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Europe posts record grosses in 2009
“On the increase, and to no small degree” is how Milan, Italy-based MEDIA Salles describes the number of spectators in movie theatres across Europe. More »
U.K. Film Council issues upbeat report
“The U.K. film industry is weathering the recession well,” stated John Woodward, chief executive officer of the U.K. Film Council, surveying the 2009 numbers... More »
Upload Cinema is on the upswing
Upload Cinema has been busy “taking Web films to the big screen” at three movie theatres across The Netherlands. More »
Italy meets India at ninth annual River to River Film Festival
From the Arno to the Ganges: In early December, the beautiful 1920s Odeon in Florence, Italy, hosted the 9th annual Indian Film Festival. More »
Benetton and Berlusconi bank on movies
October 9 marked the founding of Italy’s largest chain with 24 movie theatres, 242 screens and a 15% market share. After merging the former country holdings of Warner Village Cinemas and Medusa’s multiplexes, the resulting circuit will be branded Space Cinema. More »
France's MK2 circuit plans conversion to digital
By 2010, French art-house chain MK2 will outfit all 58 of its screens with digital-cinema equipment. More »
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DCIP completes financing for digital rollout
Digital Cinema Implementation Partners, LLC (DCIP) completed its financing transactions for the deployment of DCI-compliant digital projection systems to nearly 14,000 movie theatre screens across North America, including screens operated or managed by AMC Entertainment, Cinemark Holdings and Regal Entertainment Group. More »
MPAA: Domestic boxoffice up 10% in '09
Movies released in 3D accounted for 11% of domestic boxoffice in 2009, up from just 2% in 2008. More »
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