The Latest Cinema and Exhibition Industry News for 18-05-2010

Hello All,

Please find this weeks news headlines, thanks to my sub editor Vicky Mansfield, available as ever at: http://ping.fm/1zANK

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BKSTS CTC Projectionists Day Out, Newport

Venue: Clarence Place, Newport, Gwent, Wales, United Kingdom NP19 7AB
Time: 11:00am
Price: £7.50
Date: Saturday May 22nd
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THE EMPIRE 2009 by Julie Edwards

A beautiful book by Julie Edwards of a year of Primere's at the Empire Cinema, Leicester Square. You can see a preview of the book at: http://ping.fm/kktW7

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2010-05-18

How environmentally friendly are 3D glasses? - Thanks to the success of Avatar and Alice in Wonderland, there are now millions of pairs of 3D glasses kicking around. But what happens to them?
Source: The Guardian

2010-05-18
France Looks Towards Digital Future - Grossing more money in Gaul ($155.90 million as of April 21) than in any other country beside the U.S., Avatar has turned France into Europe's digital frontrunner. UGC, which was initially reluctant to convert its theaters, inked a pact with Ymagis in February to digitize all of its 605 screens, including 373 in France. In April, the country's biggest circuit, Pathe/Gaumont combo EuroPalaces, added four digital Imax screens.
Source: 3D Cinecast (BLOG)

2010-05-18
Doha Tribeca Film Festival raises international awareness of new Arab cinema at Tribeca Film Festival in New York City - The Doha Tribeca Film Festival
Source: Arab News

2010-05-18
Has Cannes lost the plot? - If you want to know why film festivals (even Cannes, the biggest of them all) are struggling to maintain their relevance, start with Jean-Luc Godard.
Source: The Independent

2010-05-18
PVR Plans to Add 60 Cinema Screens - Cinema theatre operator PVR Ltd. plans to add about 60 screens to its network in the current fiscal year in a bid to keep pace with rivals Reliance MediaWorks Ltd. and Inox Leisure Ltd. in India's reviving movie-exhibition market.
Source: Wall Street Journal

2010-05-18
IDC to Expand Live 3-D, Digital Cinema Networks in Europe - (IDC) entered into a contact valued at 1.2 million euro ($1.5 million) contract with an unnamed pan-European content distribution company to provide its Superflex Pro Video product line for the expansion of the customer's 3-D live content and digital cinema content distribution networks, IDC announced May 10.
Source: Satellite Today

2010-05-18
Christie Chosen Again By D-Cinema Korea for Second Phase Digital Cinema Deployment - Christie®, a global leader in digital cinema, is pleased to announce that South Korea based D-Cinema Korea Co. Ltd. (DCK) has committed to installing Christie 4K-ready Solaria™ Series DLP Cinema® projectors in the second phase of their digital cinema deployments, countrywide.
Source: DCinema Today

2010-05-18
TMS Digital Cinema completes 250+ Sony 4K digital systems installations - Digital cinema engineering services provider, TMS Digital Cinema has completed 269 installations of Sony 4K digital systems in its first 180 days of operation at theater including Regal, Hollywood, and Muvico, among others.
Source: Business Of Cinema

2010-05-18
Christie projects at 63rd Cannes Film Festival - A new record has been set at this year
Source: Screen Africa

2010-05-18
MasterImage 3D Expands Operations with Launch of European Office - 3D company MasterImage 3D, LLC has expanded its operations with the opening today of its European office. Located in the UK
Source: Business Wire

2010-05-18
Global options: Alternative content gains momentum In cinemas worldwide - Alternative content (or additional content as some prefer to call it) in cinemas has been slow to develop. From the early days of digital cinema, a small handful of exhibitors have experimented with showing programming other than movies in their venues. They have been very much in the minority, with most exhibitors preferring to wait until digital technology became more widespread to contemplate one of its potential benefits.
Source: Film Journal

2010-05-18
Cinedigm Digital Cinema signs up 6 more theater owners for digital upgrades - Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp. said Wednesday it has signed six more movie theater owners to its program for converting movie screens to digital.
Source: The Washington Examiner

2010-05-18
First 3D cinema projector comes to Borehamwood - FILMS will take on a new dimension from Saturday with Borehamwood's first 3D cinema screening.
Source: Borehamwood And Elstree Times

2010-05-18
Europe: Digital Screens More Than Triple in 2009 with 3D as the Driving Force - Record growth for Europe
Source: D Cinema Today

2010-05-18
China Film Group orders 200 NEC digital-cinema projectors - Ballantyne Strong was selected to provide 200 NEC digital-cinema projectors for China Film Group Corp. in theatres throughout the People
Source: Film Journal

2010-05-18
Questor share tip: 3D gives a new perspective on Cineworld - CINEWORLD has invested heavily in digital and 3D cinemas across the country. It is therefore important to consider whether 3D films such as Avatar and Alice in Wonderland are a fad or a real, sustainable trend.
Source: Telegraph

2010-05-18
Apollo Cinemas: positive developments on digital - Discussions with Apollo Cinemas UK, which runs 17 sites nationwide, have produced positive statements on the future deployment of staff affected by digital projection.
Source: BECTU

2010-05-18
Ymagis and UGC Sign Agreement for the Deployment of Digital Projection Systems - Ymagis and UGC signed today their final agreement for the deployment of digital projection systems in all the complexes of the group. The deployment, which started in March 2010 in the four countries where UGC operates cinemas (France, Belgium, Spain and Italy), will continue in the coming weeks.
Source: D Cinema Today

2010-05-18
Screening strategies: Harkness' Andrew Robinson eyes range of choices for digital-cinema conversions - In an exclusive Q&A, Andrew Robinson, managing director of leading screen manufacturer Harkness Screens, discusses the role of screens in the transition to digital projection, and the options open to exhibitors who want to maximize the impact of the new wave of 3D movies.
Source: Film Journal

2010-05-18
All films will be 3D in 25 years, says Avatar's James Cameron - Avatar director James Cameron today told technology and media executives that 3D will replace 2D as the standard format for film and television in less than 25 years.
Source: This Is London
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Peter