March 2008
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2008-03-28
Odeon staff payroll dispute - BECTU members working as technicians (projectionists) in Odeon Cinemas have gone into dispute with the company.
2008-03-28
Theatres Trust raises concerns as demolition contractor appears at Derby Hippodrome - On Tuesday 25 March an excavator, owned by contractor AB Demolition, appeared outside Derby Hippodrome as the deadline for its owner to carry out essential repairs ordered by Derby City Council came to an end. The Trust fears that the presence of the contractor will lead to further damage to the theatre. We hope that local people will be vigilant over the next few days and continue to report any suspect activity to the Council and to us. This is a critical time when the theatre is at its most vulnerable and faces greatest risk.
2008-03-27
Sony 4K Digital Projectors Used for First 3D HD Live-Action Simulcast of Regular Season NBA Game - DALLAS, March 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Sony Electronics 4K digital cinema projectors were used earlier this week for the first live high-definition presentation in 3D of an NBA regular season game, which was shown at a commercial movie theater.
2008-03-27
Rethink on plan for cinema - A COMPANY has revised its controversial
2008-03-27
Cinema chain plans $35 tickets - Village Roadshow Ltd., Act III, Lambert Entertainment and the Retirement Systems of Alabama pension fund are partnering to bring a luxury cinema chain to the US.
2008-03-27
Computer games to be given tough new cinema-style age ratings to protect children from violent material - Computer games will be given tough new cinema-style age ratings under proposals to protect children from violent material.
2008-03-27
Grand Cinema redevelopment - latest - THE steel frame is taking shape for an exciting multi-million pounds arts, community and enterprise (ACE) Centre in the heart of Nelson.
2008-03-27
DTS Digital Images Fine Tunes - BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--DTS Digital Images, Inc. has provided custom image processing services for New Line Cinema and Walden Media
2008-03-27
SONY 4K DIGITAL PROJECTORS USED FOR FIRST 3D HD LIVE-ACTION SIMULCAST OF REGULAR SEASON NBA GAME - Sony Electronics
2008-03-27
Real Image - Real Image Media Technologies (RIMT), India
2008-03-27
Imax to add 31 projection systems at Regal theatres - TORONTO
2008-03-27
Worlds Smallest Movie Premiere Hits ODEON in Leicester Square, London, England - Its April Fools day, but this is no joke. The Odeon West End, which sees some of the worlds biggest premieres is hosting the worlds smallest. The worlds first one-man movie. Madness in the First Degree. A record breaking movie event.
2008-03-27
Talks on plan for old cinema - application for a premises licence for the Empress Cinema at Chatteris is due to be discussed by district councillors on April 1.
2008-03-27
Cinema moguls buy into toilet business - CINEMA moguls, the Ward and Anderson families, have emerged as major shareholders in John OLoughlins Qualceram Plc, which received a preliminary takeover approach last week.
2008-03-27
Railways to set up cinema halls at stations - New Delhi, Mar 21: Indian Railways public-private-partnership (PPP) now extends to entertainment business. The public sector behemoth has chalked out an ambitious plan to set up about a dozen cinema halls at various railway stations in metros. The development would be part of Railways larger plan to utilise its surplus land and existing prime space at stations. It also plans to privatise 44 yatri niwas and the National Rail Museum cafeteria
2008-03-27
Paranoid Park - I worked for years as a projectionist in archival screening venues that handle films of all kinds from all eras. These venues, the Walker counted among them, are typically equipped to handle just about anything that comes in the door, often via the octagonal shipping cans like those pictured on the left. As most projectionists can attest, it is not uncommon to receive a print that is not marked with the film
2008-03-27
The Projection Dilemma - I will now take you, reader, on a journey involving both technology and aesthetics intermingled with projection practices that are a century old and how the ways that the digital cinema revolution impacts this, combined with concerns about stereoscopy. Stick with me and it may all make sense by the end. Along the way I
2008-03-27
10,000 More Cinemas To Go Digital - Access Integrated Technologies, the US based digital cinema supplier, has commitments from four major film studios, including Disney, Twentieth Century Fox, Paramount Pictures and Universal Pictures, to continue to pay virtual print fees whilst actually providing movies digitally.
2008-03-27
India to become major D-Cinema territory - The Indian film industry has so far opted for e-cinema technology (a cheaper lower-quality alternative to high-end D-Cinema systems) that meets the requirements of its strong local film sector, but there are now signs that D-Cinema will also feature prominently, following several new deals in the territory.
2008-03-27
Kodak enters North American market as D-Cinema facilitator - Eastman Kodak has signed up two mid-sized cinema operators in the US market for entire circuit-wide conversion of their screens to digital. The first major signing was Santikos Theatres with 126 screens in Texas. The first installations of which have already been completed in the newly opened Silverado Houston multiplex, and will be followed by a complete conversion to an all digital circuit. The second signing was Goodrich Quality Theatres which operates 280 screens in 32 venues across the USA. The deployments will begin in 2008, although it is not known how many will be completed during the first phase of the roll-out.
2008-03-27
Digital cinema player Christie eyes India signs multiplexes - Mumbai: Global digital cinema leader Christie has signed an exclusive contract with Scrabble Entertainment to supply 200 Christie DLP Cinema projectors for Indias largest single digital cinema deployment.
