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Future of Cinema Advertising on Show at SAWA Cannes Lions 2014

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiqiBilgvOM[/youtube] The Screen Advertising World Association (SAWA) held its annual showcase of Cinema Advertising innovation at the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity 2014 on Monday 16 June. For those of you unable to attend (perhaps understandably, as Ci…

AMC Imax

Daily Cinema Digest – Wednesday 20 August 2014

AMC and Imax have signed a deal to deepen their business ties. What this signifies is that AMC and Wanda Cinemas, while technically different companies (though with shared ownership) are increasingly becoming indistinguishable with regards to cinema business policies. I bet they even buy popcorn ker…

James Holmes

Daily Cinema Digest – Monday 18 August 2014

Cinemark will also be on trial for the deaths resulting from the shooting and killing of 12 people by alleged mass-killer James Holmes, after a Colorado judge threw out Cinemark’s attempt to have the wrongful death and personal injury lawsuits dismissed. U.S. District Judge R. Brooke Jackson o…

Expendables 3

When Reporting On Piracy Becomes Ethically Irresponsible, If Not Illegal

I have been waiting for this day for what feels like an eternity. Today, August 15th 2014 is the day “The Expendables 3” hits movie theatres worldwide. No, I have not been waiting two years since the “The Expendables 2” was released and earned more than USD $300 million in wo…

China Film Giant Screen

Daily Cinema Digest – Friday 15 August 2014

China’s Entgroup Consulting has released an investment report on the Chinese exhibition business. While current growth is strong (14.5 screens per day), the report predicts that “the future number of Chinese cinema will be flat to down” and that there will be significant industry c…

Kino Femina in Warsaw

Daily Cinema Digest – Thursday 14 August 2014

Polas are increasingly turning their backs on multiplexes in favour of smaller cinemas – preferring cheaper tickets, fewer adverts and more varied programming – according to the latest data from the Polish Central Statistical Office. The share of the largest, multiplex cinemas has declin…

Alamo Drafthouse Downtown LA

Daily Cinema Digest – Wednesday 13 August 2014

Alamo Drafthouse is coming to downtown Los Angeles. Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, the quirky Austin-based theater chain known for its beer and food service, is expanding into downtown Los Angeles. The cinema chain, which specializes in independent and repertory films, will open its first L.A. theater at…

Cinema barrage

China Cinema Future – Barrage 2: Return of the Tucao

We were quite overwhelmed by the response to last week’s article about how China is inventing the future of cinema with the concept of ‘barrage’. (Thank you for all the tweets, Facebook posts, emails, LinkedIn mentions and other shares.) So we have decided to do what Hollywood alwa…

Vista Veezi ticketing software

Daily Cinema Digest – Monday 11 August 2014

New Zealand – Ticketing software company Vista is off to a good start after debuting on the Kiwi boeurse. Shares of Vista Group International rose as much as 8.1 percent on their NZX debut, after the cinema software and analytics company raised $92 million in an initial public offering to pa…

Powell's Sweet Shoppe in Burlingame, CA

Powell’s Finds Its Sweet Spot With Outdoor Movie Night

Summer break is shortly coming to an end for school children in the United States. Very soon this year’s trips to the beach, summer camp and the county fair will be but memories. For my two daughters, aged eight and nine (and-a-half) years old, that means it’s time for the annual August…