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2012-05-08
Cinema has plenty to offer - A BRAND new networking event was hosted by Cineworld Haverhill last week as everyone attending got the chance to see just what facilities are up for hire at the cinema these days.
Source: Haverhill Echo

2012-05-08
Ars Alliance signs first VPF agreement for Latin America - European digital cinema services and distribution group Arts Alliance Media (AAM) has signed the first VPF agreement for digital roll-out in Latin America with Sony Pictures. Countries covered under the deal are Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, Chile, Peru and Ecuador. Arts Alliance has experience of being a frontrunner in a region, as it also signed the first European VPF deals paving the way for a roll-out of around 2,300 screens installed to date.
Source: Screen daily

2012-05-08
Odeon gains its Edge - Odeon and UCI Cinemas Group has created the position of commercial director and recruited former Tussauds group sales and marketing director Andy Edge for the role.
Source: Marketing Week

2012-05-08
Harkness expands into India and launches Spectral 300 screen - Digital cinema industry veteran Sriram Sistla hired as director of sales. Cinema screen manufacturer Harkness Screens has expanded its operations into India.
Source: Screen Daily

2012-05-08
ODEON becomes the first cinema chain to retain the Carbon Trust Standardl - ODEON has been recertified with the Carbon Trust Standard for successfully measuring, managing and reducing carbon emissions in their chain of cinemas across the UK and Ireland. ODEON has reduced carbon emissions by over 10% in the past five years.
Source: Film News

2012-05-08
Drive-in cinema operators plan to set up in the capital - THE operators of Ireland's only drive-in cinema, which is located in Cork, are planning a similar venture in the capital. Stephen Redmond, whose company is Movie Junction, plans to use what was a car-storage compound at Dublin Port for a two-screen cinema.
Source: Independent

2012-05-08
Polson Theatres Selects Barco Exclusively for Circuit-Wide Digital Cinema Deployment - Barco, the global digital cinema technology leader, has completed installation of 26 DLP Cinema
Source: D Cinemas Today

2012-05-08
Film club in call to save picture house - Losing Keighley Picture House to a new multiplex would be tragic, according to Keighley Film Club.
Source: Keighley News

2012-05-08
Technicolor strengthens its balance sheet and stabilizes its shareholder base through a capital increase of up to EUR158 million - Technicolor strengthens its balance sheet and stabilizes its shareholder base through a capital increase of up to EUR158 million. JPMorgan to increase stake in support of Technicolor's strategic plan
Source: Reuters

2012-05-08
Oscar-winning silent film returns to cinemas - The first film to take home the best picture Oscar at the Academy Awards has been re-released on the big screen. Wings, the only silent film to have won best picture before The Artist's triumph this February, has been fully restored ahead of a limited release.
Source: BBC News

2012-05-08
Odeon and Travelodge sign up to be part of Great Yarmouth's large casino complex- It was announced last Friday that Pleasure Beach boss Albert Jones had won the town's large casino licence after a five-year battle. The £35m project, The Edge, will see a large casino, hotel, restaurants, multi-screen cinema and 600-space car park built South Beach Parade between the Pleasure Beach and the Outer Harbour. Travelodge and Odeon have already signed up to be a part of the project.
Source: Evening News 24

2012-05-08
Good progress' made on £50m Bournemouth cinema plan - WORK on a new £50m cinema and restaurant scheme is still on track to start this autumn, despite a 'number of minor technical issues'.
Source: Bournemouth Echo

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