Thursday 28 July 2011

Very much feels that he has been adopted by fhe @ffilmsonfrisges team :). Wonderful first night - full house for Rocky.

Tuesday 26 July 2011

The Latest Cinema and Exhibition Industry News for 26-07-2011 is now available at: http://ping.fm/hC1mm

The Latest Cinema and Exhibition Industry News for 26-07-2011

Hello All,

Please find below this weeks news headlines, the most significant of which I think is the agreement that has been made between Deluxe and Technicolor in relation to the printing of film. The news is available as ever at: http://www.madcornishprojectionist.co.uk/todays_news.php and then after that via the archive pages on the news index page: http://www.madcornishprojectionist.co.uk/newsindex.php.

There won't be any news next week due to holidays.



2011-07-26

WALTHAMSTOW: Cinema and flats proposed for Arcade Site - A MULTIPLEX cinema and flats form the centrepiece of plans to transform Walthamstow's Arcade Site.
Source: East London and West Sussex Guardian - Editor: PK

2011-07-26
Empire Cinemas launch first all-digital multiplex - Empire Cinemas, one of the UK’s largest private cinema chains, announced last week that its six-screen multiplex in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire was going fully digital.
Source: Cineuropa - Editor: PK

2011-07-26
Hollywood's rapid march to digital technology is bringing arch rivals Deluxe Entertainment Services Group and Technicolor Inc. together in an unusual partnership. - UK
Source: 1 - Editor:

2011-07-26
Lexi Cinema presents NOMAD – Outdoor Screenings Report - Outdoor and ‘Pop-up’ Cinemas are proving very popular this year, maybe it’s the weather, the added extras thrown into liven up the experience or the desire to see film in a different setting, away from the standard sticky floored over price multiplexes that have taken over from local small scale theatres, putting nearly all of them out of business.
Source: Front Row Reviews - Editor: PK

2011-07-26
Movie theaters screen Shakespeare plays - While Hollywood continues to push its parade of comic book heroes in a string of summer blockbusters, something a little different is destined to hit the big screen in the coming weeks.
Source: TBN Weekly - Editor: PK

2011-07-26
Cinema Chief Executive will attend Ealing's special committee meeting - Empire Cinemas' Chief Executive, Justin Ribbons, will be attending a committee hearing of Ealing Council on Thursday (28th July) to explain what's going on with the neglected Cinema site.
Source: Ealing Today - Editor: PK

2011-07-26
GDC signs a d-cinema deployment deal with leading Japanese film distribution company, Toho Co., Ltd. - GDC Technology has signed a digital system agreement with Toho Co., Ltd. (“Toho”), a leading Japanese entertainment company involved in film distribution.
Source: DigitalCinemaInfo.com - Editor: PK

2011-07-26
A digital future projected - Next week, the blinding glow of Augusta Theatre's old projectors will flicker out to keep up with the film industry's push toward the digital age.
Source: Kansas.com - Editor: PK

2011-07-26
Petition to save the Croydon's David Lean Cinema presented at council meeting - A petition calling for the David Lean Cinema to be reopened has been signed by more than 600 supporters and presented to the council.
Source: Croydon Guardian - Editor: PK

2011-07-26
XDC to Sign VPF Agreements for 35 New Screens in Spain - XDC, the Belgian company headquartered in Liège with more than 4,200 committed digital screens of which 2,000 have already been deployed, has recently signed three new VPF agreements in Spain. In the framework of these agreements, another 35 screens in Catalonia, the Community of Valencia, Andalucia and Castilla León will be deployed while the installations are already in progress
Source: DCinema Today - Editor: PK

2011-07-26
Carmike Cinemas: An Undervalued Movie Exhibitor - On July 15, Christopher Mittleman, chief investment officer at Mittleman Brothers LLC, discussed Carmike Cinemas.
Source: Seekingalpha.com - Editor: PK

