The Latest Cinema and Exhibition Industry News for 12-04-2011

Hello All,

Please find this weeks news headlines below, including an interesting article which appeared in the Time Out magazine, edited by Vicky Mansfield. The headlines are available as always at: http://ping.fm/qlwrG

I came across the following in a 1935 Projectionist Diary the other day and thought that it was worth sharing it with you:

The Operator's Creed

This was found in a 1935 Projectionist Diary, but is just as true today as it was then:

THE OPERATOR'S CREED
Remember yours is one of the most highly skilled jobs in this modern wonder age and technical developments succeed one another with bewildering rapidity.

Concentrated within the spool - box is the consummate artistry of playwrights, actors, producers and camera-men. You are the last and the most important link in a great chain.

According to your diligence and craftsman­ship, so has this artistry, this anxious care, this enormous expense, been wasted or justified. Yours is the task of taking thousands of your fellow men and women away from the cares of an often drab and colourless existence, trans­porting them on your magic carpet to a land of make-believe and sending them away refreshed to tackle the world of reality with renewed zest and high courage.

To achieve this you have to master a formidable list of highly technical subjects, you have to be resourceful in emergency, calm in danger, and unremitting in sacrificing your time and, if need be, your person in the interests of the public you serve. A noble and inspiring calling that is surely, if slowly, receiving the recognition it deserves.

2011-04-12
Sony digital cinema 4K projection achieves full DCI compliance - Sony Corporation has announced that its digital cinema 4K projection systems are the industry
Source: Film Journal - Editor: VM

2011-04-12
DLP Cinema - DLP Cinema Projectors Clearly the Leader Worldwide With Installations from Barco, Christie, and NEC
Source: D Cinema Today - Editor: VM

2011-04-12
Major initiative for Campbeltown's historic Picture House - The art nouveau gem that is Campbeltown
Source: For Argyll - Editor: VM

2011-04-12
James Cameron Chooses Christie to Demonstrate Next Evolution Cinema Technology at Cinemacon 2011 - Lightstorm Entertainment Used Christie CP2230 Digital Cinema Projectors
Source: D Cinema Today - Editor: VM

2011-04-12
IMAX Signs Theatre Deal With Premiere Cinema Corp. - One of the Largest Independently Owned Theatre Circuits in North America to Install up to Four IMAX Digital Theatre Systems
Source: Traders Huddle - Editor: VM

2011-04-12
Jackson - A couple with a long history in the theater enjoy the ups and downs of owning a historic theater in southwest Minnesota, despite its many challenges
Source: Daily Globe - Editor: VM

2011-04-12
Cinema City invests EUR 5 million in Braila multiplex - Cinema City is inaugurating its first multiplex in Braila, which represents its tenth national investment, since 2007. The 5 million investment, located in Promenada Mall, consists in a 10-cinema multiplex, with a capacity of 1724 seats.
Source: Business Review - Editor: VM

2011-04-12
UK's BFI increases film fund - Cineuropa reports that the British Film Institute (BFI), which became the lead body for the UK's film industry on 1 April 2011 (following last year
Source: Screen Africa - Editor: VM

2011-04-12
Guardian Edinburgh readers want Odeon to be saved - Last week we asked you what you would like to see done to the derelict New Victoria building on Clerk Street.
Source: The Guardian - Editor: VM

2011-04-12
Where did all the projectionists go? - A quiet revolution is going on behind your back at the cinema. Old-style projectors are making way for spanking new hard drives. But is this a good or a bad thing? David Jenkins clambers over the back row to find out.
Source: Time Out - Editor: VM

2011-04-12
Penrith's Lonsdale cinema saved from threat of closure - A 100-year-old Cumbrian cinema which was facing closure has been saved following a public campaign.
Source: BBC News - Editor: VM

2011-04-12
Cinema to screen first 3D documentary - CITY Screen, York, is showing the first documentary film to be made in 3D, Werner Herzog
Source: York Press - Editor: VM

2011-04-12
Microspace Digital Cinema Movie Delivery via Satellite Drives Growth in Alternative and Live Content for 2011 - Company Continues to Lead Delivery of Digital Cinema via Satellite Reducing Costs and Increasing Efficiencies
Source: D Cinema Today - Editor: VM

2011-04-12
Cinema hopes dashed - DISAPPOINTED campaigners failed in their fundraising bid ahead of an auction for a building they wanted to reopen as a cinema.
Source: South London - Editor: VM

2011-04-12
Wehrenberg Theatres selects NEC for digital conversion - Wehrenberg Theatres, the oldest family-owned and operated cinema company in the U.S., selected NEC digital-cinema projectors for its 210 screens in the Midwest.
Source: Film Journal - Editor: VM

2011-04-12
BAFTA Welcomes Best 3D Technology in London - 195 Piccadilly, the home of BAFTA, is installing a state of the art Barco DP2K-32B digital cinema projector this month
Source: Venues - Editor: VM

2011-04-12
Cineworld snaps up Spanish cinema chain - CINEMA operator Cineworld has unveiled its first overseas expansion after agreeing to buy Spain
Source: Wales Online - Editor: VM

2011-04-12
More objections to cinema plans - The latest proposal for Kirkcaldy's beleaguered former Station Hotel has come up against more objections.
Source: The Courier - Editor: VM

2011-04-12
Cinedigm Digital Cinema Announces Agreement With Clearview Cinemas for Digital Cinema Deployment - Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp. (NASDAQ: CIDM), the global leader in digital cinema, today announced a long-term virtual print fee deployment agreement with Clearview Cinemas, one of the New York metropolitan area's largest movie exhibitors. The agreement enables the continued conversion of Clearview's theatres to digital cinema, under the terms of Cinedigm's long-term agreements with all the major studios.
Source: Marketwire - Editor: VM

2011-04-12
James Cameron Siding With Theater Owners Against Studios' Premium VOD Plan (Exclusive) - Cinemark also takes a stand, refusing to carry trailers or put up signage for any movie until it's notified whether the title will be part of the premium VOD offering.
Source: Hollywood Reporter - Editor: VM

2011-04-12
Guy Hands' - In the box office smash film Toy Story 3, hero Woody is about to be burnt in a furnace before he escapes in the nick of time.
Source: This Is Money - Editor: VM

2011-04-12
3D Glasses Standard: Too Little Too Late? - Yesterday, Panasonic and Xpand, makers of mostly commercial active-shutter 3D glasses, announced a standard synchronization protocol for this type of eyewear called M-3DI. The new standard is intended to improve compatibility between 3D TVs and home projectors, computers, and digital cinema, a problem that has plagued the current 3D marketplace since its inception over a year ago.
Source: Ultimate AV Mag - Editor: PK
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Regards

Peter Knight