The Latest Cinema and Exhibition Industry News for 01-02-2011

Dear All,

Welcome to this weeks news headlines, available as ever at:
http://ping.fm/rOHUg my thanks to Vicky Mansfield for her help in compiling them.

2011-02-01
Take a Peek into the Renovated Picture House - Guests get a first look at a spiffed up Picture House on Saturday since the historic theater was closed for its restoration
Source: Pelham Patch - Editor: VM

2011-02-01
Former Odeon Jersey demolition refusal a 'huge blow' - The refusal to allow the former Odeon in Bath Street to be knocked down has been described as a huge blow to Jersey's building industry.
Source: BBC News - Editor: VM

2011-02-01
More2screen Team Up with Odeon, Vue and Apollo to Broadcast the World - More2Screen, is delighted to announce that on 23 February 2011 the world
Source: D Cinema Today - Editor: VM

2011-02-01
Official handover of new Newquay cinema - Keys to the brand new cinema in Newquay are officially being handed over by the main contractor today (Wednesday 26 January 2011).
Source: Deborah Clark Associates PR - Editor: VM

2011-02-01
Glenelg cinema lifeline - THE landmark Glenelg cinema could be saved from demolition and converted into a multi-theatre complex.
Source: Guardian Messenger - Editor: VM

2011-02-01
IU Cinema/Bloomington, IN - The newest addition to the Fine Arts corridor of Indiana University
Source: Theatre Historical Society - Editor: VM

2011-02-01
IMAX Signs First Commercial Theatre Deal in Egypt With Misr International Films - IMAX Corporation (Nasdaq:IMAX) (TSX:IMX) and Misr International Films (Youssef Chahine), the leading film company in Egypt, today announced an agreement to install a digital IMAX
Source: Global Newswire - Editor: VM

2011-02-01
Regal Cinemas to add 1,500 RealD 3D Screens - Deal doubles chain's screen count to 3,000
Source: Variety.com - Editor: VM

2011-02-01
Writing’s on the wall for Bridgnorth projectionists - It’s the end of an era at a Shropshire cinema, which is moving into the digital age after replacing its 1940s projector.
Source: Shropshire Star - Editor: VM

2011-02-01
Questions over future of East Anglian Film Archive - It is a unique collection celebrating the history of East Anglia in celluloid. But speculation is mounting as to the future of the prestigious East Anglian Film Archive amid suggestions that its owners, the University of East Anglia, are considering moving it from its existing home.
Source: EDP24 - Editor: VM

2011-02-01
Porthmadog cinema on the brink of closure - THE future of one of the last remaining examples of art deco cinemas in North Wales is teetering on the brink.
Source: Caernarfon Herald - Editor: VM

2011-02-01
Cobb Theatres Selects Barco for Conversion of its Circuit - Cobb Theatres will complete the digital conversion of its entire circuit with the purchase of an additional 100+ Barco digital cinema projectors for eight of its theatres serving Florida, Alabama and the Southeast.
Source: D Cinema Today - Editor: VM

2011-02-01
Hard times mean good times at Christie - While the recession has been brutal on many manufacturing companies in Waterloo Region, it doesn
Source: The Record - Editor: VM

2011-02-01
Campaigners' chance to buy Lonsdale Alhambra cinema - People in a Cumbrian town campaigning to keep their cinema open have been given three months to raise
Source: BBC News - Editor: VM

2011-02-01
World's smallest cinema not big enough, says manager - The manager of the world's smallest cinema says it was not big enough to survive.
Source: BBC News - Editor: VM

2011-02-01
£1 million plan for Marlborough - Plans to spend up to £1 million on upgrading Marlborough’s Town Hall have been unveiled by the town council .
Source: Gazette And Herald - Editor: VM

2011-02-01
Detroit Theatre in Lakewood closing doors for good Monday - The marquee was bright and the lines long at the Detroit Theatre in Lakewood on Saturday night as movie-goers indulged in the popular weekend activity.
Source: News Net 5 - Editor: VM
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