The Latest Cinema and Exhibition Industry News for 20-12-2011

Hello All,

First of all:

Naadelik looan na looan blethen noweth or Merry Christmas & Happy New Year

This will be the last set of news headlines for this year, I hope that you have continued to enjoy them. I would like to thank Vicky Mansfield for all her help in putting them together.



Don't forget that you can win a pair of tickets to see "Travelling Light" at the National Theatre next year.
To enter email….competition@madcornishprojectionist.co.uk with your name and contact telephone number. If you would like more information on the play then please visit: nationaltheatre.org.uk/travellinglight


As always the headlines are available from: http://www.madcornishprojectionist.co.uk/todays_news.php


2011-12-20
New IMAX(R) Theatre at SilverCity Victoria Cinemas Opens December 16th - Cineplex Entertainment /quotes/zigman/3411923 CA:CGX +4.25% today announced the new IMAX(R) theatre at SilverCity Victoria Cinemas will open on Friday, December 16, 2011. A special promotional presentation of Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol The IMAX Experience will be held on December 14th at 7 p.m. for invited guests.
Source: Market Watch - Editor: VM2011-12-20
Marcus Theatres(R) to Purchase Showtime Cinema in Franklin, Wis. out of Receivership - Marcus Theatres(R), a division of The Marcus Corporation /quotes/zigman/233011/quotes/nls/mcs MCS -0.40% , today announced it will purchase the Showtime Cinema in Franklin, Wis. out of receivership. Marcus Theatres submitted the highest bid to purchase the theatre at an auction on December 8, 2011. The 12-screen theatre is located at 8910 S. 102nd Street, just west of Hwy 100 on Loomis Road. The purchase is expected to close on Wednesday, December 14. Plans are for the theatre to be closed to the public on Thursday, December 15 and reopen on Friday, December 16 as a Marcus Theatres location.
Source: Market Watch - Editor: VM2011-12-20
Italian, French Cultural Leaders Renew Cinema Co-Production Agreement - The two countries will work together to combat piracy and strengthen ties within the film sector.
Source: Hollywood Reporter - Editor: VM2011-12-20
BFI creates new combined post as Director of Film Fund - Job will combine roles of Tanya Seghatchian (development production funding) and Pete Buckingham (distribution and exhibition), who have recently left their posts at the BFI.
Source: Screen Daily - Editor: VM2011-12-20
Wanda Cinema Line - China - Exclusive Deal includes Doremi IMB/ShowVault and DCP2K4 servers throughout China
Source: D Cinema Today - Editor: VM2011-12-20
Royal all set for movies and media training - A planning application will be submitted to City Hall in February for the development of a digital cinema and media training hub in the former Royal Cinema on Upper Cecil Street.
Source: Limerick Post - Editor: VM2011-12-20
Cine North takes to the hills for rural screenings - Cine North will tour Cumbria and Lancashire this winter with the aim of improving access to high quality digital cinema.
Source: How Do - Editor: VM2011-12-20
Glitzy launch for New Brighton's Light Cinema - NEW Brighton's latest addition to its multi-million pound regeneration project was officially launched last week.
Source: Wirral Globe - Editor: VM2011-12-20
Town council in bid to make the Picture House the best it can be - STAFF at the historic Hebden Bridge Picture House could soon have a new boss. Hebden Royd Town Council has put in an official asset transfer bid to Calderdale Council and it could be given a leasehold of the site by early next year.
Source: Hebden Bridge Times - Editor: VM2011-12-20
Barco celebrates 40% DLP projector market share - At CineAsia 2011 in Hong Kong, Barco announced that its digital-cinema projector install base currently represents 40% of the total DLP Cinema
Source: Film Journal International - Editor: VM2011-12-20
RealD and Les Cinemas Gaumont Pathe Extend 3D Cinema Deal with Multi-Year Pact for up to 600 Screens Equipped with RealD 3D - RealD Named Exclusive Circuit Wide 3D Provider
Source: Market Watch - Editor: VM2011-12-20
GDC Inks VPF Financing Deals with 14 Major Hong Kong Film Distributors - GDC Technology (
Source: D Cinema Today - Editor: VM2011-12-20
Tensions flare ahead of cinema announcement - A fight broke out at a council meeting ahead of an expected announcement soon on the future of the Chelsea Cinema in Adelaide's east.
Source: ABC News - Editor: VM2011-12-20
RealD and Les Cinemas Gaumont Pathe Extend 3D Cinema Deal with Multi-Year Pact for up to 600 Screens Equipped with RealD 3D - RealD Named Exclusive Circuit Wide 3D Provider
Source: D Cinema Today - Editor: VM2011-12-20
A multiplex cinema for the Sarajevo Airport Centre - The Sarajevo Airport centre (ACS), which will be built directly by the airport and exactly opposite former Olympic Games village in the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, acquires apart from the 30,800sq m retail space additional 3,000sq m large cinema with seven to nine halls.
Source: Property Magazine - Editor: VM2011-12-20
Doremi Partners in Odeon Milestone with the Completion of 809 Screen Deployment - Doremi Cinema has celebrated with Odeon, the largest cinema chain across the UK and Ireland, on the completion of its digital rollout. The programme, over two years, has involved all 113 Odeon cinemas in the UK and Ireland. A total of 890 Odeon screens are now operating with Doremi DCP-2000 digital cinema servers.
Source: D Cinema Today - Editor: VM2011-12-20
£300,000 takes Pavilion to the next dimension - More than £300,000 has been invested in the Pavilion Cinema, safeguarding 20 jobs.
Source: Southern Reporter - Editor: VM2011-12-20
Curtain rising at new Laemmle theater - The art of film is finally coming to the North Hollywood arts district. Laemmle's NoHo 7, an all-new digital cinema built, owned and operated by L.A.'s oldest arthouse chain, opens Wednesday.
Source: Daily News - Editor: VMhttp://www.madcornishprojectionist.co.uk/todays_news.php

Regards

Peter