The concept of simultaneous dine-in cinema and a movie taps into the pressures of time that people have (time poverty) and offers a way to combine two traditional evenings out into one experience. Dine-in cinema is part of the mainstream US market, despite requiring a complete rethink of the cinema operation, from staffing to kitchens. This report analyzes the relatively new concept of dine-in cinema in the US and UK, profiling major players and assessing the market penetration.
Dine-In Cinema – 2022
The Analyst Team
David Hancock
Chief Analyst, Media and Entertainment
David is a leading expert on the global film and cinema market and played a fundamental role in the conversion of cinemas to digital projection and distribution technology over the past decade. Leading Omdia’s cinema team, he has set up the cinema intelligence service and the premium cinema service, most recently.
David has authored reports on the cinema market and participated in consultancy projects. He specializes in new business models, market sizing and valuation, competitor analysis and benchmarking, strategic roadmaps, due diligence, and market analyses.
Since 2015, David is the President of the European Digital Cinema Forum and often contributes to media regarding the film industry. Prior to joining Omdia (formerly IHS Markit), David was as a research consultant at IDATE DigiWorld and a senior executive with Eurimages.
He holds a Bachelor of Arts (Hons.) in business studies and French from Leeds Beckett University in the UK and studied at the Brest Business School in France.
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