January 2008
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2008-01-26
New city multiplex is premiered - The latest project to be completed as part of Stirling Council's £110m Forthside development is set to open its doors.
2008-01-26
Listing bid verdict now due in days - Save the Odeon campaigners should learn within the next fortnight whether their final attempt to have the building listed is successful.
2008-01-26
Half million pound pirate DVD factory raided in New Cross, SE London. - Following an intelligence led operation, a large pirate DVD factory was raided yesterday in a 3 bedroom semi-detached house in Joseph Hardcastle Close, SE14 by New Cross Safer Neighbourhoods Team and FACT.
2008-01-26
Pearl & Dean is licked at 20,000 Feet - Virgin Atlantic has launched a Pearl & Dean branded ice-cream on all flights to create a "cinema in the sky" experience for passengers watching in-flight entertainment.
2008-01-25
Fresh hope for York cinema - AN INDEPENDENT cinema chain has finally completed its purchase of York's former Odeon picturehouse - clearing the way for a major refurbishment later this year.
2008-01-25
Thatcham cinema application lodged - Just days before building work starts on Newbury cinema, proposal for Lower Way cinema gathers pace
2008-01-25
OK sought for Odeon flats - A BID to build a new block of flats behind a former city cinema has been resubmitted for approval.
2008-01-25
Cinema ad spend up as retail and online boost presence - LONDON - Cinema ad spend rose last year for the first time in three years, posting a 10% rise from 2006, after retail and online brands significantly upped their use of the medium.
2008-01-25
Odeon legacy lives on in £20m project - WHEN a historic art deco cinema closed its doors, Scottish movie legends such as Sean Connery, Dougray Scott, James Cosmo and Brian Cox battled unsuccessfully to save it.
2008-01-25
Cottonwood Cinema closing the curtain - The days are numbered for those who enjoy going to the movies without breaking the bank. Cottonwood Cinema in Cottonwood Plaza in Glen Carbon has announced the closing of the low-cost theate
2008-01-21
ITV brings in adviser to sell Carlton Screen Advertising - LONDON - ITV has appointed corporate adviser Grant Thornton to sell cinema advertising business Carlton Screen Advertising, according to a report.
2008-01-20
Barco’s new 0.98 inch digital cinema platform fully endorsed by Major Hollywood studios - Digital cinema pioneer Barco announced today that major Hollywood studios fully endorse Barco’s new 0.98 inch platform for its DP-1500 and DP-2000 digital cinema projectors.
2008-01-20
Town cinema shuts - THE people of Nadi will now have to travel more than 20 kilometres to watch movies in a cinema after the town's only theatre closed down last week.
2008-01-20
Projection Industry Players Align to Set New Standard - Today, leading projector manufacturers and technology providers united to endorse a new international specification that will allow users to evaluate the color performance of digital projectors to ensure their investment delivers the most impact and the greatest effect. The new specification called "Color Brightness" measures color light output. With the fast-paced development of vivid color content and the rapid adoption of high definition video, the quality and impact of the color produced by a projector has become extremely important. Leading industry players in support of the movement include 3LCD manufacturers Epson and Sony.
2008-01-20
Future Mobile Phones Could Project an Image 40 Inches Wide Onto Walls - 3M scientists have developed a breakthrough ultra-compact, LED-illuminated projection engine designed for integration into virtually any personal electronic device. Roughly the size of a wireless earpiece and less than half an inch thick, the 3M mobile projection engine delivers brilliant VGA resolution images and the company says that it is available immediately to mobile phone manufacturers.
2008-01-20
FACTBOX: Key facts about Terra Firma - (Reuters) - Guy Hands, the private equity owner of EMI, plans to cut up to 2,000 jobs at the ailing British music company, in a plan to rebuild the group which has sparked fury from some of its biggest acts.
2008-01-20
Sport could be the next big box office attraction - The digital cinema market is worth a potential $8bn (£4.1bn), with half the world's cinemas in a position to replace traditional 35mm projectors by 2013, according to a report by Deloitte.
