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2010-12-16
Scrabble Spells Digital for Middle Eastern Cinemas - Mumbai Co. and Top Hollywood Studios to Subsidize Digitalization over Two Years
Source: Hollywood Reporter - Editor: VM

2010-12-16
Asia Faces 3D Conversion Revolution - As the speed of 3D moviemaking picks up, with more than 30 titles coming from Hollywood alone in 2011, Asia presents a challenge and an opportunity to the companies helping the region
Source: Hollywood Reporter - Editor: VM

2010-12-16
Dolby Drives Digital Cinema Adoption In Greater China - 600 Dolby Screen Servers and 600 Dolby CP750 Digital Cinema Processors ordered by Dadi
Source: D Cinema Today - Editor: VM

2010-12-16
Welcome jobs boost for borough - 60 jobs to be created with new Omniplex Cinema
Source: Antrim Times - Editor: VM

2010-12-16
Wanda Cinema selects GDC for a repeat order of digital cinema systems - Deployment to involve 280 digital cinema servers and 45 Theatre Management Systems (TMS)
Source: D Cinema Today - Editor: VM

2010-12-16
Prima Cinema to Offer Films Same Day as Theatrical Release - for $20,500 - The startup company hopes to install its system in 250,000 homes within five years, and has the backing of Universal Pictures, an investor.
Source: Hollywood Reporter - Editor: VM

2010-12-16
Curzon launches video on demand service - The arthouse chain Curzon Artificial Eye to debut its new video on demand streaming service with Iraq War film In Our Name
Source: The Guardian - Editor: VM

2010-12-16
Odeon cinema set for Dorchester's Brewery Square - Cinema giant Odeon has agreed to take open up a cinema at the town centre development, it was announced today.
Source: Dorset Echo - Editor: VM

2010-12-16
December Shipments Catapult Doremi Cinema Beyond 20,000 Units - Over 1,300 IMBs Contribute to Milestone
Source: D Cinema Today - Editor: VM

2010-12-16
GDC and Barco Succeeded in Deploying More Than 300 Systems of Barco Series 2 DLP Cinema - DC Technology (
Source: D Cinema Today - Editor: VM

2010-12-16
Cineworld talks underway ahead of all-digital circuit - The union has started redundancy consultations with Cineworld as the company prepares for an all-digital circuit in 2012.
Source: BECTU - Editor: VM

2010-12-16
Warner Bros. Pictures International Continues to Forge New Ground in Digital Cinema in Partnership with Taiwan - Building on its record of forging new territory in the delivery of high quality entertainment across multiple formats throughout Asia, Warner Bros. Pictures International (WBPI) has entered into digital deployment agreements directly with several key cinema circuits in Taiwan. Under agreements with Showtime Cinemas, Miramar WV Cinemas Co. Ltd., Cinemark-Core Pacific Ltd. and Ambassador Theatres.
Source: D Cinema Today - Editor: VM

2010-12-16
Luxury eight-screen cinema signs up to Dolphin Square - Vue Cinema will provide an eight-screen cinema with more 1,000 seats in the planned new
Source: The Weston Mercury - Editor: VM

2010-12-16
Will Israeli cinema soon be scouting for more Arabs and ultra-Orthodox? - A bill earmarking 25 percent of the country's filmmaking budget to the periphery will be considered today by the Ministerial Committee for Legislation. The heads of Israel's film industry are outraged by the proposed law, branding it "populistic" and "redundant."
Source: Haaretz - Editor: VM

2010-12-16
Film-makers to be asked to help with funding shortfall - Abolition of UK Film Council will see core duties passing to the BFI, with costs of attracting foreign investment levied on industry
Source: The Guardian - Editor: VM

2010-12-16
Cinema plan reeled out - PROPOSALS to turn the former Odeon on Clerk Street into a multi-purpose arts venue will be on display to the public on Saturday.
Source: Scotsman - Editor: VM

2010-12-16
Resort development to boast 8-screen cinema - AN eight-screen, 1,000 seat cinema is to open as part of a
Source: This Is Bristol - Editor: VM

2010-12-16
Screenvision Announces New Exhibitor Agreement with Cinema Entertainment Corporation - Cinema Advertising Leader Strengthens Presence in Key Midwest DMAs
Source: Business Wire - Editor: VM

2010-12-16
Italy to get first IMAX screen near Milan - Italy will get its first IMAX screen, thanks to a joint venture between IMAX Corporation and the Odeon UCI Cinemas group for the Italian market.
Source: Screen Daily - Editor: VM

2010-12-16
Barco - Digital Cinema pioneer Barco has achieved a notable Guinness World Record. Its DP2K-32B digital cinema projector, already recognized as 'the brightest projector on the planet', can now officially claim this title after succeeding in a world record attempt.
Source: D Cinema Today - Editor: VM

2010-12-16
Arqiva Supports the Launch of an Independent Website for Live Alternative Content - Arqiva supports launch of LiveCinemaEvents.com an independent website connecting cinema exhibitors with rights holders
Source: D Cinema Today - Editor: VM

2010-12-16
UCI buys the HD-Clipper for its Cinemas in Vienna - UCI KINOWELT the Austrian Affiliate of United Cinemas International has purchased the HD-Clipper to start playing the advertising in High Definition.
Source: Cinecom Systems - Editor: VM

2010-12-16
GDC Surpasses the 6500th Mark in Digital Cinema Server Shipment to Customers Worldwide - GDC Technology (
Source: D Cinema Today - Editor: VM

2010-12-16
Doremi Cinema Opens Second Manufacturing Facility - Doremi Cinema, the world
Source: D Cinema Today - Editor: VM

2010-12-16
Barco Announces Success in Asia-Pacific Digital Cinema Market - Barco is proud to announce a successful year in the Asia-Pacific digital cinema market. The company was able to secure a number of reference contracts as well as install more than 4000 projectors through out the region. 2500 of those projectors were installed in China, which helped demonstrate the company
Source: About Projectors - Editor: VM

2010-12-16
ODEON select Unique Digital - ODEON & UCI Cinemas Group has selected Rosetta Bridge TMS and Cinema Accord solutions, developed by Unique Digital Ltd, as an integral part of their bespoke digital exhibition infrastructure. ODEON have 202 cinemas and 1,802 screens across Europe and will commence a full digital rollout in the UK in Q4 2010.
Source: D Cinema Today - Editor: VM

2010-12-16
Council Leader Throws Weight Behind Cinema Campaign - Pressure is mounting on Empire to come clean and explain its intentions for Ealing's neglected cinema site.
Source: Ealing Today - Editor: VM

2010-12-16
Ulster Omniplex cinema chain plans 2011 jobs blockbuster - The largest cinema chain in Northern Ireland is to open a new
Source: Belfast Telegraph - Editor: VM
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