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Tess Manchester - Vista Entertainment Solutions

TWIC 2021: Tess Manchester – President USA, Vista Entertainment Solutions

This post is part of CJ’s Top Women In Global Cinema 2021 – Redux. How have your role, position, and responsibilities changed since you were first nominated for Top Women in Cinema? My role is still that of President of Vista Cinema’s USA territory, but it hasn’t been business as usual.…

COVID Cinema Heroes: Alamo Drafthouse, South Lamar, Texas, USA

With the closure of many cinemas and travel restrictions, it has been challenging to maintain the CJ Cinema of the Month in partnership with Vista. Instead we will be featuring submissions from readers about their favourite cinema, particularly small and independent ones, that deserve recognition fo…

COVID Cinema Heroes: Cornelius Cinemas, Oregon, USA

With the closure of many cinemas and travel restrictions, it has been challenging to maintain the CJ Cinema of the Month in partnership with Vista. Instead we will be featuring submissions from readers about their favourite cinema, particularly small and independent ones, that deserve recognition fo…

We’re All Grounded: The Impact of a Lack of Trade Shows on the Cinema Business

I squinted at my phone at 6:00 am on the 12th of March. “Did you see that they cancelled CinemaCon as well as all flights to and from Mainland Europe?” read the text. The news had broken overnight (for those of us outside of the United States) and the email from the show’s Managing DirectorRead More
Archlight Cinema in Battersea, London in the UK

Cinema of the Month: Archlight Cinema – Battersea, London, UK

Celluloid Junkie is proud to have partnered Vista Cinema for the Cinema of the Month series. Vista is the world’s leading cinema management software solutions company. We won’t just be featuring cinemas whose operators use Vista, but we will surely mention when that is the case. CJ would like to tha…
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…
Vista Murray Holdaway New Zealand Finance Minister

CJ Cinema News Digest – Friday 17 March 2017

Vista conference, OurScreen+Odeon, Credit Suisse ‘Underperforms’ AMC, record Mexican BO, Indian $3 ticket cap, Korea voucher expiry worry, Carmike turns to AMC, Ian Shepherd to leave Odeon, Movio Sarah promoted, André Rieu takes event cinema in-house, EclairColor CinemaCon demo, first 4D…
Vista Murray Holdway

CJ + Vista: Interview with Murray Holdaway, Vista Group CEO

CJ talks to Murray Holdaway, Vista Group CEO, about our Cinema of the Month partnership, areas of growth, China, the thinking behind Vista's acquisitions and what it's like to be a non-dairy New Zealand export.
Kinepolis Utopolis

CJ Cinema Digest – Monday 10 October 2016

Kinepolis-UGC deal, EuropaCorp sells cinemas, Vista-WePiao deal, Ang Lee talks HFR, FCPA is FDA's new copyright police, BigData.BigMovies long Gruvi blog, Polish BO up, Pakistan-Indian cinema war, Merlin's Greaves Exhibitor award, de Beaufort joins Golfilex, Cinepolis defends concession prices, Harr…
Regal vs Disney shares 2016

CJ Cinema Digest – Monday 18 July 2016

Cash Regal shares, Bastille Day pulled, Thailand cinema growth, Vista sign KNCC, D-Box in Germany, US cine advertising growth, social media backlash closes cinema, Jacki Chan Dolby Cinema Beijing, Malaysian Islamists oppose cinema plans and cinema to blame for stalking in India says court.
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Industry Briefs

  • Bleecker Street & Outerlight Entertainment

    Outerlight Acquires Bleecker Street With Plans to Expand Event Cinema Business

    Oct 16, 2026
  • DCDC United States Coverage Map

    DCDC Upgrades Content Delivery Network Across 1,600 U.S. Cinema Locations

    Oct 15, 2026
  • Hoyts IMAX - Australia and New Zealand

    Exhibitors Serve Up More IMAX Auditoriums

    Oct 15, 2026
  • Screenvision partners with The New York Times Games

    Screenvision Wants to Reinvent the Cinema Pre-Show. Will Audiences Play Along?

    Oct 15, 2026
  • Cineplex - Canada - Third Quarter 2026 Earnings

    Cineplex Posts Record Quarter as North American Box Office Rebound Gains Momentum

    Oct 15, 2026
  • Prince Charles Cinema

    The Prince Charles Cinema Gets a New Lease on Life as Britain Celebrates Its Independents

    Oct 15, 2026
  • 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

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
  • Paramount Warner Bros. Merger - Antitrust Settlement

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

    Sep 22, 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
  • (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
  • 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
  • (From Left) Juan Garcia (Odeon Multicines), Howard Kiedaisch (DCDC), Christof Papousek (Cineplexx) and Marion Rosset (ADDE) during the Technologies Shaping Tomorrow’s Cinema Experiences panel at the ICTA 2026 Cinema Technology Experience on June 21, 2026 in Barcelona Spain

    Cinema Technology Is Advancing Faster Than the Business Model Supporting It

    Jul 29, 2026

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