MoviePass Lowers Price to $6.95 per Month
MoviePass today announced that, for a limited time, it is offering its annual subscription to new subscribers for $6.95 per month. The new rate has a one-time processing fee of $6.55.
Distribution & Exhibition
CJ 4DPlex to Launch 4DX with ScreenX and 4DX VR Cinema
CJ 4DPlex is launching 4DX with ScreenX to create what the company says is the next revolution of immersive cinema. The concept is a combination of the 4DX and ScreenX cinema formats. In other news, CJ 4DPlex is also introducing 4DX VR Cinema. Both concepts will be showcased in the U.S. for the first time at CinemaCon, April 23-26 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
NEC Adds Three to Latin American Sales Team
NEC Display Solutions announced today that it has substantially enlarged its team dedicated to the Latin American region.
Swiss Theatre Installs First 3D Cinema LED Screen
Arena Cinemas’ Sihlcity in Switzerland today became the first theatre in the world to install a Samsung 3D Cinema LED Screen. Imaculix designed and installed the screen.
Japanese Theatre First with Hologram Technology
ARHT Media, developer of hologram content through its patented Augmented Reality Holographic Telepresence technology, today announced the first deployment of its technology in a cinema location at Cinema Sunshine Ikebukuro, in Tokyo, Japan.
Christie Sponsors Independent Cinema Australia Conference
Christie is a Gold Sponsor for the Independent Cinemas Australia Conference currently underway in Sydney, Australia. The conference runs March 19-22.
Ymagis Group Reports Growth for 2017, Plans VR Offering in 2018
Ymagis Group today reported its full-year earnings for the 2017 fiscal year December 31. In 2017, saying the group demonstrated its ability to offset the decline in its virtual print fee activities (revenue -11.5 percent at €61.5 million) by the growth of its service activities (+9.0 percent at €118.1 million). The group’s business thus rose slightly by +0.8 percent to €179.2 million. Driven by the full-year integration of acquisitions made in 2016 and by the implementation of the growth strategy based on its services activities, the Eclair and CinemaNext business units saw their revenue increase respectively by +15.4 percent and +3.4 percent at €54.8 million and €63.3 million.
National CineMedia Names Two New Board Members
National CineMedia today announced that Mark Segall and Renana Teperberg have been appointed to its board of directors.
Everyman to Open Cinema in Glascow
Everyman Cinemas, which has 22 sites in England including London’s Canary Wharf, Bristol and Harrogate, has signed a 30-year lease on a 10,000 square foot unit in Glasgow’s Princes Square, which was named Scotland’s Favorite Building by the Royal Institute for Architects in Scotland in 2016.
Lagunitas CEO Maria Stipp Joins MoviePass Board
MoviePass announced today that Maria Stipp, CEO of Lagunitas Brewing Company, has been elected to its board of directors.
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