April 2009
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2009-04-29
Cinema Projection School Launched - If you wanted to learn about projecting movies, up until now you would have had to fly to Sydney to take a course or persuade a projectionist to teach you the trade.
Source: Scoop
2009-04-29
GDC Technology completes integration of RealDs 3D Eq - GDC Technology (GDC) and RealD have completed the integration of RealDs 3D EQ (aka ghostbuster) technology in GDCs line of SA-2100 digital cinema servers.
Source: Business of Cinema
2009-04-29
NEC Executive to Highlight Innovative Financing Options for Exhibitors, Studios Seeking to Deploy the Latest in Digital Cinema Technologies - After a fast start, the transition of theaters from 35mm film to digital cinema has apparently slowed largely due to restricted financial markets. However the immediate driver is 3D, especially with the recent success of the 3D release of DreamWorks Animation SKGs film, “Monsters vs. Aliens.” This session will explore the lessons learned from the leaders in the digital cinema roll-out. The panel will also discuss financing options to keep the digital conversion on-track, and take advantage of the many upcoming 3D and alternative content made possible by D-Cinema.
Source: Sys-con
2009-04-29
ODEON & UCI Cinemas Group – Funding for Digital Roll-Out - ODEON & UCI Cinemas Group announces today that it has concluded investment agreements to fund the rollout of digital cinema systems.
Source: Digital Cinema Info
2009-04-29
while a pounds 50m movie HQ springs up by the Thames - Negotiations have been opened with the British Film Institute to create the new complex, which would incorporate the National Film Theatre, the Museum of the Moving Image, and a new Imax cinema with the UKs largest cinema screen, as well as advanced teaching facilities.
Source: Independentminds [Blog]
2009-04-29
UK cinemas hope for bumper summer - Cinemas in the UK and Ireland are hoping for another lucrative summer period, according to the association representing most of Britains film distributors.
Source: BBC News
2009-04-29
Film-goers evacuated from cinema after smoke bomb let off - Cinema-goers were evacuated from the Vue cinema in Greater Leys last night after a smoke bomb was let off in the foyer.
Source: Oxford Mail
2009-04-29
District Council take action over Odeon Cinema - The Committee considered a report on the disused Odeon Cinema within the Conservation Area. The condition of the building was giving cause for concern and the owner asked to rectify the situation on 8 December 2008. Members were particularly concerned about the safety aspects of the deterioration of this building.
Source: Chris White Councillor [Blog]
2009-04-29
STOCKS NEWS EUROPE-Cineworld up - Shares in Cineworld tick 1.2 percent higher, as UK cineplexes continue to see the benefits of recession after data released by the Film Distributors Association (FDA) shows run rate of admissions for the 2 months ended February 2009 to the UK Box Office now 11.9 percent ahead of last year. In times of pressure on consumer spending, Cineworld is well placed, the shares are not expensive and have a significant (and, we believe, secure) yield, Altium Securities, which rates the company as a buy, says in a note. FDA figures show underlying strength of admissions in the UK box office has strengthened from the 6.6 percent growth in fourth quarter 2008, to +7.7 percent in January 2009 to +16.4 percent in February. What is even more encouraging is that this performance has been achieved with no major Hollywood blockbuster yet released, the broker says.
Source: Yahoo Business
2009-04-29
NAB probes future of 3-D - LAS VEGAS -- Disney motion pictures group president Mark Zoradi emphasized that "we dont want a format war for 3-D for the home" as he called for technical standards to enable the wide adoption of 3-D on Sunday at the National Association of Broadcasters Show. "We view 3-D as part of a holistic business opportunity, and we need to upgrade every distribution channel in order to support the new 3-D that we are now producing," he said in a keynote at the NAB digital cinema summit
Source: Hollywood Reporter
2009-04-29
Fight to save Hitchcock cinema - Actors Tony Robinson and Meera Syal have joined a campaign to stop plans to turn an old cinema into a church.
