September 2008
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2008-09-30
Digital cinema looks south - Latin America is slowly waking up to digital cinema. While still far behind the U.S., Europe and Asia, the number of DCI-grade digital systems south of the border has tripled in the past year—from around 15 systems in the fall of 2007 to approximately 50 expected by the end of 2008. Mexico will have 16 systems, Brazil 15 and Ecuador four, with the rest in Chile, Peru and Argentina. Even the Falkland Islands, possibly the first country in the world to go 100% digital, has upgraded their single screen in Stanley with digital 3D.
Source: Film Journal
2008-09-30
Feel good films lift cinema to 40 year audience high - The film that brought back the music of the 70s has helped lift cinema audiences to a 40-year high.
Source: The Herald
2008-09-30
NY judge - Nibble on cinema popcorn at own risk - NEW YORK -- Movie munchers beware! A New York judge says popcorn purchasers worried about breaking a tooth on unpopped kernels should nibble carefully - or eat something else.
Source: Star-Telegram
2008-09-30
UK exhibitors urged to boycott Revolver's all-platform release - The UK's Cinema Exhibitors Association (CEA) has called on members to boycott Revolver Entertainment's planned Boxing Day release of Mum & Dad simultaneously on theatrical, DVD and online platforms.
Source: Screen Daily
2008-09-30
Theaters, studios near deal for digital projection - LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - A consortium of the nation's top movie-theater chains will announce within two weeks a $1 billion-plus financing agreement with four major studios to equip more than 15,000 screens nationwide with digital-projection systems during the next three years.
Source: Reuters
2008-09-30
France Telecom's film investment up for debate - PARIS -- Things are heating up at France Telecom as company president Didier Lombard and the nation's film industry engage in a tete-a-tete over how much the company should invest in French cinema. Lombard said at MIPTV in April that his company planned to launch "Orange Cinema Series," a subscription television service spanning all media platforms. The new product would offer new films, TV series and catalog titles through exclusive content deals with Warner Bros. International.....
Source: Hollywood Reporter
2008-09-30
Brits turn to the cinema and tea room during economic gloom - Families are turning to the cinema and the tea room during the economic downturn as a cheaper form of entertainment.
Source: Daily Telegraph
2008-09-30
Cinema blow for traders - The Daily Echo can reveal that the launch of Eastleigh’s £25m cinema and leisure complex expected to open for Christmas has been delayed until next Easter.
Source: Daily Echo
2008-09-30
Film club wins top award - LOUTH Film Club is celebrating after taking the top prize at this year's Film Society of the Year Awards on Saturday and also winning the most important category prize, for its 2008/9 programme of films.
Source: Louth Leader
2008-09-30
Former Odeon unsafe says survey - A new structural survey has “proved the case” for the demolition of the derelict Odeon cinema, say developers who want to regenerate the city centre site.
Source: The Telegraph and Argus
2008-09-30
Cinema revamp plans go on display - Plans for a £55m development on the site of Bradford's historic Odeon cinema are being put on public display.
Source: BBC News
2008-09-30
Crunch meeting ahead for cinema campaigners - A CRUNCH meeting between the owners of Harborough's former Kwik Save site and an Australian businessman hoping to turn it into a cinema takes place on Monday.
Source: Harborough Mail
2008-09-30
Artistes protest tax on cinema industry - Cinema hall owners across the country have closed their business Monday to protest the decision of the new government imposing compulsory tax on cinema industry.
Source: Nepal News
2008-09-30
Damian Barr welcomes you to the quiet revolution - The crunching of popcorn, the seemingly bottomless rustling bag, the bleeping mobile — this is the soundtrack of modern cinema, an horrific remix that sets my pulse racing more than any thriller. Fearing a Falling Down-style freak-out I’ve avoided going to the cinema for more than a year.
Source: The Times
2008-09-30
Fire closes Boulevard Cinema - It’s curtains at the Boulevard Cinema in Napanee, but just for a few weeks, after a fire Tuesday night that caused damage in the lobby. The theatres and hallway also sustained water and smoke damage.
