European Union cinema admissions almost reach one billion in 2009. - The crisis does not appear to have affected European cinema admissions last year. The European Audiovisual Observatory has released its first estimates for European cinema attendance in 2009, which put total admissions in the European Union at an increase of about 985 million tickets sold. In a difficult economic environment this represents an impressive 6.5% growth year-on-year and the highest admissions level since the...