2011-07-26
Kate Middleton and Prince William head to cinema to watch Bridesmaids - Kate Middleton and Prince William are trying to enjoy a low-key existence, heading to their local cinema to catch the latest showing of Bridesmaids.
Source: The Metro - Editor: PK

2011-07-26
Unique Congratulates Film & Kino on Digitizing Norway - Unique congratulates Film & Kino, the Norwegian Cinema Association on achieving this historic milestone in world cinema. As the main integrator for the rollout Unique have covered a total of 344 cinema auditoriums, including adding 25 existing installation to the network, installing 258 Christie 2K projectors with Doremi servers as well as 61 Sony 4k systems.
Source: DCinema Today - Editor: PK

2011-07-26
Film director’s plans for new cinema and theatre - A FILM director who grew up in North Dorset has revealed to councillors his ambitious plan to create an arts quarter in Blandford town centre.
Source: Bournemouth Echo - Editor: PK

2011-07-26
Council strikes back at Empire - THE COUNCIL are threatening to force the developer of Ealing's planned new cinema to sell them the site which has laid idle for almost three years.
Source: Ealing Gazette - Editor: PK

2011-07-26
Terra Firma rejects BC bid for Odeon - BC Partners has seen a £1.1bn bid for UK cinema group Odeon rejected by owner Terra Firma, according to news reports.
Source: Altassets - Editor: PK

2011-07-26
RealD Announce Huge 3D Cinema Expansion Deal - RealD announce a major deal with American cinema company Cinemark Holdings to expand the cinema group’s digital 3D cinema screens by a further 1500.
Source: 3Dfocus.co.uk - Editor: PK

2011-07-26
Barco delivers world's first commercial dual 4K DLP Cinema Projection System - Partnering with D3D Cinema and Dolby to produce an immersive 3D movie experience, Barco makes history by providing its DLP Cinema® Enhanced 4K DP4K-32B projectors for the inaugural installation of a 4K Double Projection System in the DynaTheater at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Source: Press Release - Editor: PK

2011-07-26
GDC signs new d-cinema pact with China's Stellar circuit - GDC Technology signed a major digital-cinema server contract with Chinese circuit Stellar International Cineplex. The agreement involves the deployment of a total of 300 GDC SX-2000A d-cinema servers with Integrated Media Block (IMB), with deployment completion scheduled for 2012.
Source: FilmJournal - Editor: PK

2011-07-26
Norway Becomes the World`S First Country with Only Digital Cinema Technology - All cinemas in Norway are digital by the July 2011. Film & Kino, the Norwegian cinema association have conducted the roll-out of 420 screens all over the country. This means that no more 35 mm will be distributed.
Source: DCinema Today - Editor: PK

2011-07-26
Theaters in suspense on film’s future - Almost as much as the smell of popcorn, film's characteristic specks of dust on the screen and the soft crackle of a projector are signals of a movie about to begin. For now, at least, all those things will remain at local cinemas.
Source: Adirondack Daily Enterprise - Editor: PK

2011-07-26
Council considering whether to buy beloved Chester Odeon building - CHESTER’S much-loved Odeon building could become publicly owned as a result of an historic decision due to be considered by the council a week today.
Source: Chester Chronicle - Editor: PK

2011-07-26
DCP Projectors Series II Achieve Full Compliance with DCI Specifications - The entire line of DCP Series II projectors manufactured by Kinoton has completed the strict testing procedure for certification as compliant with the safety and technology standards of Digital Cinema Initiatives, LLC (also known as DCI), a joint venture launched by several major motion picture studios. The DCP 30 LX II, DCP 30 MX II, and DCP SX II projectors, which are based on projection technology provided by Barco, passed all of the tests for compliance with the DCI specifications. The tests were performed by expert technicians of the U.S.-based company of CineCert, LLD.
Source: DCinema Today - Editor: PK