Source: Napanee Guide
2008-09-30
Adlabs crosses 10,000 shows on 2K digital cinema format - MUMBAI: Adlabs Films Limited, a member of the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, has crossed the milestone of over 10,000 successful shows in the true 2K Digital Cinema format.
Source: Indian Television
2008-09-30
The last picture show for cinema stalwart Geoff - For Geoff Sale, it was the summer to beat all summers – but for all the wrong reasons.
Source: Gazette News
2008-09-30
Tiny village theatre gets major award - A theatre company based in a tiny Norfolk village is now to be ranked alongside London's Old Vic Theatre, National Theatre and Royal Opera House after winning a prestigious industry award.
Source: Dereham Times
2008-09-30
Theatre saved from closure by Mamma Mia - THE oldest theatre in Wales, set to shut for good this month because it had run out of money, has been saved thanks to hit Abba musical film Mamma Mia!
Source: Wales Online
2008-09-30
Writer of Mamma Mia! joins the Wotton Cinema - The volunteers at the Electric Picture House in Wotton under Edge Gloucestershire, are celebrating the arrival of its first Patron Catherine Johnson, the playwright and screenwriter who created the popular show and subsequent film Mamma Mia! Catherine joined up as an associate member of the volunteers known as “Team Electric” at the all-Digital Cinema and has agreed to become their first Patron.
Source: Press Release
2008-09-26
A projector in your pocket? - After a number of stories relating to mobile phones which are being developed with projectors built into them, one is about to be released in October this year. The article below appeared in THe London Lite the other night. What I found really intersting is that it is going to use a laser which means that no focusing is required!
Source: London Lite
2008-09-25
Coming soon to ailing cinemas - wedding videos - As multiscreen cinemas march down the Italian peninsula, sweeping away historic city centre cinemas, a small independent screen in Puglia has stumbled on a secret weapon to fight back.
Source: The Guardian
2008-09-25
Plans for Gateshead's first casino revealed - The casino is part of an estimated £10m scheme by Gill Properties for the site formerly occupied by the Odeon Cinema, which was demolished in 2003. The land has become an overgrown eyesore in recent years until a recent tidy-up.
Source: Chronicle Live
2008-09-25
Eight-screen cinema complex lined up for Tropicana scheme in Weston-super-Mare - CINEMA operator Vue has signed up to run a complex within the proposed £48-million Tropicana scheme in Weston-super-Mare.
Source: This is Bristol
2008-09-25
Pearl & Dean win deal to handle Showcase Cinema advertising - LONDON - Pearl & Dean has scooped a deal to handle the advertising for Showcase Cinemas from Digital Cinema Media, the sales house formerly known as Carlton Screen Advertising, who handled the account for the last six years.
Source: Brand Republic
2008-09-23
Future of Euro D-Cinema Hinges on 3D - Digital cinema growth remains slow in Europe, although the promise of 3-D and assists from government subsidies might quicken its pace.
Source: Fullres [blog]
2008-09-23
Cinema to open its doors to movie fans - Movie lovers will soon be able to watch their favourite films at the new cinema of the National Film and Television School and are being invited to join up for the privilege.
Source: Buckinghamshire Advertiser
2008-09-23
Dolby 3D Digital Cinema Expands Worldwide As Demand Grows For Digital 3D - Dolby Laboratories, Inc. announced today that shipments of Dolby
Source: Widescreen Review
2008-09-23
Dolby gets into eyewear - Jeffrey Katzenberg, CEO at Dreamworks SKG, speaking at the IBC electronics trade show in Amsterdam, predicted that a new breed of optician was about to emerge, catering for high-quality 3D-suitable eyewear. Dolby is ready with its branded 3D specs
Source: Rapid TV News
2008-09-23
Plans go on public show - People will be given the chance to examine the
Source: Telegraph & Argus
2008-09-23
Cinemas starring role in duos scary movie - Two Sheffield film-makers are scaring the pants off audiences with their unique brand of horror. Polly Rippon reports.
