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Immersive Sound Panel at CineEurope 2014

CineEurope 2014: Immersive Sound Focus Session

With just 60 seats in a temporary room the middle of the trade show, there are 30+ people standing at the back. Either the immersive audio session is a wild success or the venue is too small. And there is plenty of surround sound which can be seen throughout the rest of the show. TheRead More

Future of Big Screen Panel at CineEurope 2014

CineEurope 2014: The Future of Big Screen

Next panel-ette starts a bit early with IHS’s David Hancock saying he will try to “keep it short, sharp and punchy.” RealD and IMAX in the ring with him. Here are some of the highlights from the panel discussion as submitted live via iPhone: “How do you define large screen?…

CineEurope 2014: Coca-Cola Seminar – Reasons to Believe

The single most important food and beverage (F & B) company for the exhibition industry hosts its seminar at CineEurope 2014 on how to reach and engage with consumers. I have seen their talks at Cannes Lions (where I was yesterday – hence why no first-day CineEurope coverage) and they real…

RealD CineEurope 2014

Daily Cinema Digest – Thursday 12 June 2014

We’ve featured MasterImage, DepthQ and Volfoni, but the 3D presentations at this year’s CineEurope will be courtesy of RealD. Exhibiting from the grand CCIB Auditorium, RealD will be at the very heart of the proceedings using our innovative 2D and 3D-optimised Precision White Screen (PWS…

Carmike share price

Daily Cinema Digest – Wednesday 11 June 2014

Carmike Cinemas’ share price is up 166% in the last two year, but that’s not necessarily a good thing, according to research analyst Gary Bourgeault. This long article looks at Carmike’s rollup and acquisition strategy, whether it will be bought by a larger competitor and what pric…

MI-Horizon3D

Daily Cinema Digest – Tuesday 10 June 2014

MasterImage3D – The licence-free 3D company will be showcasing its new MI-HORIZON3D cinema system, which promises a 33% light efficiency and 0.8 throw ratio, at CineEurope 2014. Show your 3D movies in the best possible light. Our new MI-HORIZON3D cinema system takes 3D to new levels of brightn…

NCM Monster Media

NCM Surrenders Lobby Ad Selling to Focus on Big Screen

Cinema advertising major National CineMedia has together with Cinema Scene entered a joint-selling agreement with Adspace Networks for a major digital place-based network that will dominate movie theater lobbies in the United States. The move will create economies of scale and free up NCM to focus o…

Rusalka Dvorak Met Opera

Daily Cinema Digest – Monday 9 June 2014

Event cinema is used to trade accusation between New York’s Metropolitan opera and London’s Royal Opera House, with the former arguing that it is simply cannibalizing existing audiences, while ROH takes a more constructive view. It is a somewhat unedifying spat, rooted in the Met’s…

MK2 40 ans

Paris-based MK2 buys Spanish exhibitor Cinesur

Paris-based exhibitor and distributor MK2 has bought Spain’s third largest exhibitor Cinesur in a deal valued at around €10.5 million. MK2, which this month celebrates its 40th anniversary, is based only in France’s capital where it controls 11 multiplexes with 65 screens, as well as fou…

children in cinema

Daily Cinema Digest – Friday 6 June 2014

“Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it,” Mark Twain once said. Is the same true for declining cinema youth attendance? Not in France, which is making sure that the next generation values and keeps the ‘7th Art’ alive in cinemas. To overcome this…