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Premium VoD Just Killed the Cinema Release Window

One single tweet was the final nail in the coffin of the cinema exclusivity window, given added poignancy by being in French; “100 000 locations en une semaine, rien ne sera plus comme avant” (‘100,000 viewings in a week, nothing will be as it was’). This was the message fro…

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Daily Cinema Digest – Tuesday 3 June 2014

The fact that China’s box office is booming is taken as a given, but depending on how you look at the figures, some more troubling aspects shine through. Grace, vice president of Arts and Consulting Research told the “First Financial Daily” correspondent that although the theater b…

Farewell my concubine opera

Daily Cinema Digest – Monday 2 June 2014

“Farewell My Concubine” had its global premiere yesterday at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles; the first ever Chinese 3D opera in Atmos to be shown in cinemas. Yesterday, appears on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles of a particular landscape, held annually Oscars Dolby theater en…

“Gravity” Takes Off At 15th Annual Golden Trailer Awards

[youtube width=”560″ height=”315″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4pcg7bXgmU[/youtube] In an industry that loves to award itself with never-ending accolades it should come as no surprise that there is a trophy for those who produce the trailers used to market new releases. Ev…

Eva Green Sin City Poster

“Sin City” Poster Too Graphic For MPAA’s Advertising Administration

Every so often an incident occurs that serves to remind us just how many tasks need to be completed in the workflow leading up to the release of a motion picture. Tasks such as running your marketing material past the proper trade groups for approval. Yesterday I took note that my never-ending Twitt…

Is It Time To Go Short on AMC’s Shares?

It has been close to six months since the initial public offering (IPO) of AMC Entertainment, meaning that senior management will soon be allowed to start selling shares that they hold in the company. Seeking Alpha therefor asks if the time is right to go short on AMC. The question of whether AMC ma…

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Exhibitors Pin Their Hopes On Promotional Giveaways For Disney’s “Maleficent”

If Disney’s “Maleficent” fails to generate box office returns when it opens on May 29th it certainly won’t be due to a lack of marketing campaigns touting promotional giveaways. At least that’s the case in North America where the studio has partnered with two of the wor…

Cineplex CEO Jacob Ellis and Aishwarya Rai-Bacchan

Daily Cinema Digest – Thursday 29 May 2014

Next week is ShowCanada, so what could be more appropriate than a long profile of the CEO of Canada’s largest cinema company, Cineplex Entertainment’s CEO Ellis Jacob. Lots of interesting information here, like the fact that close to 40% of revenues come from “premium offerings”, such as…

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Opera Screenings Do Not Drive Actual Opera Attendance, Study Finds

A UK study just released has found that screening opera in cinemas is not boosting the interest to attend performances in actual opera venues. The research would seem to provide ammunition to those who claim that event cinema screenings of Met and Royal Opera House productions is cannibalizing audie…

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What Wanda’s IPO Prospectus Tell Us About China’s Cinema Market

No less than 30 Chinese companies are looking to list on US stock exchanges this year, led by Internet giants such as JD.com and Alibaba. The reason for choosing the likes of Nasdaq is because unlike their Chinese counterparts they don’t require three years of profitability as well as US regul…