Source: The Star
2008-09-23
Dolby sings for Doremi - A digital cinema player that supports the Dolby 3D Digital Cinema system is among Doremis latest innovations. The DCP-2000 is the most widely used JPEG 2000 DCI digital cinema player worldwide with over 6000 installed to date. At IBC2008 this industry workhorse adds the ability to play DCI Digital Cinema Packages (DCP) to present stereoscopic 3D movies. The DCP-2000 is 2k native but can extend to 4k with the addition of the MB-4k media block.
Source: Fullres [Blog]
2008-09-23
Pealr & Dean signs up Showcase - Pealr & Dean have just announced that they have just signed up Showcase Cinemas along with the AMC circuit. This gives P&D 33% of cinema admissions and 44% of sites.
Source: Pearl & Dean
2008-09-18
Experts offer to look at Odeon interior - Experts at the Cinema Theatre Association have offered to examine the interior of Bradford
Source: Telegraph & Argus
2008-09-18
Fire breaks out at abandoned cinema - SANDAKAN: A fire broke out at an abandoned cinema in Tanah Merah yesterday.
Source: New Sabah Times
2008-09-18
Film fans given first look of the city's new cinema screens - FILM fans have been given a sneak preview of the new cinema at Derby's
Source: This is Derbyshire
2008-09-18
Structural damage forces closure of cinema - A decade of bringing the big screen to local audiences has come to an abrupt end following the closure of the Cobar Cinema last night.
Source: Cobar Age
2008-09-18
Real Image Media gets US patent for ad distribution & tracking system - CHENNAI: Real Image Media Technologies (P) Ltd. announced today that the United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued patent 7,353,270 B2 for the company's media and advertising distribution and tracking system (DATS). The Government of India had already issued patent nos. 202969 and 202980 for this system earlier.
Source: Indian Television
2008-09-18
Historic Hollywood cinema for sale - LOS ANGELES (AFP) - The historic Hollywood cinema El Capitan, where "Citizen Kane" had its world premier, is up for sale for 31 million dollars, the owners told the Los Angeles Times Wednesday.
Source: Yahoo
2008-09-18
Empire Ealing Closes - This cinema in now closed for redevelopment.
Source: Empire Cinemas
2008-09-17
KINOTON AT 60 - Founded in 1948 in Munich, Germany as a small installation and service provider for cinemas, Kinoton GmbH has grown into one of the world’s most respected names in film projection technology.
Source: Film Journal
2008-09-17
Screenings Will Be Adults Only for Trial Period - VUE cinema in Hamilton will be offering over-18 film screenings throughout September for the movie goers of the local area to gauge the reaction.
Source: Hamilton Advertiser
2008-09-17
Curzon Cinema Closes - URMSTON, GREATER MANCHESTER, ENGLAND — After a long struggle to keep this cinema open it has lost the battle. The last of three in the district, the owners tried so much but it needed too much renovation work and it became financial liability. The loss of the Empress, the Palace, and now this, means there isn’t a local cinema anymore.
Source: Cinema Treasures
2008-09-17
NATO's Cinema Buying Group inks 3D deal with RealD - Mumbai: Cinema Buying Group (CBG), a buying program for independent theaters administered by the National Association of Theatre Owners, has announced an agreement with digital 3D experience provider RealD to bring next-generation 3D capability to CBG's independent cinemas, currently totaling over 8,000 screens in the United States and Canada.
Source: Business of Cinema
2008-09-17
'Guardian angel' disappears from former Odeon Cinema - A GUARDIAN angel painted on the former Odeon Cinema building in St Albans has been covered up by the district council.
Source: The Herts Advertiser
2008-09-17
Women thrown out of cinema for refusing snack search - Lizzy B's Cinema in Kaiapoi evicted four women, three of them grandmothers, who refused to allow staff to search their handbags for illicit snacks and drinks.
Source: Stuff.co.nz
2008-09-17
Mummy's the word at cinema centre launch - SkyCity Cinemas opens its newest multiplex at Westfield Manukau next weekend, ready for the school holidays and the arrival of the blockbuster film Mummy - Tomb of the Dragon Emperor.
