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• How Kino Marquee’s Virtual Theatrical Model is Helping Cinemas Through the COVID-19 Pandemic – Boxoffice 2020/04/06
  Interview with Richard Lorber, Chief Executive Officer, Kino Lorber Source: How Kino Marquee’s Virtual Theatrical Model is Helping Cinemas Through the COVID-19 Pandemic – Boxoffice
• How Patrons Are Supporting Cinemas Around the World – Celluloid Junkie 2020/04/06
  The film industry, and exhibition in particular, is in a state of flux. With the US box office reporting $0 for the first time, exhibitors of all sizes around the world are going to find the next few months difficult, despite the few bright spots, such as the resurgence of socially-distancing friendly drive-in movie theatres. […]
• WEBINAR – Big Screen Entertainment and the Impact of Coronavirus Lockdown 2020/04/06
• In The Pub With Mike Bradbury Podcast – Ep3 – Dick Van Dyke’s 125! 2020/04/06
  In The Pub With Mike Bradbury Podcast – Ep3 – Dick Van Dyke’s 125! Listen Now To The Podcast! In The Pub With Mike Bradbury is the regular podcast from Cinema Technology Community (www.cinema-technology.com). Each quarter Mike is joined by regulars Kevin Markwick and Toni Purvis plus guests to take an irreverent look at cinema […]
• Theater Owners Create $2.4 Million Fund for Cinema Workers 2020/04/03
  The National Association of Theatre Owners and the Pioneers Assistance Fund have created an initial $2.4 million fund to provide financial assistance to movie theater employees who need help due to the coronavirus pandemic. The organizations said Monday that the first part of the initiative is a grant program that will provide a stipend to any theater workers who […]
• US head theatre lobbyist talks stimulus package, windows, CinemaCon 2021 2020/04/03
  The novel coronavirus pandemic has created an unprecedented period of tumult for exhibition and amid the chaos US lobby group National Association of Theatre Owners (NATO) has been scrambling to secure aid for theatre companies of all sizes and their workers.   Source: https://www.screendaily.com/news/
• Cinionic Returns to CinemaCon After a Groundbreaking Year for Laser 2020/04/03
  Cinionic, the Barco, CGS, and ALPD cinema joint venture, proudly announces an industry milestone in the adoption of laser and its CinemaCon 2020 line-up with a new home for Cinionic World in the Roman Ballrooms, Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, March 31 – April 2, 2020. In 2019, the company introduced the award-winning Barco Series 4 as part […]
• U.K. Distributors Take Steps to Support Independent Cinemas Amid Coronavirus 2020/04/03
  U.K. cinemas remain shuttered due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, and while some of the large chains with deep pockets have the wherewithal to ride out the crisis, independent cinemas are suffering. Some U.K. distributors have come up with solutions to remedy this.   Source: https://variety.com/2020/biz/news/
• Many cinemas are currently closed worldwide. Could this be a sign of things to come? 2020/04/03
  With cinemas shut worldwide in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic and families indoors, there has, perhaps, never been a worse time to be a cinema owner. Reporting its 2019 year-end fiscal results, Cineworld, the world’s second-biggest cinema chain with almost 10,000 screens in 11 countries, said that a two-month lockdown of all its sites could […]
• NEC Launches The Quietest Digital Cinema Projector On The Market 2020/04/03
  NEC Display Solutions Europe has launched the NC1402L digital cinema projector, combining powerful imaging and quiet operation for the most immersive cinema experiences. Running at just 49dB, the almost silent projector causes low noise disturbance for audiences and is also ideal for venues like mobile and boothless cinemas.   Source: https://www.displaydaily.com/article/press-releases/nec-launches-the-quietest-digital-cinema-projector-on-the-market
• VIP Cinema Seating closed for good 2020/04/03
  A plant in New Albany is closing for good, a casualty of the coronavirus. VIP Cinema Seating shut down operations permanently, according to a report Monday by The Wall Street Journal. The maker of reclining movie theater seats for the Cinemark and Malco theater chains filed for bankruptcy in February and hoped to recover. However, the […]
• NEC Display Releases New Install-Anywhere Laser Projector for Digital Cinemas 2020/04/03
  NEC Display announced the release of the NC1402L Monday. A native 2048×1080, it’s a 9500-lumen, install-anywhere laser projector that’s aimed at digital cinemas but could be used anywhere. The NC1402L benefits from NEC Display’s sealed optical engine technology, which creates a dust-proof enclosure around the optical element. With no lamp or filter replacement costs, the NC1402L […]
• $23 million cinema complex approved for Cockburn Central 2020/04/03
  Cockburn Central’s western precinct is set to cement itself as a hub of activity after a $23 million entertainment hub was given the go-ahead. A Joint Development Assessment Panel approved the mixed use development on the corner of Veterans Parade and Midgeroodoo Avenue, which will include cinemas, restaurants and a bowling alley, despite concerns over […]
• Coping With COVID-19 Crisis: The Perspective From India; Local Producer Vikram Malhotra On How Nation’s “Lifeblood” Cinema Is Being Impacted 2020/04/03
  India, a country of 1.3 billion people, imposed a nationwide lockdown last week as it desperately battles to contain the spread of coronavirus. Film and TV production had already halted on March 19, and the country’s cinemas, which are enormously popular and vital to local communities, are all shuttered.   Source: https://deadline.com/
• A Shutdown Theater Turned Its Parking Lot Into a Drive-In and Sold Out Every Movie 2020/04/03
  As movie theaters across the country have shut down, one multiplex in Texas has found an inventive way to keep the projector rolling. The EVO Entertainment movie theater in Schertz, Texas, has converted its parking lot into a temporary drive-in theater, reports Forbes. The company painted the exterior wall of the movie theater with high-grain white paint that films can […]
• German Comedy to Split VOD Revenue With Closed Cinemas 2020/04/03
  A total of 15 percent of all VOD revenues for X Verleih’s ‘The Kangaroo Chronicles’ will go into a fund to help cinemas forced to shut down during the coronavirus crisis.   Source: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/
• A new survey suggests that cinema audiences will decrease in a post-COVID-19 world 2020/04/03
  I think it’s clear that the event that has defined cinema in the year 2020 is Covid-19. While we were hoping to see many a blockbuster coming our way over the past few months, we have instead seen movie theatres shut down, film releases delayed and the rest of us stuck at home watching Netflix […]
• Unifrance assesses Covid-19 impact on French cinema exports 2020/04/03
  French cinema promotional body Unifrance has released a detailed report into the immediate impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the release of French films around the world, drawing on data from its weekly box office reports. “Normally, in any given week there will be around 250 separate release campaigns going on for French films in […]
• Coping With COVID-19 Crisis: UK Cinema Chain Curzon CEO On Surviving Closures & Evolving VOD Offering 2020/04/03
  Philip Knatchbull is CEO of Curzon, the UK cinema chain that also operates a distribution business and VOD service, Curzon Home Cinema. It was an auspicious start to 2020 for Curzon, with its release of the Oscar-winning Parasite becoming the highest-grossing foreign-language film in UK box office history, topping out at close to $15M. That followed news two […]
• The new Gables Cinema Drive-In lets you have an old-fashioned movie night at home 2020/04/03
  The new streaming giants have been chipping away at the brick-and-mortar movie theater business for years. But now that we’re being forced to stay home and invent ways to keep ourselves entertained, the idea of going out to catch a flick, hugging a bucket of buttery popcorn in our lap and partaking in a collective […]