Brussels, Belgium ( April 5, 2018 )
Kinepolis Proposes to Appoint Marleen Vaesen and Sonja Rottiers as Independent Directors
At the Ordinary General Meeting of 9 May 2018, the Board of Directors of Kinepolis Group NV will propose to appoint Mrs Marleen Vaesen, official representative of BVBA Mavac, and Mrs Sonja Rottiers, official representative of BVBA SdL Advice, as independent directors. Until early this year, Marleen…
New York ( April 5, 2018 )
Helios and Matheson Analytics and MoviePass Acquire Moviefone in Strategic Move
Helios and Matheson Analytics Inc. (Nasdaq: HMNY) (“HMNY”) and MoviePass Inc. (“MoviePass”), the nation’s premier movie theater subscription service and a majority-owned subsidiary of HMNY, today announced that HMNY has acquired Moviefone, an entertainment service owned by Oath Inc. (formerly, AOL I…
Washington D.C. ( April 5, 2018 )
Taron Egerton to Receive “CinemaCon Action Star of the Year”
Taron Egerton will receive the “CinemaCon Action Star of the Year Award,” it was announced today by Mitch Neuhauser, Managing Director of CinemaCon. CinemaCon, the official convention of The National Association of Theatre Owners (NATO) will be held April 23-26, 2018 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.…
Paris & New York ( April 5, 2018 )
Eclair Announces Availability of EclairPlay Content Platform in the US, Western Europe & Australia
Eclair, a leader in content services for the motion picture and television industries, announced that EclairPlay, its new content platform connecting cinema exhibitors, content owners and distributors around the world, is now available in the following countries: USA, Belgium, Denmark, France, Spain…
Berlin & Moscow ( April 5, 2018 )
“Cinema Park” And ‘”Formula Kino” – Russia’ s Largest Cinema Chain – Launches Dynamic Pricing
“Cinema Park” and “Formula Kino” – Russia’s largest cinema chain with more than 25 million visitors per year – decided to launch dynamic pricing at the 3 sites: CINEMA PARK Metropolis, CINEMA PARK Global City and CINEMA PARK MEGA Belaya Dacha. The goal is to reward moviegoers…
LOS ANGELES & RIYADH, Saudi Arabia ( April 5, 2018 )
Global Chain AMC First to Enter Cinema Sector in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Culture and Information announced on Wednesday that it granted the first cinema operating license so that U.S. industry leader AMC, the largest theatrical exhibitor in the world, can operate cinemas in Saudi Arabia. AMC plans to open the Kingdom’s first cinema theater, in…
Northridge, Calif & London ( April 5, 2018 )
HARMAN Professional Solutions Opens New Experience Center, EMEA Headquarters in London
HARMAN Professional Solutions, the global leader in audio, video, lighting and control systems, including networked AV, today announced the grand opening of the HARMAN Experience Center – London. The new facility expands the growing global network of HARMAN Professional Solutions Experience Centers…
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia ( April 4, 2018 )
Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund’s Development & Investment Entertainment Company Signs Agreement with AMC
The Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia (PIF) announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary, the Development and Investment Entertainment Company, has signed an agreement with AMC to operate AMC Cinemas in the Kingdom. The Development and Investment Entertainment Company jointly with AMC expec…
London (April 4, 2018)
Athens, Greece ( April 4, 2018 )
HARMAN Professional Solutions Helps CinemaNext Create An Immersive Cinematic Experience with Sphera Theater
CinemaNext recently deployed a complete Martin by HARMAN LED wall lighting solution in its first Sphera theater installation at Village Cinemas. Owned by Ymagis Group, CinemaNext is Europe’s leading cinema exhibition services provider, offering innovative theater technologies like ÉclairColor HDR pr…
Seoul, South Korea & Los Angeles, California ( April 3, 2018 )