2008-03-27
Businesswoman sells cinema for - THE businesswoman who ensured cinema returned to Winchester has sold her company for
2008-03-27
Live opera and ballet shown in cinemas - Live ballet and opera performances are to be shown in cinemas across Britain from later this year for just
2008-03-27
SUNDANCE SPECTACULAR - At this year’s Sundance Film Festival, Dolby technologies, products and services converged in perfect harmony for the world premiere of the critically lauded U2 3D, a new concert film featuring the world-renowned Irish rock band shot during the “Vertigo” tour throughout South America. The film, produced by 3ality Digital Entertainment and distributed in the U.S. by National Geographic, was shown on Jan. 19 at the Eccles Theatre in Park City, Utah.
2008-03-27
FSN Southwest to Televise First Ever Regular-Season NBA Game in 3D HD - FSN Southwest and the Dallas Mavericks will provide a look into the future of sports television on March 25 when they team with PACE, the leader in digital 3D productions, to produce the first-ever NBA regular-season game live in 3D HD secured through PACE Fusion 3D and the third ever live sporting event presented in the innovative format.
2008-03-27
IMAX to now use DLP projectors - Texas Instruments DLP Cinema has announced that IMAX will now be using DLP Cinema projectors.
2008-03-27
Cineworld profits, revenue rise - LONDON — U.K. exhibitor Cineworld’s operating profits for 2007 rose 62% against the previous year to $61.3 million (£30.4 million); revenues rose 7.8% to $575.5 million.
2008-03-27
ARTS ALLIANCE MEDIA RANKED IN TOP 50 FASTEST GROWING DIGITAL MEDIA COMPANIES IN THE UK - The Media Momentum Awards 2008 today announces the fastest growing digital media companies. The prestigious invitation-only Media Momentum Awards organised by investment bank GP Bullhound, presents accolades to just five companies selected from an elite pool of fifty, all outstanding achievers and expanding rapidly in their field.
2008-03-27
Save The Chester Odeon Campaign - 793 signatures so far... - We would like to draw your attention to the fact that Brook Leisure has submitted a planning application and an application for Listed Building Consent to Chester City Council for the demolition of part of the rear of the Odeon building and the construction of a three-storey extension on land that is presently used for car-parking.
2008-03-26
Listed building status for Odeon is rejected - AN application to grant listed status to a Bradford building at the centre of a major planning row has been turned down
2008-03-26
Lenny Lipton Blog - News & Archives along my 3D Journey
2008-03-26
Cash boost for Cumbria's arts and cinema - NORTHWEST Vision and Media, which works on behalf of the region's film, TV and digital content industries, is to distribute almost
2008-03-26
Revised plans for cinema revealed - PLANS have been revealed to transform a former Yorkshire cinema into a mixed-use development featuring retail and office space.
2008-03-26
Odeon Staff Forum - The staff forum which offline a few weeks ago has been relaunched
2008-03-26
HARINGEY: Cinema sale threat to cheap ticket prices - The proposed takeover of a Wood Green cinema has been referred to the Competition Commission (CC) over fears it would create an unfair monopoly in the area.
2008-03-26
Revised cinema project unveiled - property development finance - New plans have been unveiled for the commercial re-use of a former cinema in Leeds.
2008-03-26
Power cut pulls plug on film fun - FILM fans were left disappointed today as Glasgow city centre's biggest cinema was hit by a power cut.
2008-03-26
Well give Odeon plan six months - Campaigners fighting to save the former Odeon cinema building in Bradford city centre from demolition have given themselves a deadline of six months to push through their scheme for its restoration - or they will then throw in the towel.
2008-03-26
Scrabble Entertainment Chooses Qube for Its Digital Cinema Roll out in India - NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Qube Cinema
2008-03-26
3D movies taking cinemas by storm in digital age - LAS VEGAS - Now is the time to put on your glasses. Once known as a headache-inducing screen gimmick of the 1950s, 3D is roaring back into movie theaters - thanks to new digital-cinema technology and Hollywood studios eager to exploit the format.
2008-03-26
Imax adds 31 screens to U.S. deal with Regal - Imax Corp. is expanding the screen-count of its joint venture deal with Regal Cinemas to install another 31 Imax digital projection systems at Regal locations in 20 cities in the United States.
2008-03-26
Digital Projection Changing the Face of Cinema - Since the advent of projection technology there have been various advances in cinema, primarily in the way a creative team develops a motion picture, and how we view the finished product. The various improvements that have been made are due to the ever-growing need for inspiring movies that can touch the hearts of millions and allow the industry to remain active. This digital change is not lacking a future as experts predict the market will grow exponentially with screens making the transition to digital cinema in 2009, some even to three dimensional cinema for specific films.
2008-03-26
CST installs Kodak Digital Cinema in Paris theatre - Mumbai: The Commission Superieure Technique (CST), the French organization charged with evaluating new systems for television and the cinema, has purchased a Kodak Theatre Management System (TMS) as well as a Kodak Content Player JMN3000 for use in Espace Pierre Cardin in Paris. The system will be installed by Kodak.
2008-03-19
Cineworld posts $25 mil pretax profits - LONDON -- U.K. exhibition group Cineworld Group climbed into the black Tuesday posting its maiden results as a publicly listed company on the stock exchange here.
2008-03-19
Cleaners in protest - SACKED cleaners at Middlesbrough
2008-03-19
Petition Reaches 1700 Signatures for the State Grays Cinema - Following some fantastic coverage by the Thurrock Gazette and general word of mouth the online petition has now received over 1700 signatures and is continuing to receive a large number of signatures each day. We will also be looking to have a paper petition available for written signatures at the awareness day on Saturday 15th March.
