally a blog post by Jeffrey Wells on Hollywood Elsewhere. Wells posted another update on projection quality this week, and this time he pulled in the legendary Stanley Kubrick, who even 20 years ago was complaining about poor theater standards.
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2008-01-02
Curse of the multiplexes - Like this year, 2008 will bring great films - but you'll be lucky to see them
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2008-01-02
Christie Announces Record Year in Digital Cinema - CYPRESS, Calif., Dec 20, 2007 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Christie, a global leader in Digital Cinema, announced record sales of its DLP Cinema(R: 46.15, -0.86, -1.82%) projection systems worldwide for 2007, outpacing the entire field of competition to take a commanding 80% control of the market, a nearly 20% increase over the previous year. Christie surpassed original industry expectations, setting a strong pace of installation that has culminated in more than 4,400 digital screens to date across North and South America, Europe, South Africa, Australia and Asia.
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2008-01-02
Cinema exhibition industry year in review - JOE MOODABE’S cinema exhibition industry year in review
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2008-01-02
Cinema to boost town's business - Work to pave the way for the building of a new seven-screen cinema in the heart of a Berkshire town is to start in early 2008.
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2008-01-02
Cinema move could finally bring the curtain down on sorry saga - IT’S FOR reel: after nine years in the cultural desert a cinema operator has announced it’s bringing Hollywood to Macclesfield.
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2008-01-02
Colorfront takes dailies worldwide - Budapest -based Colorfront has introduced Doremi Digital Mastering and Cinema Player technologies at its facility. It is now the first company in Central Europe able to create Digital Cinema Packages (DCPs) for movies and pre-show content in line with DCI specifications, and to offer a service delivering these materials for viewing in digitally-equipped cinemas worldwide.
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2008-01-02
Analysts predict format war to end next year (2008) - Analysts at U.K. based Screen Digest are now predicting that either HD DVD or Blu-ray will win the hi-def format war next year, although they're not guessing which one. This is a switch from their position over the last few months which has been in agreement with others in the industry that neither format would dominate for at least another 2-4 years.
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2008-01-02
Cinema closure mystery - FILM fans have been kept in the dark about the mysterious closure of Muswell Hill's Odeon cinema this week - after it suddenly shut its doors in the middle of the Christmas blockbuster season.
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2008-01-02
U2 in first ever 3D concert beamed live to a cinema near you - December 19, 2007 Irish supergroup U2 has followed film-maker James Cameron’s lead in embracing state-of-the-art digital 3D technology with plans for a concert to be filmed live in 3D and then streamed in real time to digital cinemas around the world.
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2008-01-02
Cinema in town wins backing - SCARBOROUGH Civic Society has backed an ambitious scheme to build a multi-screen cinema on the North Street car park site.
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2008-01-02
IMAX Signs Theatre Deal With National Amusements - IMAX Corporation (Nasdaq:IMAX; TSX:IMX) and National Amusements Inc., the United States' fifth largest theatre operator, today announced IMAX's sale of the Feinstein IMAX(R: 43.56, -2.35, -5.11%) Theatre in Providence, Rhode Island to National Amusements.
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2008-01-02
Burst pipe closes town's cinema - Film fans in Llanelli have been left out in the cold during the holidays as a burst heating pipe has shut the town's cinema and theatre complex.
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2008-01-02
Christie Announces Record Year in Digital Cinema - Celebrates Blockbuster Success with 80% Global Dominance
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2008-01-02
2008 is the year to bring a Cimema back to Harborough - The great news is that after advertising the site as a leisure investment at least 2 cinema companies have put a bid in for the former Ritz Building on Northampton Road. Even better, the news is that one of them put in a fair and realistic bid. That is, the full market rate for the land. This is the first time in 3 decades that the town has been able to claim that a serious cinema group has actually bid at full price for the land and has made a commitment backed by cash. The company has drawn up full plans for a 6 seater digital cinema.
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2008-01-02
Cinema shutdown ends - THE VEIL of secrecy regarding the future of Muswell Hill Odeon has been lifted following the re-opening of the cinema last Thursday.
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2008-01-02
The slow death of digital cinema - Writes Michael Cieply in the New York Times: “To keep to keep the enormous swarm of data produced when a picture is “born digital” — that is, produced using all-electronic processes, rather than relying wholly or partially on film …
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2008-01-02
Coffee Republic serves up Cineworld UK deal - Coffee Republic, the independent coffee and deli bar operator, has reached an agreement with Cineworld UK to roll out its 'Coffee Republic Served Here' concept to all 73 Cineworld sites in the UK.
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2008-01-02
Barco celebrates 2,000th digital cinema projector milestone - Kortrijk, Belgium, 21 December 2007. Barco is delighted to announce that it has reached its 2,000th 2K digital cinema projector milestone further reinforcing its position as a worldwide industry leader in the Digital Cinema Market. Barco now holds more than 55% market share in Europe and 65% in the Asian Pacific region and is further strengthening its position in the US.
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2008-01-02
Search for business models undermines digital progress - The term 'business model' has been haunting the film industry all year. It has been a given in any conference presentation and a must at market and festival discussions.
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2008-01-02
Archiving costs for FILM vs Digital - Interesting article in the NYT about a recent study on film archiving costs vs digital archiving costs.
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2008-01-02
Cinematic Metadata - I had a recent opportunity to spend a long lunch with seminal New Media theorist and practitioner Lev Manovich discussing all manner of topics and ideas related to New Media aesthetics.
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2008-01-02
Congratulations to Nigel Wolland MBE - Many congratulations to Nigel Wolland, former chief projectionist at the Odeon Leicester Square who has been awarded an MBE for services to the film industry in this year's birthday honourees list. Ian Grey has a nice little piece in his blog. NB Nigel isn't the first projectionist to be awarded in this way, a recent email states:
Dear Sir, just to let you know (emend)? Ronald Curry Doncaster projectionist was awarded the MBE in June 1997 for services to film. So Mr Wolland is not the first proj to be awarded this honour. Mr Curry was also awarded a Blue Plaque in 1996 by the British Film Institute the 100 Year of cinema.Mr Curry served on the Rank sub com with Mr Wolland fighting for better conditions and pay for cinema workers. Hope you find this of interest and Congrats to Nigel. Regards J Barry.
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2008-01-02
Cineworld and Carlton Screen Advertising deal - Various articles from across the web on the above story
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2008-01-02
The first picture show - Two years after the AMC Art Cinema shut its doors, the same company is opening the Castleton Square 14 on Friday. The city's newest movie theater will feature more than 2,400 plush seats and cutting-edge digital technology.
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2008-01-02
And the Oscar goes to? European digital cinema - Europe is the market leader when it comes to digital cinema. But only a small share of what is produced globally is not on film roll. Poor interoperability, lack of standardisation and high costs have, in the past, slowed down expansion. Researchers are now finding ways to make it easier and cheaper to produce digital film.
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2008-01-02
Thomson NexGuard Watermarking integrated in Dolby Digital Cinema Servers - Thomson (Euronext Paris: 18453 NYSE: TMS), today announced Dolby Laboratories Inc. (NYSE: DLB) offers the option of NexGuard?, Thomson?s content security solution suite, in its digital cinema servers. NexGuard watermarking is intended to prevent illegal recordings of digital cinema content, as required by the Digital Cinema Initiative?s (DCI) V1.1 specifications. This partnership enables Dolby to embed NexGuard?s video forensic watermarking solution in its digital cinema server, which can replay DCI compliant 2D and 3D digital cinema images. Thomson and Dolby have been working together since 2006.
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2008-01-02
2008 RAAM Awards - Ciaran Carty honoured by the 2008 RAAM Awards which are presented annually to recognise individual contribution to the film industry and Ireland and the UK.
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2008-01-07
Hands continues to clear - Guy Hands has parted company with the chief operating officer at EMI in a review of the business which includes plans to create closer ties between the record label and his chain of Odeon and UCI cinemas.
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2008-01-07
Brief Encounter to Play New West End Venue - Equus producers David Pugh and Dafydd Rogers will present a West End production of Brief Encounter, Kneehigh Theatre's stage version of the classic 1945 David Lean movie.
According to the Daily Mail, the show will be staged at The Cinema, a new venue currently occupied by the Cineworld cinema on London's Haymarket in Piccadilly.
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2008-01-07
Odeon Reports Record Year For UK Cinema - The UK Box Office is celebrating almost 8% growth in takings in 2007, as the popularity of cinema hits a record high in recent years. The news comes as thousands decided to ditch Christmas traditions and instead grab a film and a box of popcorn with family and friends this Boxing Day.
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2008-01-07
MOVING iMAGE TECHNOLOGIES rolls out its first Dolby 3D Digital Cinema Installations - Continuing its support for the independent cinema exhibitor, Moving iMage Technologies has installed its first Dolby® 3D Digital Cinema systems at Cinema City in Anaheim Hills, CA and Whittier Village in Whittier, CA; as well as Maya Cinemas’ flagship theatre in Salinas, CA. These independent cinema chains debuted Paramount Pictures “Beowulf” in digital 3D using Barco DP100 D-Cinema projectors, Dolby’s 3D Digital Cinema systems, and the Dolby Show Store/Show Player digital cinema servers. The most recent installations complete Cinema City’s transformation to all-digital, with 13 Dolby Digital Cinema servers and two Dolby 3D systems. Four of Whittier Village’s eight screens are now fitted with Dolby Digital Cinema servers, with additional installations planned for early 2008.
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2008-01-07
Cinema in blaze drama - FIREFIGHTERS tackled a blaze at a cinema which is home to the Edinburgh International Film Festival. They were called out to the Filmhouse on Lothian Road at around 8.30am yesterday.
A brigade spokeswoman said they had been called out to tackle a fire in the projection room.
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2008-01-07
Mad Cornish Projectionist launches new Digital Cinema Section - The Mad Cornish Projectionist today launched a major new section on his website dedicated to Digital Cinema. The new section is intended to include all areas of this new technology including alternative content. To the intention is to provide the same range of information and resources digital cinema as have been for the more traditional film cinema. Comments, ideas and content are all welcomed.
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2008-01-20
Barco’s new 0.98 inch digital cinema platform fully endorsed by Major Hollywood studios - Digital cinema pioneer Barco announced today that major Hollywood studios fully endorse Barco’s new 0.98 inch platform for its DP-1500 and DP-2000 digital cinema projectors.
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2008-01-20
Town cinema shuts - THE people of Nadi will now have to travel more than 20 kilometres to watch movies in a cinema after the town's only theatre closed down last week.
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2008-01-20
Projection Industry Players Align to Set New Standard - Today, leading projector manufacturers and technology providers united to endorse a new international specification that will allow users to evaluate the color performance of digital projectors to ensure their investment delivers the most impact and the greatest effect. The new specification called "Color Brightness" measures color light output. With the fast-paced development of vivid color content and the rapid adoption of high definition video, the quality and impact of the color produced by a projector has become extremely important. Leading industry players in support of the movement include 3LCD manufacturers Epson and Sony.
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2008-01-20
Future Mobile Phones Could Project an Image 40 Inches Wide Onto Walls - 3M scientists have developed a breakthrough ultra-compact, LED-illuminated projection engine designed for integration into virtually any personal electronic device. Roughly the size of a wireless earpiece and less than half an inch thick, the 3M mobile projection engine delivers brilliant VGA resolution images and the company says that it is available immediately to mobile phone manufacturers.
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2008-01-20
FACTBOX: Key facts about Terra Firma - (Reuters) - Guy Hands, the private equity owner of EMI, plans to cut up to 2,000 jobs at the ailing British music company, in a plan to rebuild the group which has sparked fury from some of its biggest acts.
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2008-01-20
Sport could be the next big box office attraction - The digital cinema market is worth a potential $8bn (£4.1bn), with half the world's cinemas in a position to replace traditional 35mm projectors by 2013, according to a report by Deloitte.
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2008-01-20
The instruction of disabled men in motion picture projection - It’s been a while since we added anything to the Bioscope Library. The latest addition is James R. Cameron’s The Instruction of Disabled Men in Motion Picture Projection (1919). Cameron was Instructor of Projection at the Red Cross Institute for Crippled and Disabled Men, in New York. The Institute sought to instruct soldiers disabled during the First World War in suitable professions, and motion picture projection was one of them. As Cameron tells us, “almost any man with both hands intact could, with a course of study of about two months in duration, acquire sufficent knowledge to enable him to enter an operating booth, and take charge of the machines”.
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2008-01-20
Business at a Glance - Da-Lite Screen Co., Warsaw, has launched the Da-Lite Screen Green Exchange Program. The initiative is aimed at reducing the burden to recycle an old projection screen when a new Da-Lite screen replaces an existing installation. The program became effective Tuesday and is available throughout North America. Specific instructions can be found at www.da-lite.com.
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2008-01-20
Kodak Digital Cinema to Manage Pre-Show Content for Warner Bros. International Cinemas in Italy - Kodak announced today that it has been selected to power the digital pre-show transition of all Warner Bros International Cinemas throughout Italy. Beginning later this month, fully-networked Kodak Digital Cinema pre-show systems will be installed on 172 screens in 17 sites, including two new sites scheduled to open later in the first quarter.
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2008-01-20
Several people injured in cinema ceiling collapse in Voronezh -
VORONEZH, January 19 (Itar-Tass) - Several people were hurt on Friday in an incident involving the collapse of a suspended ceiling in a cinema hall of the Moskovsky Prospekt hypermarket in the city of Voronezh, Central Russia, senior regional prosecutor’s aide Mikhail Usov told Itar-Tass.
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2008-01-20
Guy Hands and Terra Firma - A selection of stories which profile Guy Hands and Terra Firma
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2008-01-20
Cineworld rides high on Harry Potter magic - Cineworld, the UK's only listed cinema group, expects to reel in full-year profits at the top end of expectations thanks to the movie magic of last year's Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
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2008-01-20
Cine-tal Opens New Headquarters - Cine-tal Systems (www.cine-tal.com), a leading manufacturer of image processing, display and collaboration solutions used in digital cinema and video production, has moved into a new 17,000 square foot facility in Indianapolis. The move will enable the company to meet rising demand by tripling production capacity for its current product line, including its flagship product Cinemage™ and to bring several new products into production.
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2008-01-20
London cinema to host a stage & screen production - LONDON, ENGLAND — A stage production based on David Lean’s film Brief Encounters will begin February 2 at “The Cinema on The Haymarket” ( Cineworld Haymarket) and last until at least June 22. Both stage and screen will be used. Westminster Council agreed to change the use from cinema to live shows on stage. The official, gala opening will be on February 17. Top price tickets will be only $29.50 pounds, a bargain for the West End.
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2008-01-20
Anger at plans for super-size nightclub - A NEW super-size nightclub for an Essex town would trigger noise, nuisance and anti-social behaviour if it was given the go-ahead, it was claimed yesterday.
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2008-01-20
Two-month road closure as work for cinema starts - WORK starts this month on Newbury's long-awaited seven screen cinema but preliminary work is bound to cause a stink among the town's motorists.
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2008-01-20
Doncaster's Odeon Cinema still for sale - DONCASTER'S historic Odeon cinema is still on the market despite rumours the venue had been sold.
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2008-01-20
E-cinema could bring more movies to more people, especially in remote towns - TORONTO - A handful of Acadian communities are participating this week in a National Film Board of Canada pilot project involving electronic cinema, an emerging new distribution technology that could bring more movies to more people, especially those in small towns where the cinematic pickings are slim.
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2008-01-20
Owners pull plans for Odeon - LONG-AWAITED plans for Chester's Odeon Cinema have been swiftly withdrawn by miffed applicants.
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2008-01-20
Cinema's saviour ready to spread the Everyman effect - WHEN Daniel Broch stepped in to save The Everyman Cinema Club eight years ago, you would have thought he'd have been met with people jumping for joy.
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2008-01-20
British films boost cinema ticket sales - Cinema-goers in Britain and the Republic of Ireland spent £904m at the box office in 2007, up 8 per cent from the previous year, figures showed yesterday.
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2008-01-20
American Picture Palaces - Each week from the 1910s through the 1940s, Americans "went to the show" in record numbers. "The show" drew peak crowds three to four times daily with an extra screening on weekends and it began, as architect S. Charles Lee noted, "on the sidewalk" with the extravagant architecture of America's motion picture palaces. (1) Palaces seated between 2500 and 6000 patrons at a time; "de luxe" palaces boasted stage shows, permanent orchestras, organs, first run films, and an array of customer services unknown to today's cinemagoers. Studio head Marcus Loew recognized, "We sell tickets to theaters, not movies." (2) Movie historian Ben Hall described the movie palace as "an acre of seats in a garden of dreams."(3)
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2008-01-20
Profile: Guy Hands - City man who has hit sour note with music industry over cost cutting at EMI
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2008-01-20
Dance hall, cinema, sports venue idea for Tesco store site - DRIFFIELD'S Tesco supermarket should become a cinema, concert hall, dance hall and a sports venue, according to the latest in an ever increasing list of planning applications.
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2008-01-20
Cottonwood Cinema will close - The Cottonwood Cinema in the Wal-Mart complex will close after Monday night’s screening. Employees were notified on Sunday, Jan. 13, that they have one week to find another job or transfer to ShowPlace 12, another Kerasotes theater.
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2008-01-20
Fights over cinema seats
- FIGHTS on the screen have moved into the cinema since the introduction of compulsory allocated seating at the Greater Union Marion Megaplex.
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2008-01-20
3D cinema: A giant leap forward - Forget those flimsy red and green glasses – 3D cinema is back, but this time it actually works. At a preview of the new U2 film, Rebecca Armstrong glimpses the future
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2008-01-20
Work on centre's cinema completed - Developers building Bristol's new £500m shopping area have finished work on the centre's cinema.
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2008-01-20
Readers urged to help halt demolition of old cinema - CAMPAIGNERS hoping to turn Harborough's former Kwik Save site into a cinema have appealed to Mail readers to object to an application to demolish the site.
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2008-01-20
IMAX signs 10-cinema China deal - BEIJING - IMAX Corp. will install 10 of its giant-screen cinemas in China in its biggest sale in Asia to date in a deal announced Thursday amid a boom in Chinese moviegoing.
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2008-01-20
New plans for Odeon revealed - HAVE YOUR SAY - LONG-AWAITED plans for Chester's Odeon have finally been lodged – and they include room for a 200-seat cinema!
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2008-01-20
Odeon ends cinema life as a legend - A SCREENING of Will Smith's thriller I Am Legend will mark a piece of history at the Odeon in North End, Portsmouth tonight.
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2008-01-20
Opening of Regal Cinema at Colonie Center Delayed Again - Opening of the Regal Cinema movie theater at Colonie Center Mall is being postponed yet again.
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2008-01-20
Historic city film screening marks cinema’s 80th year - THE Woolton Picturehouse last night celebrated its 80th birthday in style as a sell-out “house” sat back and enjoyed Liverpool on Film – a fascinating production showing the changes the city has seen over the years.
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2008-01-20
Cinema to return to Chester city centre - Yorkshire based entertainment company the Brook Group has submitted its plans for the former Odeon cinema in Chester. They involve a mixed-use entertainment venue with shops, restaurant, bar, and cinema.
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2008-01-20
Cinema may join Huntley's growth plan - HUNTLEY -- In the past, local merchants paid for a projector and screen to be set up in the village square so residents could watch an outdoor movie during the annual summer carnival.
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2008-01-20
Mystery withdrawal of cinema plans at former Odeon - MYSTERY surrounds the withdrawal of plans which included a new cinema at the former Odeon.
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2008-01-20
Witness hunt after smashing spree - A CINEMA in Worcester had its windows smashed during attacks on two businesses at the weekend.
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2008-01-20
See Brief Encounter - The website for the Kneehigh show which is being performed at the Cineworld Haymarket
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2008-01-20
RAAM Announce the nominations of the RAAM Awards - The RAAM Awards will take place at the five star Millennium Hotel, Grosvenor Square London W1 on Wednesday 6th February 2008.
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2008-01-20
Lord Attenborough CBE to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award - RAAM is extremely proud and honoured to be able to award Lord Attenborough with a Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the film industry both behind and in front of the camera.
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2008-01-21
ITV brings in adviser to sell Carlton Screen Advertising - LONDON - ITV has appointed corporate adviser Grant Thornton to sell cinema advertising business Carlton Screen Advertising, according to a report.
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2008-01-25
Fresh hope for York cinema - AN INDEPENDENT cinema chain has finally completed its purchase of York's former Odeon picturehouse - clearing the way for a major refurbishment later this year.
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2008-01-25
Thatcham cinema application lodged - Just days before building work starts on Newbury cinema, proposal for Lower Way cinema gathers pace
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2008-01-25
OK sought for Odeon flats - A BID to build a new block of flats behind a former city cinema has been resubmitted for approval.
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2008-01-25
Cinema ad spend up as retail and online boost presence - LONDON - Cinema ad spend rose last year for the first time in three years, posting a 10% rise from 2006, after retail and online brands significantly upped their use of the medium.
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2008-01-25
Odeon legacy lives on in £20m project - WHEN a historic art deco cinema closed its doors, Scottish movie legends such as Sean Connery, Dougray Scott, James Cosmo and Brian Cox battled unsuccessfully to save it.
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2008-01-25
Cottonwood Cinema closing the curtain - The days are numbered for those who enjoy going to the movies without breaking the bank. Cottonwood Cinema in Cottonwood Plaza in Glen Carbon has announced the closing of the low-cost theate
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2008-01-26
New city multiplex is premiered - The latest project to be completed as part of Stirling Council's £110m Forthside development is set to open its doors.
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2008-01-26
Listing bid verdict now due in days - Save the Odeon campaigners should learn within the next fortnight whether their final attempt to have the building listed is successful.
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2008-01-26
Half million pound pirate DVD factory raided in New Cross, SE London. - Following an intelligence led operation, a large pirate DVD factory was raided yesterday in a 3 bedroom semi-detached house in Joseph Hardcastle Close, SE14 by New Cross Safer Neighbourhoods Team and FACT.
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2008-01-26
Pearl & Dean is licked at 20,000 Feet - Virgin Atlantic has launched a Pearl & Dean branded ice-cream on all flights to create a "cinema in the sky" experience for passengers watching in-flight entertainment.
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2008-02-07
New books charts Basingstoke’s chequered cinema history - Basingstoke’s chequered picture-house history is told in detail in a newly published book, Basingstoke Entertained, by cinema and theatre historian Mervyn Gould.
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2008-02-11
The smallest shows on earth - Small cinemas are often thought of as hokey homespun little places whose charm resides chiefly in their impression of imminent obsolescence: like the run-down flea-pit in the 1957 Basil Dearden movie The Smallest Show On Earth, starring Peter Sellers as the boozy old projectionist.
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2008-02-11
Santikos Theatres invests in new film-delivery technology by Kodak - Santikos Theatres is going automated at two of the companys movie houses.
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2008-02-11
Digital Watermarking to be Demonstrated at Jan. 30 State of the Net Conference in Washington, D.C. - The Digital Watermarking Alliance (DWA) is a group of organizations that share a common interest in furthering the adoption of digital watermarking and which are actively involved in commercialization of digital watermarking-based applications, systems and services.
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2008-02-11
Cinema site reels in chain restaurant - A £25M leisure and commercial development under construction in the heart of Merthyr Tydfil has taken a major step forward by signing two more high profile brands.
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2008-02-11
Why 3D is about to break through - For a long time 3D movies and TV shows have been a bit of a gimmick. They have been used to re-energise a tired franchise, help a film stand out at a crowded box office or to give TV viewers a glimpse of what the future might hold.
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2008-02-11
DTS Digital Cinema - KeyPort Security Key Management System - The DTS KeyPort™ security key management server is the foundation for automated global key delivery.
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2008-02-11
Hoyts backers to buy UK cinema ad group - The Australian private equity firm behind the national Hoyts cinema chain is plotting to buy a theatre advertising company in the UK.
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2008-02-11
Road diversions for new cinema - Road diversions are being put in place in a Berkshire town as work gets under way to build a new cinema.
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2008-02-11
Resort’s past glories preserved on film; - PIONEERING aviators from 1911 and workers from Southport’s famous car manufacturing industry are hitting the silver screen next month.
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2008-02-11
10 Problems with Today’s Cinemas - I’m a big movie fan, so you’d think I would enjoy going to the cinema. To be honest, I kind of still do. Where else can you see the newest movies on a nice big screen with great sound? But a part of me sees the actual experience as a chore. Yes, I want to see movies in the cinema, but there are so many things wrong with the cinema experience that I wonder if it is actually worth it. If you have a big enough TV set at home, what is the added value of going to the cinema? The traditional concept of the movie-going experience desperately needs a complete reinvention (FourStarters did a post about this a while back).
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2008-02-11
Historic theater to celebrate with free classic films - WILLIAMSBURG - The Kimball Theatre in Colonial Williamsburg will celebrate its 75th anniversary next month with free screenings of several classic films, including one of the first titles ever to play at the historic cinema.
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2008-02-11
Thousands join fight to save cinema - A CAST of thousands has launched a campaign to save a century-old cinema from closure.
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2008-02-11
The A-Z of cinema - Home-video, DVD, high-def, illegal downloads, shaky camcorder copies from Thailand
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2008-02-11
The Southwold Electric Picture Palace - The Electric Picture Palace was opened by Michael Palin in May 2002. It is named after the first Southwold cinema which began to operate in 1912 (in York Road where the Surgery now stands) and follows the style of this period. It has 66 authentic cinema seats, a box office, kiosk, circle, organ, air-conditioning, etc.
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2008-02-11
Digital 3D Cinema Company Real D Raises $20 Million - Los Angeles - Real D, a provider of digital cinema 3D projection systems, has raised $20 million in its fourth round of venture capital financing, led by Pequot Capital, PEHub.com reported.
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2008-02-11
Cottonwood Cinema closing the curtain - The days are numbered for those who enjoy going to the movies without breaking the bank. Cottonwood Cinema in Cottonwood Plaza in Glen Carbon has announced the closing of the low-cost theater.
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2008-02-11
PATENTS: Movies raise the curtain on digital cinema projectors - This patent review from Nerac explores some new developments in digital cinema that may speed its widespread adoption.
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2008-02-11
Digital cinema front, center in Paris - PARIS -- Digital cinema was in the spotlight in Paris on Wednesday as the sixth edition of the International Digital Film Forum (IDIFF) kicked off for the first time in the French capital.
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2008-02-11
Odeon cinema set for sale - A PROPERTY firm is in negotiations to sell Ipswichs former Odeon cinema, it said today.
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2008-02-11
Apollo up for award - THE APOLLO Cinema, in Altrincham, has been nominated for the award of Best New Cinema in the UK.
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2008-02-11
3D television to burst into the living room - Television will enter a new dimension this week with the launch of the first 3D sets designed for use in the home.
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2008-02-11
Memories of the Odeon Cinema - Looking through your paper last week I was excited to see an article about the old Odeon cinema in Preston city centre.
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2008-02-11
Total Film and Sky plan preview events - Total Film magazine and Sky Movies have teamed up to launch a series of red carpet movie preview events to be staged at cinemas across the UK.
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2008-02-11
A new golden age in cinema - A revolution in ambition and intelligence has brought us films to rival those of the 40s and 70s
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2008-02-11
Cinema thief crawled under seats - A man has been accused of stealing from people at a cinema in Sydneys CBD by crawling under the seats during movie showings.
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2008-02-11
Curzon redesigns cinema site - Curzon Cinemas is launching a new-look website designed by Franki & Jonny, listing its film schedules for the five London cinemas.
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2008-02-11
John admits cinema defeat - ACTOR John Thomson has spoken of his anger over the demolition of Withington
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2008-02-11
Curtain falls on Rocky Horror Picture Show at cinema - AFTER nearly 20 years, the curtain has fallen on the late-night Rocky Horror Picture Show screenings held in Sydney.
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2008-02-11
100-year-old cinema closure fight - Campaigners are fighting to save a 100-year-old independent cinema from closure.
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2008-02-11
Bingo slump forces cinema closure - A decline in bingo because of the smoking ban has been blamed for the final curtain falling on the last remaining cinema on Anglesey.
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2008-02-11
'Doctor Who' trailer premieres in UK cinemas - A new trailer previewing the next series of Doctor Who is being launched in cinemas across the UK today.
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2008-02-12
Santikos Theatres Joins Kodak Digital Cinema Family - Kodak announced today that it has been selected to power the digital transition of the legendary Santikos Theatres chain in Texas. Full Kodak Digital Cinema systems will be installed on all screens of the newly-constructed Silverado 19 in Houston and on 9 screens in current Palladium theatre in San Antonio. All installations will be done by Kodak and include several models of Barco Premiere projectors, depending on screen size and requirements.
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2008-02-12
Mystery over moves for mobile cinema - In November last year it was revealed that a mobile 120-seat cinema dubbed ‘The Screen Machine’ was to come to Harborough as a temporary solution to the lack of facilities in the town.
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2008-02-12
Serbia's first multiplex cinema opens - BELGRADE -- The first multiplex cinema in the country officially opened in the Delta City mall in New Belgrade.
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2008-02-16
Library is new town cinema - PORT CLINTON -- Movie fans have no reason to say there's nothing to do in Port Clinton on a Friday night.
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2008-02-16
“Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert” in 3-D Enabled by AccessIT Technology and Deployment - Disney Digital 3-D™ Blockbuster Adds to Growing Demand for Special Event Programming
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2008-02-16
DIGITALLY INDEPENDENT CINEMA - Converting theaters big and small to digital projection involves a complex mix of standards, art, money, technology, and logistics.
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2008-02-16
Dyke chairs BFI film organisation - Former BBC director-general Greg Dyke has been appointed as the chairman of the British Film Institute (BFI).
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2008-02-16
The Walt Disney Studios, ESPN, AccessIT Team Up to Bring Fans into Theatres for Live Satellite Streaming of Major College Basketball Event - MORRISTOWN, N.J., Feb. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Walt Disney Studios, ESPN and Access Integrated Technologies, Inc. ("AccessIT") (Nasdaq: AIXD - News) will team up to stream a live HD broadcast of the classic rivalry between the University of Texas and Texas A&M into digital cinema- equipped theatres throughout Texas on February 18, 2008. The game will be shown on a total of 15 screens in Carmike Cinemas, Galaxy Theatres and Rave Motion Pictures cinema locations. Excited fans, unable to be in the Longhorn's sold-out Frank Erwin Center, will be able to cheer together from the equivalent of courtside seats as the teams tip-off.
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2008-02-16
Exclusive: Film festival to celebrate David Lean centenary - A film festival is being planned to mark the centenary of the birth of one of Croydon's most famous sons, the acclaimed film director David Lean.
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2008-02-16
BFI Launches Filmstore Online in Partnership with Web Design Agency, Green Jersey & Ecommerce Supplier, Actinic - West Byfleet, UK, 12 February 2008 - For the first time film enthusiasts worldwide can now access a wide selection of DVDs, books, gifts and other film-related products from the British Film Institute’s collection at its new Filmstore website. This is thanks to a partnership between the BFI, web design agency Green Jersey and ecommerce supplier Actinic
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2008-02-16
Brown's plan to make Britannia cool again - London will get a national film centre and a permanent home for its fashion week under Gordon Brown's plans to revive the "Cool Britannia" spirit of new Labour.
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2008-02-16
European archives release vintage films online - Where do you go if you want to watch rare archive films such as a 1916 documentary about life on a German submarine or John Ford's 53-minute Western Bucking Broadway from the following year?
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2008-02-16
Celluloid's still selling - Will 2008 finally be the year that digital cinema comes to a multiplex near you?
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2008-02-16
Cineplex Entertainment Announces New Cineplex Odeon Theatre in London, Ontario - TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Feb. 6, 2008) - Cineplex Entertainment (TSX:CGX.UN - News) is pleased to announce the development of a new eight-screen Cineplex Odeon theatre to open in London, Ontario. Construction is expected to begin in the spring of 2008 with a targeted opening in late fall. Located near the intersection of Wonderland Road South and Viscount Road at the Westmount Shopping Centre, the theatre will occupy approximately 31,000 square feet of space and will offer a first class entertainment experience, replacing the existing six-screen cinema currently located in the mall.
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2008-02-16
THOMSON MOVES TECHNICOLOR - Technicolor is divide its operations in the UK.
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2008-02-16
Fun Cinemas aims to have over 1,500 screens by 2011 - Chandigarh, Feb 14 E-City Ventures promoted Fun Cinemas, is aiming to reach the mark of 1,500 screens across India by 2011. New screens will be added in three formats comprising multiplex, digital screen and talkie town (single screen). Talking to FE, Vishal Kapur, chief operating officer, Fun Cinemas said, "At present we have 53 operational screens in multiplexes and talkie towns. We are planning to take the 110 digital screens to 1,000 screens with an investment of over Rs 200 crore in the next four years. An investment of about Rs 500-600 crore is kept aside for multiplexes and more single screens will also be added."
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2008-02-16
A Brief Encounter with a bygone era - Red roses strewn from the ceiling, a red carpet in the entrance, 1930s signage and plush red curtains with gold brocade; the Cineworld on Haymarket is rapidly being transformed into the newly named Cinema Haymarket, which, from 2 February, will host Kneehigh theatre’s live stage production of Brief Encounter
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2008-02-16
Kneehigh has that movie feelin' - LONDON -- In an era when old-style movie theaters are being torn down for lucrative property deals, the last thing you'd expect to find is a thriving cinema chain producing a play in its venue. But thanks to a deal between David Pugh and Dafydd Rogers -- producers of "Art," "The Play What I Wrote" and "Equus" -- and Cineworld Group CEO Steve Wiener, that's exactly what's happening.
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2008-02-16
Amazon teams up with Lovefilm - DVDs-by-post company Lovefilm is partnering with the rival rental business of online retailer Amazon in a deal that will give them a combined subscriber base of almost 1m people.
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2008-02-16
Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' set for cinema release - Fans can watch video for free to mark 25th anniversary
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2008-02-16
Baftas vs the box office - The British Academy Film and Television Arts Film Awards ceremony takes place tomorrow, honouring the stars of the silver screen.
Features editor Joni Ager takes a look at the nominees and finds out how they compare with the local blockbusters of the past year.
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2008-02-16
ODEON CHANGE - The old Odeon cinema in Nottingham could finally be knocked down and turned into offices and shops.
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2008-02-16
Her Majesty the Screen - It has been six glamorous decades, more than 60 star-studded years, that the Royal family has rubbed shoulders with the nobility of the silver screen.
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2008-02-16
Taking the silver screen to French villages - ECUEILLE, France (AFP) — On a chilly winter morning, the hissing sound of air brakes announces the arrival of an oddly out-sized juggernaut in the main square of Ecueille, a small village in central France.
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2008-02-16
100-year-old cinema closure fight - Campaigners are fighting to save a 100-year-old independent cinema from closure.
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2008-02-16
Vietnam’s first 4D cinema opens -
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Vietnam’s first 4D cinema opens
Vietnam’s first 4D cinema opened Friday in Ho Chi Minh City’s Suoi Tien Theme Park.
The 120-seat ALTA Cine 4D Max Suoi Tien in District 9 consists of a 3D screen with a fourth dimension created by special effects such as a six-channel surround sound system, shakable seats and man-made wind, water, bubbles and snow.
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2008-02-16
Cinema Industry Set For Further Consolidation - After a period of rapid consolidation early this decade, partly prompted by the wave of bankruptcies that hit US cinema chains in 2000-01, merger and acquisition activity in the industry has slowed. However, according to Exhibitor Rankings, an analysis by Dodona Research, 64 companies operating 200 or more screens now own 31,855, or 29%, of all cinema screens worldwide. This compares to 51 companies of similar size with 29,747 screens between them in 2004.
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2008-02-16
Town's cinema is voted the best in the country - KETTERING'S cinema has been named Cinema of the Year by the Odeon group.
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2008-02-16
Make to turn Edinburgh Odeon into hotel - Make plans to convert an art deco former Odeon cinema in Edinburgh into an arts hotel.
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2008-02-16
Cinema in Vienna allows dog owners to take pets in to see films - A cinema that allowed dog owners to take their pets once a month now lays on daily shows because they are so popular.
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2008-02-16
Cinema ads more effective than TV - LONDON - Cinema advertising is eight times more effective than TV in terms of brand recall, according to Cinema Advertising Association research.
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2008-02-16
Is the golden age of British cinema over? - The Baftas are to pay tribute to legendary film director Sir David Lean, whose bright career marked a golden age in British cinema.
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2008-02-16
Qube Cinema chosen for the National Film Board of Canada’s digital cinema initiative - Qube Cinema is the platform of choice for the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) and its new digital cinema pilot project in Atlantic Canada.
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2008-02-16
Office tower plan for Regent Cinema - THE historic Regent Theatre is to make way for a new 38-storey office tower as part of an $800 million redevelopment in the city heart
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2008-02-16
Kodak digital cinema strategy bearing fruit - Italy has entered the digital screen advertising revolution, with Warner Bros International Cinemas (WBIC) aiming to convert its entire network during the first half of this year. WBIC has signed Kodak Digital Cinema to install a networked digital advertising system in all its cinemas, numbering 172 screens in 17 sites when two new sites are completed this year. WBIC is building on Kodak's work in Japan with its sister cinema circuit to digitise its screen advertising in Italian market, generally lagging behind in the wider digital cinema marketplace. Kodak will take control of all packaging and distribution of advertising content, with some tasks taken care of in Italy (such as encoding) but full control remaining with Kodak's network operating centre in USA.
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2008-02-16
Planners offer glimmer of hope to cinema campaign - CAMPAIGNERS hoping to see the former Kwik Save site in Harborough restored into a cinema are delighted after a bid to demolish it was rejected by planners.
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2008-02-16
Cinema seen as council's priority - A new venue for a cinema is a priority for arts development in East Cambridgeshire, it has been announced.
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2008-02-16
Hamster makes great escape while on secret trip to cinema - Sarah's pet does a runner on secret trip to cinema
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2008-02-16
New beginning for historic cinema - A £1.8m project to restore Scotland's oldest purpose-built cinema has been completed.
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2008-02-16
Project Explores Impact Of Digital Cinema - Digital exhibitor kino cinemas, server manufacturer Doremi, software developer SiTec and consultancy peacefulfish have joined forces to launch a pilot project exploring and testing the added value of digital cinema services as a new source of cinema revenue.
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2008-02-16
Digerati Explore 4K Technologies - DJ Woods Productions, in association with Ryerson University and Post DNA Productions, are presenting an opportunity for Professionals in the Film, Television and Advertising industries to expand their knowledge of the concepts and techniques in digital media.
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2008-02-16
FISHING FOR REVENUES - A group of digital cinema suppliers have set up a project designed to look for new sources of cinema revenue.
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2008-02-16
Casablanca - Back On The Big Screen - CASABLANCA RETURNS TO THE BIG SCREEN AT SELECTED UK CINEMA’S FOR VALENTINES DAY
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2008-02-16
Barco projects world premiere of U2 3D at Sundance Film Festival - Using the latest in 3-D digital technology, the screening takes the concert movie to unprecedented heights. Crisp images, sharp colors, it’s like being right there in the front row for the best U2 concert imaginable… and projected by Barco.
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2008-02-16
Santikos Theatres Joins Kodak Digital Cinema Family - Innovative Kodak system powers and automates twenty-seven screens in Texas circuit’s movie complexes
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2008-02-16
Access Integrated Technologies, Inc. Announces Fiscal 2008 Third Quarter Results - MORRISTOWN, N.J., Feb. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Access Integrated Technologies, Inc. ("AccessIT" or the "Company") reported a 51% increase in revenues, to a record $21.5 million for the fiscal 2008 third quarter ended December 31, 2007, versus the year-ago period. In the quarter, the Company posted an Adjusted EBITDA(1) (defined below) of $8.4 million or $0.33 per share, and a net loss of $8.4 million or $0.32 per share. The net loss includes non-cash expenses for depreciation, amortization of intangible assets, non-cash interest, debt refinancing and stock-based compensation aggregating $11.1 million or $0.43 per share.
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2008-02-16
Kodak to power Texas’ Santikos Theatres - Kodak has been selected to power the digital transition of the legendary Santikos Theatres chain in Texas. Full Kodak Digital Cinema systems will be installed on all screens of the newly-constructed Silverado 19 in Houston and on nine screens in current Palladium theatre in San Antonio. All installations will be done by Kodak and include several models of Barco Premiere projectors, depending on screen size and requirements.
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2008-02-16
Digital technology and the film industry - I read the article called "the film industry should embrace digital technology" in which Lord Puttnam gives a lecture at Cass, Monday 14 June 2004. In this lecture, called ‘The Impact of Digital Technology on the Film Industry – Opportunity or Threat?’ at Cass Business School, he said that digital technology offers a huge opportunity for the film industry but the current trend of treating it as a threat could hasten the demise of parts of the industry. Puttnam said the film industry needed to embrace digital technology otherwise it would share a similar fate to that of the music industry which has witnessed a massive drop in profits due to illegal internet trading. Lord Puttnam also spoke of the impact of digital technology on special effects in films, arguing that special effects are both increasingly important in the success of a film as well as being very reliant on specialist skills.
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2008-02-16
WALT DISNEY STUDIOS INTERNATIONAL AND ARTS ALLIANCE MEDIA SIGN DIGITAL CINEMA DEPLOYMENT AGREEMENT - Walt Disney Studios International ("Disney") and Arts Alliance Media ("AAM"), one of Europe's leading providers of digital film distribution services, have reached a non-exclusive long-term agreement for digital cinema rollout across Europe. Disney is the latest studio to support the AAM DCI-compliant rollout. Under the terms of the agreement, Disney will supply European exhibitors with its feature films in digital format and will make provisional contributions towards the digital cinema hardware costs of AAM-deployed DCI-compliant screens.
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2008-02-16
Bafta Film Awards 2008: The winners - Here are the winners of this year's Bafta Film Awards, held at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London.
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2008-02-06
Park Circus Films pick up the first Arts Alliance Media Innovation Award at this year’s RAAM Awards - Glasgow based Park Circus Films were awarded the first Arts Alliance Media Innovation Award at this year’s RAAM Awards presented to the UK and Irish cinema and film distribution industry.
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2008-03-01
Vue creates new marketing role - Cinema exhibitor Vue Entertainment is on the hunt to fill the new position of head of marketing.
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2008-03-01
Cinema evacuated after blaze - CINEWORLD in Ipswich was evacuated this evening after a small fire in a light fitting.
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2008-03-01
BBC Trials Live 3D Rugby by Satelitte - "The BBC is to test screen the Rugby Six Nations match between Scotland and England live and in 3D HD to a select audience. The event is a joint venture between BBC Sport and the3DFirm, a consortium comprising media communications firm Can Communicate, 3D specialist Inition and hire and post production house Axis Films, writes Adrian Pennington.