2011-07-26
Carmike to Bring New "BigD" Enhanced Experience to Wilmington, NC Area Moviegoers with Summer 2012 10-Plex Theater Opening Slated for the Village at Myrtle Grove - COLUMBUS, Ga., Jul 20, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Carmike Cinemas, Inc. CKEC -2.56% , a leading DIGITAL cinema and 3D motion picture exhibitor, today announced the projected summer 2012 opening of a new Carmike entertainment complex to be located at The Villages at Myrtle Grove in Wilmington, North Carolina.
Source: MarketWatch - Editor: PK

2011-07-26
Joe Hart to Run Digital Cinema Operations for Deluxe - HOLLYWOOD, Calif., July 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --Deluxe Entertainment Services Group Inc. announced today that Joe Hart has joined Deluxe as Senior Vice President Digital Cinema North America reporting to Warren Stein, Chief Operating Officer. Hart has provided much of the innovation for the digital cinema industry working with studios, exhibitors and industry organizations such as ISDCF to promote best practice.
Source: PR Newswire - Editor: PK

2011-07-26
Technicolor launches phase II of photochemical film activities optimization - Signs subcontracting agreements with Deluxe for Film services in North America, Thailand and UK. See also this link
Source: DigitalCinemaInfo - Editor: PK
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Peter

Tuesday 19 July 2011

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The Latest Cinema and Exhibition Industry News for 19-07-2011

Dear All,

Please find attached this weeks news headlines, available as ever at http://www.madcornishprojectionist.co.uk/todays_news.php. And don't forget that you can also get archive news from http://www.madcornishprojectionist.co.uk/newsindex.php.

Also, some of you may know that I am the chairman of the Projected Picture Trust, http://www.ppttrust.org, which is an organisation that is dedicated to the preservation, restoration and education of cinema technology, based at Bletchley Park. Membership is £20 a year (£21 for family membership) and you can help preserve the magic of cinema.

And not onto the news:

2011-07-19
Closure of movie theater leaves some hard feelings - When the Columbia City Cinema closed after a seven-year run, it left thousands in wasted donations and unpaid loans as the fourth independent theater to run into trouble under its now-bankrupt operator.
Source: The Seattle Times - Editor: VM

2011-07-19
Legend is Cambodian multiplex first - The first multiplex cinema in Cambodia opened this week with screenings of Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Source: Film Business Asia - Editor: VM

2011-07-19
'Deathly Hallows: Part 2' Director David Yates' Letter to Projectionists - It's becoming a trend for filmmakers to write notes to projectionists and attach them with prints/harddrives sent to theaters. While we've featured some of these letters from the likes of Michael Bay for Transformers 3, and Terrence Malick for Tree of Life, I've heard from projectionists that they receive letters like this quite often.
Source: First Showing (Blog) - Editor: VM

2011-07-19
WWE superstar backs fight to save North Wales cinema - A CAMPAIGN to save a North Wales cinema has been boosted by the support of a heavyweight wrestler.
Source: Daily Post - Editor: VM

2011-07-19
Reliance and Digital Domain partner to open new studios in U.K. and India - Hollywood is becoming even more reliant on one of India's biggest media companies. Reliance MediaWorks, a division of the conglomerate Reliance ADA Group, said Monday that it has partnered with the Venice-based visual effects house Digital Domain Productions to open studios in London and Mumbai, underscoring the increasingly global nature of California's visual effects industry.
Source: Los Angeles Times - Editor: VM

2011-07-19
Blow for Hollywood as DVD sales fall 25%, digital download growth slows and cinema goers - Big spending Hollywood is facing its own disaster movie. DVD movie sales have fallen 25 per cent since 2006 and digital content, which was expected to fill the gap of falling DVD sales, has seen consumer interest dwindle.
Source: This Is Money (Blog) - Editor: VM

2011-07-19
Tragic Cut At Stanley Crook Cinema? - A Community run cinema could be forced to reduce its sreenings if vital supporting roles go unfulfilled.
Source: Wear Valley Mercury - Editor: VM

2011-07-19
Why tinsel town is 'Haunted' by an Indian - Sanjay Gaikwad has challenged Hollywoodís monopoly with a technology that enables cinema halls to show 3-D movies at a fraction of the cost.
Source: Money Control - Editor: VM

