November 2009
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2009-11-24
German nationwide digital exhibition plan in tatters - An all-industry solution for a nationwide digital roll-out in German cinemas has stalled after the UCI Kinowelt cinema chain refused to withdraw its legal action against the German Federal Film Board (FFA).
Source: ScreenDaily
2009-11-24
All change at the pictures - ASK anyone who grew up in Leeds in the 1950s and 60s and chances are they will be able to tell you the name of their local cinema
Source: Yorkshire Evening Post
2009-11-24
Carlton Cinemas to close in December - No longer able to compete with flashy multiplexes, the Carlton Cinemas will close early next month after Cineplex Entertainment decided not to renew its lease on the space.
Source: The Global and Mail
2009-11-24
Water company secures cinema deal - A COMPANY that specialises in bottled spa water has secured a lucrative deal with a national cinema chain.
Source: The Businessdesk
2009-11-24
Arts Alliance Media signs UK digital deal with Reel Cinemas - European digital provider Arts Alliance Media (AAM) has signed an agreement with UK regional exhibitor Reel Cinemas to digitise all 60 of Reel’s screens.
Source: ScreenDaily
2009-11-24
Campaign to save cinema - A CAMPAIGN to save the cinema complex and bowling alley in Thurso, which closed earlier this year, has been launched by a local pressure group
Source: John O' Groat Journal
2009-11-24
Jaw-dropping cinema nears - THE region's first digital IMAX cinema screen is due to open at Gateshead MetroCentre on December 16
Source: JournalLive
2009-11-24
Imax 3D cinema opens soon - WALES’ first Imax 3D cinema is set to open in Cardiff Bay next month.
Source: Wales Online
2009-11-24
Charlie Chaplin museum planned at screen legend's last home in Switzerland - GENEVA — Charlie Chaplin's last home in Switzerland will be turned into a permanent place of pilgrimage for fans of the actor who immortalized the "Little Tramp," one of his sons said Monday.
Source: Sf Examiner
2009-11-24
AAM inks deal with Denmark Digital - LONDON -- British-based d-cinema integrator Arts Alliance Media (AAM) has sealed a $9 million deal with Denmark Digital, a group of 31 Danish independent cinemas, to convert around 60 screens across the country to digital, the parties said Tuesday. AAM already has Virtual Print Fee (VPF) deals in place with five of the Studios -- Twentieth Century Fox, Universal, Paramount, Sony Pictures and Disney -- and these studios will be brought in under this agreement as part of the existing deals
Source: Hollywood Reporter
2009-11-17
ITV puts Carlton Screen Advertising contracts into liquidation - UK commercial broadcaster ITV has put its remaining interests in cinema advertising company, Carlton Screen Advertising (CSA), into voluntary liquidation. It appointed Grant Thornton to handle the process on October 26.
Source: Screendaily
2009-11-17
Unseen colour 3D film of Queens Coronation to be broadcast for first time - Unseen colour 3D newsreel of the Queen’s Coronation, which was lost in an archive for more than 50 years, is to be broadcast for the first time.
Source: Daily Telegraph
2009-11-17
Zoo Digital to help restore nations films - DVD software specialist Zoo Digital has won a £350,000 grant to work on restoring Britains archive of thousands of films.
Source: Yorkshire Post
2009-11-17
End of era for Savoy Cinema - THE FINAL curtain is set to fall on a much-loved independent cinema.
Source: Stockport Express
2009-11-17
St Albans cinema set to rise from the ashes - CINEMA entrepreneur James Hannaway has launched a £3 million bid to restore the fortunes of the Odeon in St Albans in the same way as he has done at The Rex in Berkhamsted.
Source: Herts Ad
2009-11-17
Dorset deaf missing out on cinema - DEAF people are missing out on the latest Hollywood blockbusters because the major cinemas in Bournemouth and Poole are not showing films with subtitles, it is claimed.
Source: Bournemouth Echo
2009-11-17
Cinema goers celebrate Odeon resurrection - CINEMA-GOERS say they are delighted that James Hannaway could bring back films to the doomed Odeon in London Road
Source: St Albans Review
2009-11-17
Oscar actress inspires cinema bid - Oscar-winning actress Tilda Swinton has been the inspiration behind a new groups bid to reopen the first cinema in a Highlands town since the 1970s.
Source: BBC News
2009-11-17
Opinion - St Albans Civic Society welcomes cinema announcement - St Albans Civic Society welcomes the news that the former Odeon may well arise from grievous dereliction and become a cinema again – thanks to James Hannaway of The Rex, Berkhamsted.
Source: St Albans Review
2009-11-17
Financing 101: Digital Cinema - Exhibitors today are faced with several options for acquiring digital cinema equipment. If seeking a financing plan in which studios provide financial assistance through the virtual print fee mechanism, it is worth taking time to understand the hurdles to financing such deals.
Source: Digital Cinema Report
2009-11-17
Kinepolis deploys SmartJog solution for storage & D-cinema delivery - European exhibitor, Kinepolis Group, has selected SmartJogs Digital Cinema Central Library Servers to use in all of its 23 theaters.
