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Rentrak

Daily Cinema Digest – Wednesday 25 March 2015

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hniDk0w0KeY[/youtube] France – It is ‘Cinema Spring’ in France for the 16th year when tickets are sold for just 3.50 euro for every show for three days (Sunday-Tuesday) this past week. France is one of the few European markets where cinema g…

China cinema ticket theft

China Cinema Digest – Thursday 19 March 2015

An audacious hacking into a Shanghai cinema online ticketing system allowed thieves to allegedly siphon off almost CNY ¥1.5 million (USD $240,000). While SARFT says that this sort of attack has never been reported before, Beijing-based security consultant Chong Yu is quoted as saying that “th…

Look Cinema Dallas Texas

Daily Cinema Digest – Wednesday 18 March 2015

[vimeo]http://www.vimeo.com/122202971[/vimeo] Following the announcement of a dedicated eSports screen in London’s Fulham Broadway (Vue), plus one more site, this now looks set to be the biggest global eSporting event since the Coca Cola-sponsored League of Legends tournament finale. More deta…

NCM-DoJ-Screenvision

NCM-Screenvision Call Off Merger – Winners and Losers

Now the general who wins a battle makes many calculations in his temple ere the battle is fought. The general who loses a battle makes but few calculations beforehand. – Sun Tzu, The Art of War, I-26 The proposed merger between US cinema advertising majors National CineMedia (NCM) and Screenvi…

Cineplexx2go

Austrian Exhibitor Cineplexx Launched VoD Service

The boundaries between cinema and video-on-demand (VoD) in Europe are blurring further, with the parent company of Austria’s Cineplexx exhibitor announcing its Cineplexx2Go VoD service. While VoD services are already offered by exhibitors such as UK’s Curzon Cinemas (Curzon on Demand) an…

Sanjay Gaikwad

Daily Cinema Digest – Monday 16 March 2015

India – E-cinema operator UFO Moviez’s management accused of “cheating and forgery.” Oh dear, of dear. The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the city police is likely to question UFO Moviez promoters Narendra Hete and Sanjay Gaikwad by this week in connection with the FIR lodge…

CJ Weekend: The Best ‘No Smoking’ Cinema PSA. Ever.

John Water's tells you "There's no smoking in this theatre."

TCX toho Dolby Atmos

Daily Cinema Digest – Friday 13 March 2015

Japan cinema major Toho is going all out with Christie Vive Audio and Dolby Atmos solutions in several of its flagship cinemas, with particular focus on the Toho Cinemas Extra Large Screen (TCX) premium large format (PLF). Christie®, a world leader in entertainment solutions, announced that TOHO Cin…

Fake or real - can you tell the difference?

How Endemic Is Box Office Fraud In China?

Is China’s cinema market larger than official figures suggest, due to box office fraud siphoning off 10% or more of its total value? Having looked last week at how micro-channel subsidies are inflating box office takings, it is time to look at box office spend that is collected but never rep…

Micro-blog China ticket price

China Cinema Digest – Thursday 12 March 2015 (Price War Special)

First Financial Daily Online looks at how it is possible that two cinema seats next to each other for the same film might cost one person 100 yuan while the other paid less than 10 yuan. Yes, it is our favourite topic of micro-channels (BAT – Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent, plus their smaller comp…