The Latest Cinema and Exhibition Industry News for 22-02-2011

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2011-02-22
Berlinale Tackles the Topic of Changing Cinema With '3D: Fad or Fab' Panel - The 3D filmmaking process doesn't have to cost the Earth, it's not all about multimillion dollar studio-backed cartoons and it brings the audience closer to the action.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter - Editor: VM

2011-02-22
Despite record sales, film industry still anxious - Despite 2010 being a year of boffo box office sales, movie industry insiders are concerned about competition from cinema complexes driving out independent local theaters.
Source: Asahi - Editor: VM

2011-02-22
Empire has confirmed that it is fully committed to opening a new cinema in Ealing and want work to start as soon as possible. - There have been growing fears over plans for the site opposite the Town Hall which has been left a derelict eyesore for over two years.
Source: Ealing Today - Editor: VM

2011-02-22
Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp Announces New Chairman of Software Division, David Gajda - Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp. (NASDAQ: CIDM) is pleased to announce that David Gajda has returned to Cinedigm as Chairman of Cinedigm Software. In this advisory role, Gajda will work alongside Jim Miller, President of Cinedigm Software, to enhance and expand the Company's vision and strategic direction in developing the next generation of software products and services.
Source: Marketwire - Editor: VM

2011-02-22
Reel Cinemas to Use Arqiva Satellite Distribution System - ne of the UK
Source: D Cinema Today - Editor: VM

2011-02-22
Stalwart Ray bows out after 67 years - HE has spent nearly seven decades making sure different generations of film fans get to see Hollywood stars on the big screen. But after 67 years in the job Ray Mascord, chief projectionist at Scott Cinemas in Bridgwater, is finally packing away the film reel for good.
Source: This Is The West Country - Editor: VM

2011-02-22
DCM drafts in Cineworld's Lilly following Bowley departure - Digital Cinema Media has called on Cineworld boss Crispin Lilly to steady the company as it looks to replace Martin Bowley, who departed abruptly four weeks ago.
Source: Media Week - Editor: VM

2011-02-22
Leeds Cottage Road Cinema ready for 100th birthday bash - AS one of only a few cinemas dating back beyond the First World War, Cottage Road Cinema in Leeds has witnessed the growth of the film industry from its humble beginnings.
Source: Haedingley Today - Editor: VM

2011-02-22
RAAM Award Winning Cinema Chooses Masterimage 3D - WTW Cinemas, who operate 10 screens across three sites in Cornwall, UK won the prestigious RAAM Award for Independent Cinema of the Year 2011, which was presented in February at the Marriott Hotel, Grosvenor Square, London.
Source: D Cinema Today - Editor: VM

2011-02-22
From Mumbai to Bucharest: FJI's annual survey of theatre construction goes global - After checking out the
Source: Film Journal International - Editor: VM

2011-02-22
Bringing it all together: Cinema technology creates a new interconnectivity - The International Cinema Technology Association (ICTA) seminar series in Los Angeles, held in January, is always well-attended by numerous exhibitors and the many suppliers that provide technologies for presentations in the cinema. This year, the focus was not so targeted on the digital-cinema rollout, as it has been in the past few years. This time, the focus was on the many changing forces that are reshaping the interior of the lobby, the concession area, the auditorium, and the interconnectivity of them all.
Source: Film Journal INternational - Editor: VM

2011-02-22
XDC and S & B Cinemas Ltd Agree To Deploy Digital Screens in UK - S & B Cinemas, operators of The Ritz Cinema, Burnham on Sea, a dynamic UK exhibitor and XDC, the n
Source: D Cinema Today - Editor: VM

2011-02-22
Dolby opens new Beijing research center as China - Looking to capitalize on the growing middle class by
Source: Peninsula Press - Editor: VM

2011-02-22
White River receives best independent cinema award - White River Cinema in St Austell is now the UK's Independent Cinema of the Year following an awards ceremony in London.
Source: BBC News - Editor: VM

2011-02-22
Worthing theatre faces closure - The Connaught Theatre could shut for good next January, The Herald can exclusively reveal.
Source: Worthing Herald - Editor: VM

2011-02-22
Coping with the box-office blues - Talk to any theatrical exhibitor, major or independent, and they will echo the same sentiment that box office is down and that this needs to turn around quickly. A significant number of people younger than 25 have not been frequenting the movies since Christmas, and it
Source: Film Journal International - Editor: VM

2011-02-22
Boutique cinema plans revealed for town. - The curtains will soon open on Royston
Source: Cambridge News - Editor: VM

2011-02-22
Volunteers - Volunteers have given their time to help scrub away 40 years of dirt and grime from The Regal Cinema in Evesham
Source: Evesham Journal - Editor: VM

2011-02-22
Drive-in rolls with 2nd screen - Until temps hit the mid-50s last week, this was shaping up to be one of the most discontented winters of all the winters of our discontent.Should temps dip back down to subzero levels, we will have some gloriously summery news to sustain us: The owners of the Huntington Drive-In theater, John and Nellie Detzler, are putting the finishing touches on a second screen.
Source: Journal Gazette - Editor: VM


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