The Latest Cinema and Exhibition Industry News for 26-04-2011

Hello All,

I hope you all had a good weekend, if you weren't working and got to enjoy some sunshine. Please find this weeks news headlines, as edited for me by Vicky Mansfield, and available as ever here: http://ping.fm/HgmlG

2011-04-26
SPOTLIGHT: Historic Illinois theater reopens - One man standing in the long line outside the grand re-opening of the Wildey Theater remarked that he and his friends used to sneak in from the outdoor fire escape.
Source: BND - Editor: VM

2011-04-26
Cinedigm Digital Cinema Has Biggest Ever Multi-Exhibitor Deployment Quarter in Cinedigm History - Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp. (NASDAQ: CIDM) today announced that their fourth quarter 2011 signed VPF deployment agreements totaled 1,402 screens and 32 exhibitors at 142 sites, marking the biggest number of individual exhibitors and screens signed in a quarter in the company's history.
Source: PR USA Net - Editor: VM

2011-04-26
Marketing Exec Scott Sherr Upped By Sony Pictures - He is promoted to exec vp of worldwide marketing and distribution.
Source: Hollywood Reporter - Editor: VM

2011-04-26
Declining footfalls wreaking havoc on cinema halls - The holy city of Banaras seems to have said goodbye to the cinema halls.The district that housed 36 cinema halls till late eighties has seen the closure of 26 halls in the last two decades.
Source: Times Of India - Editor: VM

2011-04-26
Deal to save Aberdeen cinema breaks down - Firm said to have pulled out of Belmont Picturehouse deal
Source: Evening Express - Editor: VM

2011-04-26
A sad farewell to Light House Cinema - It was recently decided by high court ruling that, due to rental disputes, the Light House Cinema, Smithfield was to close immediately.
Source: Dublin Dance Festival - Editor: VM

2011-04-26
Small theater operators weigh digital conversion - Film prints may become unavailable in 2013 and financing for digital projection technology is winding down, but installation costs are still prohibitive for many of the smallest movie houses.
Source: LA Times - Editor: VM

2011-04-26
Humber Odeon Theatre opens its doors April 29 - The curtain is set to rise again, so to speak, on the big screen at the Humber Odeon Theatre at the end of the month.
Source: Inside Toronto - Editor: VM

2011-04-26
Brands, films, popcorn share top billing on cinema media. - Digital screen media continue to spread through cinemas in lobby and auditorium alike, boosting sales and brands as well as entertaining moviegoers.
Source: Screen Media Mag - Editor: VM

2011-04-26
Church group abandons its effort to buy former Odeon cinema - ONE of three groups bidding to buy the former Odeon Cinema building has ended its interest after the site owner refused to lower its asking price.
Source: New Scotsman - Editor: VM

2011-04-26
Wood Green cinema staff stop film piracy in its tracks - Three employees caught the criminals red-handed with their camcorders during screenings at the Cineworld, in High Road, Wood Green.
Source: Hornsey Journal - Editor: VM

2011-04-26
FTT and XDC to Implement Digital Rollout for FSF Cinemas - The German-based cinema group and XDC signed a preliminary agreement to convert the FSF screens into digital under XDC
Source: D Cinema Today - Editor: VM

2011-04-26
Added dimension: Digital deployment fuels U.S. cinema ad growth -
Source: Film Journal International - Editor: VM

2011-04-26
MasterImage Eyeing Glasses-Free 3D Deals With Airlines, Auto Makers (Exclusive) - The 3D technology company is nearing agreements that would put glasses-free 3D screens in aircrafts and cars, THR has learned.
Source: Hollywood Reporter - Editor: VM

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Peter J. Knight