2008-01-20
The instruction of disabled men in motion picture projection - It’s been a while since we added anything to the Bioscope Library. The latest addition is James R. Cameron’s The Instruction of Disabled Men in Motion Picture Projection (1919). Cameron was Instructor of Projection at the Red Cross Institute for Crippled and Disabled Men, in New York. The Institute sought to instruct soldiers disabled during the First World War in suitable professions, and motion picture projection was one of them. As Cameron tells us, “almost any man with both hands intact could, with a course of study of about two months in duration, acquire sufficent knowledge to enable him to enter an operating booth, and take charge of the machines”.
2008-01-20
Business at a Glance - Da-Lite Screen Co., Warsaw, has launched the Da-Lite Screen Green Exchange Program. The initiative is aimed at reducing the burden to recycle an old projection screen when a new Da-Lite screen replaces an existing installation. The program became effective Tuesday and is available throughout North America. Specific instructions can be found at www.da-lite.com.
2008-01-20
Kodak Digital Cinema to Manage Pre-Show Content for Warner Bros. International Cinemas in Italy - Kodak announced today that it has been selected to power the digital pre-show transition of all Warner Bros International Cinemas throughout Italy. Beginning later this month, fully-networked Kodak Digital Cinema pre-show systems will be installed on 172 screens in 17 sites, including two new sites scheduled to open later in the first quarter.
2008-01-20
Several people injured in cinema ceiling collapse in Voronezh -
VORONEZH, January 19 (Itar-Tass) - Several people were hurt on Friday in an incident involving the collapse of a suspended ceiling in a cinema hall of the Moskovsky Prospekt hypermarket in the city of Voronezh, Central Russia, senior regional prosecutor’s aide Mikhail Usov told Itar-Tass.
2008-01-20
Guy Hands and Terra Firma - A selection of stories which profile Guy Hands and Terra Firma
2008-01-20
Cineworld rides high on Harry Potter magic - Cineworld, the UK's only listed cinema group, expects to reel in full-year profits at the top end of expectations thanks to the movie magic of last year's Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
2008-01-20
Cine-tal Opens New Headquarters - Cine-tal Systems (www.cine-tal.com), a leading manufacturer of image processing, display and collaboration solutions used in digital cinema and video production, has moved into a new 17,000 square foot facility in Indianapolis. The move will enable the company to meet rising demand by tripling production capacity for its current product line, including its flagship product Cinemage™ and to bring several new products into production.
2008-01-20
London cinema to host a stage & screen production - LONDON, ENGLAND — A stage production based on David Lean’s film Brief Encounters will begin February 2 at “The Cinema on The Haymarket” ( Cineworld Haymarket) and last until at least June 22. Both stage and screen will be used. Westminster Council agreed to change the use from cinema to live shows on stage. The official, gala opening will be on February 17. Top price tickets will be only $29.50 pounds, a bargain for the West End.
2008-01-20
Anger at plans for super-size nightclub - A NEW super-size nightclub for an Essex town would trigger noise, nuisance and anti-social behaviour if it was given the go-ahead, it was claimed yesterday.
2008-01-20
Two-month road closure as work for cinema starts - WORK starts this month on Newbury's long-awaited seven screen cinema but preliminary work is bound to cause a stink among the town's motorists.
2008-01-20
Doncaster's Odeon Cinema still for sale - DONCASTER'S historic Odeon cinema is still on the market despite rumours the venue had been sold.
2008-01-20
E-cinema could bring more movies to more people, especially in remote towns - TORONTO - A handful of Acadian communities are participating this week in a National Film Board of Canada pilot project involving electronic cinema, an emerging new distribution technology that could bring more movies to more people, especially those in small towns where the cinematic pickings are slim.
2008-01-20
Owners pull plans for Odeon - LONG-AWAITED plans for Chester's Odeon Cinema have been swiftly withdrawn by miffed applicants.
2008-01-20
Cinema's saviour ready to spread the Everyman effect - WHEN Daniel Broch stepped in to save The Everyman Cinema Club eight years ago, you would have thought he'd have been met with people jumping for joy.
2008-01-20
British films boost cinema ticket sales - Cinema-goers in Britain and the Republic of Ireland spent £904m at the box office in 2007, up 8 per cent from the previous year, figures showed yesterday.
