Dear Junkies, Cineworld’s shareholders have approved the USD $3.6 billion merger with Regal, something that was never really in doubt given that the largest voting share (29%) is controlled by the Greidinger family that proposed the merger. In the end…
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…
Celluloid Junkie is at CineAsia in Hong Kong this week. Hope to see many of you there. Samsung to target lobbies; a look at VIP cinema trends; Korean access ruling; Germany considers unlimited cards; Ster-Kinekor robbery (again); India’s single screens…
Italy: UCI Bergamo opens Malaysia: GSC Maxx Cheras Australia: Palace in Mercato, Kepsey four-screen USA: Cineplanet 15 delayed UK: Empire Southend, Macclesfield 6-screen, Newmarket cinema, The Depot in Lewes, Wolverhampton 12-screen, Bodminto Merlin plans, Basildon discussions China: India: Cinepolis in Muzzaffarpur Fiji: Life Cinema opens….
CineEurope – The Coca Cola stand, always the biggest at CineEurope, will be brought to life in partnership with YCD Multimedia. Working again with partner Littlebit Technology, as well as NEC Displays Solutions and Intel, YCD’s C-nario Digital Signage Suite…
China is setting a new box office record with ferocious speed that helps cement the view that it will overtake even the US in the foreseeable future as the world’s biggest cinema market. In the first five months of 2014,…
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