23 August 2011 4:02 PM, PDT | IF.com.au | See recent IF.com.au news »
Attention independent cinema owners: jump on the digital bandwagon now. So says Grand Cinemas. managing director and National Association of Cinema Operators-Australasia board member Allan Stiles. .It.s going to be a short-term hurt but a long-term gain,. Stiles told a forum held at the Australian International Movie Convention on the Gold Coast. The local territory is expected to move completely to digital from 35mm film projectors in another two years, but he says the earlier independent cinema owners make the digital leap, the better. He gave the example of a local country Queensland cinema with just one screen, which is now turning a profit after upgrading to digital. Essentially, to get the digital makeover, cinema owners need to typically »
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