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‘Furious 7’ Speeds Off With 16th Annual Golden Trailer Awards

Universal Pictures recent release “Furious 7”, the seventh film in the “Fast & Furious” franchise, has not only been cleaning up at the box office, speeding to a worldwide earnings of USD $1.5 billion and becoming the third highest grossing film of all time, but this past…

Dave Hollis Introduces Avengers at CinemaCon 2015

Dissecting the Dispute Between Disney and Cinema Owners Over Film Rental Terms

The recent news that exhibitors in North America and Germany were unhappy with the film rental terms Walt Disney Studios was offering for their release of “Avengers: Age of Ultron” provides a perfect opportunity to explain some longstanding industry practices associated with theatrical f…

Techniluxe

Technicolor and Deluxe Joining Forces on Digital Cinema Spurs Industry Consensus

One of the biggest breaking news stories to come out of CinemaCon last week was the news that two of the world’s largest content service providers, Deluxe and Technicolor, have entered into an agreement to launch a joint venture focused solely on digital cinema. The announcement on Wednesday w…

Global Digital Cinema Progress - CinemaCon 2015 - David Hancock IHS

CinemaCon: David Hancock Delivers Digital Cinema Update

The very first CinemaCon was held in 2011 with the worldwide conversion to digital projection at movie theatres already underway. Maybe that’s why David Hancock of IHS Technology has been a regular speaker on the first day of the event since it’s inception, presenting an update on the gl…

Adam Gottlieb

CJ @ CinemaCon: Interview with Adam Gottlieb of Continental Concession Supplies Inc.

Many North American cinema operators probably associate Adam Gottlieb with candy, refreshments and a wide variety of cinema concessions. During the past 17 years Gottlieb has been the cinema industry liaison for Continental Concession Supplies Inc. (CCSI) helping exhibitors of all sizes improve thei…

Valmir Fernandes of Cinemark International

CJ @ CinemaCon: Interview with Valmir Fernandes of Cinemark International

There are only a handful of people working in the entertainment industry that can go solely by their first name and still have everyone know who is being referenced. Most of them are performers such as Beyoncé, Madonna, Prince, Cher and, more recently, Rihanna. Easily joining this list of mononymous…

Marcelo Lima

Profile: Interview with Marcelo Lima of Expocine and Exibidor

As the worldwide motion picture exhibition and distribution industries head to Las Vegas next week for CinemaCon, their annual convention, few will be thinking about trade shows later in the year, let alone ones outside North America. That’s not true of Marcelo J. L. Lima, the CEO of Tonks, a…

Bill Campbell in Sheridan Wyoming

CJ @ CinemaCon: Q&A Interview With Cinema Buying Group’s Bill Campbell

With the conversion to digital projection mostly complete at North American cinemas, it should come as no surprise that those who played a significant part in the adoption and rollout of the technology are now being recognized for their contribution. Bill Campbell, who will receive the Marquee Award…

Dolby Cinema at AMC Prime Announcement

AMC Goes Big With Dolby In A Deal That Underscores Current Industry Trends

The announcement last Thursday of an agreement between Dolby Laboratories and AMC Theatres to partner on what they’ve dubbed “Dolby Cinema at AMC Prime” isn’t altogether unexpected. Back in February AMC’s CEO Gerry Lopez told financial analysts during an earnings call t…

Meerkat Movies

Daily Cinema Digest – Monday 23 March 2015

The online e-commerce website Comparethemarket.com either has fortuitous timing, or will fall victim to the deafening buzz behind the sudden popularity of a new social media iPhone app. You see, last December EE (formerly Orange) announced that it would end the highly successful cinema promotion…