2011-07-19
Crisis-era Academy of Canadian Cinema & TV Unveils New Board - The Gemini and Genie organizer appoints a dozen Toronto power-brokers to its new board to get back in touch with the Canadian film and TV industry.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter - Editor: VM

2011-07-19
Barco Delivers World's First Commercial Dual 4K DLP Cinema Projection System - Partnering with D3D Cinema and Dolby to produce an immersive 3D movie experience, Barco makes history by providing its DLP Cinema
Source: D Cinema Today - Editor: VM

2011-07-19
Derelict building putting lives at risk - MAYOR Stuart Drummond has slammed the owners of a derelict building for putting lives at risk.
Source: Hartlepool Mail - Editor: VM

2011-07-19
Fukushima Cinemas Struggling to Get Audiences Back - Some theaters in crisis-affected areas attracting more cinema-goers than those in unaffected cities.
Source: 0 - Editor: 0

2011-07-19
Three-screen cinema planned for city's south - Christchurch could get a new suburban movie palace to make up for the cinemas lost in the Canterbury earthquakes. Christchurch cinema owner Rodney Cook is planning a three-screen film theatre in the south of the city.
Source: Stuff - Editor: VM

2011-07-19
Cary buys former downtown cinema - The town of Cary announced today its purchase of a former movie theater, adding the 65-year-old building to its stable of downtown properties even as the paint dried on the $13 million Cary Arts Center a quarter-mile distant.
Source: News Observer - Editor: VM

2011-07-19
'Strong interest' in Chelsea cinema - The Burnside Council says it has received several expressions of interest from potential lessees of the Chelsea cinema.
Source: ABC News - Editor: VM

2011-07-19
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema at Westlakes Expands Digital Roll-Out in San Antonio, Texas - Conversion of all 9 screens for a State-of-the-Art Facility to Enhance Every Aspect of the Movie-Going Experience
Source: D Cinema Today - Editor: VM

2011-07-19
Empire Theatres Dieppe Undergoing Extensive Renovations - Empire Theatres, a Canada-wide film exhibition company, is making extensive renovations to its location in Dieppe, NB this summer.
Source: CNW - Editor: VM

2011-07-19
Mobile phone giant O2 launches £6m offers campaign - MOBILE phone giant O2ís 22 million customers are being offered half-price books and cinema tickets as part of a new £6million campaign.
Source: The Mirror - Editor: VM
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Regards

Peter J. Knight
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Tuesday 5 July 2011

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The Latest Cinema and Exhibition Industry News for 05-07-2011

Hello All,

Please find attached this weeks news headlines, available as ever at: http://www.madcornishprojectionist.co.uk/todays_news.php

2011-07-05
Women-only cinema hall set to open doors on Thursday. - Aspire Zone Foundation will open the first ëladies onlyí cinema in the Middle East on Thursday. The cinema will be based in AZFís Ladies Club and will show the latest releases currently being screened in other theatres in Doha.
Source: The Peninsula - Editor: VM

2011-07-05
Free outdoor cinema targets families - ONE of the world's most beautiful outdoor cinemas is to launch in the park in Scarness, hoisting its big screen against a backdrop of a star-spangled sky and a glistening Hervey Bay.
Source: Fraser Coast Chronicle - Editor: VM

2011-07-05
No-texting policy puts movie-house magnate in a League of his own - The recipient of this year's I-wish-everybody-had-the-guts-to-do-this award is Tim League, the upstart movie theater mogul and bloodied survivor of Bakersfield commerce who has made a career out of doing things the rest of us wish we'd thought of first.
Source: Bakersfield - Editor: VM

2011-07-05
Lightspeed Design, Inc. to Feature the DepthQ Polarization Modulator for 3D Digital Cinema at Cine-Europe in Amsterdam - Booth 539 - Lightspeed Design, Inc. / DepthQÆ will be featuring the DepthQÆ Polarization Modulator for 3D Digital Cinema at the CineEurope tradeshow (Booth 539) in Amsterdam, June 28-30.
Source: D Cinema Today - Editor: VM

