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UK's City Screen takes overNewman software from AAM
City Screen, which runs the UK's Picturehouse cinemas, has acquired the Newman software business from Arts Alliance Media.Newman is the box-office and cinema management web-based software platform that City Screen has helped develop since its inception.City Screen said: 'theacquisition guarantees the continued development of the software to meet its ambition ...
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New European TV database should draw in film rights owners
A new European TV database being launched tomorrow (Wednesday) at MIPTV will provide a significant tool for the film industry, offering benefits for distributors and rights owners, according to the European Audiovisual Observatory.MAVISE (Marche Audiovisuel Europe), as the database is known, was established by the Observatory at the request of ...
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Elisabeth Murdoch calls for 'creativity without borders' at MipTV
Elisabeth Murdoch officially opened the MipTV market on Monday evening in a keynote address that sang the praises of 'creativity without borders.'The media scion, who runs the UK's Shine Group, spoke of her background as a struggling buyer at the conference straight through to her days as a producer and ...
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Orange to launch online and mobile film service
As the MipTV market got underway in earnest on Monday, France Telecom's Orange announced the launch of the Orange Cinema Series set to be available by subscription to all Orange TV, Internet and mobile customers. The service will be launched in France in the fourth quarter of 2008. The service ...
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German VOD market grows with ProSiebenSat.1-Disney deal
Germany's ProSiebenSat.1 Group and Disney-ABC International Television have closed their first deal for Subscription Video-on-Demand (SVoD) feature films for ProSiebenSat.1's video online store maxdome, licensing such library titles as Toy Story 2, Armageddon and Pearl Harbor, the first dealof its kind in Germany.In addition, they concluded a transactional VoD agreement ...
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UK event to address impact of D-cinema on distributors
The role of distributors in the development of digital cinema is the subject of a London conference this month, organised by analyst Screen Digest and the European Digital Cinema Forum.The event - Digital cinema and film distribution: opportunities and threats - will be in the form of a series of ...
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UK landscape shifts as Warner moves to same-day VOD/DVD
Amid signs that the UK distribution market is in an increasing state of flux, British distributors are testing out more and more new ways of getting their movies in front of spectators.'Companies are beginning to look at imaginative release plans for films that 10 years ago simply wouldn't have been ...
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Picturehouse to release Joiningthedots.tv documentaries
UK exhibitor Picturehouse Cinemas is working with Joiningthedots.tv to show films licensed to the site across its UK cinemas.Joiningthedots.tv is a documentary website from Mercury Media and The Independent newspaper.The first title to hit cinemas, from late May, is Joshua Dugdale's The Unwinking Gaze about the Dalai Lama.MercuryMedia MD Tim ...
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LoveFilm offers recommendation tool to T-Mobile users
UK internet DVD and film site LoveFilm is working with mobile phone company T-Mobile on a new movie recommendation tool.T-Mobile Flext users will be recommended films based on a series of questions. The tool is driven through LoveFilm data with Unanimis and MediaCom.T-Mobile users can also opt in for a ...
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Dogwoof starts film channel on blinkx's BBTV
UK distributor Dogwoof has created a film channel on blinkx's new broadband TV service BBTV.BBTV has a unique indexing system that allows viewers to interact with online sources such as Google, Wikipedia, IMDB or other sites.'The film industry is screaming out for a multi-layered film channel, run by professional distributors ...
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IMAX signs three separate deals in Russia
IMAX Corp. has signed three separate deals with Russian firms to install large-format digital projection systems in three cities: Sochi, Nizinhy Novogorod and in Siberia's Novosibirsk. All three cinemas, the first of their kind in the nation, are expected to be installed between 2009 and 2011.The Sochi facility will be ...
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AAM, DigiScreen, Pillar, Royal Opera House strike digital deal
Arts Alliance Media is working with Montreal-based DigiScreen Corporation, The Pillar Group and the Royal Opera House-owned TV and DVD production company Opus Arte to bring ballets, operas and dance from the Royal Opera House and other performing arts companies to cinemas across Europe.The HD content, both pre-recorded and live, ...
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European Commissionfights on for broadband despite setbacks
The European Commission (EC) is confident that it will achieve its targets for broadband uptake across the European Union (EU), despite the disappointing figures published and what would appear to be a waning commitment from Member States.EU-wide access to high speed internet services is widely regarded as essential if digital ...
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Quacor offers legal movie services to 70 Chinesewebsites
Digital movie distributor Quacor is to offer content to 70 websites in China, including portal sites such as NetEase.com, Qianlong.com, iFeng.com and news sites such as Xinhua.Each will set up Quacor movie channel and share the legitimate movies and short video contents among each other.'Through setting up Quacor movie channels ...
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On-demand market could hit $1.1bn in 2012
On-demand media could generate revenues of $1.1bn by 2012 in the US and Europe, according to a new report from Screen Digest.That will include $665m of new revenue and the rest replacement for DVD spending.Screen Digest noted that the on-demand market 'has the potential not only to revolutionise how consumers ...
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'Wait and see' attitude prevails in complex digital rights world
If there was one thing that the delegates at Screen's Maximising Digital Revenue conference agreed on, it's that nobody really knows what will happen next with digital rights.The conference brought together key producers, distributors, sales agents and lawyers to discuss how the film industry could move forward to create revenue ...
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Screen conference keynote: industry has to rethink release windows
The film industry needs to embrace the challenges and opportunities offered by new distribution platforms or lose out as consumers go elsewhere for content.That is the view of Ian Lewis, Director of Sky Movies & Sky Box Office, at BSkyB.Lewis was the keynote speaker at today's Screen International-backed Maximising Digital ...
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Industry objects to European Commission's online content plans
Key elements of the European Commission's (EC) proposals to promote content online have come under fire from a host of industry representatives and associations across Europe.The strength of objections became clear as responses to a public consultation on the Commission's proposals were published.The UK Film Council criticised the Commission's overall ...
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Glickman says piracy concerns overshadow Internet neutrality
Wedged somewhat gingerly in Motion Picture Association of American chairman Dan Glickman's address at the ShoWest convention last week was a discreet reference that opposed federal legislation intended to pave the way for 'net neutrality.'His terse comments included a belief that equitable access to the Internet would 'impair the ability ...
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BFI to unveil two new Mediatheques in the UK
Celebrating the one-year anniversary of its London launch at the new BFI Southbank, the British Film Institute has revealed that it plans to open two new UK mediatheques by December 2008.The first will be at QUAD, Derby's new $20m (£10m) centre for art and film, and the second in Cambridge ...