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Adam Aron - CEO, AMC Theatres

Primed for Recovery: AMC Theatres CEO Adam Aron on Reclaiming Momentum for Theatrical Exhibition

Adam Aron’s tenure as chief executive officer of AMC Theatres has been eventful from the start. Stepping into the role in 2016, Aron helped transform the circuit into the world’s largest cinema chain while spearheading AMC’s investments in digital ticketing, premium large format (PLF), and expanded…

CJ EXCLUSIVE: CGV Launches ScreenX PLF Format

Korean cinema major CJ CGV has unveiled a new premium large format (PLF) concept with the ScreenX PLF. This is an upgraded version of the ScreenX immersive screen that projects images in a 270 degree field of vision. There is also the addition of a private booth in the back, that allows audiences th…

Regal L.A. Live giant screen by Barco. (photo: Patrick von Sychowski / Celluloid Junkie)

Artistically Combining Products Corporately, or, PLFs at CinemaCon

CinemaCon 2019 was bracketed by two PLF-style announcements, with a third announced the week prior. All three involve high profile manufacturers and industry specialists. Each announcement has enough nuanced information to make the future for all of them …interesting. On Day One of CinemaCon,…

Veronika Lindholm, MD Finnkino Oy (photo: Finnkino Oy)

CJ Interviews Veronica Lindholm, MD Finnkino Group, Finland

Celluloid Junkie interviews Veronica Lindholm, MD of Finnkino, about management skills, switching to Coke, the Scape own-brand PLF and learning from colleagues.

The Walk poster

Are UK’s PLF Pre-Releases Hurting Smaller Exhibitors?

There is a growing sense of unease amongst smaller UK exhibitors about the recent trend to pre-release blockbusters in PLF (premium large format) auditoriums. The back-to-back Week -1 screenings of “Everest” and next “The Walk” on both Imax and own-brand PLF screens has raise…

Regional Split of PLF Screens By Type Chart

PLF: Investment In The Next Generation of Cinema Exhibition

The following post is a synopsis taken from the recent report on PLF Cinema from IHS Technology, published in June 2015. Premium large format (PLF) is one of the fastest growing and most active areas of cinema exhibition with significant potential to grow in size over the next ten years. The busines…

Cinemark Playa Vista at The Runway

Cinemark Expands Premium Concept With Upscale Theatre In Silicon Beach

Cinemark, the third largest cinema chain in the United States, can add nine more screens this evening to the more than 5,700 it operates throughout the country. This weekend marks the grand opening of the Cinemark Playa Vista and XD, the ninth and latest of the circuit’s NextGen multiplex venu…

PLD Premium Large Format

IHS: 72 PLF Brands Compete With Imax (But Only Two Are a Threat)

IHS Technology recently published an Insight Report on “The market for Premium Large Format (PLF) cinema” as part of its Cinema Intelligence Service. Authored by Principal Analyst Charlotte Jones, the report does an excellent job of providing a comprehensive and data-focused overview of…

Future of Big Screen Panel at CineEurope 2014

CineEurope 2014: The Future of Big Screen

Next panel-ette starts a bit early with IHS’s David Hancock saying he will try to “keep it short, sharp and punchy.” RealD and IMAX in the ring with him. Here are some of the highlights from the panel discussion as submitted live via iPhone: “How do you define large screen?…

Luxe RealD

Can RealD Rival IMAX In The Premium Large Format (PLF) Market?

With Cinema Europe currently underway in Barcelona, two trends for premium cinema experiences that pull in opposite direction are hot topics for exhibitors gathering in Spain. The first is towards smaller, intimate venues that typically serve fine food and wine, as exemplified by The Electric in Lon…