The Latest Cinema and Exhibition Industry News for 26-01-2009

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2009-01-26
Paramount Pushes Digital Direct to Theaters - Paramount Pictures, the
Viacom-owned production and distribution film studio, today announced
plans to boost direct-to-exhibitors digital movie distribution and 3D
systems.
Source: Contentinople.com


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2009-01-26
Paramount to pay exhibs for digital play - Paramount said Thursday it will
offer qualifying exhibitors payments for playing its films on digital
screens.
Source: THR.com


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2009-01-26
Is the future 3D? - Could this be the year that 3D film makes a major
breakthrough? With a dozen big budget 3D movies due for release,
filmmakers seen convinced we'll all soon be wearing the special glasses.
SIMON PARKIN asks whether we'll ever see cinema in the same way again.
Source: Norwich Evening News


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2009-01-26
The Dark Knight IMAX Schedule Released - Between now and OSCAR time,
Warner Bros. and IMAX are teaming to rerelease The Dark Knight movie in
IMAX theaters around the world. Take the jump to find out where the
biggest grossing movie of 2008 will be showing, and if you have time, go
see it again.
Source: Majorspoilers.com


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2009-01-26
The ODEON SITE - St Albans - This is a truly unique opportunity to acquire
this prominent site situated in a convenient position a short distance
from both the city centre and the mainline railway station.
Source: Odeonsite St Albans


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2009-01-26
An incomplete history of the ODEON Clerk Street, Edinburgh - My childhood
was spent watching films on the big screen. Being dyslexic I spent a year
or so of my life behind others in school; until luckily one of my teachers
spotted the symptoms.
Source: Odeon Edinburgh [Blog]


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2009-01-26
Oscar movie pirates battle the MPAA once again in 2009 - With the
nominations of the Oscars named just a few days ago I wondered how many of
the movies nominated have actually been seen by people at home rather then
the cinema in the form of piracy. Of course no website gives out that kind
of information but there is a blog post that was featured on slashfilm
that gave some shocking figures.
Source: Neowin.net


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2009-01-26
Bags will be searched in cinema piracy crackdown - CINEMAGOERS could be
facing long queues as bosses launch a major clampdown on piracy.
Source: Bury Times


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2009-01-26
Cineworld focuses on 3D screen deal - BRITAIN’s only quoted cinema group,
Cineworld, is close to a deal that will double the number of its screens
that can show 3D films in an attempt to capitalise on the format’s growing
popularity.
Source: The Times


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2009-01-26
The Mighty Wurlitzer - Music For Movie Palace Organs
Source: New World Records


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2009-01-26
Cinema-goers step back to classic era - FOR many Toowoomba cinema-goers
Saturday's Aussie Film Festival at the Icon Cinema was a chance to step
back in time to life in an earlier, simpler Australia.
Source: The Chronicle


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2009-01-26
Digital-to-cinema from Paramount - HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Jan. 22 /PRNewswire/
Source: David Kirkpatrick Blog


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