Tuesday 27 March 2012

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2012-03-27
Cinemark Announces New 16-Screen NextGen Movie Theatre in Pharr, Texas - Multiplex will anchor newly redesigned Pharr Town Center
Source: Market Watch

2012-03-27
One of Britain's oldest cinemas to be restored and reopened - Regent Street Cinema, which has also been a photographic studio, X-rated cinema and exam hall, to get £6m makeover
Source: The Guardian

2012-03-27
Sierra Cinemas Makes the Move to Digital with Ease Thanks to Christie - Christie’s Virtual Print Fee Program and DLP Cinema Projectors Part of “One-Stop-Shopping” Solution
Source: D Cinema Today

2012-03-27
Cinema set to celebrate 100th with screening - CLEVEDON'S historic Curzon Cinema is celebrating its 100th birthday with an open weekend next month.
Source: This Is Bristol

2012-03-27
High ambition marks Odeon's Irish rebrand - ODEONCINEMAS.IE is taking bookings ahead of the opening of the six-screen, 1,011-seat Odeon at the Point Village next Tuesday, but although plans are afoot to rebrand the group
Source: Irish Times

2012-03-27
Yog frozen yoghurt signs Odeon franchise deal - Frozen yoghurt supplier Yog has signed a major franchise with Odeon cinemas which will see it join Costa Coffee and Ben & Jerry's in cinema foyers, The Grocer can exclusively reveal.
Source: The Grocer

2012-03-27
Moving Image Technologies (MIT) Celebrates Cinemark's Completion of their DCIP Digital Cinema Rollout - Cinemark completes U.S. digital cinema conversion with custom MIT integrated bases in only 18 months.
Source: D Cinema Today

2012-03-27
SF Bio Cinemas select Unique Digital - SF Bio Cinemas has selected RosettaBridge™ Theatre Management System (TMS) developed by Unique Digital Ltd, as an integral part of their digital cinema deployment in Sweden. SF Bio have 35 cinemas and 244 screens across Sweden and have commenced the deployment in Q1 2012.
Source: D Cinema Today

2012-03-27
PVR Cinemas partners with Scrabble Entertainment to go 100% Digital - PVR Cinemas will have all its screens converted to digital projection by the end of this month. It has tied up with Scabble Entertainment, a Mumbai-based digital cinema system supplier, that will convert 73 of PVR's 162 operational screens to digital in the next fortnight.
Source: The Economic Times

2012-03-27
Cinepolis Luxury Cinemas coming to Westlake Village - Cinepolis Luxury Cinemas, the Mexico City-based theater chain that expanded into Southern California last year, is opening its first Los Angeles theater in Westlake Village.
Source: LA Times (Blog)

2012-03-27
Perth film-goers on top of the town - PERTH'S first rooftop cinema has been given the green light, with the top floor of the Roe Street car park set to be transformed into an outdoor cinema and bar.
Source: Perth Now

2012-03-27
Specialty Cinema Installs one of Australia's Largest Cinema Screens - Specialty Group Pty Ltd is proud to announce that its Specialty Cinema division has installed one of the world's largest 3D silver screens at Village Cinemas' VMax Cinema at Knox, Melbourne Victoria.
Source: Sfgate

2012-03-27
Cinema plan back on track - A cinema scheme is being relaunched in Malmesbury this week after months of uncertainty. The Movies at Malmesbury project at the town hall was withdrawn in December after the projector broke down.
Source: This Is Wiltshire

2012-03-27
Ewan McGregor blasted cinemas for over-priced snacks - Ewan McGregor has blasted cinemas for selling noisy and over-priced snacks to viewers.
Source: STV

2012-03-27
QSC Completes First in Series of Global Cinema Training Seminars - QSC recently held the first in a planned series of global Cinema Training Seminars at their office in Hong Kong. The event provided QSC dealers and technical directors from a number of cinemas with the skill set and broader knowledge base from which to more successfully deploy QSC Cinema Audio Solutions.
Source: D cinema Today

2012-03-27
British Film Institute appoints Ben Roberts as director of BFI Film Fund - Roberts to oversee £21m annual National Lottery funding for new British films
Source: Guardian

2012-03-27
U.K Low Budget Movie Plan Opens Doors to U.S. Applicants - Sophmore year for iFeatures also sees production backing rolled out across England after starting in South West Region.
Source: Hollywood Reporter

2012-03-27
Cinema cleared of bedbug claim - There were no bedbugs found during a check at one of SilverCity Riverport cinema
Source: Vancouver 24hrs

2012-03-27
Operator of cinema confident - The manager of Devonport's historic cinema expects to continue his Victoria Picture Palace, despite the organisation that leases the building from Auckland Council calling for a new operator.
Source: New Zealand Herald

2012-03-27
Poly Film to Install RealD 3D on 100 Screens Throughout China - Poly Film Expects to Equip Over Fifty Percent of the Circuit
Source: Market Watch
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Tuesday 20 March 2012

The Latest Cinema and Exhibition Industry News.

