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Daily Cinema Roundup – Mon 20 April

– US box office is holding up, this weeks thanks to “17”, according to THR.com, “Industry wide, the $107 million weekend represented a 14% improvement over the same frame last year, according to Nielsen EDI. Year to date, 2009 is pacing 8% ahead of last year, at $2.73 billion…

RealD and Cinepolis see Latin America in 3D

Mexican exhibitor Cinepolis has big 3D plans for the whole of Latin america. Its deal with RealD envisions 500 screens to be converted in the next few years. From the press release: The rollout of these 500 RealD 3D screens has already begun with six new screens installed for the release of Journey…

Sony US follows Sony Japan in alternative content

Sony Pictures has woken up to the fact that the big screen real estate will not be occupied 100 per cent by feature films in the future and that third party operators like AccessIT and Arts Alliance Media are getting in on the game. That is why they have launched their own division for alternativeRe…

Disney digs ESPN sports with AccessIT

Trust Disney to have foresight and show initiative when it comes to alternative content in digital cinemas. While the NFL is sending cease and desist letters to Wisconsin cinemas showing Packer games, Disney has teamed up with AccessIT through its ESPN division to screen live HD college football gam…

Arts Alliance To Get Disney’s Digital Titles

Disney has lent some support to Arts Alliance Media’s European virtual print fee proposal to convert 7,000 screens across Europe, though the press release reads like there some reservations and that the deal is not as clear cut in terms of support as previous deals. Take the last sentence of t…

A Hannah Montana in your lap and a Miley Cyrus in your arms!

…was the tag-line that Disney sadly chose not to use for the digital 3D release of the concert film ‘Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour’ [Surely in questionable taste, given the target demographic? -Ed.]. Beating the digital 3D release of ‘U2 3D…

Rumour mill: Technicolor loses a studio while Arts Alliance gains one

Two items from the unsubstantiated-but-strong-rumour department. Technicolor is said to have lost one of their two large Hollywood studio clients for prints and lab work. That would mean that either Warner Bros or Disney have opted to go with Deluxe – and another nail in the coffin for Technic…