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CineEurope 2018 Keynote Delivered by UNIC President Phil Clapp

This is the keynote address delivered by Phil Clapp, the President of the International Union of Cinemas (UNIC), at the opening of the CineEurope 2018 convention on Monday 11 June in Barcelona’s CCIB. Included are excerpts from the audio-visual presentation accompanying the speech. For those t…

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European Cinema Figures and More by UNIC

Definitive cinema attendance figures for Europe in 2014 have been published by cinema trade body UNIC, as part of its 2014-2015 General Report. Preliminary figures were released by UNIC back in February and are largely the same, so the report is more interesting for its analysis of market trends, ad…

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Ymagis FY’14 Results Reflect European Cinema Market

The pan-European cinema integrator and service provider has released financial results for the fiscal year 2014. While the company merged with Belgian-based digital cinema operator dcinex in October, the results are for Ymagis’ operation alone, with the joint results published separately. The…

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UNIC 2014 European Cinema Statistics – It’s a Funny Thing

The legendary Speaker of the US House of Representative Tip O’Neil famously said that “all politics is local.” The same can be said for European cinema statistics. With US in the doldrums and China booming in 2014, the just released UNIC Update on Cinema Exhibition in 2014 highligh…

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CineEurope 2014 Preview: Interview with UNIC’s Jan Runge

CineEurope 2014 is just over a week away. It is the third year since the annual event moved on from Amsterdam and its previous incarnation as Cinema Expo. This year the show is busier than ever with a full four days of event, which Celluloid Junkie will be providing live reports and updates from. In…

Europe’s Cinema Attendance Decline is Greatly Exagerated

It is appropriate that the European Audiovisual Observatory (EAO) should release its cinema admissions report at the Berlin Film Festival rather than Cannes, because it appeared not to make for sunny or cheerful reading. The headline figure of 4.1 per cent decline for EU cinema attendance and the se…

Odeon Selects Unique Digital’s Platform For Digital Rollout

Odeon & UCI Cinemas Group took another step forward in their digital cinema rollout this week by announcing their selection of Unique Digital’s software suite to help them manage digital content and equipment in converted theatres. With 1,802 screens spread across 202 venues in seven count…

Screen Digest’s David Hancock Discusses Europe’s D-Cinema Funding Shortfall

[/caption] On June 21st, just in time for Cinema Expo, Screen Digest published a report titled “Digital Cinema Moves Into The Mainstream“. Twelve pages in length and with 10 tables and charts, the report uncovered a significant “digital shortfall” in the amount of financing r…

Sony Expands In Europe With National Amusements, AMC, And Dealer Partnerships

[/caption] If Sony wanted to make a big splash at Cinema Expo in Amsterdam this past week then they did one heck of a job. On Tuesday, the second day of the conference, Sony announced two exhibitor agreements with National Amusements and AMC Entertainment’s United Kingdom based theatres for di…

Official: Irish love their filum in cinemas

Statistics released by the European statistical agency Eurostat has revealed that the Irish are the Union’s most frequent cinema-goers, with over four visits per year, compared to the EU average of just under two. From an article in the Hollywood Reporter: The Irish are Europe’s keenest…