The International Cinema Technology Association has announced the 2023 winners of the ICTA EMEA Awards, celebrating technological leadership, design, and innovation in the cinema exhibition sector. The award winners are Cineplexx Ljubljana, Slovenia (Best New Build Cinema of the Year), Cineplex Münster, Germany (Best Cinema Refurbishment of the Year) and Forum Sittard, The Netherlands (Best Classic Cinema of the Year).
Vista Group has announced the dates for its 2024 conference in Auckland, New Zealand – its first since 2019. Held at the Aotea Centre from February 12-15, 2024, the conference will bring cinema and entertainment industry representatives from across the globe to New Zealand to share their experience and learn about the latest innovations in technology designed to power the global film industry.
MoviePass opened its subscription service for nationwide availability over the Memorial Day weekend. MoviePass was previously available only to those on the waitlist during its beta period.
Screenvision Media held its annual Upfront presentation Wednesday night and announced new breakthrough research, which proved cinema is the number one video platform for attention with 75 percent active attention to ads and 100 percent viewability. That is two-six times higher than TV, CTV, Social and Digital.
Strong/MDI Screen Systems has signed a three-year agreement as the preferred worldwide cinema screen supplier for Kinepolis Group. Based in Belgium, Kinepolis is a leading cinema exhibitor with operations in nine countries across Europe and North America
AMC Theatres today announced that its popular long-time family summer movie program, AMC Summer Movie Camp, is returning to theatres for the first time since 2019. Through AMC Summer Movie Camp, moviegoers can enjoy recent and classic family titles for $3 plus tax on Wednesdays and $5 plus tax on Saturdays throughout the summer.
Cinionic has partnered with the Film Expo Group to become the Official Cinema Projection Provider of CineEurope for the fifth year in a row. All projection equipment in the CCIB Auditorium will be supplied by Cinionic, powering the studio product presentations and screenings with Laser Projection by Cinionic.
Severtson Screens will feature its most popular options for its folded SeVision 3D GX line with enhanced projection screen coating during CineEurope 2023, held in Barcelona, Spain from June 19-22 at Centre Convencions Internacional Barcelona.
Cinderella has been named the UK’s favorite Disney princess, according to new national research, from Showcase Cinemas. The study, which was commissioned to celebrate the release of the live-action The Little Mermaid, also revealed Cinderella (11 percent) is the nation’s favorite Disney Princess movie – with the top three characters also reflected in the UK’s top three favorite films as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (10 percent) and Beauty and the Beast (8 percent) landed among the nation’s favorites.
With the French box office surging, Imax has unveiled ambitious plans for expansion in the country as it aims to nearly triple the number of its systems from the 22 currently in operation to more than 60.