Source: BBC News
2009-04-29
Baby on Board - Will Premiere in Digital, E-Cinema Theaters - Hollywood, California - Angry Monkey Entertainment announced that the comedy motion picture "Baby on Board" will premiere in digital, E-Cinema theaters in select major U.S. markets on April 24.
Source: Impreial Valley News
2009-04-29
Gefen Announces Digital Cinema Scaler Pro - Gefens foray in the Digital Cinema Theatre Market includes an HD Switcher/Scaler with dolby 7.1 audio in a rack mounted solution.
Source: 4rfv
2009-04-29
Emerging Pictures Selects CDNetworks for 100% Green Digital Cinema at 65 Emerging Cinemas in North America - San Jose, CA (PRWEB) April 20, 2009 -- CDNetworks (KOSDAQ: 073710), the worlds third largest, and Asias #1, full-service content delivery network (CDN), today announced that New York-based Emerging Pictures has selected CDNetworks to provide the low-cost delivery of large HD-file downloads for its "100% green" data delivery platform, enabling a new technology and business model for cinema. Emerging Pictures provides its Emerging Cinemas theater network with carbon-neutral cinema distribution to high-definition projection systems, housed in 65 prestigious commercial and non-profit art house cinemas, museums, performing arts centers, art cinemas, media art centers, and restored "movie palaces" in North America, with plans for global expansion.
Source: EMedia Wire
2009-04-29
SPG Solar Completes the Largest Cinema Rooftop Solar Installation - SPG Solar, Novato, Calif., recently completed the largest solar system on a movie theater in America. Livermore Cinemas, Livermore, Calif., now has a fully operational 132kW rooftop system which produces 190,000kWh per year to help power the all-digital multiplex cinema.
Source: ECM Web
2009-04-16
Doremi Introduces GHX?3D - 2D to 3D Encoder/Decoder for Postproduction & Presentation Applications.
Source: Digital Cinematography
2009-04-16
Waterloo IMAX not due for carve up says South Bank Employer’s Group - The South Bank Employers’ Group (SBEG) has hit back at claims by Bryan Avery, the designer of the IMAX cinema in London’s Waterloo, that its plans to revamp the cinema would ruin his original design
Source: Architects Journal
2009-04-16
On the road to digital in the U.K. - The Cinema Exhibitors Association (CEA, chief executive: Phil Clapp) and the U.K. Film Council (Peter Buckingham, head of distribution and exhibition), working with Screen Digest, present a United Kingdom-wide program of “digital roadshows to raise awareness and understanding amongst the exhibition sector of issues around digital cinema.” Beginning in April and running until June, the events at 11 digitally equipped cinemas “will provide an overview of the financial, operational and technical issues,” the organizers promised, “and allow those attending to hear first-hand experience from colleagues on the opportunities and challenges presented by conversion from 35mm technology.”
Source: Film Journal
2009-04-16
Heritage group urged to stop final curtain falling on Odeon - HISTORIC Scotland is being urged by MSPs to step in to stop the "beautiful" Odeon cinema being turned into a hotel.
Source: Scotsman
2009-04-13
Cinema owner fined for not clearing junk - The owner of a cinema site that has been left derelict has been slapped with a hefty fine for failing to clear up junk left by fly-tippers.
Source: Portsmouth News
2009-04-13
Disused cinema is home to one of Britain's richest religious institutions - The building is now used by a Pentecostal church that made a profit of £4.9 million in the last 18 months, according to company accounts.
Source: Daily Telegraph
2009-04-10
AMC to convert entire circuit to Sony 4K digital - AMC Entertainment Inc. reached an agreement in principle with Sony Electronics to install 4K digital-cinema projection systems across its theatre circuit. With 309 theatres and 4,628 screens, AMC will be the largest entertainment company equipped with 4K digital technology in North America.
Source: Film Journal
2009-04-10
Work starts at Odeon Cinema in Blossom Street, York - REFURBISHMENT work has begun on York
Source: The Press
2009-04-10
Tokyu to screen Transformers in Imax digital format - Japanese exhibitor Tokyu Recreation will release Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen in the Imax digital format in June, marking the first time the format has been used in Japan.