2008-01-20
American Picture Palaces - Each week from the 1910s through the 1940s, Americans "went to the show" in record numbers. "The show" drew peak crowds three to four times daily with an extra screening on weekends and it began, as architect S. Charles Lee noted, "on the sidewalk" with the extravagant architecture of America's motion picture palaces. (1) Palaces seated between 2500 and 6000 patrons at a time; "de luxe" palaces boasted stage shows, permanent orchestras, organs, first run films, and an array of customer services unknown to today's cinemagoers. Studio head Marcus Loew recognized, "We sell tickets to theaters, not movies." (2) Movie historian Ben Hall described the movie palace as "an acre of seats in a garden of dreams."(3)
2008-01-20
Profile: Guy Hands - City man who has hit sour note with music industry over cost cutting at EMI
2008-01-20
Dance hall, cinema, sports venue idea for Tesco store site - DRIFFIELD'S Tesco supermarket should become a cinema, concert hall, dance hall and a sports venue, according to the latest in an ever increasing list of planning applications.
2008-01-20
Cottonwood Cinema will close - The Cottonwood Cinema in the Wal-Mart complex will close after Monday night’s screening. Employees were notified on Sunday, Jan. 13, that they have one week to find another job or transfer to ShowPlace 12, another Kerasotes theater.
2008-01-20
Fights over cinema seats
- FIGHTS on the screen have moved into the cinema since the introduction of compulsory allocated seating at the Greater Union Marion Megaplex.
2008-01-20
3D cinema: A giant leap forward - Forget those flimsy red and green glasses – 3D cinema is back, but this time it actually works. At a preview of the new U2 film, Rebecca Armstrong glimpses the future
2008-01-20
Work on centre's cinema completed - Developers building Bristol's new £500m shopping area have finished work on the centre's cinema.
2008-01-20
Readers urged to help halt demolition of old cinema - CAMPAIGNERS hoping to turn Harborough's former Kwik Save site into a cinema have appealed to Mail readers to object to an application to demolish the site.
2008-01-20
IMAX signs 10-cinema China deal - BEIJING - IMAX Corp. will install 10 of its giant-screen cinemas in China in its biggest sale in Asia to date in a deal announced Thursday amid a boom in Chinese moviegoing.
2008-01-20
New plans for Odeon revealed - HAVE YOUR SAY - LONG-AWAITED plans for Chester's Odeon have finally been lodged – and they include room for a 200-seat cinema!
2008-01-20
Odeon ends cinema life as a legend - A SCREENING of Will Smith's thriller I Am Legend will mark a piece of history at the Odeon in North End, Portsmouth tonight.
2008-01-20
Opening of Regal Cinema at Colonie Center Delayed Again - Opening of the Regal Cinema movie theater at Colonie Center Mall is being postponed yet again.
2008-01-20
Historic city film screening marks cinema’s 80th year - THE Woolton Picturehouse last night celebrated its 80th birthday in style as a sell-out “house” sat back and enjoyed Liverpool on Film – a fascinating production showing the changes the city has seen over the years.
2008-01-20
Cinema to return to Chester city centre - Yorkshire based entertainment company the Brook Group has submitted its plans for the former Odeon cinema in Chester. They involve a mixed-use entertainment venue with shops, restaurant, bar, and cinema.
2008-01-20
Cinema may join Huntley's growth plan - HUNTLEY -- In the past, local merchants paid for a projector and screen to be set up in the village square so residents could watch an outdoor movie during the annual summer carnival.
2008-01-20
Mystery withdrawal of cinema plans at former Odeon - MYSTERY surrounds the withdrawal of plans which included a new cinema at the former Odeon.
2008-01-20
Witness hunt after smashing spree - A CINEMA in Worcester had its windows smashed during attacks on two businesses at the weekend.
2008-01-20
See Brief Encounter - The website for the Kneehigh show which is being performed at the Cineworld Haymarket
2008-01-20
RAAM Announce the nominations of the RAAM Awards - The RAAM Awards will take place at the five star Millennium Hotel, Grosvenor Square London W1 on Wednesday 6th February 2008.
2008-01-20
Lord Attenborough CBE to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award - RAAM is extremely proud and honoured to be able to award Lord Attenborough with a Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the film industry both behind and in front of the camera.
2008-01-07
Hands continues to clear - Guy Hands has parted company with the chief operating officer at EMI in a review of the business which includes plans to create closer ties between the record label and his chain of Odeon and UCI cinemas.
2008-01-07
Brief Encounter to Play New West End Venue - Equus producers David Pugh and Dafydd Rogers will present a West End production of Brief Encounter, Kneehigh Theatre's stage version of the classic 1945 David Lean movie.
