The Latest Cinema and Exhibition Industry News for 15-06-2010

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2010-06-15
QCN launches cinema advertising measurement currency in TN - Qube Cinema Network (QCN), the digital advertising division of Real Image, the technology developer and enabler for the entertainment industry and DCI compliant technology company, had recently commissioned The Nielsen Company to conduct a study in Tamil Nadu on the impact of in-cinema advertising.
Source: AFAQS

2010-06-15
Hollywood Studios Offering Free Movie Streams - Hollywood studios are teaming up with Blinkbox to offer a free streaming service in the latest attempt to counter the destructive influence of file sharing, illegal downloads and piracy. But will it work? The
Source: Film Shaft

2010-06-15
Bluetooth advertising in Vue cinemas with Pearl and Dean - Opportunity to use Bluetooth technology to reach Vue cinema goers of all ages with Pearl and Dean. Bluetooth technology can be used as an efficient and unique way of distributing money-off vouchers, brand messages, trailers and wallpapers direct to mobile phones.
Source: Get Me Media

2010-06-15
Cinedigm's Design and SENSIO Technology to Provide First Ever Global LIVE 3D Sporting Events - Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp. (NASDAQ:CIDM), the global leader in digital cinema, today announced a unique partnership with SENSIO(R) (TSX VENTURE:SIO) to bring the first ever globally broadcasted LIVE 3D sporting event to theatres outside the United States.
Source: Cinedigm

2010-06-15
Multiplex cinema to open in Ballymun - Vue Entertainment, the UK’s leading developer and operator of state-of-the-art multiplex cinemas, has agreed to open a venue in the new Spring Cross centre in Ballymun, Treasury Holdings said yesterday.
Source: Irish Times

2010-06-15
Jenin cinema near reopening after 20 years - The efforts of a German filmmaker and a group of Palestinian young people could result in the reopening of a cinema in Jenin in the Palestinian territories later this summer.
Source: CBC News

2010-06-15
Curtain set to close on Regent Theatre - Despite the protests, the dispute and the deep-seated emotion of those who love the Regent Theatre, Brisbane's iconic picture palace will not be saved.
Source: The Age

2010-06-15
The Utopia Group Appoints Ymagis to Help with its Conversion to Digital - The Utopia Group has appointed Ymagis to help with the Group
Source: D Cinema Today

2010-06-15
A Sound Idea - Despite the fact that sync sound has been a mainstay of motion picture production and exhibition for almost a century, audio is still too often an underappreciated stepchild in the entire process.
Source: Digital Cinema Report

2010-06-15
Technicolor shows its creative side - The longtime film processing firm is venturing into the highly competitive business of making animated TV series. For its first project, it's teaming with Pulitzer-winning cartoonist Berkeley Breathed on 'Pete & Pickles.'
Source: Los Angeles Times

2010-06-15
Dramatic changes for European cinema business - The worldwide motion picture industry has experienced a major transformation over the past 12 months
Source: Film Journal International

2010-06-15
Regal Entertainment Group Presents Toy Story 3 in Disney Digital 3D at More Than 300 Locations - Regal Entertainment Group (RGC 13.20, -0.31, -2.26%), a leading motion picture exhibitor owning and operating the largest theatre circuit in the United States, announced tickets are on sale for Toy Story 3: An IMAX 3D Experience and Toy Story 3 in Disney Digital 3D. The film will be released in traditional 35mm format, digital projection, RealD 3D and IMAX
Source: Big Movie Zone (BLOG)

2010-06-15
Single screen cinemas take on the multiplexes - In recent years, multiplexes such as the Odeon and UCI have taken over from single screen cinemas as the places to go to watch films on the big screen. However, due to the high prices of the multiplexes, MSP Tricia Marwick took it upon herself to set up a community cinema in Glenrothes in Fife at the end of 2009 so that local people could enjoy the film experience without having to spend a small fortune.
Source: Suite 101

2010-06-15
Digital: Cinema’s divisive Phoenix. - A big buzz in the film industry these days, mostly amongst critics and purists, is whether or not, in the age of Pixar and Avatar, traditional cinema still exists. Does printing your shots on 35mm make them any different than a digital projection?
Source: Cyni Critics

2010-06-15
Digital cinema has the potential to take Africa’s under-invested film exhibitors out of the doldrums - Outside of Sub-Saharan Africa’s larger country markets, Africa’s cinemas are few in number relative to population sizes and nearly always in poor shape.
Source: Balancing Act

2010-06-15
Barco Series II Lands on South Korea with the Major Purchase Agreement for DCK Rollout - Barco, a global leader in digital cinema projection, is proud to announce that it has entered into a Supply Agreement with D-Cinema Korea (DCK), an industry leader in digital cinema solutions and ships the 1st order today to DCK. With this agreement signed, Barco can deliver its brand-new 'Series II' digital cinema projectors to more than 150 screens at nearly 20 sites for the Korean roll out.
Source: D Cinema Today

2010-06-15
Microcinema to re-sell Arqiva - Microcinema to promote and sell Arqiva
Source: Arqiva

2010-06-15
Screen Digest agrees to be acquired by iSuppli - Expanding its analysis of the electronics value chain into the fast-growing media market, iSuppli Corp. announced it has entered into an agreement in principle that is expected to lead to the acquisition of Screen Digest, the world's preeminent provider of market research covering film, television, broadband media, mobile media, cinema, home entertainment, TV technology and video games.
Source: EMS Now

2010-06-15
Exhib Cineworld inks with digital partner - Digital cinema company Arts Alliance Media has inked a partnership with Cineworld Group, the second-largest exhib in Europe, for the conversion of its 790-screen circuit to digital over three years.
Source: Variety.com
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