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India Opens International Day at CinemaCon 2023 – Keynote by Ajay Bijli of PVR INOX

At CinemaCon 2023’s International Day the honour of the International Keynote Addresses from Exhibition went to Mr Ajay Bijli, Managing Director, PVR INOX Leisure Limited & Founder PVR Cinemas. India’s two largest cinema operators PVR Limited and INOX Leisure had recently merged to f…

CJ CGV Liberty City Point Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam

Cinema News Digest – Tuesday 26 June 2018

IPO plans for CGV Vietnam; PVR’s Bijli in Panama Papers 2; Samsung Onyx coming to India; Ajay Devgn to open 100 cinema in one year (sic); Oh Kino/Cine Q/HappyCinema challenge incumbents in Korea/Poland/Romania; UCI Kinowelt Potsdam first to get recliner treatment; why independent cinemas flour…

2017 film posters

Cinema News Digest – Tuesday 9 January 2018

2017 US BO off by one animated hit; UK box office record; CEO PVR Bijli settles ‘out-of-court’; CGR now France’s largest circuit; US ‘bomb cyclone’ could freeze BO; Nollywood cracks UK Top 10; bringing food into cinemas in India; Newcastle’s Tyneside Cinema gets n…

Intel VR ad (cropped)

CJ Cinema News Digest – Tuesday 17 October 2017

Dear Junkies, VR is a poor fit for cinema. So why is everyone from AMC and IMAX to Paris art-house exhibitor MK2 leaping into the virtual reality business? Hype and fear of being seen to be overtaken by new technology/content is a large part of the reason. Cinemas can’t screen Netflix shows, b…

PVR box office India

CJ Cinema News Digest – Friday 26 May 2017

GST 28% upsets Indian cinemas, Korean cinemas convicted, Novo innovation insights, Eye Cinema awarded, Bengaluru cinema plans not welcomes, CGV concession sales grow, popcorn predicted to grow, Empire ‘first full-seat D-Box’ auditorium, Wonder Woman woman-only screening annoys whiny men.…

CJ Cinema News Digest – Friday 10 March 2017

Cinépolis Jr horrifies, Canal Olympia’s African ambitions, Lotte workers pay docked, Eclair partners AHC, Cineworld profits, GSC celebrates 30th, PVR’s Bijli 20th, MVP fires back at Vincon, CGV-Hana barcode pay, Los Angeles cheapest cinema, Printemps du Cinema returns, Gaumont assigns se…

China Filme Equipment Corp Ymagis logos

CJ Cinema New Digest – Friday 20 January 2017

China Film buying Ymagis stake, Warburg Pincus buys PVR stake, Mamut want to buy Cinema Park, Webedia buys Peach, Polish 11-year olds exposed to sexologist in cinema. cheap UK cinema tickets guide, interviews with Cinemaxx's Carsten Horn, Secret Cinema Fabien Riggell, Showtime Analytics' Ritchie Pow…

CJ Cinema Digest – Friday 15 July 2016

Ang Lee IBC Keynote, Carmike - AMC vote delayed again, CNC innovation award, Mexico cinema 6th cheapest, Ethiopia and Qatar multiplex growth, ICO Women Leader scheme renewed, Prince Charles Cinema profile, Ajay Bijli PVR interview, India cinema sound, Vista on POS-less cinema era, bad Odeon POS-less…

PVR Icon (photo: Patrick von Sychowski / Celluloid Junkie)

Cinema of the Month: PVR Icon, Mumbai, India

Mumbai's first PVR Icon is our Cinema of the Month for April. See what a five-star luxury screen in the heart of Bollywood looks like.