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4/13/13 NATO President & CEO John Fithian Announces Movie Theater Industry Advances In Access For Disabled Patrons

Senate Testimony Summary

Senate Testimony

3/25/13 National Association Of Theatre Owners Applauds Federal Trade Commission Report Showing Improved Enforcement Of Ratings System At Movie Theaters

2/12/13 NATO and UNIC Release Exhibitor Requirements for Immersive Audio Technologies
Document: Immersive Sound Requirements

7/24/12 Letter to Exhibitors Encouraging Donations to Victims of the Aurora, CO Shootings

4/24/12 John Fithian's CinemaCon State of the Industry Speech

4/24/12 CinemaCon 2012 Talking Points and Fact Sheet

10/14/11 NATO Elects New Officers

10/12/11 NATO Responds to Universal’s Statement Withdrawing Early Home Release of Tower Heist

9/28/11 NATO Responds to Sony Plan to Shift Costs of 3D Glasses to Consumers and Theater Owners

9/7/11 Summer Box Office Breaks Record; Admissions Up 1.0%

6/27/11 NATO Praises Supreme Court Decision Striking Down California Video Game Law

6/1/11 An Open Letter from the Creative Community on Protecting the Movie-Going Experience

6/1/11 Speaking In Canada, NATO President Challenges Early VOD And Announces New Support From Creative Community

5/12/11 Creative Industry Coalition Lauds Bill to Make Illegal Streaming of Movies and TV a Felony

5/12/11 Broad Creative Industry Coalition Praises Senate introduction of Bipartisan Legislation to Fight Online Theft

5/12/11 Time Warner and CBS Execs Suggest Theater Owners Calm Down; NATO Makes Its Own Suggestion

5/4/11 NATO Calls for Release of Premium Video on Demand Data

4/20/11 An Open Letter from the Creative Community on Protecting the Movie-Going Experience

4/20/11 Movie Directors and Producers Question Wisdom of Early “Premium” VOD

4/11/11 NATO Responds to Erroneous Reports of Threatened Boycotts

3/31/11 NATO Responds to Early Premium VOD Reports

John Fithian CinemaCon State of the Industry address.

CinemaCon Talking Points and Fact Sheet

9/17/10 Schwarzenegger v. EMA: Press Release and Amicus Brief

6/16/10 NATO Statement on Prpoposed Premium VOD Window

6/16/10 UNIC Statement of Support

6/3/10 CinemaCon Press Release: CinemaCon, The Official Convention of NATO, Sets Dates for 2011 Confab

6/2/10 Entertainment Ratings and Labeling Awareness Month Press Release

4/16/10 Entertainment Community Praises Proposed Ban On Online Movie-Futures Wagering

4/8/10 Application of Media Derivatives , Inc. for Designation as a Contract Market.

4/8/10 Entertainment Community Objects to Proposed Online Movie-Futures Wagering

2/18/10 Gary S. Klein Joins NATO as Vice President and General Counsel

1/15/10 UNIC Press Release: Cinema attendances in Europe reach highest level for many years

9/17/09 NATO Elects New Officers: First chosen under new board structure

8/25/09 NATO Hires Mitch Neuhauser as Convention Show Manager

6/17/09 The Bylaws of the National Association of Theatre Owners

5/28/09 Entertainment Ratings & Labeling Awareness Month Consumer Release & Trade Release

3/26/09 - Utah Governor vetoes "Truth in Advertising" bill.
NATO's letter urging veto.
Governor's veto letter.

12/15/08 - NATO Digital Cinema System Requirements v2.1

10/1/08 - NATO's Statement on the DCIP Digital Cinema Deal

Boxoffice Magazine

In Focus Magazine Archive

7/21/08 - NATO filed comments before the Federal Communications Commission in response to the petition of the Motion Picture Association of America for a waiver from FCC regulations prohibiting the use of selectable output controls.

CBG chooses AccessIT to equip more than 8,000 screens

John Fithian's State of the Industry Speech at ShoWest 2008

NATO ShoWest 2008 Talking Points

3/4/08 - NATO issues Digital Cinema System Requirements v2.0

11/16/07 - Cinema Buying Group RFP - Phase 2 narrows field to four qualified digital cinema system integrators

7/9/07 - Five movie thieves arrested for attempting to steal Transformers in New York, California, Florida,
Georgia and Illinois

6/21/07 - Motion picture industry unveils new anti-camcording posters for U.S. movie theaters. View the posters here.

5/31/07 - NATO commends Canada on anti-camcorder bill.

5/18/07 - Movie thieves tangled in Spider-man 3's web.

4/26/07 - NATO mourns the death of Jack Valenti.

3/13/07 - John Fithian's State of the Industry speech at ShoWest.

12/19/06 - NATO Letter regarding content and process of recent changes in the DCI Digital Cinema Technical Specification.

11/30/06 - Boxoffice Named NATO's Official Magazine

11/15/06 - President's Report

10/3/06 - NATO Elects New Officers

9/8/06 - NATO, international exhibitor associations issue letter calling for single d-cinema cerification standard. The letter is here.

NATO's 12-point Ratings Initiative

NATO Member Ratings Checklist.

Rating and Labeling Awareness PSA

3/14/06 - NATO President John Fithian's speech at ShoWest

3/13/06 - New website www.FightFilmTheft.org, offers web-based tips and training to theatre employees to combat camcorder film theft.  Press release is here.

3/6/06 - Major film industry figures go on the record about preserving the theatrical release window. (updated 12/1/06)

3/2/06 - NATO congratulates the 2006 NATO/ShoWest Marketing Achievement Award Winners
Watch for a complete rundown of the winners and their entries in an upcoming issue of In Focus magazine.

2/27/06 - NATO releases Digital Cinema Requirements
Press release is here. Requirements are here