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Market Monitor: Digital and 3D market trends in Western Europe Q2 2010 | 26 Aug 10 tags › | Total digital screens rose by a further 16.5% in Q2 2010, following a similar hike in Q1, as the economic benefits of 3D continue to provide the major impetus to upgrade to digital. A total of 3,875 3D screens were active at end H1 2010 in Western Europe, accounting for 73% of the total digital screen base, a higher ratio than three months prior (Q1). Over 65% of the active digital 3D systems were...

World Film Production Drops Again | 04 Aug 10 tags › | The volume of world feature production dropped marginally by 1.8 per cent in 2009, marking the third consecutive annual decline, with 100 fewer feature films produced year on year. It nonetheless remained one of the highest volumes in historical terms. There were approximately 5,360 films produced globally amid renewed signs that the global film production sector has reached a peak. In comparison,...

US Losing Global Box Office Share | 31 Jul 10 | The USA accounts for one third of of global box office box office, down from about 40 per cent 10 years' earlier. This Screen Digest report finds that Russia is the biggest climber in contribution to global box office revenues (up from 0.1 to 2.4 per cent over the past decade). Also, key Asian markets are winners over the decade, with four countries appearing in the top-10 ranked territories.

Analyst commentary

First Australian circuit chooses digital cinema path | 02 Sep 10 tags › | Australian cinema and entertainment group Hoyts has become the first Australian and New Zealand circuit to announce its planned digital cinema rollout, including equipment choices. Hoyts Cinemas has chosen to...

Imax completes slew of international deals | 17 Aug 10 tags › | Giant screen company, Imax, has signed a number of key deals with international exhibitors in emerging markets of Russia and China, more than trebling its number of new theatre signings. The largest...

UGC staff stage partial strike over digital cinema plans | 17 Aug 10 tags › | Some staff at French cinema circuit UGC went on strike in July over plans by the circuit's management to cut 95 projectionist jobs out of a total of 215 (44.2 per cent) as it converts to digital technology. In...

Presentations

Digital cinema roll-out in Europe | 01 Jul 10 | David Hancock, Screen Digest's Head of Cinema, presented an overview of European digital cinema progress and approaches in order to set the context for his panel discussion at Cine Expo 2010 in Amsterdam. The presentation gives latest d-screen numbers in Europe, tracks third-party integrator progress in signing screens to their Virtual Print Fee programmes, defines the size of the digital shortfal...

Market Status of 3D in Europe | 15 Jun 10 tags › | Charlotte Jones, Senior Analyst, Screen Digest presented an overview of the market status of 3D cinema in Europe at the Europa Distribution Conference in Annecy 2010. Key points referenced include the development of 3D equipped screens across Europe using Q1 2010 data. The presentation also addresses both the challenges and opportunities facing the European film industry regarding the evolution of...