2008-03-19
Belgium to reassess Kinepolis competition rules - BRUSSELS, March 18 (Reuters) - Belgian cinema operator Kinepolis (KIPO.BR: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Tuesday Belgiums competition agency would reassess its decision to cancel specific competition rules which limited the groups development there.
2008-03-19
There is more to the cinema than just movies - GET your own slice of paradise and celebrate the everlasting magic of the movies at Paradiso
2008-03-19
SkyCity CEO sees cinema sale within 3 months - SkyCity Entertainment Groups new boss hopes to wrap up the protracted sale of the casino operators struggling cinema business within three months.
2008-03-19
The Popcorn Investing Strategy - There are many good businesses trading at attractive levels at the moment. One such example could be Cineworld (LSE: CINE) . Todays results show a business with a P/E of less than 9 and a yield of over 7%.
2008-03-19
NEC Corporation of America Hires Seasoned Digital Media Executive as General Manager of Digital Cinema Division - NEC Corporation of America, a premier provider of IT and network solutions and services, today announced that Jim Reisteter has joined the company as the general manager of the Digital Cinema Division. He will report to the vice president of the Solutions Business, Yuji Ichimura. Reisteter offers a diverse and successful background in sales leadership, marketing and general management of Fortune 50, mid-cap and re-start organizations.
2008-03-19
Major cinema chain restores raunchy trailers - LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - In a move that will allow movie studios to inject racy jokes into the trailers they use to promote their more adult-oriented films, the nations largest cinema chain has decided to permit restricted, "red band" trailers in its multiplexes.
2008-03-19
Planetariums real-time show - A planetarium incorporating some of the worlds most advanced digital projection technology is due to open in the south of England in March.
2008-03-19
BFI reels in the years - A list of the Top Ten most-watched films in the British Film Institutes archive has been compiled by curators.
2008-03-19
North London cinema merger - The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has referred the anticipated acquisition by CineWorld Group Plc of the cinema business at the Hollywood Green Leisure Park, Wood Green, previously operating under the Showcase brand to the Competition Commission (CC).
2008-03-19
RealD 3D Biggest and Brightest at ShoWest - 3D Cinema Leader RealD Uses RealD XL Technology to Bring Digital 3D to Larger Screens Than Ever Before
2008-03-17
Reel protest at threatened cinema - Campaigners who want to save a 100-year-old cinema wrapped a mock film reel around the building to highlight their fight to keep it open.
2008-03-16
Thomson and Cineplex Entertainment Pact for Digital Cinema Test at Flagship Toronto Theatre - Technicolor Digital Cinema to Install Digital Projection Systems at Scotiabank Theatre in Downtown Toronto
2008-03-16
Electrosonic showcases MS9600 2K Digital Cinema Player - If youve been wishing that those double digit theater prices would actually net your local hot spot an upgrade, heres an idea you can certainly nudge their way. Showing off at ShoWest 2008 in Las Vegas, the Electrosonic MS9600 is hailed as a "high-performance JPEG2000 appliance," which plays back unencrypted JPEG2000 content at 2K, 1080p and 720p resolutions. Designed specifically for digital cinema, post production and show control applications, this unit also touts dual HD-SDI / dual DVI-I video outputs and 16-channels of broadcast quality digital audio. Furthermore, it even supports 48fps 3D playback, but unfortunately, weve no idea how soon its destined to hit cinemas of any kind.
2008-03-16
Classic Cinemas Adopts DTS Digital Booking System(TM) - LAS VEGAS
2008-03-16
Dolby Spotlights Collection of Digital Cinema Solutions at ShoWest 2008 - LAS VEGAS, BUSINESS WIRE -- At ShoWest 2008 today, Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: DLB) highlighted how its digital cinema solutions address the unique needs of exhibitors and create an efficient digital cinema environment. The comprehensive families of products, designed to work together to streamline business processes, make it easier for exhibitors to transition to digital cinema.
2008-03-16
Dolby Expands Footprint in Asia with Digital Cinema, 3D Digital Cinema Solutions - LAS VEGAS, BUSINESS WIRE -- Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: DLB) announced today at ShoWest 2008 that Shanghai Film Group Corporation (SFG) and UFO India Limited have selected Dolby Laboratories to bring more digital cinema systems to China and India.
2008-03-16
Imax focuses on DLP chips - Imax, which is on the verge of entering the digital era, is in negotiations with Texas Instruments to use TIs Digital Light Processing technology as part of Imaxs proprietary system.
2008-03-16
Theaters, studios see $1.1 billion upgrade deal in Q2 - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Several theater chains and studios are nearing an estimated $1.1 billion financing deal to deploy in cinemas digital technology that promises to boost attendance and save Hollywood billions of dollars in annual print and delivery costs, industry officials said on Sunday.
2008-03-16
Fresh plans for Chester - OWNERS of the former Chester Odeon are pressing ahead with plans to build a three-storey extension to serve a new single screen cinema.
2008-03-16
NEW CITY CINEMA TO OPEN IN MAY - A new era of movie-watching in Derby will get under way when a new luxury cinema opens in May.
2008-03-16
Lit missile sparks cinema blaze - A small fire broke out at a cinema and retail complex after two teenagers threw a lit candle into its entrance.
