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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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