The Latest Cinema and Exhibition Industry News for 08-06-2010

Hello All,

I hope you are all well. Below are this weeks news headlines:
http://www.madcornishprojectionist.co.uk/todays_news.php


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The was an interesting programme on Radio 4 on 6th June about the Screen Machine in Scotland. If you missed it you can listen to it again on the BBC iPlayer at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00sk7rt/The_Film_Programme_04_06_2010/

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2010-06-08
Findings of ECs public consultation on digital cinema - The findings have been published from the European Commissions public consultation Opportunities and Challenges for European Cinema in the Digital Era.
Source: Media Desk UK

2010-06-08
Sky City Cinemas gets Eventful with new branding - Sky City Cinemas will have an all-new look from the start of July, with the cinema company changing its name to Event Cinemas.
Source: The National Business Review

2010-06-08
Memories of touring Highlands and Islands cinema sought - Memories of a travelling cinema that toured the Highlands and Islands from the 1930s to 1950s are being sought by a university lecturer.
Source: BBC News

2010-06-08
NZ cinema software firm targets US market - Auckland cinema software firm Vista Entertainment Solutions is gearing up to take on the lucrative United States market after doubling its revenue in the past three years to $20 million.
Source: Stuff

2010-06-08
Family-run cinema chain widening its number of screens - It may seem nuts to open a major business venture at the bottom of an economic downturn. But Frank DeMarsh and his family-run Epic Theatres have history and timing on their side. Theyre confident that new movie theaters in Palm Coast, opening June 25, and Deltona, in the final planning stages, will succeed in large residential communities that lack movie houses.
Source: News Journal Online

2010-06-08
S.Korean cinemas to screen World Cup in 3D - Multiplex cinemas will broadcast South Koreas World Cup matches live in 3D to lure fans away from their televisions at home, an official said Tuesday.
Source: Google

2010-06-08
Landmark Cinemas purchases Christies New 4K-ready Solaria - Christie, a global leader in digital cinema, announced that Landmark Cinemas has selected Christie Solaria Series 4K-ready digital cinema projectors for installation in six multiplexes across Western Canada. Landmark Cinemas will thrill audiences with the latest 3D box office hits using the Christie CP2230 and Christie CP2220 projectors, which utilize Academy Award1-winning DLP Cinema technology from Texas Instruments (TI) (NYSE: TXN). Landmark Cinemas is Canada
Source: Cinema Treasures

2010-06-08
Microcinema to Join Arqiva - Arqiva has signed a partnership with Italian Digital Cinema distributor Microcinema to use Arqiva
Source: D Cinema Today

2010-06-08
UFO Moviez plans investment of around Rs 250cr over 3D Screens - With the three-dimensional (3D) viewing back into picture, backed by the recent success of movies like Avatar globally, UFO Moviez looks to give a boost to the digital cinema viewing in 3D across the country.
Source: Media Mughals

2010-06-08
Fujairah Media Group unveils drive-in cinema - Plans for a four-screen drive-in style cinema in the UAE have been unveiled by Fujairah Media Group.
Source: Digital Production

2010-06-08
UK Film Council Delays BFI Film Centre - The film agency has suspended work on the British Film Institute
Source: Deadline

2010-06-08
3-D cinema World Cup plan in China might be relegated - A plan to let football fans watch the World Cup in 3-D, at cinemas from June 11, may be given the red card because of possible technical problems, high costs and a lack of security.
Source: Xinhuanet

2010-06-08
UFO Moviez gets jiggy with 3D - Indias exhibition sector is about to get a strong shot of 3D. Leading satellite-based digital cinema network UFO Moviez with nearly 2,000 digital cinema screens has drawn up a plan to 3D enable a large part of these in a phased manner.
Source: India Television

2010-06-08
Caribbean Cinemas Expands Digital Footprint with Purchase of 20 NEC Digital Cinema Projectors, Servers and Screens from Ballantyne Strong - Ballantyne Strong, Inc. /quotes/comstock/14*!btn/quotes/nls/btn (BTN 7.93, -0.25, -3.06%) , a provider of digital cinema projection equipment and services, cinema screens and other cinema products, announced today that it will provide NEC Digital Cinema projection systems along with GDC Technologys digital cinema servers and Ballantynes own silver or gain screens to outfit 20 auditoriums for Caribbean Cinemas, the largest motion picture exhibitor in the Caribbean Islands.
Source: Wall Street Journal

2010-06-08
Dolby Unveils New Format for Toy Story - Dolby Laboratories will introduce a new surround-sound audio format, Dolby Surround 7.1, with the release of
Source: The Wrap
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Peter