2011-07-05
XDC and Empire Cinemas Agree To Deploy 200 Digital Screens in the UK - Empire Cinemas, the UK's largest independent cinema operator and XDC, the leading digital cinema service company in Europe, have agreed contracts for a deployment of digital cinema systems under XDC's VPF funding scheme.
Source: D Cinema Today - Editor: VM

2011-07-05
Les Cin - Les CinÈmas Gaumont PathÈ Chooses MasterImage 3D Cinema Systems to Continue Its Aggressive Rollout of Digital 3D;MasterImage 3D, Inc., a provider of pioneering 3D solutions for theaters, announced today that Les CinÈmas Gaumont PathÈ has selected them as a new partner in the deployment of digital 3D cinema systems. The first installations in Paris will include 3D screens at Gaumont Marignan and Gaumont Ambassade on the Champs Elysees, Gaumont Opera Premier, Gaumont Opera Capucines, PathÈ Haarlem. Local integrators and MasterImage 3D resellers, ADDE and Cinemeccanica France, are responsible for the installation and maintenance services supplying MasterImage 3Dís MI-2100 digital 3D system and MI-1000 dual projection 3D glass filters.
Source: Business Wire - Editor: VM

2011-07-05
Lincoln Odeon most expensive in region - Cinema-goers to Lincolnís Odeon are paying the highest price per ticket compared to screens owned by the company in bigger cities such as Sheffield, Leicester, or Leeds.
Source: The Lincolnite - Editor: VM

2011-07-05
The Nomad: bringing London to life through cinema - George Wood and Sally Wilton, creators of the UKís first year-round roaming pop-up cinema, enlighten Katy Gwilliam with their journey from one screening to 85 ñ in four years.
Source: The Telegraph - Editor: VM

2011-07-05
Callahan Digital Cinema Completes Latest Installation of NEC Display Solutions DLP Projectors at Cinemaworld Theaters - NEC Display Solutions of America, a leading provider of commercial LCD display and projector solutions, congratulates Callahan Digital Cinema, a digital cinema engineering services and equipment provider, on its 1,000th projector installation, the company announced today.
Source: Business Wire - Editor: VM

2011-07-05
New Brighton Marine Point cinema plans for movies 24 hours a day - A DIGITAL cinema at a major development in Wirral could show films throughout the night.
Source: Liverpool Daily Post - Editor: VM

2011-07-05
Texas Instruments DLP Cinema Will Celebrate 15 Years Of Leadership In Digital Displays Worldwide At CineEurope 2011 - DLP Cinema lights up CineEurope 2011, bringing the brightest and most reliable digital picture possible to over 40,000 screens worldwide
Source: D Cinema Today - Editor: VM

2011-07-05
Hollywood May Be Bribing Projectionists To Show 3D Movies Right - There's been a lot of discussion in the past few weeks, over whether or not movie theaters are doing their job, when projecting Hollywood's movies up on their screen. At the center of all the controversy are 3D movies, which must be projected differently from 2D movies. In particular they must be shown brighter and the truth is that a lot of theaters, trying to save money on expensive bulbs, simply aren't doing this.
Source: Cinema Blend - Editor: VM

2011-07-05
Cineplex Entertainment Announces Opening Date For Cineplex Odeon Westshore Cinemas - Victoria's Newest Movie Theatre Features UltraAVXTM, 3D and More
Source: Marketwire - Editor: VM

2011-07-05
IMAX Continues Expansion in Russia With Two New Exhibitor Partners - On the heels of continued Russian box office strength, IMAX Corporation /quotes/zigman/3968820/quotes/nls/imax IMAX +0.52% /quotes/zigman/12384 CA:IMX +0.64% today announced that it has signed agreements with two new exhibitor partners in Russia, Kinomax and MORI Cinema, to open a combined total of four new digital IMAX theatres within new multiplexes. Russia and the CIS comprise IMAX's third-largest market, after the United States and China. This announcement brings the total number of IMAX theatres scheduled to be operating in the region to 45 by 2014.
Source: Market Watch - Editor: VM

