SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – CJ CGV, South Korea’s largest multiplex operator, said Wednesday it will offer diversified entertainment content at its theaters and expand premium screens to boost revenue and foster new growth drivers. CGV said it is on a modest recovery path following three years of losses in the wake of the [...]
SEOUL, March 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Park Se-yeon visits a theater complex in downtown Seoul twice a week but doesn’t sit in front of the big screen to watch movies. She goes down to the fourth basement level and heads to an indoor climbing gym. The office worker in her late 20s has been taking [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s leading cinema chain CJ CGV is introducing a sports climbing gym at CGV Piccadilly 1958 located in Seoul’s Jongno District. The movie theater is being remodeled into a sports facility to cater to the demand for health and diversification of the multiplex industry in the pandemic era. [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Netflix’s Korean-language original films will be screened in theaters next month as part of industry-wide efforts to overcome the pandemic-led slump, a local multiplex operator said Wednesday. CJ CGV, South Korea’s biggest multiplex chain, said it will run a special program titled “Netflix in CGV” to show seven films [...]
SEOUL, June 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s leading cinema chain CJ CGV said Tuesday it will screen two meditation movies starting next week to help people enjoy tranquility in the evening after being busy in the daytime. “Peace of Mind,” featuring the beauty of oceans, the sky and space, along with a meditation guide, [...]
SEOUL, April 21 (Korea Bizwire) — As demand for social distancing is expanding, a local movie theater has started to offer ‘untact’ screening services. CJ CGV, South Korea’s largest multiplex cinema chain, announced Monday that the new ‘untact cinema’ will open at the Yeouido franchise. Pick-up boxes at the theater, replacing convenience stores, allow customers [...]
LAS VEGAS, Jan. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) long was a tech expo reserved for home appliances and gadgets, although that barrier has been breached in recent years by carmakers and software firms. This year, there’s another new face: movies that add more dimensions and delivers multi-sensory experience. A small theater [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The cumulative number of audience members at CJ CGV’s theaters in Vietnam this year has already topped 20 million, the company said Monday. CJ CGV, South Korea’s largest multiplex cinema chain, a CJ Group affiliate, recorded a total audience of 4.4 million in Vietnam in 2011, the first year [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Last weekend, a unique new movie hall was the talk of town on social media sites. The cinema that sparked great interest among the public is “Cine and Foret,” a new movie theater that opened at CGV’s existing Gangbyeon branch. CJ CGV, the largest multiplex cinema chain in South [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — CJ CGV has signed a deal with Cineworld, the world’s second-largest cinema chain, to open 100 more ScreenX locations across the world, the largest South Korean cinema chain said Thursday. The deal was signed at the CineEurope 2018 event in Barcelona, Spain, on Wednesday (local time). Developed with South [...]