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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…

China online cinema ticket machines

Daily Cinema Digest – Friday 8 August 2014

Wondering about the above picture? That’s no less than ten (10!) different ticketing machines in the lobby of a cinema in Beijing. Online ticketing has exploded in China along with the growth of multiplexes, Imax screens and attendance. But it is not what you are used to in the West with one o…

Douglas Trumbull

IBC 2014 Big Screen Experience – Q&A With Exec Producer Julian Pinn

With digital cinema conversion completed in most of the world, this year the IBC Big Screen Experience (running 12-15 September in Amsterdam’s RAI) has be re-vamped extensively to focus on the latest issues facing the industry. Sessions such as EDCF have been moved from their traditional slot…

Berr in cinema

Daily Cinema Digest – Thursday 7 August 2014

The City Council of Bristol, Tenn, recently voted 3-2 in favour of allowing beer sales in the local cinema, clearing a first hurdle and in line with a larger national trend. National Association of Theatre Owners Director of Media and Research Patrick Corcoran said wine, cocktails and suds in the ci…

Quarterly Results: RealD (Good) and NCM (Not)

We are coming to the end of the current season of quarterly financial results, with RealD and National CineMedia, Inc announcing their respective Q1 2015 and Q2 2014 results. One is good and the other one not so good. Starting with 3D technology licensing company RealD, the figures should please inv…