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Melissa Heller-Callis of Fandango

TWIC 2021: Melissa Heller-Callis – Vice President of Domestic Ticketing, Fandango

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? My role has been elevated to oversee all domestic exhibition, as well as our strategic partnerships. Day-to…

The Way Up 2016 Keynote Address – Johanna Koljonen

CJ Cinema News Digest – Monday 5 December 2016

Insights from This Way Up, Cinema evolution, CGV to buyMalaysia's GSC, Fandango buys Cinepapaya, Indian mandates patriotism in cinemas, India multiplex consolidation, Event Cinema racism, S. Korea attendance drop, Ymagis+Open Sky, Smart Pricer partners Compeso, Mark Schubin on "Billy Lynn", pro and…

Odeon's Facebook Messenger Chatbot

Testing Odeon’s Facebook Messenger Chatbot

Odeon has with the help of Gruvi launched a chatbot for finding films and booking cinema tickets. The platform shows great promise, though bots inevitably have limitations.

iOS 10 iMessage Apps

Movie Marketers Get the Message With Latest Apple iOS Upgrade

When Apple released the latest version of its mobile operating system last month they added features and functionality in their messaging app that can be utilized by both distributors and exhibitors to market their offerings. The enhancements in iOS 10 allow users to include branded content in their…

Fandango Sells Tickets on Facebook

Why Fandango is Getting Friendly With Facebook to Sell Movie Tickets

As Sony’s “The Magnificent Seven” remake shot to the top of the North American box office this weekend some of those moviegoers contributing to the film’s USD $35 million domestic bounty (USD $54.2 million worldwide) may have purchased their tickets through Facebook, the popu…

Fandango Flixster Rotten Tomatoes

Weekly Cinema Digest – Friday 19 February 2016

Fandango buys Flixster and Rotten Tomatoes, Spain roof collapse, Indonesian competition, Film & Kino cuts, Paris scent cinema, CineEurope 25, TED Cinema, Canadian centenarian porn cinema

Black movie

Weekly Cinema Digest – Friday 20 November 2015

Belgium – A riot broke out at the Kinepolis cinema in Brussels screening the gang-themed film “Black” last week. Under-aged patrons entered the sold-out screening and refused to leave. The movie has attracted controversy, not so much for its Romeo-and-Juliet plot as for the ’…

Nordic Cinema Group

Catch-up Cinema Digest – Wednesday 13 May 2015

A catch-up of cinema news from mainly Anglophone countries from the last few weeks, plus one very big piece of news from Scandinavia. Scandinavia – The majority stake in Nordic Cinema Group, the regions largest cinema operator, has been sold for SEK 4.7 billion (USD $546 million) by Swedish pr…

National Cinemedia

Daily Cinema Digest – Friday 16 May 2014

USA (NY) – National CineMedia has announced the details of its partnership with Shazam, to create audio-embedded links in its adverts for enhanced content. There are further partnerships with Disney’s Maker Studios and Idea United. National CineMedia revealed intriguing partnerships with…

Disney To Release Sing-Along Version of “Frozen” In Theatres

[youtube width=”560″ height=”315″]http://youtu.be/0HtACLaRDk0[/youtube] Walt Disney Studios may have struck upon an inventive way to squeeze more revenue from moviegoers who have already seen their latest animated feature, “Frozen”. Hoping to get fans of “Fr…