Yeun Seung-ro has been appointed as CEO of Cgv Mars Entertainment, the Korean-owned company that operates Turkey’s largest cinema chain. He replaces Kwak Dong Won, another veteran of the Cj-cgv group.
The change of personnel may reflect two ongoing battles within the Turkish film industry. Cj-cgv, which bought Mars for some $650 million in 2016. would not explain its reasons, though it did confirm the personnel switch.
Turkish film producers last year took complaints about Cgv Mars to Turkey’s Ministry of Culture. They argued that Cgv Mars was acting unfairly by selling cinema-goers packages that bundled together admission tickets and popcorn. But that Cgv only shared the revenue from the tickets, at a lower nominal price, with producers, according to the Hurriyet newspaper.
After leading film-makers threatened to withdraw their films from cinemas, the producers appear to have won that battle. The Turkish parliament has passed new regulations, in line with the producers’ position,...
The change of personnel may reflect two ongoing battles within the Turkish film industry. Cj-cgv, which bought Mars for some $650 million in 2016. would not explain its reasons, though it did confirm the personnel switch.
Turkish film producers last year took complaints about Cgv Mars to Turkey’s Ministry of Culture. They argued that Cgv Mars was acting unfairly by selling cinema-goers packages that bundled together admission tickets and popcorn. But that Cgv only shared the revenue from the tickets, at a lower nominal price, with producers, according to the Hurriyet newspaper.
After leading film-makers threatened to withdraw their films from cinemas, the producers appear to have won that battle. The Turkish parliament has passed new regulations, in line with the producers’ position,...
- 2/22/2019
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
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