Cinema admissions increased by 28% year-on-year in April, and the growth in advertising revenue was not far behind that, with a year-on-year increase of 18% taking it to £11.6 million.Motors (£3.1 million), entertainment & media (£2 million) and telecoms (£1.8 million) lead the market, and the top three advertisers were BSkyB (£1.8 million), Orange (£1.1… Continue reading Positive Growth For Cinema Attendance
More Cinema articles
Digital Cinema is to be rolled out on a wide scale from 2007 in a bid to maintain the experience gap between cinema and home entertainment systems such as HDTV, according to the latest report from Screen Digest. During the second half of 2005, following on from the release of the technical specification for d-cinema,… Continue reading Digital Cinema Rollout Edges Nearer
Advertising expenditure in the UK enjoyed a year on year increase of 5.4% in 2005, with the latest figures from Thomson Intermedia attributing the growth to expanding internet revenues.Despite industry fears that the internet’s dominance would take marketers’ budgets away from traditional media, Thomson showed that television and press advertising held its own in 2005.… Continue reading UK Adspend Up By 5.4%
December saw the largest number of cinema admissions in 2005, with new figures from the Cinema Advertising Association showing a flurry of festive film interest towards the end of the year.The release of several blockbuster films and the start of the holiday season colluded to bring an average of 3.98 million cinemagoers to the box… Continue reading Cinema Ends 2005 On Box Office High
UK advertising expenditure is forecast to rise by 3.7% in 2006, with new forecasts from Initiative Media predicting online to be the fastest growing medium fuelled by the increasing uptake of broadband. Initiative expect 2006 to be another slow year for the UK media market, albeit a better one than 2005, with the projected 3.7%… Continue reading UK Adspend To Rise By 3.7% In 2006
Cinema admissions enjoyed a 7.3% year on year increase in October, with admissions for the month totalling 15.6 million, fuelled by strong offerings from UK productions and family films released during the half term break.Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit was the nation’s clear favourite, grossing £26.2 million in October, with the five… Continue reading October Cinema Adspend Up By 7.3%
Cinema advertising expenditure in August was headed by the Motors, Telecoms and Drink categories, reaching a total of £12.5 million for the month, according to the latest figures from the Cinema Advertising Association (CAA). The CAA reveals that the top three advertisers in terms of adspend were Vauxhall Motors with £1.5 million, followed by Orange… Continue reading Advertisers Continue To Plough Money Into Cinema
The UK cinema industry enjoyed a total of 16 million admissions in July, making it the strongest month so far this year, despite a slight year on year loss due to two of the most popular films of 2004, Shrek 2 and Spiderman 2 both released in July 2004.According to figures released by the Cinema… Continue reading Cinema Admissions In July Strongest In 2005
BSkyB is reported to be trying to move into the UK cinema market by buying six multiplex cinemas from UGC in an attempt to push forward and market Sky Digital.The satellite giant is said to be holding talks with owner of the UGC cinema chain, US private equity firm, Blackstone Group, over the possibility of… Continue reading BSkyB In Bid To Buy UGC Cinemas To Push Digital Offerings
Cinema advertising in the US is increasing in popularity with advertisers, with estimates released by the Cinema Advertising Council (CAC) showing that advertisers invested $438 million on cinema adverts in 2004, an increase of 23% over 2003. These figures make cinema one of the fastest growing major advertising media in the US, according to the… Continue reading Advertisers Latch On To Cinema Advertising