Research and Markets: The Cinema Landscape of the Asia Pacific Region is Changing Fast

Research and Markets: The Cinema Landscape of the Asia Pacific Region is Changing Fast

DUBLIN, Ireland, May 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c16759) has announced the addition of Cinemagoing Asia Pacific to their offering.

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The cinema landscape of the Asia Pacific region is changing fast. The opening of the Chinese market will expand the possibilities for recoupment of the Chinese-language film industry, whose decline over the past decade has acted as a drag on many markets in the region. A revivified industry will help not only exhibitors in China and Hong Kong but also in Taiwan, Singapore and Malaysia. The region is also at the forefront of the application of digital cinema technology, with large scale commercial projects under way in China, India, Japan and Singapore.

These two factors alone would be enough to radically reshape the Asian industry but there are others: as the English-speaking markets of Australia and New Zealand exchange meteoric growth for multiplex saturation, the South Korean market is exploding, with a tidal wave of multiplex development following in the wake of one of the world's most successful film industries. And two sleeping giants in India and China are now actively seeking, with the help of their respective governments, to plug into the international film economy.

All these developments are tracked and analysed in the fifth edition of Cinemagoing Asia Pacific, the most comprehensive account available anywhere of a huge regional market that is today setting the agenda for the international film business

Cinemagoing Asia Pacific covers twelve key markets in the Asia Pacific region: Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, The Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand.

Cinemagoing and Moviegoing reports offer comprehensive data and analysis on major and emerging cinema markets worldwide. Depending on the size of the market and data availability, each country profile aims to cover the whole range of relevant topics.

- The cinema audience (demographic make-up, frequency) - Films (local production, top films) - Distribution (releases, market shares) - Cinemas (number, number of screens, multiplexes) - Digital cinema (take-up, uses and applications) - City and regional data (screens, admissions, box office) - Admissions, cinema revenues and costs (five-year model of industry revenues and major cost items) - Profiles of major exhibitors - Five year forecasts of screens, admissions and box office

For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c16759

Laura Wood Senior Manager Research and Markets press@researchandmarkets.com Fax: +353 1 4100 980

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CONTACT: Laura Wood, Senior Manager of Research and Markets, Fax: +353-1-4100-980, press@researchandmarkets.com

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