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I hope you are all well. Please find the latest news below, available as always at:
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2012-03-20
Carmike to Bring New Critically Acclaimed "BIGD" Experience to Champaign Area Movie-Goers with the Development of the Carmike 13 Entertainment Complex - Carmike Cinemas, Inc. /quotes/zigman/87233/quotes/nls/ckec CKEC +5.00% , a leading DIGITAL cinema and 3D motion picture exhibitor, today announced that construction will begin shortly on a new Carmike Cinemas entertainment complex in Champaign, IL. pending local government approval.
Source: Market Watch

2012-03-20
New Dublin cinema to host 'three-storey screen' - The largest cinema group in Europe has announced further details of its new complex at the Point Village in Dublin.
Source: Irish Examiner

2012-03-20
Curtain rises once again at venerable Vic Theatre - Movie house will screen films other theatres not likely to show
Source: Times Colonist

2012-03-20
Russia May Force Cinemas to Show Domestic Films, Kommersant Says - Russia
Source: Bloomberg

2012-03-20
Carmike Cinemas, Inc. (NASDAQ:CKEC) Upgraded as Americans Return to the Cinema - Carmike Cinemas, Inc. (NASDAQ:CKEC) Upgraded to a Buy at Heffernan Capital Management after an aggressive debt reduction strategy and a return of Americans to Cinemas.
Source: Live Trading News

2012-03-20
Cinema snacks: Is popcorn too pricey? - Film fans have long complained that snacks sold in cinemas are over-priced, with many venues charging more than
Source: BBC News

2012-03-20
Megaplex Theatres Launches VIP Experience with Christie Projectors - Christie-partner CLACO Continues Digital Conversion for Megaplex
Source: D Cinema Today

2012-03-20
Fire at Chichester cinema - Firefighters were called to a cinema in Chichester after an electric fire started on the ground floor.
Source: Chichester Observer

2012-03-20
Guitammer Secures Second "4D" Theater in China - Company Sees Growth in Chinese Theaters as Multi-Million Dollar Opportunity
Source: Market Watch

2012-03-20
Cinema operator Kinepolis replaces finance chief - Belgian cinema operator Kinepolis said on Monday that it had appointed a new chief financial officer after incumbent Henk Rogiers left the company.
Source: Reuters

2012-03-20
New 1,000-seat cinema to open in the capital - DUBLIN'S answer to London's famous Leicester Square cinema will open later this month, capable of hosting world premieres of major films.
Source: Independent

2012-03-20
Century Theatres to Open 10-Screen Complex at The Dunes on Monterey Bay - Shea Properties and Cinemark Holdings, Inc., parent company of Century Theatres, announced today a deal that will bring a state-of-the-art, 10-screen, digital cinema to the Dunes on Monterey Bay Shopping center in the City of Marina at Highway 1 and Imjin Parkway.
Source: Market Watch

2012-03-20
Cineworld cuts online booking fees - Cut will save pre-booking cinema goers 70p per ticket, but pay-on-the-door customers face a price rise
Source: Guardian

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Tuesday 13 March 2012

The Latest Cinema and Exhibition Industry News.

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Please find below this weeks news headlines, available from: http://www.madcornishprojectionist.co.uk/latest_news.php.