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2008-03-01
3D Movies Arrive at SilverCity Ancaster Cinemas - CINEPLEX ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCES 25 THEATRES IN CANADA TO BE EQUIPPED WITH DIGITAL 3D PROJECTORS AND PREMIERES WITH HANNA MONTANA & MILEY CYRUS: BEST OF BOTH WORLDS CONCERT
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2008-03-01
DTS 4Q Loss Grows on Write-Down - NEW YORK (Associated Press) - DTS Inc. posted a much wider fourth-quarter loss on Thursday due to a write-down on the value of its discontinued digital cinema and images businesses, which it might sell.
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2008-03-01
It's curtains for Showcase Cinemas - The final curtain will drop on the eight-screen Showcase Cinemas in Orange after the last show Sunday, because the business is "no longer financially viable," according to its owners, National Amusements Inc. of Dedham, Massachusetts.
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2008-03-01
New luxury Silverado IMAX opens today near Tomball - These are not the best of times for the movie-theater business. Netflix, cable television, pay-per-view and competition from the Internet and video games are cutting into box-office revenue.
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2008-03-01
Goodbye New Line Cinema
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New Line Cinema has long been a subsidiary of Time Warner and closely allied to Warner Bros, but today it has been announced that the formerly indie studio is being folded into its larger partner, where the name will remain as a genre arm, making comedies, horrors and what the Americans persist in calling "urban" films. In short, it's goodbye New Line as we know it.
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2008-03-01
Pearl and Dean looks to merge with Carlton - Industry speculation has suggested that SMG-owned cinema advertising firm Pearl & Dean is set to be subject to a bid by an Australian venture capital firm.
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2008-03-01
Former Odeon in line for sale - AFTER a three-year search, a buyer may have finally been found for Ipswich's former Odeon cinema, it emerged today.
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2008-03-01
The Vic's screen goes dark tonight - The closing credits will roll tonight at the Vic, downtown Victoria's last single-screen movie house.
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2008-03-01
Odeon: fanatical about film, unless that film is Rambo - Cinemagoers should be able to decide for themselves what to watch, without being punished for the petty feuds of big business
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2008-03-01
Rambo fails to top UK box office - Sylvester Stallone's latest Rambo movie has failed to top the UK box office.
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2008-03-01
Cinema revamp may spark ‘York prosperity’ - THE redevelopment of York's Odeon cinema could serve as a "launch pad" for a wider economic boom, according to a local councillor.
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2008-03-01
MP slams 'extortionate' cinema sweet prices - A family of four face a £22 bill for sweets, drinks and popcorn at Boldon Cinema – and that is before the price of a ticket.
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2008-03-01
Thousands taken in cinema hole-in-the-wall raid - INVERNESS police are awaiting results of forensic tests taken at the scene of a robbery — believed to have involved the theft of thousands of pounds — from a cash machine at the city's Vue cinema.
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2008-03-01
Sounding the Alarm on DTS Inc. - DTS Inc. (DTSI) is a provider of digital multi-channel audio, or surround sound, to the consumer electronics market and Hollywood. The market is a duopoly for audio codecs, with Dolby (DLB) dominating the market. The “duopoly” is more like a monopoly with a second standard for the sake of competition (think Intel (INTC) and AMD (AMD)).
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2008-03-01
Rambo shot down - by UK cinema chain - Pity Sylvester Stallone. Over the past year he's battled the heavyweight champion of the world at the age of 60, and taken on an evil military junta in the jungles of Burma - to say nothing of his off-screen tussles with Australian customs. But his latest battle, with the UK cinema chain Odeon, appears to have been lost.
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2008-03-01
LOTTERY BOOST FOR REVOLUTIONARY TECHNOLOGY IN SUPPORTING UK RELEASE OF U2 3D - The UK Film Council’s Prints & Advertising Fund is backing U2 3D, the first-ever feature length live action film shot and exhibited in breakthrough digital 3D. Released on Friday 22 February by Revolver Entertainment, the film documents the band’s 2006 Buenos Aires concert in the Vertigo tour and is an exciting and immersive cinema-going experience unlike anything seen in cinema before.
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2008-03-01
JPEG 2000 a great step forward for the archival community - The Digital Preservation Coalition has examined JPEG 2000 in a report published today. The report concludes that JPEG 2000 represents a great stride forward for the archival community. The format now allows for greater compression rates and a recompression rate that is visually lossless.
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2008-03-01
The Makeup of Digital Cinema Server Systems - Digital Cinema server systems, in production for several years now, are reaching hundreds of placements in cinemas around the world. Digital Cinema harnesses disk based post-production, compilation, transport, distribution, and play-out technologies into an end-to-end solution.
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2008-03-01
Schneider Optics Appoints D. Scott Dewald to Director of Product Development - Van Nuys, CA (PRWEB) February 27, 2008 -- Schneider Optics, Inc., the well-known lens and professional filter manufacturer, has announced the hiring of D. Scott Dewald as Director of Product Development. He will lead Schneider's international team on Digital Cinema development while simultaneously helping to expand and improve Schneider's entire optical product line.
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2008-03-01
SMPTE Announces Call for Papers for the 2008 Technical Conference and Exhibition - The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) is seeking proposals for technical papers and tutorials for presentation during the 2008 SMPTE Technical Conference & Exhibition. Proposed papers are to be informational in nature and must address technical theory, application or practice associated with technologies relevant to the Motion Imaging Industry.
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2008-03-01
Government offers lukewarm support for South Bank film centre
- The Government's long-awaited culture green paper published last week has offered cautious support for the British Film Institute's proposed Film Centre on the South Bank.
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2008-03-01
MEL GIBSON - GIBSON BUYS AUSSIE CINEMA CHAIN - Hollywood star MEL GIBSON has completed a $19.44 million (GBP9.72 million) deal for his company Icon Film Distribution to takeover a popular cinema chain in Australia and New Zealand. Gibson and his business partner Bruce Davey have purchased the Dendy Cinema chain and distribution business via their Icon firm, making them owners of theatres in cities like Canberra, Brisbane and Melbourne. Warwick Syphers, the managing director of Dendy Cinema's previous owners Prime Media Group, said Icon's offer was attractive "on various parameters, including value, timing and transaction certainty." He adds, "They're fellows (at Icon) who I think are in the business very strongly in the distribution side. It would appear sensible and logical that if you're in that side of the business, it really helps to have a cinema distribution platform." Icon Film Distribution has recently experienced success with the Oscar-nominated movies I'm Not There and The Diving Bell And The Butterfly.
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2008-03-01
FogScreen, Inc. Unveils Interactive Walk-Through Branding - SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- FogScreen, Inc., creators of the world's first walk-through projection screen made of "dry" fog, will be debuting new opportunities for nightclubs, bars and brands at the 2008 Nightclub & Bar Convention and Trade Show. The FogScreen(TM) Inia projection screen will be featured on the showroom floor to offer attendees a glimpse at the future of bar and nightclub branding and entertainment.
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2008-03-01
Maplin intros virtual laser keyboard, type on any flat surface - Maplin has announced the availability of its Bluetooth Laser Key Projection Keyboard, a gadget that will project a keyboard onto any flat, non-reflective surface and allow you to type. It works by optically tracking finger movements, and incorporates both keyboard and mouse functions.
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2008-03-01
Man robbed at knifepoint at Circle Cinema - Brookline - A Dorchester man, who allegedly held up a moviegoer at knifepoint in the parking lot of the Circle Cinema and led police on a foot chase, was arrested on drug and robbery charges last week.
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2008-03-01
Cinema regeneration architect winners revealed - An architectural practice was chosen this morning to provide concept designs for the site of a former cinema in the centre of Royal Tunbridge Wells.
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2008-03-01
Great Glasgow blaze probe continues - Investigations are continuing into a fire which damaged a restaurant, three bars and a historic cinema in a well-known area of Glasgow.
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2008-03-01
Telephonetics signs 3-year cinema line call traffic deal with Kcom
- LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Telephonetics PLC said it has signed a three year deal with Kcom Group PLC to support cinema line call traffic.
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2008-03-01
Hollywood star pays tribute to tiny cinema’s closing scene - A TOUCH of Hollywood glamour was brought to a quiet Welsh street at the weekend when one of the smallest cinemas in the world closed its doors for the last time.
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2008-03-01
Fishing for revenues - GERMANY: A group of digital cinema suppliers have set up a project designed to look for new sources of cinema revenue.
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2008-03-01
GE Provides $55 Million in Financing to Cinema Circuit Owner-Operator Reading International - NORWALK, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GE Commercial Finance’s Media, Communications & Entertainment business has provided $55 million in financing to Reading International (AMEX:RDI), a Commerce, Calif.-based cinema exhibition and real estate company. The financing will support Reading International’s acquisition of a number of cinemas in California and Hawaii, operated by Pacific Theatres Exhibition Corp. Reading International currently owns and operates a majority of leasehold assets in Australia and New Zealand making this acquisition a key component for its plans to expand its presence in the United States.
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2008-03-01
Cinema gets revamp and hosts festival - AN historic cinema in Tenbury Wells has been selected as a venue for Britain's largest rural film festival, just months after it was devastated by flood water.
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2008-03-01
Starry last night for tiny cinema - The smallest cinema in Wales - a 23-seat former railway carriage in a Swansea back garden - has been given a star-studded farewell.
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2008-03-01
Death of Bob Webb, DSM - Following his demob, Bob returned to his job at the Regal cinema, before later transferring to the Clifton as head projectionist. He became expert at the operation of the projection equipment, and prided himself on the speed at which he could repair a broken film against a background of boos and catcalls from the auditorium.
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2008-03-01
Bligh to enact never-used powers to save Regent theatre - EXTRAORDINARY but never used powers held by the State Government will be exploited as part of a bid to save Brisbane's historic Regent theatre.
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2008-03-01
Curtain raised on lost picture palaces - It was September 22, 1937, and the gamine young actress had been pressed into opening the new Granada cinema with her husband Sonny Hale.
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2008-03-01
Renovation Plans Proceeding for Theater - THE Pelham Picture House’s third annual gala, held earlier this month at the Hilton Rye Town in Rye, brought the historic theater another step and half a million dollars closer to fulfilling its mission of becoming a hub for independent film in southern Westchester. The goal of the event, said Jennifer S. Christman, the theater’s executive director, was to ensure a significant percentage of the capital needed for the Campaign for Renewal, which encompasses the restoration and expansion of the theater.
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2008-03-01
The movie starting on platform six - Kneehigh's lively version of Noel Coward's classic brings the dreariness of pre-war Britain to life
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2008-03-01
Film fan thrown out of cinema for bringing own sweets - A cinema sweet price row has started after a film fan was stopped and searched - because he had brought his own bag of sweets.
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2008-03-01
Mum may sue cinema after her daughter falls 14ft - A MUM has said she is considering legal action against a cinema operator after her daughter fell 14ft from a balcony.
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2008-03-01
Seaside cinema closure threatened - Film fans in a west Wales seaside town are being urged to use their local cinema or risk losing it altogether.
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2008-03-01
Ballantyne's Cinema Screen Subsidiary Enters Long-Term Supply Agreement with IMAX for Large Scale Cinema Screens - OMAHA, Neb. - (Business Wire) Ballantyne of Omaha, Inc. (Amex: BTN), a motion picture projection, digital cinema and specialty lighting equipment and services provider, announced today that its Marcel Desrochers Inc. (MDI) subsidiary, doing business as Strong Screen Systems, has entered into a long-term supply agreement with IMAX Corp. (NASDAQ: IMAX). Under the agreement Strong Screen Systems/MDI will provide coated cinema screen sheets and structural screen frames (the key components of a cinema screen system) for use with IMAX
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2008-03-01
Power cut leaves cinema in dark - Cinemagoers were left in darkness when Clapham Picture House was affected by a power cut at 6.45pm this evening.
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2008-03-01
GFF News Update: Cineworld Closed - by Robert Duffin - The GFF team sadly announced today that due to technical problems, the Cineworld on Renfrew Street has been closed for the foreseeable future. All cancelled performances will be honoured or rescheduled and anyone with a ticket should take it to the Glasgow Film Theatre Box Office.
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2008-03-01
Stop the movie snacks rip-off - But while people flock to the cinema, today we expose the rip-off cost of the snacks sold inside.
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2008-03-01
Poles gear up for a trip to the Galaxy - Specialist movie season set for Luton cinema
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2008-03-01
Preview: The Movieum Museum - Today, London’s new movie museum, The Movieum (geddit?), has opened its door to the public, catering to the interest of those, who were left wanting, when the Museum of Moving Image (MOMI) was closed in 1999. The Movieum, situated in County Hall on the South Bank, claims to be both tactile and academic, displaying props and sets from a variety of British films, as well as organising occasional events, permanent exhibitions, and film education.
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2008-03-01
Turning 3-D into a business - RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. -- A call for industry standards for stereoscopic 3-D, both for theatrical release and in the home, was hammered home during a 3-D presentation Wednesday at the Hollywood Post Alliance's annual Technology Retreat.
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2008-03-01
May opening for cinema - ANDOVER'S eagerly awaited new four-screen cinema will open its doors to the public on 14 May - and the first film on screen is expected to be the new Indiana Jones film.
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2008-03-01
Flooded cinema set to reopen - A SHEFFIELD cinema devastated by last summer's floods will reopen later this month following a
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2008-03-01
Hope for cinema - EXPERTS are to visit Barry’s under-threat Theatre Royal cinema to assess it for listing as a building of special architectural or historic interest.
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2008-03-01
A GLASGOW cinema was evacuated today (Tuesday) after an electrical scare. - The Fire Service was called to the Cineworld Cinema in Renfrew Street after an alarm was raised
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2008-03-01
Doremi's Cinema Server Provides 3D Playback On 80% of Hannah Montana Screens - Doremi's DCP-2000 cinema server provides 3D playback on 80% of the screens for Disney's record breaking 3D film
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2008-03-01
3D Rocks the Future - Digital 3D will spark revolution in cinema that could be comparable to the introduction of colour Digital 3D screens in the UK set to increase tenfold by 2012
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2008-03-01
REALD 3D BRINGS U2 3D HOME - Groundbreaking 3D Concert Film's European Premiere in RealD 3D Rocks Band's Hometown of Dublin
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2008-03-01
Ballantyne's Cinema Screen Subsidiary Enters Long-Term Supply Agreement with IMAX for Large Scale Cinema Screens - Ballantyne of Omaha, Inc. (Amex: BTN), a motion picture projection, digital cinema and specialty lighting equipment and services provider, announced today that its Marcel Desrochers Inc. (MDI) subsidiary, doing business as Strong Screen Systems, has entered into a long-term supply agreement with IMAX Corp. (NASDAQ: IMAX). Under the agreement Strong Screen Systems/MDI will provide coated cinema screen sheets and structural screen frames (the key components of a cinema screen system) for use with IMAX's proprietary large format digital, analog and 3-D projection systems.
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2008-03-01
Hoyts backers to buy UK cinema ad group - The Australian private equity firm behind the national Hoyts cinema chain is plotting to buy a theatre advertising company in the UK.
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2008-03-03
Back in the picture with The Movieum - For years, London has been without a film museum. Now it has one, the Movieum, which opened its doors at County Hall last week. But is it the collection that the capital needs?
The Movieum website can be found at: http://www.themovieum.com/.
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2008-03-07
Pan-European digital cinema pilot project to launch in autumn - France's MK2, Hungary's Szimpla Film, Denmark's Nordisk Film and Belgium's Kinepolis Group are supporting a European "Cinema on demand" film digitisation project entitled Europe's Finest which is being launched this autumn by Cologne-based reelport to digitise and distribute 30-40 European films.
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2008-03-07
ITV offloads cinema advertising assets - ITV has sold part of its cinema advertising subsidiary Carlton Screen Advertising to a new joint venture company owned by Odeon Cinemas and Cineworld Group in a deal worth £500,000 in cash to the broadcaster.
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2008-03-09
Cinema workers stole over $22,000 - Three Nelson teenagers stole more than $22,000 by refunding tickets sold to non-existent customers while working at a cinema.
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2008-03-09
Everyman Media acquires Screen Cinemas - Independent cinema group Everyman Media will this week announce that it has acquired the chain of Screen Cinemas in London and the South East.
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2008-03-09
Glenelg Cinema up for sale - Glenelg Cinema, on Jetty Road in Adelaide's south-west, has been put on the market for $7 million.
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2008-03-09
Electrosonic's New Digital Cinema Player Available at Showest - DMN Newswire--2008-3-7--Audio-video manufacturing, design, installation and servicing giant Electrosonic Systems, fast making inroads into the cinema market, will be displaying the newly-launched MS9600 JPEG2000 server at ShoWest 2008 in Las Vegas.
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2008-03-09
Cinema magic in Gig Harbor - Gig Harbor’s 10-screen movie theater opens to long lines and eager moviegoers whose only other theater closed in January.
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2008-03-09
U.S. CINEMA EARNINGS BREAK RECORDS - North American box office earnings hit a record high in 2007 - despite the Hollywood writers strike and ongoing economic concerns. In the U.S. and Canada, theatres took in more than $9.6 billion (GBP4.8 billion), climbing 5.4 per cent from the previous year (06), due in part to increased ticket prices throughout the continent
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2008-03-09
Cineworld, Odeon embark on ad venture - LONDON
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2008-03-09
Not coming to a screen near you - Want to go see Rambo? Not at the Odeon you can't. Owen Gibson looks at the push-me pull-you relationship between film distributors and cinemas
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2008-03-09
Carlton Screen Advertising sold for - ITV has sold Carlton Screen Advertising to a joint venture between Cineworld and Odeon Cinemas for
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2008-03-09
Clayton projectionist keeps a dying art alive - As the Clayton Theatre projectionist, Thorns said he was 8 years old when his father let him show that first film at the family-owned movie theater in Virginia. Since then, he said, he's watched thousands of films through a little hole in the wall of projectionist booths in various community movie theaters across the Eastern shore.Rest
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2008-03-09
US cinema takings hit record high - North American box office takings hit a record high in 2007 with global box office receipts also on the up.
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2008-03-09
Carlton Screen Advertising sold to joint venture for - LONDON - ITV has sold Carlton Screen Advertising, the UK's largest cinema advertising sales house, to a joint venture between Cineworld and Odeon Cinemas for
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2008-03-09
NEW CHRISTIE DUAL PROJECTOR SYSTEM FOR 3D CINEMA OFFERS BEST VALUE IN THE INDUSTRY - Christie, a global leader in Digital Cinema now offers the industry
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2008-03-09
European Digital Cinema Security Whitebook is Online - This book results from the work of the Enhanced Digital Cinema (EDcine) project established by the European Commission in the context of the Networked Audio Visual line of the 6th framework of IST (Information Society and Technology). The world of digital cinema has been led by Hollywood initiatives. The Digital Cinema Initiative (DCI) is under standardisation by a subgroup of the Society of Moving Pictures and Television Engineers, namely the DC28. EDcine was launched in this environment to maintain the European industrial leading edge in the field and to develop new tools and best practices beyond the Digital Cinema Initiative (DCI). Economic, cultural and technical aspects are more complex in Europe. There is a clear need to go beyond DCI. In its initial functional analysis, EDcine included end-user groups, such as small production studios, local post-production
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2008-03-09
ArcLight glows with d-cinema - Technicolor Digital Cinema signed an agreement with Hollywood's ArcLight Cinemas to provide digital projection systems at its complex. The deal encompasses ArcLight's Cinerama Dome, where Technicolor has previously been testing its systems.
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2008-03-16
Thomson and Cineplex Entertainment Pact for Digital Cinema Test at Flagship Toronto Theatre - Technicolor Digital Cinema to Install Digital Projection Systems at Scotiabank Theatre in Downtown Toronto
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2008-03-16
Electrosonic showcases MS9600 2K Digital Cinema Player - If youve been wishing that those double digit theater prices would actually net your local hot spot an upgrade, heres an idea you can certainly nudge their way. Showing off at ShoWest 2008 in Las Vegas, the Electrosonic MS9600 is hailed as a "high-performance JPEG2000 appliance," which plays back unencrypted JPEG2000 content at 2K, 1080p and 720p resolutions. Designed specifically for digital cinema, post production and show control applications, this unit also touts dual HD-SDI / dual DVI-I video outputs and 16-channels of broadcast quality digital audio. Furthermore, it even supports 48fps 3D playback, but unfortunately, weve no idea how soon its destined to hit cinemas of any kind.
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2008-03-16
Classic Cinemas Adopts DTS Digital Booking System(TM) - LAS VEGAS
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2008-03-16
Dolby Spotlights Collection of Digital Cinema Solutions at ShoWest 2008 - LAS VEGAS, BUSINESS WIRE -- At ShoWest 2008 today, Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: DLB) highlighted how its digital cinema solutions address the unique needs of exhibitors and create an efficient digital cinema environment. The comprehensive families of products, designed to work together to streamline business processes, make it easier for exhibitors to transition to digital cinema.
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2008-03-16
Dolby Expands Footprint in Asia with Digital Cinema, 3D Digital Cinema Solutions - LAS VEGAS, BUSINESS WIRE -- Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: DLB) announced today at ShoWest 2008 that Shanghai Film Group Corporation (SFG) and UFO India Limited have selected Dolby Laboratories to bring more digital cinema systems to China and India.
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2008-03-16
Imax focuses on DLP chips - Imax, which is on the verge of entering the digital era, is in negotiations with Texas Instruments to use TIs Digital Light Processing technology as part of Imaxs proprietary system.
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2008-03-16
Theaters, studios see $1.1 billion upgrade deal in Q2 - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Several theater chains and studios are nearing an estimated $1.1 billion financing deal to deploy in cinemas digital technology that promises to boost attendance and save Hollywood billions of dollars in annual print and delivery costs, industry officials said on Sunday.
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2008-03-16
Fresh plans for Chester - OWNERS of the former Chester Odeon are pressing ahead with plans to build a three-storey extension to serve a new single screen cinema.
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2008-03-16
NEW CITY CINEMA TO OPEN IN MAY - A new era of movie-watching in Derby will get under way when a new luxury cinema opens in May.
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2008-03-16
Lit missile sparks cinema blaze - A small fire broke out at a cinema and retail complex after two teenagers threw a lit candle into its entrance.
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2008-03-16
Technical Services for Cinema & Television is a Comprehensive Evaluation of the French Market - This revised and updated 2008 edition analyses the financial performance of each of the companies important to the success of your business. Using the most up to date information available, the analysis is ideal both as a tool to benchmark your own companys results and to study the market in more depth. Aimed at the busy manager, Technical Services For Cinema & Television is both quick and easy to use thanks to the unique visual layout. Technical Services For Cinema & Television is both quick and easy to use thanks to the unique visual layout. Technical Services For Cinema & Television lays bare the performance of each company highlighting their strengths and weaknesses. Do you know which Technical Services For Cinema & Television companies are best to do business with? Do you know which companies are selling at a loss and whose profit margins are plummeting? Find out the answers to all these questions and more with the newly published Technical Services For Cinema & Television.
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2008-03-16
Thomson and Marcus Theatres Pact for Digital Cinema Test in Milwaukee Market - Thomson (Paris:18453)(NYSE:TMS), through its Technicolor Digital Cinema business, announced today it will install digital cinema projection systems with Milwaukee, Wis.-based Marcus Theatres(R) at the Cinema At The Renaissance 13-plex in Sturtevant, Wisconsin.
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2008-03-16
Access IT, Studios to Add 10,000 Digital Cinema Screens - Morristown, N.J. - Access Integrated Technologies (Access IT) (NASD: AIXD), a provider of digital cinema projection systems for movie theaters, announced on Tuesday a massive deal with four major movies studios, to provide movies to up to 10,000 digital cinema systems in the U.S. and Canada.
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2008-03-16
UPDATE: Imax Signs Texas Instruments For Digital Projectors - TORONTO -(Dow Jones)- Imax Corp. (IMAX) will use Texas Instruments Inc.s ( TXN) DLP Cinema technology in its forthcoming digital-projection system, the companies confirmed Tuesday.
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2008-03-16
Time running out for the Cinema Museum - As was reported a few months ago on The Bioscope, the Cinema Museum in south London comes to the end of its lease this month, and has no new home to move to. Its current home is a former Lambeth workhouse (the same one that once incarcerated Charlie Chaplin
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2008-03-16
Cinema buff may lose his Paradiso - When Ronald Grant was ten he fell in love with films, helping out the projectionist at a village hall in rural Scotland.
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2008-03-16
Studios Announce a Deal to Help Cinemas Go 3-D - LAS VEGAS
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2008-03-16
Dr Who - TELEVISION viewers have attacked the BBC for spending up to
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2008-03-16
Cinema one of the most expensive in London - FILM-LOVERS have attacked Islingtons biggest cinema for being one of the most expensive in London.
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2008-03-16
RealD 3D Biggest and Brightest at ShoWest - 3D Cinema Leader RealD Uses RealD XL Technology to Bring Digital 3D to Larger Screens Than Ever Before
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2008-03-16
XPAND Acquires Assets of NuVision Technologies, Securing its Leading Position in 3D Digital Technology - X6D Limited, a European company whose products and services are marketed under the XPAND brand name, formally announced today that the active 3D cinema glasses assets of NuVision Technologies LLC, a widely recognized manufacturer of superior stereoscopic delivery systems with production facilities in Oregon, have been acquired by an Oregon corporation controlled by X6D Limited. Subsequently, all of NuVisions 3D cinema products will now be produced under the XPAND brand name.
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2008-03-16
Scrabble Entertainment Contracts Christie for Indias Largest Digital Cinema Roll-Out - Christie, a global leader in Digital Cinema, is pleased to announce it has secured an exclusive contract with Scrabble Entertainment (SE) to supply 200 Christie DLP Cinema(r) projectors for India
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2008-03-16
Barco to expand Digital Cinema team in the US. - Barco, a world leader in Digital Cinema, increases its commitment to the digital cinema market, and announces the appointment of Todd Hoddick as new Vice President for Barco Media & Entertainment
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2008-03-16
Empire Theatres Limited Chooses Kodak to Expand Digital Installations - Canadian exhibitor extends working relationship with Kodak to 15 sites
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2008-03-16
Texas Instruments Announces IMAX Digital Projection System to be Powered by DLP Cinema - 2008 marks the 10th Anniversary of digital cinema led by DLP Cinema
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2008-03-16
Sony Digital Cinema Group to Offer Integrated Solutions for Exhibitors - Sony Electronics has formed a new integrated business group that will provide movie theater owners with a variety of tools to support the sales and marketing of 4K CineAlta
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2008-03-16
Empire Theatres Selects Christie DLP Cinema Projectors to Meet Surging Demand for 3D Movies - Christie, a global leader in Digital Cinema, announced that Empire Theatres, Canada
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2008-03-16
Christie Offers Expanded Family of Cinema Solutions with More Choice and Higher Brightness - Christie, a global leader in Digital Cinema, with over 4,600 Digital Cinema systems installed worldwide, continues to set the pace in the industry with an expanded family of Digital Cinema products perfectly tailored to meet the needs of the exhibitor. At the 2008 ShoWest convention in Las Vegas, the company will showcase its latest CP2000 series product line, including projectors with three new brightness levels and a new dual projector 3D system.
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2008-03-16
XPAND Climbs to Higher Ranks as International Leader in 3D with O - Making great strides in the research and development of 3D technology during the past year, XPAND has wisely incorporated Active 3D delivery as their primary product for the digital cinema marketplace. In a strategic move to position the company as a dominant player in 3D, XPAND joined forces with NuVision Technologies (Portland, OR), creating a compelling business model that will support existing and future XPAND digital theaters.
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2008-03-16
New Christie CP2000-M DLP Cinema Projector Is Worlds Best "Lightweight Contender" - At 95 Pounds, Delivers Powerful "One-Two" Punch of Brightness and Lowest Cost of Ownership
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2008-03-16
DTS Digital Cinema Installs FilmStore - DTS Digital Cinema has announced the installation of its FilmStore
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2008-03-16
Goodrich Quality Theaters Selects Kodak for Circuit-Wide Digital Conversion - Proven Kodak feature solution brings new capability to quality-minded circuit
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2008-03-16
Universal Cinema Services Keeps Rave Motion Pictures On The Cutting Edge With Harman Pro Cinema Group Companies JBL Professional And Crown - Universal Cinema Services, one of the most successful cinema system consulting and installation firms in the United States, has enjoyed continued success with Harman Pro Cinema Group products, as evidenced by its installation of JBL Professional ScreenArray
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2008-03-16
Dolby Expands Footprint in Asia with Digital Cinema, 3D Digital Cinema Solutions Shanghai Film Group and UFO India Limited select Dolby - Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: DLB) announced today at ShoWest 2008 that Shanghai Film Group Corporation (SFG) and UFO India Limited have selected Dolby Laboratories to bring more digital cinema systems to China and India.
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2008-03-16
Cineplex Entertainment Selects Christie For Rollout Of 25 Digitally Equipped 3D Theatres Across Canada - Christie, a global leader in Digital Cinema, announced that Cineplex Entertainment (TSX:CGX.UN), Canada
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2008-03-17
Reel protest at threatened cinema - Campaigners who want to save a 100-year-old cinema wrapped a mock film reel around the building to highlight their fight to keep it open.
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2008-03-19
Cineworld posts $25 mil pretax profits - LONDON -- U.K. exhibition group Cineworld Group climbed into the black Tuesday posting its maiden results as a publicly listed company on the stock exchange here.
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2008-03-19
Cleaners in protest - SACKED cleaners at Middlesbrough
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2008-03-19
Petition Reaches 1700 Signatures for the State Grays Cinema - Following some fantastic coverage by the Thurrock Gazette and general word of mouth the online petition has now received over 1700 signatures and is continuing to receive a large number of signatures each day. We will also be looking to have a paper petition available for written signatures at the awareness day on Saturday 15th March.
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2008-03-19
Belgium to reassess Kinepolis competition rules - BRUSSELS, March 18 (Reuters) - Belgian cinema operator Kinepolis (KIPO.BR: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Tuesday Belgiums competition agency would reassess its decision to cancel specific competition rules which limited the groups development there.
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2008-03-19
There is more to the cinema than just movies - GET your own slice of paradise and celebrate the everlasting magic of the movies at Paradiso
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2008-03-19
SkyCity CEO sees cinema sale within 3 months - SkyCity Entertainment Groups new boss hopes to wrap up the protracted sale of the casino operators struggling cinema business within three months.
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2008-03-19
The Popcorn Investing Strategy - There are many good businesses trading at attractive levels at the moment. One such example could be Cineworld (LSE: CINE) . Todays results show a business with a P/E of less than 9 and a yield of over 7%.
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2008-03-19
NEC Corporation of America Hires Seasoned Digital Media Executive as General Manager of Digital Cinema Division - NEC Corporation of America, a premier provider of IT and network solutions and services, today announced that Jim Reisteter has joined the company as the general manager of the Digital Cinema Division. He will report to the vice president of the Solutions Business, Yuji Ichimura. Reisteter offers a diverse and successful background in sales leadership, marketing and general management of Fortune 50, mid-cap and re-start organizations.
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2008-03-19
Major cinema chain restores raunchy trailers - LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - In a move that will allow movie studios to inject racy jokes into the trailers they use to promote their more adult-oriented films, the nations largest cinema chain has decided to permit restricted, "red band" trailers in its multiplexes.
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2008-03-19
Planetariums real-time show - A planetarium incorporating some of the worlds most advanced digital projection technology is due to open in the south of England in March.
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2008-03-19
BFI reels in the years - A list of the Top Ten most-watched films in the British Film Institutes archive has been compiled by curators.
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2008-03-19
North London cinema merger - The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has referred the anticipated acquisition by CineWorld Group Plc of the cinema business at the Hollywood Green Leisure Park, Wood Green, previously operating under the Showcase brand to the Competition Commission (CC).
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2008-03-19
RealD 3D Biggest and Brightest at ShoWest - 3D Cinema Leader RealD Uses RealD XL Technology to Bring Digital 3D to Larger Screens Than Ever Before
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2008-03-26
Listed building status for Odeon is rejected - AN application to grant listed status to a Bradford building at the centre of a major planning row has been turned down
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2008-03-26
Lenny Lipton Blog - News & Archives along my 3D Journey
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2008-03-26
Cash boost for Cumbria's arts and cinema - NORTHWEST Vision and Media, which works on behalf of the region's film, TV and digital content industries, is to distribute almost
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2008-03-26
Revised plans for cinema revealed - PLANS have been revealed to transform a former Yorkshire cinema into a mixed-use development featuring retail and office space.
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2008-03-26
Odeon Staff Forum - The staff forum which offline a few weeks ago has been relaunched
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2008-03-26
HARINGEY: Cinema sale threat to cheap ticket prices - The proposed takeover of a Wood Green cinema has been referred to the Competition Commission (CC) over fears it would create an unfair monopoly in the area.
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2008-03-26
Revised cinema project unveiled - property development finance - New plans have been unveiled for the commercial re-use of a former cinema in Leeds.
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2008-03-26
Power cut pulls plug on film fun - FILM fans were left disappointed today as Glasgow city centre's biggest cinema was hit by a power cut.
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2008-03-26
Well give Odeon plan six months - Campaigners fighting to save the former Odeon cinema building in Bradford city centre from demolition have given themselves a deadline of six months to push through their scheme for its restoration - or they will then throw in the towel.
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2008-03-26
Scrabble Entertainment Chooses Qube for Its Digital Cinema Roll out in India - NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Qube Cinema
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2008-03-26
3D movies taking cinemas by storm in digital age - LAS VEGAS - Now is the time to put on your glasses. Once known as a headache-inducing screen gimmick of the 1950s, 3D is roaring back into movie theaters - thanks to new digital-cinema technology and Hollywood studios eager to exploit the format.
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2008-03-26
Imax adds 31 screens to U.S. deal with Regal - Imax Corp. is expanding the screen-count of its joint venture deal with Regal Cinemas to install another 31 Imax digital projection systems at Regal locations in 20 cities in the United States.
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2008-03-26
Digital Projection Changing the Face of Cinema - Since the advent of projection technology there have been various advances in cinema, primarily in the way a creative team develops a motion picture, and how we view the finished product. The various improvements that have been made are due to the ever-growing need for inspiring movies that can touch the hearts of millions and allow the industry to remain active. This digital change is not lacking a future as experts predict the market will grow exponentially with screens making the transition to digital cinema in 2009, some even to three dimensional cinema for specific films.
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2008-03-26
CST installs Kodak Digital Cinema in Paris theatre - Mumbai: The Commission Superieure Technique (CST), the French organization charged with evaluating new systems for television and the cinema, has purchased a Kodak Theatre Management System (TMS) as well as a Kodak Content Player JMN3000 for use in Espace Pierre Cardin in Paris. The system will be installed by Kodak.
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2008-03-27
Sony 4K Digital Projectors Used for First 3D HD Live-Action Simulcast of Regular Season NBA Game - DALLAS, March 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Sony Electronics 4K digital cinema projectors were used earlier this week for the first live high-definition presentation in 3D of an NBA regular season game, which was shown at a commercial movie theater.
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2008-03-27
Rethink on plan for cinema - A COMPANY has revised its controversial
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2008-03-27
Cinema chain plans $35 tickets - Village Roadshow Ltd., Act III, Lambert Entertainment and the Retirement Systems of Alabama pension fund are partnering to bring a luxury cinema chain to the US.
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2008-03-27
Computer games to be given tough new cinema-style age ratings to protect children from violent material - Computer games will be given tough new cinema-style age ratings under proposals to protect children from violent material.
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2008-03-27
Grand Cinema redevelopment - latest - THE steel frame is taking shape for an exciting multi-million pounds arts, community and enterprise (ACE) Centre in the heart of Nelson.
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2008-03-27
DTS Digital Images Fine Tunes - BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--DTS Digital Images, Inc. has provided custom image processing services for New Line Cinema and Walden Media
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2008-03-27
SONY 4K DIGITAL PROJECTORS USED FOR FIRST 3D HD LIVE-ACTION SIMULCAST OF REGULAR SEASON NBA GAME - Sony Electronics
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2008-03-27
Real Image - Real Image Media Technologies (RIMT), India
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2008-03-27
Imax to add 31 projection systems at Regal theatres - TORONTO
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2008-03-27
Worlds Smallest Movie Premiere Hits ODEON in Leicester Square, London, England - Its April Fools day, but this is no joke. The Odeon West End, which sees some of the worlds biggest premieres is hosting the worlds smallest. The worlds first one-man movie. Madness in the First Degree. A record breaking movie event.
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2008-03-27
Talks on plan for old cinema - application for a premises licence for the Empress Cinema at Chatteris is due to be discussed by district councillors on April 1.
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2008-03-27
Cinema moguls buy into toilet business - CINEMA moguls, the Ward and Anderson families, have emerged as major shareholders in John OLoughlins Qualceram Plc, which received a preliminary takeover approach last week.
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2008-03-27
Railways to set up cinema halls at stations - New Delhi, Mar 21: Indian Railways public-private-partnership (PPP) now extends to entertainment business. The public sector behemoth has chalked out an ambitious plan to set up about a dozen cinema halls at various railway stations in metros. The development would be part of Railways larger plan to utilise its surplus land and existing prime space at stations. It also plans to privatise 44 yatri niwas and the National Rail Museum cafeteria
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2008-03-27
Paranoid Park - I worked for years as a projectionist in archival screening venues that handle films of all kinds from all eras. These venues, the Walker counted among them, are typically equipped to handle just about anything that comes in the door, often via the octagonal shipping cans like those pictured on the left. As most projectionists can attest, it is not uncommon to receive a print that is not marked with the film
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2008-03-27
The Projection Dilemma - I will now take you, reader, on a journey involving both technology and aesthetics intermingled with projection practices that are a century old and how the ways that the digital cinema revolution impacts this, combined with concerns about stereoscopy. Stick with me and it may all make sense by the end. Along the way I
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2008-03-27
10,000 More Cinemas To Go Digital - Access Integrated Technologies, the US based digital cinema supplier, has commitments from four major film studios, including Disney, Twentieth Century Fox, Paramount Pictures and Universal Pictures, to continue to pay virtual print fees whilst actually providing movies digitally.
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2008-03-27
India to become major D-Cinema territory - The Indian film industry has so far opted for e-cinema technology (a cheaper lower-quality alternative to high-end D-Cinema systems) that meets the requirements of its strong local film sector, but there are now signs that D-Cinema will also feature prominently, following several new deals in the territory.
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2008-03-27
Kodak enters North American market as D-Cinema facilitator - Eastman Kodak has signed up two mid-sized cinema operators in the US market for entire circuit-wide conversion of their screens to digital. The first major signing was Santikos Theatres with 126 screens in Texas. The first installations of which have already been completed in the newly opened Silverado Houston multiplex, and will be followed by a complete conversion to an all digital circuit. The second signing was Goodrich Quality Theatres which operates 280 screens in 32 venues across the USA. The deployments will begin in 2008, although it is not known how many will be completed during the first phase of the roll-out.
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2008-03-27
Digital cinema player Christie eyes India signs multiplexes - Mumbai: Global digital cinema leader Christie has signed an exclusive contract with Scrabble Entertainment to supply 200 Christie DLP Cinema projectors for Indias largest single digital cinema deployment.
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2008-03-27
Businesswoman sells cinema for - THE businesswoman who ensured cinema returned to Winchester has sold her company for
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2008-03-27
Live opera and ballet shown in cinemas - Live ballet and opera performances are to be shown in cinemas across Britain from later this year for just
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2008-03-27
SUNDANCE SPECTACULAR - At this year’s Sundance Film Festival, Dolby technologies, products and services converged in perfect harmony for the world premiere of the critically lauded U2 3D, a new concert film featuring the world-renowned Irish rock band shot during the “Vertigo” tour throughout South America. The film, produced by 3ality Digital Entertainment and distributed in the U.S. by National Geographic, was shown on Jan. 19 at the Eccles Theatre in Park City, Utah.
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2008-03-27
FSN Southwest to Televise First Ever Regular-Season NBA Game in 3D HD - FSN Southwest and the Dallas Mavericks will provide a look into the future of sports television on March 25 when they team with PACE, the leader in digital 3D productions, to produce the first-ever NBA regular-season game live in 3D HD secured through PACE Fusion 3D and the third ever live sporting event presented in the innovative format.
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2008-03-27
IMAX to now use DLP projectors - Texas Instruments DLP Cinema has announced that IMAX will now be using DLP Cinema projectors.
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2008-03-27
Cineworld profits, revenue rise - LONDON — U.K. exhibitor Cineworld’s operating profits for 2007 rose 62% against the previous year to $61.3 million (£30.4 million); revenues rose 7.8% to $575.5 million.
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2008-03-27
ARTS ALLIANCE MEDIA RANKED IN TOP 50 FASTEST GROWING DIGITAL MEDIA COMPANIES IN THE UK - The Media Momentum Awards 2008 today announces the fastest growing digital media companies. The prestigious invitation-only Media Momentum Awards organised by investment bank GP Bullhound, presents accolades to just five companies selected from an elite pool of fifty, all outstanding achievers and expanding rapidly in their field.
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2008-03-27
Save The Chester Odeon Campaign - 793 signatures so far... - We would like to draw your attention to the fact that Brook Leisure has submitted a planning application and an application for Listed Building Consent to Chester City Council for the demolition of part of the rear of the Odeon building and the construction of a three-storey extension on land that is presently used for car-parking.
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2008-03-28
Odeon staff payroll dispute - BECTU members working as technicians (projectionists) in Odeon Cinemas have gone into dispute with the company.
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2008-03-28
Theatres Trust raises concerns as demolition contractor appears at Derby Hippodrome - On Tuesday 25 March an excavator, owned by contractor AB Demolition, appeared outside Derby Hippodrome as the deadline for its owner to carry out essential repairs ordered by Derby City Council came to an end. The Trust fears that the presence of the contractor will lead to further damage to the theatre. We hope that local people will be vigilant over the next few days and continue to report any suspect activity to the Council and to us. This is a critical time when the theatre is at its most vulnerable and faces greatest risk.
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2008-04-06
Odeon Doncaster to close 10th April 2008 - The last day of operation as a cinema for the Odeon Doncaster will be Thursday 10th April 2008. alas the Art Deco architecture lost in the 1964 conversion.There is a book available on the 100 year history of Doncaster Cinema History included the history of the Gaumont/Odeon history with photographs. (Lets Go To The Pictures)
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2008-04-11
Old cinema to be demolished - LANCASTER'S famous old cinema building will be pulled down to be replaced by a development "more in keeping with the city centre".
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2008-04-11
BFI IMAX 'Worldwide Highest Grossing Cinema' For 'U2 3D';The BFI IMAX has become the highest grossing cinema in the world for the U2 concert movie 'U2 3D'. - UK
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2008-04-11
STRATACACHE Announces New Release of OmniCast for Digital Cinema at the NAB Show - STRATACACHE today announced the newest release of OmniCast for Digital Cinema (DC) 4.0, an updated version of the fast and highly efficient digital cinema distribution software. The 4.0 release is capable of distributing some of the movie industry
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2008-04-11
STRATACACHE to Exhibit Newly Released Digital Cinema Solution at 2008 NAB Show in Booth C1247 - DAYTON, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--STRATACACHE, a leading provider of scalable, high-speed data delivery solutions for the digital cinema and digital signage industries, returns to Las Vegas this month to participate in the 2008 NAB Show, April 14-17. Exhibiting in booth C1247, STRATACACHE will spotlight OmniCast for Digital Cinema, a recently upgraded solution for fast, efficient digital cinema distribution, and ActiVia for Media, its award-winning digital signage software.