2008-03-16
Technical Services for Cinema & Television is a Comprehensive Evaluation of the French Market - This revised and updated 2008 edition analyses the financial performance of each of the companies important to the success of your business. Using the most up to date information available, the analysis is ideal both as a tool to benchmark your own companys results and to study the market in more depth. Aimed at the busy manager, Technical Services For Cinema & Television is both quick and easy to use thanks to the unique visual layout. Technical Services For Cinema & Television is both quick and easy to use thanks to the unique visual layout. Technical Services For Cinema & Television lays bare the performance of each company highlighting their strengths and weaknesses. Do you know which Technical Services For Cinema & Television companies are best to do business with? Do you know which companies are selling at a loss and whose profit margins are plummeting? Find out the answers to all these questions and more with the newly published Technical Services For Cinema & Television.
2008-03-16
Thomson and Marcus Theatres Pact for Digital Cinema Test in Milwaukee Market - Thomson (Paris:18453)(NYSE:TMS), through its Technicolor Digital Cinema business, announced today it will install digital cinema projection systems with Milwaukee, Wis.-based Marcus Theatres(R) at the Cinema At The Renaissance 13-plex in Sturtevant, Wisconsin.
2008-03-16
Access IT, Studios to Add 10,000 Digital Cinema Screens - Morristown, N.J. - Access Integrated Technologies (Access IT) (NASD: AIXD), a provider of digital cinema projection systems for movie theaters, announced on Tuesday a massive deal with four major movies studios, to provide movies to up to 10,000 digital cinema systems in the U.S. and Canada.
2008-03-16
UPDATE: Imax Signs Texas Instruments For Digital Projectors - TORONTO -(Dow Jones)- Imax Corp. (IMAX) will use Texas Instruments Inc.s ( TXN) DLP Cinema technology in its forthcoming digital-projection system, the companies confirmed Tuesday.
2008-03-16
Time running out for the Cinema Museum - As was reported a few months ago on The Bioscope, the Cinema Museum in south London comes to the end of its lease this month, and has no new home to move to. Its current home is a former Lambeth workhouse (the same one that once incarcerated Charlie Chaplin
2008-03-16
Cinema buff may lose his Paradiso - When Ronald Grant was ten he fell in love with films, helping out the projectionist at a village hall in rural Scotland.
2008-03-16
Studios Announce a Deal to Help Cinemas Go 3-D - LAS VEGAS
2008-03-16
Dr Who - TELEVISION viewers have attacked the BBC for spending up to
2008-03-16
Cinema one of the most expensive in London - FILM-LOVERS have attacked Islingtons biggest cinema for being one of the most expensive in London.
2008-03-16
RealD 3D Biggest and Brightest at ShoWest - 3D Cinema Leader RealD Uses RealD XL Technology to Bring Digital 3D to Larger Screens Than Ever Before
2008-03-16
XPAND Acquires Assets of NuVision Technologies, Securing its Leading Position in 3D Digital Technology - X6D Limited, a European company whose products and services are marketed under the XPAND brand name, formally announced today that the active 3D cinema glasses assets of NuVision Technologies LLC, a widely recognized manufacturer of superior stereoscopic delivery systems with production facilities in Oregon, have been acquired by an Oregon corporation controlled by X6D Limited. Subsequently, all of NuVisions 3D cinema products will now be produced under the XPAND brand name.
2008-03-16
Scrabble Entertainment Contracts Christie for Indias Largest Digital Cinema Roll-Out - Christie, a global leader in Digital Cinema, is pleased to announce it has secured an exclusive contract with Scrabble Entertainment (SE) to supply 200 Christie DLP Cinema(r) projectors for India
2008-03-16
Barco to expand Digital Cinema team in the US. - Barco, a world leader in Digital Cinema, increases its commitment to the digital cinema market, and announces the appointment of Todd Hoddick as new Vice President for Barco Media & Entertainment
2008-03-16
Empire Theatres Limited Chooses Kodak to Expand Digital Installations - Canadian exhibitor extends working relationship with Kodak to 15 sites
2008-03-16
Texas Instruments Announces IMAX Digital Projection System to be Powered by DLP Cinema - 2008 marks the 10th Anniversary of digital cinema led by DLP Cinema
2008-03-16
Sony Digital Cinema Group to Offer Integrated Solutions for Exhibitors - Sony Electronics has formed a new integrated business group that will provide movie theater owners with a variety of tools to support the sales and marketing of 4K CineAlta
2008-03-16
Empire Theatres Selects Christie DLP Cinema Projectors to Meet Surging Demand for 3D Movies - Christie, a global leader in Digital Cinema, announced that Empire Theatres, Canada
2008-03-16
Christie Offers Expanded Family of Cinema Solutions with More Choice and Higher Brightness - Christie, a global leader in Digital Cinema, with over 4,600 Digital Cinema systems installed worldwide, continues to set the pace in the industry with an expanded family of Digital Cinema products perfectly tailored to meet the needs of the exhibitor. At the 2008 ShoWest convention in Las Vegas, the company will showcase its latest CP2000 series product line, including projectors with three new brightness levels and a new dual projector 3D system.
2008-03-16
XPAND Climbs to Higher Ranks as International Leader in 3D with O - Making great strides in the research and development of 3D technology during the past year, XPAND has wisely incorporated Active 3D delivery as their primary product for the digital cinema marketplace. In a strategic move to position the company as a dominant player in 3D, XPAND joined forces with NuVision Technologies (Portland, OR), creating a compelling business model that will support existing and future XPAND digital theaters.