According to the Daily Mail, the show will be staged at The Cinema, a new venue currently occupied by the Cineworld cinema on London's Haymarket in Piccadilly.
More information can be found here
2008-01-07
Odeon Reports Record Year For UK Cinema - The UK Box Office is celebrating almost 8% growth in takings in 2007, as the popularity of cinema hits a record high in recent years. The news comes as thousands decided to ditch Christmas traditions and instead grab a film and a box of popcorn with family and friends this Boxing Day.
2008-01-07
MOVING iMAGE TECHNOLOGIES rolls out its first Dolby 3D Digital Cinema Installations - Continuing its support for the independent cinema exhibitor, Moving iMage Technologies has installed its first Dolby® 3D Digital Cinema systems at Cinema City in Anaheim Hills, CA and Whittier Village in Whittier, CA; as well as Maya Cinemas’ flagship theatre in Salinas, CA. These independent cinema chains debuted Paramount Pictures “Beowulf” in digital 3D using Barco DP100 D-Cinema projectors, Dolby’s 3D Digital Cinema systems, and the Dolby Show Store/Show Player digital cinema servers. The most recent installations complete Cinema City’s transformation to all-digital, with 13 Dolby Digital Cinema servers and two Dolby 3D systems. Four of Whittier Village’s eight screens are now fitted with Dolby Digital Cinema servers, with additional installations planned for early 2008.
2008-01-07
Cinema in blaze drama - FIREFIGHTERS tackled a blaze at a cinema which is home to the Edinburgh International Film Festival. They were called out to the Filmhouse on Lothian Road at around 8.30am yesterday.
A brigade spokeswoman said they had been called out to tackle a fire in the projection room.
2008-01-07
Mad Cornish Projectionist launches new Digital Cinema Section - The Mad Cornish Projectionist today launched a major new section on his website dedicated to Digital Cinema. The new section is intended to include all areas of this new technology including alternative content. To the intention is to provide the same range of information and resources digital cinema as have been for the more traditional film cinema. Comments, ideas and content are all welcomed.
2008-01-02
Europe set for wide digital rollout - LONDON — Europe is set for a wide-scale rollout of digital cinema next year, according to U.K.-based cinema research org Screen Digest.
2008-01-02
Parent company of Technicolor Digital to install more digital systems at theaters worldwide - Thomson has agreed to install digital projectors in a number of major theater chains around the world. This includes Clearview Cinemas here in NJ, although this story is not as big as the IMAX/AMC deal.
2008-01-02
InFocus Corporation Announces COO Appointment - WILSONVILLE, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--InFocus Corporation (NASDAQ:INFS - News), the industry pioneer in digital projection technology, is pleased to announce the appointment of Joe O’Sullivan as the Company’s Chief Operating Officer.
2008-01-02
Report: 30 Percent of World’s Cinema Screens to be Digitized by 2010 - The latest report from media analysts Screen Digest claims that Europe has reached a tipping point for digital cinema development and is ready for a wide-scale roll-out.
2008-01-02
New plans for former cinema - FIFTEEN new jobs could be created immediately if a company that produces china is successful with plans to move into the Carlton Cinema building in Maryport.
2008-01-02
Cinema project showing tonight - CINEMA lovers in Laneshawbridge are being asked to support a new rural film project which premieres tonight.
2008-01-02
Fanatical about Film ... but Complacent about Customers? - Back on August 15th, I managed to catch a showing of the Bourne Ultimatum in London’s Tottenham Court Odeon cinema a couple of hours after the star-spangled Leicester Square premiere.
2008-01-02
Adlabs to operate 200 screens in US - Adlabs Films has entered into agreements with several existing cinema properties and will be operating a 200 screen cinema exhibition chain in USA.
2008-01-02
European digital cinema foundations are being laid for mainstream market take-up in 2008. Arts Alliance deal acts as a market catalyst - The latest report from media analysts, Screen Digest, entitled 'Digital Cinema: Global and European roll-out, business models and forecasts to 2012', argues that Europe has reached a tipping point for digital cinema development and is ready for a wide-scale roll-out. As David Hancock, the report's lead author and Screen Digest's Head of Cinema argues "The insurmountable obstacle of exhibitor access to key content has been removed with four studios now backing a roll-out programme and the building blocks for a mainstream market deployment are in place."
