Welcome to the second analysis of the websites of cinema chains in Europe, where we at Gruvi continue to ask that all important question “How effectively are European cinemas reaching Online audiences?”. In this months episode we will be looking…
IPO plans for CGV Vietnam; PVR’s Bijli in Panama Papers 2; Samsung Onyx coming to India; Ajay Devgn to open 100 cinema in one year (sic); Oh Kino/Cine Q/HappyCinema challenge incumbents in Korea/Poland/Romania; UCI Kinowelt Potsdam first to get recliner treatment;…
The news that Germany’s UCI will roll out dynamic pricing to all of its 23 cinemas and 203 screens over the next five years marks the start of the embrace of dynamic pricing by the cinema industry. The fact that…
Dear Junkies, Strikes at UCI and Picturehouse makes us wonder what employees think of working at cinemas. Rather than putting that awkward question to the teen serving you popcorn before the next showing of “Thor Ragnarok”, you can find out…
Africa: Solar powered Burkina Faso cinema USA: cinema drive-thru ‘accessory’ UK: Kentish town work halts S. Korea: Megabox cinema ‘illegal’, new Yeongju cinema India: new Inox & PVR three-screeners. Refurbs: Cineworld Hemel Hempsted Super Screen, Showcase Bluewater expands, Hackney cinema…
JAPAN: Cocomaru Theatre & Cafe; UK: Tramshed BA seats, Everyman Chelmsford, Stafford 3-screen for sale, Picturehouse Ealing work starts, Odeon Norwich; USA: Elizabethtown (KY) Crowne Point Theatre; GERMANY: UCI Nordhorn, CineStar Freising; FRANCE: Pathe Paris Vill’Up, Nice’s Hotel Riviera; POLAND: OH Kino; ROMANIA: Happycinema; SERBIA & KOSOVO: Cinemaxx two cinemas; RE-OPENINGS: Paderborn (DE) Cineplex is now Pollux, Gaumont Plaze in Flint (UK); CLOSINGS: Dortmund’s oldest cinema, Fukuoka Imax and ABC in Bournemouth. …
UK – Screen Daily has a long and detailed article by Tom Grater about the ins and outs of booking in “Star Wars: the Force Awakens”, with many smaller and art-house exhibitors caving in to the might of the Force….