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2008-04-11
QuVIS Unveils Real-time JPEG2000 Mastering Options for the QuVIS Acuity - The QuVIS Acuity now offers real-time digital video mastering capabilities never before seen on a single server, providing workflow solutions that directly increase HD and Digital Cinema content production efficiencies and profitability.
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2008-04-11
Hollywood Gets Depth With Digital Makeover - Hollywood studios, theater owners and others have spent more than eight years working to bring digital cinema projectors to the big screen.
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2008-04-11
COMING TO A CINEMA NEAR YOU ... IT'S THE BIGGEST SCREEN IN THE MIDLANDS - When National Amusements opens the country's first luxury cinema in Derby in May, city moviegoers will be able to watch the latest blockbusters on the biggest screen in the Midlands.
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2008-04-11
How Things Get Invented - The history of motion pictures is an interesting one, and I am learning more about it in the context of my present work inventing stereoscopic motion picture systems, and in connection with the work I am doing with studios and filmmakers. I am taking working with filmmakers seriously because the quality of the Real D system is judged by the content projected on our screens. I was recently appointed as the co-chair (Peter Andersen is the other co-chair) of the sub-committee of the ASC Technology Committee tasked to help figure out workflow production pipeline and stereoscopic cinematographic issues. These subjects are tentative and need to be developed and we
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2008-04-11
Credits roll at town's old cinema - The curtain finally falls on the Odeon cinema in Doncaster on Thursday night - ending 74 years of entertainment.
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2008-04-11
Drive-in draws curtains - This is one show that will go on no longer.
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2008-04-11
Farrell pitches underground cinema plan - A NEW home for the Edinburgh International Film Festival and the Filmhouse could be built below one of the Capital's main public squares under plans drawn up by the city's design champion.
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2008-04-11
Open air cinema will be back - KUCHING - The Information Ministry will reintroduce the "wayang pacak" or open air cinema which will show films by Malaysian directors in the effort to make the ministry more people-friendly.
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2008-04-11
Charm of big screen no more in twin cities - Cinema houses, once a major source of entertainment in twin cities, are fast losing their appeal to people with owners thinking it advisable to turn these into commercial hubs to generate handsome profit.
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2008-04-11
Last picture show for old cinema - A 101-year-old cinema is staging its last show after campaigners' hopes were dashed that it could be saved.
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2008-04-11
Going, going, gone - THE number is up for the town centre's Mecca Bingo, whose members have been given only a week's notice that the doors are closing.
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2008-04-11
Cinema celebrates birthday with free tickets - Rochdale's Odeon cinema celebrates its tenth birthday today, Thursday 10 April, and to celebrate they are giving away free tickets to some lucky customers.
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2008-04-11
Cine-tal Develops 3D Image Processing Solution for Dolby - Cine-tal Systems announced that it has developed customized, image processing technology for Dolby Laboratories that facilitates the playback of 3D movies using a Dolby 3D Digital Cinema process while they are in production. The technology, which will be deployed under the name Cine-tal Color Processor for Dolby 3D, is aimed at movie studios and other producers of stereoscopic 3D films using a Dolby 3D Digital Cinema process for post production operations such as color grading and screenings. The system employs Dolby's advanced color processing for playback of any 3D source material that has not yet been packaged into a DCP (Digital Cinema Package). Cine-tal's solution ensures color accuracy in 3D playback, so that the playback image matches Dolby 3D Digital Cinema systems used in theaters
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2008-04-11
ADAG acquires Hollywood film restorer - MUMBAI: In its first acquisition in the digital services space, ADAG
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2008-04-11
£18 million funding boost for film in the regions from UK Film Council - The UK Film Council will be investing a total of £18 million over the next two years in the English regions to help them boost their local film industries and open up access for the public to our screen heritage.
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2008-04-11
Cine-tal Develops 3D Image Processing Solution for Dolby - DMN Newswire--2008-4-8--Cine-tal Systems announced that it has developed customized, image processing technology for Dolby Laboratories that facilitates the playback of 3D movies using a Dolby
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2008-04-11
The curtain drops - Generations of memories play on, but tonight will be Dedham cinema's final act
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2008-04-11
First 5D Cinema to Open in Moscow - The first ever cinema equipped with 5D technologies will appear in Moscow in the nearest future. It will be situated inside the shopping-entertainment centre Mall of Russia of the Moscow international business-centre Moscow-City.
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2008-04-11
Regal Entertainment Group Announces Two Additional Locations for Cinebarre Cinema and Eatery Concept - KNOXVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Regal Entertainment Group (NYSE: RGC), a leading motion picture exhibitor owning and operating the largest theatre circuit in the United States, today announced that two existing Regal Entertainment Group theatres are going to be converted into Cinebarre theatres. Under the Cinebarre brand these locations will offer first-run films, an expanded menu including fresh pizzas and burgers along with a wide selection of beer and wine. The two locations announced are in the Denver and Charleston markets.
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2008-04-11
Historic cinema's - AN historic cinema is to re-open next month after a
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2008-04-11
Regal expanding cinema eatery concept - Regal Entertainment Group announced today two existing theater locations will be converted to Cinebarre theaters, a
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2008-04-11
Almost had a major problem with Juno - Juno came in on Thursday as usual. The projectionist took it into the booth and opened it. I was just about to leave for my class (my last.one. ever!) when he said he had bad news. Reel 3 was missing!
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2008-04-11
Will the Empire strike back in the war of the cinemas? - AS Eden's leisure revolution takes hold in High Wycombe, questions remain over what will become of one of the town's other key recreational destinations.
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2008-04-11
Competition Commission cancels cineworld - The Competition Commission (CC) has today formally cancelled its inquiry concerning the anticipated acquisition by CineWorld Group Plc of the cinema business at the Hollywood Green Leisure Park, Wood Green, previously operating under the Showcase brand.
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2008-04-11
Odeon signs Irish management deal - Odeon & UCI Cinemas has announced a deal with Entertainment Enterprises Group (EEG) to manage and operate five multi-screen cinemas in Ireland.
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2008-04-11
Barco 3D Cinema comes to NuMetro - In Fourways, Johannesurg, NuMetro Montecasino is installing a Barco 2k digital cinema projector for Questek Advanced Technologies. The D-Cine Premiere DP100 digital projector is capable of 2048 x 1080 display resolution. The system uses Texas Instruments DPL cinema technology for premium performance and reliability. According to Sobi Mokholo, general manager of Questek Advanced Technologies,
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2008-04-11
Odeon, UCI to run Storm chain - LONDON
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2008-04-11
Proavio to Introduce New Line of Fibre Channel Storage Products for Growing Digital Cinema Markets - Proavio, U.S.A., has announced a completely new line of 4Gb Fibre Channel storage solutions designed to accommodate the needs of growing digital cinema storage requirements.
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2008-04-11
Lego to run campaign across cinemas - LONDON - Toy brand Lego is to promote its portfolio across ad cinema chain Vue for the next 12 months.
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2008-04-11
Mature cinemagoers targeted by Carlton - LONDON - Carlton Screen Advertising is targeting older cinemagoers with an "Award-Winning Film Season" at Odeons across the UK as part of its Senior Screen initiative.
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2008-04-11
An Open Letter to Terra Firma Capital Partners Limited - Traditionally, the cinema offered the chance for families to and young people to find entertainment in their local area at a price level their budget could afford. However, for some time now there has been a number of factors affecting the use of cinemas for entertainment.
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2008-04-11
On the job - Benjamin C. Ash, Manager, West Boylston Cinema Inc., West Boylston
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2008-04-11
Digital Projector - At the theater I work at we just got our first digital projector! It's so cool, we control it through a touch screen computer and instead of film the movie is on a portable hardrive. The other day at work we got it running and sat in the theater to watched some of it. The image is amazing, no scratches or little black spots. It was cool to see but at the same time it was kind of depressing because slowly the digital projectors will take over the the movie theater world and us projectionists will loose our jobs. Not that I want to be a projectionist for the rest of my life but there are a lot of die hard projectionists out there.
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2008-04-11
Cinema made a - A LANDMARK cinema in Barry has been declared a
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2008-04-11
UK event to address impact of D-cinema on distributors - The role of distributors in the development of digital cinema is the subject of a London conference this month, organised by analyst Screen Digest and the European Digital Cinema Forum.
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2008-04-11
Former bakery site could be transformed - It is the latest purchase by the firm which has also taken over ownership of the historic Odeon cinema on Hall Gate.
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2008-04-11
- A HISTORIC North-East cinema is to reopen next month after a
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2008-04-11
Cinema planned for Swan Centre - Cinema group Ward Anderson has been granted planning permission to develop a cinema on top of the Swan shopping centre in Rathmines in Dublin.
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2008-04-11
What is the cinema industry's death wish? - So we went to the movies on our tenth anniversary last week. We saw an average-to-not-so-good movie. But what bothered me was the disaster that is the cinema experience these days.
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2008-04-11
Network18 to get into cinemas, roll out theatre chain - Plans to nationally roll out multiplexes, with cinema screens, food courts, besides other entertainment zones; special focus on smaller cities
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2008-04-11
UK screen advertiser bags two new contracts.(ADVERTISING)(Pearl and Dean Ltd. wins contracts from Vue Cinemas and Bloom... - UK screen advertiser Pearl & Dean has won two significant screen advertising contracts. After a disappointing start to the year (see 2005/59b2), Pearl & Dean has won the advertising contract for seven Ster Century sites now incorporated into Vue Cinemas (see 2005/150b3). Vue now has 49 multiplexes with 496 screens. The contract takes in Ireland-a key target for Pearl & Dean. Ireland is undergoing a second wave of multiplex growth, and Pearl & Dean is keen to expand its presence. It recently won the contract for a new nine-screen multiplex
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2008-04-11
Reliance to open cinema chain in US - MUMBAI: Reliance Entertainment Pvt Ltd (REPL) is all set to start its cinema chain in the US under the brand name Big from next month. More than 200 theatres will screen Hindi as well as regional films from India.
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2008-04-11
Bexhill's only cinema closes - FOLLOWING weeks of speculation it has been announced Bexhill's only cinema has closed.
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2008-04-11
Cinema owner to appeal two years backpay order - A cinema owner, ordered to backpay a staff member for two years of unpaid work, says he will appeal the decision.
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2008-04-11
Arthouse cinemas refuse to face final curtain - While in recent years cinema may have become dominated by the Hollywood blockbuster, according to Marcus Wan independent picture houses are not yet ready to go quietly.
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2008-04-11
Picture House Joins The Dots With Online Initiative - Joiningthedots.tv, the London based online documentary initiative partnered by Mercury Media and The Independent Newspaper, which launches on April 15, has announced that an agreement to show films licensed to the site in cinema's across the UK has been reached with Picturehouse Cinemas, a leading UK independent Cinema network.
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2008-04-11
Cinema man worked two years without pay - A man who worked for free for nearly two years will finally get paid after the Employment Relations Authority (ERA) ordered his employer to cough up.
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2008-04-11
Independent Exhibitors Step Into the Digital Future - NATO's Cinema Buying Group Selects AccessIT to Provide Digital Cinema Equipment and Service to Over 8,000 Independent North American Screens AccessIT Offered the Winning Package of Extensive Experience, Exhibitor Choice, and Competitive Cost, Says Wayne Anderson, Managing Director of CBG- NATO
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2008-04-11
Brian's back to set films rolling - GOLDEN years of the cinema will be celebrated by a Calder Valley theatre as part of its centenary celebrations.
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2008-04-11
The final cut for Birmingham's Midland Arts Centre projectionists - PROJECTIONISTS Phil Fawke and John Brockington became screen stars themselves today.
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2008-04-11
XDC and Luxor Make Breakthrough in Russia With Scar 3D Playing on 33 Digital Cinema Screens - Shown for the first time during the Cannes Film Festival 2007, Scar is a first-of-its kind 3D movie. Moviegoers should brace themselves for an entirely new dimension in larger-than-life horror, shot entirely with one vision: to create an amazing full 3D digital cinema experience.
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2008-04-11
CBG focused on AccessIT - The Cinema Buying Group -- a buying program of the National Association of Theatre Owners for small and independent theater operators -- has inked a far-reaching deal with Access Integrated Technologies, making the digital-cinema deployer the integrator for the CBG's 600-plus members in the U.S. and Canada.
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2008-04-11
Developers buy historic Odeon Cinema - DEVELOPERS Lazarus Properties have bought Doncaster's historic Odeon Cinema - and it will show its last film in a week.
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2008-04-11
UK's leading cinema circuit signs up Royal Opera - In a further sign that alternative content is beginning to make in-roads into the cinema of the future, leading UK cinema circuit Odeon Cinemas and smaller circuit City Screen have agreed a deal with the Royal Opera House (ROH) for the upcoming season'\s events to be shown in its cinemas. Deal is arranged as part of wider distribution agreement between UK digital distribution company Arts Alliance Media (AAM), and Canadian DigiScreen Corp, Pillar Group and Royal Opera House'\s Opus Arte. AAM has an exclusive distribution agreement to take ROH events across Europe and will be responsible for cinema exhibitor booking negotiation, digital print services, security and tracking, live event project management and marketing/PR support. ROH plans to film 14 productions a year in HD and screen them in cinemas, beginning with The Marriage of Figaro in the autumn, although this was shot in 2006. Events will be a combination of Covent Garden'\s opera and ballet; the latter will be new for cinemas and is hoped to tap into a wider family audience. The new strategy for Covent Garden follows the acquisition of spin-off company Opus Arte, Covent Garden'\s DVD and CD sales outfit), by the ROH for £5.7m. Long-time negotiations between unions and management for new performers'\ rights deals (due to extra performaces such as these) have been concluded. In the beginning, screenings will be pre-recorded but Covent Garden aims to show live events. Initially, 13 Odeon cinemas will be involved. ROH is also looking to sell rights to these screenings in Europe and America. Ticket prices may start at £12 at Odeons, although City Screen has been charging around £25 for its previous operatic screenings and says that this is nearer the mark when a satellite transmission is involved. New York'\s Metropolitan Opera is the pioneer in this area, having agreed with cinema groups in several countries, including City Screen, to screen operas live into cinemas). Odeon has already shown three events from Glyndebourne. Both companies have reported seat occupancy of up to 90 per cent.
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2008-04-11
Scrabble Entertainment Chooses Qube for Its Digital Cinema Roll out in India - Qube Cinema, Inc. Hannah Cash, +1-818-392-8155 Fax: +1-818-301-0401 www.qubecinema.com Qube Cinema's Qube XP-D digital cinema server has been chosen by Scrabble Entertainment for its digital cinema roll out in India. Scrabble Entertainment is an India based digital cinema group. Over the next 12 months, Scrabble will upgrade 350 key screens in metropolitan cities across the country and release content in the DCI JPEG2000 format. Indian feature films in multiple languages as well as Hollywood Studio films will be released on this network.
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2008-04-11
'Going digital is the right step to prevent piracy' - Digital cinema infrastructure providers are bullish that in the year ahead, aggressive digitisation of cinema halls will significantly help in plugging the leak of film revenues due to piracy.
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2008-04-11
ODEON TO BECOME NIGHTCLUB? OH NO! - More than 2,000 clubbers will be milling about outside the old Odeon in the early hours if plans for a nightclub go ahead, a public inquiry was told.The planning inquiry opened yesterday in the Municipal Offices in Cheltenham.
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2008-04-11
Interview of Real D CEO Michael Lewis - Real D CEO Michael V. Lewis is approaching the world of 3D Cinema from a different angle, being the head of the technology company who has the biggest job in terms of convincing film directors, producers, studios as well as the theater owners and exhibitors, that 3D is a worthwhile investment and indeed the way of the future. ComingSoon.net had a chance to sit down with Lewis during ShoWest to find out more about his company's origins and how they've been using the Real D technology over the past few years and how they'll continue to provide the main foundation for digital 3D projection as more and more studios get into the act.
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2008-04-11
Cinema, hotel bid for town centre - A developer wants to build a leisure and retail complex on council-owned land in an Anglesey town centre.
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2008-04-11
Rivals set for cinema chain bidding war - French cinema chain UGC is understood to be preparing for a sale in a multi-million pound deal that could spark a battle between British rivals Cineworld and Odeon to buy the business and create the world's number one player.
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2008-04-11
DLP to lead cinemas' metamorphosis - With hundreds of theatre screens coming up across India in 2009, Texas Instruments (TI)
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2008-04-11
CSA signs up perfume brand for SATC - Carlton Screen Advertising (CSA) has lured the luxury brand Carolina Herrera 212 on board to advertise alongside Sex And The City: The Movie.
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2008-04-11
Jason Brenek Promoted to Newly Created Position of Senior VP, Worldwide Digital Cinema and Cinema Programming for Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures - BURBANK, Calif., April 2, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- Jason Brenek, who most recently served as the Studios' vice president of Distribution Strategy, has been promoted to the newly created position of senior vice president, Worldwide Digital Cinema and Cinema Programming, it was announced today by Mark Zoradi, president, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Group.
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2008-04-11
Disney reveals 3D movie line-up - Disney and Pixar are to make eight new 3D animated films over the next four years, Walt Disney has announced.
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2008-04-11
Imax Signs Texas Instruments For Digital Projectors - Imax Corp. (IMAX) will use Texas Instruments Inc.'s ( TXN) DLP Cinema technology in its forthcoming digital-projection system, the companies confirmed Tuesday.
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2008-04-11
Real Image - Real Image Media Technologies (RIMT), India
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2008-04-11
NEC Hires Seasoned Digital media Executive As General Manager Of Digital Cinema Division - NEC Corporation of America, a premier provider of IT and network solutions and services, today announced that Jim Reisteter has joined the company as the general manager of the Digital Cinema Division. He will report to the vice president of the Solutions Business, Yuji Ichimura. Reisteter offers a diverse and successful background in sales leadership, marketing and general management of Fortune 50, mid-cap and re-start organizations.
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2008-04-11
XDC and Sound Associates Announce Partnership Agreement - From its beginnings in 1958, Sound Associates has continued to provide solutions to the technical challenges for film exhibition
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2008-04-15
Media Invitation to attend the RAAM 2008 UK Film Distribution and Cinema Exhibition Conference and Forward Screenings - Press Release for the above event taking place on the 29th-1st May. Follow the link for more details.
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2008-04-15
Cinema Exhibitors Association launches website - The CEA today launched it's new website with large of information on the organisation and issues affecting the industry [words by editor]
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2008-04-16
New bid to turn former Odeon into flats - ANOTHER bid to demolish the former Odeon cinema in St Albans and replace it with a block of flats has been launched by developers Wattsdown.
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2008-04-16
Digital cinema dispute in 3-D - NATO prexy John Fithian warned Sunday that the cinema industry is headed for "a potential train wreck" over 3-D if studios and theater owners do not settle their dispute over digital cinema fees in short order. And he noted that while heavyweights such as Jeffrey Katzenberg and James Cameron were early and ardent supporters of digital, key helmers like Steven Spielberg remain on the fence.
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2008-04-16
Dolby SCC2000 Secure Content Creator Establishes Global Presence - LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE:DLB), announced today at the 2008 NAB Show that it has expanded the global presence of its Dolby
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2008-04-16
Chemical evacuation empties cinema - The cinema in Streatham High Road was evacuated this afternoon after a chemical spill.
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2008-04-16
Adobe Rolls Camera on New Digital Cinema Standard - Adobe hopes to become the standard bearer in digital movie making with CinemaDNG. The format would help ease workflows and processes for digital filmmakers by serving as an across-the-board standard for RAW image files. The move has support from major camera manufacturers like Panavision.
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2008-04-16
Kodak Selects intoPIX Technology for Digital Cinema - intoPIX, the leading high-performance JPEG 2000 solution provider, announces today that Kodak Digital Cinema will use the intoPIX decoder in next generations of the Kodak Content Player JMN3000. New Kodak units with intoPIX technology inside will be available later this year. The intoPIX decoder, which meets DCI specifications, will bring Kodak new flexibility in its continuing evolution of digital cinema systems that meet the industry
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2008-04-16
DTS Sells Digital Images Business to Reliance Big Entertainment - DTS, Inc. today announced that the Company has completed the sale of its Digital Images business to Reliance Big Entertainment Ltd., a member of the Reliance ADA Group of India.
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2008-04-16
International Datacasting's 3D Digital Cinema Product With Sensio Technology a Hit at European Satexpo Event - OTTAWA, CANADA and LAS VEGAS, NEVADA--(Marketwire - April 15, 2008) - International Datacasting Corporation (TSX:IDC - News), a global leader in providing advanced solutions for multimedia content distribution via satellite, announced the European debut of its SuperFlex Pro Cinema 3D Live product line with embedded Sensio
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2008-04-16
Cinema to close - but will re-open for school hoidays - It means that the Parkes-Forbes area will be without a cinema following the closure about a month ago of the Forbes Cinema.
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2008-04-16
ODEON BRINGS IN TECHNOLOGY TO SHOW NEXT-GENERATION FILMS - Derby Odeon will embrace digital technology later this year as it faces up to the extra competition from the new Showcase Cinema De Lux.
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2008-04-16
1 dead, 2 cops hurt in shootout at movie theater - EL SEGUNDO, Calif. - A shootout at a movie theater has wounded two police officers and left a suspect dead.
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2008-04-16
Last picture show as town cinema closes doors - MORE than seven decades of cinema history came to an end in Doncaster yesterday when the Odeon cinema closed its doors for the final time.
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2008-04-16
Before your very eyes - Films in 3D are back - and poised to revolutionise the cinema. And even the new-style specs are comfortable
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2008-04-16
King of clubs - NIGHTCLUB tycoon Stefan King wants to launch a multi-screen cinema in Glasgow's South Side.
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2008-04-16
Many issues threaten 3-D momentum - LAS VEGAS -- Digital-cinema stakeholders said that while digital-cinema and 3-D has been widely embraced, there remain myriad unresolved technical and business issues that threaten the momentum.
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2008-04-16
Beam it up: Tiny projectors magnify cell-phone cinema - LAS VEGAS Recognizing that it's not much fun to watch movies on a tiny cell phone, a number of companies are racing to develop gadgets that project what's playing on the small screen onto walls, tablecloths and other handy surfaces.
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2008-04-16
Over-50s cheaper film chance - CINEMA tickets to see award-winning films are at a reduced price for the over-50s this month.
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2008-04-16
Mecca Bingo Hall in Swindon is Sold Off - It has just been reported that a Mecca Bingo club in Swindon
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2008-04-16
FogScreen, Inc. AV Rental Partner Program Continues Rapid Expansion With Newest Additions - SAN FRANCISCO, April 15 /PRNewswire/ -- FogScreen, Inc., creators of the world's first walk-through projection screen made of "dry" fog, today announced the newest additions to its rapidly growing AV Rental Partner Program. In the first quarter FogScreen, Inc. has added new partners domestically in the states of Arizona, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas and the District of Columbia. FogScreen, Inc. is also proud to announce their first Canadian partner in British Columbia, as well as new international partners in Bahrain, Belgium, Bulgaria, Russia and Turkey.
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2008-04-27
Digital Cinema 3-D dispute - NATO prexy John Fithian warned Sunday that the cinema industry is headed for “a potential train wreck” over 3-D if studios and theater owners do not settle their dispute over digital cinema fees in short order. And he noted that while heavyweights such as Jeffrey Katzenberg and James Cameron were early and ardent supporters of digital, key helmers like Steven Spielberg remain on the fence.
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2008-04-27
Killer snake on loose in cinema - A DEADLY snake caused mayhem after it was found warming itself under a popcorn machine in a Northern Territory cinema - less than a metre from teenage staff.
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2008-04-27
Never mind the credit crunch, have you seen the price of popcorn? - I came across a receipt the other day from a trip the cinema. It was HUGE. But it wasn' for tickets (although in most places, especially central London that receipt would be HUGE too). No, it was for popcorn and a drink. OK, it was a large popcorn (salt, only ever salt) and a medium drink. How much did that come to?
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2008-04-27
Film website lands in UK - LONDON - A new film website, Screenrush.co.uk launches in the UK this week and aims to become a leading platform to promote films within Europe.
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2008-04-27
Opera muscles in on the big screen - Move over, Indiana Jones. A multiplex chain more usually the home of the big-budget blockbuster is about to screen productions from one of the world's most famous opera houses.
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2008-04-27
Bermondsey Square signs hotel, cinema and Sainsbury - Igloo has signed up a hotel, a cinema and a Sainsbury’s store at its Bermondsey Square development in south London.
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2008-04-27
Two in race to build cinema - Two cinema operators are bidding to open in Kidderminster as part of a £38 million redevelopment of the Worcester Street area.
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2008-04-27
Livingstone: I will build an open-air cinema on the Thames - Ken Livingstone today pledged to build a new open-air cinema beside the Thames as he unveiled his arts manifesto.
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2008-04-27
Livingstone backs BFI film centre for South Bank - Support for a new film centre with an outdoor screen on the South Bank and backing for the refurbishment of The Old Vic were two of the commitments made by Ken Livingstone at the launch of his arts and culture manifesto on Monday.
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2008-04-27
EMI makes restructuring move - The reorganization of EMI into what topper Guy Hands terms "a global functional matrix organization" was completed Thursday with the announcement of regional presidents, the creation of two boards and the shift of Roger Ames from A&R to acquisitions.
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2008-04-27
Preserved 1930s film posters found underneath carpet - Another discovery arrived on my desk this week from John Wragby, from Annitsford. While clearing out an old house, he discovered a set of old cinema posters being used a underlay beneath a carpet.
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2008-04-27
The Exhibitionist: Film Appreciation in the Digital Age - Is film really better than digital? Or vice versa? Following the news that Steven Spielberg is allegedly to blame for the slow rollout of digital projectors into cinemas, I've been thinking about the questions all week. And I have no idea. But not because siding with Spielberg, just because he's Spielberg, is difficult when he suddenly announces a new digital 3-D project (Ghost and the Shell) he'll be producing. The reality is that I'm not technologically informed enough and, more importantly, my eyesight isn' good enough for me to really make the distinction anymore.
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2008-04-27
Digital cinema in Ireland - Last week the Arts Council launched the report Digital cinema in Ireland (available from the web site), which was commissioned by the Cultural Cinema Consortium, the strategic partnership between the Arts Council and the Irish Film Board.
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2008-04-27
After some hard times, drive-ins celebrate 75 years of entertainment - About two years ago, Paul Geissinger was getting ready for another night of movies at Shankweiler's drive-in movie theater in Orefield when he found a state trooper standing outside.
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2008-04-27
Film portal launches in UK - A new film portal, Screenrush.co.uk, launches in the UK this week, pitched as ‘YouTube, IMDB, Odeon, Lovefilm and TimeOut all-in-one’.
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2008-04-27
3D Cinema could provide new market for practitioners - With a new generation of 3D films being screened across UK cinemas, the sale of polarised spectacles could provide a new market for opticians.
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2008-04-27
Qube Is Digital Cinema Partner at 2008 Tribeca Film Festival - Qube Cinema is proud to announce its partnership with the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival taking place in New York City from April 23 to May 4. This initiative is aimed at introducing and exposing independent filmmakers to Qube Cinema and the DCI JPEG2000 format - the global standard for digital cinema.
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2008-04-27
The future of film education: digital media - DePaul University has pulled a neat little bit of rebranding and retooling, which went into effect yesterday. The old School of Computer Science, Telecommunications and Information Systems has been transformed
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2008-04-27
Insight forms 3-D consortium - LAS VEGAS -- Driven by the momentum of 3-D in digital cinema, the U.S. Display Consortium and consulting firm Insight Media launched the 3D@Home Consortium with 22 founding members Tuesday at the NAB Show in Las Vegas.
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2008-04-27
Spielberg Blamed for 3-D “Train Wreck” - There’s currently a crisis in the theater industry and apparently it’s all Steven Spielberg’s fault. According to Variety coverage of Sunday’s National Association of Broadcasters Show’s Digitial Cinema Summit, the filmmaker was named as a constant obstacle in the transition to digital cinema.
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2008-04-27
Plans for cinema - THERE are two applications for cinemas currently being assessed by the Whitsunday Regional Council (WRC).
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2008-04-27
Battle declared over 'unforgivable' plan to destroy cinema - THE demolition of a historic cinema in Edinburgh would be "unforgivable", architectural experts have warned.
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2008-04-27
Inside the old Odeon cinema, Cambridge Street, Aylesbury - In March 2008 I investigated this long closed and fast deteriorating cinema building with my brother. This is a small documentary of what we found, as shot on my digital stills camera when the battery on my camcorder proved flat.
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2008-04-27
How cinema helped me to survive in Palestine - After Jerusalem became violently divided, I wondered how people could carry on going to the movies. My film offers an answer
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2008-04-27
The Cinema that comes to you - And now rural communities in Stratford district are seeing the principle in motion - with the success of the Moving Pictures project that brings the cinematic experience to their doorsteps.
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2008-04-27
Shuttered cinema sold in foreclosure - In describing why Streator's Northpoint Cinemas shut its doors in late February, owner Daniel Rogers listed taxes, wages, expiration of a tax break, fuel costs and other expenses as reasons for the closing.
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2008-04-27
Final show at Odeon - THE curtain has finally come down on Doncaster's Odeon cinema.
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2008-04-27
The Secret Projectionist Short Film -
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2008-04-27
Cinema site saga is still rolling on - THE future of a former cinema site is still undecided after appeals against the refusal of two housing schemes were dismissed.
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2008-04-27
Council weighs cinema funding - PITTSFIELD — To help offset the rising costs of the delayed Beacon Cinemas project, Mayor James M. Ruberto is asking the City Council to spend $1.1 million from the GE Economic Development Fund.
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2008-04-27
Petition reaches 5000 signatures - Following a successful awareness event on the 19th April and an additional signature signing event held by Peter Valentine at the Thamesside Theatre in Grays the combined petition count has now reached an amazing 5000 signatures!
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2008-04-28
French chain starts to go digital - CGR to have 100 digital screens by July
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2008-04-28
Sony Creates New Division in Support of 4k Technology - In hopes of increasing awareness of 4k projection technology, Sony Electronics has created a new business group, called the Digital Cinema Services and Solutions Division, which is located in Los Angeles. This group will install, maintain, and finance programs that deal with the digital cinema industry, primarily servicing clients of the Sony CineAlta 4k SXRD Projector, also known as the SRX-R220. Realizing that the conventional cinema market is moving to digital cinema, this recent move by Sony will be detrimental to encouraging the use of 4k, as opposed to 2k projection. Providing his management experience to the company, Michael Fidler will be senior vice president of the newly created group.
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2008-04-28
Projectionist sees indie films for free, but it's a lot of work - Max Savage feels pretty lucky when he goes to work. The San Rafael native, 24, is a projectionist at the Christopher B. Smith Rafael Film Center, where he gets to see some of the best independent films for free. Savage is a student at College of Marin and works at the Rafael at night.
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2008-05-10
Museum puts Rare Film in the Spotlight - The Black Country Living Museum will be rolling out the red carpet on Saturday 17th May for a glittering evening performance of its latest find - a rare print of Buster Keaton's 1927 silent masterpiece - The General.
For more details press read the press release
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2008-05-16
Cinema chain signs lease - A NATIONAL cinema chain has signed a 25-year lease with the company behind the
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2008-05-16
Cineworld confident of revenue growth - LONDON (SHARECAST) - Box office revenues at multiplex cinema operator Cineworld are up in 2008 despite a dearth of blockbuster films on release.
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2008-05-16
French chain starts to go digital CGR to have 100 digital screens by July - LONDON
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2008-05-16
Arsonists target disused cinema - A disused cinema has been extensively damaged by a fire which police believe was started deliberately.
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2008-05-16
Dalsa Looking For A Digital Cinema Partner - Dalsa Corp. is looking for a partner to help seek out strategic partnership opportunities for its digital-cinema division.
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2008-05-16
Dolby posts higher Q2 profit - May 1 (Reuters) - Audio technology licensor Dolby Laboratories Inc (DLB.N: Quote, Profile, Research) posted a better-than-expected 45 percent rise in quarterly profit, driven by strong gaming, broadcast and personal computer markets, sending its shares up 11 percent.
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2008-05-16
Katzenberg says 3D films are the future - When Jeffrey Katzenberg recently stood on stage in Las Vegas before 500 of the movie industry's most influential members and theatre owners from as far away as Australia, he looked like a general motivating his troops.
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2008-05-16
http://gwinnettherald.com/Articles-i-2008-04-25-171720.112113_AMC_opens_alldigital_theater_May_16.html - CUMMING
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2008-05-16
New home hope for Hull Screen - HULLS only independent arthouse cinema could be transferred to a new home by the beginning of next year.
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2008-05-16
Developer to start survey of Odeon site - Survey work begins this week on Bradford's Odeon cinema building, ahead of a planning application to develop the site.
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2008-05-16
Mixed feelings over going digital on the big screen - Everyone agrees that digital projection is the future of cinema, but the rise of 3D films means cinemas may soon have more incentive to invest in the technology.
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2008-05-16
D-Cinema Deadlock - At least 10 3-D digital features are planned for 2009, but the clock is ticking ominously when it comes to the deployment of digital theater installations. "(DreamWorks Animation CEO) Jeffrey Katzenberg has stated that he wants 5,000 3-D-ready digital-cinema screens by March," National Association of Theatre Owners president John Fithian said. "That is aggressive. We can get there, but I kind of doubt it." DWA's "Monsters vs. Aliens" is slated for release March 27
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2008-05-16
XDC Official Digital Cinema Partner for Cannes Film Festival - As the Official Partner for Cannes Film Festival, XDC is providing all of the necessary equipment, as well as its know-how, to support, under the technical supervision of the French CST, all the digital screenings including the parallel sections during the May competition.
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2008-05-16
Adlabs Films to operate cinema chain in Malaysia - MUMBAI, May 5 - Adlabs Films Ltd has entered a pact to acquire a controlling interest in Malaysia-based Lotus Five Star Cinemas to operate a 51-screen cinema exhibition chain in the country, an official said.
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2008-05-16
IMAX Sells $18 Million Worth Of Shares - IMAX Corp. has announced that the Douglas family, its largest shareholder, is adding to its stake by buying 2.7 million shares for $18 million in a private placement. As a result of the move, the Douglas family now owns 19.9 per cent of the company.
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2008-05-16
Lighthouse Cinema Re-Opens After 12 Years - The new Lighthouse Cinema, located in Smithfield Square, Dublin 7, opens its doors to the public this Friday, 9th May. IFTN chatted to co-founder of the cinema, Maretta Dillon, to find out how the cinema made its return.
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2008-05-16
Cinema surveyed ahead of plans for demolition - WORK has started on surveying Bradford's Odeon cinema ahead of a controversial planning application to develop the site.
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2008-05-16
Odeon sale hit by economy - PROBLEMS with the economy have been blamed for holding up negotiations to find a buyer for the former Odeon cinema in Ipswich, it emerged today.
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2008-05-16
Celebrating decade of film at Tyneside Cinema - FILM lovers can join in the celebrations of 100 years of cinema on Tyneside on a new interactive website.
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2008-05-16
CGR CINEMAS AND ARTS ALLIANCE MEDIA INSTALL THE FIRST ALL DIGITAL MULTIPLEX IN FRANCE AT LA ROCHELLE - Circuit George Raymond (CGR Cin
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2008-05-16
The stuff of legend - THE curtain finally came down on the Odeon in Hall Gate earlier this month - but a new book records the three dates the Fab Four took the old Doncaster cinema by storm back in 1963 as Beatlemania was gripping Britain.
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2008-05-16
Sussex says, - SHOALHAVEN City Council has come under pressure to abandon plans to sell the Sussex Inlet Cinema.
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2008-05-16
Council backs bid to create multi-theatre venue at old cinema site - Auckland City Council is backing Auckland Theatre Company's bid to create a multi-theatre complex in the abandoned Mid City cinema complex in Queen St.
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2008-05-16
DTS sells digital cinema business for $3.3 million - AGOURA HILLS, Calif. (AP) -- DTS Inc., which makes audio parts for speakers, DVD players and computers, said Monday it sold its digital cinema business to Beaufort California Inc., a member of U.K.-based Beaufort International Group PLC.
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2008-05-16
Council postpones cinema decision - PITTSFIELD
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2008-05-16
Cinema attendance rises by 5.8% - Cinema attendance increased in the first quarter, despite a slump in the figures in the first two months of the year, according to new figures from Carlton Screen Advertising.
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2008-05-16
Warners closes troubled divisions - Warner Bros has closed down its subsidiaries Warner Independent Pictures and Picturehouse, citing a need to streamline costs and bring operations under one roof. The move had been widely expected following lukewarm results for the pair of "specialty" distributors 70 jobs will be lost. WIP rose to fame when it bought US rights to the Oscar winning French documentary March of the Penguins, but had struggled to find box office gold in the three years since then. Picturehouse, established in 2005, had successes with Pan's Labyrinth and La Vie en Rose.
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2008-05-16
Lionsgate, AccessIT sign Print Fee Deal - "Digital cinema integrator Access Integrated Technologies has formalized a virtual print fee deal with Lionsgate.
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2008-05-16
Lights, camera, action as cinema set to open - WORK on the fitting out of Andover's new cinema complex is progressing well with the doors now scheduled to open on 12 June.
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2008-05-16
The Big Picture:A 3D Journey - One of the most highly anticipated movies in years is this summer’s Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D. The movie, from Walden Media, is the first live-action digitally captured, wide release 3D-feature film in history. I recently interviewed Cary Granat, Walden’s co-CEO about the making of the movie.
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2008-05-16
Introducing Cinema Technology Emag - Cinema Technology E-MAG is an exciting online edition of the print version and provides a truly worldwide window for everybody in the business.
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2008-05-16
Planning Application for the demoliation of the Derby Playhouse. -
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2008-05-16
Derby Hippodrome Theatre - A petition has been raised to save the Derby Hippodrome Theatre.
Intended re-use is as a live theatre, after many years as a bingo
club and recent attempts by the current owner to demolish it.
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2008-05-30
Lots of News - Due to a lack of time I haven't had time to do the news stories in May. As a temporary fix until I can add them to the database I have put up a page http://www.madcornishprojectionist.co.uk/tempnews.php which a collection of the top news stories. One which is really worth looking at is of a film all about Technicolor.
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2008-06-17
Cash boost for Barnoldswick cinema plan - BARNOLDSWICKS community cinema has received a huge cash boost - but it may mean rethinking the original plans.
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2008-06-17
Top Ten Cinemas in England - rather than spending the summer another soulless squalid multiplex cinema, I intend to embrace more lavish, elaborate and comfortable surroundings and experience cinema as it was intended in the early 1920
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2008-06-17
Projectiondesign to use InfoComm as launch pad for active 3D stereoscopic projectors - Projectiondesign is set to wow the audiovisual industry in Las Vegas next month with the most spectacular booth it has ever brought to an InfoComm show. projectiondesign is using the event to showcase a number of new products, including our first-ever active stereo 3D projector. Another world first from projectiondesign, the new F10 AS3D single-chip DLP
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2008-06-17
Minor accident on Hannah Montana movie set when wind blows projection screen against ride - RIDGETOP, Tenn. - No one was seriously injured when the wind blew a projection screen against a Ferris wheel on the set of Hannah Montana: The Movie, witnesses said.
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2008-06-17
Flicks in sticks a big hit with chicks - There
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2008-06-17
Indiana Jones Soundtrack Intentionally Muted In Theaters - The Hollywood machine
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2008-06-17
Barco Launches Global Training and Certification Program for Digital Cinema Installers - Barco, a leading manufacturer in digital cinema and display technology, announces the launch of its global digital cinema installation certification program. For the Americas, a dedicated training facility has been specifically designed for the program in Rancho Cordova, California. EMEA training sessions will be performed in Belgium, and APAC trainings will be run in each territory where they will be adapted to each market
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2008-06-17
AccessIT To Bring Live 3-D Events to 150 Digital Cinema Equipped Theatres in Top U.S. Markets - MORRISTOWN, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Access Integrated Technologies, Inc. (AccessIT) (NASDAQ:AIXD) announced today, its plans for the installation of 150 of its leading edge CineLiveSM product in key markets throughout the United States. The technology, which enables the live broadcast to movie theatres of both 2-D and 3-D events such as sports and concerts, will be added to those theaters that are part of AccessIT
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2008-06-17
CSA on the look-out for Formula 1-Odeon sponsor - LONDON - Carlton Screen Advertising, the UKs largest cinema sales house, is on the hunt for a sponsor to back an initiative in which the Odeon cinema chain will broadcast live coverage of this seasons Formula 1 races.
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2008-06-17
Old Cinema Restored, Transformed - A theatre that thrilled movie goers for decades is morphing into its new role in local culture.
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2008-06-17
Regal Gets Real but What Does it Mean? - Regal Entertainment Group and RealD 3D have announced a partnership to convert some 1,500 screens to 3D. The deal, when completed, the key phrase here would bring the total number of 3D screens in the US to well over 3,000. But the deal will not take effect until the major studios and the Digital Cinema Implementation Partners come to terms. So the question is what does this all mean?
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2008-06-17
Marcus Theatres(R) Purchases 13 NEC Digital Cinema Projectors from Ballantynes Strong Digital Systems Division - OMAHA, Neb.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ballantyne of Omaha, Inc. (Amex: BTN - News), a provider of motion picture projection, digital cinema and cinema screen equipment and services, announced today that Marcus Theatres
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2008-06-17
Reel anger frames action - Projectionists in the Bectu union at Odeon Cinemas have voted overwhelmingly to reject a proposed realignment of the payroll system.
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2008-06-17
Delight for movie fans as cinema gets go-ahead - AN epic 20-year struggle to bring a multi-screen cinema to Falmouth has finally come to an end after plans to convert the old Drill Hall into an entertainment centre were given the go-ahead.
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2008-06-17
Related MediaGrant may help historic cinema reopen earlier - A Wide Bay town could reopen a historic cinema sooner than anticipated thanks to a Queensland Government grant.
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2008-06-17
The Majestic Cinema - Moving pictures could be seen at the mart as early as 1910. Between the World Wars four cinemas were operating in the town.
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2008-06-17
Exhibition for cinema revamp plan - Plans to transform a derelict Newcastle cinema into shops and offices are to go on public display next week.
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2008-06-17
Fire-hit Universal Studios opens - The world-famous Universal Studios in Los Angeles, California, has re-opened to visitors, a day after a fire tore through sets and exhibits.
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2008-06-17
Verizon sends text messages to the big screen - Verizon will be asking moviegoers about their music preferences and posting their responses up on the cinema screen as part of a new pre-movie advertisement.
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2008-06-17
Priory cinema site sold - A DEAL to sell the site of the former Priory cinema in Royston has been agreed.
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2008-06-17
New look for old cinema - The development is planned for the old cinema site which is on the market for
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2008-06-17
How to improve cinemas in one simple step - Matt has a new idea that will fix the problem with modern cinemas once and for all. And, yknow, it might just work...