2008-01-02
Thomson's NexGuard Watermarking Integrated in Dolby Digital Cinema Servers - PARIS--(MARKET WIRE)--Dec 13, 2007 -- Thomson (Euronext Paris: 18453) (NYSE:TMS - News), today announced Dolby Laboratories Inc. (NYSE:DLB - News) offers the option of NexGuard(TM), Thomson's content security solution suite, in its digital cinema servers. NexGuard watermarking is intended to prevent illegal recordings of digital cinema content, as required by the Digital Cinema Initiative's (DCI) V1.1 specifications. This partnership enables Dolby to embed NexGuard's video forensic watermarking solution in its digital cinema server, which can replay DCI compliant 2D and 3D digital cinema images. Thomson and Dolby have been working together since 2006.
2008-01-02
Cineworld client seeks contract renegotiation - LONDON (SHARECAST) - Holders of shares in Cineworld were rattled by news that Carlton Screen Advertising wants to materially amend the terms of its existing contract with the multiplex cinema operator.
2008-01-02
HOPE FOR A HAPPY ENDING FOR CINEMA - Uncertainty still hangs over the future of a Devon cinema - but its fate could finally be decided within a matter of weeks.
2008-01-02
Cineworld agrees to Carlton Screen Advertising talks - LONDON - Cineworld, the cinema chain, has agreed to enter into discussions with Carlton Screen Advertising, the cinema sales house owned by ITV, about renegotiating their sales contract.
2008-01-02
FogScreen and AES Partner to Deliver Dry Fog Projection Screen to Tradeshow Organizers - FogScreen's Walk-Through Projection Screen Showcased on December 10-12 at Expo! Expo! In Las Vegas
2008-01-02
European digital cinema close to breaking deadlock - report - Digital cinema deals signed by studios and exhibitors with integrator Arts Alliance Media (AAM) is close to breaking the D-cinema deadlock in Europe, according to analyst Screen Digest.
2008-01-02
Pearl & Dean kicks off Hull digital cinema campaigns - LONDON - Pearl & Dean will be selling advertising on the first new-build fully digital cinema in Hull, which opens on 21 December.
2008-01-02
Preview of Hull's Newest Cinema - Hull new 10-screen Vue cinema at Princes Quay prepares for its premiere screenings on Friday
2008-01-02
Media Republic - New Dublin City fm Advertising Sales Contractor - MediaRepublic, Ireland’s most progressive media sales house, is delighted to announce their appointment as advertising sales contractor to the newly relaunched Dublin City FM, previously trading as 103.2 Dublin City Anna Livia FM. Dublin City FM, Dublin’s only special interest radio station, has been broadcasting since 1992 and boasts a loyal audience of over 120,000 listeners per week - with programmes reflecting the changing social and economic nature of the culturally diverse city that is Dublin today.The appointment comes at the close of an exciting first year of trading for MediaRepublic, which has seen their appointment as sales house for the two iRadio regional stations i102 - 104 FM in the North West, and also the forthcoming North East franchise. On top of this, 2007 cinema advertising trading has recorded unprecedented growth for Pearl and Dean of over 10%, consolidating their position in Ireland.
2008-01-02
Group mounts fight to save cinema - NORTHAMPTON - A group of citizens dedicated to keeping the Pleasant Street Theater viable is well on the way to their goal of raising money for the endeavor.
2008-01-02
Cinema site turned down for housing - THE latest in a series of applications to build affordable homes on the site of a former cinema which has been empty for 11 years has been refused by Kettering Council.
2008-01-02
Cineplex Entertainment Selects Kodak For Newest Complex - Kodak announced today that Kodak Digital Cinema systems will be the driving force behind all nine ‘next-generation’ digital projectors in Cineplex Entertainment’s SilverCity Oakville Cinemas in Oakville, Ontario, Canada. With nearly 2300 seats in its nine digital -- and three traditional 35mm film -- auditoriums, the entertainment destination offers VIP theaters, bowling, billiards, lounges, child minding services and a retail store, among other leisure activities.
2008-01-02
Carlton Screen's future in doubt after deal collapses - The future of ITV-owned Carlton Screen Advertising hangs in the balance, after it emerged that ITV’s weak cinema advertising revenue has forced it to renegotiate its advertising contract with Cineworld.
