Last update 1/5/07

N.Y. Times: Take your children to the movies.

The Economist: Something old, something new - sequels and digital distribution to be the big stories of 2007.

Hollywood Reporter: Madrid theatre puts video games on the big screen.

Washington Post: G Whiz: Family films clean up.

Hollywood Reporter: 2006 box office bounces back to estimated $9.42 billion.

Hollywood Reporter: Latin American admissions bounce back.

L.A. Times: Sequels lead box office rebound in 2006.

60 Minutes: There will always be movie theatres.

Hollywood Reporter: Carmike signs for 500 Real D 3-D screens.

Variety: Golden Globe nominees announced; "Babel," "The Queen," "Dreamgirls," "Little Miss Sunshine" and "Borat" tapped.

Screen Daily: Korea's Lotte Cinema to sell movie tickets through ATMs.

Kansas.com/AP: AMC registers for IPO.

Reuters: N.Y. film critics name "United 93" best picture.

L.A. Times: L.A. critics name"Letters From Iwo Jima" best film.

Variety: Italian exhibs unhappy about release delays.

Hollywood Reporter: Sony tops $3 billion in worldwide box office.

Hollywood Reporter: Wanda Cinema to open 100th screen in China.

Variety: National Board of Review names Eastwood's "Letters From Iwo Jima" top film of 2006.

Screen Daily: China's non-DCI-compliant digital screens lack for product.

Variety: Survey: Audiences happy with movie quality.

Reuters: Disney's Dick Cook doesn't see narrower windows "anytime soon".

Reuters: Regal will "push back hard" on shrinking release windows.

Variety: Hong Kong gets a drive-in.

L.A. Times: Hollywood's comeback.

Variety: Italian film organizations agree on "flexible" 15 week theatrical window.

Detroit Free Press: Ann Arbor cinema unveils computer gaming center.

AP: Minors prohibited from seeing "Saw III" in France.

Screen Daily: European cinemas back single digital cinema standard.

Winston-Salem Journal: Philip Morris runs ads asking for less smoking in movies.

Hollywood Reporter: European culture spending to hit $121 billion by 2009; box office to grow 21%

Video Business: "As many DVD retailers as movie theaters in trouble" under simultaneous release.

Variety: Luxury multiplexes, boost attendance, profits.

Reuters: Warner Bros. International withdraws from Chinese cinema investments over ownership regulations.

Variety: Kinepolis launches big-screen gaming.

Variety: Universal bows to Italian exhibitors; lengthens "Vice" window.

Variety: Italian exhibitors protest short "Miami Vice" release window.

Variety: Russian admissions eight times higher than in 2000.

Variety: European film agencies press European Commission to help stimulate digital cinema growth.

Reuters: Sony ready to begin commercial installations of 4K digital projectors.

Reuters: Weinstein Company agrees to add anti-smoking PSAs to DVD releases that depict smoking.

Hollywood Reporter: ShowEast digital panel: Cooperation is key to digital future.

Variety: Spanish exhibitors push for more favorable rentals, regulated release windows.

Variety: U.S. leads the way in digital rollout.

Hollywood Reporter/Reuters: MPAA anti-camcording website rolls out Spanish-language features.

Reuters: Hollywood looks to faith-based projects to fuel box office.

Hollywood Reporter: Summer box office wrap-up.

Variety: Luxury, restaurants and in-house child care lure crowds to movie theatres.

Variety: Exhibitors grapple with difficult details of d-cinema rollout.

Variety: South Korea's Fair Trade Commission investigates country's top 3 exhibitors.

Variety: Digimart panel suggests D-cinema must hurry to compete with web.

Reuters: Small, independent cinemas thrive in Paris.

AP: Judge dismisses "Bully" video game rating lawsuit.

Hollywood Reporter: British government releases anti-piracy manual for theatre owners.

Hollywood Reporter: National CineMedia prepares IPO.

Bradenton Herald: Florida judge demands to see entire "Bully" video game played before deciding to require stronger rating.

Variety: Simultaneous release debated at MIPCOM.

Variety: Spanish exhibs ready legal action against Hollywood studios for price fixing.

Variety: Korean exhibs gain foothold in China.

Palm Beach Post: Muvico offers adult-only premium ticketing in half of multiplex.

Variety: Mexico multiplex operators foresee consolidation of exhibiton industry.

Reuters/Hollywood Reporter: Major theatre chains choose not to play controversial "Death of a President".

Hollywood Reporter: Cinemark completes Century acquisition.

Variety: Russian exhibitor Rising Star plans country's largest multiplex.

Hollywood Reporter: Screenvision signs with Carmike to present 2K digital preshow.

NATO: NATO elects new officers.

L.A. Times: Illinois theatre closes for two weeks rather than show bad movies.

Hollywood Reporter: FTC to probe online entertainment sales to kids.

L.A. Times: Fox launches Christian film division

Hollywood Reporter: NATO, international exhibitor organizations seek single d-cinema certification standard. Press Release; letter here.

L.A. Times: Screenvision to install high-def pre-show systems in National Amusements screens.

Hollywood Reporter: Studios to decide independently how much digital cinema systems must comply with DCI specifications.

Hollywood Reporter: AccessIT rolls d-cinema equipment, software, distribution and screen advertising into single business unit.

Hollywood Reporter: Canada's Cineplex Entertainment signs with National Cinemedia for d-cinema installations.

USA Today: Fidelity vs. Convenience: how consumers choose where to see a movie.

Variety: National Amusements joins Technicolor's d-cinema test rollout.