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2008-06-17
THE GLITZ AND THE GLAMOUR OF THE ELEPHANT AND CASTLE! - THE GLITZ and glamour of the 1930s picture house went down in history at the Elephant and Castle this week, with the unveiling of a commemorative plaque on the site of a former cinema.
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2008-06-17
Champagne launch for new cinema - ANDOVERS newest attraction officially opens its doors to the public on Friday, 13 June.
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2008-06-17
Spending on cinema ads up - continued growth seen - NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - Cinema advertising spending in the U.S. continues to grow at a rapid pace, jumping 18.5 percent to $539.9 million in 2007.
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2008-06-17
Eight-screen cinema in - An eight-screen cineplex is among the elements in a
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2008-06-17
Curtain may fall on film nights at village centre - FILM nights at Denmead Community Centre are under threat because of falling attendances.
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2008-06-17
Warren Theatres selects Christie as DLP cinema provider - MUMBAI: Christie Digital Systems USA, Inc. has been selected by Warren Theatres as the exclusive DLP Cinema provider for its new 14-screen multiplex in Moore, Oklahoma.
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2008-06-17
And fade to new cinema opening - EARLY this afternoon one of the most eagerly awaited projects in Andovers history gets underway when the doors open at Reel Cinema on top of Asda.
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2008-06-17
The Cinedrome Padstow - The Cinedrome at Padstow is situated on Lanadwell Street, opposite the Golden Lion public house. It is a very short walk from the towns shops and quay, with car parking being available on the quay itself.
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2008-06-17
Cinema popcorn strike tonight - A popcorn strike will hit Skycity Cinemas at Aucklands St Lukes complex tonight as Unite union members protest over pay.
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2008-06-17
Budding projectionist needed - The Bowraville Theatre has now been reopened for five years, operating under the management of the Bowraville Arts Council.
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2008-06-17
Warren Theatres Selects Christie as Exclusive DLP Cinema Provider for New, All-Digital 14-Screen Multiplex - Christie Digital Systems USA, Inc., a global leader in Digital Cinema, was selected by Warren Theatres as the exclusive DLP Cinema provider for its spectacular new 14-screen multiplex in Moore, Oklahoma. The Moore Warren Theatre, the most expensive in the history of the state, is also one of the largest, with luxury accommodations and screens up to 80 feet wide and four stories tall.
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2008-06-17
Foo Fighters Wembley Stadium Shows To Be Shown At Cinemas - The two Foo Fighters shows at Wembley Stadium will be shown at cinemas across the UK
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2008-06-17
Workers to continue popcorn strike action - SkyCity cinema workers are promising further industrial action after staff at an Auckland theatre walked off the job last night.
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2008-06-17
Its THE END for Odeon cinema saga - THE END was finally flashed up on screen on Monday as the site of the citys last cinema was given the go-ahead to become a flats scheme.
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2008-06-17
CSA board to disband following sale - LONDON - The entire board of cinema sales house Carlton Screen Advertising will leave the company once its sale to Odeon Cinemas and Cineworld Group is completed next month.
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2008-06-17
OSRAM Launches OSTAR(R) Projection SMT LED, the Ideal Solution for Pico Projection Applications - SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The new OSTAR
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2008-06-17
Cineworld Group says forms 50:50 joint venture with Odeon Cinemas - LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Cineworld Group Plc. said it has formed a 50:50 joint venture, Digital Cinema Media Ltd. (DCM), with Odeon Cinemas Ltd. to address cinema advertising.
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2008-06-19
Deal includes Film, HD Content in the Museum - NEW YORK, NY June 16, 2008
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2008-06-19
Man questioned over cinema fire - A 33-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a fire at a disused cinema in Wrexham town centre.
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2008-06-19
Cinema ads cost effective & impactful than TV - MUMBAI: While cinema may have a lower reach than television in India, it is a far more cost effective and high impact medium for advertisers, according to a report by Group M.
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2008-06-19
UK's Biggest Premiere of Prince Caspian at the O2 -
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2008-06-19
Entertain in Cineworld distribution tie-up - LONDON - Expansive Media's DVD magazine Entertain is to be distributed in copies of Cineworld from July.
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2008-06-19
Marcus Theatres buys 13 NEC Cinema Projectors from Ballantyne - Mumbai: Cinema equipment provider Ballantyne of Omaha announced that Marcus Theatres has purchased 13 NEC STARUS NC2500S Digital Cinema projector systems from its Strong Digital Systems (SDS) division. The financial terms were not disclosed.
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2008-05-31
Disney Channel Tests Cinema Advertising With - The Disney Channel has partnered with cinema advertiser Screenvision to promote the cable network
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2008-05-31
$1.1M OK'd for city cinema project - PITTSFIELD
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2008-05-31
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2008-05-31
AccessIT Formalizes Agreement with Lionsgate to Receive Content and Virtual Print Fees Through November 2017 - Access Integrated Technologies, Inc. ("
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2008-05-31
INFORMATION MINISTER TO LAUNCH OPEN AIR CINEMA IN KAPIT NEXT MONTH - The information minister's launch of the open air cinema (wayang pacak) in Kapit next month is among several activities organised by the Sarawak Information Department to coincide with the 45th anniversary celebrations of the state's independence within Malaysia.
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2008-05-31
articleid=4073731">Appealsin cinema listing battle - Appeals have been launched against the decision not to list Bradford's former Odeon cinema building.UK
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2008-05-31
DTS Reports First Quarter 2008 Financial Results - DTS, Inc. (Nasdaq: DTSI) today announced financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2008. In addition, the Company announced that it has sold its Digital Cinema business to Beaufort California, Inc., a member of Beaufort International Group Plc. in England.
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2008-05-31
1st payment made on Amherst Cinema - AMHERST - More than eight years after a group of volunteers took action to bring a movie theater to downtown, cinema officials have written a check for the first payment that will bring them the title to the theater.
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2008-05-31
SCIENCE CENTER'S KING NAMED TO GIANT SCREEN CINEMA ASSOCIATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS - The Giant Screen Cinema Association has named Doug King, president and CEO of the Saint Louis Science Center, to its board of directors. King began his two-year term in March and is the only representative from a Missouri museum or giant screen entity to be selected for the board.
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2008-05-31
Cinema passes subcommittee hurdle target=_blank>PITTSFIELD - UNKNOWN
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2008-05-31
Cineworld Website Offers Exciting Marketing Opportunity - Cineworld, one of the leading UK cinema house groups, is offering a chance for a selected brand to reach millions of UK cinemagoers through brand exposure ...See all stories on this topic:Regal Plans to Add 3-D Movie Screens target=_blank> The Regal Entertainment Group, the world?s largest cinema operator, has reached an agreement to equip 1,500 screens to show three-dimensional films. - Rest
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2008-05-31
Cinema 6 Theater opens to throngs of ardent moviegoers - Despite a rainy evening and tight parking on Mill Pond Parkway, the long-awaited Monroe Cinema finally opened last ...
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2008-05-31
Hold the popcorn! Opera is heading for the multiplex - Glyndebourne (whose summer season starts today) is scheduling screenings into its repertoire after having a hit at Odeon cinemas last year with three operas ...
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2008-05-31
imw=Y">DIGITAL CROSSROADS - Digital cinema presents tremendous opportunities for the industry to improve, expand, standardize and future-proof audio in theatres worldwide, and the industry is focused on balancing these technological possibilities with the process of standardization.
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2008-07-07
LOST METROPOLIS FOOTAGE FOUND - Lost footage from cult sci-fi film METROPOLIS has been discovered in Argentina. The director's cut of Fritz Lang's 1927 classic, featuring an extra 30 minutes, was believed to have vanished forever after it was cut by Paramount bosses because of bad reviews.However, the curator of the Buenos Aires Film Museum discovered a copy of the movie in his archives - and a projectionist noticed it was longer than all other versions of the iconic film.Film restorer Martin Koerber, who is one of the few people to see the lost footage, says, "No matter how bad the condition of the material may be, the original intention of the film, including all of its sub-plots, is now once again tangible for the normal viewer. The rhythm of the film has been restored."
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2008-07-07
New Report on Digital Cinema - Digital Cinema Shifts into Second Gear - It has been three years since the Digital Cinema Initiative (DCI) published recommendations for how distributors and theaters should handle movies distributed and exhibited digitally. The recommendations have since turned into standards and the Digital Cinema industry went through a burst of activity and growth. There are now over 6,300 digital screens worldwide and major movies are now distributed digitally as well as with film.
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2008-07-07
NEW MANAGER FOR CINEMA - The newly reopened Tivoli cinema in Tiverton has a new manager in Rob Lea, who joins from the Apollo Cinema chain in Redditch.
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2008-07-07
New Cinema Opens In Burlington - Burlington, NC -- People looking for a big show turned to the sky for fireworks Friday night and many others will head to the movies this weekend.
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2008-07-07
City centre tower block plans defended - The 20-storey apartment block proposed for the site of the former Capitol Odeon cinema on Queen Street, Cardiff, was recently lambasted by planning officials who identified a litany of failures.
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2008-07-07
Cinemas reel them in - A wet summer and tighter finances are attracting more punters to see films, and cinema-owners are taking advantage of their good fortune, writes Emma Kennedy.
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2008-07-07
Ward Anderson plans cinema complex in Co Down - Cinema group Ward Anderson plans to open a new Omniplex cinema complex in Dundonald in Co Down, following the opening of its
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2008-07-07
Local man recalls the magic of the motion picture business - At the age of 87, Bill Bartlett knows everything there is to know about movie theaters. It's how he, his father Ray and grandfather C.W. Bartlett made a living.Today, there is one walk-in theater, the Mall Cinema, with three movie screens and one drive-in, Fiesta, with three movie screens in Carlsbad. Although not all operating at the same time, there have in the past been an additional six walk-in theaters and two drive-ins in Carlsbad.
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2008-07-07
Sony Unveils New - PARK RIDGE, N.J., June 5, 2004 - Sony is taking the lead in the rapidly emerging digital cinema market with the introduction of two new
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2008-07-07
Curtains for cinema development? - CAMPAIGNERS against the demolition of the city's last cinema fear the unstable economic climate could turn the approved scheme on its head.
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2008-07-07
Cinemark and RealD 3D Announce Exclusive 1,500 Screen Digital 3D Partnership - Cinemark Holdings, Inc., and RealD 3D, the global leader in 3D, announced today that Cinemark will add up to 1,500 RealD 3D screens to its circuit, bringing RealD
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2008-07-07
Real Image announces Digital 3D capability on their Qube XP Digital Cinema servers - With the introduction of Stereoscopic Digital Cinema (3D), Real Image Media Technologies (RIMT), a pioneer in the Digital Cinema domain, has heralded a major resurgence of the film exhibition industry that is trying to draw the audience back into the movie theaters again. Following their recent major initiatives against movie piracy with the forensic watermarking system, Real Image has announced Stereoscopic digital playback capability (more commonly known as Digital 3D) on their Qube XP Digital Cinema servers.
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2008-07-07
DTS DIGITAL CINEMA INTRODUCES NEW SUITE OF PRODUCTS AT CINEMA EXPO INTERNATIONAL 2008 - DTS Digital Cinema announced the introduction of a new suite of products at Cinema Expo International 2008. The ScreenStore
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2008-07-07
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2008-07-07
Cinema plans set for approval - A COUNCIL is set to approve plans for a new cinema as part of its cultural strategy.
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2008-07-07
Worksop needs a cinema- join the fight - THE WORKSOP Guardian is backing the public's campaign to put pressure on Bassetlaw Council to build a cinema in Worksop.
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2008-07-07
New 35mm Projector Arrives at The Grand - ELLSWORTH
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2008-07-07
DTS Digital Cinema Introduces New Products At Cinema Expo - DTS Digital Cinema, a provider of digital entertainment services for content owners and cinema exhibitors, has announced the introduction of a new suite of products at Cinema Expo International 2008. The ScreenStore Media Player, Theatre Management System (TMS) and Screen Management System (SMS) have all been launched at the industry showcase demonstrating DTS Digital Cinema's commitment to providing solutions for the digital cinema network.
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2008-06-30
Cineworld trading - Cineworld has said that trading for the first half of 2008 was as expected, with total revenues up 0.7% on last year, driven by gains in box office revenue which increased 1.2%.
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2008-06-30
Indiana Jones blockbuster helps whip up improved revenues for Cineworld - CINEWORLD, operator of the cinema complex at FountainPark, has seen revenues in the first half of the year nudge ahead, thanks to blockbuster movie releases including Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
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2008-06-30
Cineworld eyes box-office boost - The UK's second-largest cinema chain hopes to recover from a "challenging" summer with a string of box-office hits due for release this autumn.
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2008-06-30
Anticipated acquisition by Odeon Cinemas Limited and Cineworld Cinemas Limited of Carlton Screen Advertising Limited - The full text of the decision will be available shortly
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2008-06-30
UK's OFT clears Odeon/Cineworld purchase of Carlton Screen Advertising - LONDON (Thomson Financial) - The UK Office of Fair Trading said it has cleared the anticipated acquisition by Odeon Cinemas Ltd. and Cineworld Cinemas Ltd. of ITV Plc.'s Carlton Screen Advertising Ltd. (CSA).
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2008-06-30
Dolby Supports Big-Screen Premiere of New Chronicles of Narnia Movie - Dolby provided digital cinema technical support for the UK
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2008-06-30
Cinema Makes Grand Opening in Burlington - BURLINGTON, N.C. (WGHP)
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2008-06-30
Curtains for cinema development? - CAMPAIGNERS against the demolition of the city's last cinema fear the unstable economic climate could turn the approved scheme on its head.
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2008-06-30
DTS Digital Cinema Introduces New Suite Of Products At Cinema Expo International - AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS -- DTS Digital Cinema today announced the introduction of a new suite of products at Cinema Expo International 2008. The ScreenStore
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2008-06-30
Cinemark and RealD 3D Announce Exclusive 1,500 Screen Digital 3D Partnership - LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cinemark Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CNK), and RealD 3D, the global leader in 3D, announced today that Cinemark will add up to 1,500 RealD 3D screens to its circuit, bringing RealD
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2008-06-30
Cinemark Inks Digital 3D Partnership with RealD 3D - (RTTNews) - Tuesday, RealD 3D, a digital 3D technology provider, announced that Cinemark Holdings, Inc. (CNK: News, Chart, Quote ) would add up to 1,500 RealD 3D screens to its circuit, bringing RealD's committed 3D platform to a game-changing 5,000 worldwide screens.
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2008-06-30
Tartan Films goes into administration - UK distributor Tartan Films has gone into administration, ending months of speculation.
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2008-06-30
INTEREST IN ARCHIVE IS GROWING AS CLASSICS ARE RELEASED ON DVD - Movie lovers are expected to flock to an Exeter University archive created by a revolutionary film director after his ground-breaking work was widely released on DVD for the first time.
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2008-06-30
Hi-tech images on Tube platforms - Tube users are able to watch moving advertising images and film trailers while they wait for their next train.
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2008-06-30
Hit makers: The real stars of British film - Who decides what we watch? And who can really sell a movie? Geoffrey MacNab gives a rundown of British cinema's top movers and shakers
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2008-06-30
Noisey phone users in cinemas: your days are numbered - Huzzah! Microsoft is developing something called a 'manners device' which will automatically silence all phones within an area. The idea is that it will be installed in cinemas internationally, making the world a better place.
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2008-06-30
Merlin cinema approved for Falmouth - Plans for a multiplex cinema in Falmouth were approved this morning and work is expected to start as soon as possible.
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2008-06-30
CURTAIN TO RISE AT CINEMA'S GALA RE-OPENING - Film lovers in Mid Devon will be putting on their glad rags tonight for the gala reopening of a much loved cinema.
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2008-06-30
SpongeBob SquarePants in revamp of Pearl & Dean ident - LONDON - Nickelodeon UK will later today launch a SpongeBob SquarePants version of the iconic Pearl & Dean Cinema cinema ident.
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2008-06-30
Technicolor moves to Soho - Technicolor will open a new seven-storey facility in Soho's Lexington Street in late autumn as part of a multimillion pound project to move its post-production and its creative services division from West Drayton.
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2008-06-30
XDC Signs Cooperation Agreement with Emerging Pictures For European Digital Distribution Services - XDC, the leading digital cinema service company in Europe, signs a cooperation agreement with Emerging Pictures, New York-based digital entertainment company, to provide, in selected European countries, digital mastering and distribution logistical services for La Scala opera titles.
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2008-06-30
DLP Cinema(R) Brings U.S. Troops in Kuwait Some Hollywood Glitter: Summer Blockbuster 'Hancock' Will Premiere in Digital Cinema at Camp Arifjan Military Installation - KUWAIT CITY, June 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Texas Instruments (TI) (NYSE: TXN) DLP Cinema(R) in conjunction with the Army & Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES) today will screen Sony Pictures' summer blockbuster, "Hancock" at Camp Arifjan military installation. Of the 9,000 troops deployed at this remote site, 220 will be the first to experience the movie in a digital cinema format enabled by DLP Cinema projector technology. The installation of a DLP Cinema projector will provide military members the highest technical quality image in the world.
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2008-06-30
Screen International - Screen International is proud to host digital Cinema 2008, the comprehensive event that provides solutions to the major obstacles in moving digitisation forward. taking place at a make-or-break time for the whole digital cinema project, the conference will bring together key stakeholders, identify new business opportunities and set forth a strategy to accelerate roll-out.
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2008-06-30
Big drop in cinema audiences - FILM fans are deserting the big screen, with cinemas set to lose more than 11million people this year, figures reveal.
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2008-06-30
Building work starts on cinema - Cinema will show 3D films as well as major sporting and music events, new operator says
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2008-06-30
UK cinema attendances approach 8-year low - Cinema attendances are heading towards an eight year low as the credit crunch hits leisure spending, new figures show.
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2008-06-30
The age of the super cinemas - Talking of cinemas, which we have been in Nostalgia in recent weeks, a notable anniversary falls tomorrow. On June 27, 1938 the Odeon, the first of Halifax's super cinemas, opened at the corner of Broad Street and Orange Street. The other, the Regal, later the ABC, opened later in the year, on September 19, at Ward's End.
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2008-06-30
Cinema admissions suffer but Carlton predicts comeback - LONDON - Cinema admissions dropped markedly in May but cinema sales house Carlton Screen Advertising expects 2008 to be a "bumper" year for movies as it hit back at press reports claiming attendances will be down by 11m for the year.
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2008-06-30
Execs uneasy as Europe's d-cinema lags - AMSTERDAM -- Studio anxiety over the slow pace of Europe's conversion to digital cinema was apparent Thursday at a closing-day seminar at Cinema Expo.
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2008-06-30
Consortium bid for Brighton cinema - A famous cinema which has fallen into disrepair is changing hands for the second time in less than a year.
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2008-06-30
Cinema staff were all well dressed - REFERENCE the memories of The Rex cinema by Bernard Hopkins (Callback, Post, Wednesday, May 7).
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2008-06-30
Cinemas - THE teams of two Odeon cinemas in West Yorkshire are taking part in their very own action adventure by embarking on a cross country hike for child charity NSPCC.
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2008-06-30
Plans for region's first hospital cinema unveiled - PLANS for the region
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2008-06-30
Cinema Chain Urges Digital Change at Cinema Expo - Steve Knibbs, COO of Vue Cinemas, has urged distributors to start making more digital trailers alongside their digital films. In December 2007, the UK cinema chain opened Europe's first all digital 10-screen multiplex in Hull and Knibbs told attendees at this year's Cinema Expo conference in Amsterdam of the benefits and teething problems of running an all-digital theatre. He said that since the multiplex's inception, 85% of films on offer were shown in digital but when it came to showing trailers, only 26% of them were available in digital format
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2008-06-30
ARTS ALLIANCE MEDIA ANNOUNCE THE OUTFIT OF YELMO'S NEW SITE 'ISLA AZUL'IN MADRID WITH 5 DIGITAL CINEMA PROJECTION SYSTEMS - Paris, France
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2008-06-30
Digital Dearth in Europe - The time warp that is digital cinema figured prominently Monday in opening-day seminars at Cinema Expo. In the U.S., the rollout of d-cinema systems in multiplexes nationwide is sufficiently progressed -- at almost 5,000 movie-quality screens -- that exhibitors already are eyeing the additional implementation of 3-D hardware. Pacific-Asian exhibition is even further around the digital bend, with an installed base of about 6,500 screens. Yet in Europe, which has fewer than 1,000 digital screens at present, d-cinema is largely a theoretical discussion.
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2008-06-30
Dolby 3D Digital Cinema Expands Global Presence - Dolby Laboratories Inc., provider of high-quality audio and surround sound, announced at Cinema Expo 2008 this week the growth of Dolby 3D Digital Cinema worldwide.
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2008-06-30
Naked reviews Digital Cinema Media strategy - LONDON - Digital Cinema Media, the cinema sales house formed through the purchase of Carlton Screen Advertising by Odeon and Cineworld, has appointed Naked Communications to undertake a strategic review of the business.
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2008-06-30
Art Alliance Media implements QubeMaster Pro - Digital film distribution services provider Arts Alliance Media (AAM) has installed QubeMaster Pro, a digital cinema packages (DCP) encoding software developed by Qube Cinema, as part of its plan to spread digital cinema mastering services.
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2008-06-30
Barco premieres small venue digital cinema projector at Cinema Expo Amsterdam. - Kortrijk, Belgium, 25 June 2008. At the Cinema Expo trade show, digital cinema pioneer Barco has introduced the DP-1200, a custom-designed cinema projector for the small venue market.. Thanks to the DP-1200, smaller theaters now also have access to digital cinema at an affordable price.
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2008-06-30
The Future of Display - Stereoscopic 3D "The world is Not Flat" - Korea's research on 3D image-based technologies was initiated with the participation of such a state-owned research institute as the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) in 2002. Leading companies in the private sector are KDC Corp. and masterImage. Founded in 1972, this year marks the 36th anniversary of its establishment as Korea's leading IT company. KDC has four subsidiaries, listed on Kosdaq in 1996. The overall sales of the KDC Corp, an IT enterprise of middle standing, amounted to more than $1.1 hundred million, employing a staff of 800 people. KDC has decided to put priority on the next-generation display business as a new growth engine in 2004, and has joined forces to make inroads to the display market in close collaboration with masterImage, a professional 3D enterprise. Launched with the participation of influential engineers in the 3D sector, masterImage has secured core technology with regard to stereoscopic 3D images.
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2008-06-30
Billington Cartmell secures Cineworld Group business - Cineworld Group, the UK
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2008-06-30
Dolby secures global 3-D deals - Dolby Labs has landed commitments for its 3-D systems on more than 350 screens in Europe, Asia and the Americas.
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2008-06-30
Cinema Expo closes on upswing - AMSTERDAM -- After four days of high-profile screenings, receptions themed to promote studio slates and seminars devoted to all things digital, Cinema Expo 2008 wound to a close Thursday with organizers touting upturns in attendance and trade show participation.
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2008-06-30
3D can be 'saving voice' for cinema, claims Nielsen - 3D cinema is a "three-legged stool operation", requiring co-operation from not only exhibitors and distributors, but consumers as well, delegates at Cinema Expo in Amsterdam were told.
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2008-06-30
Doremi Exhibits Its Technologies At Cinema Expo International - Cinema Expo International, held at the RAI, Amsterdam between June 23-26, is forecast to be a success for Doremi, the company has announced.
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2008-06-30
Stiller's 'Tropic' heats up Cinema Expo - Jeffrey Katzenberg found a receptive audience as he tubthumped 3-D, helping European exhibition confab Cinema Expo get off to a bang Monday.
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2008-06-30
Odeon-UCI to go digital - AMSTERDAM -- Europe's largest exhib chain Odeon-UCI plans to convert all its U.K. theaters to digital projection in the next three years, with the rest of its European sites following shortly after, the company revealed at Cinema Expo in Amsterdam Monday.
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2008-05-31
Chester Odeon extension plan is deferred over access fears - Premium Article ! Your account has been frozen . For your available options click the below button.
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2008-05-31
Sex & The City (15) target=_blank>AS far as eagerly anticipated films go, Sex & - The City has got to be one of the biggest. And as hundreds of stylishly-dressed women queued excitedly in a never-ending snakes and ladders game across the Odeon in Southampton, expectations were high.
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2008-07-12
US cinema pins hopes on 3D - Hollywood is hoping 3D films such as 'Journey to the Centre of the Earth' will draw movie lovers back to theatres as home cinema systems grow in popularity
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2008-07-12
Plans for controversial apartment block dropped - AN INVESTMENT firm has dropped controversial plans to build a 20-storey copper, bronze and steel apartment block in the centre of Cardiff.
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2008-07-12
Phoenix Mills inks deal with Adlabs Cinemas - The consortium led by Phoenix Mills has inked a historic deal with Adlabs Cinemas for the country's largest multiplex cinema at its Kurla project
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2008-07-12
Trans-Lux sells division for $8.5 million - Trans-Lux sells entertainment division for $8.5 million to private equity firm Marwit Capital
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2008-07-12
Theaters Prepare for 3D 'Journey' With New Technology Installations - NEC, RealD, Ballantyne/Strong Bring 3D Capabilities to Multiple US Theaters in Anticipation of Warner Bros. Pictures/New Line Cinema's, Walden Media's Journey to the Center of the Earth
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2008-07-12
PEP focuses on big picture with more Imax theatres - PACIFIC Equity Partners, the private equity owner of Hoyts cinemas, plans to open four Imax theatres in Australia over the next 18 months - its first big investment since buying the business from James Packer's Publishing & Broadcasting and West Australian Newspapers last year.
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2008-07-12
Chaplin's "Monsieur Verdoux" at Northwest Film Forum - Movie review: Charles Chaplin's comedy "Monsieur Verdoux," presented with a new 35-millimeter print, stars Chaplin as a Parisian dandy who marries wealthy doyennes and kills them for insurance money. Savagely delightful, the 1947 comedy is now hailed as an overlooked classic.
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2008-07-12
Imax 'may show Batman all night' - Managers at an Imax cinema in London have said they were "seriously considering" screening the new Batman film "24 hours a day" to meet demand.
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2008-07-12
CSA sale to Digital Cinema Media finalised - LONDON - ITV has completed the
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2008-07-12
Christie Introduces CP2000-M DLP Cinema Projector - Christie, a leading company in digital cinema, introduced the new light and compact CP2000-M DLP Cinema projector at Cine Expo in Amsterdam.
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2008-07-12
Screen opinion: A lengthening list of demands - Cinema on demand is one of those long-touted ideas that's become a cliche before the fact.
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2008-07-12
IMAX Signs First Joint Venture Deal With One of Australia's Largest Exhibitors - MISSISSAUGA, ON, July 10, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ ----IMAX Corporation (NASDAQ:IMAX
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2008-07-12
John Fithian fires back at Warner Bros. - Is exhibition or distribution to blame for the slow rollout of digital 3-D cinema?
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2008-07-12
Sensio Announces First Sale Of Its Sensio3D Cinema Decoding Technology - SENSIO has signed a Licensing Agreement with International Datacasting Corporation for the integration of the SENSIO3D cinema decoding technology into products for the digital cinema market.
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2008-07-12
UK cinemas set to screen first scented ads - LONDON - Cinema sales house Pearl & Dean is in talks with several luxury brands about the launch of the UK
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2008-07-12
Sony get a Vue into the cinema world - Sony has struck a deal with VUE cinemas to supply 62 multiplexes across the UK and Ireland with a new Sony Ziris digital signage system. The programme will see 287 Bravia and Sony Pro 40in LCD screens located throughout its network linked by Ziris software and centrally managed from Vue's London headquarters.
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2008-07-12
Engineers called in after leaks shut giant cinema - The largest new multiplex cinema to open in New Zealand this year has been shut indefinitely while its weathertightness and other building issues are investigated.
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2008-07-12
Odeon Leads the Way in Digital Cinema - Cinema goers at the ODEON in Guilford this weekend were the first and only audience in Europe to see
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2008-07-12
Digital Cinema Shifts into Second Gear - Cupertino, California (PRWEB) July 9, 2008 -- It has been three years since the Digital Cinema Initiative (DCI) published recommendations for how distributors and theaters should handle movies distributed and exhibited digitally. The recommendations have since turned into standards and the Digital Cinema industry went through a burst of activity and growth. There are now over 6,300 digital screens worldwide and major movies are now distributed digitally as well as with film.
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2008-07-12
Happy 40th to art's concrete bunker - Luminaries of the art world will flock to the South Bank tonight to celebrate an institution they love - even if the paying public has always been more cautious in its enthusiasm.
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2008-07-12
Hollywood celebrates reprieve - The Hollywood Film Theatre, in Bury St Edmunds, will re-open next week after a rescue package was negotiated with the existing owners.
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2008-07-12
NFT Logistics gets Harry Potter to the cinema on time with Skillweb - Track and Trace solutions from Skillweb systems provide competitive advantage in visibility and security for NFT Logistics
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2008-07-12
Vandals targeting neglected Odeon - DELAYS to the redevelopment of York
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2008-07-12
Church to move into former cinema - Parishioners in the Woburn Baptist Church in Lower Hutt, which was damaged by lightning last month, will soon pray in the city's former Hoyts cinema complex.
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2008-07-12
Guiding lights of a golden era - Star of many British films, Lesley Phillips, with the staff at the Ritz cinema, in the Buttermarket, Ipswich, when he attended a film premier. Valerie Porter
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2008-07-12
UK cinemas set to screen first scented ads - LONDON - Cinema sales house Pearl & Dean is in talks with several luxury brands about the launch of the UK's first scented ad campaigns in cinemas.
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2008-07-12
Microspace Digital Cinema Experiences 200% Growth in Less Than One Year - Leading Distributor of Digital Cinema Via Satellite to Deliver Feature Films and Alternative Content to 3,000 Screens in the U.S., Canada and Mexico
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2008-07-12
Demolition has begun at mall cinema - BARBOURSVILLE -- Demolition began Tuesday on the old cinema section of the Huntington Mall, to make way for a larger movie theater at the same location. The mall will remain open, with barricades protecting shoppers from the work areas.
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2008-07-12
Bafta to mark Arab cinema's success - British Academy of Film and Television Arts (Bafta), in association with the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) will celebrate Arab cinema with "Bafta Goes To The Arab World."
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2008-07-12
Community venue plans for school - A new
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2008-05-31
Cinema victors to run the show - THE Sussex Inlet community has ensured public ownership of its cinema building is retained and now its challenge is to keep it running.
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2008-05-31
Hold the popcorn! Opera is heading for the multiplex - As Glyndebourne starts, its arias won't just be heard in Sussex. Hermione Eyre reports on a new cinema trend
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2008-05-31
Regal Plans to Add 3-D Movie Screens - The Regal Entertainment Group, the world
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2008-05-31
The first 3-D cinema halls in Romania - Movieplex Cinema Bucharest will launch the first 3-D cinema halls in Romania, on May 22. On the same day, the cinema will provide viewers the first hall with digital projection in Romania, a press release announces.
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2008-07-24
CSA appoints new sales director - Cinema sales house Carlton Screen Advertising (CSA) has promoted Gemma Atkinson to the role of sales director.
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2008-07-24
Reel cinemas future hangs in the balance - Plymouths oldest cinema - which once hosted a Beatles concert - is rumoured to be closing in October.
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2008-07-24
Multiplex plan: Anger over lack of consultation - A RESTAURANT owner has slammed a lack of consultation over plans for a city-centre multiplex cinema.
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2008-07-24
UK cinema attendances on the up - The number of people going to UK cinemas rose by 4% in 2007, after two years which saw attendances decline, the UK Film Council has said.
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2008-07-24
Cineplex Entertainment and RealD Sign Major Agreement for 175 3D Installations - Cineplex Entertainment (CA:CGX.UN
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2008-07-24
Hollywood gears up 3D TV effort - SAN JOSE, Calif. — It may not be easy, but Hollywood wants to bring its growing library of 3D films showing at the local cineplex to your living room. The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers is forming a task force that will set the stage for an effort to define a stereo 3D mastering standard for content viewed in the home.
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2008-07-24
Cinema theater Lietuva in Vilnius Old Town to be demolished - Vilnius Municipality Council on Friday confirmed the detailed plan of the site in Pylimo street, where the cinema theater Lietuva stands. The company Rojaus Apartamentai will be able to demolish the old cinema theater and to erect a multi-functional building with two cinema halls on this site.
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2008-07-24
The Dark Knight achieves biggest cinema opening ever - The Dark Knight has earned the best opening weekend ever, with $155.3 million (£77.7 million) in its first three days on release in the US and Canada.
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2008-07-24
Hungarian company to reopen and operate previously closed cinemas - Two previously closed cinemas will be reopened by a Hungarian-owned company, which believes they could continue operating once undergoing a few changes, reports Napi.hu
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2008-07-24
Behind The Screen at Somerset House (2008) - ILM buffs are once again invited to go Behind the Screen with Somerset House’s latest programme of screenings, talks and discussions taking place literally behind the giant screen
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2008-07-24
Digital cinema to be park focal point - A DAZZLING new digital cinema will be one of the focal points of a new retail and leisure park.
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2008-07-24
Christie News Update - Cineplexx Selects Christie DLP Cinema(r) Projection Systems For Xdcs First Large-Scale Deployment Of 193 Screens In Austria, Wokingham, Berkshire (7th July 2008)
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2008-07-24
3D movie experience a hit - After proving a hit with audiences at The Zone in Rosebank and Gateway in Durban, Ster-Kinekor Theatres are extending the 3D digital cinema experience.
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2008-07-24
Bid to lift ban on Monty Python’s Life of Brian - IT FEATURED some of the most famous scenes in cinema and has been repeatedly voted the funniest film ever made.
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2008-07-24
Cinema focus on ‘spy’ crime deterrent - AMOROUS film-goers who want to go hugging in the back row had better watch out.
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2008-07-24
Tropic Cinema expanding with fourth screen - The Tropic Cinema, a theater and venue for Key West community events, will soon grow, as a fourth screen and possibly another wine bar are in the works. Tropic staff and architect Michael Miller hope to knock down the wall between the theater at 416 Eaton St. and the retail space at 418 Eaton to lump them together.
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2008-07-24
Opening for £3m cultural centre - A £3m visitor attraction has officially opened in a Cumbria town.
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2008-07-24
Multiplex cinema is top of wish list for young people in Bognor Regis - Nearly every young person in Bognor Regis wants to see a multiplex cinema in the town
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2008-07-29
Stop bombarding us with unnecessary re-releases - We all know The Seventh Seal is great, and Badlands sublime. So why dont distributors get a little creative with their back catalogues?
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2008-07-24
The Electric Palace cinema in Harwich: the first picture show - You’re the aspiring actor Clive Owen, it’s the mid-Eighties, and you are out to impress your girlfriend and fellow RADA graduate Sarah-Jane Fenton. So where do you take her? Drinking in Soho? Eating in Knightsbridge? Dancing in Hoxton? Why, you go to the Electric Palace cinema in Harwich, northeast Essex, of course.
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2008-07-24
COMMERCIAL BREAK - Falmouth is boldly strutting into the 21st century by getting its first commercial cinema for more than 20 years.
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2008-07-29
Fox linked to digital cinema deal - NEWS Corps Twentieth Century Fox has reached a deal with a group of movie theatre chains, paving the way for a $1.1 billion (
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2008-07-29
Day in the Work Life: Projectionist - On this weeks "A Day in the Work Life," we get a peak at this summers blockbusters from a slightly different angle with a projectionist.
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2008-07-29
Dark curse strikes at city film premiere - THE RUMOURED Curse of the Dark Knight struck in Worcester on Wednesday night as the plug had to be pulled on a special advance screening of the summer
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2008-07-29
CCTV cameras in UKs Odeon cinemas to be installed - CCTV Cameras have been installed to watch over their audiences by Britains largest cinema chain. By Jon Swaine
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2008-07-29
Bravery award for cinema worker who tackled arsonist - Security officer honoured for action which prevented former employee from certain death
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2008-07-29
Thomsons Technicolor provides laboratory and digital services to top 10 films in North American market - Jul 25, 2008 (M2 EQUITYBITES via COMTEX) -- TMS | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- Thomson (Euronext Paris:18453) (NYSE:TMS), a provider of video solutions for the Communication, Media & Entertainment (CME) industries, announced on Thursday (24 July) that its Technicolor Services division provided a range of laboratory and digital services to the top 10 films of the North American box office for the weekend of 18-20 July, 2008.
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2008-07-29
Fox reaches digital cinema upgrade deal -sources - LOS ANGELES, July 24 (Reuters) - News Corps Twentieth Century Fox has reach a deal with a group of theater chains paving the way for a long-delayed $1.1 billion digital cinema upgrade that Hollywood hopes will boost attendance and cut costs, sources familiar with the deal said on Thursday.
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2008-07-29
Regal profit falls: digital upgrade advances - LOS ANGELES, July 24 (Reuters) - Regal Entertainment Group , the largest U.S. movie theater owner, posted sharply lower quarterly profit on Thursday and said improvement might not come until the fourth quarter.But the company also reported progress in a long-delayed digital upgrade expected to boost sagging attendance at movie theaters.Second-quarter net income fell to $13.8 million, or 9 cents a share, from $52.7 million, or 33 cents a share, a year earlier.
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2008-07-29
Thomson's Technicolor Contributes To Record Breaking Weekend Box Office. - Thomsons Technicolor Services division provided a full array of industry-leading laboratory and digital services to the top 10 films driving the record-smashing North American box office for the weekend of 18 -20 July.
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2008-07-29
Odeon puts CCTV into cinemas to stop snogging in the back row - KISSING in the back row could become a thing of the past after the UKs largest cinema chain admitted installing cameras to spy on the audience.
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2008-07-29
New images of Smithfield cinema proposals - A CINEMA operator has pledged to stay in Oswestry for at least 15 years if permission is granted to redevelop the Smithfield site.
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2008-07-29
Harry Potter helps British movies rake in - Harry Potter and The Order Of The Phoenix
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2008-07-29
New lease of life for old cinema - THE FORMER ABC cinema has been given a new lease of life, seven years after it closed its doors.
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2008-07-29
Cineplexx Selects Christie DLP Cinema - Christie, a leading provider of visual solutions for business, entertainment and industry today announced that the company
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2008-07-29
New President for European Digital Cinema Forum (EDCF) - Following the recent elections to the Board by EDCF members, the new Board has appointed Antoine Virenque as EDCF President for the next two years.
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2008-07-29
Countering the Content Piracy Threat - The issue of content security has been a hot topic in the audio-visual market for several years. In more recent times, it has become an increasingly urgent concern. The digital revolution has led to proliferation in digital content creation while the emergence of the Internet and broadband has made it much easier to share illicit copies of content with anyone across the globe. This has increased the window of exploitation for pirates.
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2008-07-29
Coming to a big screen near you - A season of performances from the Royal Opera House is to be screened live at cinemas in Britain and across Europe.
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2008-07-29
Cinepolis and RealD 3D Announce Exclusive Digital 3D Partnership - Morelia and Santa Fe, Mexico- based Cinepolis, Inc, the worlds fifth largest cinema exhibitor, and RealD 3D, the global leader in 3D, announced today that Cinepolis will add 500 RealD 3D screens to its circuit.
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2008-07-29
Barco Drops as Net, Video Wall Sales Miss Estimates (Update3) - July 23 (Bloomberg) -- Barco NV, the Belgian maker of electronic displays that will be used at the Beijing Olympics, dropped the most in at least 18 years in Brussels trading after saying quarterly profit fell more than analysts estimated.
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2008-07-29
AMC opens all digital cinema in Seattle - We
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2008-07-29
Cinema operator plans digital multiplex - A cinema operator is to open its first digital multiplex movie theatre at a leisure and retail park being built at Wisbech.
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2008-07-29
Why I - The Queen
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2008-07-29
The Empire is ten years old - and bigger than Godzilla! - THE giant cake baked and scoffed to celebrate the Empire cinema
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2008-07-29
New 10-screen cinema plan for Plymouth - THE city centres famous Reel Cinema may be knocked down and replaced by a 10-screen multiplex.
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2008-07-29
Cinema security rises as Batman opens - HORSHAM Centre Cinemas staff have been keeping a close eye on patrons since the new Batman movie The Dark Knight opened on Wednesday.
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2008-07-29
IMAX projectionist brings Dark Knight to screen - The MinnPost profiles Rodney Johnson, projection manager at the Minnesota Zoo
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2008-07-29
Reel life in the cinemas - WHILE you
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2008-07-29
Minster visit towns film achives - A government minister visited the worlds largest film archives that are in Berkhamsted to celebrate the launch of a new online service.
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2008-07-29
AMC opening Northwests first all-digital cineplex at Southcenter - Its not being billed as such, but the opening Friday of AMCs luxurious 16-screen multiplex at Westfield Southcenter in Tukwila is a milestone event in local movie history. Its the first large-scale cinema in the Northwest in which every projector is digital.
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2008-07-29
Cinepolis and RealD 3D Announce Exclusive Digital 3D Partnership - LOS ANGELES, Jul 17, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Morelia and Santa Fe, Mexico- based Cinepolis, Inc, the worlds fifth largest cinema exhibitor, and RealD 3D, the global leader in 3D, announced today that Cinepolis will add 500 RealD 3D screens to its circuit.
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2008-07-29
It - Hollywood moviemakers have been fascinated by 3D features for more than five decades now. If it can leap off the screen and land in your lap it has probably been shot, whether in a sci-fi shocker of the 1950s like It Came From Outer Space, an experimental film of the 1970s like Flesh for Frankenstein, a tacky sequel of the 1980s like Friday the 13th Part 3 or a popular CG release of the new millennium like Meet the Robinsons. Over the past few years, however, there has been a huge increase in the production of 3D films. More than a half-dozen live-action and a dozen computer animated 3D films are currently in the studio pipelines
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2008-07-29
Hollywoods 3-D kick hits a bump - While movies change titles all the time -- Will Smiths Hancock used to be called Tonight, He Comes -- rarely does a name switch hint at a looming crisis for the film business at large. But thats exactly whats behind the changed title of Journey to the Center of the Earth.
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2008-07-16
Rural projectionist -
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2008-07-16
Light and sound - t is a unique experience when the lights go down in a movie theatre and the action on screen begins. But as people enjoy their popcorn and let their senses be taken over by Surround Sound and 24 frames a second, somebody is adjusting, focusing and watching over the film that is being projected on screen.
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2008-07-16
Recession welcome to cinemas - Rapturous reviews, a dead star and Batman’s global familiarity will all help to sell The Dark Knight, but it is the crashing economy that could do the most for its success. Cinema tickets are the leisure industry’s equivalent of ties and lipstick, which enjoy better sales when looming job cuts encourage employees to smarten up.
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2008-07-16
Cinema will soon open new doors - Work is almost completed on the second cinema and the much needed disabled toilet at Narooma Kinema, housed in Narooma School of Arts Memorial Hall.