2008-01-02
Qube Cinema Chooses Thomson NexGuard -
Digital cinema systems supplier Qube Cinema has selected NexGuard, Thomson’s content security suite, for integration into its Digital Cinema Initiative (DCI)-compliant servers. NexGuard offers the means to identify the date, time and location of illegal camcorder recordings in an effort to combat in-theater piracy.
2008-01-02
Even Stanley Kubrick Had a Problem With Projection Quality - Last week I addressed the ongoing issue of poor projection quality in movie theaters, pointing out that the biggest problem is that people just don't care enough to complain. It's only with everyone's involvement and help will movie theaters begin to improve over time. The response to the article was tremendous and for the sake of building even more awareness, I thought it would be important to continue to mention that the issue is still prevalent. My encouragement to discuss the problem at hand came from originally a blog post by Jeffrey Wells on Hollywood Elsewhere. Wells posted another update on projection quality this week, and this time he pulled in the legendary Stanley Kubrick, who even 20 years ago was complaining about poor theater standards.
2008-01-02
Curse of the multiplexes - Like this year, 2008 will bring great films - but you'll be lucky to see them
2008-01-02
Christie Announces Record Year in Digital Cinema - CYPRESS, Calif., Dec 20, 2007 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Christie, a global leader in Digital Cinema, announced record sales of its DLP Cinema(R: 46.15, -0.86, -1.82%) projection systems worldwide for 2007, outpacing the entire field of competition to take a commanding 80% control of the market, a nearly 20% increase over the previous year. Christie surpassed original industry expectations, setting a strong pace of installation that has culminated in more than 4,400 digital screens to date across North and South America, Europe, South Africa, Australia and Asia.
2008-01-02
Cinema exhibition industry year in review - JOE MOODABE’S cinema exhibition industry year in review
2008-01-02
Cinema to boost town's business - Work to pave the way for the building of a new seven-screen cinema in the heart of a Berkshire town is to start in early 2008.
2008-01-02
Cinema move could finally bring the curtain down on sorry saga - IT’S FOR reel: after nine years in the cultural desert a cinema operator has announced it’s bringing Hollywood to Macclesfield.
2008-01-02
Colorfront takes dailies worldwide - Budapest -based Colorfront has introduced Doremi Digital Mastering and Cinema Player technologies at its facility. It is now the first company in Central Europe able to create Digital Cinema Packages (DCPs) for movies and pre-show content in line with DCI specifications, and to offer a service delivering these materials for viewing in digitally-equipped cinemas worldwide.
2008-01-02
Analysts predict format war to end next year (2008) - Analysts at U.K. based Screen Digest are now predicting that either HD DVD or Blu-ray will win the hi-def format war next year, although they're not guessing which one. This is a switch from their position over the last few months which has been in agreement with others in the industry that neither format would dominate for at least another 2-4 years.
2008-01-02
Cinema closure mystery - FILM fans have been kept in the dark about the mysterious closure of Muswell Hill's Odeon cinema this week - after it suddenly shut its doors in the middle of the Christmas blockbuster season.
2008-01-02
U2 in first ever 3D concert beamed live to a cinema near you - December 19, 2007 Irish supergroup U2 has followed film-maker James Cameron’s lead in embracing state-of-the-art digital 3D technology with plans for a concert to be filmed live in 3D and then streamed in real time to digital cinemas around the world.
2008-01-02
Cinema in town wins backing - SCARBOROUGH Civic Society has backed an ambitious scheme to build a multi-screen cinema on the North Street car park site.
2008-01-02
IMAX Signs Theatre Deal With National Amusements - IMAX Corporation (Nasdaq:IMAX; TSX:IMX) and National Amusements Inc., the United States' fifth largest theatre operator, today announced IMAX's sale of the Feinstein IMAX(R: 43.56, -2.35, -5.11%) Theatre in Providence, Rhode Island to National Amusements.
2008-01-02
Burst pipe closes town's cinema - Film fans in Llanelli have been left out in the cold during the holidays as a burst heating pipe has shut the town's cinema and theatre complex.