2008-03-16
New Christie CP2000-M DLP Cinema Projector Is Worlds Best "Lightweight Contender" - At 95 Pounds, Delivers Powerful "One-Two" Punch of Brightness and Lowest Cost of Ownership
2008-03-16
DTS Digital Cinema Installs FilmStore - DTS Digital Cinema has announced the installation of its FilmStore
2008-03-16
Goodrich Quality Theaters Selects Kodak for Circuit-Wide Digital Conversion - Proven Kodak feature solution brings new capability to quality-minded circuit
2008-03-16
Universal Cinema Services Keeps Rave Motion Pictures On The Cutting Edge With Harman Pro Cinema Group Companies JBL Professional And Crown - Universal Cinema Services, one of the most successful cinema system consulting and installation firms in the United States, has enjoyed continued success with Harman Pro Cinema Group products, as evidenced by its installation of JBL Professional ScreenArray
2008-03-16
Dolby Expands Footprint in Asia with Digital Cinema, 3D Digital Cinema Solutions Shanghai Film Group and UFO India Limited select Dolby - Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: DLB) announced today at ShoWest 2008 that Shanghai Film Group Corporation (SFG) and UFO India Limited have selected Dolby Laboratories to bring more digital cinema systems to China and India.
2008-03-16
Cineplex Entertainment Selects Christie For Rollout Of 25 Digitally Equipped 3D Theatres Across Canada - Christie, a global leader in Digital Cinema, announced that Cineplex Entertainment (TSX:CGX.UN), Canada
2008-03-09
Cinema workers stole over $22,000 - Three Nelson teenagers stole more than $22,000 by refunding tickets sold to non-existent customers while working at a cinema.
2008-03-09
Everyman Media acquires Screen Cinemas - Independent cinema group Everyman Media will this week announce that it has acquired the chain of Screen Cinemas in London and the South East.
2008-03-09
Glenelg Cinema up for sale - Glenelg Cinema, on Jetty Road in Adelaide's south-west, has been put on the market for $7 million.
2008-03-09
Electrosonic's New Digital Cinema Player Available at Showest - DMN Newswire--2008-3-7--Audio-video manufacturing, design, installation and servicing giant Electrosonic Systems, fast making inroads into the cinema market, will be displaying the newly-launched MS9600 JPEG2000 server at ShoWest 2008 in Las Vegas.
2008-03-09
Cinema magic in Gig Harbor - Gig Harbor’s 10-screen movie theater opens to long lines and eager moviegoers whose only other theater closed in January.
2008-03-09
U.S. CINEMA EARNINGS BREAK RECORDS - North American box office earnings hit a record high in 2007 - despite the Hollywood writers strike and ongoing economic concerns. In the U.S. and Canada, theatres took in more than $9.6 billion (GBP4.8 billion), climbing 5.4 per cent from the previous year (06), due in part to increased ticket prices throughout the continent
2008-03-09
Cineworld, Odeon embark on ad venture - LONDON
2008-03-09
Not coming to a screen near you - Want to go see Rambo? Not at the Odeon you can't. Owen Gibson looks at the push-me pull-you relationship between film distributors and cinemas
2008-03-09
Carlton Screen Advertising sold for - ITV has sold Carlton Screen Advertising to a joint venture between Cineworld and Odeon Cinemas for
2008-03-09
Clayton projectionist keeps a dying art alive - As the Clayton Theatre projectionist, Thorns said he was 8 years old when his father let him show that first film at the family-owned movie theater in Virginia. Since then, he said, he's watched thousands of films through a little hole in the wall of projectionist booths in various community movie theaters across the Eastern shore.Rest
2008-03-09
US cinema takings hit record high - North American box office takings hit a record high in 2007 with global box office receipts also on the up.
2008-03-09
Carlton Screen Advertising sold to joint venture for - LONDON - ITV has sold Carlton Screen Advertising, the UK's largest cinema advertising sales house, to a joint venture between Cineworld and Odeon Cinemas for
2008-03-09
NEW CHRISTIE DUAL PROJECTOR SYSTEM FOR 3D CINEMA OFFERS BEST VALUE IN THE INDUSTRY - Christie, a global leader in Digital Cinema now offers the industry
2008-03-09
European Digital Cinema Security Whitebook is Online - This book results from the work of the Enhanced Digital Cinema (EDcine) project established by the European Commission in the context of the Networked Audio Visual line of the 6th framework of IST (Information Society and Technology). The world of digital cinema has been led by Hollywood initiatives. The Digital Cinema Initiative (DCI) is under standardisation by a subgroup of the Society of Moving Pictures and Television Engineers, namely the DC28. EDcine was launched in this environment to maintain the European industrial leading edge in the field and to develop new tools and best practices beyond the Digital Cinema Initiative (DCI). Economic, cultural and technical aspects are more complex in Europe. There is a clear need to go beyond DCI. In its initial functional analysis, EDcine included end-user groups, such as small production studios, local post-production
2008-03-09
ArcLight glows with d-cinema - Technicolor Digital Cinema signed an agreement with Hollywood's ArcLight Cinemas to provide digital projection systems at its complex. The deal encompasses ArcLight's Cinerama Dome, where Technicolor has previously been testing its systems.
2008-03-07
Pan-European digital cinema pilot project to launch in autumn - France's MK2, Hungary's Szimpla Film, Denmark's Nordisk Film and Belgium's Kinepolis Group are supporting a European "Cinema on demand" film digitisation project entitled Europe's Finest which is being launched this autumn by Cologne-based reelport to digitise and distribute 30-40 European films.
