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CinemaCon 2026 Product Preview: Business, Marketing & Operational Platforms

Beyond ticketing and concessions, a growing layer of systems is shaping how cinemas operate, connect with audiences, and make decisions. At CinemaCon 2026, numerous companies are showcasing platforms that sit behind the scenes of the moviegoing experience; spanning theatre management, content delive…

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New Study Suggests Exhibitors Can Profit From Latent Demand

On the even of every major cinema industry trade show it is quite common for our inboxes to overflow with meeting requests, sales pitches, product updates, market research and other event related info. These missives come in from companies far and wide, of all shapes and sizes from manufacturers to…

Media Forecast 2018 Celluloid Junkie

Celluloid Junkie’s 2018 Cinema Predictions

2017 was an eventful year for the film and cinema business and 2018 promises to be even more so. So the Celluloid Junkie editorial team has gazed into the crystal ball to see what’s ahead. Here is a list of possible scenarios in the new year, as foreseen by our top contributors Jim Amos (JA),Read Mo…

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CJ Cinema New Digest – Friday 20 January 2017

China Film buying Ymagis stake, Warburg Pincus buys PVR stake, Mamut want to buy Cinema Park, Webedia buys Peach, Polish 11-year olds exposed to sexologist in cinema. cheap UK cinema tickets guide, interviews with Cinemaxx's Carsten Horn, Secret Cinema Fabien Riggell, Showtime Analytics' Ritchie Pow…

Showtime Analytics Alibaba CineAsia 2016

CJ Cinema News Digest – Monday 12 December 2016

Alibaba invests in Showtime, GIC pumps $260m into Cinema XXI, Atom Tickets profiled Redux, cinema stocks fall, Odeon-AMC Manchester conflict, Showtime Taipei is Christie Vive's 400th, Korean cinemas' variable pricing, Canada cinema hack, Indian cinema national anthem arrests, Inox plans, MK2 VR venu…

CineEurope 2016

CJ @ CineEurope 2016: Data Driven Innovation

CineEurope looked at the issue of data-driven innovation in cinemas with a panel of Fernando Evole (Cinépolis Spain), Will Palmer (Movio), Richard Powers (Showtime Analytics), Tonis Kiis (WB) and Jim Zak (comScore)

Jolyon Spurling, Chief Data Officer at Showtime Analytics

40 Under 40 EUR: Jolyon Spurling of Showtime Analytics

This story first appeared in a special CineEurope 2016 issue of BoxOffice magazine. To subscribe to the magazine click here. Name: Jolyon (Joe) Spurling Company: Showtime Analytics Title: Chief Data Officer Country: Republic of Ireland Jolyon Spurling was born with cinema in his blood, with his fath…

Phil Clapp, President of UNIC, at CineEurope 2016

At CineEurope, a Call for Cinemas and Studios to Work Together

The first day of CineEurope 2016 saw calls for closer co-operation between cinemas and studios in sharing data and serving customers, but mistrust - both mutual and of 3rd parties - runs deep.

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CineEurope: Data – a New Goldmine?

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 rise of smartphones and internet bookings has pushed cinemas into the digital age, perhaps even more so than the s…

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CineEurope: Interview with Showtime Analytics’ Joe Spurling

In the run-up to CineEurope 2015 CJ is interviewing and profiling several leading companies, trade bodies and people to capture the mood of the cinema industry in Europe. It may have ben Showtime Analytics’ first CinemaCon this year, but the company attracted a lot of interest both on and off…