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2008-07-16
Blaze at derelict cinema in Cannock - FIREFIGHTERS forced their way into a derelict cinema today to tackle a blaze inside.
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2008-07-16
Valuable Group Officially Completes Acquisition of MovieBeam - Leading India-Based Media Company Plans to Transform MovieBeam’s Groundbreaking Video on Demand Servic
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2008-07-16
NATO and Warner Bros. Duke It Out - Even before the ink was dry on last Thursday’s Los Angeles Times article about the struggle Hollywood studios face in finding enough digitally equipped screens to distribute 3-D movies, The Hollywood Reporter published a story that had key industry executives debating who is to blame for the slow rollout of digital cinema. Representing distributors was Dan Fellman, Warner Bros.’ president of domestic distribution, while exhibitors were repped by John Fithian, the president of the National Association of Theatre Owner. The article has the two exchanging verbal barbs, each blaming the other side for the lack of digital cinema installations.
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2008-07-16
New entries on Theatre Building at Risk list - Brighton’s Gardner Arts Centre and the Farnham Redgrave Theatre have joined venues such as Wilton’s Music Hall on the list of England’s most endangered theatre buildings.
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2008-07-16
Popular cinema is saved - A popular cinema has been saved, just weeks after it closed after more than 80 years at a west Suffolk town.
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2008-07-16
Thomson to manage international network distribution services for NBC Universal - Thomson’s Technicolor Services division has completed a long-term agreement for Technicolor to provide NBC Universal with international broadcast distribution and media management services. Additionally, Technicolor has acquired NBC Universals broadcast distribution center in Denver.US
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2008-07-16
Microspace expands satellite digital cinema distribution to 3000 North American screens - Satellite digital cinema distributor Microspace Communications has expanded its network to more than 3000 screens across North America, the company said last week.
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2008-07-16
Defunct cinemas may finally be demolished - The long-abandoned Showcase Cinemas on Brady Street could soon be demolished to make way for contractor showrooms and other construction industry-related businesses.
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2008-07-16
Megaplex Theatres Introduces New Dolby 3-D Digital Technology - Megaplex Theatres at the Gateway in Salt Lake City and in Odgen launched their first film with the latest Dolby 3-D technology last weekend.
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2008-07-16
The Electric Cinema’s HD screen (and a little controversy) - The Electric Cinema recently completed the final stage of its refurbishment with the opening of a 78 seat second screen which features a High Definition projector. So far film screenings have leant towards the populist with Bladerunner (which I went down to see), The Wizard of Oz and, this coming weekend, The Great Escape. Check the Electric Cinema’s programme page for details.
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2008-07-16
What recession? Hollywood still smiling - Given the relentless onslaught of negative headlines about the looming prospect of recession, its perhaps no surprise that the idea of escaping into the darkness of the cinema or holing up with a CD or DVD instead of going out is fuelling rare optimism among some media executives.
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2008-07-16
D Cinema Finger-Pointing - Warner Bros. is accusing theater owners of dragging their feet in the deployment of digital cinema equipment. (True - the biggest chains, including Regal and AMC, have yet to get serious about installing digital projectors.)
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2008-07-16
Building work on cinema under way - Building work on a new cinema in a Berkshire town has begun.
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2008-07-16
BAFTA honours Arab cinema - LONDON – The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) in association with the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) celebrates Arab cinema with “BAFTA GOES TO THE ARAB WORLD” which will be held in London from 11-14 July as a token of recognition of Arab cinema’s unique contribution to the global film industry.
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2008-07-16
Star Cinema in the process of repairs - REEDSBURG—No reopening date has been set for Reedsburgs Star Cinema. The cinemas parent company Kerasotes ShowPlace Theatre, says it has contractors working to repair the facility, which endured significant damage during the June floods that turned its parking lot and adjacent streets into canals.
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2008-07-16
Ireland’s First Exclusively Digital Cinema Opens - Ireland’s first exclusively digital cinema, Omniplex Wexford, is set to open this Friday 4th July on The Rosslare Road, Drinagh, Wexford. The €9 million eight screen cinema, developed by the Ward and Anderson Group, has a seating capacity of 1577 and will present all films solely in the digital format.
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2008-07-16
Barco’s new digital cinema projector makes its world premiere at Cinema Expo, in Amsterdam. - At the Cinema Expo trade show, digital cinema pioneer Barco strengthens it leading position by introducing a new member to the DP family.
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2008-07-16
Dolby Launches 3D Playback Compatibility Program - Dolby Laboratories, Inc today announced at CinemaExpo 2008 a licensing program for digital cinema server manufacturers to allow their digital cinema servers to support Dolby(R) 3D Digital Cinema playback. XDC became the first manufacturer to receive approval to license Dolby 3D Digital Cinema technology for its CineStore Solo G3 server line.
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2008-07-16
XDC Signs Digital Cinema Deployment Agreements with Sony Pictures Releasing International and Universal City Studios LLP - XDC, the leading digital cinema service company in Europe, has signed non-exclusive agreements with Sony Pictures and Universal and is now the first deploying entity having signed with six (6) major U.S. distributors to target the deployment of up to 8,000 DCI-compliant digital cinema installations across Europe.
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2008-07-16
Digital Cinema In Europe - Progress At Last - Until recently, the European digital rollout was similar to watching a glacier in motion. At times, there seems to be no forward movement. Only when viewed over time and from a distance was there any apparent progress. However, in the past year, we have seen announcements from two major European-based digital-cinema providers that they are now able to offer exhibitors Hollywood-supported incentives covering up to 15,000 screens. These new business plans provide the European market with a solid foundation for future growth.
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2008-07-16
Barco Launches EMEA Certified Service Partner (CSP) program to establish European-wide digital cinema service and support network - Barco, a global leader in digital cinema, is delighted to announce the introduction of its Certified Service Partner (CSP) Program. Launched at Cinema Expo 2008, the program is the cornerstone of Barco’s commitment to provide its rapidly expanding European digital cinema customer base with the highest quality, local service and support.
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2008-06-30
XDC Signs its First Large-Scale Deployment Agreement with Cineplexx - XDC, the leading digital cinema service company in Europe, announces to have signed an exclusive agreement with Cineplexx Kinobetriebe GmbH, the largest cinema chain in Austria, for the deployment of digital cinema systems in 100% of the circuit’s 193 screens. This agreement represents a contract of a total value of about 21 millions Euros.
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2008-06-30
Digital dearth in Europe - AMSTERDAM -- The time warp that is digital cinema figured prominently Monday in opening-day seminars at Cinema Expo.
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2008-06-30
Dolby to license cinema 3D playback support - Dolby Laboratories Inc (NYSE: DLB), a supplier of audio and video enhancement applications, announced on 23 June that it will launch a programme to allow manufacturers of digital cinema servers to license their servers to support Dolby 3D Cinema playback.
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2008-06-30
Dolby Digital Cinema Helps Screen Prince Caspian Premiere - Dolby Laboratories Inc., which features a complete digital system for storing, managing, and playing digital movies, provided digital cinema technical support for the premiere of The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, the UKs biggest single-screen digital cinema movie premiere to date in London last night.
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2008-06-30
Sony Showcases CineAlta 4K SXRD Projection And Digital Signage Solutions At Cinema Expo 2008 - ystems, Ziris digital signage solution, HD standard LCD panels and plasma screens at Cinema Expo 2008 in Amsterdam.
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2008-06-30
Cinema to open in top of New Empire Theatre - A NEW community-based cinema is being planned for Southend.
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2008-06-30
QubeMaster Pro Chosen by Art Alliance Media - QubeMaster Pro Chosen by Art Alliance Media
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2008-06-30
Progress at last - Until recently, the European digital rollout was similar to watching a glacier in motion. At times, there seems to be no forward movement. Only when viewed over time and from a distance was there any apparent progress. However, in the past year, we have seen announcements from two major European-based digital-cinema providers that they are now able to offer exhibitors Hollywood-supported incentives covering up to 15,000 screens. These new business plans provide the European market with a solid foundation for future growth.
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2008-06-30
Dolby 3D Digital Cinema Expands Global Presence in Europe, Asia, and the Americas - AMSTERDAM, Netherlands--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE:DLB - News) announced today at Cinema Expo 2008 the growth of Dolby® 3D Digital Cinema worldwide. With sales and commitments to date of more than 350 systems to exhibitors and equipment distributors in Europe, Asia, and the Americas, Dolby continues to transform theatrical experiences with its high-quality digital 3D solution.
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2008-06-30
CINEMA EXPO 2008 - It’s an exciting time for European exhibition, as the first agreements to finance digital-cinema installations in theatres begin to take shape (see separate article in this issue) and the Hollywood studios make plans to back more local-language productions, which are taking an increasingly larger share of box office.
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2008-06-30
Glamour and glitz at cinema launch - THERE was red carpet glamour at Reel Cinemas, Andover, last week when its official opening took place.
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2008-06-30
2 killed in Somali cinema attack - Mogadishu - Two people died and six were injured after attackers hurled a grenade at a cinema hall in southern Somalia, where youths were watching a Euro 2008 quarter-final, said witnesses on Monday
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2008-06-30
Happy 80th to Cinema Arts Centres Vic Skolnik - Last evenings scheduled 80th birthday party for Vic Skolnick, co-founder with his beloved Charlotte Sky of the anti-multiplex known in these parts as the Cinema Arts Centre, actually was a belated celebration. Officially, Skolnick waded into his four score years on April 25. June, however, seemed a more favorable date for throwing a party, what with potential partygoers all hyped over flowerings of landscape and sunnier skies.
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2008-06-30
The Church of Cinema: A Preamble - I love movies, obviously, and I love my home entertainment center. I love DVD(and, slowly, I will come to love Blu-Ray), and I love popping a disc into the player in the wee hours before I go to bed at night. But above all, I love going out to the theatre. I dont do it as often as I once did, or as often as Id like. Partly thats due to the consequences of having an 8-5 job, a child, bills, and a healthy ongoing relationship. But its also partly due to the changing theatre experience. And yet, despite the fact that theatre chains are charging us more for less, and all major chains now play television commercials and military propaganda advertisements-sometimes under the guise of an exclusive short film- I will continue to treasure the theatrical experience above the home theatre experience. Theres just something to be said for surrounding yourself with strangers in a dark room while this fantasy plays out in larger than life scales, knowing that for those few brief hours you are connected with the people around you in your emotional responses.
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2008-06-30
With Screening Room, YouTube dips its toe in the cinema world - At the Henry Fonda Theater on Hollywood Boulevard last night, YouTube introduced its new "Screening Room," an area of the site devoted exclusively to selected independent films. The Screening Room will feature four short films every two weeks, as well as the occasional full-length feature. The first several slates of films are chock-a-block with recognizable names and Academy Award-nominated filmmakers, but as the program continues, YouTube expects to include films submitted to a kind of cinema slush pile, to keep at least a modicum of the "You" in YouTube.
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2008-06-30
Teen stabbed at city cinema - A teenager was stabbed outside a Wolverhampton cinema after a row between groups of youths.
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2008-06-30
Another Fine Old Cinema Building Destroyed - The building which was the Scala Cinema on the Stroud Green Rd, or to be exact 15 The Parade, Stroud Green Road, Finsbury Park, is no more.
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2008-06-30
CinemaExpo may help Europe go digital - The annual CinemaExpo International in the Netherlands represents the most recent attempt to spread digital cinema throughout Europe, industry officials say.
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2008-06-30
New cinema on market site - A 10-screen multiplex cinema and more than 20 new bars and restaurants will form a major part of Prestons Tithebarn rebirth.
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2008-06-30
Cinema plan is submitted - A FORMAL bid to convert the North Street car park into a multiplex cinema plus a hotel and shops has been submitted to Scarborough Council.
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2008-06-30
Canon cinema back in action - A FORMER Liverpool cinema is to become the welcome point for the city’s international arts biennial.
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2008-06-30
Christie DLP Cinema(R) Projectors to Be Used at the Star-Studded World Premiere of Disney-Pixars WALL-E, June 21 - CYPRESS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Christie, a global leader in visual solutions for entertainment, business and industry, is proud to announce that a pair of Christie CP2000-XB DLP Cinema® projectors will be used at the World Premiere of Disney•Pixar’s WALL•E. The World Premiere will take place outside under the stars at the Greek Theatre and Griffith Observatory on Saturday, June 21st.
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2008-06-30
Engineers on Hampton cinema revamp withdraw plans - HAMPTON — Engineers working on the transformation of Hampton Cinema Six on Lafayette Road into a pharmacy/retail building withdrew the plans previously submitted to the Zoning Board of Adjustment.
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2008-06-30
ITV confirms to sell assets to Cineworld jv - LONDON (Thomson Financial) - ITV PLC has confirmed that its unit Carlton Screen Advertising Ltd has signed a binding head of terms agreement to sell certain business and assets to the new 50:50 cinema advertising joint venture between Cineworld Group PLC and Odeon Cinemas Ltd.
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2008-06-30
Digital cinema looks for traction in Europe - If the digital-cinema revolution took its time getting traction among U.S. exhibitors, the situation in Europe has been downright slo-mo.
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2008-06-30
Adobe Starts Initiative to Develop Open Format for Digital Cinema Files - Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced that it plans to lead an initiative to define an industry-wide open file format for digital cinema files to streamline workflows and help ensure easy archiving and exchange. Adobe intends to leverage its successful Digital Negative Specification (DNG) file format as a foundation, and Adobe plans to work with a broad coalition of leading camera manufacturers, including Panavision, Silicon Imaging, Dalsa, Weisscam, and ARRI-along with software vendors, including Iridas and The Foundry, and codec provider CineForm-to define the requirements for an open, publicly documented file format that it plans to call CinemaDNG.
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2008-06-30
Christie Projectors Are Ubiquitous At The Newly Built Newseum - Christie was among the many newsmakers at the recently opened Newseum, and supplied over sixty projectors throughout the various exhibits and galleries. Integrators Electrosonic, Inc. and Communications Engineering, Inc. (CEI) specified and installed the technology.
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2008-06-30
Cinema Expo preview - On the eve of Cinema Expo International, the annual European exhibition confab set to take place June 26-28 in Amsterdam, international exhibitors and distributors alike have reason to throw back a couple of celebratory pilsners, as the international boxoffice reached an all-time high of $26.7 billion in 2007, according to the MPAA.
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2008-06-30
Iconic cinemas $100 million transformation - The iconic El Dorado Cinema in Indooroopilly will become the focal point of a $100 million urban renewal project featuring the construction of a 14-storey residential building.
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2008-06-30
Axe falls on Hatter Street cinema - Oldest cinema in town to close after 80 years
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2008-06-30
ARRI Chooses QubeMaster for Digital Cinema Encoding - After extensive testing and investigation of the large number of digital cinema encoding tools available in today´s busy marketplace, ARRI have chosen upon QubeMaster Pro.
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2008-06-30
The good ol’ days of theatre going …. - A recent discussion over Fat Dragon’s Chinatown blog prompted this post…
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2008-06-30
Cineman bids farewell to "showman" technician - The Odeon cinema in Hastings has waved goodbye to one of its oldest employees.
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2008-06-30
Sell-off to church was why EMD cinema shut - IT is no wonder the identity of Walthamstow Mum was hidden, judging by the crass remarks in last weeks Guardian that the EMD was rubbish as a cinema - cold, uncomfortable and never showed any good films.
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2008-06-30
Man questioned over cinema fire - A 33-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a fire at a disused cinema in Wrexham town centre.
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2008-06-30
Progress at last - Until recently, the European digital rollout was similar to watching a glacier in motion. At times, there seems to be no forward movement. Only when viewed over time and from a distance was there any apparent progress. However, in the past year, we have seen announcements from two major European-based digital-cinema providers that they are now able to offer exhibitors Hollywood-supported incentives covering up to 15,000 screens. These new business plans provide the European market with a solid foundation for future growth.
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2008-06-30
Dolby Digital Cinema Helps Screen UK’s Biggest Movie Premiere - LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE:DLB) will provide digital cinema technical support for the UK’s biggest single-screen digital cinema movie premiere to date. Disney Pictures’ and Walden Media’s The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian will be screened this evening at the O2 arena in London before an expected audience of 10,000, including stars from the movie Liam Neeson (the voice of Aslan), Ben Barnes (Prince Caspian), and the film’s director, Andrew Adamson.
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2008-06-30
Disappointing response from cinema operators - Cinema operators are not queuing up to provide a facility in St Neots – according to St Neots Town Council.
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2008-06-30
Royal Cinema needs a coat of paint - The Royal Cinema, which dominates Royal Square in St Ives, has for a long time badly needed a coat of paint - and it now also has a boarded-up broken window to add to the general impression of neglect. Merlin Cinemas who own the Royal should address the problem and give the place a face-lift ( part of the interior of the cinema has been refurbished).
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2008-06-30
Suicide film banned from cinema - A cinema in a county where a number of young people have apparently killed themselves has been criticised for not showing a film about suicides.
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2008-06-30
Now Shipping: QubeMaster Xpress from Qube Cinema - Qube Cinema, Inc announced the availability in the North American and European markets, of its latest offering – QubeMaster Xpress. The powerful and easy-to-use QubeMaster Xpress software provides users the ability to convert slides, animations and videos into ready-to-use Digital Cinema Packages (DCPs) that will work on any Digital Cinema Server.
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2008-06-30
Cinema Admissions Worldwide up 2% in 2007 Falling Dollar Helps Studio Revenue - The number of cinema tickets sold worldwide increased almost 2% in 2007 to 7.427 billion according to the latest issue of Cinemagoing Trends and Forecasts from Dodona Research. Box office increased nearly 10% to US$28.2 billion, helped by falling exchange rates for the US dollar.
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2008-06-30
intoPIX Wins LSEC Information Security Award 2008 - LSEC Information Security Award goes to intoPIX, the leading provider of JPEG 2000 solution for its brilliant work in the information security domain
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2008-06-30
Marcus Theatres Purchases 13 NEC Digital Cinema Projectors from Ballantynes Strong Digital Systems Division - Ballantyne of Omaha, Inc. BTN, a provider of motion picture projection, digital cinema and cinema screen equipment and services, announced today that Marcus Theatres®, a division of The Marcus Corporation MCS and seventh largest U.S. theatre circuit, has purchased thirteen NEC STARUS™ NC2500S Digital Cinema projector systems from Ballantyne’s Strong Digital Systems (SDS) division. Financial terms were not disclosed.
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2008-06-30
OSRAM Opto Semiconductors Providing Image Projection and IR Technology for Reconfigurable Tactile Display From Digital Dash - LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--OSTAR®-Projection LED modules and IR DRAGON® infrared emitters from OSRAM Opto Semiconductors are the LED light sources behind a new reconfigurable control and display interface designed by Digital Dash, Ltd. of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
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2008-06-30
FogScreen, Inc. Announces AV Integrator Partner Program for Walk-Through Projection Screen - SAN FRANCISCO, June 17 /PRNewswire/ -- FogScreen, Inc., creators of the worlds first walk-through projection screen made of "dry" fog are proud to announce the launch of a new partner program focused exclusively on AV Integrators. With the recent installation of dozens of FogScreen projection screens at numerous mega-projects worldwide, FogScreen, Inc. has developed a new partner program for fixed installations to complement its successful rental partner program. By teaming with the worlds leading AV integrators, FogScreen, Inc. is extending its ability to supply larger and more complex projects with the design, support and product to create some of the most stunning effects on the planet.
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2008-06-30
FogScreen, Inc. Showcases GestureTek Interactive Technologies at InfoComm 2008 - SAN FRANCISCO, June 18 /PRNewswire/ -- FogScreen, Inc., creators of the worlds first walk-through projection screen made of "dry" fog, and GestureTek(TM), the pioneer, patent-holder and world-leader in camera-enabled gesture-recognition technology for presentation and entertainment systems, will team up to showcase their magical interactive visual display systems at InfoComm 2008.
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2008-06-30
Disused cinema fire forces town centre closures - PARTS of a busy town centre were closed off when a disused cinema went up in flames.
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2008-06-30
Marcus Theatres(R) Purchases 13 NEC Digital Cinema Projectors from Ballantynes Strong Digital Systems Division - OMAHA, Neb.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ballantyne of Omaha, Inc. (Amex: BTN - News), a provider of motion picture projection, digital cinema and cinema screen equipment and services, announced today that Marcus Theatres®, a division of The Marcus Corporation (NYSE: MCS - News) and seventh largest U.S. theatre circuit, has purchased thirteen NEC STARUS™ NC2500S Digital Cinema projector systems from Ballantyne’s Strong Digital Systems (SDS) division. Financial terms were not disclosed.
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2008-06-30
Barco and IBM Global Financing announce CLM projection lease offering for rental and staging companies - Barco, a global technology company that designs and develops visualization products, including the special video and graphic effects behind big concerts like U2, George Michael and Kylie Minogue, has partnered with IBM Global Financing (IGF), the lending and leasing business segment of IBM to develop a new lease offering to help rental and staging companies more easily acquire Barco projector technology.
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2008-06-30
AccessIT To Bring Live 3-D - Access Integrated Technologies, Inc. ("AccessIT") announced its plans for the installation of 150 of its leading edge CineLive product in key markets throughout the United States. The technology, which enables the live broadcast to movie theatres of both 2-D and 3-D events such as sports and concerts, will be added to those theaters that are part of AccessITs satellite network, all of which are part of the companys completed 3700 plus screen Phase 1 digital cinema deployment plan. Installations of CineLive will begin immediately in 50 sites and are anticipated to expand to at least 150 by the end of 2008.
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2008-06-30
Technicolors Chris Carey Discusses the Progress of Digital Cinema - Hollywood studios, theater owners and others have spent more than eight years working to bring digital cinema
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2008-06-30
Christie Helps Moore Warren Theatres Go Digital - Christie Digital Systems USA, Inc., a global leader in Digital Cinema, was selected by Warren Theatres as the exclusive DLP Cinema provider for its spectacular new 14-screen multiplex in Moore, Oklahoma. The Moore Warren Theatre, the most expensive in the history of the state, is also one of the largest, with luxury accommodations and screens up to 80 feet wide and four stories tall.
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2008-05-31
Doubt over cinema plan - A THREE-STOREY extension to Chester’s Grade II listed art deco Odeon cinema building may not be able to be built even if plans are approved.
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2008-05-31
Americas largest cinema chain adds 3D tech - 1,500 extra cinemas to be equipped with the technology
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2008-05-31
Cinema denies dangerous noise levels - The Odeon cinema has denied claims by deaf awareness campaigners that it shows films at dangerous volumes.
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2008-05-31
Barco Launches Global Training and Certification Program for Digital Cinema Installers - Four-day training and certification course represents a strong commitment to customer service and support.
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2008-05-31
Studio deals extend digital cinema in Europe - May 26, 2008 In a move that could jumpstart the digital cinema transition in Europe, Warner Bros., Paramount Pictures, 20th Century Fox and Walt Disney Studios have signed virtual print fee-style agreements that could result in the rollout of 8,000 new digital cinema installations in 22 countries. The agreements have been reached with XDC, a Belgium-based digital cinema service company that is preparing a digital cinema deployment plan. Warners, Paramount, Fox and Disney have agreed to co-finance more than 65% of the value of digital exhibition systems for a estimated investment up to €600 million ($947 million) over a maximum 10 years from the point of installation.
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2008-05-31
Adlabs launches first 6D cinema - CHENNAI: Adlabs Cinemas, part of the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani group, has launched 6D cinema experience at Agra. Unlike conventional 2D or 3D movie theatres, Cinema Park’s technology employs cutting-edge visual and audio effects allowing audience simultaneous experience of sight, smell, sound, touch and motion. A special half an hour film, India in Motion, has been specially created within this format, says a release.
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2008-05-31
Cinema 8 likely to reopen next week - The Hermitage theater is set to reopen Friday, said Katie Gancy, spokeswoman for Hermitage Theaters Inc., the theater’s new owner.
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2008-05-31
Regals Colonie Center cinema increases competition for moviegoers dollars - Nearly a year to the day that a six-screen movie theater opened in downtown Schenectady, a new 13-screen cinema debuted at Colonie Center.
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2008-05-31
Which Cinema Do You Prefer? - An online poll to find out
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2008-05-31
Pirates selling new hit film - PIRATE copies of the summers biggest movie blockbuster are being freely sold on Blackpools streets - just days after the film premiered.
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2008-09-25
Everyman Cinema launches new mobile-ticket service - Everyman Cinema Club, London and the South East’s premium cinema brand is the first cinema chain in the UK to offer an innovative mobile ticketing service to their customers following a highly successful launch of the service at their Hampstead venue earlier this year.
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2008-05-31
ma sign blown loose by wind - Part of a cinema sign at a shopping centre near Bridgend came loose during strong winds.
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2008-05-31
Cinema to Be Given Facelift - and More Comfortable Seats - A CINEMA showing signs of wear and tear is to be refurbished, with improving viewer comfort the top priority
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2008-05-31
O2 Arena Narnia film premiere offers 10,000 red-carpet treatment - UK
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2008-05-31
Merlin cinema approved for Falmouth - Plans for a multiplex cinema in Falmouth were approved this morning and work is expected to start as soon as possible.
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2008-05-31
FogScreen, Inc. to Feature Walk-Through Branding and Advertising Inside Envy, San Diegos Most Luxurious Nightclub - SAN FRANCISCO, May 28 /PRNewswire/ -- FogScreen, Inc., creators of the worlds first walk-through projection screen made of "dry" fog, will soon showcase their walk-through branding and advertising inside the Envy Nightclub at the acclaimed Ivy Hotel in San Diegos Gaslamp Quarter. The visually captivating screens are the perfect way for brands and advertisers to attract attention from the A-list celebrities, while allowing Envy to entertain their upscale audience in an entirely new and innovative way.
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2008-05-31
Lucas complex to be completed by 09 - After a $175-million donation from celebrated filmmaker George Lucas and a ceremonious groundbreaking last fall, the Cinematic Arts Complex, the latest architectural addition to the USC School of Cinematic Arts, is beginning to take shape.
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2008-05-31
Cinemas air-con plans approved - CONTROVERSIAL changes to the Odeon cinema in Westbrook have been approved by council planners.
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2008-05-31
Chester Odeon extension plan is deferred over access fears - A DECISION on whether to allow an extension to the former Odeon building in the city has been deferred.
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2008-05-31
De Lux Preview - A sneak peak of the new Cinema de Lux in Florence on Wednesday showed there will be more to the theater complex than just seats and screens.
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2008-05-31
Wonderful response to cinema news - THE new owner of the Tivoli cinema in Tiverton said there had been a "wonderful response" to the news that the cinema was due to re-open on June 20.
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2008-05-31
Save our old cinema - JAZZ trumpeter Digby Fairweather has called for the "very last of the real cinemas" in Southend to be saved.
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2008-08-01
Zimbabweans Push for Return of Mobile Cinemas in Rural Areas - In Zimbabwe, residents of several rural districts in the region of Mashonaland East are calling for the return of mobile cinemas. Rural inhabitants rejected the service nearly three decades ago, when authorities used the films to spread their propaganda. But some farmers now suggest mobile cinemas should be reinstituted, and air educational messages that would encourage local development. Voice of America English to Africa Service reporter Safari Njema visited the area.
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2008-08-01
Christie Projectors Help Quebec City Celebrate Its 400th Anniversary - Christie projectors are playing a key role in festivities marking the 400th anniversary of the city of Quebec, the birthplace of French civilization in North America and a UNESCO World Heritage site. From June 20 to August 24 Christie will participate in The Image Mill (Le Moulin à Images) – a sound and image spectacular created by Robert Lepage and Ex Machina. The Image Mill will recount the history of the city with what is believed to be the world’s largest video projection.
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2008-08-02
Cinemas get lottery cash boost - Three cinemas in the East of England have received more than £30,000 of Lottery funding from the UK Film Council to improve their facilities.
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2008-08-03
Film buffs £3m plea to save sights and smells of cinema - THEY are the remnants of a bygone age of cinema: ornate commissionaires outfits that look like dress uniforms for an army, art deco swing doors and boards displaying stills from the latest Technicolor epic.
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2008-05-21
Regal inks largest 3D deployment deal - Regal Entertainment the largest movie theatre circuit in the USA, and indeed the world, has inked an agreement with digital stereoscopic technology provider RealD for the roll-out of 1,500 3D systems over the next few years. The deal is the largest mooted in the 3D arena, and by RealD itself to date, eclipsing the Odeon/UCI target to equip 500 3D screens with RealD technology by 2009. However, the deals are both contingent on deployment of the underlying digital cinema platform, necessary to add the 3D portion of the upgrade. For Regal, upgrading 1,500 of its screens or around 22 per cent of its total screen base to 3D, hinges on finalising studio contributions in the form of the VPF for DCIP, the joint venture it set up with AMC and Cinemark for digital cinema deployments.
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2008-05-31
Doremi Masters Cannes - Doremi Cinema is, once again, playing a major role at the Cannes Film Festival.
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2008-05-31
Owner of planned mall cinema bought out - Consolidated Theatres, the slated owners of the new cinema in the Laurel Commons redevelopment project, was bought out in a merger with Tennessee-based Regal Entertainment Group.
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2008-05-21
Sony Pictures to launch digital cinema unit - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Sony Pictures studio unveiled plans on Wednesday for a new digital cinema unit to bring filmed presentations of Broadway shows, rock concerts and sports events to specially equipped movie theaters nationwide.
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2008-05-21
Flicks should come back as cinema - EDITOR - After seeing Flicks nightclub in Sleaford boarded up I thought what an absolute shame.
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2008-05-18
Pop at the Pictures - The old Odeon cinema on The Headrow closed in October 2001 after nearly 70 years bringing blockbuster movies to the city – but its use as a venue for some of the wildest pop nights of the 1960s is the subject of a new book, as Neil Hudson found out...
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2008-08-02
Theatre stalwart takes final bow - You might not recognise his face, but Idris Parry has helped to entertain film and theatregoers for 45 years.
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2008-08-02
Confessions of a Projectionist - Excellent, funny and witty film reviews written by a film projectionist who works at the Odeon Cinema. This guy is on a mission to review every single film that is being shown at the Odeon, now that is a s**t load of films!!
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2008-07-31
Dolby Laboratories, Inc. F3Q08 (Qtr. End 06/30/08) Earnings Call - Welcome to the Dolby Laboratories Conference Call discussing fiscal third quarter 2008 results. During the presentation, all participants will be in a listen-only mode. Afterwards, you will be invited to participate in a question-and-answer session. [Operator Instructions]. As a reminder, this call is being recorded, Thursday July 31st, 2008.
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2008-05-31
Over 6,300 Digital Screens Worldwide and Major Movies Are Now Distributed Digitally as Well as with Film - It has been three years since the Digital Cinema Initiative (DCI) published recommendations for how distributors and theaters should handle movies distributed and exhibited digitally. The recommendations have since turned into standards and the Digital Cinema industry went through a burst of activity and growth. There are now over 6,300 digital screens worldwide and major movies are now distributed digitally as well as with film.
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2008-05-31
Regal & RealD Reach Deal for 1,500 More Screens - Regal Entertainment Group and RealD 3D today announced a deal that calls for a rollout of 1,500 RealD 3D screens, bringing the RealD 3D screen count to over 3,500. The rollout will allow most U.S. markets to have 3D capability and will commence upon the completion of the Digital Cinema Implementation Partners (DCIP) initiative. Regal and RealD will work together to market and develop the RealD premium 3D platform in key Regal markets and theatres throughout the U.S.
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2008-05-31
Legal setback for Chester Odeon extension plan - A THREE storey extension to Chesters grade ll listed art deco Odeon cinema building may not be able to be built even if plans are approved.
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2008-05-31
Studio deals extend digital cinema in Europe - May 26, 2008 In a move that could jumpstart the digital cinema transition in Europe, Warner Bros., Paramount Pictures, 20th Century Fox and Walt Disney Studios have signed virtual print fee-style agreements that could result in the rollout of 8,000 new digital cinema installations in 22 countries. The agreements have been reached with XDC, a Belgium-based digital cinema service company that is preparing a digital cinema deployment plan. Warners, Paramount, Fox and Disney have agreed to co-finance more than 65% of the value of digital exhibition systems for a estimated investment up to €600 million ($947 million) over a maximum 10 years from the point of installation.
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2008-05-31
Warner Bros to close two divisions - Warner Brothers said that it would shut two troubled film divisions, a cost-cutting move rooted in the changing economics of the specialty film business.
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2008-05-31
Regal Plans to Add 3-D Movie Screens - The Regal Entertainment Group, the world’s largest cinema operator, has reached an agreement to equip 1,500 screens to show three-dimensional films.
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2008-05-31
Cineworld posts $25 mil pretax profits - March 19, 2008 The company posted pretax profits of 12.4 million pounds ($25 million) in the 12 months ending December 2007, a turnaround from a pretax loss of 7.7 million pounds during 2006. The company also said it has reduced its net debt to 124.4 million pounds ($250.6 million) following the IPO in May 2007 and debt refinancing measures from 314.2 million pounds the previous year
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2008-05-31
A twist in the Odeon tale - THE PLANNING battle over two key town centre sites in Middlesbrough has taken a dramatic twist.
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2008-08-03
Thomson’s Technicolor Contributes to Record-Breaking Weekend Box Office - Thomson (Euronext 18453
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2008-08-03
European Digital Cinema Forum Elects New President - Following the recent elections to the Board by EDCF members, the new Board has appointed Antoine Virenque as EDCF President for the next two years.
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2008-08-03
Cinepolis and RealD 3D Announce Exclusive Digital 3D Partnership - Morelia and Santa Fe, Mexico- based Cinepolis, Inc, the worlds fifth largest cinema exhibitor, and RealD 3D, the global leader in 3D, announced today that Cinepolis will add 500 RealD 3D screens to its circuit. The rollout of these 500 RealD 3D screens has already begun with six new screens installed for the release of Journey to the Center of the Earth, and will continue through 2010. The partnership makes RealD the exclusive choice of Cinepolis for digital 3D and creates a strong platform in the market for the upcoming slate of over thirty major studio 3D releases in 2009 and 2010.
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2008-08-03
IMAX Signs International Joint Venture Deal with One of Japans Largest Exhibitors - IMAX Corporation (NASDAQ:IMAX
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2008-08-03
Journey to the Center of the Earth Wins on RealD 3D Screens: RealD 3D Brings in 55% of Estimated $21.02M Weekend - RealD 3D, the world’s leading 3D experience, brought in 55% of the total box office for Warner Bros. Pictures/New Line Cinema’s Journey to the Center of the Earth, which earned an estimated $21.02M in its opening weekend.
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2008-08-03
Theaters Prepare for 3D ‘Journey’ with New Technology Installations - NEC Corporation of America, RealD 3D, and Ballantyne of Omaha’s Strong Digital Systems and Strong Technical Services units have recently teamed to provide the latest in digital 3D projection capability to multiple US theaters. This latest wave of upgrades to RealD digital 3D was driven by theater owners wanting to capitalize on the introduction of the July 11, 2008 release of Journey to the Center of the Earth from Warner Bros. Pictures/New Line Cinema and Walden Media. Journey will be the first live-action narrative 3D film and the widest RealD digital 3D film released to date. While the film will also be screened in 2D cinemas, exhibitors are looking to the increased attendance and revenue delivered by RealD 3D–equipped screens.
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2008-08-03
IMAX Signs First Joint Venture Deal With One of Australias Largest Exhibitors - IMAX Corporation (NASDAQ:IMAX TSX:IMX) and Hoyts Cinemas Ltd., one of the largest exhibitors in Australia, today announced a joint venture agreement to install four IMAX(R) theatres in the cities of Perth, Melbourne and Sydney. The deal marks the Companys first international joint venture deal featuring the Companys new IMAX(R) Digital theatre system and doubles IMAXs footprint in Australia. To date, IMAX has signed contracts for more than 180 IMAX(R) Digital theatre systems, with approximately 50 scheduled to be installed by the end of 2008.
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2008-08-03
Sensio Signs Licensing Agreement with International Datacasting Corporation and Announces First Sale of its Sensio®3D Cinema Decoding Technology - SENSIO Technologies Inc. (“SENSIO”) (TSX Venture Exchange Inc.: SIO), inventor of the SENSIO®3D technology, announced today the signing of a Licensing Agreement with International Datacasting Corporation (“IDC”) (TSX: IDC) for the integration of the SENSIO®3D cinema decoding technology into products for the digital cinema market. This agreement comes with the first sale of licenses for an initial deployment of 3D systems for 50 movie theatres to enable the broadcasting of live stereoscopic (3D) events.
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2008-08-03
Microspace Digital Cinema Experiences 200% Growth in Less Than One Year - Microspace Communications Corporation (Microspace), the leading distributor of digital cinema via satellite, announced today that it has expanded its network to more than 3,000 screens across North America becoming the largest independent network to service theater owners. Since 2005, the company has delivered 33 major motion pictures from nine studios, including the first 3-D movie and the first 4K movie via satellite, to theater circuits within the United States, Mexico and Canada.
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2008-08-03
Odeon Leads the Way in Digital Cinemaa10a10 - Cinema goers at the ODEON in Guilford this weekend were the first and only audience in Europe to see “Hancock” screened in 4K resolution on Sony’s 4K SXRD Digital Projectors producing picture quality over four times the resolution of high definition televisions.
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2008-08-03
Sony Pictures Entertainment to Distribute “Hancock” in 4K Resolution to Select Theaters in the United Statesa11 - The growing list of feature-length motion pictures to be distributed in 4K resolution now includes “Hancock,” the new action-comedy movie starring Will Smith. The Sony Pictures Entertainment movie, which opens in the U.S. and worldwide on July 2, will be shown in 4K resolution on more than 20 screens using Sony’s 4K digital cinema projection systems.
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2008-08-03
Cinemark and RealD 3D Announce Exclusive 1,500 Screen Digital 3D Partnership - Cinemark Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CNK), and RealD 3D, the global leader in 3D, announced today that Cinemark will add up to 1,500 RealD 3D screens to its circuit, bringing RealD’s committed 3D platform to a game-changing 5,000 worldwide screens. Cinemark’s global deployment of its greatly expanded 3D platform, with RealD as exclusive digital 3D provider, comes as an unprecedented slate of top-tier 3D films is announced for 2009 and 2010. The parties expect to commence the roll-out upon completion of the Digital Cinema Implementation Partners (DCIP) initiative.
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2008-08-03
Harman Cinema Group Introduces New JBL Digital Surround Series Cinema Loudspeaker - Providing cinema exhibition venues and post-production facilities with unprecedented audio performance and versatility, JBL Professional today introduced two new Digital Surround Series loudspeakers as the latest additions to its award-winning line of cinema loudspeaker systems. Two new surround models, the 8320 Surround and the 8350 Surround, join the popular 8340A Surround loudspeaker to provide an ideal surround sound solution for every digital application.
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2008-08-03
DTS Digital Cinema Introduces New Suite of Products at Cinema Expo International 2008 - DTS Digital Cinema today announced the introduction of a new suite of products at Cinema Expo International 2008. The ScreenStore™ Media Player, Theatre Management System (TMS), and Screen Management System (SMS) have all been launched at the industry showcase demonstrating DTS Digital Cinema’s commitment to providing solutions for the digital cinema network.
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2008-08-03
RealD 3D and New Line Cinema/Warner Bros. Pictures Announce Brand Partnership with Journey to the Center of the Earth 3Da15a15 - RealD 3D, the global leader in 3D and the #1 3D cinema experience, with more than 1,000 RealD 3D screens in North America, will join New Line Cinema/Warner Bros. Pictures for the exhibition and co-branding of Journey to the Center of the Earth, it was announced today by Michael Lewis, RealD, Chairman and CEO, and Warner Bros. President, Distribution, Dan Fellman.
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2008-08-03
XDC Signs Cooperation Agreement with Emerging Pictures For European Digital Distribution Servicesa17a17 - XDC, the leading digital cinema service company in Europe, signs a cooperation agreement with Emerging Pictures, New York-based digital entertainment company, to provide, in selected European countries, digital mastering and distribution logistical services for La Scala opera titles.
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2008-08-03
Qubemaster Pro Chosen By Art Alliance Mediaa18a18 - Arts Alliance Media (AAM), Europes leading provider of digital film distribution services, has chosen QubeMaster Pro, the leading DCP encoding solution on the market today for the expansion of their Digital Cinema mastering services.
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2008-08-03
XDC Signs its First Large-Scale Deployment Agreement With Cineplexx for 193 Digital Screens in Austriaa19a19 - XDC, the leading digital cinema service company in Europe, announces to have signed an exclusive agreement with Cineplexx Kinobetriebe GmbH, the largest cinema chain in Austria, for the deployment of digital cinema systems in 100% of the circuit’s 193 screens. This agreement represents a contract of a total value of about 21 millions Euros.
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2008-08-03
Paramount Pictures International, Walt Disney Studios International and Twentieth Century Fox to support YMAGIS pan European digital cinema initiativea20a20 - Ymagis, a Paris, France based company, established in 2007 by several cinema executives to help accelerate the transition of European theatres to digital projection, has reached non-exclusive agreements with Paramount Pictures International, Walt Disney Studios International and Twentieth Century Fox who have independently agreed to supply digital content to the projection systems deployed by Ymagis. Ymagis is in advanced negotiations with other US and European distributors and expects to announce other similar agreements shortly.
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2008-08-03
Barco demonstrates all of today’s Digital Cinema potential at Cinema Expo in Amsterdam.a21a21 - Barco, a global leader in digital cinema, will be present at Cinema Expo ’08 with an impressive number of today’s digital cinema possibilities. From new product introductions to the very latest 3D
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2008-08-03
Barco’S New Digital Cinema Projector Makes its World Premiere at Cinema Expo, in Amsterdam.a22a22 - At the Cinema Expo trade show, digital cinema pioneer Barco strengthens it leading position by introducing a new member to the DP family. The DP-1200 is Barco’s newest digital cinema projector, custom made for the small venue market. Thanks to the DP-1200 even the smallest cinemas now have access to digital cinema, at an affordable price.
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2008-08-03
XDC Signs Digital Cinema Deployment Agreements with Sony Pictures Releasing International and Universal City Studios LLP - XDC, the leading digital cinema service company in Europe, has signed non-exclusive agreements with Sony Pictures and Universal and is now the first deploying entity having signed with six (6) major U.S. distributors to target the deployment of up to 8,000 DCI-compliant digital cinema installations across Europe.
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2008-08-03
XDC Previews its Dolby 3D Compatible D-Cinema Server - XDC announces that its CineStore® Solo G3 D-Cinema server was approved for Dolby 3D Digital Cinema
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2008-08-03
Dolby Launches 3D Playback Compatibility Programa26a26 - Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: DLB) today announced at CinemaExpo 2008 a licensing program for digital cinema server manufacturers to allow their digital cinema servers to support Dolby® 3D Digital Cinema playback. XDC became the first manufacturer to receive approval to license Dolby 3D Digital Cinema technology for its CineStore Solo G3 server line.
