News & Features - Cinemas

Cineplex Media presents first Upfront for advertisers

Cineplex Media, the cinema-marketing arm of Canada’s Cineplex Entertainment, hosted its first Upfront presentation on May 22 at the Scotiabank Theatre in downtown Toronto, with agencies and clients in attendance. More »

New Santikos complex features 16 lanes of bowling

San Antonio, TX-based Santikos Theatres has added a new diversion at its latest location, the Santikos Palladium AVX in Houston. More »

MovieTickets.com signs Carmike Cinemas

MovieTickets.com has added Carmike Cinemas to its roster of clients. More »

Kerasotes ShowPlace debuts ICON-X large-format screen

Kerasotes ShowPlace Theatres’ ShowPlace ICON Theatres at Roosevelt Collection in Chicago’s South Loop now houses the circuit’s first premium large-format screen, the ICON•X Dolby Atmos Enhanced Xperience. More »

NCM announces new social-media initiatives at NYC upfront

NCM Media Networks held its second annual upfront presentation, “The Bigger Picture,” at New York City’s AMC Loews Lincoln Square movie theatre on May 15.( More »

Screenvision names four 'Emerging Filmmakers' for pre-show series

Screenvision named the first quartet of talent for their Emerging Filmmakers Series, announced in April at the cinema-advertising company’s first-ever Upfront. More »

Vue Entertainment to acquire Poland's Multikino circuit

U.K.-based Vue Entertainment is acquiring Multikino S.A., a leading Polish multiplex operator. More »

NATO's John Fithian praises theatre access for disabled patrons

National Association of Theatre Owners (NATO) president and CEO John Fithian praised the advances the movie theatre industry has made in providing access to deaf, blind, hard-of-hearing and visually impaired patrons in testimony today before the Senate Health, Education, Labor And Pensions (HELP) Committee.( ( More »

Fairback joins Screenvision as senior VP, new business

Leading cinema-advertising company Screenvision named veteran television executive Dwight Fairback senior VP of new business. More »

New trailer focuses on movie piracy

The National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center (IPR Center), the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and the National Association of Theatre Owners (NATO) have collaborated on a new trailer aimed at educating the public about the laws against movie piracy. More »

SaveOurCommunityTheaters.org assists crowd-funding for digital conversions

By the end 2013, Hollywood film studios will stop distributing movies on 35mm film and convert entirely to digital. More »

Screenvision announces new buying process aligned with TV model

Leading cinema-advertising company Screenvision announced the first alignment of the cinema-ad buying process with TV, including a commitment to offer demo guarantees supported by Nielsen’s Cinema Audience Reports to the national advertisers participating in the 2013 Upfronts. More »

CineEurope to honor Turkey's Mars Entertainment Group

CineEurope will present its 2013 “International Exhibitor of the Year Award” to Mars Entertainment Group and founder and CEO Muzaffer Yildirim at an awards luncheon on June 27 at Centre Convencions Internacional Barcelona (CCIB) in Barcelona, Spain. More »

Funny Or Die promo sketch to appear on NCM Media Networks

A comedy sketch promoting HTC's new smart-phone will mark Funny Or Die’s debut in movie theatres nationwide through NCM Media Networks More »

Bruce Olson to retire from Marcus Theatres

Bruce J. Olson, president of Marcus Theatres and senior VP of The Marcus Corporation, will retire effective September 2013 More »

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