Source: New Zealand Herald
2008-09-17
Small cinemas unite to survive / Syndicate aims to woo filmgoers back from huge complexes - A new cinema syndicate comprising mainly small regional movie theaters began operating this month.
Source: Daily Yomiuri
2008-09-17
The Future of Theatre Digital - nowing and understanding the standards in any industry is imperative for success, however I would argue this is the case even more so if you are wanting to break into the entertainment industry. It has been three years since the Digital Cinema Initiative (DCI) published recommendations for how distributors and theaters should handle movies distributed and exhibited digitally. The recommendations have since turned into standards and the Digital Cinema industry went through a burst of activity and growth. There are now over 6,300 digital screens worldwide and major movies are now distributed digitally as well as with film.
Source: Vcorp Services Blog
2008-09-17
Scrabble to digitise 200 screens - MUMBAI: Thanks to the efforts of Scrabble Entertainment, multiplexes will now no more have to share movie prints and limit screenings.
Source: DNA India
2008-09-17
Dolby 3D Digital Cinema Expands Worldwide as Demand Grows for Digital 3D - Dolby Emerges as a Leading 3D Provider in Europe and Asia and Announces New Installations in North America
Source: Yahoo
2008-09-17
Universal Pics, Disney to back cinema upgrade -WSJ - Sept 8 - Universal Pictures and Walt Disney Co
Source: Yahoo
2008-09-17
Blow dealt to cinema bid - N AUSTRALIAN businessman wanting to resurrect Harborough's former Ritz Cinema is staying optimistic despite councillors giving the go-ahead to demolish the building for flats and a shop.
Source: Harborough Mail
2008-09-17
Lease charges rub some of the glamour off Odeon Cinemas - ODEON & UCI Cinemas has plunged further into the red, with pre-tax losses increasing more than 79 per cent to 㿣.4million, due to prohibitive lease charges on a number of its sites.
Source: Credit Finance Guide
2008-09-17
Cinema multiplex work resumes - PLATTSBURGH -- A 12-cinema multiplex being built on the north end of the Town of Plattsburgh is projected to be open for the upcoming holiday season.
Source: Press Republican
2008-09-17
Ward Anderson firm records profit boost - One of the main companies in the Ward Anderson cinema group has recorded a major improvement in its finances.
Source: The Post
2008-09-17
Digital Cinema Deal Not Quite Done - DCIP funding awaits fourth studio pact -- The Wall Street Journal reported Monday that Universal and Disney had reached agreement with Digital Cinema Implementation Partners, the biggest exhib consortium without a studio deal for digital cinemas, on "virtual print fees" and financing for the conversion of thousands of additional screens.
Source: Hollywood Byte
2008-09-17
Cinema chain banks on finding U.S. moviegoers willing to pay $35 a tickets - Movie fans will be able to experience the comfort and pampering of first-class flying when luxury cinemas open in dozens of cities, including Ontario, over the next several years.
Source: Press Enterprise
2008-09-17
New Eco Cinema for Northwest London - KENSAL RISE, LONDON, ENGLAND — Self-made millionaire Sally Wilton is to launch an 80 seat all digital cinema in Northwest London next month called the Lexi Cinema.
Source: Cinema Treasures
2008-09-17
Anti-piracy award for Adlabs - MUMBAI: Adlabs has become the first motion picture services facility in India and Asia, to be awarded certification by the UK's industry body Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT).
Source: Hindu Business Line
2008-09-17
FogScreen launches AV Integrator Programme - UK - FogScreen is exhibiting at PLASA08 on stand D72 a seamless 3 x One projection screen installation. The FogScreen One (one meter) and Inia (two meter) both utilise patented technology to create a thin layer of fog that is dry to the touch and environmentally safe. The one-meter-wide screen provides the option of seamlessly linking with additional FogScreen One projection devices to create a fog-canvas as large as the imagination desires.
