Cinemark announces $8.99/mo. subscription to fill more seats, take on MoviePass

Re:Cinemark announces $8.99/mo. subscription to fill more se... by e1ven on Wednesday December 06, 2017 @05:10PM (#15865484)

I think their ideas about a business model are hogwash.

Even in places where the movies are $6/month, they would need huge numbers of people to sign up, and use the service 0-1 times per month, month after month..

That doesn't seem realistic. Even with their new contract model, I don't see this working.

I don't see how they could possibly survive without inventing a new revenue model.

In the meantime, I'll keep enjoying my VC subsidized movies :)

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Re:Cinemark announces $8.99/mo. subscription to fill more se... by yalph on Wednesday December 06, 2017 @05:16PM (#15865542)

Isnt this the “communism” they are talking about all the time? Rich paying for the poor?

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Re:Cinemark announces $8.99/mo. subscription to fill more se... by sp332 on Wednesday December 06, 2017 @05:20PM (#15865583)

Don't you have that backwards? They require people with lower ticket prices to pay the same amount as people with higher ticket prices. So the "poor" (or people the movie theaters think won't pay more money, anyway) are paying for the "rich".

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Re:Cinemark announces $8.99/mo. subscription to fill more se... by yalph on Wednesday December 06, 2017 @06:35PM (#15866158)

Oh yeah thats right but I was talking about VCs subsidizing our movies, taxi rodes, food. Its kind of nice.

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Re:Cinemark announces $8.99/mo. subscription to fill more se... by fgggrr on Thursday December 07, 2017 @12:17AM (#15867801)

Hehe, yes. At least before they gather up all our personal data, secret habits and sell them to the highest bidder.

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