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MasterImage Invalidates RealD Chinese Patent

MasterImage Scores Second Patent Victory Against RealD, This Time In China

MasterImage has managed to invalidate RealD’s utility model patent for its “light-doubler” technology in China, just over a month after it did the same in Russia. With China having overtaken the US as the world’s biggest 3D cinema market, this is a significant development, th…

Sweden Alice Bah Kuhnke

End of Film Agreement Will Push Up Swedish Cinema Ticket Prices

VAT is set to increase from 6% to 25% for cinema tickets in Sweden, as part of the scrapping of the 50-year old mechanism for supporting domestic films. Culture Minister Alice Bah-Kunke has announced the scrapping of Filmavtalet (the Film Agreement), the support scheme whereby 10% of sales of each c…

UKCA UK Cinema Association

Daily Cinema Digest – Monday 18 May 2015

UK’s Cinema Exhibitors Association is re-branding as the UK Cinema Association. It also has a brand spanking new logo. Supporting UK cinema operators in providing the gold standard film viewing experience, we will continue to deliver for all our members on our mission of ‘promoting the big scr…

Edward Lachman Shooting "Carol"

Cinematographer Edward Lachman Faces A New Digital Dilemma While Shooting “Carol”

There is little debate whether digital technologies have caused a certain amount of chaos in the cinema exhibition business over the past 15 years. As the world’s movie theatres converted to digital projection, both exhibitors and distributors underwent a significant learning curve to become a…

Ted Sarandos at 2015 Cannes Film Festival

Ted Sarandos Tells Cannes Netflix Is Not Anti-Cinema

When the Marché du Film announced that Ted Sarandos would be making an appearance during the NEXT program at this year’s Cannes Film Market, the session instantly became one of its most anticipated events. The chief content officer at Netflix has a history of making controversial statements at…

Imax Gelfond China

China Cinema Digest – Friday 15 May 2015

‘It’s going to be impossible in the 21st century for anyone to think about anything without a Chinese aspect.’ – Sir David Tang (bit.ly/1FRy1Zu) BREAKING NEWS: Wanda is rumoured to be acquiring Top 10 exhibitor Jin Yi Cinema and data platform Yi Yan Network (parent company of Arts TU Network a…

Nordic Cinema Group

Catch-up Cinema Digest – Wednesday 13 May 2015

A catch-up of cinema news from mainly Anglophone countries from the last few weeks, plus one very big piece of news from Scandinavia. Scandinavia – The majority stake in Nordic Cinema Group, the regions largest cinema operator, has been sold for SEK 4.7 billion (USD $546 million) by Swedish pr…

Cinema stocks

Cinema Earnings Digest – Tuesday 12 May 2015

This is an overview of recent earnings announcements and quarterly results of US cinema related companies from the last few weeks. This is not a review of ALL the cinema companies that released result, but only some of the more notable ones. (And, yes, I know Imax is Canadian.) Regal Regal’s…

Grand Palais Cinema Paradiso Paris

World Cinema Digest – Monday 11 May 2015

Here is a catch-up of cinema news from around the world (non-English and non-Chinese territories) from the past few weeks. France The Grand Palais in Paris will be turned into the world largest cinema (and nightclub) for the occasion of the “Cinema Paradiso” between June 16-29. Two 25 me…

‘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…