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2008-08-03
DVidea Introduces New Functionalities of its Innovative Theater Management System for Digital Cinema Exhibitorsa27a27 - DVidea, the company focused on developing tools to meet the challenges of asset management for digital cinema, unveils today new features for its state-of-the-art Theater Management System (TMS) at CINE EXPO 2008, currently underway in Amsterdam from June 23 - 26. Designed to meet the needs of all exhibitors, Dvidea TMS provides the most comprehensive tools for media management and automation, including the control of servers from several D-Cinema manufacturers. Exhibiting in Hall 11, booth 167, Dvidea will demonstrate the ability to manage remotely from a pocket wireless device a Doremi DCP-2000 server. Appointments for private demonstrations can be reserved upon request.
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2008-08-03
John Mayer on the Big Screen in Theatres Around the Country for One Night Only, June 30tha28a28 - For one night only, fans can watch five-time Grammy winning musician John Mayer’s “Where The Light Is: John Mayer Live in Los Angeles” on the big screen in theatres across the country on Monday, June 30th. In the larger-than-life movie theater setting, fans will feel like they actually attended the unique concert, which featured Mayer performing an acoustic set, a full-band Continuum set and a rare John Mayer Trio set. Recorded last December at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles and directed by Danny Clinch, “Where The Light Is” hits screens courtesy of The Bigger Picture, the alternative content distribution unit of Access Integrated Technologies, Inc. ("AccessIT") (NASDAQ:AIXD).
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2008-08-03
Christie DLP Cinema Projectors to Be Used at the Star-Studded World Premiere of Disney•Pixar’s WALL•E, June 21a29a29 - Christie, a global leader in visual solutions for entertainment, business and industry, is proud to announce that a pair of Christie CP2000-XB DLP Cinema projectors will be used at the World Premiere of Disney•Pixar’s WALL•E. The World Premiere will take place outside under the stars at the Greek Theatre and Griffith Observatory on Saturday, June 21st.
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2008-08-03
ARRI Chooses QubeMaster for Digital Cinema Encodinga30a30 - After extensive testing and investigation of the large number of digital cinema encoding tools available in today’s busy marketplace, ARRI have chosen upon QubeMaster Pro.
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2008-08-03
Arts Alliance Media Announce the Outfit of Yelmo’s New Site “Isla Azul” in Madrid with 5 Digital Cinema Projection Systemsa31a31 - Signifying its first move into the Spanish exhibition market, Arts Alliance Media (AAM), Europe’s leading provider of digital cinema technology, content and deployment, have announced a deal with Yelmo Cines, one of Spain’s largest exhibition chains, and Suministros Kelonik, Spain’s leading equipment installer, to fully outfit Yelmo’s new “Isla Azul” 5-plex site in Madrid with digital cinema projection systems. 5 screens will be installed in time for the complex’s opening in July. Yelmo Cines currently operates 351 screens in 31 sites.
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2008-08-04
Film censor defends Batman rating - The BBFC has justified giving The Dark Knight a 12A certificate after getting more than 80 complaints about the Batman film's disturbing content.
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2008-08-04
Letter to the Odeon - An unhappy customer writes a letter of complaint to Odeon and cc's it to his blog.
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2008-08-04
Funding boost for local cinemas - TWO independent cinemas have won grants to improve facilities for people with sight and hearing problems.
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2008-08-05
Thompson's Technicolor Network Services Gets New Leader - A top video solutions company in the communication, media and entertainment industries, Thompson, has announced that it has appointed a new Senior Vice President of Business Development for Technicolor Network Services, (TNS) Alan Wright.
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2008-08-05
Flats plan for former Falmouth cinema site - Falmouth's former Grand Cinema site could soon be turned into 20 flats at the fifth attempt.
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2008-08-05
DIGITAL CROSSROADS - Digital cinema presents tremendous opportunities for the industry to improve, expand, standardize and future-proof audio in theatres worldwide, and the industry is focused on balancing these technological possibilities with the process of standardization.
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2008-08-05
Alex Theatre holds tribute to projectionist - George Crittenden, who worked at the theater for years, is remembered at a day dedicated to him.
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2008-06-18
PROGRESS AT LAST
- Until recently, the European digital rollout was similar to watching a glacier in motion. At times, there seems to be no forward movement. Only when viewed over time and from a distance was there any apparent progress. However, in the past year, we have seen announcements from two major European-based digital-cinema providers that they are now able to offer exhibitors Hollywood-supported incentives covering up to 15,000 screens. These new business plans provide the European market with a solid foundation for future growth.
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2008-06-23
Odeon-UCI to go digita - AMSTERDAM -- Europe's largest exhib chain Odeon-UCI plans to convert all its U.K. theaters to digital projection in the next three years, with the rest of its European sites following shortly after, the company revealed at Cinema Expo in Amsterdam Monday.
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2008-08-03
‘High Octane’ Sport Hits the Big Screen as The Bigger Picture Brings Super Boat Races to a Digital Cinema Theatre Near Youa258a258 - The Bigger Picture, the alternative content distribution division of Access Integrated Technologies, Inc. ("AccessIT") (NASDAQ:AIXD), announced today that it will bring coverage of Super Boat International® races to digital cinema enabled movie theatres this year. This will be the first program offered by the division’s “High Octane Sports” channel.
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2008-08-03
Dolby incorporates Philips watermarking technology for Digital Cinemaa259a259 - Philips today announced that Dolby Laboratories will offer its customers the option of Philips CineFence advanced anti-piracy technology to protect its digital content. Dolby Laboratories, a reputable and trusted partner in cinema product and services, has incorporated Philips CineFence in its digital system for storing, managing and playback of digital movies. New cinema releases shown via Dolby’s digital cinema solution can be embedded with Philips CineFence forensic watermark, thus allowing the content to be traced and protected.
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2008-06-20
Stars wow Narnia fans at premiere - Narnia stars talk about the film on the 'green' carpet
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2008-08-06
National Amusements Debuts New Upscale Cinema Concept at Patriot Place - State-of-the-art Showcase Cinema de Lux to feature Lux Level in-theatre dining experience with VIP lounge, transforming the theatre into a community entertainment destination
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2008-08-06
BOWING OUT- Idris Parry learnt cinema projection when he was 16 years old. - A PROJECTIONIST will be drawing the final curtain on more than five decades of helping to entertain threatregoers.
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2008-08-06
New cinema at mall to have dozen screens, 2,000 seats - Salmon Run Mall will gain a new 12-screen theater complex as part of an ongoing expansion project, mall manager Mary P. Dudo said Tuesday.
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2008-08-06
Nerve Centre cinema to get exciting new look - Cinema lovers can expect a whole new experience at the Nerve Centre during this year's Foyle Film Festival, thanks to an extensive refurbishment.
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2008-08-06
World's oldest cinema is Danish - A Danish cinema has entered the Guinness World Records as the world's oldest, still-operating, cinema A small independent cinema in Korsør, western Zealand has been named as the oldest still-operating cinema by the Guinness World Records. The Korsør Cinema Theatre...
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2008-08-06
The Keystone Restorations - Chaplin at the BFI Southbank - This is a real treat for fans of Chaplin and silent cinema more widely. All of Chaplin’s 35 films from his work at Keystone during 1914 have been reconstructed and restored by the British Film Institute and the Cineteca di Bologna. They will all be screened at the BFI Southbank in London during August and September.
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2008-08-08
Cinema set upto entice visitors - A MINI-CINEMA for visitors to the Anglesey County Show is to be set up on the ground at Mona next week.
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2008-08-08
New role for Odeon-rap man - The man who recently branded Bradford’s former Odeon cinema “a crap building” is changing roles at regional development agency Yorkshire Forward.
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2008-08-11
Newnan Village planning theater complex - The first construction at Newnan Village Crossing will soon be under way, according to the developers, in the form of a six-screen movie theater and 500-seat open-air music amphitheater.
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2008-08-12
Amys Hereford film ordeal - A WHEELCHAIR-bound schoolgirl is planning a protest after being forced to crawl up stairs at Hereford’s Odeon cinema because there was no disabled access.
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2008-08-12
Cash boost for Burgess Hill cinema - FILM fans at one of the oldest surviving independent cinemas in Britain should soon have better ticket facilities after an £8,000 grant.
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2008-08-12
Interview with Josh Greer - Real D - everly Hills-based Real D (www.reald.com) develops digital cinema equipment which enabled 3D movies. The firms equipment is behind this seasons Journey To The Center Of The Earth, was rolled out with Chicken Little, and has been used for a large number of recent 3D titles at theaters. We spoke with Josh Greer, President and Co-founder of Real D, about the traction the firm is seeing, how the company started, and how it convinced producers and theaters to adopt its technology.
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2008-08-12
Martin Audio in Europes first all digital multiplex - UK - Vue Entertainment has selected Martin Audio to provide cinema sound systems for its Princes Quay Hull cinema, Europes first new-build, all-digital multiplex cinema.
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2008-08-12
Credit crunch has hit cinema giant IMAX - Imax, the Canadian company we know for the giant-screen movie theatre systems reported a second quarter loss. The company said that this is mainly due to the investments it has made in the new digital technology.
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2008-08-08
Council to trial three hour cinema parking - WINGECARRIBEE Shire Council will trial three-hour parking in the Empire Cinema carpark for six months, despite recommendations from the RTA and council traffic committee that the time not change.
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2008-08-12
Plans to rebuild resorts cinema - The owners of a cinema want to demolish the listed building and replace it with a new entertainment complex.
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2008-08-12
British Cinemas - People watch TV, and they effectively pay for it either by the TV licence or by watching adverts. Ok, we all have to pay the licence in the UK, but you get the idea. If the BBC started having adverts, there would be an outcry that we should pay for the TV licence. So why do we accept advertising when we pay to go to the cinema?
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2008-08-11
Mr Cinema Reg dies - THE funeral of Reg McCallam – Workington’s ‘Mr Cinema’ – will take place tomorrow.
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2008-08-10
Alex Theatre holds tribute to projectionist - GLENDALE, CA -- Last weekend, there was a memorial afternoon of film at the Alex Theatre for their recently deceased longtime projectionist, George Crittenden.More than 300 people attended a free cartoon and movie showing on Sunday afternoon at the Alex
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2008-08-08
Christie Selected for Beijing Summer Games - BEIJING, Aug 08, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Christie, a global leader in visual solutions for business, entertainment and industry, is pleased to announce the Christie Roadster S+20K and Christie CP2000-ZX models were selected to project dynamic visuals for the opening ceremony at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games. The ceremony was held on August 8, 2008, at 8:08pm China Standard Time in the Beijing National Stadium and featured the most complex and extensive use of projected visuals in the history of the sporting event.
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2008-08-10
Beacon Cinema project will change city traffic - PITTSFIELD — Traffic changes are being implemented as construction ramps up for the Beacon Cinema project in the downtown, according to Mayor James M. Rubertos office. Pedestrians and drivers should anticipate short-term access disruptions in the area of the project.
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2008-08-09
Leading man of Tyneside cinema - HE WAS the founder of the massive Essoldo cinema circuit, but what many didn’t know is that he was a publicity-shunning big charity donor.
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2008-08-09
Digital cinema now in Malta - The much-awaited digital cinema has finally arrived in Malta! Empire Cinema Complex in Bugibba are once again on theforefront of the cinema sphere, and the first to launch thisincredible experience... the Digital 3D Cinema, that is set torevolutionise the cinema experience.
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2008-08-06
Higher expenses erode Cineplex results - TORONTO — Cinema chain operator Cineplex Galaxy Income Fund says revenue from its theatre business increased to $209.3-million in the second quarter, up 4.7 per cent from $199.9-million.
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2008-08-07
Dubai cinemas go digital - The first digital cinemas in the Middle East have opened in Dubai, The National has reported. Two new screens at a cinema in Dubai Festival City will show digital versions of the latest Mummy movie. Instead of using 35mm projectors, digital cinemas stream films onto the big screen from a hard drive, meaning that picture clarity and sound quality are greatly enhanced. The technology has been in use in Europe and the US for over a year.
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2008-08-07
Happy ending - SIR, - I was very fortunate recently to accompany my family on a trip to the Rex Cinema in Berkhamsted. Firstly I would like to make a simple observation that this is how going to the cinema should be. Very comfortable seats, plenty of legroom for tall people like myself, excellent view of the screen, very good sound quality and above all else the feeling that you are being looked after by people with a real passion for cinema and films. It was a real eye opener for me as I thought this kind of enjoyable experience was long gone - killed off by multiplex chains. Thank you to everyone at the Rex
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2008-08-07
Autumn date for Odeon plans - The final designs for the replacement of Bradford’s dilapidated former Odeon cinema are due to be submitted to Council planners this autumn.
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2008-08-08
Obituary - Reg McCallam, of Workington - REG McCallam’s address book read like a who’s who of Hollywood - and the stars had him in their address books, too.
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2008-08-12
POPCORN-FREE CINEMA PLAN - Popcorn has been a staple part of cinema-going for many years.
But now the snack could become a thing of the past at at least one Bath’s cinema.
The Little Theatre Cinema at St Michael’s Place is expected be part of a pilot scheme experimenting with popcorn-free showings.
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2008-08-13
Vicky Mansfield leaves Odeon Marble Arch - 
Today (13th August) sees Vicky Mansfield leaving not only Marble Arch cinema, but also Odeon to head to a new job as Media Management Operator for Red Bee Media based at White City. Vicky said that she is sad to be leaving the industry but feels things have changed significantly over the ten years she has been working within cinemas. Although this new job offers a range of career opportunities within the broadcast and film sector, it's not all bad news as Vicky doesn't want to completely turn her back on the cinema industry and is keen to both keep in touch with collegues and would also like to do some freelance projection work. She has also promised to write some articles for this site. So the best of luck and many congratulations from the Mad Cornish Projectionist.
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2008-08-12
Popcorn faces cinema ban - Popcorn could vanish from an Oxford cinema in bid to win over audiences put off by noisy munching and its distinctive smell.
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2008-08-12
No snack ban for city venue - POPCORN munchers at Edinburghs Cameo cinema will be able to continue with their favourite snack despite planned popcorn-free screenings at other venues
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2008-08-12
Cinema ponders ban on noisy big-screen snack - A CINEMA plans to crack down on popcorn - by banning the snack.
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2008-08-12
Would banning popcorn make cinemas better? - Quick answer: no, dont be so ridiculous. Apparently some cinemagoers dont agree... is popcorn really the problem, though?
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2008-08-09
Cinema chain to become popcorn-free - The countrys largest art house cinema chain is trialling popcorn-free screenings after customers said the snack was messy and noisy.
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2008-08-11
Cinemas to trial popcorn free film screenings - A nationwide cinema chain is to ban popcorn from film screenings after complaints from audience members about the noise and mess created by the traditional treat.
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2008-08-11
The end for popcorn in British cinemas - London - The credits are rolling in Britain for the time-honoured cinematic tradition of munching popcorn at the movies - a newspaper reported on Sunday that increasing numbers of cinemas are banning it.
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2008-08-10
Its The End for popcorn at the movies - Madonna says she lost her post-baby bulge by snacking on it, Samuel L. Jackson suspects no one can be trusted who puts sugar on it, and Patricia Arquette threw hers over Christian Slater to get him to notice her in True Romance.
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2008-08-11
Popcorn free screenings at city cinema - For decades cinema-goers have enjoyed munching on a tub of popcorn as they watch the latest releases on the big screen.
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2008-08-12
BACK TO THE BIG SCREEN - SEE A CLASSIC FILM WITH ODEON AND FRIJJ! - The FRijj Film Festival in partnership with ODEON is giving you the chance to see your favourite films back on the big screen, and all for free.
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2008-08-10
Has popcorn had its day? - Would popcorn-free cinemas ruin the experience for you, or is it good riddance to a messy, noisy, expensive snack? And what do you munch on at the flicks?
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2008-08-12
Cinema to phase out popcorn - Cinemas in London are thinking of phasing out popcorn due to customers complaining about the mess and noise it makes.
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2008-08-03
This is England released digitally in Norway thanks to the European project: D-PLATFORMa260a260 - This is England, directed by Shane Meadows, is the first movie digitally released through the D-PLATFORM initiative. It is currently being digitally screened in three cinemas in Oslo, Tromsoe and Fredrikstad. Arthaus, the movies Norwegian distributor, has thus achieved its first step in the digital world.
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2008-08-03
Cinema Ambasciatori chooses Kodak for digital feature presentationsa261a261 - Kodak today announced that Il Cinema A Trieste has purchased the Kodak Digital Cinema system for feature presentations in its highly-popular Cinema Ambasciatori auditorium in Trieste. The Kodak sale and installation includes the flexible and reliable Kodak Content Player JMN3000 and an NEC NC2500S cinema projector supplied by Prevost, NEC’s Italian distributor.
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2008-08-03
DVidea Introduces its Innovative Theater Management System for Digital Cinema Exhibitors at IBC 2007a262a262 - DVidea, the company focused on developing tools to meet the challenges of digital asset management for theater owners, today unveiled its state-of-the-art Theater Management System (TMS) at IBC 2007, currently underway in Amsterdam from September 7-11. Designed to meet the needs of digital cinema exhibitors, the TMS was developed with the cooperation of industry partners and end-users to provide the most comprehensive tools for media management and automation.
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2008-08-03
International Datacasting and Sensio Technologies Join Forces to Offer Integrated 3D Digital Cinema Broadcast Solutionsa263a263 - International Datacasting Corporation, (TSX:IDC) and SENSIO Technologies Inc. (TSX.V:SIO) announced today that they have signed a letter of intent to jointly develop and offer complete end-to-end integrated broadcast solutions for 3D digital and e-cinema. The announcement is being made on the occasion of the International Broadcasting Convention (IBC) being held in Amsterdam September 07 to 11. IBC is the leading international event for professionals involved in the creation, management and delivery of entertainment and news content world-wide.
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2008-08-03
Venice Film Festival Selects Doremi Cinemaa264a264 - As the official digital cinema partner of the prestigious Venice Film Festival, Doremi, in collaboration with cinema installer Decipro, will provide all the necessary equipment and technical support to ensure a successful DCI-JPEG2000 digital movie file playback during the festival. Six Doremi DCP-2000 servers were installed in the main auditoriums and successfully integrated with the existing traditional 35mm equipment for both image and sound.
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2008-08-03
AccessIT to Receive Bravo Award for Digital Cinema during 3D-Focused Forum at Venice International Film Festivala265a265 - Access Integrated Technologies, Inc. (AccessIT) (NASDAQ:AIXD) will receive the 2007 Bravo Award for its innovations in the digital cinema supply chain during the SMPTE D-Cinema International Forum at the Venice International Film Festival Sept. 5 in Venice, Italy.
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2008-08-03
AccessIT Signs Atlas Cinemas to Deployment and Pre-Show Programming Deala266a266 - Access Integrated Technologies, Inc. (AccessIT) (NASDAQ:AIXD) today announced that Atlas Cinemas will be the fourteenth chain to deploy the digital cinema leaders fully integrated and networked system. This agreement brings the total number of screens signed to the AccessIT Deployment Plan to almost 3700 with 800 of those belonging to customers of AccessITs PreFlix Pre-Show Entertainment solution.
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2008-08-03
Atlab Image and Sound Technology Previews Dolby 3D Digital Cinema at AIMC 2007a267a267 - Australian movie convention delegates queued with anticipation to view Atlab Image & Sound Technology’s presentation of Dolby Laboratories latest commercial cinema product, the Dolby 3D Digital Cinema solution.
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2008-08-03
The digital age hits tipping point in theaters as ACCESSIT INSTALLS 3,000TH DIGITAL CINEMA SYSTEMa268a268 - Access Integrated Technologies, Inc. (AccessIT) (NASDAQ:AIXD), the industry leader in digital cinema, announced today that the company has installed its 3,000th digital cinema system. The company is continuing to work toward its goal of completing its initial 4,000-screen deployment by the end of October.
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2008-08-03
Kinepolis Selects Dolby 3D for Major European Deploymenta269a269 - Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: DLB) today announced that the Kinepolis Group has selected the new Dolby® 3D Digital Cinema technology to outfit 17 screens throughout Europe. Kinepolis recently opened its 23rd cinema multiplex, in Ostend, Belgium, and installed the first Dolby 3D system in Europe. The Belgium-based exhibitor plans to convert one screen per complex using the Dolby 3D system.
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2008-08-03
Christie Returns as Official Digital Projection Sponsor at Toronto International Film Festivala270a270 - Christie, a global leader in visual solutions for entertainment, business and industry, is the exclusive digital projection sponsor for the 32nd Toronto International Film Festival(r) (TIFF), the world’s largest public film festival. Staged September 6 – 15 throughout Toronto, TIFF is dedicated to spotlighting Canadian artists, as well as works from filmmakers around the globe. As part of its sponsorship, Christie will provide an array of digital projectors, including the renowned Christie CP2000 DLP Cinema® projector, the most installed and preferred Digital Cinema projector in the world.
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2008-08-03
National CineMedia and Kerasotes Showplace Theatres Enter into Affiliate Agreement to Present Pre-Show Advertising, Meetings and Alternative Events in Sixth Largest U.S. Movie Circuita271a271 - National CineMedia LLC (NCM), has entered into a network affiliate agreement with Kerasotes ShowPlace Theatres, LLC, the sixth largest movie theatre exhibition company in the U.S., for the presentation of pre-show advertising, comprehensive meetings and event services, and in-theatre entertainment events. Under the terms of the new multi-year agreement, Kerasotes’ 95 theatres and 853 screens in top U.S. markets such as Chicago, Denver, Indianapolis and Minneapolis, will exclusively present NCM’s digitally distributed pre-show program, FirstLook offer in-theatre corporate meetings and event services through NCM’s CineMeetings
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2008-08-03
ravemotionpictures - Becomes United States’ Largest Exhibition Chain to go to 100% Digital Projectiona272a272 - Rave Motion Pictures, one of the fastest growing and most prominent independent theater circuits in the country, has completed its conversion to Digital Projection. All 427 screens at 27 stadium theater complexes, located in eleven states, will now feature state-of-the-art AccessIT (NASDAQ: AIXD) systems and DLP Cinema® projectors from Texas Instruments (NYSE: TXN). This represents one of the largest overall deployments of this revolutionary means of presentation and constitutes the biggest percentage adoption of any chain in the world to date.
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2008-08-03
Allen Theatres Signs Deployment and Pre-Show Programming Deal with AccessIT - Access Integrated Technologies, Inc. (AccessIT) (NASDAQ:AIXD) today announced that Allen Theatres (“Allen”) will be the thirteenth chain to convert 87 screens in 14 locations to Digital Cinema using AccessIT’s Theatre Command CenterTM software and pre-show programming and Christie DLP Cinema® projectors.
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2008-08-03
Cinema Buying Group-NATO issues Digital Cinema Request For Proposal - The Cinema Buying Group-NATO (CBG-NATO) issued today a Request For Proposals (RFP) to digital cinema equipment and service providers on behalf of the members of the CBG-NATO — small to medium-sized independent theaters in the United States and Canada.
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2008-08-03
XDC a Beating Heart of Major Events at the 60th Locarno Film Festival - On August 1st, as the Digital Cinema Official Partner of the Locarno Film Festival, XDC supported the worldwide premiere high definition projection of Vexille. After the official opening ceremony, Locarno 10,000 moviegoers, on Piazza Grande, warmed up with the high definition screening of Vexille CGA (Computer Graphic Animation) Japanese film by Fumihiko Sori. Thanks to the amazing digital cinema technology provided by XDC, the audience experienced a pure magic moment.
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2008-08-03
Paramount Pictures to Make Beowulf Available to Dolby 3D Digital Cinema Exhibitors - Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: DLB) today announced that Paramount Pictures’ Beowulf, scheduled for release on November 16, will be made available to select exhibitors who have installed Dolby® 3D Digital Cinema technology by the film’s release date.
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2008-08-14
Cross Gates Regal Cinema - This photograph is a sad reminder of the demise of the old Regal Cinema on the corner of Cross Gates Road and Cross Gates Lane.
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2008-08-14
Cinema evacuated after popcorn fire - More then a 100 people had to be evacuated from a St Helens cinema after a vat of popcorn caught fire.
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2008-08-14
Theater Chains, Studios Close to $1 Billion Digital Agreement - Aug. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Theater companies are close to a $1 billion agreement with Hollywood studios to equip theaters to show digital movies, according to a group representing the exhibitors.
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2008-08-14
$1bn deal set to launch 3-D film business - A consortium of the biggest US cinema chains is closing in on a $1bn deal that will pave the way for a new generation of money-spinning 3-D movies, after securing provisional backing from three key Hollywood studios.
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2008-08-14
Cinema campaign takes to the streets - A CAMPAIGN to demand action on Evesham’s derelict Regal Cinema will take to the streets this weekend.
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2008-08-14
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2008-07-23
“Narnia“ Premiered at Medieval Tournament - Landsberg, Germany. The German premiere of „The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian” (Walt Disney Pictures) took place in very adequate surroundings – right in the arena of ancient Kaltenberg Castle in Upper Bavaria, erected in the 13. century, where the world’s largest annual Knights’ Tournament currently is being held. The fantasy blockbuster was perfectly in line with this exciting mixture of competing knights, Middle Ages market and varied artistic supporting program.
In anticipation of the imaginative movie adventure, Kaltenberg Castle presented a short knight stunt show. Then the 8,000 visitors let the 24 metres wide, brilliant cinema pictures carry them away to the never-never land called Narnia. The projection was organised by the zweiB GmbH company, which took Kinoton with equipment and support on board. The Kinoton technicians installed and adjusted the FP 25 D film projector in use and attended to the projection.
About Kinoton
Almost sixty years of experience make Kinoton, headquartered close to Munich/Germany, one of the world-wide leading designers and manufacturers of professional equipment for processing and projection of film and digital pictures. Kinoton offers complete system solutions for cinema and studio applications as well as for large format and special venue projection. The extensive product range also includes the innovative Litefast 360° LED Display systems for advertising and digital signage.
The well-established system provider with a staff of 160 employees and in-house manufacturing keeps impressing professional circles with innovative technical developments. An extensive international service and support network with competent partners guarantees reliable customer proximity all over the world.
More information about Kinoton is on the Internet at www.kinoton.com and www.litefast-display.com.
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2008-08-16
Grenade found in cinema - ZAMBOANGA City Police Office (ZCPO) operatives retrieved Friday evening a hand grenade inside a movie theater in a shopping mall in this city.
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2008-08-16
Multi-million pound cinema refurbishment proposed for Gloucester - THE city's Cineworld cinema is set for a multi-million pound revamp.
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2008-08-16
Disabled access protest at cinema - Protesters gathered outside a cinema after a disabled teenage girl had to crawl up stairs because she could not take her wheelchair in.
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2008-08-16
Cinema Owner Looks to End His 30-Year Run - AFTER 30 years, Gerald Mallow wants to sell his vintage single-screen movie house. But he hopes that whoever takes over the Sag Harbor Cinema building will continue his tradition of showing independent and foreign films.
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2008-07-18
STAG THEATRE OPERATOR 'REGRETS CLOSURE' - Kino Holdings, the company which will close the Stag Theatre in Sevenoaks, has expressed its regret at the decision.
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2008-08-19
City news in brief: Lonmin, Cineworld - Cineworld's super troupers
Blockbusters such as Mamma Mia! and the latest Batman film, The Dark Knight, have been powerful box office draws this summer for cinema chain Cineworld, which this week is expected to unveil a strong first-half performance.
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2008-08-19
BFI's Google Earth Tour - The British Film Institute has created a layer database that allows you to look up locations, filmmakers, and other historical film references by using the free Google Earth application
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2008-08-19
Digital cinema adds new dimension to movie experience - Digital cinema (D-cinema), a technology of relaying movies in theatres via satellite by downloading them on a server, is adding new dimension to the movie-going experience.
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2008-08-24
Sing Along To Mamma Mia! Overseas - U.K. exhibitors like Vue, Cineworld, Odeon, Empire Cinemas, Showcase Cinemas and Picturehouse will be hosting sing-along screenings of Mamma Mia!, beginning August 22. Given that it's the 19th-highest grossing movie in the history of British cinema, it's probably already playing in a lot of those theaters as it is. Still, if you're in the U.K. and you're dying to see the movie again with fellow Mamma lovers, check your local listings and prepare to sing along. Hey, you can't sound worse than Pierce Brosnan did, right?
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2008-08-24
San Francisco look of £35m office scheme - A CONTROVERSIAL £35m redevelopment of Nottingham's former Odeon Cinema has been described as having the "quirky" look of San Francisco about it.
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2008-08-24
Film fans demand new town cinema - A group of film fans in Angus has stepped up its campaign to have a cinema brought back to the area. (This version of the story from Montrose Review gives more details. [Editor])
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2008-08-24
Cineworld lifts revenues, confident outlook - LONDON (SHARECAST) - Cinema chain Cineworld lifted box office revenues by 1% in the first half, while total revenues improved by 0.9%, thanks to the success of blockbusters such as “I Am Legend” and “Indiana Jones”.
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2008-08-24
Mamma Mia! keeps Cineworld singing - The UK's second largest cinema chain, Cineworld, is preparing for expansion into digital 3D films, after bouncing into the black since last year with six month pre-tax profits of £8.7m. (More on this story can be found here)
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2008-08-24
Picture House to close after less than a year - LEYBURN'S Picture House will close on October 31 after less than one year of being run by volunteers.
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2008-08-24
Chester set to become film capital of North West - CHESTER is in the frame to become the film centre of the North West.
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2008-08-24
Fraunhofer Institute Establishes the “Cinema of the Future” - At the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS, the scientists of the imaging systems department have been provided a state-of-the-art digital cinema where D-Cinema developments can be presented and tested. Premium sound and projection technology as well as a multi-functional stage system make the “Cinema of the Future” one of the best equipped theatres in the world.
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2008-08-24
Fresh plan for Regent Cinema proposed in Multiplex deal - BRISBANE'S prized Regent Cinema is likely to be radically transformed under a deal between developer Multiplex and the State Government.
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2008-08-24
MUMBAI: The UK Film Council will be appealing to the nation to join a treasure hunt for rare film to improve the national archive, as part of its Strategy for UK Screen Heritage. - UK
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2008-08-25
Fejza to reopen cinema in Mitrovica - Fejza to reopen cinema in Mitrovica
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2008-08-25
SkyCity hopes to lift cinema division - TRANS-TASMAN casinos operator SkyCity Entertainment will persist with the struggling cinema division responsible for halving its annual profit.
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2008-08-25
Adelaide to lose last CBD cinema complex - ADELAIDE will become the only capital in Australia without a mainstream city cinema when the Greater Union City complex in Hindley St closes on September 17.
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2008-08-25
Odeon in talks on move to new site - HEREFORD
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2008-08-25
News from Liverpool courteousy of Philip Mayer - Philip writes: The Princess, Kirkdale and Carlton, Tuebrook are soon to be demolished while the Bedford in Walton was demolished in April/May.
The former Mere Lane Cinema had a fire recently.
The Garston Empire has closed (was bingo), & it is planned to be demolished it is to make way for a car park for a nearby hospital; leaving the Carlton in Orell Park is the only former Liverpool cinema to still run bingo.
The present Odeon, with 10 screens, dates back from 1934 and was formerly the Paramount and is being replaced with a new Odeon Multiplex in Paradise Street, "Liverpool One", which is due to open on September 30th with 14 screens.
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2008-08-28
Face-lift for the Regal - West Briton - 
Redruth's Regal Cinema has been redecorated and given a new lease of life thanks to a major regeneration scheme. The Redruth Heritage Economic Regeneration Scheme has helped fund a major exterior refurbishment of the building this included strucutural repairs, replacement windows and the instatement of metal works. Since it's launch four years ago the regenration project has helped improve 35 properties in Redruth with the hope of boosting the town's economic growth.
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2008-09-04
Digital cinema supplanting 35 mm film in theaters - For die-hard movie fans, it's hard to imagine, but the day might soon arrive when film will join dead media like VHS and Betamax in the dusty junk drawer of history.
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2008-09-04
Suspicious fire forces cinema evacuations - A fire at a grocery shop in Glen Waverley last night is being treated as suspicious.
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2008-09-04
High-roller profit up but no silver screen - SkyCity Entertainment Group has reversed its fortunes in its high-roller international VIP business but had a poor showing from its cinema assets.
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2008-09-04
Cinema auctions off film memorabilia - A WESTCOUNTRY cinema held a charity auction of its film memorabilia ahead of its closure this October.
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2008-09-04
Cinema attendance drops to record low - Swiss cinemas haven't been spared the economic downturn and have reported their worst figures since records began in 1995.
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2008-09-04
Train station hosts drive-in cinema - Eurostar hosted a drive-in cinema in the car park of its Ebbsfleet International station over the bank holiday weekend. Reporter Michael Purton went to a screening to sample the drive-in experience.
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2008-09-04
Future sounds bright - One vintage 1970s component speaker used to be all moviegoers would hear when they watched a film at the Broadway Theatre.
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2008-09-04
THE ROLLOUT ROLLS ON - After months of inching along, the U.S. digital-cinema rollout is finally showing signs of momentum again as we move into the second phase of deployments with what will eventually amount to over a billion dollars of equipment purchased. In July 2008, Digital Cinema Implementation Partners (DCIP), the consortium made up of Regal Entertainment, AMC Theatres and Cinemark and representing about 35% of the U.S. market, struck its first major conversion incentive deal with 20th Century Fox, with the other studios expected to follow.
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2008-09-04
Centenary cinema celebration - THE grand days of theatre will be celebrated in Sydney on Friday with a North Haven man listed as guest speaker.
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2008-09-04
GETTING WITH THE PROGRAMME - As the first European country to get fully behind digital cinema and the very first to do so with a cultural goal in mind, the United Kingdom is beginning to see some of the technology
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2008-09-04
Saturn's West End landmark - WIGAN-based Saturn Communications Group has achieved a milestone with a contract to supply its technology to a cinema in London's West End.
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2008-09-04
Airtel ventures into digital cinema - Bharti-Airtel is ushering the Indian viewers to the world of 'digital cinemas'. The company has pioneered in the technology in India and the concept will hit the market very soon..
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2008-09-04
- CINEMAGOERS with visual or hearing difficulties will have a whole new world of film opened up to them thanks to the installation of new audio description and subtitling equipment.
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2008-09-04
Brief Encounter Closes at Cinema Pre-Tour, 16 Nov - Kneehigh Theatre
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2008-09-04
Regent memories wanted - OSHAWA -- With the Regent set to reopen this fall as a concert theatre, This Week is looking for readers' memories of the building over the years.
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2008-09-04
Circle Cinemas to close - Brookline
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2008-09-04
Cineworld profits up ahead of town launch - CINEWORLD is making solid financial progress, according to its half-yearly financial report, as it prepares to open its first multi-screen cinema in Haverhill.
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2008-09-04
Digital technology at a cinema near you - Cinema of the future is coming to a theatre near you: The introduction of digital technologies makes the european film industry more creative and competive at every stage of production and distribution. Stereo cinema, big screen live events and holographic television are revolutionising the media Watch from scene to screen in this week
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2008-09-04
Power company says it warned of power cut - A CINEMA and a pub were plunged into darkness during a power cut today.
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2008-09-04
Does popcorn enhance a movie or not? - It's been a cinema staple for a century, but now popcorn is being banned by Britain's biggest chain of arthouse screens. Does the cotton wool-textured snack enhance or diminish the movie-going experience, asks Stephen Robb.
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2008-09-04
Cinema puts village in the picture - Volunteers at the village hall have set up a rural cinema scheme and bought a state-of-the-art projector, sound system and screen with the help of a grant from the Wootton Bassett and Cricklade are a committee.
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2008-09-04
Join Andover - ANDOVER Film Club will be launched at the REEL Cinema in Andover on 15 September with the aim of showing films that may not otherwise come to Andover.
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2008-09-04
Merlin: BBC cues up TV and cinema ads - The BBC is to launch a TV and cinema advertising campaign to support the launch of Merlin, BBC1's autumn fantasy drama featuring veteran actor John Hurt and Bionic Woman star Michelle Ryan.
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2008-09-04
The reel thing - CINEMAS across the country are frantically cleaning up the last pieces of popcorn from the seats and floors after the busiest months of their year - the school summer holidays.Between the end of June and the second week in August this year, Falkirk's Cineworld saw 105,000 film fans flock into its screens, more than double the number of people who visited between April and June.
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2008-09-04
Rivalry between cinema and train firm drive-in - Bosses at the only cinema in Europe
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2008-09-04
Golden couple met in cinema - A PLYMOUTH couple who met at the cinema as 15-year-olds have celebrated their Golden Wedding anniversary.
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2008-09-04
Cinema to stay open - THE Plaza cinema bosses have quashed rumours that it will close as the freehold goes up for sale in Dorchester.
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2008-09-04
The Dolby Dilemna (Blog Post) - Our story begins in the fabled era of the 1970s when I started making films at the age of 11. I began by shooting regular 8mm film with my parent's Kodak Brownie, then moved up to Super-8 in the days when you could get a little Super-8 viewer and edit your film by physically hacking it apart and splicing it back together with scotch tape.
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2008-09-04
Theatre Reopens After Flood, Fire - A movie theatre in Union County is back open in time for the long Labor Day weekend.
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2008-09-04
Iconic cinema in film debut - It looked pretty unremarkable from the outside
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2008-09-04
Last ditch bid to save town cinema scheme - CAMPAIGNERS hoping to turn Harborough's former Kwik Save premises into a cinema are this week pleading for a stay of execution on plans to demolish the building.
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2008-09-04
Cinema redevelopment plan goes through on appeal - RAMSEY'S landmark cinema is to be bulldozed to make way for a community centre and new homes.
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2008-09-04
NATO's Cinema Buying Group Inks Major 3D Deal with RealD - LOS ANGELES, Sep 02, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Cinema Buying Group (CBG), a buying program for independent theaters administered by the National Association of Theatre Owners, today announced an agreement with RealD, the world's largest digital 3D experience provider. The agreement brings next-generation 3D capability to CBG's independent cinemas, currently totaling over 8,000 screens in the United States and Canada.
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2008-09-04
BFI searches for future classics - The British Film Institute is searching for classic films of the future to mark its 75th anniversary.
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2008-09-04
Movie theater loses power - The Carmike Cinema in Westwood Plaza lost power Monday, leaving screens dark.
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2008-09-04
Harold Ackroyd - YOU can almost hear the fanfares, the roar of the lion and the sounding of that great gong when their names are mentioned
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2008-09-04
Pyramid Saimira Group eyes UK's Reel cinema chain - One of the giants of the Indian film industry is looking to enter the British market by taking over Reel Cinemas, the award-winning Midlands-based group that specialises in small luxury theatres that show art house films and classic movies alongside Hollywood blockbusters.
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2008-09-04
Saturn launches cinema division - Saturn Communications Group has formed a cinema division to provide cinema operators with a customer communication and marketing services that includes digital signage, promotional packaging and digital media initiatives.
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2008-09-04
Graham Spurling Discusses Digital Cinema - The roll out of digital cinema is currently under way across Ireland. IFTN caught up with Graham Spurling of Spurling Group Cinemas to gain some insight into the digital cinema conversion, the role 3D will play, and discuss his appearance at the upcoming Screen International Digital Cinema 2008 event in London taking place on September 25th.
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2008-09-04
Cinema's first screening in 33 years - Sheffield's oldest cinema is screening its first film since 1975 to raise funds for a much needed new roof.
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2008-09-04
1920s theater going dark - The Drexel Grandview, the oldest movie theater in Franklin County and one of the region's few venues for art films, will close Sept. 27.
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2008-09-04
Too posh for popcorn - Independent cinemas once provided affordable art for all. Now, a growing number offer audiences a luxury experience
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2008-09-04
GREASE" TO UNSPOOL ON 150 UK CINEMA SCREENS ON SEPTEMBER 24 - To celebrate its 30th anniversary, Grease is making a welcome return to cinema screens across the country, in a newly restored version.
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2008-09-04
Rural Cinema Plans Boosted by Inglis Appointment - Going to the cinema may soon become as easy for people living in rural Scotland as it is for their urban counterparts, following the appointment of a former deputy director of the Edinburgh Filmhouse to a newly-created body dedicated to delivering cinema throughout the country
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2008-09-04
Cineplex Odeon Brantford Cinemas Closes and Makes Way for New Galaxy Cinemas Brantford - TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Sept. 2, 2008) - Cineplex Entertainment (TSX:CGX.UN) announced today that Cineplex Odeon Brantford Cinemas officially closed its doors last night, to make way for the new state-of-the-art eight-screen Galaxy Cinemas Brantford which will open in late October 2008.
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2008-09-04
Peter Holland Retires - Sent in by Paul Ferrer: After over 34 years working at 20th Century Fox preview theatres in London's head offices and 44 years working in the film industry Peter Holland retired last week.
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2008-09-04
Geoffrey Chandler Obit - Geoff was the former chief of Odeon Oxford and sadly passed away on 30th August
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2008-09-17
KINOTON AT 60 - Founded in 1948 in Munich, Germany as a small installation and service provider for cinemas, Kinoton GmbH has grown into one of the world’s most respected names in film projection technology.
Source: Film Journal
2008-09-17
Screenings Will Be Adults Only for Trial Period - VUE cinema in Hamilton will be offering over-18 film screenings throughout September for the movie goers of the local area to gauge the reaction.
Source: Hamilton Advertiser
2008-09-17
Curzon Cinema Closes - URMSTON, GREATER MANCHESTER, ENGLAND — After a long struggle to keep this cinema open it has lost the battle. The last of three in the district, the owners tried so much but it needed too much renovation work and it became financial liability. The loss of the Empress, the Palace, and now this, means there isn’t a local cinema anymore.
Source: Cinema Treasures
2008-09-17
NATO's Cinema Buying Group inks 3D deal with RealD - Mumbai: Cinema Buying Group (CBG), a buying program for independent theaters administered by the National Association of Theatre Owners, has announced an agreement with digital 3D experience provider RealD to bring next-generation 3D capability to CBG's independent cinemas, currently totaling over 8,000 screens in the United States and Canada.
Source: Business of Cinema
2008-09-17
'Guardian angel' disappears from former Odeon Cinema - A GUARDIAN angel painted on the former Odeon Cinema building in St Albans has been covered up by the district council.
Source: The Herts Advertiser
2008-09-17
Women thrown out of cinema for refusing snack search - Lizzy B's Cinema in Kaiapoi evicted four women, three of them grandmothers, who refused to allow staff to search their handbags for illicit snacks and drinks.
Source: Stuff.co.nz
2008-09-17
Mummy's the word at cinema centre launch - SkyCity Cinemas opens its newest multiplex at Westfield Manukau next weekend, ready for the school holidays and the arrival of the blockbuster film Mummy - Tomb of the Dragon Emperor.
Source: New Zealand Herald
2008-09-17
Small cinemas unite to survive / Syndicate aims to woo filmgoers back from huge complexes - A new cinema syndicate comprising mainly small regional movie theaters began operating this month.