2008-03-07
ITV offloads cinema advertising assets - ITV has sold part of its cinema advertising subsidiary Carlton Screen Advertising to a new joint venture company owned by Odeon Cinemas and Cineworld Group in a deal worth £500,000 in cash to the broadcaster.
2008-03-03
Back in the picture with The Movieum - For years, London has been without a film museum. Now it has one, the Movieum, which opened its doors at County Hall last week. But is it the collection that the capital needs?
The Movieum website can be found at: http://www.themovieum.com/.
2008-03-01
Vue creates new marketing role - Cinema exhibitor Vue Entertainment is on the hunt to fill the new position of head of marketing.
2008-03-01
Cinema evacuated after blaze - CINEWORLD in Ipswich was evacuated this evening after a small fire in a light fitting.
2008-03-01
BBC Trials Live 3D Rugby by Satelitte - "The BBC is to test screen the Rugby Six Nations match between Scotland and England live and in 3D HD to a select audience. The event is a joint venture between BBC Sport and the3DFirm, a consortium comprising media communications firm Can Communicate, 3D specialist Inition and hire and post production house Axis Films, writes Adrian Pennington.
2008-03-01
3D Movies Arrive at SilverCity Ancaster Cinemas - CINEPLEX ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCES 25 THEATRES IN CANADA TO BE EQUIPPED WITH DIGITAL 3D PROJECTORS AND PREMIERES WITH HANNA MONTANA & MILEY CYRUS: BEST OF BOTH WORLDS CONCERT
2008-03-01
DTS 4Q Loss Grows on Write-Down - NEW YORK (Associated Press) - DTS Inc. posted a much wider fourth-quarter loss on Thursday due to a write-down on the value of its discontinued digital cinema and images businesses, which it might sell.
2008-03-01
It's curtains for Showcase Cinemas - The final curtain will drop on the eight-screen Showcase Cinemas in Orange after the last show Sunday, because the business is "no longer financially viable," according to its owners, National Amusements Inc. of Dedham, Massachusetts.
2008-03-01
New luxury Silverado IMAX opens today near Tomball - These are not the best of times for the movie-theater business. Netflix, cable television, pay-per-view and competition from the Internet and video games are cutting into box-office revenue.
2008-03-01
Goodbye New Line Cinema
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New Line Cinema has long been a subsidiary of Time Warner and closely allied to Warner Bros, but today it has been announced that the formerly indie studio is being folded into its larger partner, where the name will remain as a genre arm, making comedies, horrors and what the Americans persist in calling "urban" films. In short, it's goodbye New Line as we know it.
2008-03-01
Pearl and Dean looks to merge with Carlton - Industry speculation has suggested that SMG-owned cinema advertising firm Pearl & Dean is set to be subject to a bid by an Australian venture capital firm.
2008-03-01
Former Odeon in line for sale - AFTER a three-year search, a buyer may have finally been found for Ipswich's former Odeon cinema, it emerged today.
2008-03-01
The Vic's screen goes dark tonight - The closing credits will roll tonight at the Vic, downtown Victoria's last single-screen movie house.
2008-03-01
Odeon: fanatical about film, unless that film is Rambo - Cinemagoers should be able to decide for themselves what to watch, without being punished for the petty feuds of big business
2008-03-01
Rambo fails to top UK box office - Sylvester Stallone's latest Rambo movie has failed to top the UK box office.
2008-03-01
Cinema revamp may spark ‘York prosperity’ - THE redevelopment of York's Odeon cinema could serve as a "launch pad" for a wider economic boom, according to a local councillor.
2008-03-01
MP slams 'extortionate' cinema sweet prices - A family of four face a £22 bill for sweets, drinks and popcorn at Boldon Cinema – and that is before the price of a ticket.
2008-03-01
Thousands taken in cinema hole-in-the-wall raid - INVERNESS police are awaiting results of forensic tests taken at the scene of a robbery — believed to have involved the theft of thousands of pounds — from a cash machine at the city's Vue cinema.
2008-03-01
Sounding the Alarm on DTS Inc. - DTS Inc. (DTSI) is a provider of digital multi-channel audio, or surround sound, to the consumer electronics market and Hollywood. The market is a duopoly for audio codecs, with Dolby (DLB) dominating the market. The “duopoly” is more like a monopoly with a second standard for the sake of competition (think Intel (INTC) and AMD (AMD)).
2008-03-01
Rambo shot down - by UK cinema chain - Pity Sylvester Stallone. Over the past year he's battled the heavyweight champion of the world at the age of 60, and taken on an evil military junta in the jungles of Burma - to say nothing of his off-screen tussles with Australian customs. But his latest battle, with the UK cinema chain Odeon, appears to have been lost.
2008-03-01
LOTTERY BOOST FOR REVOLUTIONARY TECHNOLOGY IN SUPPORTING UK RELEASE OF U2 3D - The UK Film Council’s Prints & Advertising Fund is backing U2 3D, the first-ever feature length live action film shot and exhibited in breakthrough digital 3D. Released on Friday 22 February by Revolver Entertainment, the film documents the band’s 2006 Buenos Aires concert in the Vertigo tour and is an exciting and immersive cinema-going experience unlike anything seen in cinema before.
2008-03-01
JPEG 2000 a great step forward for the archival community - The Digital Preservation Coalition has examined JPEG 2000 in a report published today. The report concludes that JPEG 2000 represents a great stride forward for the archival community. The format now allows for greater compression rates and a recompression rate that is visually lossless.
