Vivendi to Open 100 Cinemas Across Africa
Vivendi has opened the first cinema in Cameroon. Canal Olympia is the first of 100 screen planned across Africa by the parent company of TV network Canal+.
CJ Cinema Digest – Monday 13 June 2016
Lies, damn lies and Millennials, China to overtake US screen count 2017, PVR's 800% gain,IMAX's 10% drop, Bollywood 4D, Indian censor woes, Vue Feetham, Lebanon cinema opening, China love doll cinema date.
CJ Cinema Digest – Friday 10 June 2016
Santikos goes all-laser with Barco, New Zealand ticket prices, AMC-Carmike good value, Lodev ticket platform, Kinoklubb slow start, Harkness & Toho, Malco, Epic and Cineco cinema openings and organ sale
CJ Cinema Digest – Wednesday 8 June 2016
Facebook Live pirate streaming, Indian cinema stocks expensive, Luxe Cinema podcast, Houdini opens IT doors, cinema fires in New Zealand & Pakistan, Batman sex couple avoid jail, Alamo Kids menu, Indian cinema food, Patrick McClymont new Imax CFO, Bristol Floating Cinema, Bern cinema deaths, IFI cin…
CJ Interviews Kim Pedersen – President of the Danish Cinema Association, Danske Biografer, Denmark
CJ interviews Kim Pedersen, the frank and knoweldgable President of the Danish Cinema Association and VP of UNIC, about future trends, being born into a cinema family and why Danish films are so successful.
CJ Cinema Digest – Friday 3 June 2016
Stellar buys ticketing biz, AMC buys Carmike 'cheap', Malaysian islamists block cinema, PVR cuts DT price, German cinemas make peace with Disney, Odeon Q1, Secret Cinema's 28 Days numbers, Euro football in cinemas, live events in 48% of UK cinemas, MediCinema and 'Eating Healthy' in Cinema City Jeru…
AI Algorithm Predicts Box-office Success (Sort Of)
A research paper by Dr Kang Zhao and Michael T. Lash looks at factors that can help predict the box-office success of films, with interesting results.
CJ Cinema Digest – Friday 27 May 2016
X-Men Snapchat tickets, PVR halts expansion, Odeon to expand, BFI to expand, Cineworld grows in H1, Indonesian cinema set for growth, Rio strike, Deptford appeal, FNE's CotM is Romuva, Arcadia's Meyer Leopard sound, Almeida Richard III event cinema, Branagh's Bard broadcast, QBIC opening, ShowCase r…
Do Opera Screenings Cannibalise Opera Audiences?
English Touring Opera claims live cinema screenings do not grow the audience for opera, but research paints a mixed picture and the ECA defends existing practices.
CJ Cinema Digest – Wednesday 25 May 2016
FACT 50% cut, Vista+Ster-Kinekor, Vista & Movio awards, clearance lawsuit twist, porn hijack, Kinepolis India 400 screen plans, CinemaNext in France, dog cinema, TGV Family Friendly cinema, CMX+Lettuce, 50 Shades sentence, Santokos laser and 7 learning from outdoor screenings.