Industry-Leading Cinema Technology 4DX Hits Record-Setting 500 Screen Milestone
CJ 4DPLEX, the world’s leading 4D company, has reached the 500th 4DX screen milestone with the launch of its newest location at Pathé Belle Épine Cinema in Thiais, France. The first film screening in 4DX at this location is “Ready Player One” – an ideal showcase for the innovative…
Nashville, Tennessee ( April 2, 2018 )
The 49th Annual Nashville Film Festival Announces the 2018 Tennessee First Selections
The 49th Annual Nashville Film Festival continues its rollout of film announcements with the seven selected Tennessee First films that include the World Premiere of “Other Versions of You” and “Straight Up: Kentucky Bourbon” as well as the Southeast US Premiere of “Triu…
Amsterdam ( April 2, 2018 )
UPI Amsterdam Screening Room Improves With Alcons Upgrade
As sound technology in the movie industry gets ever more refined, the screening rooms of film distributors also need to stay in step and at the cutting edge of audio technology. At the Amsterdam facility of Universal Pictures International (UPI), an Alcons Audio CRMS mkII cinema reference monitor sy…
FREDERICKSBURG, VIRGINIA ( April 1, 2018 )
Harkness The Exclusive Screen Provider For Cinemacon 2018
Harkness Screens the world’s leading screen technology company and thought-leaders in on-screen brightness is delighted to confirm that Clarus XC technology will be the screen of choice for 2D and 3D theatrical presentations during Cinemacon 2018, for the fifth successive year. The show’s auditorium…
Paris ( March 29, 2018 )
EclairGame and Les Cinémas Gaumont Pathé Strengthen their eSport Partnership with Fifa Tour 2018
EclairGame, the new eSports-based entertainment solution for cinemas from Ymagis Group (FR0011471291, MAGIS, PEA-PME, TECH 40), the European specialist in digital technologies for the film industry, and Les Cinémas Gaumont Pathé are strengthening their partnership established in December 2017, with…
Washington D.C. ( March 29, 2018 )
Dakota Johnson to Receive “CinemaCon Female Star of the Year Award”
Dakota Johnson will receive the “CinemaCon Female Star of the Year Award,” it was announced today by Mitch Neuhauser, Managing Director of CinemaCon. CinemaCon, the official convention of The National Association of Theatre Owners (NATO), will be held April 23-26, 2018 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas…
Los Angeles ( March 29, 2018 )
RealD Wins European Patent Office Decision Upholding Patent in Volfoni Fight
Global visual technology market leader RealD Inc. announced today that the European Patent Office’s (EPO) Opposition Division has upheld the validity of one of the Company’s key patents for light-doubling 3D cinema projection systems. Volfoni and MasterImage had both challenged the EPO’s grant of Re…
Palo Alto, CA ( March 28, 2018 )
Arraiy Raises Over $10 Million in a Series A to Build an AI Platform for Film
Arraiy, a computer vision and machine learning platform for the motion picture and television industry, announced today that it has raised over $10 million in a Series A round of funding. The round was led by Lux Capital and Softbank Ventures, with new participation from Dentsu Ventures and Cherry T…
Los Angeles ( March 28, 2018 )
‘Ready Player One’ Opening Weekend Audiences Will Be First to Preview Moviebill Trailer at Regal Cinemas Nationwide
Concourse Media’s principals Matthew Shreder and James Andrew Felts’ announced today, that this Friday, at Regal Cinemas nationwide, ‘Ready Player One’ opening weekend audiences will be the first to preview a trailer for Moviebill, the cutting-edge Augmented Reality (AR) plat…
Los Angeles & Auckland, New Zealand ( March 28, 2018 )
Movio’s Data-Driven Marketing Tool to Boost Box Office Ticket Sales by 15%
The U.S. Box Office took over $160M in revenue over the 2017 Easter weekend, and many are hoping for another boost in sales this weekend. According to Movio, new machine learning technology could help the industry create a further 15% rise in ticket sales for 2018. Movio’s Audience Insights tool lau…
