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Reports

Cinema benefits from 3D power | 29 Jan 10 | A new record for the number of films surpassing the $100m revenue barrier was set last year, and three titles attained over $300m. Also, more films surpassed the $50m mark than at any point since 2004. Although 3D films accounted for 10 per cent of the top titles for the year, together they took a much larger share of total revenues (18%). 3D is extending the active life of films.

The state of the transactional film business 2009 | 31 Dec 09 tags › | This report provides a review of the U.S. markets for feature film consumption, along with some strategic thinking about potential directions going forward.

Film and TV are key to US economy | 17 Sep 09 tags › | Film represents one tenth of the US private sector trade surplus. The US film and TV industries paid out $39.8bn in wages in 2007. California and New York dominate film and TV production, accounting for 60 per cent of wages paid. All states show some production activity and 41 have production incentives

Analyst commentary

Sony makes further advances with 4K digital cinema systems | 13 Jul 10 tags › | Sony Professional has signed up more exhibitors to its rollout programme for the 4K projector route, the largest of which is the US and international circuit National Amusements. Operating as Showcase in the...

Film library values have clearly diminished, but are no longer in free fall | 07 Jul 10 tags › | The conventional wisdom is that film libraries these days are like melting ice cubes-their valuations are inexorably shrinking. The sharp decline in the value of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, since its 2004 acquisition...

Pure play 3D company launches IPO | 21 Apr 10 tags › | RealD, the leading provider of stereoscopic 3D equipment to commercial cinemas has filed a preliminary S-1 registration statement with the US Securities and Exchange Commission to raise up to $200m from an...

Presentations

Does the movie industry need a new business model? | 21 Mar 10 tags › | Presentation given at Screen Digest's PEVE conference by chief analyst Ben Keen on the impact that shrinking windows is having on studio revenues, the growing dispute over windows between exhibitors and distributors, the wildly different strategies deployed by the studios in the digital space, and how windows are impacting title performance on digital platforms such as iTunes.

The business case for 3D cinema | 05 Mar 10 tags › | Charlotte Jones, senior analyst for film and cinema, presented an overview of the market drivers for 3D cinema as part of the VIP seminar on 3D Cinema at the Broadcast Video Expo in Earls Court, London. Her presentation provides a status update of Screen Digest's 2009 market data for digital and 3D deployment, a snapshot of the superior revenue returns of 3D movies in 2009 and a look at upcoming 3...