2008-03-01
The Makeup of Digital Cinema Server Systems - Digital Cinema server systems, in production for several years now, are reaching hundreds of placements in cinemas around the world. Digital Cinema harnesses disk based post-production, compilation, transport, distribution, and play-out technologies into an end-to-end solution.
2008-03-01
Schneider Optics Appoints D. Scott Dewald to Director of Product Development - Van Nuys, CA (PRWEB) February 27, 2008 -- Schneider Optics, Inc., the well-known lens and professional filter manufacturer, has announced the hiring of D. Scott Dewald as Director of Product Development. He will lead Schneider's international team on Digital Cinema development while simultaneously helping to expand and improve Schneider's entire optical product line.
2008-03-01
SMPTE Announces Call for Papers for the 2008 Technical Conference and Exhibition - The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) is seeking proposals for technical papers and tutorials for presentation during the 2008 SMPTE Technical Conference & Exhibition. Proposed papers are to be informational in nature and must address technical theory, application or practice associated with technologies relevant to the Motion Imaging Industry.
2008-03-01
Government offers lukewarm support for South Bank film centre
- The Government's long-awaited culture green paper published last week has offered cautious support for the British Film Institute's proposed Film Centre on the South Bank.
2008-03-01
MEL GIBSON - GIBSON BUYS AUSSIE CINEMA CHAIN - Hollywood star MEL GIBSON has completed a $19.44 million (GBP9.72 million) deal for his company Icon Film Distribution to takeover a popular cinema chain in Australia and New Zealand. Gibson and his business partner Bruce Davey have purchased the Dendy Cinema chain and distribution business via their Icon firm, making them owners of theatres in cities like Canberra, Brisbane and Melbourne. Warwick Syphers, the managing director of Dendy Cinema's previous owners Prime Media Group, said Icon's offer was attractive "on various parameters, including value, timing and transaction certainty." He adds, "They're fellows (at Icon) who I think are in the business very strongly in the distribution side. It would appear sensible and logical that if you're in that side of the business, it really helps to have a cinema distribution platform." Icon Film Distribution has recently experienced success with the Oscar-nominated movies I'm Not There and The Diving Bell And The Butterfly.
2008-03-01
FogScreen, Inc. Unveils Interactive Walk-Through Branding - SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- FogScreen, Inc., creators of the world's first walk-through projection screen made of "dry" fog, will be debuting new opportunities for nightclubs, bars and brands at the 2008 Nightclub & Bar Convention and Trade Show. The FogScreen(TM) Inia projection screen will be featured on the showroom floor to offer attendees a glimpse at the future of bar and nightclub branding and entertainment.
2008-03-01
Maplin intros virtual laser keyboard, type on any flat surface - Maplin has announced the availability of its Bluetooth Laser Key Projection Keyboard, a gadget that will project a keyboard onto any flat, non-reflective surface and allow you to type. It works by optically tracking finger movements, and incorporates both keyboard and mouse functions.
2008-03-01
Man robbed at knifepoint at Circle Cinema - Brookline - A Dorchester man, who allegedly held up a moviegoer at knifepoint in the parking lot of the Circle Cinema and led police on a foot chase, was arrested on drug and robbery charges last week.
2008-03-01
Cinema regeneration architect winners revealed - An architectural practice was chosen this morning to provide concept designs for the site of a former cinema in the centre of Royal Tunbridge Wells.
2008-03-01
Great Glasgow blaze probe continues - Investigations are continuing into a fire which damaged a restaurant, three bars and a historic cinema in a well-known area of Glasgow.
2008-03-01
Telephonetics signs 3-year cinema line call traffic deal with Kcom
- LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Telephonetics PLC said it has signed a three year deal with Kcom Group PLC to support cinema line call traffic.
2008-03-01
Hollywood star pays tribute to tiny cinema’s closing scene - A TOUCH of Hollywood glamour was brought to a quiet Welsh street at the weekend when one of the smallest cinemas in the world closed its doors for the last time.
2008-03-01
Fishing for revenues - GERMANY: A group of digital cinema suppliers have set up a project designed to look for new sources of cinema revenue.
2008-03-01
GE Provides $55 Million in Financing to Cinema Circuit Owner-Operator Reading International - NORWALK, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GE Commercial Finance’s Media, Communications & Entertainment business has provided $55 million in financing to Reading International (AMEX:RDI), a Commerce, Calif.-based cinema exhibition and real estate company. The financing will support Reading International’s acquisition of a number of cinemas in California and Hawaii, operated by Pacific Theatres Exhibition Corp. Reading International currently owns and operates a majority of leasehold assets in Australia and New Zealand making this acquisition a key component for its plans to expand its presence in the United States.
2008-03-01
Cinema gets revamp and hosts festival - AN historic cinema in Tenbury Wells has been selected as a venue for Britain's largest rural film festival, just months after it was devastated by flood water.
2008-03-01
Starry last night for tiny cinema - The smallest cinema in Wales - a 23-seat former railway carriage in a Swansea back garden - has been given a star-studded farewell.
2008-03-01
Death of Bob Webb, DSM - Following his demob, Bob returned to his job at the Regal cinema, before later transferring to the Clifton as head projectionist. He became expert at the operation of the projection equipment, and prided himself on the speed at which he could repair a broken film against a background of boos and catcalls from the auditorium.
2008-03-01
Bligh to enact never-used powers to save Regent theatre - EXTRAORDINARY but never used powers held by the State Government will be exploited as part of a bid to save Brisbane's historic Regent theatre.
