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Vista Group first half 2017 results. (side: Vista Group)

CJ Cinema News Digest – Friday 25 August 2017

Vista and Kinepolis results are good; UK passes 100m admissions; BO summer actually not bad; Carnival buy Singapore cinemas and Umrothkar new CEO; Star Wars fan brawl in cinema; Cineworld evacuation, IBC session on cinema innovation and “Dunkirk” aspect ratio rant. New Zealand – Re…
Vue West End Reopening - Marquee and Exterior

Vue West End Flagship Reopens To Impress

On Monday, July 10th, the Vue West End cinema in London’s Leicester Square reopened after having been closed for four months to complete extensive refurbishing. “We want to set a new standard for what is possible in the West End,” declared Kevin Styles, UK & Ireland Managing Di…
Novo Cinema - Qatar Airways - seven-star partners for luxury

CJ Cinema News Digest – Monday 9 January 2017

Qatar-Novo 7-star partnership, UK/IE BO up 1.45%, SRS Cinema for sale, Richard's Vue keynote, Tim says not to iPhone "Theater Mode", Saudia Arabia's cinema "enemies", Regal-Imax 11-screen deal, India crackdown on F&B cinema overcharging, drunk cop drops gun in cinemas and triggers evacuation, Hagene…
Tim Richards, CEO, Vue

CJ Interviews Tim Richards, CEO, Vue, UK & Europe

Celluloid Junkie interviews Tim Richards, CEO of Vue, about cinema trends, building a pan-European network, Brexit, the role of social media for cinema and much more.
CinemaCon: A True Partnership

CinemaCon: A True Partnership – Working Together To Drive the Cinematic Experience To New Heights

CinemaCon panel A New Partnership looks at how exhibitors and distributors could and should work together to boost cinema attendance in the digital age.
Hoyts logo

Daily Cinema Digest – Friday 4 December 2014

With Hoyt having called off an IPO of its exhibition business earlier this year, there is now speculation that it could be sold to a private equity investor instead. Sydney-based Pacific Equity Partners is negotiating to sell the Hoyts chain – with 483 screens in Australia and New Zealand…
Melissa Keeping

Event Cinema (and its Association) Comes of Age – an Interview with Melissa Keeping

Event cinema came of age in 2013. It is difficult to pin-point one particular big screen event as the defining turning point, though not for lack of spectacular choice: there was Dame Helen Mirren’s blockbuster turn as the Queen in The Audience, as part of the NT Live season, in June; the same…

Private Equity Firm Acquires U.K.’s Vue

Late last week Vue Entertainment, the United Kingdom’s third largest movie theatre chain, was sold to a private equity firm. Doughty Hanson & Co. will reportedly cough up GBP £450 million (USD $730 million) to take over the circuit. The news was picked up primarily by business and trade pu…

Top Execs Ponder Industry’s Future At ShoWest Panel

The first day of ShoWest has historically been held as an international day where exhibitors from around the world can attend panels that cover issues and topics that relate directly to their markets.  In an attempt to bring attendees in a day earlier this year, ShoWest did away with “International…
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Industry Briefs

  • Alamo Drafthouse - A24 Cinema Club

    Alamo and A24 Turn Catalogue Films Into Collectible Events

    Oct 8, 2026
  • Samsung's Onyx LED screen at the Lurdy Cinema in Budapest, Hungary

    Cinema LED Keeps Finding Its Way Into More Theatres

    Oct 8, 2026
  • Cinemark breaks all-time records over Memorial Day weekend, driven by hits like "Lilo & Stitch" and "Mission: Impossible"

    Cinemark Is Not Picking One Premium Format. It’s Picking Several

    Oct 8, 2026
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    Oct 7, 2026
  • Expocine 2026

    Expocine Shows the Strength of Brazil’s Cinema Business

    Oct 7, 2026
  • PaperAirplane Media - The Hanger

    PaperAirplane’s Hangar Passes Two Million Downloads as Cinema Marketing Goes Social

    Sep 30, 2026
  • American Film Market - Century Plaza Hotel - Los Angeles

    Festivals and Film Markets Find New Routes Into Cinemas

    Sep 30, 2026
  • Bleecker Street - Frank Martinzez, Head of Distribution

    Bleecker Street and Marcus Theatres Recruit for a Changing Theatrical Market

    Sep 30, 2026

Popular Posts

  • (From left) Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison, California Attorney General, Rob Bonta, Cinema United President & CEO, Michael O'Leary

    Cinema United Didn’t Back the Paramount-Warner Merger. It Put Its Terms on the Table.

    Aug 21, 2026
  • Nathalie Kaiser, Rentrak Manager, Statistics and Research, Cathy Huis in ’t Veld-Esser, Gofilex CTO and co-owner, Miguel Rivera, Cinépolis Group VP Global Film Programming and Content, Johnny Carr, Vue International Head of Event Cinema and Distribution, Marc Allenby, CEO of Trafalgar Releasing, and Paul Huis in ’t veld, Gofilex CEO, during the ICTA Focus Session, "How Event Cinema, Live Experiences & Streaming Technology Are Set to Transform Cinema-Going" at CineEurope 2026 in Barcelona, Spain on June 23, 2026.

    Event Cinema Is Becoming an Always-On Business

    Aug 10, 2026
  • Paramount Warner Bros. Merger - Antitrust Settlement

    The Paramount-Warner Merger Is Permanent. The Guardrails for Movie Theatres Are Not

    Sep 22, 2026
  • (From Left) Daniel Loria of Boxoffice Pro, Adam Rymer from Regal, Brock. Bagby of B&B Theatres, Valmir Fernandes from Cinemark, Nicole Woods of RealD and Rolando Rodriguez from Lumma, during CinéShow 2026 in Dallas, Texas on August 25, 2026.

    Cinemas Aren’t Just Marketing Movies Anymore. They’re Marketing Auditoriums

    Sep 15, 2026
  • Cinerama Dome - Hollywood, California

    Cinerama Dome Revival Gives Sony a Hollywood Flagship for Its Exhibition Ambitions

    Jul 22, 2026
  • Cinema United - 2026 Fall Cinema Investment Report - Cinema Investment By The Numbers

    Cinema Owners Have Invested $2.7 Billion in Theatres. What Is That Money Buying?

    Oct 1, 2026
  • Allan Reagan, Founder & Executive Chair of Flix Brewhouse, receiving the Frank Liberto Award at CinéShow 2026 in Dallas, Texas on August 25, 2026.

    Cinergy and Cinema United’s Todd Halstead Honored at CinéShow as Flix Brewhouse’s Allan Reagan Puts Ukraine Center Stage

    Aug 31, 2026
  • (From left) Moderator Cathrine Jakobsen led the case-study discussion during the "Youth, Trends and Taboos on Films" seminar at Haugesund 2026. Silje Salomonsen, co-director of “Back to Tottori,” and Norwegian distributor Linn Barholt participated in seminar on August 25, 2026. (Photo: Grethe Nygaard)

    Young Audiences Already Like Cinema. The Hard Part Is Giving Them a Reason to Go

    Aug 31, 2026

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