Source: Business of Cinema
2009-11-17
Ten-year wait for new cinema over - A 1,000-seat multiplex cinema has opened in Berkshire after a 10-year campaign by residents.
Source: BBC News
2009-11-17
Plans to create an extra screen at York’s Reel Cinema have hit a glitch with City of York Council - A conservation officer has said he cannot support proposed internal alterations to the former Odeon building which would allow for the installation of a small fourth screen.
Source: York Press
2009-11-17
Special_advanced_showing_of_St_Albans_Odeon - St Albans and Harpenden Review reporter Adam Binnie visits The Rex to see whats in store for the London Road cinema.;Cinema-goers in St Albans can soon look forward to the Odeon reopening thanks to Rex owner James Hannaway. St Albans and Harpenden Review reporter Adam Binnie visited The Rex, in Berkhamsted to see whats in store for the London Road cinema.
Source: This is local london
2009-11-11
Space, AAM sign digital deal - ROME -- Anticipating the release of James Camerons "Avatar" along with a slew of other upcoming 3D pics, Italys top exhibition chain, the Space Cinema, has inked a deal with leading European digital cinema company Arts Alliance Media to digitalize its multiplex circuit.
Source: Variety
2009-11-11
Security fears after vandals hit old cinema - CAMPAIGNERS fighting to save a former B-listed cinema from demolition have called for better security after vandals broke into the historic building.
Source: Edinburgh News
2009-11-11
Cinema set to open next week - THE long wait for Newbury’s new cinema is nearly over. The new seven-screen cinema in Cheap Street, operated by Vue Entertainment, is due to open to the public next Friday (November 13).
Source: Newbury Today
2009-11-11
Real Images Qube XP-D is D-Cinemas official digital servers partner - South Korea-based D-Cinema Korea (DCK), a digital transition firm in Korea, has chosen Real Image Media Technologies (Real Image) Qube XP-D as one of the official digital cinema servers for its 1000 screen rollout across Korea.
Source: Indian Television
2009-11-11
Westfield faces White City legal battle - Westfield is facing a multi-million pound legal battle with a major US entertainment group that claims it was forced to pull out of a deal at the £1.7 billion White City development because the cinema complex was not built to agreed specifications.
Source: CNPLUS
2009-11-11
Kinepolis to deploy SmartJog servers for storage and digital delivery - European exhibitor Kinepolis Group selected SmartJog’s Digital Cinema Central Library Servers to use in all of its 23 theatres. The servers are capable of storing large amounts of content as well as receiving Digital Cinema Packages (DCPs) via satellite and fiber.
Source: Film Journal
2009-11-11
Abu Dhabi cinema chain invests in 4K projectors - Abu Dhabi cinema operator RoyalCine will install four Sony CineAlta 4K digital cinema projectors in its Delma Mall-based theatres, marking a first for the region in the rollout of 4K digital cinema technology.
Source: Digital Production Me
2009-11-11
Carlyle calls for ‘British’ screens in multiplexes - Actor Robert Carlyle has called on cinema chains to set up dedicated British screens in a bid to save the country’s film industry.
Source: Herald Scotland
2009-11-11
Industry slowly embracing new media - Hollywood seems stuck in first gear when it comes to the race to embrace the Digital Revolution.
After more than a decade of dithering over how to release film and TV content over the Internet and other new-media platforms -- and how aggressively to do so -- the industry remains tentative in its approach to digital distribution
Source: Film Journal
2009-11-11
Demolition starts on old cinema - Demolition work has started on Doncasters former Odeon cinema to make way for a new development.
Source: BBC News
2009-11-11
RealD Delivers Over 50% of $31 Million Opening Weekend Gross for Disneys A Christmas Carol - LOS ANGELES, Nov. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Theatres equipped with RealDs market-leading 3D cinema technology brought in nearly $16 million of the total box office for "Disneys A Christmas Carol" in Disney Digital 3D(tm), which earned an estimated $31 million during its opening weekend. The RealD box office total accounted for over 50% of the weekends receipts
Source: Dotnet
2009-11-11
Cinema projection goes digital: discussions continue - Representatives from the Cinema Exhibitors Association have met with BECTU to discuss the unions concerns about the future for projectionists as digital projection takes off.
Source: BECTU
2009-11-03
Viewers enjoy 3D experience at Wotton Electric Picture House - THE AUDIENCE at Wotton Electric Picture House could barely believe their eyes last weekend.
Source: Gazette Series
2009-11-03
Cinema booms as Britons seek escape from reality - Cineworld yesterday provided further evidence that the recession has only deepened the British publics love of the big screen. The listed operator of 77 cinemas in the UK and Republic of Ireland said that its box-office revenues – the number of admissions multiplied by prices – soared by 10.9 per cent over the 43 weeks to 22 October. This was despite it being up against a strong third quarter last year, when hordes of women were singing along to Abba songs in the blockbuster musical Mamma Mia!