2008-03-01
Curtain raised on lost picture palaces - It was September 22, 1937, and the gamine young actress had been pressed into opening the new Granada cinema with her husband Sonny Hale.
2008-03-01
Renovation Plans Proceeding for Theater - THE Pelham Picture House’s third annual gala, held earlier this month at the Hilton Rye Town in Rye, brought the historic theater another step and half a million dollars closer to fulfilling its mission of becoming a hub for independent film in southern Westchester. The goal of the event, said Jennifer S. Christman, the theater’s executive director, was to ensure a significant percentage of the capital needed for the Campaign for Renewal, which encompasses the restoration and expansion of the theater.
2008-03-01
The movie starting on platform six - Kneehigh's lively version of Noel Coward's classic brings the dreariness of pre-war Britain to life
2008-03-01
Film fan thrown out of cinema for bringing own sweets - A cinema sweet price row has started after a film fan was stopped and searched - because he had brought his own bag of sweets.
2008-03-01
Mum may sue cinema after her daughter falls 14ft - A MUM has said she is considering legal action against a cinema operator after her daughter fell 14ft from a balcony.
2008-03-01
Seaside cinema closure threatened - Film fans in a west Wales seaside town are being urged to use their local cinema or risk losing it altogether.
2008-03-01
Ballantyne's Cinema Screen Subsidiary Enters Long-Term Supply Agreement with IMAX for Large Scale Cinema Screens - OMAHA, Neb. - (Business Wire) Ballantyne of Omaha, Inc. (Amex: BTN), a motion picture projection, digital cinema and specialty lighting equipment and services provider, announced today that its Marcel Desrochers Inc. (MDI) subsidiary, doing business as Strong Screen Systems, has entered into a long-term supply agreement with IMAX Corp. (NASDAQ: IMAX). Under the agreement Strong Screen Systems/MDI will provide coated cinema screen sheets and structural screen frames (the key components of a cinema screen system) for use with IMAX
2008-03-01
Power cut leaves cinema in dark - Cinemagoers were left in darkness when Clapham Picture House was affected by a power cut at 6.45pm this evening.
2008-03-01
GFF News Update: Cineworld Closed - by Robert Duffin - The GFF team sadly announced today that due to technical problems, the Cineworld on Renfrew Street has been closed for the foreseeable future. All cancelled performances will be honoured or rescheduled and anyone with a ticket should take it to the Glasgow Film Theatre Box Office.
2008-03-01
Stop the movie snacks rip-off - But while people flock to the cinema, today we expose the rip-off cost of the snacks sold inside.
2008-03-01
Poles gear up for a trip to the Galaxy - Specialist movie season set for Luton cinema
2008-03-01
Preview: The Movieum Museum - Today, London’s new movie museum, The Movieum (geddit?), has opened its door to the public, catering to the interest of those, who were left wanting, when the Museum of Moving Image (MOMI) was closed in 1999. The Movieum, situated in County Hall on the South Bank, claims to be both tactile and academic, displaying props and sets from a variety of British films, as well as organising occasional events, permanent exhibitions, and film education.
2008-03-01
Turning 3-D into a business - RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. -- A call for industry standards for stereoscopic 3-D, both for theatrical release and in the home, was hammered home during a 3-D presentation Wednesday at the Hollywood Post Alliance's annual Technology Retreat.
2008-03-01
May opening for cinema - ANDOVER'S eagerly awaited new four-screen cinema will open its doors to the public on 14 May - and the first film on screen is expected to be the new Indiana Jones film.
2008-03-01
Flooded cinema set to reopen - A SHEFFIELD cinema devastated by last summer's floods will reopen later this month following a
2008-03-01
Hope for cinema - EXPERTS are to visit Barry’s under-threat Theatre Royal cinema to assess it for listing as a building of special architectural or historic interest.
2008-03-01
A GLASGOW cinema was evacuated today (Tuesday) after an electrical scare. - The Fire Service was called to the Cineworld Cinema in Renfrew Street after an alarm was raised
2008-03-01
Doremi's Cinema Server Provides 3D Playback On 80% of Hannah Montana Screens - Doremi's DCP-2000 cinema server provides 3D playback on 80% of the screens for Disney's record breaking 3D film
2008-03-01
3D Rocks the Future - Digital 3D will spark revolution in cinema that could be comparable to the introduction of colour Digital 3D screens in the UK set to increase tenfold by 2012
2008-03-01
REALD 3D BRINGS U2 3D HOME - Groundbreaking 3D Concert Film's European Premiere in RealD 3D Rocks Band's Hometown of Dublin
2008-03-01
Ballantyne's Cinema Screen Subsidiary Enters Long-Term Supply Agreement with IMAX for Large Scale Cinema Screens - Ballantyne of Omaha, Inc. (Amex: BTN), a motion picture projection, digital cinema and specialty lighting equipment and services provider, announced today that its Marcel Desrochers Inc. (MDI) subsidiary, doing business as Strong Screen Systems, has entered into a long-term supply agreement with IMAX Corp. (NASDAQ: IMAX). Under the agreement Strong Screen Systems/MDI will provide coated cinema screen sheets and structural screen frames (the key components of a cinema screen system) for use with IMAX's proprietary large format digital, analog and 3-D projection systems.
2008-03-01
Hoyts backers to buy UK cinema ad group - The Australian private equity firm behind the national Hoyts cinema chain is plotting to buy a theatre advertising company in the UK.
