The Latest Cinema and Exhibition Industry News for 01-12-2009

Dear All,

Welcome to this weeks cinema news stories, available as ever at:
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NOTICES THIS WEEK:

1. The BKSTS CTC have launched their projectionist handbook, retailing at 15 pounds - details from http://www.bkstsctc.org

2. The next BKSTS CTC projectionist training course will be on 26th January in Swindon. More details at http://www.bksts.com

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The Latest Cinema and Exhibition Industry News for 01-12-2009

2009-12-01
Odeon installs evacuation chairs for mobility impaired - Odeon has specified Evac+Chair International to provide emergency evacuation chairs to the new cinema complex in Wrexham.
Source: Cinema Business

2009-12-01
Reel signs VPF deal with Arts Alliance Media - Digital cinema technology, content and deployment specialist Arts Alliance Media (AAM) has signed an agreement with Reel Cinemas to digitise Reel’s entire circuit in the UK
Source: Cinema Business

2009-12-01
Leicester Square redevelopment will threaten home of cinema - Cinema fans have hit out at the "highly destructive" development of Leicester Square which they claim threatens its future as the home of British film.
Source: This is London

2009-12-01
St Albans cinema plans - dream is in your hands - THE man trying to make a big screen dream come true for St Albans is urging people to put their money where their mouths are.
Source: Hartsad

2009-12-01
Cineworld plans Irish expansion - Britains second-biggest movie-theatre operator has said it wants to open up cinemas in Ireland because people of the high number of film-goers here.
Source: Irish Times

2009-12-01
Final stage of demolition work on old cinema takes place - MOST of the Art Deco frontage of the Doncaster Odeon was pulled down yesterday in the final stage of the buildings demolition, leaving the site ready for redevelopment in 2010.
Source: The Star

2009-12-01
Actress backs new cinema for town - Actress Tilda Swinton has backed efforts to reopen a cinema in Nairn for the first time since the 1970s.
Source: BBC News

2009-12-01
Vue takes over Wood Green Showcase cinema - SHOWCASE cinema in Wood Green will close this week for refurbishment and re-open as one of the Vue franchise.
Source: Haringey Independent

2009-12-01
Of Dollars and Values - The world’s exhibitors are in the process of spending close to $10 billion to transform their theatres from film to digital. One of the goals of this transformation is to enable exhibitors to offer their patrons the opportunity to see movies in clean, crisp 3D. And while I share the same passion that many of you do for movies of all kinds and I want the movie business to flourish and grow, I also believe strongly that there are more important applications for this technology than just having the ability to show Shrek Forever After in 3D. Someday soon, as was demonstrated at the recent annual meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, digital cinema technology may be used to save lives.
Source: Digital Cinema Report

2009-12-01
Cinemark, Imax Sue over XD - Cinemark USA and Imax Corporation have filed lawsuits against each other over Cinemark’s XD digital theaters. Cinemark, the third largest theater chain in the U.S., filed a suit on November 4 seeking to invalidate two patents Imax holds on “Conversion of a Cinema Theater to a Super Cinema Theater.” Imax countered on November 12 with a complaint that alleges fraud, breach of contract, misappropriation of trade secrets, and tortious interference, and seeks an injunction to prevent Cinemark from “producing, using, and selling its XD system.”??
Source: Digital Cinema Report

2009-12-01
£1m needed to buy former Odeon and start plans to open a new cinema in London Road, St Albans - FILM fans must help raise £1 million if their dream of a cinema in St Albans city centre is to become a reality.
Source: This is London

2009-12-01
Disneys A Christmas Carol breaks new ground as the first ever fully accessible 3D movie - This weekend marks a milestone in UK cinema - the release of the first ever 3D movie that is accessible to people with hearing or sight loss.
Source: Beecareful.info

2009-12-01
St Albans MP Anne Main backs London Road cinema project - AN AMBITIOUS project to transform the dilapidated Odeon in London Road into an art deco cinema has won the backing of St Albans MP Anne Main.
Source: St Alban Reviews
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Peter