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TWIC 2021: Beth Figge – Senior Sales Manager, North America, Dolby

This post is part of CJ’s Top Women In Global Cinema 2021 – Redux. How have your role, position and responsibilities changed since you were first nominated for Top Women In Cinema? I still have the same role, position and responsibilities as before. How did COVID affect you and your busi…

We’re All Grounded: The Impact of a Lack of Trade Shows on the Cinema Business

I squinted at my phone at 6:00 am on the 12th of March. “Did you see that they cancelled CinemaCon as well as all flights to and from Mainland Europe?” read the text. The news had broken overnight (for those of us outside of the United States) and the email from the show’s Managing DirectorRead More

A Few Good Ideas – CinemaCon 2019

CinemaCon as a tech show is amazing for new good ideas. 4K RGB for the price of 2K laser phosphor… good idea. 10 years of support included in the price of the projector… good idea. Not blaming Netflix for cinema’s fortunes… good idea. Having a day without a long lunch program…

Premium seating Peanuts-style (NB: not the session panelists)

CineEurope: Cinemas’ Position in the Experience Economy; The Move to Premium, Driven by Innovation

This post is a transcription composed in real-time during one of the many seminars at CineEurope 2015 in Barcelona, Spain. As such we often paraphrase the presentations being given. The session description summed up this panel well: “Experiences” are what consumers are now looking for, w…

Baidu SMI

China Cinema Digest – June 2015

As we clear the backlog of news, here is a summary of major cinema news in China from the month of June. I know that we are now in August, but July will follow soon (hopefully), after which we resume normal weekly service. Business The CEO of Stellar Holdings has announced that he plans toRead More

India multiplex concessions

Daily Cinema Digest – Monday 8 June 2015

[youtube]https://youtu.be/7MqmDJcmoYY[/youtube] France/Switzerland – A major eSports event cinema deal announced by the Electronic Sports League (ESL), BY Experience and Pathe Live. Today, the manic and sports world enters a new dimension. ESL partners with BY Experience , a global leader alte…

Christie Partnership With Cannes Film Festival

How Christie, Dolby and the CST Pull Off the Cannes Film Festival Each Year

Right about now an elite team of half a dozen cinema technicians from Christie are nearly complete undoing all of the hard work they concluded earlier this month when they completed preparations for the 68th annual Cannes Film Festival. Held for two weeks each May in the French Riviera resort town o…

Cinema stocks

Cinema Earnings Digest – Tuesday 12 May 2015

This is an overview of recent earnings announcements and quarterly results of US cinema related companies from the last few weeks. This is not a review of ALL the cinema companies that released result, but only some of the more notable ones. (And, yes, I know Imax is Canadian.) Regal Regal’s…

Dolby Cinema at AMC Prime Announcement

AMC Goes Big With Dolby In A Deal That Underscores Current Industry Trends

The announcement last Thursday of an agreement between Dolby Laboratories and AMC Theatres to partner on what they’ve dubbed “Dolby Cinema at AMC Prime” isn’t altogether unexpected. Back in February AMC’s CEO Gerry Lopez told financial analysts during an earnings call t…

Art House Convergence

Daily Cinema Digest – Saturday 24 January 2015

Since 2008, just before the Sundance Film Festival begins in mid-January, art house cinema operators from around North America (and beyond) have been gathering for Art House Convergence. The conference is held over four days in Midway, Utah, not far from Park City where Sundance takes place. A recor…

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