Source: LSI Online
2008-09-17
Doremi presents new Digital Cinema, 4K and HD products - Doremi Technologies is a leading developer and manufacturer of video servers for the broadcast and professional markets and has achieved a leading position in the Digital Cinema market with Doremi Cinema products. With over 10,000 installations worldwide its technology continually breaks cost barriers, delivering high quality and performance at affordable prices. Products include high-performance compressed and uncompressed video servers and players operating up to 4K, as well as converters for HDMI, DVI, and SD/HD video.
Source: Sypha Online
2008-09-17
D-LINK: D-Link to provide network backbone in digital cinema rollout across Europe - LONDON, UK, Sep 10, 2008 (M2 PRESSWIRE via COMTEX) D-Link has today announced that Arts Alliance Media (AAM), one of Europe's leading providers of digital film distribution services, has selected D-Link to supply the network infrastructure for each of the digital cinemas being rolled-out by AAM. The agreement will enable existing cinemas across Europe to make the transition to fully digital cinemas, thus providing an optimised viewing experience for film-goers.
Source: Trading Markets
2008-09-17
Picture house is thriving in modern era - A TRADITIONAL 1930s picture house which had been facing closure after massive losses is now secure as record numbers of visitors return after a major refurbishment.
Source: EADT 24
2008-09-17
AccessIT Announces Agreement with Overture Films for Content and Virtual Print Fees in Time for the Highly Anticipated Righteous Kill - Access Integrated Technologies, Inc. ("AccessIT") (NASDAQ:AIXD), the global leader in digital cinema, announced today that Overture Films (Overture) will provide all of their movies to digital cinema equipped theatres in AccessIT's Phase 1 digital cinema plan and will pay virtual print fees (VPFs) under a ten year agreement similar to those signed by all the other major studios. This agreement expands upon the strong relationship the companies have built since Overture's inception last year, as Overture is already a customer of both AccessIT's distribution software and satellite delivery services.
Source: Trading Markets
2008-09-17
Reel lie above the electric cinema - Jon Perks meets the couple for whom the term ‘home cinema’ has a whole new meaning.
Source: Birmingham Post
2008-09-17
Accessit Signs VPF deal with Overture Films - When it comes to virtual print fees all the talk lately has been about which studios have signed with Digital Cinema Implementation Partners, however there are other integrators signing distributors to VPF deals. For instance, AccessIT announced on Wednesday that they had reached a ten year VPF agreement with Overture Films to show the indie distributors films in digital cinema equipped theatres that were a part of the the integrator’s Phase 1 rollout.
Source: Celluloidjunkie Blog
2008-09-17
RealD 3D and Christie Showcase Largest Single 3D Projection at IBC - 3D to be seen larger, brighter and clearer executives to discuss future of 3D and alternative ways to present stereo images.
Source: Marketwatch
2008-09-17
Historic Camden theater eyed for future cinema - CAMDEN (Sep 12): The Camden Cinema Committee is considering the historic movie theater at 10 Mechanic St. where "Peyton Place" premiered in 1957 as a possible location of a future Camden cinema.
Source: Village Soup
2008-09-17
US gets first solar powered cinema - A movie theatre in Fairfax, California is the first US multiplex cinema to take advantage of solar power, its owners claim.
Source: Business Green
2008-09-17
Fade Out for Projectionists - So I’m at a wedding party and I’m talking to a movie theater projectionist about the trade. There is no trade he tells me. As more theaters have invested in digital projection technologies, the notion of a journeyman projectionist who knows how to cut film, load platters and thread the great heaving apparata that make the pictures move, is going the way of the zoetrope. Apparently, these days, distributors send theater managers a data cube – a sort of flash drive – loaded with the film and its constituent data… and a password. According to the projectionist, some kid then puts the cube in the machine, inputs the code, and then pushes play. Apparently, the cube is just a patch before they get the satellite distribution model worked out and the cube and the kid are cut out of the equation. And the whole thing is password protected to prevent hi-tech piracy, you know, by the kid.
