Leawood, Kansas ( June 10, 2020 )
AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. Reports First Quarter 2020 Results and COVID-19 Response Actions
First Quarter Highlights • Total Revenues of $941.5 million • Net Loss of $2,176.3 million, including $1,851.9 million of non-cash impairment charges • Adjusted Net Loss of $231.6 million • Adjusted EBITDA of $3.1 million • Cash balance as of March 31, 2020 of $299.8 million AMC Entertainment Holdin…
London ( June 9, 2020 )
NEC Supports Its Cinema Customers
NEC Display Solutions Europe is offering a free 4-month extension to its existing NEC projector warranty contracts throughout EMEA. At a time when the leisure industry is facing its greatest challenge, NEC is true to its friends, colleagues and partners across the cinema world by extending the warra…
London, UK, 9 June, 2020 (June 9, 2020)
Dallas, TX ( June 4, 2020 )
Studio Movie Grill Hires Former AMC Theatres Executive Officer Tonya Mangels as Head of Revenue & Marketing
Studio Movie Grill (“SMG”) has announced the hiring of former AMC executive and experienced industry veteran, Tonya Mangels, as Head of Revenue & Marketing. Tonya will work closely with SMG’s executive team to define, implement and manage SMG’s revenue and marketing strategies. She will lead dev…
Sugar Land, TX ( June 4, 2020 )
Star Cinema Grill Set To Reopen All Locations
Houston-based Star Cinema Grill announced today plans to reopen their remaining locations with a great line-up of classic movies and all tickets priced at $5, available now for purchase through their free mobile app. As part of our reopening welcome back to our guests, every 100th ticket purchased e…
Leawood (Kansas) ( June 3, 2020 )
AMC Entertainment Announces the Reopening of Odeon Cinemas in Oslo, Norway
AMC Entertainment Inc., the largest theatrical exhibition company in the United States, Europe, and the world, today announced that Odeon Cinemas, an AMC Company, reopened the first of AMC’s approximately 1,000 cinemas around the world, in Oslo, Norway. Odeon Cinemas Oslo Storo 14, Sandvika 8 and Li…
Culver City, California ( June 3, 2020 )
Reading International Announces Cinema Re-Openings in New Zealand and Australia and Other COVID-19 Updates
Reading International, Inc. (NASDAQ: RDI), an internationally diversified cinema and real estate company with operations and assets in the United States, Australia and New Zealand, today announced that it has begun limited cinema operations in New Zealand and will commence operating certain Reading…
New York, NY ( June 3, 2020 )
Golden Link Inc. Joins Forces with Variety: the Children’s Charity to Provide Help for Disadvantaged Children
Golden Link Inc. has partnered with Variety – The Children’s Charity to help disadvantaged children through the distribution of safety products at cinemas globally. A new line of masks, sanitizer holders and other products has been developed exclusively for cinemas, with a percentage of the pr…
Ghent, Belgium ( June 2, 2020 )
Kinepolis Group to Reopen Cinemas in Various Countries
Since mid-March, the cinemas of Kinepolis in all the countries where the Group operates have been closed on the recommendations of local governments. Our absolute priority has always been the health of our movie lovers and staff, and we rely on the expert advice of the competent authorities in each…
London, UK ( June 2, 2020 )
Cinema Showtime Campaign Launches on Crowdfunding Platform Indiegogo Campaign
Today, Cinema Showtime, an Indiegogo crowdfunding multi-media project designed to reunite film fans following the Coronavirus lockdown, has launched. They will be working in partnership with MediCinema, the charity that brings the magic of film to hospitals. Cinema Showtime is a project that is look…
Weybridge, UK ( June 1, 2020 )
Pure Cinema Experience Announces Pandemic-Proof Nationwide Events for 2020
The immersive events company to launch a series of socially responsible drive-in film, music, and sport experiences, billed as the first of its kind since lockdown began. Pure Cinema Experience has been producing drive-in events since 2016, and have curated cinematic experiences that adhere to COVID…
Sydney, Australia ( May 29, 2020 )
Market Leader Event Cinemas Unveils Research – 98% of Movie-goers Are Eager to Return to Cinemas
Australia and New Zealand’s largest film exhibitor, Event Cinemas, has today released results from the largest survey of cinema-goers. Conducted in April – May 2020, more than 20,000 Australians provided opinions and captured sentiment on returning to cinemas once they reopen. Overwhelmingly,…
Los Angeles ( May 28, 2020 )
Saban Films Acquires Wedding Comedy “Sister of the Groom” Starring Alicia Silverstone
Saban Films announced today that they have acquired North American rights to the Alicia Silverstone (“Book Club”) wedding comedy “Sister of the Groom” from Premiere Entertainment Group (PEG), a Los Angeles-based sales, production and financing company. Written and directed by…
Paris, France ( May 28, 2020 )
Ymagis Group Reports First-Quarter 2020 Revenue
Ymagis Group (FR0011471291, MAGIS, PEA-PME, TECH 40), the European specialist in digital technologies for the cinema industry, today reported its consolidated financial results for the first quarter of 2020. Ymagis Group’s revenue was down 35% at €27.4m in Q1 2020 compared to Q1 2019. This decline i…
London, UK ( May 27, 2020 )
CTC’s “In the Pub with Mike Bradbury” Podcast Episode 4 Out Now
“In The Pub With Mike Bradbury” is the regular podcast from Cinema Technology Community. Available on iTunes, Spotify and Podbean, each time Mike is joined by regulars Kevin Markwick and Toni Purvis plus special guests to take an irreverent look at cinema technology and topical issues fa…
Los Angeles, CA (May 27, 2020)
London, UK ( May 21, 2020 )
Screen Moguls Receives Fast Start Grant From UK Government to Support Independent Cinema Reopening
Following an intense competition, Screen Moguls, the movie marketing specialist, can today announce that it has been chosen as one of 800 companies to receive a Fast Start grant from Innovate UK and the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy, on behalf of the UK government. The gr…
London, UK ( May 20, 2020 )
CTC Update: “Amplifier Dynamic Power” Next Focus for Tech Talks 2 and ITPWMB Podcast Next Episode
Available now in the Members Area, the second episode of CTCs Tech Talk Series, hosted by Barry Ferrell from QSC looks at the real world amplifier requirements in cinema and amplifier dynamic power. Overview: Sine wave power ratings were fine when a “large” power amp was 300 watts per ch…
Liege, Belgium ( May 19, 2020 )
CinemaNext Makes Its Test DCP Package Available to Cinemas Across Europe Ahead of Re-Openings
CinemaNext, the European specialist in cinema exhibitor services (Ymagis – ISIN: FR0011471291, MAGIS, PEA-PME eligible), today announced that it is has produced its own test DCP package to allow cinemas to regularly test their digital projection and sound equipment to ensure they are in working orde…
Amersfoort, Holland ( May 18, 2020 )
Campaign Wants to Celebrate Cinema
Everybody who loves movies longs for the moment that movie theaters worldwide will re-open again. Because everybody knows there is no better place to experience a movie than in a cinema with friends and family. A new online campaign with roots in The Netherlands wants to celebrate cinema in a time t…
