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.
Fathom Events and US Cinemas Find the Faith(ful)
One if the fastest growing genres of event cinema (a.k.a. alternative content) is the uniquely US-focused rise of faith-based events in cinemas. Fathom Events has been a driving force behind this, with three faith-based events this past autumn. Fathom attributes its record-setting first financial qu…
CJ @ ECA – Breakout Session: Coca-Cola & eSports
This is a live transcript of the presentations made at last week’s Event Cinema Association conference held in London. As such we sometimes paraphrase what is said on stage and any errors are most likely the fault of the note taking and not the speakers. 100% coherence is not possible as we often in…
CJ @ ECA Conference – Welcome & Content Delivery
This is a live transcript of the presentations made at last week’s Event Cinema Association conference held in London. As such we sometimes paraphrase what is said on stage and any errors are most likely the fault of the note taking and not the speakers. 100% coherence is not possible as we of…
Event Cinema Association Set For Third Annual Conference
Time is quickly running out for those wishing to secure tickets to this year’s ECA Conference on October 19th at Picturehouse Central in London’s posh West End. For its third annual conference the Event Cinema Association (ECA) has put together a day-long program specifically for motion…
IHS Technology: Event Cinema Develops Into a Global Sector
IHS and Rentrak provide analysis of Event Cinema revenues in eight territories. The Event Cinema sector has been around for many years, with experiments taking place as soon as digital projection was a workable reality. Digital conversion has acted as the main driver for Event Cinema. In both Franc…
CineEurope: Event Cinema – Taking Stock and Looking Forward
This post is a transcription composed in real-time during one of the many seminars at CineEurope 2015 in Barcelona, Spain. As such we often paraphrase the presentations being given. The record box office movie summer has far from eclipsed event cinema (nee alternative content), with the Take That pu…
ECA Handbook: Live Delivery Via Satellite (Part III)
Earlier this year The Event Cinema Association (ECA) published its “Technical Delivery Handbook”, a step-by-step guide to live delivery of event cinema, written by ECA members for the benefit of the industry. With satellite delivery the preferred mode of delivering live opera, theatre, concerts and…
ECA Handbook: Live Delivery Via Satellite (Part II)
Earlier this year The Event Cinema Association (ECA) published its “Technical Delivery Handbook”, a step-by-step guide to live delivery of event cinema, written by ECA members for the benefit of the industry. With satellite delivery the preferred mode of delivering live opera, theatre, c…
ECA Handbook: Live Delivery Via Satellite (Part I)
Earlier this year The Event Cinema Association (ECA) published its “Technical Delivery Handbook”, a step-by-step guide to live delivery of event cinema, written by ECA members for the benefit of the industry. With satellite delivery the preferred mode of delivering live opera, theatre, c…