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Indians Storm Texas Cinema Market

Indian exhibition company Pyramid Saimira Theatre (PSTL) has become the first Indian cinema operator to enter the US market with the acquisition of FunAsia cinema, radio and banquet halls (!) operation in Texas. The exhibitor operates 11 screens in Houston and six in Dallas where it mainly shows Hin…

AccessIT Signals Phase 2 of Digital Deployment

AccessIT, the company that kick started the roll-out of digital cinema in the United States, has given details of its ‘Phase Two’ deployment plans. With the goal of the first 4,000 digital screens now in sight, the speculation had been whether they could extend the first phase to the oft…

Digital Starts To Bite At Ballantyne’s Profit

Projector maker Ballantyne of Omaha‘s Q3 2007 figures are in and it is evident that digital cinema is starting to eat into the company’s revenue and profits. Net revenue is down 3.5 per cent compared to a year ago and gross profit was down from $2.2m to $2.1m – not a huge drop, but…

South Korean cinema industry sings the blues

All is not well in the South Korean film and cinema industry, or rather, not as well as it had been for the past few years. South Korea has recently been on of those rare territories where local films outperformed Hollywood imports. But now things are in decline and the slump is based on illegalRead…

IMAX vs. RealD Beowulf 3D smackdown at Regal

An epic battle is brewing at Regal Cinemas this month, with ‘Beowulf‘ going up against itself in on both IMAX analogue 3D and RealD‘s digital 3D systems. According to the Regal press release there is even two different names for the movie experience, depending on which one you opt…

Has Brazil cracked cinema-on-demand concept?

While Tivos and iPod have liberated consumers from the tyranny of fixed TV schedules and pre-set playlist orders of songs, cinemas remain a viewing-by-appointment medium. So could digital technology end this and make it a more show-by-show consumer demand oriented medium? The Brazilians appear to be…

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U2’s digital 3D Release Dates Announced

Normally better known for distributing animal documentaries, National Geographics will be bringing U2 3D to digital stereoscopic cinemas in January 2008 world wide. (Cue the inevitable jokes about showcasing mammoth films about aging rock dinosaurs). Anyone who attended this year’s ShoWest, Ca…

UK cinema tickets under the spotlight

Consumer magazine/analysts Which? has taken a long and hard look at UK cinemas and ticket prices – and found a low to be un-satisfied about. From Chanel 4 news’ website: Cinema tickets can cost anything from £3.50 to more than £12 per adult, a new report has found. The facilities, cleanl…

Official: Irish love their filum in cinemas

Statistics released by the European statistical agency Eurostat has revealed that the Irish are the Union’s most frequent cinema-goers, with over four visits per year, compared to the EU average of just under two. From an article in the Hollywood Reporter: The Irish are Europe’s keenest…

UK’s Vue: We Don’t Need No 35mm Projectors

UK cinema chain Vue has made history of sorts by becoming the first in the UK to open a new multiplex with no 35mm projectors, putting its faith instead in digital cinema. The company has spent no less than £5m ($10m) on equipping each of the ten cinema screens at the multiplex in Hull withRead More