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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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