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2012-03-13
Film festival dedicates night to real-life 'Cinema Paradiso' owner - FOR more than three decades he brought the movies and the movie stars to his town of Dingle, Co Kerry.
Source: Independent IE

2012-03-13
New £60m leisure complex at Gloucester Quays set for approval. - EXCITEMENT is growing as plans for a £60million leisure complex at Gloucester Quays are set to get the go-ahead this week.
Source: This Is Glouscestershire

2012-03-13
Suit filed over movie snack prices - A Michigan movie patron who says he tired of being "taken advantage of" at the snack bar has filed a class action suit to lower concession prices.
Source: UPI

2012-03-13
City to theaters: If you build it... - Economic obstacles have made it difficult to draw independent chains, according to officials
Source: The Signal

2012-03-13
Six-screen cinema for Swindon college site - A deal to build a six-screen cinema on the site of a derelict college in the centre of Swindon has been agreed.
Source: BBC News

2012-03-13
Derelict Odeon cinema is up for sale at £1.5m - COLCHESTER’S ex-Odeon cinema has gone on the market for £1.5million.
Source: Daily Gazette

2012-03-13
Green party fight £50m Nautilus development - CAMPAIGNERS are trying to stop the £50m restaurant and cinema complex that will be built next to Bournemouth’s Pavilion.
Source: Bournemouth Echo

2012-03-13
Marlow Cinema 6 Reopens Under New Management - Phoenix Big Cinemas Marlow Cinema 6 will reopen to the public on Friday, March 9 after being closed for a short time
Source: Market Watch

2012-03-13
3D films lose lustre as home-grown hits win cinema box-office battle - Just as in the 1950s, the 3D fad is fading, with the number of films falling from 47 in 2011 to 33 this year
Source: Guardian

2012-03-13
Brooklyn Heights Cinema saved as landlord backs off plan to boot theater for condo building - It won’t be the last curtain call after all at the Brooklyn Heights Cinema.

The movie theater’s landlord has backed off plans to boot the 40-year-old cinema and tear down its building to make way for condos.
Source: NY Daily News

2012-03-13
Cinema plans for Darlington town centre - PLANS for a multiplex cinema in the centre of Darlington have moved a step closer after it was announced a piece of land has been put up for sale by Darlington Borough Council.
Source: The Northern Echo

2012-03-13
IMAX cinema to open at Hong Kong International Airport - Hong kong Airport is set to open the world’s first IMAX cinema at an airport. The only thing that’s missing now is the popcorn.
Source: Terminalu

2012-03-13
Lowville theater switching from film to digital projection - The Lowville Town Hall Theater is “vowing” to offer moviegoers improved visual and sound quality through a new digital projection system
Source: Watertown Daily Times

2012-03-13
Odeon owner calls cut on controversial hotel plans - THE listed auditorium of the former Odeon Cinema in Clerk Street could be preserved
Source: Scotsman

2012-03-13
World’s Oldest Surviving Dickensian Film Unearthed by The British Film Institute - BFI’s Bryony Dixon stumbles across "The Death Of Poor Joe," a character from Charles Dickens’ "Bleak House."
Source: Hollywood Reporter

2012-03-13
Empire Theatres is first national exhibitor in Canada to complete circuit wide digital cinema conversion - HALIFAX, March 9, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Empire Theatres, a partner in the Canadian Digital Cinema Partnership, announced today the completion of their digital cinema conversion project. The conversion began in theatres starting in May 2011, and its completion makes Empire Theatres the first national exhibitor in Canada to complete a digital cinema conversion. As of March 7, 2012, 359 screens in 45 theatres have been converted from 35mm to digital projection.
Source: Market Watch

2012-03-13
The end of popcorn economics - Cinemas are suffering as cash-strapped movie fans watch their pennies.
Source: Independent

2012-03-13
Cineworld profits rise on successful year for British film. - Cinema chain reports 9.9% jump in pre-tax profits but warns of lower retail spend and 'trading challenges' in year ahead
Source: Guardian

2012-03-13
UK's first '4-D' cinema opens in Glasgow - The first of a new type of movie theatre, dubbed "4-D cinema" has opened in the UK. The cinema, part of the Cineworld chain, is in Glasgow. If successful further cinemas will be opened.
Source: Digital Journal

2012-03-13
The End is in sight for the unsung heroes of cinema -
Source: The Times

2012-03-11
For your eyes only: Why is the greatest archive of British cinema stashed away in a top-secret bunker worthy of a Bond villain? - Clearly, they've been watching too many Bond films at the BFI. I'm standing outside a spooky barbed-wire compound in the middle of Nowhereshire, nine miles off the M40. I can't tell you where, because it's a secret, except to say it's a remarkably dreary part of Warwickshire. This place doesn't even have a postcode, as it used to be an MoD bunker, where nuclear warheads were built and stored. Welcome to the home of British cinema, the British Film Institute's Master Film Store.
Source: The Independent

2012-03-11
Arts Alliance Rethinks Its Alternative Content Strategy - How hard is it to find success with alternative content? The answer is; very. So many variables have to fall perfectly in place to find success, much less profit. No matter whether it’s sports, concerts or cultural events, there are rights clearances to obtain, theaters to secure and screenings to promote. None of this is easy, though there are a number of companies that have managed to make a name for themselves in alt. content by routinely producing high profile events including, Arts Alliance Media (AAM), Cinedigm and Fathom Events.
Source: Celluloid Junkie Blog

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