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Theatre Patron Killed For Eating Popcorn Too Loudly

[/caption] Make a mental note – the next time you happen to be seeing a movie in Latvia, you might want to go with Raisinettes at the concession stand rather than popcorn. Reports surfaced earlier this week that a 42-year-old moviegoer was shot and killed Saturday evening at a multiplex in Rig…

When Polish Movie Posters Were Works Of Art

Hollywood movies are shown all over the world. In fact, American films are cited by some as one of the country’s biggest exports. So I wasn’t exactly surprised to find out that American made flicks are quite popular in Poland. However, I recently stumbled across PolishPoster.com, a cache…

Omnilab Media Lands Its First VPF Deal While Fighting Legal Dispute

[/caption] Do you ever have days where you’re sorry curiosity got the better of you? Back on February 1st Omnilab Media Cinema Services announced that it had signed a virtual print fee agreement with Paramount Pictures. I decided not to post anything about it at the time believing that news of…

Cinema City Grows With Palace Cinemas Acquisition

Earlier this month Israeli based Cinema City International became the third largest theatre chain in Europe when they acquired Palace Cinemas. The deal includes 8 multiplexes in the Czech Republic, 4 multiplexes in Hungary and 3 multiplexes in Slovakia. This gives CCI an additional 141 screens and m…

UPDATED: 3D Without Glasses Is Possible In the Blink Of An Eye

[youtube width=”560″ height=”345″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uef17zOCDb8[/youtube] Over the past several years as Hollywood began churning out an increasing number of 3D films a single question has been on the minds of both exhibitors and moviegoers. When will it be possi…

RealD Gets Bigger With XLW and Regal

RealD is showing signs that they have no intention of slowing the pace of their growth in the cinema marketplace. Already the leading worldwide provider of 3D technology for motion picture exhibitors, the company made two big announcements over the past week which will help push its share of the mar…

Chris McGurk

Why Cinedigm Hired Chris McGurk As CEO

[/caption] Okay, I admit that the headline of this post is pure click bait. But did you really want to read another story headlined “Chris McGurk Named Cinedigm CEO”? Truth is I wasn’t in Cinedigm’s board room when they offered Chris McGurk their Chairman and CEO positions, a…

Cinema India Expo Sets Dates For 2011

After taking over Cinema India Expo last year, Diversified Business Communications will be putting their own mark on the annual event in 2011 when it takes place June 24th and 25th in Mumbai. A convention along the lines of Show East or Cinema Expo, Cinema India was first held in 2000 as a trade sho…

Cinedigm Topper Adam Mizel Provides Industry and Company Update

As Show East got underway back in October North America’s largest digital cinema integrator, Cinedigm, published a press release that was meant to serve as an industry update on the digital rollout in the territory. According to Cinedigm there were 12,802 digital screens in North America out o…

First Run Movies Headed Into The Home At Premium Prices

The debate over motion picture release windows heated up again last week as two studios spoke openly about their plans for allowing limited home viewing of movies shortly after their theatrical opening. In addition, news came of a pricey new service looking to make films available in living rooms da…