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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