Source: Independent
2009-11-03
This Is It: world awaits Michael Jackson premiere - Michael Jackson documentary This Is It will make cinema history when it premieres around the world tonight, but fans are divided over whether the film honours his memory. For further articles have a look at this link to Google News stories
Source: Telegraph
2009-11-03
Revenues rise at Cineworld, 3D movies boost market share - The UK and Ireland cinema operator Cineworld has reported a 6.5pc increase in revenue for the 43 weeks to 22 October 2009, noting the impact of 3D movies on its market share. See also this link from Google for related news stories
Source: Business and Leadership
2009-11-03
Christie® Delivers Broadest Range of Next-Generation Digital Cinema Projectors - Christie®, the leader in digital cinema projection technologies, will debut its next-generation digital cinema solutions, the Christie Solaria™ series, at ShowEast with the launch of the Christie CP2220 digital cinema projector. Recognized as “the future of digital cinema,” the projector features Texas Instruments’ (TI) (NYSE: TXN) next generation DLP Cinema® technology and an optional integrated 2K/4K media block. Christie’s next-generation 4K digital cinema projectors will display 4096 x 2160 pixels of resolution. While maintaining support for 2K external servers, these new models allow exhibitors to easily project 2K or 4K content, giving them the widest choice in digital cinema options. The Christie CP2220 with Doremi’s integrated media block will be on display at the Christie booth #1100.
Source: Business Wire
2009-11-03
Datasat Digital Entertainment and Qube Cinema Add Additional Format Capabilities to DC20 - With an ever-growing commitment to exhibitors, Datasat Digital Entertainment and Qube Cinema have developed additional playback formats within the DC20, their digital cinema server. Adding Flash and QuickTime has increased the flexibility and usability of the digital cinema server for customers running pre-show content.
Source: DCinema Today
2009-11-03
Hollywood Theaters upgrading screens to Sony 4k projectors - With some help from Sony, Hollywood Theaters is upgrading to 4K digital cinema, some of which that will do 3D. The project kicks off over the next few months when 13 locations will get the upgrade that consists of 167 screens all of which will all be going digital. On top of that, 53 of those screens will also support 3D movies thanks to RealD and circular polarized glasses. Of course we wont be happy until every theater in the US is digital and 3D, but this is a decent step in the right direction.
Source: Engadgethd.com
2009-11-03
Digital deals boost 3D - Warner Bros. and Overture Films have inked virtual print fee deals with digital cinema leader Cinedigm in the hopes of accelerating the installation of more 3D screens.
Source: Variety
2009-11-03
University launches campaign to revive birthplace of British cinema - A £1m donation by the MBI Al Jaber Foundation has launched a campaign to revive a historic cinema on London’s Regent Street.
Source: Cinema Business
2009-11-03
Quantum Digital provides satellite links for hmvcurzon - Quantum Digital has been selected by HMV and Curzon Artificial Eye to deploy satellite technology at its new hmvcurzon Wimbledon cinema, which opens to the public on Friday 23 October.
Source: Cinema Business
2009-11-03
Cinedigm to get $100 million in loans - MORRISTOWN, N.J. — Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp. said Wednesday it had received commitment letters from lenders for loans up to $100 million, which will allow 2,133 theater screens to be converted from film to digital projectors.
Source: Google News
2009-11-03
Digital cinema still a work in progress - ORLANDO (Hollywood Reporter) - The movie industry seems almost embarrassed about the prospect of promising too much too soon regarding digital cinema.
Source: Reuters
2009-11-03
Ray not giving up on saving historic Doncaster Odeon cinema - BULLDOZERS have started pulling down Doncasters historic Odeon cinema site – but campaigner Ray Nortrop is still refusing to admit it cannot be saved.
Source: The Star
2009-11-03
Picture sharpens for Digital Cinema rollout - The purse strings appear to be loosening for the long-delayed rollout of digital cinema.
Source: LA Times Blogs
2009-11-03
Barco announces Deliver Digital program - Digital projection company Barco announced “Deliver Digital,” a new program geared towards regional theatre circuits looking to convert to digital. The Deliver Digital program allows independent chains to compete with national circuits, with access to the same benefits, such as preferred financing terms and virtual print fees (VPFs).
Source: Filmjournal
2009-11-03
Silver Screen gets 3D films - This is not your grandparents’ 3-D - resign the 1950s-era cardboard glasses and fuzzy, odd-colored images to nostalgia
Source: Calisele Indepdent
2009-11-03
NEC’s three digital cinema projectors launched - NEC Display Solutions in the USA has just announced three cinema digital projectors with three levels of brightness for screens of up to 105 foot wide. The projectors are due to reach the UK market by November 2009.
Source: JP-UK
2009-11-03
Government will not call in Bradford planning bid - Plans to redevelop the site of Bradford’s former Odeon cinema have cleared a major hurdle.
Source: The Telegraph and Argus
2009-11-03
Cinema is now Corbys top priority - Films could replace shows on the site of Corbys former theatre.
Source: Northanset
2009-11-03
U.K. exhibitor inks digital deals - LONDON -- U.K. based Digital Deployment Associates signed long-term deals with 20th Century Fox, Paramount Pictures International and Walt Disney Studios to roll out digital projectors and technology across Odeon and UCI Cinemas Group, the parties said Sunday.
Source: Hollywood Reporter
