The Latest Cinema and Exhibition Industry News for 17-01-2012

Hello All,

Please find below this weeks news headlines, available as always from: http://www.madcornishprojectionist.co.uk/todays_news.php and then via http://www.madcornishprojectionist.co.uk/news-jan12.php.

The Travelling Light is nice little story which is about the beginnings of motion pictures and includes a magic lantern on stage. It is worth trying to get to if you get the chance, and while it is at the National Theatre at the moment it is going on tour. There is also going to be a satellite relay into cinemas on 9th February. More details at: http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/?lid=68375


2012-01-17
Stores celebrate record trading over New Year - Away from shopping, the Vue cinema attracted 3,500 visitors on Christmas Eve, 2,500 on New Year
Source: The Bolton News - Editor: VM

2012-01-17
A night at the movies with a luxurious twist - A date at the movies has never been so enticing. Britain's biggest cinema chain, Odeon, has just finished a radical refurbishment of its site at the Whiteleys shopping centre in Bayswater, due to open this Friday.
Source: This Is London - Editor: VM

2012-01-17
Inside the Lincoln Ritz cinema revamp project - A lot of work is needed to bring back the Ritz cinema on Lincoln’s High Street to its former glory, said Pete Genders from Off The Bench, the non-profit organisation behind the restoration project.
Source: The Lincolnite - Editor: VM

2012-01-17
Christie 3D Cinema Projectors Display College Football - Christie Projectors Show ESPN 3D Telecast of BCS Championship Game at Exclusive Viewing Party, Featuring Live Coverage of LSU versus Alabama
Source: D Cinema Today - Editor: VM

2012-01-17
Old-style cinema returns to Croydon - CROYDON is reconnecting to its community cinema roots this summer. The newly opened Plaza Cinemas Croydon is harking back to the movie houses of old when pictures on heavy film reels played at Croydon Hall in the 1920s.
Source: Maroondah-leader - Editor: VM

2012-01-17
Digital Cinema Initiatives, LLC, Signs Additional Licensing Agreement for Compliance Testing - Digital Cinema Initiatives, LLC (DCI) announced today that it has signed a licensing agreement for compliance testing with Aegisolve, Inc. in the United States. Aegisolve joins CineCert in the US and Keio University in Japan as the third compliance entity to perform testing to determine whether manufactured digital cinema equipment and products are compliant with DCI's Digital Cinema System Specification (the DCI Specification).
Source: Market Watch - Editor: VM

2012-01-17
Cinedigm Digital Cinema Passes 10,000 Digital Screen Signings Mark - Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp. /quotes/zigman/114691/quotes/nls/cidm CIDM -1.41% today announced it has signed more than 10,000 digital cinema screens in its combined Phase One and Phase Two digital cinema deployment. In total, given the company's previously contracted agreements, Cinedigm will deploy nearly 33% of all digital cinema screens in North America.
Source: Market Watch - Editor: VM

2012-01-17
XDC Approves Unique Digital Rosettabridge TMS - XDC, Europe’s leading VPF integrator has signed a Supply and Support Agreement with Unique Digital thereby adding the Rosettabridge™ Theatre Management System as part of their integrated product portfolio. XDC are now including Rosettabridge as part of the VPF deployment packages and in addition will supply the TMS to non-VPF customers through their integrator arm FTT.
Source: D Cinema Today - Editor: VM

2012-01-17
New cinema director at Saffron Screen - AFTER a year of spectacular success which has seen record audience figures, Saffron Screen starts 2012 with its first ever cinema director.
Source: Saffron Walden Reporter - Editor: VM

2012-01-17
China to Curb Cinema Ticket Prices - China's film watchdog is mulling measures to make going to the cinema more affordable, including setting a maximum price for tickets and boosting the number of half-price screenings.
Source: CRI English - Editor: VM

2012-01-17
French films take bon voyage abroad with $519 million in ticket sales. - It was a bon voyage for French films abroad in 2011 with 65.7 million tickets sold for Gallic titles last year and a 19 percent jump in box office revenue to €405 million ($519 million), according to figures from French government-sponsored film promotion organization Unifrance.
Source: Hollywood Reporter - Editor: VM

2012-01-17
The Brits can give Hollywood a run for its money - We have the directors and creative talent but not the big budgets that US film-makers enjoy.
Source: The Telegraph - Editor: VM

2012-01-17
Barco Celebrates Cinemark's 100 Percent Digital Cinema Projector Deployment - Cinemark completes U.S. digital cinema conversion with Barco projectors in only 18 months
Source: D Cinema Today - Editor: VM

2012-01-17
Brooklyn Heights Cinema will be demolished - The landlord of the Brooklyn Heights Cinema wants to tear down the beloved Henry Street movie house to make way for a new five-story structure, The Brooklyn Paper has learned.
Source: The Brooklyn Paper - Editor: VM

2012-01-17
Arthouses debate 3D conversion - 'Pina'So far, 3D movies have been all about the box office, with premium ticket prices upping the ante. Giant robots, comicbook superheroes and ancient warriors have exploded across digital screens in depth along with a host of eye-popping horror pics thrown in for good measure. Fanboys, kids and geeks love it, but is it art? Now, with such serious-minded filmmakers as Martin Scorsese, Wim Wenders and Baz Luhrmann entering the three-dimensional realm, the question becomes: Will 3D fly at the arthouse?
Source: Variety - Editor: VM

2012-01-17
90-year-old cinema gets a new lease of life - THE way has been cleared for town councillors to takeover Hebden Bridge Picture House. Calderdale Council Cabinet has agreed to transfer the 90-year-old building to Hebden Royd Town Council which intends to widen its use and carry out major repairs.
Source: Halifax Courier - Editor: VM

2012-01-17
Should making movies be all about making money? - David Cameron wants state funding to go to 'commercial' films. The BBC's Christine Langan and film-maker Gareth Edwards discuss big-screen risks and rewards
Source: The Guardian - Editor: VM

2012-01-17
Brazilian Exhibitors Sign Letter of Intent With Beyond All, LLC, for Digital Cinema Negotiations With Hollywood Studios - Beyond All, LLC Partnering With MKPE Consulting and Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp.
Source: Market Watch - Editor: VM

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Peter J. Knight