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2012-03-13
Film festival dedicates night to real-life 'Cinema Paradiso' owner - FOR more than three decades he brought the movies and the movie stars to his town of Dingle, Co Kerry.
Source: Independent IE

2012-03-13
New £60m leisure complex at Gloucester Quays set for approval. - EXCITEMENT is growing as plans for a £60million leisure complex at Gloucester Quays are set to get the go-ahead this week.
Source: This Is Glouscestershire

2012-03-13
Suit filed over movie snack prices - A Michigan movie patron who says he tired of being "taken advantage of" at the snack bar has filed a class action suit to lower concession prices.
Source: UPI

2012-03-13
City to theaters: If you build it... - Economic obstacles have made it difficult to draw independent chains, according to officials
Source: The Signal

2012-03-13
Six-screen cinema for Swindon college site - A deal to build a six-screen cinema on the site of a derelict college in the centre of Swindon has been agreed.
Source: BBC News

2012-03-13
Derelict Odeon cinema is up for sale at £1.5m - COLCHESTER’S ex-Odeon cinema has gone on the market for £1.5million.
Source: Daily Gazette

2012-03-13
Green party fight £50m Nautilus development - CAMPAIGNERS are trying to stop the £50m restaurant and cinema complex that will be built next to Bournemouth’s Pavilion.
Source: Bournemouth Echo

2012-03-13
Marlow Cinema 6 Reopens Under New Management - Phoenix Big Cinemas Marlow Cinema 6 will reopen to the public on Friday, March 9 after being closed for a short time
Source: Market Watch

2012-03-13
3D films lose lustre as home-grown hits win cinema box-office battle - Just as in the 1950s, the 3D fad is fading, with the number of films falling from 47 in 2011 to 33 this year
Source: Guardian

2012-03-13
Brooklyn Heights Cinema saved as landlord backs off plan to boot theater for condo building - It won’t be the last curtain call after all at the Brooklyn Heights Cinema.

The movie theater’s landlord has backed off plans to boot the 40-year-old cinema and tear down its building to make way for condos.
Source: NY Daily News

2012-03-13
Cinema plans for Darlington town centre - PLANS for a multiplex cinema in the centre of Darlington have moved a step closer after it was announced a piece of land has been put up for sale by Darlington Borough Council.
Source: The Northern Echo

2012-03-13
IMAX cinema to open at Hong Kong International Airport - Hong kong Airport is set to open the world’s first IMAX cinema at an airport. The only thing that’s missing now is the popcorn.
Source: Terminalu

2012-03-13
Lowville theater switching from film to digital projection - The Lowville Town Hall Theater is “vowing” to offer moviegoers improved visual and sound quality through a new digital projection system
Source: Watertown Daily Times

2012-03-13
Odeon owner calls cut on controversial hotel plans - THE listed auditorium of the former Odeon Cinema in Clerk Street could be preserved
Source: Scotsman

2012-03-13
World’s Oldest Surviving Dickensian Film Unearthed by The British Film Institute - BFI’s Bryony Dixon stumbles across "The Death Of Poor Joe," a character from Charles Dickens’ "Bleak House."
Source: Hollywood Reporter

2012-03-13
Empire Theatres is first national exhibitor in Canada to complete circuit wide digital cinema conversion - HALIFAX, March 9, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Empire Theatres, a partner in the Canadian Digital Cinema Partnership, announced today the completion of their digital cinema conversion project. The conversion began in theatres starting in May 2011, and its completion makes Empire Theatres the first national exhibitor in Canada to complete a digital cinema conversion. As of March 7, 2012, 359 screens in 45 theatres have been converted from 35mm to digital projection.
Source: Market Watch

2012-03-13
The end of popcorn economics - Cinemas are suffering as cash-strapped movie fans watch their pennies.
Source: Independent

2012-03-13
Cineworld profits rise on successful year for British film. - Cinema chain reports 9.9% jump in pre-tax profits but warns of lower retail spend and 'trading challenges' in year ahead
Source: Guardian

2012-03-13
UK's first '4-D' cinema opens in Glasgow - The first of a new type of movie theatre, dubbed "4-D cinema" has opened in the UK. The cinema, part of the Cineworld chain, is in Glasgow. If successful further cinemas will be opened.
Source: Digital Journal

2012-03-13
The End is in sight for the unsung heroes of cinema -
Source: The Times

2012-03-11
For your eyes only: Why is the greatest archive of British cinema stashed away in a top-secret bunker worthy of a Bond villain? - Clearly, they've been watching too many Bond films at the BFI. I'm standing outside a spooky barbed-wire compound in the middle of Nowhereshire, nine miles off the M40. I can't tell you where, because it's a secret, except to say it's a remarkably dreary part of Warwickshire. This place doesn't even have a postcode, as it used to be an MoD bunker, where nuclear warheads were built and stored. Welcome to the home of British cinema, the British Film Institute's Master Film Store.
Source: The Independent

