The Latest Cinema and Exhibition Industry News for 17-08-2010

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CONCERT FOR CARE GALA FILM SCREENING: A rare opportunity to see Hitchcock's seminal classic on one of the biggest and best screens in the UK, the Empire Leicester Square. Released in 1960, Psycho changed cinema forever, pushing the boundaries of screen horror and providing some of the best-known scenes in all movies.

This screening forms part of David Arnold's Concert for CARE, a major event at the Royal Albert Hall on October 18th featuring some of the biggest names in film music. Many of the composers, including David Arnold, John Ottman, Harry Gregson-Williams, John Powell, George Fenton, Rachel Portman and Dario Marianelli will also attend the Psycho screening and will take part in an exclusive Q&A on film scoring following the Psycho screening.

TICKETS PRICED AT £20. All proceeds from the sale of tickets will go direct to CARE International.

Part of David Arnold's Concert for CARE events, in aid of CARE International
http://www.concertforcare.com
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2010-08-17
The Big Picture - In the past the goal of exhibitors was efficient turnover. They wanted to get patrons in the front door, sell them concessions in the lobby, move them into the theatre and when the movie ended funnel them out as quickly as possible to expedite more screenings per day. Today, in part thanks to digital cinema technology, movie theatres are evolving into community centers.
Source: Digital Cinema Report

2010-08-17
Round-the-world Jog: French service provider offers smart digital delivery - If you think juggling some 110 different release versions of Avatar alone would set your distribution partners at Twentieth Century Fox reeling, think again (and check out the sidebar below). While moving cans, cartons and hard drives is still very much part of the theatrical distribution equation, much of the heavy lifting can now be done without actually lifting anything. Except an eyebrow, perhaps, at the wonder, speed and efficiency of it all.
Source: Film Journal

2010-08-17
New media safeguards: Content providers seek protection with digital watermarks & fingerprints - Technology and the Internet are constantly changing the way media content is consumed, a fact of life that is pushing players in the media world to test new ways of doing business and change their business models to fit new kinds of consumer demand.
Source: Film Journal

2010-08-17
DTS Reports Second Quarter 2010 Results - DTS, Inc. (DTSI 33.97, -0.66, -1.91%) today announced financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2010.
Source: Market Watch

2010-08-17
The bigger, the better: Exhibitors super-size the movie experience - Our industry is all about the screen. And the sound, of course, and the movies, and the popcorn. And let
Source: Film Journal

2010-08-17
Technicolor 3D Surpasses 250 Screens in North America - Further supporting the successful launch of Technicolor 3D, the 35mm 3D solution, Technicolor (Euronext Paris: 18453) (TCH 4.92, -0.08, -1.70%) today announced it has installed its Technicolor 3D system on more than 250 screens in North America just four months after its initial debut in theatres. This milestone demonstrates the continued industry demand for 3D and exhibitor confidence in the Technicolor 3D format as a high-quality, affordable 3D solution.
Source: Market Watch

2010-08-17
Arts Alliance agrees deal with Yelmo - European digital cinema company Arts Alliance Media has inked a deal with Yelmo, Spain's largest exhib, to digitize 370 of its screens.
Source: Variety

2010-08-17
Digital Projection wins 400 projector digital cinema contract in India - Digital Projection has won the contract to supply and install 400 projectors to K Sera Sera for a digital cinema rollout in India.
Source: AV Interactive

2010-08-17
Arts Alliance Media & Yelmo Cines ink deal for Spain's D-Cinema deployment - In what is the largest digital cinema deal to date in Spain, Arts Alliance Media (AAM) and Yelmo Cines have reached an agreement to digitize Yelmo
Source: Business Of Cinema
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Peter