2008-01-02
Christie Announces Record Year in Digital Cinema - Celebrates Blockbuster Success with 80% Global Dominance
2008-01-02
2008 is the year to bring a Cimema back to Harborough - The great news is that after advertising the site as a leisure investment at least 2 cinema companies have put a bid in for the former Ritz Building on Northampton Road. Even better, the news is that one of them put in a fair and realistic bid. That is, the full market rate for the land. This is the first time in 3 decades that the town has been able to claim that a serious cinema group has actually bid at full price for the land and has made a commitment backed by cash. The company has drawn up full plans for a 6 seater digital cinema.
2008-01-02
Cinema shutdown ends - THE VEIL of secrecy regarding the future of Muswell Hill Odeon has been lifted following the re-opening of the cinema last Thursday.
2008-01-02
The slow death of digital cinema - Writes Michael Cieply in the New York Times: “To keep to keep the enormous swarm of data produced when a picture is “born digital” — that is, produced using all-electronic processes, rather than relying wholly or partially on film …
2008-01-02
Coffee Republic serves up Cineworld UK deal - Coffee Republic, the independent coffee and deli bar operator, has reached an agreement with Cineworld UK to roll out its 'Coffee Republic Served Here' concept to all 73 Cineworld sites in the UK.
2008-01-02
Barco celebrates 2,000th digital cinema projector milestone - Kortrijk, Belgium, 21 December 2007. Barco is delighted to announce that it has reached its 2,000th 2K digital cinema projector milestone further reinforcing its position as a worldwide industry leader in the Digital Cinema Market. Barco now holds more than 55% market share in Europe and 65% in the Asian Pacific region and is further strengthening its position in the US.
2008-01-02
Search for business models undermines digital progress - The term 'business model' has been haunting the film industry all year. It has been a given in any conference presentation and a must at market and festival discussions.
2008-01-02
Archiving costs for FILM vs Digital - Interesting article in the NYT about a recent study on film archiving costs vs digital archiving costs.
2008-01-02
Cinematic Metadata - I had a recent opportunity to spend a long lunch with seminal New Media theorist and practitioner Lev Manovich discussing all manner of topics and ideas related to New Media aesthetics.
2008-01-02
Congratulations to Nigel Wolland MBE - Many congratulations to Nigel Wolland, former chief projectionist at the Odeon Leicester Square who has been awarded an MBE for services to the film industry in this year's birthday honourees list. Ian Grey has a nice little piece in his blog. NB Nigel isn't the first projectionist to be awarded in this way, a recent email states:
Dear Sir, just to let you know (emend)? Ronald Curry Doncaster projectionist was awarded the MBE in June 1997 for services to film. So Mr Wolland is not the first proj to be awarded this honour. Mr Curry was also awarded a Blue Plaque in 1996 by the British Film Institute the 100 Year of cinema.Mr Curry served on the Rank sub com with Mr Wolland fighting for better conditions and pay for cinema workers. Hope you find this of interest and Congrats to Nigel. Regards J Barry.
2008-01-02
Cineworld and Carlton Screen Advertising deal - Various articles from across the web on the above story
2008-01-02
The first picture show - Two years after the AMC Art Cinema shut its doors, the same company is opening the Castleton Square 14 on Friday. The city's newest movie theater will feature more than 2,400 plush seats and cutting-edge digital technology.
2008-01-02
And the Oscar goes to? European digital cinema - Europe is the market leader when it comes to digital cinema. But only a small share of what is produced globally is not on film roll. Poor interoperability, lack of standardisation and high costs have, in the past, slowed down expansion. Researchers are now finding ways to make it easier and cheaper to produce digital film.
2008-01-02
Thomson NexGuard Watermarking integrated in Dolby Digital Cinema Servers - Thomson (Euronext Paris: 18453 NYSE: TMS), today announced Dolby Laboratories Inc. (NYSE: DLB) offers the option of NexGuard?, Thomson?s content security solution suite, in its digital cinema servers. NexGuard watermarking is intended to prevent illegal recordings of digital cinema content, as required by the Digital Cinema Initiative?s (DCI) V1.1 specifications. This partnership enables Dolby to embed NexGuard?s video forensic watermarking solution in its digital cinema server, which can replay DCI compliant 2D and 3D digital cinema images. Thomson and Dolby have been working together since 2006.
2008-01-02
2008 RAAM Awards - Ciaran Carty honoured by the 2008 RAAM Awards which are presented annually to recognise individual contribution to the film industry and Ireland and the UK.
