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Daily Cinema Roundup – Tue 21 April

– Despite a proliferation of new multiplexes in the major cities, China still faces a massive cinema shortage reports Xinhuanet. ““Many cities in the western regions still don’t have modern cinemas with multiple screening rooms,” Mao Yu, vice president of the SARFT told…

Wii Fit in 3D, anyone?

NAB kicked off over the weekend with the D-Cinema Summit. (Some coverage can be found in the tech section at THR.com) During the closing session of the summit, the audience was asked to predict the killer app for 3D in the home. Fewer than 10 hands went up when asked if sport was the killerRead More

Emerging Pictures Aims To Be World’s 1st Carbon Neutral E/D-Cinema Network

New York-based e-cinema pioneer (though they hate the term – ‘e-cinema’, that is, not ‘pioneer’) Emerging Pictures has selected CDNetworks to “provide the low-cost delivery of large HD-file downloads for its “100% green” data delivery platform.”…

Cinemas – Ignore Baby Boomers At your Own Peril

This very good article from the New York Times does not dicsuss cinema or cinema advertising explicitly. But the implications are writ large for the two about the growing importance of the aging US (and European) population in terms of impact it will have on spending habits. For decades, older consu…

Daily Cinema Roundup – Mon 20 April

– US box office is holding up, this weeks thanks to “17”, according to THR.com, “Industry wide, the $107 million weekend represented a 14% improvement over the same frame last year, according to Nielsen EDI. Year to date, 2009 is pacing 8% ahead of last year, at $2.73 billion…

Daily Cinema Roundup – Sun 19 April 2009

– UK cinema goers spent GBP 250m in the first quarter of 2009, reports the FT, with “Slumdog Millionaire” leading the way with 6m visitors. “The latest figures, compiled by the Film Distributors’ Association (FDA), support the frequent claim that cinema-going, perceived…

Daily Cinema Roundup – Sat 18th April

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=435sv587Gcg[/youtube] – Cinemas in the UK are anticipating a bumper box office this summer and the Film Distributors Association has put together a trailer (see above) and website for SummerOfCinema, reports the BBC; – UK actors Meera Syal and Tony…

Front Row Report: Beer Wars – A Live NCM World Premier

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uY-Bg5Odi0M[/youtube] This report just in from our friend and colleague Jerry Pierce: Beer Wars – A Live NCM World Premier Jerry Pierce April 17, 2009 National Cinemedia (NCM) that runs “Fathom” a “live” to the theater network for single play events. The…

Cricket Won’t Play In Indian Multiplexes As Film Strike Worsens

Indian multiplexes will not be able to offset the impact of the film strike/boycott/non-releasing with screening of Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket matches. The imminent IPL season was anyways going to put a damper on the box office for the next six weeks, but with Hindi producers refusing to re…

Sony Pictures VPF Deal With Regal & AMC Makes Warner Bros The Only Hold-Out Studio

Sony Pictures has become the next-to-last Hollywood studio to sign a virtual print fee (VPF) agreement with DCIP, the digital cinema integrator representing the three largest US cinema chains (AMC, Regal and Cinemark). This should help DCIP re-start the intended 3 1/2 year roll-out of digital cinem…