James Whitmore, managing director at Postar, wonders whether cinema is on the brink of a revolution – both creatively and commercially…
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UK 3D box-office receipts fell £7 million to £230 million, reducing its share of total ticket sales from 24% to 20%.
Independent figures published today by the BFI show UK audiences embraced independently made British films as never before in 2011.
A new deal between Time Warner’s film studio and Netflix and Blockbuster will mean customers signed up to the services will have to wait 56 days for films after the DVDs first go on sale, instead of 28 days.
Tesco’s on-demand subsidiary blinkbox have announced a new feature to their service, where customers who purchase DVD or Blu-ray’s in-store will also own and be able to watch the film online through blinkbox.
With the return of ‘I’m a Celebrity’ and the likes of ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ pulling in the Saturday night ratings, British fascination with celebrity culture is as fixed as ever.
Dean Wilson, UK MD at Active International, says if cinema is to become bigger than a 2% medium, Digital Cinema Media and Pearl & Dean need to make sure the digital strategy meets advertiser’s requirements…
Simon Willis, deputy head of broadcast at MEC, says no idea is too big to play out in a cinema environment…