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UK Cinemas Are High Profile Targets For Anti-Sugar Campaigns

Having looked at challenges facing United States exhibitors relating to carbonated sugar beverages (Cinema’s Dangerous Addiction to Sodas), it is now time to examine the situation in the United Kingdom. The issue has come to the forefront with an article in the Daily Mail’s This Is Money…

China 3D audience

Daily Cinema Digest – Fri/Sat 14-15 March 2014

While India is interesting as a cinema market (see yesterday’s Daily) it is China that matters as far as Hollywood is concerned, with Mainland BO set to overtake the US in as little as four years. So domestic Chinese cinema news is of international importance and with multiplexes approaching…

Daily Cinema Digest – Thursday 13 March 2014

India is an amazing country, not only does it produce more films than Hollywood but it has the world’s most thriving cinema culture. A staggering 75 per cent of Indian films’ lifetime earnings come from domestic cinema distribution. The equivalent figure for Hollywood is less than one fi…

Taking A Closer Look At Cine Grand’s 500 Screen Deal With Time Antaeus In China

“Cine Grand BV, Netherlands based Cinema Exhibition company announced their collaboration with the Beijing based Time Antaeus Group,” said the press release as did all the articles regurgitating it. The release went on to say that there is a joint plan to open over 500 screens in China o…

Daily Cinema Digest – Wednesday 12 March 2014

Audio: Immersive audio is set to be a big topic at the upcoming CinemaCon, with Dolby and Barco both pushing their Atmos and Auro solutions. But meanwhile there is on going discussion and work towards open standards. A very comprehensive document that charts these efforts have been published in the…

RoboCop’s 3D Success in China Spells Trouble for Imax

The 10-day haul of RMB 76.3 million (USD $42 million) of RoboCop in China spells major challenge for Imax, as it affirms the arrival of its biggest potential rival on the large format (LF) and 3D scene in China and possibly beyond. Much like Robocop vs. Enforcement Droid Series 209 in the original f…

In an Age of Automation, Sweden’s SF Bio Welcomes You to Each Screening in Person

[youtube width=”560″ height=”315″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDMT2I9vmE4[/youtube] I tend to travel to Sweden a few times each year, usually to visit family and/or on business. Even if I am there for just a few days I make an effort to visit the cinema and catch up on a S…

Daily Cinema Digest – Tuesday 11 March 2014

It seems like most film fans in the Middle East will not get to see Noah, as the film has been banned in several markets there. CINEMA bosses in Bahrain have supported a decision not to show a movie depicting the Christian version of Noah’s Ark, despite screening a trailer to filmgoers last we…

Daily Cinema Digest – Monday 10 March 2014

Event Cinema The Telegraph (UK) has a long and detailed appreciation of what goes into the Met Live event cinema productions, both from an artistic and technical perspective. The technical proficiency is breathtaking. Each transmission uses 10 to 12 high-definition cameras (one of which is robotic,…

Daily Cinema Digest – Fri/Sat 7/8 March 2014

We don’t normally start with a Finally-type of story, but this one is just too amazing to leave to the end. A cinema built and abandoned in the Sinai desert, with a story that is worthy of a film by Werner Herzog or a scene from Lost. This extraordinary outdoor cinema was captured by Kaupo Kik…