The Thai media industry is expected to generate 122 billion baht ($3,561,941,280 in US dollars) in advertising revenue this year, up 3.9 percent compared to 118 billion baht last year, the Media Agency Association of Thailand has reported. Cinema’s share of that revenue is projected to be 10 percent.
Severtson Screens will feature its enhanced SeVision 3D GX-WA projection screen coating at CinemaCon 2025, which is being held March 31 toApril 3 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Universal Pictures, in collaboration with the National Association of Theatre Owners, announced today that CinemaCon 2025 will host the worldwide debut of How to Train Your Dragon, the epic live-action reimagining of the beloved DreamWorks Animation film, written and directed by three-time Oscar nominee and franchise creator Dean DeBlois. The global exhibition community will be the first to experience this new, action-packed summer event film on Wednesday, April 2, at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace, more than two months before it opens in theatres on June 13.
Cineplex, Canada’s leading entertainment and media company, has renewed its contract with Unique X for another five years. The renewal encompasses a range of exhibitor, advertising and content delivery services, including the RosettaBridge theatre management system, RosettaNet, Advertising Accord and MovieTransit.
AMC Entertainment topped Wall Street estimates for quarterly revenue on Tuesday, boosted by wildly popular releases including Moana 2 and Wicked that helped draw a strong crowd of moviegoers. Shares of the company rose about three percent in extended trading after it reported a 20 percent jump in attendance in theatres in the fourth quarter.
The Digital Cinema Distribution Coalition announced today that it will once again pay rebates to all customers based on their continued use and support of the DCDC network. DCDC first issued rebates in 2020, and again in 2022, fulfilling the promise made to all its customers as an industry coalition to pay out any surplus cash to users of the network.
The Asian media and entertainment company Connekkt Media has acquired Mob Scene, the Hollywood marketing agency responsible for award-winning marketing campaigns for some of the biggest Hollywood blockbusters and franchises.
Plans to bring back a former city center cinema have reportedly been submitted to a local authority. The former Odeon on Magdalen Street in Oxford closed in 2023, just seven months before it would have celebrated its 100th anniversary.
MediaMation Entertainment has acquired the assets of MediaMation, Inc., a design, interactive, motion simulation, technology company and a provider of 4D Motion EFX theatres worldwide, including the MX4D Motion EFX brand and all related technologies.
As the world counts down to the 97th Academy Awards, PVR Inox is bringing an unparalleled cinematic experience to Indian audiences with the much-anticipated Oscars Film Festival 2025. This grand festival is a tribute to the finest films of the year, offering movie lovers the exclusive opportunity to watch Oscar-nominated and award-winning films on the big screen. Spanning three thrilling weeks, the festival will take place across 54 cinemas in 22 cities in India.
