Smart digital solutions to drive movie ticket sales in Africa
Announcing its participation at the 2019 edition of the Emerging Cinema Markets conference in Istanbul from November 19th to 21st, Influx Worldwide, the global leader in cinema technology solutions, today extended its dedicated program for African cinemas— It’s Showtime for Africa—into 2020.
Announced last year during the 2018 edition of the ECM Conference, Influx offers its specialized technology services and products to African cinemas on a low- to no-cost basis (to qualifying cinema exhibitors), to enable digital movie ticketing, loyalty and subscription programs for moviegoers across the continent.
“Africa has swept ahead of the curve when it comes to adoption of technology, right from going mobile-first and embracing 4G data, to being one of the largest consumer groups of social media content. We are convinced that as long as we can make it easier and more memorable for Africans to go to the movies, they will turn up and we are happy to do what we can to make that happen,” commented Harish Anand Thilakan, CEO, Influx Worldwide.
Influx joins a growing list of companies in the entertainment space—including Paramount, Comscore, Dolby, IMAX, Sony, Qube, Vista and POSitive, among others—who are pledging their support to help expand the African movie-going market and experience..
Thilakan added, “We’re excited to debut our latest cinema ticketing innovation, specially curated for the African market, at ECM 2019. Stay tuned for more!”
About Influx Worldwide
Counting over 32 exhibitors across the United States, Middle East, India and South-East Asia as their partners, Influx is the leading provider of web, mobile and kiosk technologies for movie theaters. From offering custom online ticketing solutions to solving integration challenges for cinemas using multiple, varied software systems with Injin, its middleware layer, Influx has powered the sale of over 12 million movie tickets through their solutions thus far. For more information, please visit www.InfluxWorldwide.com and follow the company on Twitter (@InfluxWW), LinkedIn and Instagram (@influxww).
For more details, contact:
Harish Anand Thilakan
Founder & CEO, Influx Worldwide
hat@influxworldwide.com
www.influxworldwide.com/cinemas
About DCS Events
The Emerging Cinema Markets Conference is organised by Digital Cinema Solutions Events, an independent events company for the cinema industry. Industry professionals, Rob Arthur, Julie Harriss and Dan Harriss, formed DCS Events in 2018. #ecmistanbul
For more details, contact:
Rob Arthur
Co-Founder, DCS Events
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