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Taking A Closer Look At Cine Grand’s 500 Screen Deal With Time Antaeus In China

“Cine Grand BV, Netherlands based Cinema Exhibition company announced their collaboration with the Beijing based Time Antaeus Group,” said the press release as did all the articles regurgitating it. The release went on to say that there is a joint plan to open over 500 screens in China o…

Daily Cinema Digest – Wednesday 26 February 2014

Our ‘Finally’ item from yesterday is today’s front page article; the opening of the first major multiplex in Jerusalem. Its opening is a big deal to the city. Many of Jerusalem’s movie theaters closed over the last two decades, leaving a dearth of silver screens in the city. For Ma…

Stephanie Georgio at Cineworld

Daily Cinema Digest – Tuesday 28 January 2014

UK: A girl is recovering after being bitten by a venomous spider at a Cineworld multiplex. yes, you read that correctly; not in Australia but in the UK. “A teenager needed three operations after she was bitten by a venomous spider at an Enfield cinema. Stephanie Georgiou, was bitten by a false…

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India’s New Censor Board CEO Faces Industry Revolt

The role of a censor/certifier is not an easy one in any country. It is a tightrope walk between filmmakers and demanding audiences seeking freedom of artistic expression and right to view age-appropriate content on one hand, and concerned parents and moral guardians on the other worried about the i…

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…

Barco Expands In Latin America and India

After launching their 4K projector at ShowEast, Belgium based Barco is ramping up their global sales effort with the announcement of two new deals. The first was a reseller partnership arrangement with Real Image in India, a country presently experiencing high growth in new multiplex openings. Real…

Samosa Shortage Hits Mumbai Theatres

[/caption] In many countries around the world it is hard to think of going to the movies without the smell of popcorn wafting through the air. The salty snack is a staple for millions of moviegoers, not to mention a high margin profit center for cinema owners. But it turns out popcorn does not topRe…

India’s Reliance MediaWorks Takes Over UFO’s E-Cinema Operation

This past week the digital cinema pipeline into movie theatres in India became a little more narrow – figuratively, not literally or technically. On Thursday Reliance MediaWorks (formerly Adlabs), one of India’s largest entertainment services companies announced a “strategic allian…

Cinema News Roundup – 10 June 2009 – Lies, damn lies and Cinedigm ‘first-ever’ claims

– Cinedigm is making a big deal out holding a live Q and A for a film, which, contrary to what it claims, has been done many times before. From the press release, “Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp. (NASDAQ: CIDM) announced today that it will host the first-ever [original emphasis], live virt…

Cinema News Roundup – 29 May 2009 – Indian theme day

– The stand-off between Indian multiplexes and Bollywood distributors appears to be close to being resolved, according to several news sources. TOI says, “Evidently, it was the producers who first blinked. An industry insider said, “The final settlement reads 50 per cent in the fir…