Source: Daily Yomiuri
2008-09-17
The Future of Theatre Digital - nowing and understanding the standards in any industry is imperative for success, however I would argue this is the case even more so if you are wanting to break into the entertainment industry. It has been three years since the Digital Cinema Initiative (DCI) published recommendations for how distributors and theaters should handle movies distributed and exhibited digitally. The recommendations have since turned into standards and the Digital Cinema industry went through a burst of activity and growth. There are now over 6,300 digital screens worldwide and major movies are now distributed digitally as well as with film.
Source: Vcorp Services Blog
2008-09-17
Scrabble to digitise 200 screens - MUMBAI: Thanks to the efforts of Scrabble Entertainment, multiplexes will now no more have to share movie prints and limit screenings.
Source: DNA India
2008-09-17
Dolby 3D Digital Cinema Expands Worldwide as Demand Grows for Digital 3D - Dolby Emerges as a Leading 3D Provider in Europe and Asia and Announces New Installations in North America
Source: Yahoo
2008-09-17
Universal Pics, Disney to back cinema upgrade -WSJ - Sept 8 - Universal Pictures and Walt Disney Co
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2008-09-17
Blow dealt to cinema bid - N AUSTRALIAN businessman wanting to resurrect Harborough's former Ritz Cinema is staying optimistic despite councillors giving the go-ahead to demolish the building for flats and a shop.
Source: Harborough Mail
2008-09-17
Lease charges rub some of the glamour off Odeon Cinemas - ODEON & UCI Cinemas has plunged further into the red, with pre-tax losses increasing more than 79 per cent to 㿣.4million, due to prohibitive lease charges on a number of its sites.
Source: Credit Finance Guide
2008-09-17
Cinema multiplex work resumes - PLATTSBURGH -- A 12-cinema multiplex being built on the north end of the Town of Plattsburgh is projected to be open for the upcoming holiday season.
Source: Press Republican
2008-09-17
Ward Anderson firm records profit boost - One of the main companies in the Ward Anderson cinema group has recorded a major improvement in its finances.
Source: The Post
2008-09-17
Digital Cinema Deal Not Quite Done - DCIP funding awaits fourth studio pact -- The Wall Street Journal reported Monday that Universal and Disney had reached agreement with Digital Cinema Implementation Partners, the biggest exhib consortium without a studio deal for digital cinemas, on "virtual print fees" and financing for the conversion of thousands of additional screens.
Source: Hollywood Byte
2008-09-17
Cinema chain banks on finding U.S. moviegoers willing to pay $35 a tickets - Movie fans will be able to experience the comfort and pampering of first-class flying when luxury cinemas open in dozens of cities, including Ontario, over the next several years.
Source: Press Enterprise
2008-09-17
New Eco Cinema for Northwest London - KENSAL RISE, LONDON, ENGLAND — Self-made millionaire Sally Wilton is to launch an 80 seat all digital cinema in Northwest London next month called the Lexi Cinema.
Source: Cinema Treasures
2008-09-17
Anti-piracy award for Adlabs - MUMBAI: Adlabs has become the first motion picture services facility in India and Asia, to be awarded certification by the UK's industry body Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT).
Source: Hindu Business Line
2008-09-17
FogScreen launches AV Integrator Programme - UK - FogScreen is exhibiting at PLASA08 on stand D72 a seamless 3 x One projection screen installation. The FogScreen One (one meter) and Inia (two meter) both utilise patented technology to create a thin layer of fog that is dry to the touch and environmentally safe. The one-meter-wide screen provides the option of seamlessly linking with additional FogScreen One projection devices to create a fog-canvas as large as the imagination desires.
Source: LSI Online
2008-09-17
Doremi presents new Digital Cinema, 4K and HD products - Doremi Technologies is a leading developer and manufacturer of video servers for the broadcast and professional markets and has achieved a leading position in the Digital Cinema market with Doremi Cinema products. With over 10,000 installations worldwide its technology continually breaks cost barriers, delivering high quality and performance at affordable prices. Products include high-performance compressed and uncompressed video servers and players operating up to 4K, as well as converters for HDMI, DVI, and SD/HD video.
Source: Sypha Online
2008-09-17
D-LINK: D-Link to provide network backbone in digital cinema rollout across Europe - LONDON, UK, Sep 10, 2008 (M2 PRESSWIRE via COMTEX) D-Link has today announced that Arts Alliance Media (AAM), one of Europe's leading providers of digital film distribution services, has selected D-Link to supply the network infrastructure for each of the digital cinemas being rolled-out by AAM. The agreement will enable existing cinemas across Europe to make the transition to fully digital cinemas, thus providing an optimised viewing experience for film-goers.
Source: Trading Markets
2008-09-17
Picture house is thriving in modern era - A TRADITIONAL 1930s picture house which had been facing closure after massive losses is now secure as record numbers of visitors return after a major refurbishment.
Source: EADT 24
2008-09-17
AccessIT Announces Agreement with Overture Films for Content and Virtual Print Fees in Time for the Highly Anticipated Righteous Kill - Access Integrated Technologies, Inc. ("AccessIT") (NASDAQ:AIXD), the global leader in digital cinema, announced today that Overture Films (Overture) will provide all of their movies to digital cinema equipped theatres in AccessIT's Phase 1 digital cinema plan and will pay virtual print fees (VPFs) under a ten year agreement similar to those signed by all the other major studios. This agreement expands upon the strong relationship the companies have built since Overture's inception last year, as Overture is already a customer of both AccessIT's distribution software and satellite delivery services.
Source: Trading Markets
2008-09-17
Reel lie above the electric cinema - Jon Perks meets the couple for whom the term ‘home cinema’ has a whole new meaning.
Source: Birmingham Post
2008-09-17
Accessit Signs VPF deal with Overture Films - When it comes to virtual print fees all the talk lately has been about which studios have signed with Digital Cinema Implementation Partners, however there are other integrators signing distributors to VPF deals. For instance, AccessIT announced on Wednesday that they had reached a ten year VPF agreement with Overture Films to show the indie distributors films in digital cinema equipped theatres that were a part of the the integrator’s Phase 1 rollout.
Source: Celluloidjunkie Blog
2008-09-17
RealD 3D and Christie Showcase Largest Single 3D Projection at IBC - 3D to be seen larger, brighter and clearer executives to discuss future of 3D and alternative ways to present stereo images.
Source: Marketwatch
2008-09-17
Historic Camden theater eyed for future cinema - CAMDEN (Sep 12): The Camden Cinema Committee is considering the historic movie theater at 10 Mechanic St. where "Peyton Place" premiered in 1957 as a possible location of a future Camden cinema.
Source: Village Soup
2008-09-17
US gets first solar powered cinema - A movie theatre in Fairfax, California is the first US multiplex cinema to take advantage of solar power, its owners claim.
Source: Business Green
2008-09-17
Fade Out for Projectionists - So I’m at a wedding party and I’m talking to a movie theater projectionist about the trade. There is no trade he tells me. As more theaters have invested in digital projection technologies, the notion of a journeyman projectionist who knows how to cut film, load platters and thread the great heaving apparata that make the pictures move, is going the way of the zoetrope. Apparently, these days, distributors send theater managers a data cube – a sort of flash drive – loaded with the film and its constituent data… and a password. According to the projectionist, some kid then puts the cube in the machine, inputs the code, and then pushes play. Apparently, the cube is just a patch before they get the satellite distribution model worked out and the cube and the kid are cut out of the equation. And the whole thing is password protected to prevent hi-tech piracy, you know, by the kid.
Source: Daedalushowell Blog
2008-09-17
Europa Cinemas to debate dangers of D-cinema switchover - Europa Cinemas will examine the potential threat posed to cinemas across Europe by digital switchover at its 13th annual conference in Paris in November.
Source: Screen Daily
2008-09-17
Dolby sets new price high performance, reusuable 3D glasses - SAN FRANCISCO, Sep 15, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (DLB 40.96, +1.15, +2.9%) today announced that it has reduced the price of its reusable 3D glasses. Starting today, Dolby exhibitors can purchase new 3D glasses at a list price of US $27.50, reduced from US $39.00, making them even more cost-effective.
Source: Marketwatch
2008-09-17
MediaMerge Unveils New Media Server Technology at 2008 Giant Screen Cinema Association International Conference - Jersey City, NJ (PRWEB) September 16, 2008 -- Delegates at the 2008 Giant Screen Cinema Association International Conference got a first look at MediaMerge's ShowSource™3D, during the trade show at the Liberty Science Center in Jersey City, NJ.
Source: PR Web
2008-09-17
Flagship cinema for Newquay - The company which plans to build a new cinema in Newquay is promising it will be one of the South West's flagship entertainment venues.
Source: This is Cornwall
2008-09-17
XDC Signs Cooperation Agreement with More2Screen For European Digital Distribution Services - The initial agreement signed between XDC and More2Screen is for the technology cinema services required for the distribution of content in digital file format to digital screens installed in Benelux, UK, Ireland, Austria, Spain, Germany, Russia, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland. Other territories should be added soon.
Source: Digital Cinema Buyers Guide
2008-09-17
Cinerama projection booth uptown theater Washington DC - Taped around 1996 during the revival of Return of the Jedi, this is in the projection booth of the Uptown Theater in Washington DC, a former Todd-AO and Cinerama house with a giant curved screen. The projectionist was Steve Guttag, who in 2003 described, online, the theater and his tenure there:
Source: Best Home Theater Subwoofers [Blog]
2008-09-17
Regal Entertainment Group Announces Extensive Remodeling and New Amenities for Fredericksburg Theatre - KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Sep 15, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Regal Entertainment Group, a leading motion picture exhibitor owning and operating the largest theatre circuit in the United States, today announced remodeling plans for Regal Cinemas in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Construction is expected to begin in the fourth quarter and is scheduled to be complete by the summer of 2009. The theatre will remain open continuously throughout the process.
Source: Market Watch
2008-09-18
Experts offer to look at Odeon interior - Experts at the Cinema Theatre Association have offered to examine the interior of Bradford
Source: Telegraph & Argus
2008-09-18
Fire breaks out at abandoned cinema - SANDAKAN: A fire broke out at an abandoned cinema in Tanah Merah yesterday.
Source: New Sabah Times
2008-09-18
Film fans given first look of the city's new cinema screens - FILM fans have been given a sneak preview of the new cinema at Derby's
Source: This is Derbyshire
2008-09-18
Structural damage forces closure of cinema - A decade of bringing the big screen to local audiences has come to an abrupt end following the closure of the Cobar Cinema last night.
Source: Cobar Age
2008-09-18
Real Image Media gets US patent for ad distribution & tracking system - CHENNAI: Real Image Media Technologies (P) Ltd. announced today that the United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued patent 7,353,270 B2 for the company's media and advertising distribution and tracking system (DATS). The Government of India had already issued patent nos. 202969 and 202980 for this system earlier.
Source: Indian Television
2008-09-18
Historic Hollywood cinema for sale - LOS ANGELES (AFP) - The historic Hollywood cinema El Capitan, where "Citizen Kane" had its world premier, is up for sale for 31 million dollars, the owners told the Los Angeles Times Wednesday.
Source: Yahoo
2008-09-18
Empire Ealing Closes - This cinema in now closed for redevelopment.
Source: Empire Cinemas
2008-09-23
Future of Euro D-Cinema Hinges on 3D - Digital cinema growth remains slow in Europe, although the promise of 3-D and assists from government subsidies might quicken its pace.
Source: Fullres [blog]
2008-09-23
Cinema to open its doors to movie fans - Movie lovers will soon be able to watch their favourite films at the new cinema of the National Film and Television School and are being invited to join up for the privilege.
Source: Buckinghamshire Advertiser
2008-09-23
Dolby 3D Digital Cinema Expands Worldwide As Demand Grows For Digital 3D - Dolby Laboratories, Inc. announced today that shipments of Dolby
Source: Widescreen Review
2008-09-23
Dolby gets into eyewear - Jeffrey Katzenberg, CEO at Dreamworks SKG, speaking at the IBC electronics trade show in Amsterdam, predicted that a new breed of optician was about to emerge, catering for high-quality 3D-suitable eyewear. Dolby is ready with its branded 3D specs
Source: Rapid TV News
2008-09-23
Plans go on public show - People will be given the chance to examine the
Source: Telegraph & Argus
2008-09-23
Cinemas starring role in duos scary movie - Two Sheffield film-makers are scaring the pants off audiences with their unique brand of horror. Polly Rippon reports.
Source: The Star
2008-09-23
Dolby sings for Doremi - A digital cinema player that supports the Dolby 3D Digital Cinema system is among Doremis latest innovations. The DCP-2000 is the most widely used JPEG 2000 DCI digital cinema player worldwide with over 6000 installed to date. At IBC2008 this industry workhorse adds the ability to play DCI Digital Cinema Packages (DCP) to present stereoscopic 3D movies. The DCP-2000 is 2k native but can extend to 4k with the addition of the MB-4k media block.
Source: Fullres [Blog]
2008-09-23
Pealr & Dean signs up Showcase - Pealr & Dean have just announced that they have just signed up Showcase Cinemas along with the AMC circuit. This gives P&D 33% of cinema admissions and 44% of sites.
Source: Pearl & Dean
2008-09-25
Coming soon to ailing cinemas - wedding videos - As multiscreen cinemas march down the Italian peninsula, sweeping away historic city centre cinemas, a small independent screen in Puglia has stumbled on a secret weapon to fight back.
Source: The Guardian
2008-09-25
Plans for Gateshead's first casino revealed - The casino is part of an estimated £10m scheme by Gill Properties for the site formerly occupied by the Odeon Cinema, which was demolished in 2003. The land has become an overgrown eyesore in recent years until a recent tidy-up.
Source: Chronicle Live
2008-09-25
Eight-screen cinema complex lined up for Tropicana scheme in Weston-super-Mare - CINEMA operator Vue has signed up to run a complex within the proposed £48-million Tropicana scheme in Weston-super-Mare.
Source: This is Bristol
2008-09-25
Pearl & Dean win deal to handle Showcase Cinema advertising - LONDON - Pearl & Dean has scooped a deal to handle the advertising for Showcase Cinemas from Digital Cinema Media, the sales house formerly known as Carlton Screen Advertising, who handled the account for the last six years.
Source: Brand Republic
2008-09-26
A projector in your pocket? - After a number of stories relating to mobile phones which are being developed with projectors built into them, one is about to be released in October this year. The article below appeared in THe London Lite the other night. What I found really intersting is that it is going to use a laser which means that no focusing is required!
Source: London Lite
2008-09-30
Digital cinema looks south - Latin America is slowly waking up to digital cinema. While still far behind the U.S., Europe and Asia, the number of DCI-grade digital systems south of the border has tripled in the past year—from around 15 systems in the fall of 2007 to approximately 50 expected by the end of 2008. Mexico will have 16 systems, Brazil 15 and Ecuador four, with the rest in Chile, Peru and Argentina. Even the Falkland Islands, possibly the first country in the world to go 100% digital, has upgraded their single screen in Stanley with digital 3D.
Source: Film Journal
2008-09-30
Feel good films lift cinema to 40 year audience high - The film that brought back the music of the 70s has helped lift cinema audiences to a 40-year high.
Source: The Herald
2008-09-30
NY judge - Nibble on cinema popcorn at own risk - NEW YORK -- Movie munchers beware! A New York judge says popcorn purchasers worried about breaking a tooth on unpopped kernels should nibble carefully - or eat something else.
Source: Star-Telegram
2008-09-30
UK exhibitors urged to boycott Revolver's all-platform release - The UK's Cinema Exhibitors Association (CEA) has called on members to boycott Revolver Entertainment's planned Boxing Day release of Mum & Dad simultaneously on theatrical, DVD and online platforms.
Source: Screen Daily
2008-09-30
Theaters, studios near deal for digital projection - LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - A consortium of the nation's top movie-theater chains will announce within two weeks a $1 billion-plus financing agreement with four major studios to equip more than 15,000 screens nationwide with digital-projection systems during the next three years.
Source: Reuters
2008-09-30
France Telecom's film investment up for debate - PARIS -- Things are heating up at France Telecom as company president Didier Lombard and the nation's film industry engage in a tete-a-tete over how much the company should invest in French cinema. Lombard said at MIPTV in April that his company planned to launch "Orange Cinema Series," a subscription television service spanning all media platforms. The new product would offer new films, TV series and catalog titles through exclusive content deals with Warner Bros. International.....
Source: Hollywood Reporter
2008-09-30
Brits turn to the cinema and tea room during economic gloom - Families are turning to the cinema and the tea room during the economic downturn as a cheaper form of entertainment.
Source: Daily Telegraph
2008-09-30
Cinema blow for traders - The Daily Echo can reveal that the launch of Eastleigh’s £25m cinema and leisure complex expected to open for Christmas has been delayed until next Easter.
Source: Daily Echo
2008-09-30
Film club wins top award - LOUTH Film Club is celebrating after taking the top prize at this year's Film Society of the Year Awards on Saturday and also winning the most important category prize, for its 2008/9 programme of films.
Source: Louth Leader
2008-09-30
Former Odeon unsafe says survey - A new structural survey has “proved the case” for the demolition of the derelict Odeon cinema, say developers who want to regenerate the city centre site.
Source: The Telegraph and Argus
2008-09-30
Cinema revamp plans go on display - Plans for a £55m development on the site of Bradford's historic Odeon cinema are being put on public display.
Source: BBC News
2008-09-30
Crunch meeting ahead for cinema campaigners - A CRUNCH meeting between the owners of Harborough's former Kwik Save site and an Australian businessman hoping to turn it into a cinema takes place on Monday.
Source: Harborough Mail
2008-09-30
Artistes protest tax on cinema industry - Cinema hall owners across the country have closed their business Monday to protest the decision of the new government imposing compulsory tax on cinema industry.
Source: Nepal News
2008-09-30
Damian Barr welcomes you to the quiet revolution - The crunching of popcorn, the seemingly bottomless rustling bag, the bleeping mobile — this is the soundtrack of modern cinema, an horrific remix that sets my pulse racing more than any thriller. Fearing a Falling Down-style freak-out I’ve avoided going to the cinema for more than a year.
Source: The Times
2008-09-30
Fire closes Boulevard Cinema - It’s curtains at the Boulevard Cinema in Napanee, but just for a few weeks, after a fire Tuesday night that caused damage in the lobby. The theatres and hallway also sustained water and smoke damage.
Source: Napanee Guide
2008-09-30
Adlabs crosses 10,000 shows on 2K digital cinema format - MUMBAI: Adlabs Films Limited, a member of the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, has crossed the milestone of over 10,000 successful shows in the true 2K Digital Cinema format.
Source: Indian Television
2008-09-30
The last picture show for cinema stalwart Geoff - For Geoff Sale, it was the summer to beat all summers – but for all the wrong reasons.
Source: Gazette News
2008-09-30
Tiny village theatre gets major award - A theatre company based in a tiny Norfolk village is now to be ranked alongside London's Old Vic Theatre, National Theatre and Royal Opera House after winning a prestigious industry award.
Source: Dereham Times
2008-09-30
Theatre saved from closure by Mamma Mia - THE oldest theatre in Wales, set to shut for good this month because it had run out of money, has been saved thanks to hit Abba musical film Mamma Mia!
Source: Wales Online
2008-09-30
Writer of Mamma Mia! joins the Wotton Cinema - The volunteers at the Electric Picture House in Wotton under Edge Gloucestershire, are celebrating the arrival of its first Patron Catherine Johnson, the playwright and screenwriter who created the popular show and subsequent film Mamma Mia! Catherine joined up as an associate member of the volunteers known as “Team Electric” at the all-Digital Cinema and has agreed to become their first Patron.
Source: Press Release
2008-10-07
Mamma Mia! boosts summer cinema - Hit musical film Mamma Mia! has helped UK cinema to enjoy its best summer of attendances in recent years.
Source: BBC News
2008-10-07
Digital cinema looks south - Latin America is slowly waking up to digital cinema. While still far behind the U.S., Europe and Asia, the number of DCI-grade digital systems south of the border has tripled in the past year—from around 15 systems in the fall of 2007 to approximately 50 expected by the end of 2008. Mexico will have 16 systems, Brazil 15 and Ecuador four, with the rest in Chile, Peru and Argentina. Even the Falkland Islands, possibly the first country in the world to go 100% digital, has upgraded their single screen in Stanley with digital 3D.
Source: Film Journal
2008-10-07
Blackstone, JP Morgan in $1 billion cinema deal: report - (Reuters) - Blackstone Group LP and JPMorgan Chase & Co will look to raise over $1 billion to help fund the conversion of 20,000 U.S. cinema screens to digital technology, in a deal due to be announced later on Wednesday, the Financial Times reported.
Source: Reuters via Yahoo
2008-10-07
Is digital cinema affordable for European independents? - One of the themes of the 13th. annual Conference of Europa Cinemas (Hôtel Méridien Montparnasse, Thursday 12 November to Sunday 16 November) is the cost of digital technology for smaller independent cinemas.
Source: Whyibc [Blog]
2008-10-07
Digital Projection Deal Close To Reality - A consortium of theaters are expected to announce within two weeks a $1 billion financing deal with four major studios - Universal, Paramount, Disney and Fox - that would provide digital projection systems to more than 15,000 movie screens during the next three years.
Source: Redorbit
2008-10-07
Theaters, studios near deal for digital projection - LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - A consortium of the nation's top movie-theater chains will announce within two weeks a $1 billion-plus financing agreement with four major studios to equip more than 15,000 screens nationwide with digital-projection systems during the next three years.
Source: Yahoo
2008-10-07
Studios, theaters seen announcing digital cinema deal that will boost 3-D - Walt Disney, Paramount, Twentieth Century Fox and Universal are soon expected to announce a long-sought $1.1 billion digital cinema deal that Hollywood hopes will boost attendance, cut costs and enablemore 3-D viewing, sources close to the deal said.
Source: Videsignline.com
2008-10-07
90% of digital screens not adequate for 3D experience, film-maker claims - Only one-in-10 of digital screens is adequate for 3D screenings, claims pioneering 3D film-maker Ben Stassen.
Source: Screen Daily
2008-10-07
Exhibs, studios bridge digital divide - After a long stalemate, the country’s three largest theater chains will begin installing digital screens —needed to play 3-D titles — en masse after reaching agreement with five studios on "virtual" print fees.
Source: Variety.com
2008-10-07
NATO welcomes digital agreement between five studios, exhibitors - The National Association Of Theatre Owners (NATO) has hailed the agreement between five leading studios and North American's three largest exhibitors that paves the way for the long overdue conversion to digital cinema.
Source: Screen Daily
2008-10-07
Palace of escapism nearly ready for its audiences - THE distinctive, welcoming smell of popcorn may currently be absent, but step into any of the five screens and there's no mistaking that feeling of anticipation which comes as you enter a cinema.
Source: Haverhill Echo
2008-10-07
Mamma Mia! keeps Cineworld singing - The UK's second largest cinema chain, Cineworld, is preparing for expansion into digital 3D films, after bouncing into the black since last year with six month pre-tax profits of £8.7m.
Source: Daily Telegraph
2008-10-07
Digital Cinema Agreement - The largest news of the week, if not the whole of 2008 has been the agreement in the US by studios to help pay for the conversion to digital cinema. In order to view all the stories on this subject, then follow this link through to Google News and search for "Digital Agreement" and you should find the results.
Source: Google
2008-10-07
NEW MULTIPLEX-CINEMA FOR NEWQUAY - The big screen experience is to return to Newquay, which has been without a cinema for the past twelve years, with Cornwall based WTW Cinemas announcing plans to build a brand new four screen complex on the site of the former Vic Bars in Crantock Street.
Source: WTW Cinemas
2008-10-07
Imax signs joint venture with Austrian cinema - PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Imax Corporation said Tuesday that it has signed a joint venture to open three digital projection movie theaters in Austria -- the company's first in Europe.
Source: Yahoo
2008-10-07
Pictures of Odeon faults are released - A developer has released these images to support its claim that the former Odeon cinema building has developed “major structural defects”.
Source: The Telegraph and Argus
2008-10-07
Multibuild finishes fit out of Liverpool cinema complex - Stockport-based contractor Multibuild has completed a £6m contract to fit out the Odeon Cinema complex in the Liverpool One regeneration project.
Source: Crains Manchester Business
2008-10-07
DCM lauches new brand identity - LONDON - Digital Cinema Media (DCM), the cinema sales house formed through the purchase of Carlton Screen Advertising by Odeon and Cineworld, has revealed a new brand identity. DCM's website is http://www.dcm.co.uk
Source: Brand Republic
2008-10-07
Adlabs to digitally upgrade 500 cine screens - Mumbai, Oct 6 (IANS) Adlabs Films Ltd, a part of the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG), will digitally upgrade 500 cine screens in India in the next 18 months, according to a senior group executive.Adlabs will use the 80,000 km of optic fibre cable (OFC) for telecommunication, laid by another ADAG subsidiary, telecom operator Reliance Communications, for transmitting movies directly to the screens, said Patrick von Sychowski, chief operating officer COO) at Adlabs Digital Cinema.
Source: Thaindian.com
2008-10-07
Sony raises the curtain on new 3D System for Digital Cinema - Mumbai: Sony Electronics is demonstrating its latest digital cinema technology innovation: a single-projector 3D adaptor designed to work specifically with its 4K projectors in movie theaters.
Source: Business of Cinema
2008-10-07
I couldn't let Reel Cinema die - THE new operator of Plymouth's Reel Cinema says he has come out of retirement because he didn't want to see the building close.
Source: This is Plymouth
2008-10-07
Cinema owner weighs options - IT CONTINUES to lie empty and boarded up, nine months after an independent cinema chain bought it and promised to restore it to its former glory.
Source: The Press
2008-10-07
Luxury cinema promises "escapism" in US grim times - SOUTH BARRINGTON, Ill., Oct 4 (Reuters Life!) - Tired of all the grim news about the prospects of a U.S. recession and a bailout for Wall Street?
Source: Reuters
2008-10-07
cinema dreams kepts alive by meeting - AN AUSTRALIAN businessman hoping to turn Harborough's former Kwik Save site into a cinema said a meeting to discuss the proposal with the building's owners has gone well.
Source: Harborough Mail
2008-10-07
We are not likely to get a cinema - ROWS continue to rumble on at Worksop Town Hall over whether a cinema will EVER be built.
Source: Worksop Guardian
2008-10-07
Rehoboth Mall Cinema suddenly closes - A Rehoboth Beach-area movie theater has closed its doors and employees are asking why.
Source: Delaware Online
2008-10-07
HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL - HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL BREAKS U.K. RECORDS - The latest installment in the HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL movie series has already begun breaking box office records in the U.K. - the teen picture has taken the most advance bookings ever.
Source: Contact Music
2008-10-07
FAREWELL TO FILM? -- What is at Stake in Digital Projection? - Abridged version of the report made by Daniel Goudineau "FAREWELL TO FILM? WHAT IS AT STAKE IN DIGITAL PROJECTION?"
Source: Digital Cinema Info
2008-10-07
Adlabs crosses 10,000 shows on 2K digital cinema format - Adlabs Films Limited, a member of the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, has crossed the milestone of over 10,000 successful shows in the true 2K Digital Cinema format.
Source: Digital Cinema Info
2008-10-07
Europa Cinemas to debate dangers of D-cinema switchover - Europa Cinemas will examine the potential threat posed to cinemas across Europe by digital switchover at its 13th annual conference in Paris in November.
Source: Digital Cinema Info
2008-10-07
A European Premiere: the 2008 Cannes Palme d'Or is the 1st digital release of a movie to be exclusively distributed via an electronic network to theaters in France - Palme D’Or winner "Entre les murs" (The Class), a Laurent Cantet film released in France on September 24th, is the first film in Europe to be exclusively delivered to digital cinemas via an electronic network, thanks to SmartJog, the global leader in managed file delivery, and cinego.net, a digital film release management tool.
Source: Digital Cinema Info
2008-10-07
UK government won't bail out digital cinema stragglers - The UK government will not bail out cinemas left behind in the switch to digital cinema, Stewart Till, chairman of the UK Film Council has warned.
Source: Digital Cinema Info
2008-10-13
Hotel chain buys the Odeon cinema - LIVERPOOLS former London Road Odeon cinema is to become a hotel.
Source: Liverpool Echo
2008-10-13
From Odeons to High Rise: The Photography of John Maltby - An exhibition that examines the work of one of Britain's finest architectural and social photographers, John Maltby (1910–1980), whose archive is held by the RIBA Library Photographs Collection. Beginning with a commission for the Odeon cinema chain in the 1930s, Maltby enjoyed a long-lasting and diverse career that embraced work for architects, manufacturers and designers, among them Tecton, the Design Research Unit and Sir Terence Conran, in addition to a clutch of magazines from The Architect & Building News to Modern Woman.
Source: London Architecture Diary
2008-10-13
FogScreen, Inc. Announces Gold Partner Program for Walk-Through Projection Screen - SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- FogScreen, Inc., creators of the world's first walk-through projection screen made of "dry" fog, are proud to announce the launch of their new Gold Partner Program. From now until the end of 2008, FogScreen, Inc., will be offering two of their mesmerizing one-meter One screens to prospective Gold partners at a significant discount. The two One screens will be available at the same price as a single two-meter FogScreen(TM) Inia projection screen, an overall discount of $10,000.
Source: Yahoo
2008-10-13
Imax signs joint venture with Austrian cinema - NEW YORK (Associated Press) - Imax Corporation said Tuesday that it has signed a joint venture to open three digital projection movie theaters in Austria _ the company's first in Europe
Source: CNN
2008-10-13
Odeon plans draw 150 to exhibition - About 150 people attended a public exhibition to view plans to transform the site of the former Odeon cinema in Bradford city centre.
Source: The Telegraph and Argus
2008-10-13
Travelodge plan for cinema - A TRAVELODGE could soon replace the former Regal cinema and Gala Bingo premises in Lancaster city centre.
Source: Lancaster Guardian
2008-10-13
Limerick city to get new seven screen cinema - A SEVEN screen cinema complex could be opened in the city centre in the next two years if Limerick City Council gives its approval.
Source: Limerick Leader
2008-10-13
GDCs Digital Cinema Server included in AccessITs Approved Digital Cinema Equipment List - GDC is pleased to announce that its best-selling digital cinema server has been included in the approved digital equipment list of AccessIT, the global leader in providing integrated solutions for digital cinema.
Source: PR Web
2008-10-13
Hearse fitted with cinema goes on sale - A HEARSE that was customised with £25,000 worth of features including a back seat cinema has been put up for sale.
Source: Motors Today
2008-10-13
Stars come out in force to launch new cinema - SHOPPERS in Haverhill town centre were in for a shock on Saturday when they stumbled across a host of famous screen characters.
Source: Haverhill Echo
2008-10-13
Sony leads push for higher clarity - How many Ks are OK for digital cinema?
Source: Fullres [Blog]
2008-10-13
New arthouse cinema opens in Kensal Rise - Sally Wilton has converted an Edwardian hall in Kensal Rise into a state-of-the-art cinema, profits from which will fund projects in South Africa. Wally Hammond meets her
Source: Timeout
2008-10-18
Digital Cinema Initiatives, LLC Signs Licensing Agreements for Compliance Testing - HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Oct 13, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Digital Cinema Initiatives, LLC (DCI) announced today that it has signed licensing agreements for compliance testing with CineCert, LLC in the United States, DMC/Keio University in Japan and Media Innovation Center in Italy. These entities will perform testing to determine whether manufactured digital cinema equipment and products are compliant with DCIs Digital Cinema System Specification (the DCI Specification).
Source: Marketwatch.com
2008-10-18
Arqiva Uses Satellite to Deliver Full-Length Digital Cinema Feature - [Satellite Today 10-13-08] Arqiva used its content delivery network to distribute a full-length digital cinema feature via the Intelsat 905 satellite to Circuit George Raymond (CGR), one of Frances largest movie theatre chains, the company announced Oct. 13.
Source: Satellite Today
2008-10-18
Doremi Cinema introduces the New DCP-2K4 Digital Cinema Server - Building on Doremis DCP-2000 platform, which was the first JPEG2000 payback server on the market, the DCP-2K4 provides the same robust feature sets and performance of the DCP-2000 with added ingest inputs, which gives exhibitors flexibility on the receipt and ingest of content for digital playback.
Source: Business of Cinema
2008-10-18
Christie Launches Industry-First Technological Breakthrough For 3D - CYPRESS, Calif., Oct 13, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Christie, a leader in digital cinema projection, is pleased to introduce its Brilliant3D technology that enables 3D content to be projected in full 2K resolution for digital cinema projectors utilizing 1.2" DMD chips from Texas Instruments. A first for the industry, this new technology will be available exclusively on all Christie digital cinema projectors and will be launched at ShowEast beginning October 13th in Orlando, FL. Following the successful demonstrations with RealD at IBC in Amsterdam last month, Christies new technology provides 33% more brightness for 3D content and uses only a single lens system.
Source: Marketwatch.com
2008-10-18
D-cinema lags in Latin region - ORLANDO -- Latin American exhibitors arent holding their breath for the digital revolution. Only 50 or so theater screens in the region have been converted to what Hollywood considers movie-quality digital projectors, though more positively, nearly all of those installations are equipped with 3-D capability.
Source: Hollyqwood Reporter
2008-10-18
Technology took my job - Projectionist - The massive multiplex you flock to on opening night still has at least one small holdover from the days when a projectionist was the only way to change reels during a film: black "cue marks" on the upper-right hand corner of the screen. Those ovals signal to the projectionist that its time to switch to the next reel of film to continue the movie. This type of projectionist, though, is now harder to come by due in no small part to automated timer systems in modern megaplexes. Digital projection, while still far from widespread, is also bearing down on the traditional projectionist.
Source: PC Mag
2008-10-18
Return of the silver screen a step closer - THE keys to St Austells new multi-screen cinema were handed over last Wednesday. WTW Cinemas has taken over the state-of-the-art building, ready to start work on the interior, before it is opened in December.
Source: This is Cornwall
2008-10-18
Christie Surpasses Historic 5,000 Digital Cinema Milestone - CYPRESS, Calif. — Christie, a global leader in visual solutions for entertainment, business and industry, has surpassed the historic 5,000 digital cinema milestone, posting a record 5,197 completed installations worldwide just three years after launching the worlds largest digital cinema deployment plan.
Source: Centre Daily
2008-10-18
AccessIT Signs Agreement with Lionsgate To Receive Content and Virtual Print Fees For Its Phase 2 Digital Cinema Deployment Plan For Up To 10,000 Screens - MORRISTOWN, N.J. — Access Integrated Technologies, Inc. ("AccessIT") (NASDAQ:AIXD), the global leader in digital cinema announced today that leading next generation film studio LIONSGATE(R) (NYSE: LGF) will provide movies to digital cinema equipped theatres in the Phase 2 digital cinema program and will pay virtual print fees (VPFs) under a long-term agreement. This agreement follows a May 8th announcement of a similar agreement between Lionsgate and AccessIT for AccessITs Phase 1 Digital Cinema Deployment Plan.
Source: Centre daily
2008-10-18
Arqiva distributes full-length digital cinema feature via satellite - Arqiva has announced it has used its Content Delivery Network to distribute the 2008 Palme dOr winning Entre Les Murs to Circuit George Raymond (CGR), one of Frances largest cinema chains.
Source: DTG
2008-10-18
Imax to install 2 theaters for UKs Odeon Cinemas - NEW YORK (AP) -- Imax Corp., which makes large-screen movie systems, said Wednesday it has reached an agreement with U.K.-based theater chain Odeon Cinemas Ltd. to install two Imax digital projection systems in London.
Source: Yahoo
2008-10-18
Odeon axed as cinema goes underground - A MAJOR London cinema is to be demolished to make way for a new basement cinema and hotel on the corner of Leicester Square.
Source: This is London
2008-10-18
Compliance a focus of d-cinema rollout - While the studio consortium Digital Cinema Initiatives is moving forward with plans to test d-cinema systems to make sure they are DCI-compliant, projectors using the current version of Texas Instruments DLP Cinema technology may not measure up to the new standard.
Source: Hollywood Reporter
2008-10-18
New business team forms to forge ahead with cinema plans for St Neots - A new business team is being formed to try to secure a new multi-million pound cinema complex for St Neots.
Source: Town Crier
2008-10-18
Why London needs a new national film theatre - As the London Film Festival opens this week, Dave Calhoun wonders when – and if – visions for replacing the National Film Theatre will ever be realised
Source: Timeout
2008-10-18
Compliance a focus of d-cinema rollout - While the studio consortium Digital Cinema Initiatives is moving forward with plans to test d-cinema systems to make sure they are DCI-compliant, projectors using the current version of Texas Instruments' DLP Cinema technology may not measure up to the new standard.
Source: Hollywood Reporter
2008-10-30
New format to compete with Blu-ray, twice the capacity, 1920p capable. - DreamStream to employ military-grade encryption to secure Royal Digital Medias new optical media format, which exceeds Blu-rays HD capabilities. DreamStream and RDMs technologies align perfectly, as they both rest exponentially beyond the standards currently being employed
Source: AV Revolution Forum
2008-10-30
Christies Brilliant3D technology delivers a bright, single lens 3D solution - Christie, a leader in digital cinema projection, is pleased to introduce its Brilliant3D technology that enables 3D content to be projected in full 2K resolution for digital cinema projectors utilizing 1.2in DMD chips from Texas Instruments.
Source: AV Interactive
2008-10-30
3-D sound unveiled at L.A. theater - HOLLYWOOD -- A breakthrough in theatrical sound that is targeting digital 3-D-ready exhibition was introduced Tuesday at the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers Technical Conference and Exhibition.
Source: Hollywood Reporter
2008-10-30
Cineworld posts blockbuster results - A SERIES of blockbuster films, including Mamma Mia and The Dark Knight, have helped Cineworld to increase revenues.
Source: Scotsman
2008-10-30
Cineworld confirms it will open Llanfairpwll cinema - FOLLOWING last week’s revelations that the Ty Mawr scheme has a rival, developers Ynys Môn Estates have hit back by revealing unswerving backing for their project, at Llanfairpwll.
Source: The Online Mail
2008-10-30
SMPTE 2008 Show Opens With Launch of 3-D Cinema Sound System - LOS ANGELES, BUSINESS WIRE -- SMPTE 2008: Annual Tech Conference & Expo (
Source: US
2008-10-30
Hollywood may not be recession-proof this time - Blame the Internet. The endless stream of free content means strapped consumers can escape without spending at the multiplex or subscribing to premium cable.
Source: LA Times
2008-10-30
The Kingstanding Odeon in VR - The Visualisation Lab at King’s College London plan to create a “unique, interactive, virtual reality, Cinema History database”
Source: Created in Birmingham
2008-10-30
Odeon cinemas: the John Maltby collection - The Odeon cinema chain was both a cultural icon of 1930s England and an architectural landmark. It was founded by Oscar Deutsch, a modest financier who acquired his first cinemas as one business venture among many. Within a few years he had developed a chain of cinemas to rival the ABC and Gaumont.
Source: Viewfinder - English Heritage
2008-10-30
Odeon plan approved - The Planning Committee earlier today approved the development proposals submitted by Duddingston House Properties for the Odeon Cinema in Clerk Street. The decision was approved on a majority vote. It remains to be seen in the current property market and with the parlous state of the economy whether the development goes ahead. The unoccupied property has become a blight on the Clerk Street area. There were objections from many who felt the B listed cinema should have been completely retained, and concerns were also expressed that alternative schemes to bring viability to the premises had not been given sufficient opportunity to succeed.
Source: Cameron Rose [blog]
2008-10-30
Digital dilemma projected for independent cinemas - THE shift away from traditional methods of showing films would appear to favour the big cinema chains - but Cumbrias smaller ventures are getting ahead of the game. CAROLINE BARBER reports
Source: NWE Mail
2008-10-30
East Grinsteads cinema gets a makeover - SPACIOUS seating and an extra screen are among the new features at the towns cinema, which will be officially re-opened tomorrow night
Source: Thisissussex
2008-10-30
Cinema tops childrends wish list - Youngsters in Oswestry desperately want a cinema to be built in the town, councillors have been told. The call follows meetings with the town mayor.
Source: Shropshire Star
2008-10-30
Regal CEO says digital ugrade maybe delayed - Calling it one of the worst credit markets he has seen in years, Regal Entertainment Group CEO Mike Campbell said Thursday a $1 billion industry digital upgrade could be delayed.
Source: Fullres [blog]
2008-10-30
Kodak innovators honored by leading motion picture technical society - HOLLYWOOD — Four Kodak technologists will be honored this week for significant imaging innovations that have helped to advance the entertainment industry. The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) will recognize the achievements of Michael Ryan, Richard Wheeler, Nestor Rodriguez and Dr. Thomas Maier at its annual Honors and Awards Ceremony, to be held on October 30. SMPTE is the industry’s leading society for the promotion of new technology and innovation in visual entertainment.
Source: Digital Content Producer [blog]
2008-10-30
Magic lanterns: Early photo projection was dangerous, but exciting - You must be at least 100 years old, or in my family, to remember the magic lantern. My grandfather loved this device and was giving us shows into the 1950s.
Source: Cantonrep.com
2008-10-30
Plans for open air has mixed reviews in London - KKen Livingstone pledged to build a new open-air cinema beside the Thames as he unveiled his arts manifesto.
Source: Openaircinema [blog]
2008-10-30
workers get to root of Odeon weeds - A programme to improve the look of the former Odeon cinema building in Bradford city centre has started to remove weeds growing on the derelict building.
Source: The Telegraph and Argus
2008-10-30
Cinema fan stands for Tories - Mr Pennington, of East Morton, who is best known these days for his campaigning on behalf of a pressure group to stop the former Odeon Cinema from being demolished, has previous political experience. In the spring he made a failed attempted to win Eccleshill for the Tories.
Source: Yorkshire Post
2008-10-30
Like a remote control for cinema - Wouldnt it be great if you could pick the films that your local cinema is going to show?
Source: BBC News
2008-10-30
Multi brings ODEON big screen cinema experience to Victoria Square (IE) - ODEON, the UK’s largest cinema chain shall operate an 8-screen cinema on the 2nd floor level of Victoria Square and will have capacity for 1,800 seats. The cinema experience that ODEON will bring to Victoria Square will be new to the city, incorporating the latest sound and projection technology used at other ODEON cinemas across the UK. Access to the cinema will be off the impressive dome, which will be accessible to the public 24/7.
Source: UK-re.com
2008-10-30
Showcase Cinemas equip new digital signage - In its latest rollouts, two Showcase Cinema complexes popularly known as Cinemas De Lux in Bristol and Leicester have been equipped with digital signage. The sites also complemented the cinema chain’s existing flagship in Derby, which opened recently in the summer. Central to all three of the multiplex sites is a digital-signage system developed and installed by Beaver Solutions, using a total of 124 Sanyo 42-inch LCD panels and 67 players running Scala’s InfoChannel 5.
Source: Sign news
2008-10-30
How digital cinema made it big - the true Hollywood story - Digital cinema is one of the most significant breakthroughs in the movie industry – find out how this new technology it made it to the big screen.