Source: Daedalushowell Blog
2008-09-17
Europa Cinemas to debate dangers of D-cinema switchover - Europa Cinemas will examine the potential threat posed to cinemas across Europe by digital switchover at its 13th annual conference in Paris in November.
Source: Screen Daily
2008-09-17
Dolby sets new price high performance, reusuable 3D glasses - SAN FRANCISCO, Sep 15, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (DLB 40.96, +1.15, +2.9%) today announced that it has reduced the price of its reusable 3D glasses. Starting today, Dolby exhibitors can purchase new 3D glasses at a list price of US $27.50, reduced from US $39.00, making them even more cost-effective.
Source: Marketwatch
2008-09-17
MediaMerge Unveils New Media Server Technology at 2008 Giant Screen Cinema Association International Conference - Jersey City, NJ (PRWEB) September 16, 2008 -- Delegates at the 2008 Giant Screen Cinema Association International Conference got a first look at MediaMerge's ShowSource™3D, during the trade show at the Liberty Science Center in Jersey City, NJ.
Source: PR Web
2008-09-17
Flagship cinema for Newquay - The company which plans to build a new cinema in Newquay is promising it will be one of the South West's flagship entertainment venues.
Source: This is Cornwall
2008-09-17
XDC Signs Cooperation Agreement with More2Screen For European Digital Distribution Services - The initial agreement signed between XDC and More2Screen is for the technology cinema services required for the distribution of content in digital file format to digital screens installed in Benelux, UK, Ireland, Austria, Spain, Germany, Russia, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland. Other territories should be added soon.
Source: Digital Cinema Buyers Guide
2008-09-17
Cinerama projection booth uptown theater Washington DC - Taped around 1996 during the revival of Return of the Jedi, this is in the projection booth of the Uptown Theater in Washington DC, a former Todd-AO and Cinerama house with a giant curved screen. The projectionist was Steve Guttag, who in 2003 described, online, the theater and his tenure there:
Source: Best Home Theater Subwoofers [Blog]
2008-09-17
Regal Entertainment Group Announces Extensive Remodeling and New Amenities for Fredericksburg Theatre - KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Sep 15, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Regal Entertainment Group, a leading motion picture exhibitor owning and operating the largest theatre circuit in the United States, today announced remodeling plans for Regal Cinemas in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Construction is expected to begin in the fourth quarter and is scheduled to be complete by the summer of 2009. The theatre will remain open continuously throughout the process.
Source: Market Watch
2008-09-04
Digital cinema supplanting 35 mm film in theaters - For die-hard movie fans, it's hard to imagine, but the day might soon arrive when film will join dead media like VHS and Betamax in the dusty junk drawer of history.
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2008-09-04
Suspicious fire forces cinema evacuations - A fire at a grocery shop in Glen Waverley last night is being treated as suspicious.
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2008-09-04
High-roller profit up but no silver screen - SkyCity Entertainment Group has reversed its fortunes in its high-roller international VIP business but had a poor showing from its cinema assets.
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2008-09-04
Cinema auctions off film memorabilia - A WESTCOUNTRY cinema held a charity auction of its film memorabilia ahead of its closure this October.
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2008-09-04
Cinema attendance drops to record low - Swiss cinemas haven't been spared the economic downturn and have reported their worst figures since records began in 1995.
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2008-09-04
Train station hosts drive-in cinema - Eurostar hosted a drive-in cinema in the car park of its Ebbsfleet International station over the bank holiday weekend. Reporter Michael Purton went to a screening to sample the drive-in experience.
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2008-09-04
Future sounds bright - One vintage 1970s component speaker used to be all moviegoers would hear when they watched a film at the Broadway Theatre.
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2008-09-04
THE ROLLOUT ROLLS ON - After months of inching along, the U.S. digital-cinema rollout is finally showing signs of momentum again as we move into the second phase of deployments with what will eventually amount to over a billion dollars of equipment purchased. In July 2008, Digital Cinema Implementation Partners (DCIP), the consortium made up of Regal Entertainment, AMC Theatres and Cinemark and representing about 35% of the U.S. market, struck its first major conversion incentive deal with 20th Century Fox, with the other studios expected to follow.
