PVR to acquire SPI Cinemas – The Hindu
PVR Ltd. will buy SPI Cinemas, south India’s largest cinema chain and owner of the iconic Sathyam Cinemas in Chennai in a transaction valued at ₹850 crore. Source: PVR to acquire SPI Cinemas – The Hindu
Chaplin’s family joins driveto preserve Cinema Museum – The Hindu
The children of legendary British comic actor Charlie Chaplin have expressed dismay at the threatened closure of the Cinema Museum, once a workhouse for poor children where he was forced to live. Source: Chaplin’s family joins driveto preserve Cinema Museum … Continued
Civic body getting ready to impose entertainment tax on cinema tickets – The Hindu
In an effort to levy entertainment tax, the civic body has started gathering details from cinemas in the city. Source: Civic body getting ready to impose entertainment tax on cinema tickets – The Hindu
Producers council wants digital cinema distribution – The Hindu
Threaten to float own company if prices don’t come down Source: Producers council wants digital cinema distribution – The Hindu
Project Indywood aims at 10,000 high-quality projection screens in 5 years – The Hindu
The endeavour of Project Indywood is to motivate multiplexes currently screening films at 2 K resolution, to upgrade to 4 K and even 8 K for specific films like ‘Baahubali’. Source: Project Indywood aims at 10,000 high-quality projection screens in … Continued
The show goes on, come what may – The Hindu
The 76-year-old Jayaram theatre equipped with the latest satellite-based digital cinema system cinema hall is leaving no stone unturned to stay afloat in the show business at any cost, says its lease-holder E. Gurnatha Rao via The show goes on, … Continued