The Latest Cinema and Exhibition Industry News for 17-11-2009

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NOTICES THIS WEEK:

1. The BKSTS CTC have launched their projectionist handbook, retailing at 15 pounds - details from http://www.bkstsctc.org

2. Two more projectionist training courses have been announced by the BKSTS CTC - 1st December in Glasgow and 26th January in Swindon. More details at http://www.bksts.com

3. PART-TIME PROJECTIONIST NEEDED:Interested in film? Are you a ‘tech-head’? Soho House members club (www.sohohouse.com) in Soho is looking for a part-time projectionist. Please get in touch with a CV if you’re interested by emailing projection@sohohouse.com.

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The Latest Cinema and Exhibition Industry News for 17-11-2009

2009-11-17
ITV puts Carlton Screen Advertising contracts into liquidation - UK commercial broadcaster ITV has put its remaining interests in cinema advertising company, Carlton Screen Advertising (CSA), into voluntary liquidation. It appointed Grant Thornton to handle the process on October 26.
Source: Screendaily

2009-11-17
Unseen colour 3D film of Queens Coronation to be broadcast for first time - Unseen colour 3D newsreel of the Queen’s Coronation, which was lost in an archive for more than 50 years, is to be broadcast for the first time.
Source: Daily Telegraph

2009-11-17
Zoo Digital to help restore nations films - DVD software specialist Zoo Digital has won a £350,000 grant to work on restoring Britains archive of thousands of films.
Source: Yorkshire Post

2009-11-17
End of era for Savoy Cinema - THE FINAL curtain is set to fall on a much-loved independent cinema.
Source: Stockport Express

2009-11-17
St Albans cinema set to rise from the ashes - CINEMA entrepreneur James Hannaway has launched a £3 million bid to restore the fortunes of the Odeon in St Albans in the same way as he has done at The Rex in Berkhamsted.
Source: Herts Ad

2009-11-17
Dorset deaf missing out on cinema - DEAF people are missing out on the latest Hollywood blockbusters because the major cinemas in Bournemouth and Poole are not showing films with subtitles, it is claimed.
Source: Bournemouth Echo

2009-11-17
Cinema goers celebrate Odeon resurrection - CINEMA-GOERS say they are delighted that James Hannaway could bring back films to the doomed Odeon in London Road
Source: St Albans Review

2009-11-17
Oscar actress inspires cinema bid - Oscar-winning actress Tilda Swinton has been the inspiration behind a new groups bid to reopen the first cinema in a Highlands town since the 1970s.
Source: BBC News

2009-11-17
Opinion - St Albans Civic Society welcomes cinema announcement - St Albans Civic Society welcomes the news that the former Odeon may well arise from grievous dereliction and become a cinema again – thanks to James Hannaway of The Rex, Berkhamsted.
Source: St Albans Review

2009-11-17
Financing 101: Digital Cinema - Exhibitors today are faced with several options for acquiring digital cinema equipment. If seeking a financing plan in which studios provide financial assistance through the virtual print fee mechanism, it is worth taking time to understand the hurdles to financing such deals.
Source: Digital Cinema Report

2009-11-17
Kinepolis deploys SmartJog solution for storage & D-cinema delivery - European exhibitor, Kinepolis Group, has selected SmartJogs Digital Cinema Central Library Servers to use in all of its 23 theaters.
Source: Business of Cinema

2009-11-17
Ten-year wait for new cinema over - A 1,000-seat multiplex cinema has opened in Berkshire after a 10-year campaign by residents.
Source: BBC News

2009-11-17
Plans to create an extra screen at York’s Reel Cinema have hit a glitch with City of York Council - A conservation officer has said he cannot support proposed internal alterations to the former Odeon building which would allow for the installation of a small fourth screen.
Source: York Press

2009-11-17
Special_advanced_showing_of_St_Albans_Odeon - St Albans and Harpenden Review reporter Adam Binnie visits The Rex to see whats in store for the London Road cinema.;Cinema-goers in St Albans can soon look forward to the Odeon reopening thanks to Rex owner James Hannaway. St Albans and Harpenden Review reporter Adam Binnie visited The Rex, in Berkhamsted to see whats in store for the London Road cinema.
Source: This is local london
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Peter