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2008-09-04
Centenary cinema celebration - THE grand days of theatre will be celebrated in Sydney on Friday with a North Haven man listed as guest speaker.
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2008-09-04
GETTING WITH THE PROGRAMME - As the first European country to get fully behind digital cinema and the very first to do so with a cultural goal in mind, the United Kingdom is beginning to see some of the technology
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2008-09-04
Saturn's West End landmark - WIGAN-based Saturn Communications Group has achieved a milestone with a contract to supply its technology to a cinema in London's West End.
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2008-09-04
Airtel ventures into digital cinema - Bharti-Airtel is ushering the Indian viewers to the world of 'digital cinemas'. The company has pioneered in the technology in India and the concept will hit the market very soon..
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2008-09-04
- CINEMAGOERS with visual or hearing difficulties will have a whole new world of film opened up to them thanks to the installation of new audio description and subtitling equipment.
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2008-09-04
Brief Encounter Closes at Cinema Pre-Tour, 16 Nov - Kneehigh Theatre
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2008-09-04
Regent memories wanted - OSHAWA -- With the Regent set to reopen this fall as a concert theatre, This Week is looking for readers' memories of the building over the years.
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2008-09-04
Circle Cinemas to close - Brookline
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2008-09-04
Cineworld profits up ahead of town launch - CINEWORLD is making solid financial progress, according to its half-yearly financial report, as it prepares to open its first multi-screen cinema in Haverhill.
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2008-09-04
Digital technology at a cinema near you - Cinema of the future is coming to a theatre near you: The introduction of digital technologies makes the european film industry more creative and competive at every stage of production and distribution. Stereo cinema, big screen live events and holographic television are revolutionising the media Watch from scene to screen in this week
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2008-09-04
Power company says it warned of power cut - A CINEMA and a pub were plunged into darkness during a power cut today.
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2008-09-04
Does popcorn enhance a movie or not? - It's been a cinema staple for a century, but now popcorn is being banned by Britain's biggest chain of arthouse screens. Does the cotton wool-textured snack enhance or diminish the movie-going experience, asks Stephen Robb.
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2008-09-04
Cinema puts village in the picture - Volunteers at the village hall have set up a rural cinema scheme and bought a state-of-the-art projector, sound system and screen with the help of a grant from the Wootton Bassett and Cricklade are a committee.
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2008-09-04
Join Andover - ANDOVER Film Club will be launched at the REEL Cinema in Andover on 15 September with the aim of showing films that may not otherwise come to Andover.
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2008-09-04
Merlin: BBC cues up TV and cinema ads - The BBC is to launch a TV and cinema advertising campaign to support the launch of Merlin, BBC1's autumn fantasy drama featuring veteran actor John Hurt and Bionic Woman star Michelle Ryan.
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2008-09-04
The reel thing - CINEMAS across the country are frantically cleaning up the last pieces of popcorn from the seats and floors after the busiest months of their year - the school summer holidays.Between the end of June and the second week in August this year, Falkirk's Cineworld saw 105,000 film fans flock into its screens, more than double the number of people who visited between April and June.
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2008-09-04
Rivalry between cinema and train firm drive-in - Bosses at the only cinema in Europe
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2008-09-04
Golden couple met in cinema - A PLYMOUTH couple who met at the cinema as 15-year-olds have celebrated their Golden Wedding anniversary.
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2008-09-04
Cinema to stay open - THE Plaza cinema bosses have quashed rumours that it will close as the freehold goes up for sale in Dorchester.
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2008-09-04
The Dolby Dilemna (Blog Post) - Our story begins in the fabled era of the 1970s when I started making films at the age of 11. I began by shooting regular 8mm film with my parent's Kodak Brownie, then moved up to Super-8 in the days when you could get a little Super-8 viewer and edit your film by physically hacking it apart and splicing it back together with scotch tape.
