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

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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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Peter