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Daily Cinema Digest – Wednesday 25 March 2015

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hniDk0w0KeY[/youtube] France – It is ‘Cinema Spring’ in France for the 16th year when tickets are sold for just 3.50 euro for every show for three days (Sunday-Tuesday) this past week. France is one of the few European markets where cinema g…

Look Cinema Dallas Texas

Daily Cinema Digest – Wednesday 18 March 2015

[vimeo]http://www.vimeo.com/122202971[/vimeo] Following the announcement of a dedicated eSports screen in London’s Fulham Broadway (Vue), plus one more site, this now looks set to be the biggest global eSporting event since the Coca Cola-sponsored League of Legends tournament finale. More deta…

TCX toho Dolby Atmos

Daily Cinema Digest – Friday 13 March 2015

Japan cinema major Toho is going all out with Christie Vive Audio and Dolby Atmos solutions in several of its flagship cinemas, with particular focus on the Toho Cinemas Extra Large Screen (TCX) premium large format (PLF). Christie®, a world leader in entertainment solutions, announced that TOHO Cin…

Daily Cinema Digest – Friday 20 February 2015

Cineworld has been fined a total of £9,500 and ordered to pay £2,573 costs after two of its staff were given potentially fatal electric shocks by a faulty popcorn machine. Defending Cineworld Kathryn Turner said the exhibitor “has an exemplary record with no previous convictions.” Techni…

Cineworld 50 Shades

Daily Cinema Digest – Monday 16 February 2015

Women attending the opening night screening of “Fifty Shades of Grey” at Cineworld in Glasgow’s Renfrew Street had their bags opened and searched as they were waiting to enter. It is not known what the staff were looking for. Cineworld have yet to comment on the searches, but their…

Fun cinemas

Daily Cinema Digest – Wednesday 4 February 2015

India – Having confirmed its new acquisition, Cinepolis won’t just re-brand the Fun cinema circuit but revamp its entire portfolio, we are told. And it also plans a significant – but realistic – organic expansion. Cinepolis India Pvt. Ltd, the Indian movie exhibition arm of M…

Microsoft smartphone cinema

Daily Cinema Digest – Monday 19 January 2015

Has Microsoft discovered a way to make smartphones less annoying in cinemas? For those who can’t bear to switch them off for a couple of hours, this could be the solution. A patent granted to Microsoft this week could automatically adjust the settings on your phone to make it less annoying in…

Cineworld lesbians

Daily Cinema Digest – Thursday 15 January 2015

UK – Cineworld clearly has to work on more LGBT awareness (not to mention common sense) for its staff, after a lesbian couple were evicted for (wait for it) using the Ladies toilet. A £20 voucher and two free tickets hardly seem like an adequate apology for treating paying customers this way.…

Daily Cinema Digest – Wednesday 14 January 2015

USA (NV) – Is AMC going to ditch Imax for Dolby Cinema? Of course not, but this and other nuggets emerge from a Citi Global Internet, Media & Telecommunications Conference transcript with AMC’s Craig Ramsey, EVP and CFO, where he talks about the company’s five different strateg…

Daily Cinema Digest – post-Christmas/New Year roundup

Happy New Year to all our CJ reader and may 2015 be a good year for cinema everywhere. Other then the circus surrounding the release of “The Interview”, here are some of the other cinema-related news you may have missed over the holidays. South Korea: A not-so-Merry Christmas for South K…