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2008-09-04
Theatre Reopens After Flood, Fire - A movie theatre in Union County is back open in time for the long Labor Day weekend.
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2008-09-04
Iconic cinema in film debut - It looked pretty unremarkable from the outside
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2008-09-04
Last ditch bid to save town cinema scheme - CAMPAIGNERS hoping to turn Harborough's former Kwik Save premises into a cinema are this week pleading for a stay of execution on plans to demolish the building.
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2008-09-04
Cinema redevelopment plan goes through on appeal - RAMSEY'S landmark cinema is to be bulldozed to make way for a community centre and new homes.
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2008-09-04
NATO's Cinema Buying Group Inks Major 3D Deal with RealD - LOS ANGELES, Sep 02, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Cinema Buying Group (CBG), a buying program for independent theaters administered by the National Association of Theatre Owners, today announced an agreement with RealD, the world's largest digital 3D experience provider. The agreement brings next-generation 3D capability to CBG's independent cinemas, currently totaling over 8,000 screens in the United States and Canada.
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2008-09-04
BFI searches for future classics - The British Film Institute is searching for classic films of the future to mark its 75th anniversary.
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2008-09-04
Movie theater loses power - The Carmike Cinema in Westwood Plaza lost power Monday, leaving screens dark.
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2008-09-04
Harold Ackroyd - YOU can almost hear the fanfares, the roar of the lion and the sounding of that great gong when their names are mentioned
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2008-09-04
Pyramid Saimira Group eyes UK's Reel cinema chain - One of the giants of the Indian film industry is looking to enter the British market by taking over Reel Cinemas, the award-winning Midlands-based group that specialises in small luxury theatres that show art house films and classic movies alongside Hollywood blockbusters.
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2008-09-04
Saturn launches cinema division - Saturn Communications Group has formed a cinema division to provide cinema operators with a customer communication and marketing services that includes digital signage, promotional packaging and digital media initiatives.
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2008-09-04
Graham Spurling Discusses Digital Cinema - The roll out of digital cinema is currently under way across Ireland. IFTN caught up with Graham Spurling of Spurling Group Cinemas to gain some insight into the digital cinema conversion, the role 3D will play, and discuss his appearance at the upcoming Screen International Digital Cinema 2008 event in London taking place on September 25th.
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2008-09-04
Cinema's first screening in 33 years - Sheffield's oldest cinema is screening its first film since 1975 to raise funds for a much needed new roof.
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2008-09-04
1920s theater going dark - The Drexel Grandview, the oldest movie theater in Franklin County and one of the region's few venues for art films, will close Sept. 27.
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2008-09-04
Too posh for popcorn - Independent cinemas once provided affordable art for all. Now, a growing number offer audiences a luxury experience
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2008-09-04
GREASE" TO UNSPOOL ON 150 UK CINEMA SCREENS ON SEPTEMBER 24 - To celebrate its 30th anniversary, Grease is making a welcome return to cinema screens across the country, in a newly restored version.
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2008-09-04
Rural Cinema Plans Boosted by Inglis Appointment - Going to the cinema may soon become as easy for people living in rural Scotland as it is for their urban counterparts, following the appointment of a former deputy director of the Edinburgh Filmhouse to a newly-created body dedicated to delivering cinema throughout the country
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2008-09-04
Cineplex Odeon Brantford Cinemas Closes and Makes Way for New Galaxy Cinemas Brantford - TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Sept. 2, 2008) - Cineplex Entertainment (TSX:CGX.UN) announced today that Cineplex Odeon Brantford Cinemas officially closed its doors last night, to make way for the new state-of-the-art eight-screen Galaxy Cinemas Brantford which will open in late October 2008.
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2008-09-04
Peter Holland Retires - Sent in by Paul Ferrer: After over 34 years working at 20th Century Fox preview theatres in London's head offices and 44 years working in the film industry Peter Holland retired last week.
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2008-09-04
Geoffrey Chandler Obit - Geoff was the former chief of Odeon Oxford and sadly passed away on 30th August
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