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Imax CEO Rich Gelfond rejects the popular notion that premium video on demand is the future for blockbuster movie releases. “PVOD is a failed experiment,” Gelfond said during an online appearance Wednesday at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia conference. “The numbers haven’t worked in a pandemic, so how would they work…

AT&T CFO John Stephens saw Tenet in a theater, as did a large swath of the U.S. and the world over the past couple of weeks. Elaborating on the experience Wednesday at the Bank of America Securities 2020 Media, Communications & Entertainment Conference, Stephens said he “couldn’t even imagine being able to see that…

Imax stock surged almost 10% Monday after the stellar debut in China for The Eight Hundred, the locally produced war epic that took in $83 million over the weekend. Multiple Wall Street analysts have also given Imax shares a boost, reaffirming their positive ratings and noting the company’s unique strategic position…

The CEO of the nation's fourth-largest exhibitor warned studios not to "leave a good party in pursuit of a better one," but called the debate over Premium VOD overblown. Greg Marcus, chief of Marcus, said Tuesday that consumers are likely to drift away from watching video-on-demand releases when things normalize…