Increase in cinema admissions in first half of 2009. With an estimated 348 million tickets sold in the first half of 2009, cinema admissions in the big 5 European Union markets increased by 3.8% year-on-year, the European Audiovisual Observatory has revealed. Cumulative growth was primarily driven by an impressive 14.5% rise in the UK, representing the strongest result in seven years, as well as increasing cinema attendance in Germany (+6.5%) and in Spain (+7.9%). The 4.4% year-on-year...