Cinedigm, the independent streaming content and technology company, and Exeest, a global film and television marketplace company, have announced the launch of Matchpoint Debut, a new distribution and sales platform for independent filmmakers and content creators. Debut provides filmmakers with a path to distribute their films across the entire streaming ecosystem while providing an opportunity […]
Based on preliminary data, the European Audiovisual Observatory estimates that the cinema attendance in the European Union and the UK increased to 383.2 million tickets sold in 2021. This is 83.8 million admissions more than in 2020, representing a year-on-year growth of 28 per cent. The rebound was less pronounced in the European Union only […]
Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story will debut on Disney+ in the UK, the US and most international countries on March 2nd. The beloved musical will launch in Taiwan on March 9th and Japan on March 30th. In addition, the ABC one-hour special Something’s Coming: West Side Story – A Special Edition of 20/20 is available […]
Official figures published by the BFI’s Research and Statistics Unit show further growth in the economic recovery of UK film and high-end TV (HETV) production in the wake of the pandemic with record levels of spend contributed to the economy. The combined spend by film and high-end television production (HETV) during 2021 reached £5.64 billion […]
Crunchyroll has announced that the Jujutsu Kaisen 0 movie will screen in UK cinemas from March 18th, with previews beginning on March 16th and 17th. Jujutsu Kaisen 0 follows Yuta Okkotsu, a nervous high school student, who enrolls in the mysterious Tokyo Jujutsu High School under the guidance of Satoru Gojo after being haunted by […]
SF Studios hasannounced the new feature film Storm from its Norwegian production company Paradox with the debutant director Erika Calmeyer. The film is a suspense drama and stars Ane Dahl Torp (Charter) in the lead role portraying a mother in an impossible situation, as it questions: can the unconditional love between a mother and her […]
Globecast, the global solutions provider for media and content management, has announced that VEO Cinémas, based in the south of France, has selected Globecast, in partnership with EasyBroadcast, a France-based, patented hybrid streaming technology supplier, to provide a B2B OTT service for distributing value-added live content to cinemas around France. For some years now, François […]
RealD, a pioneer in the development of 3D technology, has installed its 500th RealD Ultimate Screen. The latest and 500th Ultimate Screen is located at the Wanda Cinema Xiamen Guankou branch in China. The cinema location, which features the premium brand named Prime at Wanda utilising RealD’s 500th Ultimate Screen, celebrated its launch last month. […]
Disney+ has announced that 20th Century Studios’ The King’s Man will debut on Disney+ under the Star banner in select international markets and on Star+ in Latin America as follows: February 9th: UK & Ireland, Japan, Korea February 23rd: Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Spain, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Portugal, Belgium, Netherlands, Australia, New Zealand, Taiwan, Singapore, Hong Kong, Luxembourg March 2nd: Latin America The King’s Man […]
Diverging from the sharp gain in momentum in advertising and marketing spending in 2021, consumer time spent with media registered a more modest uptick, similar to pre-pandemic trends through 2019 when signs of device penetration saturation began to emerge, according to research by PQ Media, a media economist. Global consumer media usage, including all digital […]