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Metropolitan Opera HD series adds 300 theatres
“The Met: Live in HD,” the Metropolitan Opera’s Emmy and Peabody Award-winning series of live performance transmissions into movie theatres around the world, will expand in its fifth season to 1,500 theatres (an increase of 300 theatres), while adding Egypt, Portugal and Spain to its network of now 46 participating countries. More »
Cineplex launches Classic Film Series
Cineplex Entertainment’s Front Row Centre Events is presenting the “Classic Film Series” at participating Cineplex theatres across Canada. More »
NCM Fathom to screen figure skating doc 'Rise'
NCM Fathom, the entertainment division of National CineMedia, announced an agreement with U.S. Figure Skating to present the feature Rise as part of a special in-theatre event on Feb. 17, 2011. More »
Malco launches 'Rave for Faves' canned food drive
Malco Theatres is helping their communities during the month of September with a different twist on the traditional “canned food festival.” More »
ShowEast to honor Fox's Branden Miller
Branden D. Miller, VP of in-theatre marketing for both Twentieth Century Fox and Fox Searchlight Pictures, will receive the 2010 “Al Shapiro Distinguished Service Award” during the final night banquet at the ShowEast convention, Oct. 14. More »
AMC ETX concept debuts in Ontario, Calif.
AMC Theatres’ new Enhanced Theatre Experience (ETX™) concept debuted at the AMC Ontario Mills 30 in Ontario, Calif., on August 13. More »
K•Swiss launches first in-cinema campaign with Screenvision
Screenvision and California Sports company K•Swiss entered into an exclusive partnership to bring the sports brand’s “Have an Awesome Day” campaign to moviegoers. More »
Marcus kicks off '75 Days of Prizes'
The Marcus Corporation kicked off its 75th-anniversary celebration with a "75 Days of Prizes" sweepstakes. More »
Arts Alliance and Yelmo strike deal for digital rollout
In the largest digital-cinema deal to date in Spain, Arts Alliance Media (AAM) and Yelmo Cines reached an agreement to digitize Yelmo’s chain of 31 cinemas. More »
Malco Kids Fest benefits local charities
Malco Theatres announced that more than $34,000 will be donated to local organizations benefiting from the circuit’s 2010 Kids Summer Film Fest. More »
Cinema Scene's Digital Network reaches 170 locations
Cinema Scene Marketing announced that its Digital Media Network of in-lobby media and promotions has grown to 170 locations, accounting for an estimated 2,250 theatre screens across the U.S. More »
Paramount's Huntsberry to deliver keynote at ShowEast
Frederick Huntsberry, chief operating officer of Paramount Pictures, will deliver the keynote address on Monday afternoon, Oct. 11, at ShowEast 2010 in Orlando, Florida. More »
Muvico 12-plex in Fredericksburg installs Harkness screens
Harkness Screens 2D Perlux® screens and 3D Spectral™ screens were recently installed in all 12 auditoriums of Muvico Village 12 in Fredericksburg, VA, a licensed initiative through Paragon Entertainment. More »
IMAX signs major deal with Russia's Cinema Park
IMAX Corporation and Cinema Park, the exhibition chain owned by Russia's largest media holding company, Profmedia, announced an agreement to install up to 14 IMAX theatre systems throughout Russia. More »
IMAX signs eight-theatre deal with China's Guangzhou Jinyi
IMAX Corporation signed an agreement with Guangzhou Jinyi Film & Television Group, Co., Ltd., a leading entertainment developer and exhibitor in China, to open eight IMAX theatres in China. More »
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