The European Digital Cinema Report

Understanding digital cinema roll-out

Keywords from the contents:

Latest figures on digital screen penetration
Understanding the historical development
Cost of digital conversion
Impact of 3D on European box office
Top 50 leading digital exhibitors
Market shares of 3D technology, projector and server manufacturers
Concentration and digital penetration of screens & sites by exhibitor types: small to major exhibitors
Concentration and digital penetration of screens & sites by cinema size: monoscreen to megaplexes
Challenges for the European independent sector
Public funding schemes for digital cinema
Pan-European time series for key indicators
Country profiles for 35 European countries:

Austria, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, “The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Turkey.

Click here for a sample page of a country profile (Austria) .

For a detailed table of content, click here .

The European Digital Cinema Report

The European Audiovisual Observatory and MEDIA Salles have teamed up to draft this unique analysis of digital cinema roll-out in Europe.

The report provides the latest figures on digital screens and penetration rates across Europe and goes beyond them to explain the historical development of digitisation: It discusses the main reasons why roll-out did not happen for over a decade before finally entering the mainstream deployment phase in 2009 and analyses the role played by 3D, Third Party Facilitators and public funding schemes. Understanding the historical context, particularly the costs and benefits of digital cinema, is crucial for assessing future developments of the European film industry.

Based on a comprehensive site-by-site listing of digital cinemas as of 2010 the report provides in-depth structural analysis with regard to concentration levels by exhibitors and cinemas of different sizes. It also feature a list of the top 50 digital exhibitors in Europe as well as estimated market shares for 3D technology, projector and server manufacturers on a country by country basis.

A special chapter is dedicated to the specific challenges faced by the European independent sector. The report further contains a comprehensive list of dedicated public funding schemes supporting the digitisation process.

The analysis will focus on the pan-European situation which brings to light the big picture aspects of digital cinema roll-out in Europe. The market characteristics of individual markets are depicted in country profiles providing a comprehensive set of key indicators for each of the 35 European markets covered in the report.

A must-read report for all industry professionals, in particular

- Financing bodies and investors
- Public film agencies
- Exhibitors
- Distributors
- Producers
- Cinema equipment manufacturers
- Consultants and lawyers
- Universities and training providers*

* Special discounts available for the academic sector

Martin Kanzler, Susan Newman-Baudais
European Audiovisual Observatory

Elisabetta Brunella
MEDIA Salles