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Printemps de Cinema France

Daily Cinema Digest – Monday 30 March 2015

France’s 16th annual ‘Cinema Spring’ between 22-24 March attracted around 2.6 million viewers, similar to the previous year, according to figures from the National Federation of French Cinemas (FNCF). For this national operation, cinemas offered three days a discount of 3.50 euros…

Empire SuperTicket

Daily Cinema Digest – Friday 27 March 2015

The ‘SuperTicket’ concept is already common in North America and in Europe, but this is the first time that it will have been tried in the UK. On April 3rd, thriller Kidnapping Freddy Heineken, starring everyone’s favourite on-screen serial killer Anthony Hopkins, will debut in UK…

Harbin China cinema statistics

China Cinema Digest – Thursday 26 March 2015

The above infographic summarises almost everything you need to know about cinema developments in China’s Tier 2 cities, in this case Harbin in north-eastern China, perhaps best known for its annual ice sculpture festival. The chart on the left shows the opening of new multiplexes: four in 2012…

Rentrak

Daily Cinema Digest – Wednesday 25 March 2015

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hniDk0w0KeY[/youtube] France – It is ‘Cinema Spring’ in France for the 16th year when tickets are sold for just 3.50 euro for every show for three days (Sunday-Tuesday) this past week. France is one of the few European markets where cinema g…

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…

China cinema ticket theft

China Cinema Digest – Thursday 19 March 2015

An audacious hacking into a Shanghai cinema online ticketing system allowed thieves to allegedly siphon off almost CNY ¥1.5 million (USD $240,000). While SARFT says that this sort of attack has never been reported before, Beijing-based security consultant Chong Yu is quoted as saying that “th…

Look Cinema Dallas Texas

Daily Cinema Digest – Wednesday 18 March 2015

[vimeo]http://www.vimeo.com/122202971[/vimeo] Following the announcement of a dedicated eSports screen in London’s Fulham Broadway (Vue), plus one more site, this now looks set to be the biggest global eSporting event since the Coca Cola-sponsored League of Legends tournament finale. More deta…

Carmike Cinemas For Sale

Why Is Carmike Cinemas Suddenly For Sale?

Cinema operators seem to be putting themselves up for sale at such a rapid pace these days that anyone following the cinema exhibition space might believe the industry is in dire straits. It’s been nearly three years since Wanda purchased AMC Cinemas. Regal Entertainment put themselves on the…

NCM-DoJ-Screenvision

NCM-Screenvision Call Off Merger – Winners and Losers

Now the general who wins a battle makes many calculations in his temple ere the battle is fought. The general who loses a battle makes but few calculations beforehand. – Sun Tzu, The Art of War, I-26 The proposed merger between US cinema advertising majors National CineMedia (NCM) and Screenvi…

Cineplexx2go

Austrian Exhibitor Cineplexx Launched VoD Service

The boundaries between cinema and video-on-demand (VoD) in Europe are blurring further, with the parent company of Austria’s Cineplexx exhibitor announcing its Cineplexx2Go VoD service. While VoD services are already offered by exhibitors such as UK’s Curzon Cinemas (Curzon on Demand) an…