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Recent Press Releases

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

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

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

4/30/10 Entertainment Community Letter to Senators Opposing Movie Futures

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

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

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

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

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 Jack Valenti.

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

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

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.

5/30/06 - June is Ratings Awareness Month

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 12/1/2006)

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

Press Release Archive