Source: Screendaily
2009-04-10
Hooray for Hollywood: Film industry bucks the economic trend - The US may be in recession, but Americans are flocking to the cinema. Stephen Foley, Business and Finance Journalist of the Year, reports
Source: The Independent
2009-04-10
XDC European Digital Cinema Network exceeds 500 screens, to add 400 more - MUMBAI: XDC, the leading Pan-European digital cinema service company, has the largest operational network with 500 screens in 10 European countries, including 400 screens under leasing agreements and 100 screens under the VPF model. 400 screens under VPF agreements have still to be installed.
Source: Business of Cinema
2009-04-10
Credit crunch stalls d-cinema rollout - With "Monsters vs. Aliens" bowing in some 1,550 3-D locations over the March 27 weekend, the long-heralded second coming of the format may finally be here.
Source: Variety
2009-04-10
Digicine FilmStore Receives Disney Approval - Digicine FilmStore Receives Disney Approval FilmStore digital cinema server completes CineCert Interop Testing
Source: Digital Cinema
2009-04-10
Sony Announces Digital Cinema Deployment Agreement with Walt Disney - Sony Electronics
Source: Digital Cinema
2009-04-10
Paramount Pictures International Announces Direct to Exhibitors Digital Cinema Deal in International Markets - Paramount Pictures International (PPI), a division of Paramount Pictures Corporation, itself a unit of Viacom Inc. announced it will offer digital cinema support directly to exhibitors in the international markets. The move is expected to accelerate the roll-out of digital and 3-D projection systems in theatres outside of North America. The announcement was made at ShoWest by Roger Pollock, PPI Executive Vice President of International Theatrical Distribution and Operations.
Source: Digital Cinema
2009-04-10
New age of 3D may be big, but it is unlikely to combat piracy threat - A revival of 3D cinema did not come until the 1980s, with the launch of IMAX, but these films could only be viewed on a small number of screens. For a long time, 3D films have been viewed as a gimmick. They have been used to revive an old franchise such as the Jaws series or to simply demonstrate the technology at science museums and theme parks.
Source: Daily Telegraph
2009-04-10
Odeon becoming an eyesore - One of Cheltenhams most distinctive and best-loved buildings is falling into disrepair and wont reopen for at least another 15 months.
Source: This is Gloucestershire
2009-04-10
ODEON & UCI Cinemas Group - ODEON & UCI Cinemas Group announces today that it has concluded investment agreements to fund the rollout of digital cinema systems
Source: Digital Cinema
2009-04-10
Cinemas third attempt at 3D - Audiences, filled with anticipation for the first major studio 3D movie, flocked to cinemas to see the ghoulish spectacle of.... a man bouncing a paddleball into their faces.
Source: BBC News
2009-04-10
One year after cinema closed film lovers keep up the fight - GOOD Friday will mark the anniversary of the day when the final scene in the history of Barry’s Theatre Royal cinema was played out.
Source: Wales Online
2009-04-10
Christie Benefits from Digital Growth in Asia Pacific Region - Christie is proud to announce that the digital cinema in the Asia Pacific region has grown more than 400%. Christie has already installed more than 600 digital systems and expect an additional 500 more screens by the end of the year.
Source: Planetdtv
2009-04-10
Premiere set for historic cinema - The newly restored building will seat 178 cinema-goers
The £2m revamp of Scotland's first purpose-built cinema - the Bo'ness Hippodrome - has been completed.
Source: BBC News
2009-04-10
Dolby 3D digital cinema delivers large-screen capabilities - Exhibitors will now have the ability to play back content using Dolby 3D Digital Cinema to provide a premium viewing experience in their largest auditoriums
Source: Business of Cinema
2009-04-10
Sadness as Odeons tower is consigned to history by council - A DEVELOPER has been given the go-ahead to demolish the iconic Odeon building in North End.
