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July 2009 by Michael Karagosian

Europe’s International Union of Cinemas (UNIC), comprised of the major exhibitor trade organizations across Europe, held its first European Cinema Summit (ECS) trade show in Belgium mid-June, one week prior to Cinema Expo. It was a reasonable success. In terms of organization, it was a significant departure from the ShoWest/Cinema Expo style of trade show. With few Americans participating, it was very much a European show. It would be a stronger show, however if UNIC was a stronger organization. At present, UNIC remains without a permanent office, and without a lobby presence in the EU.

UK Film Council announced a pilot program to finance 20 digital cinema screens in rural areas by means of UK National Lottery money. The pilot will run for 3 years, at which time additional and similar rollouts may be considered.

Disney’s latest quarterly results indicate that consumer spending on media is still down. Disney announced a 12% drop in revenues over the prior year in its studio entertainment division. But movies are doing better than games, with Disney’s interactive unit losing 20% over the prior year. But Disney fared better than most. Overall, video game sales for the industry dropped 29% year over year.

In-Three, the industry’s leading 2-D to 3-D conversion company, scored a hit with its first major release in Disney’s G-Force. G-Force uses a combination of CGI animation with live action footage. All live action shots were captured in 2-D, and converted in post to match the depth of the CGI overlays.

XDC announced the signing of 200 new screens with Zon Lusomundo of Portugal.

Filed Under: 3-D, Deployment Entities, Distributors, Trade Organizations and Shows Tagged With: Disney, In-Three, UKFC, UNIC, XDC

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