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(From Left) Juan Garcia (Odeon Multicines), Howard Kiedaisch (DCDC), Christof Papousek (Cineplexx) and Marion Rosset (ADDE) during the Technologies Shaping Tomorrow’s Cinema Experiences panel at the ICTA 2026 Cinema Technology Experience on June 21, 2026 in Barcelona Spain

Cinema Technology Is Advancing Faster Than the Business Model Supporting It

At the 2026 ICTA Barcelona Cinema Technology Experience, executives from Odeon Multicines, Cineplexx and DCDC examined how exhibitors can identify the technologies audiences will value – —and whether cinema’s current economics can sustain the industry’s accelerating upgrade cycle. Asked where cinema…

(From Left) Gregory Theile (Kinopolis Group), Tomasz Jagiello (Helios Cinemas), Karl Geraghty (Stella Cinemas) and Araceli Vaello (CinemaNext) during the panel discussion with 2025-2026 ICTA EMEA Award Winners at the ICTA 2026 Cinema Technology Experience on June 21, 2026 in Barcelona Spain

The Best Cinemas Aren’t Competing With Netflix. They’re Competing With a Night Out

Three award-winning cinema operators at the 2026 ICTA Barcelona Cinema Technology Experience explain why memorable design, hospitality and flawless execution increasingly matter as much as what appears on the screen. When cinema executives talk about competition, the conversation usually turns to st…

(From Left) David Ong (AAM-Qube), Andreas Stier (OneCinema), Seneit Debese (Greta Apps), Sophie Doherty (TAPOS) and Timo Holtkamp (Gofilex) during the Connected Cinemas panel discussion at the ICTA 2026 Cinema Technology Experience on June 21, 2026 in Barcelona Spain

Cinema Technology Has Never Been More Sophisticated, So Why Is It Still So Disconnected?

Cinema technology vendors at the 2026 ICTA Barcelona Cinema Technology Experience examine why the systems handling ticketing, content delivery and theatre operations still struggle to share data, what those disconnections cost exhibitors and whether open standards or consolidation will finally bring…

Andrew Cripss, Head of Global Distribution, Walt Disney Studios - ICTA Barcelona Seminar 2026 - June 21, 2026 - Infinity Vision

Disney’s Andrew Cripps Says Infinity Vision Is More Marketing Program Than Certification Scheme

Speaking at ICTA’s Cinema Technology Experience in Barcelona on the eve of CineEurope, Disney’s head of global theatrical distribution offered the clearest public explanation yet of Infinity Vision — and confirmed that several key details are still being worked out. When Andrew Cripps, H…

Stan Ruszkowski, CEO of The Boxoffice Company, Carla Boyd of Cineworld, Adrien Chabel, the CEO of AlloCine) and Mariano Otero of Fever during the Turning Social Buzz Into Box Office Sales panel at CineEurope on 15 June 2025 in Barcelona, Spain

CineEurope 2025: Turning Social Buzz into Box Office Success

“We’re here to talk about something that never sleeps,” proclaimed Stan Ruszkowski, CEO of The Boxoffice Company, at the outset of a panel discussion at this year’s CineEurope. Titled “From Scroll to Screen: Turning Social Buzz into Box Office Sales”, the session came on the first day of the confere…

CineEurope 2024: A Trade Show Overview

An important part of every CineEurope conference, held at the CCIB in Barcelona every June, is the trade show, where the latest in cinema service provider offerings – from concession stand options through to the nitty-gritty technical side of cinema exhibition – are displayed in all thei…

CineEurope Grows With Confidence

The third annual CineEurope in Barcelona conclude yesterday on a strong and confidant note, with a clear voice and profile as the must-attend trade show for the Euro-Asia/EMEA cinema exhibition industry. UNIC’s member territories represent almost 30 per cent of global box office. In some of th…

CineEurope Makes The Move To Barcelona In 2012

Having changed its name from Cinema Expo to CineEurope this year upon teaming up with the International Union of Cinemas (UNIC), now another change is in store for Europe’s largest motion picture exhibitor trade show; its location. After being held at the Rai in Amsterdam for the past 15 years…