Source: Portsmouth
2009-04-10
WORK STARTS ON DEMOLITION OF CARLISLES FORMER CITY CINEMAS - Work on demolishing the former City Cinemas in the centre of Carlisle is underway.
Source: News and Star
2009-04-10
Dolby Unveils Digital Cinema Solutions at ShoWest 2009 - At ShoWest 2009, Dolby Laboratories announced it demonstrated its latest digital cinema solutions for audio, networking and 3D.
Source: Trading Markets
2009-04-10
AMC to add assistive tech to theaters - AMC Multi-Cinema Inc. has agreed to retrofit some of its auditoriums to make the shows there more accessible to the deaf and the blind.
Source: Arizona Daily Star
2009-04-10
Five Exhibitors Sign with Sony for Digital Upgrades - Sony Electronics announced digital cinema agreements and deployments with five exhibitors across the United States at the ShoWest 2009 Las Vegas convention. The new agreements range from outfitting facilities with Sony
Source: Film Journal
2009-04-10
DTS, Qube Cinema join hands to market digital cinema products - DTS Digital cinema has teamed up with Qube cinema, a subsidiary of India-based Real Image Media Technologies, to market their digital cinema products.
Source: Digital Edge
2009-04-10
DTS Digital Cinema to Change Trade Name to Datasat Digital Entertainment - Market leading digital cinema technology company for exhibition product lines and audio licensing expands with additional support and distribution services
Source: DCinema Today
2009-04-10
Petition Grows to Save Edinburgh Cinema - Over two and a half thousand people have signed a petition to stop the former Odeon Cinema on Clerk Street being converted into a 230-room boutique hotel.
Source: South Edinburgh
2009-04-10
Major Studios to Support Korean Digital Initiative - D-Cinema Korea (DCK), the Seoul-based company, has reached non-exclusive digital cinema deployment agreements with Twentieth Century Fox, Paramount Pictures International and Universal Pictures International. The three studios will supply movies in digital form to the DCI compliant digital projection systems installed by DCK in Korea.
Source: Film Journal
2009-04-10
New cinema awaiting final inspections - B&B Theatres
Source: Hannibal
2009-04-10
Marcus Theatres - Marcus Theatres
Source: EarthTimes
2009-04-10
New Motorized Lens Mount Available for All Christie Digital Cinema Projectors - Christie, a leader in digital cinema projection, announces the introduction of a motorized lens mount solution that is fully compatible with all Christie DLP Cinema
Source: DCinema Today
2009-04-10
Mayday opening for new cinema - FALMOUTHS long-awaited new five-screen cinema is to officially open on May 1.
Source: This is Cornwall
2009-04-10
Oversears 3D market has yet to pop - If the 3-D movie revolution is going to be the shot in the arm hoped for by filmmakers, distributors and exhibitors, it will need to be a global injection.
Source: Hollywood Reporter
2009-04-10
Redstone Begins Cinema Sale - Sumner Redstones family holding company, National Amusements Inc., has kicked off an auction to sell chunks of its movie-theater chain as it seeks to pay down debt, according to people familiar with the situation.
Source: Wall Street Journal
2009-04-10
3-D technology firm RealD has starring role at movie theaters - The Beverly Hills company has become a huge player, with deals to install systems in cinemas including those of AMC and Regal.
Source: LA Times
2009-04-10
Clean Up Could Be Ordered At St Albans Cinema Site - AFTER years of decay, the owner of the dilapidated former Odeon Cinema in St Albans may be ordered to clean up its facade.
Source: The Herts Advertiser
2009-04-10
Putting our historic cinemas in the picture - THE architectural legacy of Scotlands historic cinemas has been celebrated in a new booklet.
Source: Scotsman
2009-04-10
Barco contracts with China Film Group Corporation for 100 digital cinema projectors - Teaming with China film and television giant, Barco is set to roll out its best digital cinema technology in Chinas major cities.
