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	<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 20:54:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Bad economy, good movies</title>
		<link>http://www.natoonline.org/blog/2008/05/02/bad-economy-good-movies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 20:54:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Corcoran</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[
Nobody wants an economic downturn, but since it seems we're in one, everybody seems to be wondering how the movies will do. 

It comes as no surprise to theater owners that hard times send people to movie theaters. Movie-going remains the least expensive form of out-of-home entertainment, as these charts show: 




   
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		<title>&#8230;and Fithian blasts back (with extra Spielberg-iness)</title>
		<link>http://www.natoonline.org/blog/2008/05/01/and-fithian-blasts-back-with-extra-spielberg-iness/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 16:28:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Corcoran</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NATO president John Fithian responded to remarks made by Jeffrey Katzenberg about the slow pace of 3D cinema installations. In a Variety interview, Fithian previewed a speech he is scheduled to make at ShowCanada today.

Fithian countered that some of the studios can't agree on what they'll pay the top three circuits in virtual print fees [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Katzenberg blasts slow progress on 3D</title>
		<link>http://www.natoonline.org/blog/2008/04/30/katzenberg-blasts-slow-progress-on-3d/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:55:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Corcoran</dc:creator>
		
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In response to analysts' questions during the company's Q1 earnings conference call, DreamWorks CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg unloaded a multi-dimensional pile of frustration at the pace of digital cinema indtallations (and consequently, the 3D installations that depend on them).

"In the last 30 days, things have not progressed as well as I had hoped, expected and, quite [...]]]></description>
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		<title>L.A. Times: Going to the movies is still a bargain</title>
		<link>http://www.natoonline.org/blog/2008/04/28/la-times-going-to-the-movies-is-still-a-bargain/</link>
		<comments>http://www.natoonline.org/blog/2008/04/28/la-times-going-to-the-movies-is-still-a-bargain/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:39:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Corcoran</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The L.A. Times Josh Friedman ("The Projector") lays it out in a fair and thoroughly researched Sunday Business section front-pager:&#160;

Week in and week out, Projector exposes the often-bitter truth about Hollywood. On one point, though, he must back the industry line with gusto. Call Projector creaky, but nothing matches the moviegoing experience or offers a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>British Summer Movie Montage</title>
		<link>http://www.natoonline.org/blog/2008/04/22/british-summer-movie-montage/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:05:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Corcoran</dc:creator>
		
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Our friends in the U.K. are running a cinema trailer compiling scenes from some of the big movies hitting the theater this summer. Courtesy of the Film Distributors Association.



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		<title>Summer Release Schedule</title>
		<link>http://www.natoonline.org/blog/2008/04/21/summer-release-schedule/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 19:29:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Corcoran</dc:creator>
		
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&#160;Get cracking, people. We've got a $4 billion summer to beat.
  

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		<title>3D - the back seat driver of digital cinema</title>
		<link>http://www.natoonline.org/blog/2008/04/14/3d-the-back-seat-driver-of-digital-cinema/</link>
		<comments>http://www.natoonline.org/blog/2008/04/14/3d-the-back-seat-driver-of-digital-cinema/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 18:30:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Corcoran</dc:creator>
		
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Or is it the cart before the horse? 

While the 3D grosses of Beowulf and Hannah Montana have distributors and theater owners hungry for more 3D content and seem to be driving the appetite for digital cinema installations, NATO's president, John Fithian, suggested at the National Association of Broadcasters' Digital Cinema Summit, that 3D may [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When the economy sags, do movie theaters get a lift?</title>
		<link>http://www.natoonline.org/blog/2008/04/09/when-the-economy-sags-do-movie-theaters-get-a-lift/</link>
		<comments>http://www.natoonline.org/blog/2008/04/09/when-the-economy-sags-do-movie-theaters-get-a-lift/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:05:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Corcoran</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[
Michael Brush, financial analyst for MSN Money, takes a historical look at box office performance during hard times and, despite what some analysts conclude, comes up with some hard numbers:


  Some industry analysts, including Hal Vogel of Vogel Capital Management, dispute the link between economic pullbacks and rising movie attendance. But for me, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cinema Buying Group chooses AccessIT</title>
		<link>http://www.natoonline.org/blog/2008/04/02/cinema-buying-group-chooses-accessit/</link>
		<comments>http://www.natoonline.org/blog/2008/04/02/cinema-buying-group-chooses-accessit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 15:41:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Corcoran</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The Cinema Buying Group announced today it has chosen AccessIT to be the digital cinema system integrator for the more than 8000 independent screens under the group's umbrella.

 
  Wayne Anderson, CBG managing director, complimented the quality of submissions from all vendors in the CBG’s Request for Proposal process.&#160; In the end, he said, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tough economic times can be good for movie theaters</title>
		<link>http://www.natoonline.org/blog/2008/03/31/tough-economic-times-can-be-good-for-movie-theaters/</link>
		<comments>http://www.natoonline.org/blog/2008/03/31/tough-economic-times-can-be-good-for-movie-theaters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 23:57:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Corcoran</dc:creator>
		
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Nobody wants a bad economy, but movie theaters are well positioned to do well in tough economic times. In five of the seven recession years over the last four decades, box office revenues have gone up - as much as $670 million in one case. And it's not hard to see why:


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