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4D cinema in North Korea

Daily Cinema Digest – Thursday 22 May 2014

In yesterday’s Daily we highlighted the rivalry between fellow South Korean motion-seat vendors CJ 4DPLEX (4DX) and ACOUVUE Inc. (Cine-Sation). Today we bring you a potentially greater rivalry, with NORTH Korea getting in on the motion-seat market as well. Yes, this is not an April Fool’…

4DX Advertisement

Daily Cinema Digest – Wednesday 21 May 2014

Rolling Stone magazine has an overview of what you can expect from the 4D movie going experience. Quite detailed and analytical, cutting through a lot of preconceptions without too much hype. Most U.S. journalists have only participated in brief 4DX demos, but Rolling Stone was given the opportunity…

Red London cinema

Daily Cinema Digest – Tuesday 20 May 2014

UK – Is cinema becoming a luxury? By that we mean unaffordable to the average income family? This study makes for worrying reading. A night out at the cinema is becoming increasingly unaffordable because of rising ticket prices, experts are warning. The consumer media survey by consulting firm…

Bud Mayo opportunist

The Real Reason That Carmike Bought Digiplex

Is A. Dale (“Bud”) Mayo the savviest man in US exhibition? One thing is for sure, after Carmike’s acquisition of Digiplex he is one of the country’s richest cinema entrepreneurs, with a hat-trick of deals in the last 15 years. So what lies behind this merger and what were the…

Personal Tailer

Daily Cinema Digest – Monday 19 May 2014

[youtube]http://youtu.be/VJWJMh1PmR4[/youtube] Could glasses-free stereoscopic 3D soon be a reality in cinemas? A research paper on ‘A Compressive Light Field Projection System’ from MIT seems to suggest so. Fascinating work if you can get your head around the science behind the screen,…

National Cinemedia

Daily Cinema Digest – Friday 16 May 2014

USA (NY) – National CineMedia has announced the details of its partnership with Shazam, to create audio-embedded links in its adverts for enhanced content. There are further partnerships with Disney’s Maker Studios and Idea United. National CineMedia revealed intriguing partnerships with…

Cinema Advertising Goes Back to the Future at Cannes Lions 2014

The Screen Advertising World Association (SAWA) has announced the theme for this year’s much anticipated session at the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity, held 15-21 June in Cannes. The Back to the Future focus is a recognition of the milestone that in the second film of the BTTF trilogy Mar…

Tim League

Daily Cinema Digest – Wednesday 14 May 2014

An in-depth interview with Tim League, founder and CEO of Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, a true pioneer in the American exhibition industry. Very disarming and insightful. How did the dining experience while watching a movie come about? There was a theater in Portland [Ore.]that did beer and food service…

Spanish film posters

Daily Cinema Digest – Monday 12 May 2014

A total of 50 cinemas closed in Spain in last year, representing a drop of 7%, with the total standing at just 695. It is the third year in a row of shrinking cinema numbers. There has also been a reduction in the number of screens within cinemas, dropping from 3,813 screens in 2013 toRead More

The Cinema Theatre in Rochester goes digital

Daily Cinema Digest – Friday 9 May 2014

This small-single screen is one of the last in its area to make the switch to digital. So why aren’t we filing it away further down? Because the area is Rochester, home of Eastman Kodak, aka the Company That Digital Nearly Killed. The Cinema’s swap this week from film to digital projection mar…