The Latest Cinema and Exhibition Industry News for 04-01-2011

Hello All,

Nadelik Lowen ha Blydhen Nowydh Da! (or Happy new year) to you all, I hope you had a good Christmas and that 2011 is a good one for you. I have written a review of the news from 2010 which you can find at http://www.madcornishprojectionist.co.uk/2010review.php.

Finally, before the news headlines for the last two weeks, the King's Speech is out this week (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1504320/). You maybe interested to know that the Projected Picture Trust (http://www.ppttrust.org), of which I am the chairman, provided a projector and projectionist for the film in December 2009. If you have a look at the International Trailer you can see a very brief shot of the projector at 1m04secs in, and I believe that the Trust also as a thank you in the credits.



And now for the first news headlines of 2011, available in the usual place: http://www.madcornishprojectionist.co.uk/todays_news.php:


2011-01-04
Odeon Cinema fate to be decided shortly - Though the fate of Odeon Cinema building has not yet been decided, however, the Rawalpindi Cantonment Board (RCB) wants to use its land for recreational purposes.
Source: The News - Editor: VM

2011-01-04
Film reels bound for cinema taken in Maidstone - Thieves have stolen four rolls of film reel that were bound for an Odeon cinema in Kent.
Source: BBC News - Editor: VM

2011-01-04
Cinepolis India appoints Devang Sampat as head strategy - Cinpolis India has appointed Devang Sampat as head of strategy. Sampat has been directly associated with the Indian film exhibition industry for over a decade, specializing in corporate strategy and planning.
Source: Business Of Cinema - Editor: VM

2011-01-04
XDC to deploy SmartJog library & delivery solution in 100 cinemas in Europe - XDC will deploy SmartJog service in 100 cinemas under contract with XDC. The service enables all cinemas to be connected to the SmartJog network as well as provides cinemas with a storage library for Digital Cinema Packages (DCPs).
Source: Business Of Cinema - Editor: VM

2011-01-04
Scrabble Entertainment signs up with Hollywood studios for Mid-East deployment - Indian digital cinema deployment entity Scrabble Entertainment is now going international. After deploying 220 screens across 23 cities in India, and with plans for a further 250 screens by next year, Scrabble Entertainment is now planning to foray into the Middle East.
Source: Business Of Cinema - Editor: VM

2011-01-04
Odeon must reel in buyer to stop the rot - Now, conservation groups have raised concerns that the former Odeon on Clerk Street is suffering from pigeon infestation, damp and dry rot.
Source: Scotsman - Editor: VM

2011-01-04
Actors join campaign to save Thirties cinema - Four of Britain's top actors have joined a campaign opposing plans to build a supermarket and two 14-storey blocks of flats on the site of a Thirties art deco cinema.
Source: This Is London - Editor: VM

2011-01-04
Cinedigm Announces Digital Financing and Deployment for ShowPlex Cinemas - New Theatre Circuit Will Operate 83 New Digital Cinema Screens in Five Midwest States
Source: Market Wire - Editor: VM

2011-01-04
MediaVest retains ?3m Cineworld business - MediaVest has retained the ?3m media business for multiplex cinema chain Cineworld, ending a three-month pitch process.
Source: Media Week - Editor: VM

2011-01-04
Diggers drive out blockbuster premieres as Leicester Square becomes building site - Leicester Square has welcomed some of the biggest stars in the world to its international movie premieres. But for the next 17 months it will host a giant building site - putting red- carpet appearances by the likes of Johnny Depp, Penelope Cruz and Emma Watson under threat.
Source: This Is London - Editor: VM

2011-01-04
Ritzy cinema staff agree three-year deal - Union members at the Ritzy cinema accepted a three-year pay deal this month. Rates for 2010/11 will increase by 3.4 per cent backdated to 1 October.
Source: BECTU - Editor: VM

2011-01-04
New owners upgrade theaters - The theater complex at Meadowbrook Mall is under new ownership, a move officials will enhance the movie experience for local moviegoers. Officials also say it should increase the flow of customers.
Source: Morning Sun - Editor: VM

2011-01-04
How 3D films cost families an extra ?11 for a trip to the cinema - Taking children to the movies is a favoured way of keeping them entertained over the holidays. But those hoping a trip to the cinema will provide them with a moment?s peace should beware: it could come at a high price.
Source: Daily Mail - Editor: VM

2011-01-04
Technicolor to issue shares to pay back debt - Set-top box maker Technicolor (TCH.PA) said on Wednesday that it will issue new shares worth about 213 million euros to pay back creditors after it failed to sell assets in its restructuring process fast enough.
Source: Reuters - Editor: VM

2011-01-04
What we were watching at the cinema this year - It?s been good year for British films, this year. It?s been a fantastic year for animation but above all it?s been the year in which 3-D has taken off to such an extent that it has ceased being a story-telling device and has become a gimmick.
Source: EADT - Editor: VM

2011-01-04
Closing date set for Odeon - A CLOSING date has been set for bids to be submitted for the former Odeon cinema on Clerk Street.
Source: Scotsman - Editor: VM

2011-01-04
Planning look again at listed building system - ALL the Island?s historic buildings are to be re-examined to see if they should be retained as listed properties. Jersey Heritage Trust will manage the survey, which will take place next year and in 2012, on behalf of Planning.
Source: This Is Jersey - Editor: VM

2011-01-04
US cinema attendance 5% down on 2009 - The number of north Americans who went to the cinema in 2010 was around 5% down on the 2009 total, figures show.
Source: BBC News - Editor: VM

2011-01-04
Blockbuster deal coming to IMAX - The curtain on a mergers and acquisitions boom could go up early in 2011.
Source: Daily Mail - Editor: VM

2011-01-04
Coming soon? New future for grand old cinema - THE former Adelphi cinema in Attercliffe has been put on the market.The grade II listed building off Attercliffe Road is being sold through London firm Paramount Investments for ?220,000, although ?unconditional offers are invited?.
Source: Sheffield Telegraph - Editor: VM

2011-01-04
Karachi's first 3D digital cinema opens its doors - Movie enthusiast Mariam Azmi said she has watched every trailer on the project website and has scheduled her entertainment calendar for the next month. ?We have no real entertainment in the city which is why this is just what we need right now,? she said, while testing the popcorn, which for her is ?an equally essential? part of the movie experience. ?Good, fresh? she commented, munching the kernels. Display screens above and on the ticket counter listed the movies playing at the cinema as well as the prices (different for regular and 3D cinemas).
Source: Tribune - Editor: VM

2011-01-04
Deluxe Acquires Creative Services and Media Services Business Units from Ascent Media - Completes Previously Announced Transaction to Enhance Post-Production Service Offerings
Source: PR Newswire - Editor: VM

2011-01-04
Final curtain for Hillfields' old Theatre One cinema - IT was the first cinema in Coventry that brought blockbuster hit Star Wars to city audiences. Crowds packed out Theatre One, in Ford Street, Hillfields, after beating the rights to show it before ABC and the Odeon.
Source: Coventry Telegraph - Editor: VM
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