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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…

A photo collage of all CJ Cinema Summit participants has a banner across the middle saying ‘CJ Cinema Summit - Thank You for 5 Years!'

Celebrating the 2024 North American Cinema Awards and the CJ Cinema Summit’s Fifth Anniversary

Five years ago on Thursday 19th March 2020, shortly after unprecedented global COVID lockdowns started to take effect in response to the pandemic, a group of people based between Los Angeles, London and Oslo hastily pulled together a live online broadcast to talk to their industry colleagues about w…

A cinema projector surrounded by logos of companies offering exhibition training courses

CJ Tech: A Brief Overview of Cinema Technology Training Courses

In the past, comprehensive training courses in the cinema exhibition industry have been few and far between. Over time, especially as experienced cinema technicians retire, this topic has often been raised as something that needs urgent correction in relation to upcoming generations and a fundamenta…

CineEurope 2024: ICTA Sessions

The annual gathering of the European cinema community – CineEurope – took place once again at the CCIB in Barcelona between the 17-20 June. On the opening morning of the conference (Monday 17th) a session focussing on ‘New Cinema Concepts’ kickstarted a discussion around cinemas de…

Mark Christiansen of Paramount Pictures, Ioan Allen of Dolby and Robert Sunshine of Film Expo Group during the 2023 ICTA Los Angeles Seminar Series

ICTA Icon Award Presented to Ioan Allen

The International Cinema Technology Association presented Ioan Allen of Dolby Laboratories with the ICTA Icon Award on 10 January during the organization’s 2023 Los Angeles Seminar Series (LASS). Allen becomes the second honoree to receive the award, which was first bestowed upon the Will Roge…

CJ Cinema News Digest – Friday 21 April 2017

PVR fires Kapoor, Paytm crosses $62m, ‘Limitless’ Odeon Printworks worries, AMC’s European shopping bill, ICTA awards, Netflix day-and-date policy no-change, WTW and Scott Cinemas merge, HArkness’ Mitchell heads BKSTS’ CTC, NBA and TED in cinemas, Cineplex attack, scann…

Marie-Laure Couderc, CEO of C2L (photo: 78actu)

CJ Cinema News Digest – Monday 20 February 2017

C2L CEO puts small-town cinemas in focus, Follow’s film recoupment overview, ICTA LA seminar, recliners for MJR and Rome cinemas, Film2 on-demand service in Spain, “Fifty Shades” wanker arrested, “Chicago” immersive cinema and vintage mobile cinema ‘Audrey’.…

ICTA Cinema(s) of the Year Nominations Open

EUROPEAN OFFICE, February 17th, 2017 22nd ICTA Seminar Series Barcelona Sunday, June 18th – Tuesday, June 20th, 2017 Dear ICTA Member, Again we are going to allocate three different types of award this year: A. Classic Screen of the Year (traditional cinemas, built before 1995) B. New Build Sc…