Source: Barco
2009-04-10
Kinoton Expands D-Cinema Customer Support - As recently announced, Kinoton will soon be to be present with D-Cinema systems in more than 25 countries. Kinoton
Source: DCinema Today
2009-04-10
Doremi Cinema and Edge Digital Technology Partner for Australian Digital Cinema Deployment - Doremi Cinema announced today an agreement with Sydney based Edge Digital Technology to supply its DCP line of digital cinema servers in Australia and New Zealand. The arrangement includes a commitment by Edge to make Doremi their preferred supplier of digital cinema systems
Source: DCinema Today
2009-04-10
Texas Instruments Announces Next Generation DLP Cinema(R) Electronics Platform - LAS VEGAS, March 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Texas Instruments (TI) (NYSE: TXN) DLP Cinema(R) announced plans for the next generation DLP Cinema electronics platform at ShoWest, the largest annual convention for the motion picture industry. Scheduled to be released by the end of 2009, the next generation electronics platform for DLP Cinema projectors will be deployed by its three OEM licensees, Christie, Barco and NEC at commercial theatres around the world starting in 2010. DLP Cinema projectors are installed in nearly 10,000 screens with over 97 percent of the digital cinema market share worldwide.
Source: News Blaze
2009-04-10
Barco seals China contracts for 200 projectors - BRUSSELS, March 31 (Reuters) Belgian display and visual systems company Barco said on Tuesday it had sealed two separate deals to sell around 200 of its digital cinema projectors in China. Barco, whose displays are used as scoreboards for sports stadiums, medical imaging systems and at pop concerts, said the first contract for 100 projectors was with China Film Group Corporation, the largest state-run film enterprise in China.
Source: Interactive Investor
2009-04-10
UK admissions up 11.9 pct - Shares in Cineworld (CINE.L) tick 1.2 percent higher, as UK cineplexes continue to see the benefits of recession after data released by the Film Distributors Association (FDA) shows run rate of admissions for the 2 months ended February 2009 to the UK Box Office now 11.9 percent ahead of last year.
Source: Reuters
2009-04-10
Dolby Digital Cinema and 3D Digital Cinema Systems Selected for China Film Group and Lianzhong Circuit - Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE:DLB) announced today that both China Film Group Corporation and Lianzhong Circuit, in conjunction with Dolby
Source: Earth Times
2009-04-10
GDC and RealD Partner to Deliver 3D Cinema to Asia - GDC Technology (
Source: DCinema Today
2009-04-10
Paramount too Prefers to Promote Digital Cinema - Close on the heels of a similar arrangement between Sony and Disney to promote digital cinema, Paramount Pictures is offering digital cinema support to exhibitors in the international markets.
Source: My Fun Box [Blog]
2009-04-10
Trainspotting star backs film hub plan for historic Odeon - Trainspotting star backs film hub plan for historic OdeonTRAINSPOTTING actor Ewen Bremner is supporting a new campaign to save a historic cinema from demolition.
Source: Scotsman
2009-04-10
Rochdale is transported into the 3D revolution - A new digital 3D screen has been installed at the Odeon cinema in Rochdale taking a trip to the local cinema to a whole new dimension.
Source: Rochdale Online
2009-04-10
XDC surpasses 500 digital screens - Pan-European digital-cinema service company XDC announced it now has more than 500 screens in 10 European countries, including 400 screens under leasing agreements and 100 screens under the virtual print fee (VPF) model with Austria
Source: Film Journal
2009-04-10
City cinema is first to go 3D in Wales - FORGET red and green cardboard glasses
Source: This is South Wales
2009-04-10
New cinema big on luxury - Another sign the recession is upon us -- movie palaces are grander than ever and doing great.
Source: The London Free Press
2009-04-10
AMC Entertainment(R) and RealD Announce 3D Partnership - Nearly 8,000 Total RealD 3D Screens Committed by Theatres Worldwide
Source: Fox Business
2009-04-10
Russian group eyes cinema chains in UK - A FORMER American soldier who made his fortune opening cinemas in Russia has emerged as a likely bidder for 19 British multiplexes that have been put up for sale by media mogul Sumner Redstone.