2011-07-05
New XPAND Infinity - At CineEurope 2011, XPAND 3D is introducing a new generation of active 3D cinema glasses that offer lighter weight, greater transparency and higher performance than any other 3D glasses in the industry. The new XPAND Infinity
Source: Business Wire - Editor: VM

2011-07-05
Digital Cinemas Lead to Increased Attendance - As the first country in the world, Norway has completed a collective, national digitalisation of its cinema theatres. The process ended almost a year earlier than anticipated, and now a total of 185 theatres are able to screen films digitally. The small and medium-sized cinemas are reporting a large increase in attendance as a consequence of the project.
Source: D Cinema Today - Editor: VM

2011-07-05
Arts Alliance Media and Cinema Digitaal Announce Agreement with Local Distributors in Holland for Digital Cinema Rollout - Following the recent announcement of the deal between Arts Alliance Media (AAM) and Cinema Digitaal to convert over 500 Dutch cinema screens to digital, AAM has reached agreement with the 14 members of the NVF, the Dutch Film Distributors
Source: D Cinema Today - Editor: VM

2011-07-05
Sony Digital Cinema 4K Momentum Continues to Build with 8,800 4K Projection Systems Shipped Worldwide - Sony today announced it had shipped 8,800 Sony Digital Cinema 4K projection systems globally by May 2011. With soaring technological and market growth, Sony is seeing even more audiences around the world experience Sony's remarkable 4K technology in a wide range of content.
Source: D Cinema Today - Editor: VM

2011-07-05
XDC and Nordisk Film Have Signed Agreement to Deploy 120 Digital Screens in Denmark - ordisk Film Cinemas, a part of the Nordisk Film and leading Nordic media group, Egmont, and XDC Group, the leading digital cinema service company in Europe, have signed a VPF deal to convert 120 screens in 17 sites in Denmark into digital.
Source: D Cinema Today - Editor: VM

2011-07-05
XDC and SENSIO Join Forces For the Distribution of Live 3D Alternative Content - XDC, the n?1 pan-European digital cinema service company, and Live 3D trailblazer SENSIO Technologies Inc. have decided to join forces to allow XDC to distribute, in Europe and the Middle East, live 3D alternative content events provided in the premium-quality SENSIOÆ Hi-Fi 3D format
Source: D Cinema Today - Editor: VM

2011-07-05
Point to get cinema 'fit for world premieres' - DUBLIN WILL have a new cinema complex capable of hosting the world premieres of major films, developer Harry Crosbie has said.
Source: Irish Times - Editor: VM

2011-07-05
Christie Exceeds 20,000 Digital Cinema Projector Milestonel - World's Best Selling Digital Cinema Projectors Preferred by Exhibitors and Industry Leaders;ChristieÆ, the leader in digital cinema projection technologies, announced that it has shipped and installed more than 20,000 digital cinema projectors worldwide.
Source: DCinema Today - Editor: VM

2011-07-05
Cinemaxx Installs Sony Digital Cinema 4K Projection Systems Across its Circuit - CinemaxX, the European cinema chain headquartered in Hamburg, Germany, today announced it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Sony Digital Cinema, to further install Sony Digital Cinema 4K projection systems on all screens across its circuit under a Virtual Print Fee (VPF) agreement.
Source: D Cinema Today - Editor: VM

2011-07-05
Qube Xi 4K IMB Spurred by Demand for Boothless Designs - A Smart New Alternative for Digital Screens from Qube Cinema
Source: D Cinema Today - Editor: VM

2011-07-05
Cineworld hopes for summer blockbuster boost after flat first half - The King's Speech may have been an award winning critical and box office success, but it did seems to have disappointed Cineworld.
Source: The Guardian - Editor: VM
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Regards

Peter

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