2012-03-11
Arts Alliance Rethinks Its Alternative Content Strategy - How hard is it to find success with alternative content? The answer is; very. So many variables have to fall perfectly in place to find success, much less profit. No matter whether it’s sports, concerts or cultural events, there are rights clearances to obtain, theaters to secure and screenings to promote. None of this is easy, though there are a number of companies that have managed to make a name for themselves in alt. content by routinely producing high profile events including, Arts Alliance Media (AAM), Cinedigm and Fathom Events.
Source: Celluloid Junkie Blog

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Tuesday 6 March 2012

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2012-03-06
Film academy: Plans announced for courses around UK - A new film academy which will help train the next generation of British movie-makers is to be launched.
Source: BBC News

2012-03-06
Disabled man unable to see film of choice - A WORCESTER cinema has been criticised after a wheelchair-bound man was unable to see the film of his choice.
Source: Worcester News

2012-03-06
BlueWater Cinemas goes digital - Like many movie multiplexes, BlueWater Cinemas in Parker, AZ is making the switch to digital.
Source: Parker Live Online

2012-03-06
Jerusalem cinema reopens after 26 years - A five-minute walk from the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem, Al-Quds cinema has resumed screening movies after a 26-year halt following the outbreak of the first intifada.
Source: Ma'an News Agency

2012-03-06
Azerbaijan Begins to Focus Culture Efforts on Cinema - Oil-rich former Soviet republic is starting to see results from spending on cinema and other cultural areas.
Source: Hollywood Reporter

2012-03-06
10-screen cinema set to open in the fall - By a vote of 3-1, the Epping Planning Board has approved the construction of an O'Neil Cinemas complex in the Brickyard Commons shopping center at Route 125.
Source: Seacoast Online

2012-03-06
Pop-up cinema to return - A POP-UP cinema which last year packed out the Museum Gardens in York is to be held again this year in a mystery location.
Source: The Press

2012-03-06
Omniplex's €4m cinema revamp - IRISH cinema group Omniplex has unveiled plans for a €4m extension to triple the number of screens at the Rathmines cinema. The move will create an additional 15 full time and part-time jobs at the additional six new cinema screens.
Source: Herald

2012-03-06
Silence proves golden at an old-fashioned Oscars - THIS year's Academy Awards are a salutary lesson to anyone who has ever complained that Hollywood does not do enough to celebrate world cinema.
Source: Independent

2012-03-06
China's new draft rule on movie tickets worries Xiamen cinemas - China has issued a draft plan for limits on movie ticket discounts recently, sparking public debate in Xiamen, reports Strait Herald.
Source: Whats On Xiamen

2012-03-06
Operator of town centre cinema is revealed - CINEWORLD is expected to operate the new cinema which will form part of the leisure complex to be built on the former Swindon College site.
Source: Swindon Advertiser

2012-03-06
Exclusive Digital Deployment Deal with SF Bio Sweden Confirms Barco - Digital cinema pioneer Barco is proud to announce that leading Swedish cinema chain SF Bio has selected Barco's digital cinema projectors for its conversion to digital. Under the terms of the agreement, SF Bio will exclusively install Barco DP2K and DP4K projectors in its cinemas across the country.
Source: D Cinema Today

2012-03-06
Doremi Brings Leadership and Expertise to South America with its Digital Cinema Technology Summit in Sao Paulo, Brazil - Doremi Cinema, the market leader in digital cinema server technologies announced today that it will host a sponsored cinema technology summit to support the current wave of change in digital entertainment that is underway in South America. The two-day event will be held at the WTC Convention Center at the Sheraton Hotel in S
Source: D Cinema Today

2012-03-06
Arts Alliance Media and Barco Announce 100 Million Euro Digital Cinema Leasing Program - Arts Alliance Media (AAM), a leading digital cinema provider, and Barco, the global Digital Cinema Technology Leader, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to offer a financial leasing program to exhibitors across Europe to convert to digital cinema. The fund, named the Barco Leasing Program, has a provision for up to €100m and will offer financing packages to cinemas looking to convert from 35mm to digital. The offer is supported by ING Lease Belgium. It will be available to interested exhibitors of any size and will utilize AAM’s existing VPF agreements with all 6 Hollywood majors and nearly 100 local European distributors.
Source: D Cinema Today

2012-03-06
Old cinemas: 'It is a kind of magic’ - A trip to a modern multiplex cinema can feel like stepping onto the set of Blade Runner. Unmanned machines spew out tickets and chemically enhanced snacks while elevators transport you to hi-tech black caves where digital films leap out in 3D.
Source: Daily Telegraph

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