Source: Times Online
2009-04-10
New digital age for High Wycombe Cinema - A High Wycombe cinema is to boldly go where only a handful have gone before, after it announced plans to heavily invest in 3D digital technology.
Source: This is Local London
2009-04-10
Working Lego Film Projector -
Source: Boingboing
2009-04-10
Dolby Debuts "Buy One Get One Free 3D Glasses" Offer at ShoWest 2009 - At ShoWest 2009, Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE:DLB News), announced a limited-time
Source: Yahoo Finance
2009-04-10
Cinedigm Announces Agreement With MGM for Film Content and Virtual Print Fees - Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp. (NasdaqGM:CIDM News) (formerly AccessIT), a pioneer in the digital cinema industry, today announced that Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (MGM) will supply its upcoming movies in digital form to the network of theatres Cinedigm equipped in Phase 1 of its digital cinema deployment plan and will pay virtual print fees (VPFs) under a long term agreement.
Source: Yahoo Finance
2009-04-10
Theaters Prepare for Newest 3D Movie with the Addition of 40 NEC Digital Cinema Projectors in Theaters across the US - NEC Corporation of America, a premier provider of IT, network and identity management solutions, today announced the installation of forty NEC digital cinema projectors in theaters across the US to support the 3D release of DreamWorks Animation SKG
Source: Yahoo Finance
2009-04-10
GDC adds new features to digital-cinema servers - GDC Technology has added multiple new features to its entire line of SA-2100 digital-cinema servers.
Source: Film Journal
2009-04-10
Review: The Projectionist at the Kirk Douglas Theatre - Hamish Linklater cuts a winningly dweebish figure as the overwrought title character of Michael Sargent
Source: LA Times
2009-04-10
Christie Releases Digital Cinema Reliability Data: 99.999% Proven Uptime - Christie, a leader in digital cinema projection, today announces that its Global Quality department and Network Operations Center (Cypress, CA) have released data confirming 99.999% reliability for Christie lamps in Christie projectors. The statistical information for the reliability data is acquired from the Christie Network Operations Center (NOC) which has monitored more than 10 million showings over the last 24 months.
Source: DCinema Today
2009-04-10
Moving image Technologies Selects Barco Projectors for New Digital Cinema Funding Program - Barco, MiT and All Media Capital partner to offer attractive 3D equipment and financing packages at volume discounts for small to mid-sized exhibitors.
Source: DCinema Today
2009-04-10
DTS In Strategic Alliance - Agoura Hills-based DTS Digital Cinema disclosed this morning that it is in a strategic alliance to co-brand products along with Qube Cinema. The firm, which develops surround sound audio technology, said that the two firms will develop and market "numerous" digital cinema products. Financial details of the strategic alliance were not disclosed. The firms said that the alliance will bring together Qubes digital cinema server, software, and media delivery systems with DTS surround sound and content management software.
Source: SocalTech
2009-04-10
Film fans hit out at cinema deal delay - HULL Council has been accused of dragging its feet over the future of the citys only arthouse cinema, which will stage its last screening at its current home tonight.
Source: Yorkshire Post
2009-04-10
Sony Electronics Announces Digital Cinema Deployment Agreement With Walt Disney Studios International - Sony Electronics Digital Cinema Solutions and Services (DCSS) group has entered into a non-exclusive digital cinema deployment agreement with Walt Disney Studio Motion Pictures and Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International. The companies will work together to provide operational and financial resources to exhibitors that encourage them to feature Sonys 4K SXRD(TM) projection technology in both 2D and 3D digital cinema-enabled screens across North America and Europe.
Source: Yahoo Finance
2009-04-10
Cinedigm, NEC, Ballantyne Team to Bring Digital Cinema Systems to Theatre Operators Nationwide - Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp. (NASDAQ: CIDM: 1.05, -0.02, -1.87%) (formerly AccessIT), together with Ballantyne of Omaha, Inc. (NYSE Amex: BTN) and NEC Corporation of America announced today the mutual signing of a Supply Agreement to offer NEC digital cinema systems to theatres nationwide.
Source: Fox Business