Source: Garys guide
2008-10-30
Blaze drama at excinema in Capital - FIREFIGHTERS today battled a blaze which broke out at a former cinema and nightclub in Leith and left two security guards suffering smoke inhalation.
Source: Scotsman
2008-10-30
Last picture show for the small cinemas that cannot afford £50m ticket to future - Cinema-going is under threat in many towns and rural areas, with almost half of Britain’s venues facing possible closure in the next five years.
Source: The Times
2008-10-30
Historic cinema faces threat of demolition - A FORMER cinema which has lain empty for the last five years is set to be partially demolished to make way for a new hotel.
Source: Scotsman
2008-10-30
Your top six questions answered on Odeon development - On September 29, Yorkshire Forward and its development partner Langtree Artisan started a week-long public exhibition to showcase a landmark city centre development.
Source: Telegraph and Argus
2008-10-30
Leicester Square scheme gets go ahead - Westminster City Council has approved plans for a new hotel and Odeon cinema as part of the regeneration of the South-west corner of Londons famous Leicester Square.
Source: Planning Resource
2008-10-30
FogScreen, Inc. Announces New AV Integrator Program for Walk-Through Projection Screen - SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- FogScreen, Inc., creators of the worlds first walk-through projection screen made of "dry" fog, are proud to announce the launch of the 3-tiered AV Integrator Program. FogScreen, Inc. has developed the new AV Integrator Program for fixed installations and mega-projects worldwide. The FogScreen(TM) projection screen provides a stunning and experiential canvas of dry fog that attracts viewers attention like no other production element before, prompting top AV companies across all major market segments to utilize the FogScreen projection screen in never-before-seen ways.
Source: Yahoo
2008-10-30
Jesmond Picture House to be razed - A HISTORIC North cinema is set to be bulldozed to make way for new offices, despite concerns over a lack of parking spaces in its Newcastle suburb.
Source: Journal Live
2008-10-30
Hope of 750 new jobs if ex-cinema demolished - SEVEN hundred and fifty jobs could be created if plans to tear down one of Bradfords most iconic buildings – the former Odeon cinema – get the go-ahead.
Source: Yorkshire Post
2008-10-30
3D Film Technology could kill off 300 British cinemas - Hundreds of local cinemas could close because they are unable to afford new digital projector technology required to show a new generation of 3D films, it has been warned.
Source: Telegraph
2008-10-30
The inability to evolve has darkened screens before - The switch to digital cinema has barely touched the consciousness of the public. Some may be aware of the hype surrounding 3D, while others may have seen an opera screened at the local cinema, but this is not a demand-led transformation.
Source: The Times
2008-10-30
Odeon plan goes in - A planning application for a landmark development on the former Odeon cinema site has been submitted to Bradford Council, it was announced today.
Source: The Telegraph and Argus
2008-10-30
Independent cinemas struggle to cough up cost of digital switchover - A PENZANCE cinema could be under threat of closure within the next five years because it cannot afford the switchover to digital technology.
Source: This is Cornwall
2008-10-30
Cinema reschedules HSM3 screening after furore - A Norwich cinema has pulled the plug on an early morning showing of the eagerly anticipated High School Musical 3.
Source: Evening News 24
2008-11-17
Cinema will be main feature in redevelopment - CINEMAS have changed over the years, and St Austell's new
Source: Thisiscornwall.co.uk
2008-11-17
British cinema chain growing up - Brit exhib chain Vue Entertainment has introduced selected adult-only screenings.
Source: Variety
2008-11-17
Kingstanding virtual cinema project seeks backers - A virtual reality art-deco theatre project, which began in Kingstanding, is seeking a revivial to preserve the nation's cinematic history
Source: Thisissuttondolfield.co.uk
2008-11-17
Derelict cinema to be demolished - Permission for a new development on the derelict site of a cinema in Kent has been approved by planners.
Source: BBC News
2008-11-17
Cinema gets go-ahead for its drinks licence - CINEMA-GOERS in Worcester will be served beer and wine while watching films after police withdrew all objections to the plan.
Source: WOrchester News
2008-11-17
Profile: Richard Jones, FD of Cineworld - As FD of the UK
Source: Accountacy Age
2008-11-17
Doremi Cinema Inks Licensing Deal with Dolby 3D - Doremi Cinema announced its DCP-2000 JPEG2000 Digital Cinema Server has been approved as a licensee of Dolby 3D Digital Cinema, giving exhibitors even more options when screening 3D content. Doremi Cinema's DCP-2000 servers are installed in over 5500 screens to date worldwide. Because of its extreme interoperability, the DCP-2000 can support all the latest 3D technologies.
Source: Fullres [Blog]
2008-11-17
Staff visit - Four members of staff from the former St Austell FilmCentre returned to the town for a sneak preview of the new White River Cinema on Monday.
Source: Thisiscornwall.co.uk
2008-11-17
Digital 3D Upgrade at Constantin Screening Room - Digital Cinema stays one of the main topics in the movie industry. By and by the big film distributors are starting to jump onto the moving train: After Warner Bros. Entertainment now the major German film producer and distributor Constantin Film had a D-Cinema system installed at their screening room in Munich.
Source: DCinemaToday
2008-11-17
Barco Partners With AccessIT To Deploy Digital Cinema Across The United States & Canada - Barco has entered into a Supply Agreement with Access Integrated Technologies, Inc. (AccessIT), an industry leader in digital cinema solutions. Under the terms of the agreement, Barco could deliver up to 5,000 complete digital cinema systems in the United States and Canada
Source: Broadcastbuyer.tv
2008-11-17
Laser projectors hit digital cinema - Lasers have left science fiction movies and just gone to the movies. The Chinese Academy of Science has developed a projector with lasers as the key ingredient. Unlike plasma TVs that display about 50% of the color range visible to the human eye, or Xenon-based 35mm film projectors that display 60% of the color range, this laser digital cinema projector displays 80% of the color range visible to humans.
Source: Sound & Vision
2008-11-17
White Christmas is back on the big screen and whiter than ever before - Irving Berlin's classic 1954 musical White Christmas, starring Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney and Vera-Ellen, is returning to cinemas in the UK just in time for the festive season.
Source: Homecinemachoice
2008-11-21
Plans due for revamp of former Chester Odeon building - LANS for a 230-seat cinema at Chester’s former Odeon cinema will be included in an application likely to be submitted to the city council early in the new year.
Source: Chester Chronicle
2008-11-21
Imax, Disney Re-Team With Five-Picture Deal - TORONTO -(Dow Jones)- After a lull in film deals between Walt Disney Co. (DIS) and Imax Corp. (IMAX), the two companies have rekindled their relationship with the signing of a five-picture pact.
Source: CNN Money
2008-11-21
Silver screen still a big draw - Despite the credit crunch and less disposable income in people's pockets, cinema admissions in Ireland this year are almost the same as last year's record-breaking box office returns. Ticket sales to the end of September were 14.16 million compared to 14.2 million for the same period last year.
Source: Independent
2008-11-21
Renoir to Curzon Bloomsbury: a rebranding too far - It would be an exaggeration to say that a part of me died when I heard that London's lovely Renoir cinema is soon to be known as the Curzon Bloomsbury, but it certainly made me wince. This is one of the capital's smartest venues: a plush two-screener run by the Artificial Eye group and specialising in foreign-language releases.
Source: Guardian
2008-11-21
Tiny drive-in cinema to set sail - The organisers of a film festival are preparing to stage what they believe will be the world's smallest drive-in cinema on a car ferry.
Source: BBC News
2008-11-21
Christie introduces new technology for 3D content in 2K resolution - Christie is introducing “Brilliant3D” technology, enabling 3D content to be projected in full 2K resolution for digital-cinema projectors utilizing 1.2-inch DMD chips from Texas Instruments. A first for the industry, this new technology will be available exclusively on all Christie digital-cinema projectors. Following successful demonstrations with RealD at IBC in Amsterdam last month, Christie’s new technology provides 33% more brightness for 3D content and uses only a single-lens system.
Source: Film Journal
2008-01-01
Digital-delivery standard in sight - The Hollywood studios are taking the first steps in a process that could lead to an industry standard for master digital files used to send entertainment content to broadcasters, Internet sites and mobile service providers.
Source: Holllywood Reporter
2008-11-21
Spooked is projectionist's ghost turning - STAFF at Halifax nightclub Liquid claim the former cinema is haunted – by the ghost of a projectionist who burned to death during a horror film showing in 1948.
Source: Halifax Courier
2008-11-21
Tiny projector is a big deal - New gadget brand RXS launches with the Pico Media Projector
Source: Sourcewire.com
2008-11-21
Dalsa to sell digial cinema division - DALSA is committed to eliminating the ongoing losses in the Digital Cinema division by the end of 2008. The Company has recently entered into a non-binding letter of intent, which includes a 30-day period of exclusive negotiations, with ARRI (Arnold & Richter Cine Technik GmbH, one of the world's leading manufacturers of cinematography cameras.
Source: Colorfront [blog]
2008-11-21
As Hollywood Embraces 3D, Economy Stymies Rollout - Here comes the 3D movie rollout like never before. Studios have announced plans to release a record 25 or more 3D titles over the next two years. Movie theaters, meanwhile, have announced plans to install 3D screens in record numbers. In my Display Daily of October 2, 2008 I reported that a consortium of theater owners, including the AMC, Cinemark and Regal, announced an agreement with Hollywood studios to spend nearly $1B to nearly triple the number of digital theaters in North America with 14,000 new installations. While these installations were planned as 2D installations, it is relatively easy (and cheap) to convert a 2D digital screen into a 3D screen. However, it seems the recent economic upheaval has put a kink in some of those plans.
Source: Display Daily
2008-11-21
Batman film brings sales boost - FANS of the latest Batman instalment and Mamma Mia have helped a UK cinema group report better than expected third-quarter sales.
Source: Coventry Telegraph
2008-11-21
3-D industry boosts theaters - As Hollywood studios and national movie chains search for new ways to get consumers into theaters, they’re turning back to 3-D for their future.
Source: ajc.com
2008-11-21
Cinema goers defy the credit crunch - Quantum of Solace broke British box office records for a Friday opening to take £4.9m in ticket sales on its opening day, as it has emerged that box office revenues this year are expected to outstrip takings in 2007. Box office takings are expected to reach about £860m compared with £821m in 2007, according to Screen Digest.
Source: Daily Telegraph
2008-11-21
EVENT: Cornwall Film Festival - This Thursday (November 6) sees the launch of the Cornwall Film Festival, a four-day event dedicated to showcasing new and established local filmmaking talent.
Source: Digital Aarts Online
2008-11-21
UK box office: A view to a killing - Box office for sequels and franchise entries is always skewed, even more than normal, towards the first few days. Box office for the sequel to Casino Royale was always expected to be big. But Quantum of Solace exceeded expectations with the UK's biggest ever three-day opening of £15.4m. Casino Royale opened two years ago with a four-day "weekend" of £13.4m.
Source: The Guardian
2008-11-21
James Bond gives Burnham-On-Sea's new-look cinema a boost! - Burnham-On-Sea's new-look cinema has been given a boost this week... thanks to James Bond!
Source: Burham-on-sea.com
2008-11-21
Cinema plan for WI Hall - THE former Wisbech WI hall could soon be turned into a cinema.
Source: Fenlandcitizen.co.uk
2008-11-21
McDonalds mounts cinema ticket promotion - LONDON - McDonald's is launching a 2 for 1 cinema ticket offer supported by TV, press and online activity.
Source: Brand Republic
2008-11-21
Cinema takings rise to £860 million - Heath Ledger's starring role as The Joker in the recent Batman blockbuster has made serious money for cinema bosses.
Source: Daily Mirror
2008-11-21
Digital Cinema: Rollout, Business Models and Forecasts to 2010 - Providing a global overview of the current state of digital cinema. It includes d-cinema forecasts, screen counts and locations, digital releases, rollout business models, market drivers and detailed profiles of the key players throughout the valu...
Source: Tourism Market Shares
2008-11-21
UK admissions update - The Cinema Advertising Association has just published the UK's admissions tally for September (which can be found on the Pearl and Dean web site).
Source: Bigger Picture Research
2008-11-21
Cinema tops £15 windfall spending poll - A LANDSLIDE poll result shows that residents in Harborough overwhelmingly want Harborough District Council to spend part of a £1.5m windfall on bringing a cinema back to town.
Source: Harorough Mail
2008-11-21
Mamma Mia! It's the hit of the year - ingalong blockbuster musical Mamma Mia! has broken box office figures at Kettering Odeon since its release in July.
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2008-11-21
Drving Digital - With the worldwide economy in an apparent tailspin and the mainstream U.S. digital deployment stalled due to lack of capital, digital cinema in the Asia-Pacific region continues to slowly grow country by country, with now over 1,000 systems spread across the region. At the close of 2008, the driving factors in the Asian rollout are the exhibitors themselves who want to take advantage of the uniqueness of the relatively few 3D titles. The installations are being financed by cinema owners who are installing a few carefully selected screens with state-of-the-art, DCI-specified 3D equipment.
Source: Film Journal
2008-11-21
New city cinema set for galleries - A planned expansion of Glasgow's Buchanan Galleries shopping centre will include a new 10-screen cinema complex.
Source: BBC News
2008-11-21
Smallest drive-in cinema attempt - Organisers of a film festival plan to stage what they believe will be the world's smallest drive-in cinema - on a tiny car ferry.
Source: BBC News
2008-11-21
Moving images into the future - Lasers may lead to richer colour on the silver screen
Source: Economist
2008-11-21
Curtain going up at Cinema at the Guild - Cinema at the Guild throws open the curtains on some of the best movies just out of regular theatrical release as well as classics of the silver screen beginning tomorrow at the newly-renovated Guild Hall.
Source: Well and Tribune
2008-11-21
Dickinson Theatres plans to go all digital - The digital cinema revolution is hitting Kansas City in a big way.
Source: Kansas City
2008-11-21
Doremi Cinema Inks Licensing Deal with Dolby 3D - Doremi Cinema LLC today announced its DCP-2000 JPEG2000 Digital Cinema Server has been approved as a licensee of Dolby(R) 3D Digital Cinema, giving exhibitors even more options when screening 3D content.
Source: Wallstreet Online
2008-11-21
Derelict cinema to be demolished - Permission for a new development on the derelict site of a cinema in Kent has been approved by planners.
Source: BBC News
2008-11-21
10-screen cinema for city centre - FILM fans in Glasgow have been given a boost with the news that a 10-screen cinema will be at the heart of the £300million extension of the city's Buchanan Galleries shopping mall.
Source: Evening Times
2008-11-21
Relief for grumps: the child-free cinema - We've all been there. You're in the cinema and all around are children eating nachos, enjoying the movie and being cheerily sociable rather than immovably silent. Now, a cinema chain is offering relief to grumps: child-free film-going.
Source: The Guardian
2008-11-21
Cinema begins over-18s screenings - A cinema chain is to begin adults-only film screenings across the UK after a successful trial last year.
Source: BBC News
2008-11-26
Projecting A Bright Future For New Cinema - Projection equipment for Cornwall's first brand new cinema in over 70 years has been installed, ahead of its official opening to the public next month.
Source: 4rfv
2008-11-21
Waterloo’s Plaza Cinema to celebrate its £55k revamp - A REVAMP costing £55,000 to the front of the Plaza Community Cinema has been completed.
Source: IC Seton and West Lancs
2008-11-21
AccessIT and Barco Enter Into a Supply Agreement to Bring Digital Cinema Systems to Theatres Across the United States and Canada - Following the industry-leading success with its Phase 1 Digital Cinema deployment, Access Integrated Technologies, Inc. ("AccessIT") (NASDAQ: AIXD) together with Barco (BRUX: BAR) announced today the mutual signing of a Supply Agreement for digital cinema systems during AccessIT's three-year Phase 2 Deployment Program.
Source: CNN Money
2008-11-21
Cinema gets star parking treatment - Kennet District Council has agreed to reserve parking for staff at the Palace Cinema and Angel Bingo Club in the Market Place.
Source: Gazette and Hearld
2008-11-26
Coming soon: £92m blockbuster at Kensington Odeon - PLANS to turn the Kensington Odeon cinema into a £92 million housing development have been given the go-ahead.
Source: This is London
2008-11-26
New home found for Hull Screen - Hull's only arthouse cinema is set to be saved. City councillors have agreed to transfer Hull Screen to the Reel cinema in St Stephen's in the New Year.
Source: This is Hull and East Riding
2008-11-26
'Button' undone by digital dilemma - Welcome to digital," wrote producer Frank Marshall in a morning-after email following Thursday night's aborted unveiling of "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
Source: Variety
2008-11-26
Thread comes out of 'Button' - An aborted screening of "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" last week has raised concerns within the film community over digital projection.
Source: Hollywood Reporter
2008-11-26
Cinema will be main feature in redevelopment - CINEMAS have changed over the years, and St Austell's new £3.5 million four-screen multiplex will be a welcome change for the town.
Source: This is Cornwall
2008-11-26
Former cinema is refused listed status - Campaigners for Bradford's former Odeon cinema building have lost their latest bid to save the city centre landmark.
Source: Yorkshire Post
2008-11-26
Appeal over Odeon listing is rejected - Bradford’s derelict former Odeon cinema is not of sufficient quality to warrant listed building status, it was confirmed today.
Source: The Telegraph and Argus
2008-11-26
Plans due for revamp of former Chester Odeon building - PLANS for a 230-seat cinema at Chester’s former Odeon cinema will be included in an application likely to be submitted to the city council early in the new year.
Source: IC Cheshire Online
2008-11-26
Digital Cinema Initiatives (DCI) Signs Licensing Agreements For Compliance Testing - Digital Cinema Initiatives, LLC (DCI) announced that it has signed licensing agreements for compliance testing with CineCert, LLC in the United States, DMC/Keio University in Japan and Media Innovation Center in Italy. These entities will perform testing to determine whether manufactured digital cinema equipment and products are compliant with DCI's Digital Cinema System Specification (the DCI Specification).
Source: Digital Cinema Info
2008-11-26
A Comeback for Drive-Ins? - A New Generation of Moviegoers Discovers the Value of the Drive-in
Source: Digital Cinema Report
2008-11-26
ZON Lusomundo and XDC to deploy 180 digital screens in Portugal - XDC, the leading pan-European digital-cinema service company, and ZON Lusomundo, the largest cinema chain in Portugal, signed an exclusive agreement for the deployment of digital-cinema systems in 180 of ZON Lusomundo’s cinema screens in Portugal.
Source: Film Journal
2008-11-26
2009 - The Year of 3D - The coming year promises, in many ways, to be a make or break year for digital 3D in movies. Current plans call for Hollywood to release 25 or more 3D titles in 2009. That amounts to a 3D release every other week, although the studios being the studios it might be more appropriate to preview this as the Summer of Too Many 3D Movies All at Once. That discussion is for another day. Can all of these movies possibly succeed? Will 3D prove to be a fad, yet again? In my mind, before we can answer those two questions there are a long list of other questions that must be answered first. Here are ten questions we will explore in depth in our yearlong series of Special Reports – 2009: The Year of 3D.
Source: Digital Cinema Report
2008-11-26
Steve Wiener of Cineworld: Multiplex maestro steps out - Cineworld boss Steve Wiener likes a good recession - cinema booms in a downturn. But are his popcorn multiplexes really what we all want?
Source: The Times
2008-11-26
Arqiva distributes full-length digital cinema feature via satellite - Arqiva has announced it has used its Content Delivery Network to distribute the 2008 Palme d'Or winning ‘Entre Les Murs' to Circuit George Raymond (CGR), one of France's largest cinema chains. Working in partnership with Arts Alliance Media, Arqiva successfully delivered the full cinema package via the Intelsat 905 satellite direct to the library server at CGR Cinema's megaplex site in Villenave d'Ornon, Bordeaux, France. The 216 GB file was transmitted and loaded onto the server without any operator intervention.
Source: Digital Cinema Info
2008-11-26
Doremi Cinema Introduces the New DCP-2K4 Digital Cinema Server - Doremi Cinema, a leader in digital cinema technology, today announced the launch of its latest Digital Cinema Server, the DCP-2K4.
Source: Digital Cinema Info
2008-11-26
GDC Technology unveils high-performance SA-2100A and SA-2100T Digital Cinema Servers - GDC Technology today launches two new models SA-2100A and SA-2100T Digital Cinema Server, its fourth generation digital cinema playback servers designed to fully comply with DCI specifications and FIPS-140 security requirements. SA-2100A and SA-2100T are advanced versions of the highly-successful model SA-2100, retaining all its features which include: 2K/4K DCI MXF JPEG2000 playback, DCI MXF JPEG2000 3D playback, MPEG2 MXF Interop playback, CineLink II™ link encryption, CineCanvas™ image and subtitling management, FIPS-140 security features, DCI approved forensic watermarking, HDTV live streaming/store-and-forward capabilities, highly stable Linux-based operating system, touch screen user interface and ingest of Digital Cinema Packages (DCPs) via physical media, network and satellite.
Source: Digital Cinema Info
2008-11-26
Pictures from Gala Bingo Hall - n/a
Source: 28 Days Later
2008-11-26
Google Books - Have a look at Google Books, which has quite a selection on Projectionists and Cinema
Source: Google
2008-11-26
Google Life - LIFE photo archive hosted by Google
Source: Google
2008-10-17
Compliance a focus of d-cinema rollout - While the studio consortium Digital Cinema Initiatives is moving forward with plans to test d-cinema systems to make sure they are DCI-compliant, projectors using the current version of Texas Instruments' DLP Cinema technology may not measure up to the new standard.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
2008-11-27
Access Integrated Technologies plans to change name to Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp. - MORRISTOWN, N.J. (AP) - Access Integrated Technologies Inc., a company that is helping with the rollout of digital movie theaters, said Tuesday it plans to change its name to Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp.
Source: Canadian Business
2008-11-27
Cinema's 'beer with your popcorn' plan - CINEMA-GOERS could soon be able to drink beer and wine while watching their favourite movies.
Source: This is Staffordshire
2008-11-27
The Night Projectionist - The Night Projectionist is the story of a vampire taking hostages on the last night of a condemned movie theater during an all-night Draculathon.
Source: Shock Till You Drop
2008-11-27
Ex-projectionist, 94, shares Maryland Theatre memories for documentary - HAGERSTOWN — George Wagner doesn’t see very well anymore, but as he runs his hands over The Maryland Theatre’s 1930s-era projection machines, his fingers know every knob and clamp.
Source: Herald Mail
2008-12-31
Colchester new team have big plans for cinema - LIGHTS, camera, action – the new management team at the Odeon Cinema in Colchester are ready for their close-ups.
Source: Gazette News
2008-12-17
FogScreen; Inc. Announces New AV Integrator Program for Walk-Through Projection Screen(title unknown) -
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2008-12-17
How digital cinema made it big - the true Hollywood story(title unknown) -
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2008-12-17
Showcase Cinemas equip new digital signage(title unknown) -
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2008-12-31
Think Again Over Odeon - The Theatres Trust has waded into the debate over Bradford’s former Odeon cinema by lodging an official objection to plans for the building’s demolition.
Source: The Telegraph & Argus
2008-12-17
Blaze drama at excinema in Capital(title unknown) -
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2008-12-17
Historic cinema faces threat of demolition(title unknown) -
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2008-12-17
Plans for open air has mixed reviews in London(title unknown) -
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2008-12-17
Magic lanterns: Early photo projection was dangerous; but exciting(title unknown) -
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2008-12-17
Kodak innovators honored by leading motion picture technical society(title unknown) -
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2008-12-17
Regal CEO says digital ugrade maybe delayed(title unknown) -
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2008-12-17
Cinema tops childrends wish list(title unknown) -
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2008-12-31
Arts Alliance Media to close movie download network - Arts Alliance Media (AAM) is to close its Vizumi movie download network by the end of February 2009.The company began selling movie downloads in 2005 through its then subsidiary Lovefilm and has been operating digital stores for a range of companies including The Guardian and Tiscali in addition to running its own outlet, vizumi.com.
Source: Screendigest
2008-12-31
Purpose-built cinema for Shetland - Shetland is to get its first purpose-built cinema, music and education venue at a cost of £12m.
Source: BBC News
2008-12-31
Cinedigm Signs on Initial Financing for Phase 2 Digital Cinema Conversions - Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp. ("Cinedigm") (NasdaqGM:CIDM - News) today announced its Phase 2 Entity signed today on an $8.9 million credit facility. The facility will fund the launch of Cinedigms first 137 Phase 2 conversions of Premiere Cinemas' theatres to the Company's digital cinema platform, in what is expected to ultimately be a 10,000-screen digital cinema deployment plan. The first 35 systems are expected to be operational in December, bringing the total for Phase 2 to 55 by year end. To date, Cinedigm has signed alm
Source: Yahoo News
2008-12-31
Bowley named new MD DCM - LONDON - Cinema sales house Digital Cinema Media (DCM) has appointed Martin Bowley as its new managing director.
Source: Mediaweek
2008-12-31
DCM ramps up digital - Digital Cinema Media, the cinema sales house formerly owned by ITV and known as Carlton Screen Advertising, plans to ramp up its digital presence with the aim of a third of its UK cinemas having digital capabilities by 2009.
Source: Mediaweek
2008-12-31
DCM awards foyer contract to Boomerang - Digital Cinema Media (DCM), the new owner of cinema sales house Carlton Screen Advertising, has awarded the contract for its foyer and washroom advertising to outdoor outfit Boomerang Media.
Source: Mediaweek
2008-12-31
Cineplex to offer limited in-theatre drinking - People in two Cineplex Odeon VIP cinemas will soon be able to enjoy a beer or wine with their movie.
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2008-12-31
Santas flock to cinema - FATHER Christmases from across the West Midlands flocked to a Dudley cinema to attend a special Santa School.
Source: Stourbridge News
2008-12-31
Watching the watchmen at Greenwich IMAX - Feverishly-awaited graphic novel movie Watchmen will be dropping jaws at Greenwich's new IMAX cinema next year.
Source: Wharf
2008-12-31
Cinema advertising streams ahead - No one told cinema advertisers about the economic downturn, it seems, as the two main companies, Screenvision and National CineMedia, continued to release a stream of good news over the last several weeks.
Source: Hollywoodbranding [Blog]
2008-12-31
National chain to sell some cinemas - Sumner Redstone has reportedly reached an agreement with his daughter, Shari Redstone, to put some of National Amusements’ cinemas on the block to help the company restructure its debt.
Source: Enterprise News
2008-12-31
RKCR/Y&R lands ad business for Odeon - Odeon, the largest cinema chain in the UK, has appointed Rainey Kelly Campbell Roalfe/Y&R to handle its UK advertising account.
Source: Brand Republic
2008-12-31
Odeon launches Europe's first digital IMAXs - Cinema chain, Odeon opens the door on two new IMAX auditoriums in Greenwich and Wimbledon today, both equipped with IMAX's new digital projection system.
Source: Home cinema choice
2008-12-31
Multibuild wins 2m Wrexham cinema fitout - Multibuild has won a £2 million project to fit-out a new Odeon cinema in Wrexham.
Source: CNPlus
2008-12-31
Cineworld puts digital at centre of new strategy - ineworld has overhauled its website as it looks to become the UK's leading cinema and film brand. The cinema chain, which has over 800 screens at 71 locations across the UK, has relaunched its website and increased its focus on local advertising to become a key film portal. The new-look site has greater emphasis on content around current and upcoming films, including trailers and information about cast and crew.
Source: NMA
2008-12-31
Dudley Savage - Cinema organist and later a popular broadcaster on BBC Radio - Dudley Savage was one of the last of the cinema organ superstars. Amid a career spanning more than half a century, this most accomplished performer, composer and arranger never ceased to make music both accessible and enjoyable. In addition, as the host of the long-running BBC radio programme As Prescribed, his name still engenders a particular warmth of affection felt only for a very few broadcasters.
Source: Independent
2008-12-31
Open Air Cinema Announces 16-foot Inflatable Movie Screen - Open Air Cinema has announced its new and largest 16-foot inflatable outdoor movie screen. The screen measures 16' x 9' and offers a 220" diagonal projection surface. The projection surface is a matte white, wrinkle resistant material.
Source: i4u.com
2008-12-31
Digital IMAX can be cinemas silver bullet - Digital IMAX will revolutionise cinema going and act as the silver bullet to take movies to a whole new level, according to the company's Executive Vice President Larry OReilly.
Source: Techradar
2008-12-31
3-D film revolution lets audiences feel theyre in the action - For more than 50 years the film studios have sweated over how to bring the silver screen to the viewing public in three dimensions.
Source: The Times
2008-12-31
Projectors to use laser beams - Digital cinema projectors get around this problem, but purists complain that the gamut is not as rich as film. That may soon change, though, thanks to a new digital cinema projector that uses lasers.
Source: Digital Cinema Buyers Guide
2008-12-31
Arts Alliance Media Secures 43 Million Euro Financing and Partnership With Arqiva for Conversion of European Cinemas to Digital, Satellite and 3D - Arts Alliance Media (AAM), Europe's leading provider of digital cinema technology, deployment and content today announced that it has signed agreements for 43 million euros of funding from pan-European services company Econocom and various private investors, together with a long term strategic partnership agreement with Arqiva Satellite & Media for the satellite distribution of films and alternative content live events into European cinemas.
Source: Yahoo News
2008-12-31
Reald inks digital cinema deal - Los Angeles-based 3D technology provider RealD has inked a deal with a digital cinema server firm, the company said Wednesday. RealD said that Doremi Cinema LLC will integrate the firm's 3D EQ technology into Doremi's digital cinema servers. Financial impact of the deal was not disclosed. The deal helps RealD streamline its distribution, meaning that customers of Doremi will automatically get RealD's 3D capability when they install their digital cinema system, rather than going through another install of RealD's hardware. RealD's products connect to existing digital cinema systems to provide projection of 3D movies. RealD said that the 3D capabilities will be available on all new Doremi servers beginning in March of 2009, with retrofits of existing installations at the same time.
Source: Socaltech.com
2008-12-31
Odeon buiding damaged - KUALA LUMPUR: The building that houses the Odeon Cinema, one of the oldest theatres in the city, was damaged in an early morning fire yesterday.
Source: NST.com
2008-12-31
Barco’s 3D digital cinema solutions set to wow visitors at CineAsia 2008. - Barco, a world leader in visualization and display solutions will put its leading digital cinema products on display at CineAsia 2008 in Macau.
Source: DCinema Today
2008-12-31
Barco stars at China’s National Digital Cinema Production Center - Barco, a world leader in visualization and display solution, teams with the China Film Group and the National Digital Cinema Production Center in enhancing its digital cinema operations. Barco has been a partner since 2002, and now also has provided digital cinema equipment for post-production at the new center.
Source: DCinema Today
2008-12-31
3D films - the next film revolution? - They've been the next big thing for the past 50 years, but 3D films have finally come of age. Just the thing to get bums on seats, says Chris Evans
Source: The Independent
2008-12-31
Crisis shuts down first Czech multiplex cinema - The economic troubles have been undeniably hitting the Czech Republic too. Now the crisis started to effect the film industry.
Source: Centrum
2008-12-31
Wait for state-of-the-art cinema is nearly over - THE official opening date for St Austell's new cinema complex has been announced.
Source: Thisiscornwall.co.uk
2008-12-31
Ecinomy leads to closing of Fenton Cinema - FENTON, Michigan -- Fenton Cinemas has taken its last curtain call. The city's only local movie theater, 291 N. Alloy Drive, closed without warning Sunday after 23 years.
Source: MLive.com
2008-12-31
Former Theaters To Become Dept. Stores - In an economy where many are scaling back, a local developer has purchased four empty movie theaters for development.
Source: WFSB.com
2008-12-31
Doremi and RealD to Incorporate Real-Time 3D EQ - LOS ANGELES, Dec 10, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- RealD, the world's largest digital 3D experience provider, today announced an agreement with Doremi Cinema LLC to integrate RealD's proprietary 3D EQ technology in Doremi's digital cinema servers. This new feature for RealD's award-winning 3D cinema system will be available on all new Doremi servers beginning in March 2009, while existing Doremi servers will be updated in all RealD installations at that time.
Source: Marketwatch.com
2008-12-31
Asia finally ready to roll out digital cinemas - Digital cinema installs have the greatest penetration in the US, with conversions in Europe and Asia lagging behind. The US was the first to find a reasonable business model in the virtual print fee system, but now it seems that GDC Technology, in conjunction with 20th Century Fox, Paramount Pictures International and Universal Pictures International, has finally been able to put together a virtual print fee for Asia. This should finally help jump-start sales in the region.
Source: Displaydaily.com
2008-12-31
Arts Alliance Media gains $56m boost to D-cinema ambitions - Arts Alliance Media's (AAM) ambitions for digital conversion of Europe's cinemas has received a $56m (Euros 43m) boost with the signing of a financing agreement with European services company Econocom and various private investors.
Source: Screendaily.com
2008-12-31
Cineworld premieres new hosted website - The cinema chain has revamped its website, moving to a new hosted infrastructure to support its new multimedia and e-commerce features.
Source: ITPRO.co.uk
2008-12-31
Thai Major Cineplex plans $19 mln share buy-back - Major Cineplex Group
Source: Yahoo News
2008-12-31
Films set to roll at new cinema - Tickets are going on sale at Cornwall's first new cinema complex, the first to be built in 70 years.
Source: BBC News
2008-12-31
Funding appeal for ageing cinema - A £100,000 appeal has begun to help improve an independent cinema in Bath.
Source: BBC News
2008-12-31
Church plans to buy disused cinema - A local church is buying the former Cinema 4 on Colborne Street, planning to convert the four-screen complex into a place of worship.
Source: Orillia Packet
2008-12-31
Odeon-UCI plans digital makeover - In another step on the road to cinema digitization in Europe, leading exhibition group Odeon-UCI said it is planning on digitizing 111 of its 200 cinemas in Europe.
Source: Variety
2008-12-31
Firefighters tackle cinema blaze - Firefighters are tackling a blaze at a former cinema in Larne, County Antrim.
Source: BBC News
2008-12-31
Campaign to save Odeon - A BID to protect the Odeon Cinema, one of Doncaster's main Art Deco buildings, has been launched by campaigners who fear its future could be in doubt.
Source: The Star
2008-12-31
Mamma Mia! beats UK cinema record - Musical film Mamma Mia! has become the highest grossing movie cinema release in the UK, beating 1997 film Titanic.
Source: BBC News
2008-12-31
New Comic: The Projectionist - Studio 407 is thrilled to announce The Night Projectionist an all new Horror series that will be in stores this February. Studio 407 is known for their critically acclaimed comic series Night and Fog, and Hybrid, which has been optioned for a feature film with Myriad Pictures (Jeepers Creepers)
Source: Reelcomix.com
2008-12-31
Barco trains and certifies over 200 digital cinema engineers - As part of Barco’s industry-leading digital cinema certification program, over 200 technicians have successfully completed the rigorous training courses held at Barco’s North American facilities in Rancho Cordova, CA.
Source: Digital Cinema Buyers Guide
2008-12-31
St Alans Odeon for sale - THE dilapidated former Odeon Cinema has been put up for sales, raising hopes that it could one day show films again.
Source: St Albans Review
2008-12-31
View DCM's top 10 cult cinema ad - VIDEO - Cinema sales house Digital Cinema Media (DCM) has collated the top 10 cult cinema ads and is now looking to find the number one.
Source: Media Week
2008-12-31
Lights dim on cinemas plan - THERE are no immediate plans for a multi-screen cinema in Bedford Row, as suggested in sections of the media.
Source: Limerick Post
2008-12-31
Profile: Arts Alliance Media eyes D-cinema breakthrough - The conversion of the world's cinemas to digital equipment was always much more than a simple upgrade of theatre equipment. The industry had been built on a single standard - 35mm film - and, for all its glaring inefficiencies, it worked in its own way.
Source: Screendaily
2008-12-31
City centre cinema set to become office block - CITY councillors have given the green light to plans to turn the old Odeon cinema site into an office block.
Source: Thisisnottingham
2008-12-31
Hammersmith's King Street Tesco plans questioned by council - Plans for a huge Tesco in King Street, Hammersmith, have been branded 'unacceptable' by Hammersmith and Fulham Council.
Source: London Informer
2008-12-31
AIPTEK Pocket Cinema V10 - SAID to be the world's first media player-projector, the China-made Pocket Cinema V10 from AIPTEK weighs around 160g, and is about the size of a candybar mobile phone.
Source: Asiaone.com
2008-12-31
Sony, Fox Detail 3D HD Plans - Sony Electronics has struck a deal with Fox Sports to sponsor the network’s 3D HD broadcast of the FedEx Bowl Championship Series (BCS) college football national championship game on Jan. 8 between the University of Florida and University of Oklahoma, which will be shown to VIP guests at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas and delivered to 80 3D-equipped theaters across the U.S.
Source: Broadcastingcable.com
2008-12-31
Digital Cinema Media replaces branding iron idents - Cinema advertising group Digital Cinema Media has unveiled its new idents, which feature clips from well-known films including Pirates of the Caribbean. [To view the ident, go to the DCM website and it is currently in the middle of the homepage.]
Source: Brand Republic
2008-12-31
Credit crunch is crushing plans for digital theaters, 3-D movies - The credit crisis is stalling plans to convert thousands of theaters to digital projection, threatening profits on more than a dozen 3-D films Hollywood will release next year, including DreamWorks Animation SKG's "Monsters vs. Aliens."
Source: Deseret News
2008-12-31
Harold Brown Obituary - Harold Brown, who has died aged 89, held the post of film preservation officer at the British Film Institute's National Film Archive (NFA) from its inception in 1935 until his retirement almost half a century later. The first of his kind (the official job title came in 1951), he was effectively, and without question, the inventor of the art and science of archival film preservation and restoration, starting out at a critical moment in the cinema's brief history, when a significant proportion of its output had already been lost or destroyed through industry pragmatism, indifference and neglect.
Source: The Guardian
2008-12-31
Reel time runs ut for the forum cinema - THE Forum Cinema will close its doors for the last time in January.
Source: Thisisjersey
2008-12-31
Odeon site goes up for sale - A GLIMMER of hope has emerged for residents who have battled to save the Odeon cinema in St Albans from being turned into a block of flats.
Source: Herts Advertiser
2008-12-31
Hotel and cinema bring new jobs - More than 120 new jobs have been created by two business projects about to open in the Belfast area.
Source: BBC News
2008-12-31
St Austell Cinema History - We’re already brought you news of the new £3.5 million four-screen White River cinema that is at the heart of the heart of St Austell’s regeneration. But because this marks such a historic occasion, we thought we’d bring you some of the background to the development. Some may call it context, some may say its social history. We just call it interesting.
Source: Devon and Cornwall Film
2008-12-31
Cinema keeps reels spinning for Christmas crowd - While you’re celebrating the Christmas holiday, some of your neighbors will be on the job. The World today takes a peek into the lives of Santa’s other helpers.
Source: The World Link
2008-12-31
Odeon Guerseny - Photos of the Odeon Guerseny
Source: Flickr
2008-12-31
Cineworld signs at Preston scheme - Preston Tithebarn Partnership, a joint venture between Grosvenor and Lend Lease, has secured leading cinema operator Cineworld as the leisure anchor for the 32 acre Preston Tithebarn scheme.
Source: Property Week
2008-12-31
St Austell Cinema Opens - CORNWALL'S first new cinema complex for more than 70 years – White River Cinema, St Austell – will officially open to the public this Friday (December 19).
Source: Thisiscornwall
2008-12-31
360 Degree view of the Odeon Leicester Square -
Source: Spherical Images
2008-12-31
Iranians go to cinema once every 5 years - TEHRAN -- Based on the statistics released last year, Iranians go to the cinema once every 5 years.
Source: Tehran Times
2008-12-31
UK cinema attendances soar thanks to James Bond Quantum of Solace - UK cinema admissions soared 40pc in November as James Bond film Quantum of Solace and High School Musical 3 attracted people of all ages to the silver screen.
Source: The Daily Telegraph
2008-12-31
Fears growing over future of towns cinema - FEARS are growing for the future of Tenbury’s Regal Cinema after a spate of recent loss-making shows.
Source: Worcesternews
2008-12-31
Final Curtain Fearfor Birkenhead Library Cinema Club - A CINEMA club based in Wirral’s historic Birkenhead Town Hall (now Wirral Museum) faces an uncertain future after the local authority announced proposed cuts in public buildings.
Source: Liverpool Daily Post
2008-12-31
Movies and the Economy - During the holidays, one of the most popular activities is catching a movie. And with many people concerned about finances and family obligations, theaters have been busy.
Source: WTok
2008-12-31
Movie bid 'to revitalise theatre' - Blockbuster films are to be shown at a theatre in Gravesend, Kent, in a bid to revitalise the venue and fill a gap after the town's cinema burned down.
Source: BBC News
2008-12-31
Restored neon sign lights way to cinema - The Picture House’s neon “CINEMA” sign is back on the North Street building’s wall.
Source: Keighley News
2008-12-31
Mark Cuban Reports 9.4 Percent Stake In Carmike Cinemas - New York, NY (AHN) - In a Securities and Exchange Commission filing, billionaire Mark Cuban reported purchasing a 9.4 percent or 1.2 million share stake in Carmike Cinemas.
Source: All Headline News
2008-12-31
One last curtain call at Circle Cinema - Brookline — Four months after Circle Cinemas closed its doors due to slumping ticket sales, little is known about the future of the 60-year-old theater on Brookline’s border.
Source: Wicked local
2008-12-31
Father shot in cinema after row over noisy family - A GUNMAN enraged by a noisy family sitting near him in a cinema on Christmas night shot the father in the arm.
Source: Scotsman
2008-12-31
Behind the Scenes at Cineworld Cinemas -
Source: Flickr
2008-12-31
E-Cinema, Part 1: 3-D Hits Its Stride - 3-D has been called the "third revolution" in cinema, taking the medium to a new level the same way sound and color did decades ago. However, perfecting the art of big-budget 3-D movies will require new technology developments in cameras, post-production tools and projectors.
Source: Tech News World
2008-12-31
E-Cinema, Part 2: Step Into the Projection Booth - When it comes to 3-D movies, the days of cheesy red and blue tinted glasses are gone. Today's 3-D projector booths strive for pixel-perfect image reproduction, and the third dimension is rendered through polarization. Camera crews can even photograph live events like football games in 3-D and present them to theater audiences thousands of miles away in real time.
Source: Tech News world
2008-12-31
E-Cinema, Part 3: Adding a New Dimension - A filmmaker doesn't necessarily have to shoot in 3-D in order to show a movie in 3-D. Techniques exist for turning 2-D movies into 3-D features. A handful of Hollywood films have already re-released "Dimensionalized" content, and some big-name directors are considering the process for some of their past hits.
Source: Tech News World
2008-12-31
New venues boost Derby arts scene in 2008 - IT was a gloomy start to the arts year in Derby as the Playhouse was forced to shut its doors after the against-all-odds run of Treasure Island came to an end.
Source: Thisisderyshire
2008-12-31
Regina art exhibit 'Projections' explores elements of cinema - CA
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2008-12-31
Film highlights 2008 - UK
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