Digital Cinema Media Podcast

On this month's podcast, Tom Linay goes media agency side once again to chat with Grant Millar, Chief Client Officer at Zenith Media. Tom and Grant sat down in a slightly echoey room in Zenith's offices to chat about Grant's career in media and his love of David Lynch and dystopian sci-fi films. Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast on iTunes.

For the first podcast of 2017, Tom Linay chats with Crispin Lilly, CEO of Everyman Group. With a fast growing number of cinemas, Everyman is one of the biggest independent cinema operators in the UK. Crispin and Tom talk about what makes an Everyman cinema special, what is a perfect Everyman film, and what we can look forward to in 2017. Don't forget to subscribe and rate the podcast on iTunes.

For the final podcast of 2016, Tom Linay chats with Alex Crawford, Film Booking Manager at Odeon Cinemas. Alex is one of the most knowledgable film fans working in the UK cinema industry and discusses some of his favourite films from 2016, including Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Arrival and Paterson. He also looks ahead to 2017 and some of the best films we can look forward to during awards season and beyond. If you want to just listen to the 2017 preview, skip to 26:10.

On this month's podcast, Tom Linay is joined by Miles Carter, who is a writer at one of the UK's largest creative agencies, adamandeveDDB, and responsible for some of the most impactful ads of recent years, including last year's John Lewis Christmas ad, 'Man On The Moon'. They discuss Miles' creative process, how you create ads that stand out, the work he's most proud of and what films he's looking forward to in 2017.

On this month's podcast, Tom Linay is joined by DCM's Director of Marketing & Insight, Zoe Jones. They may both be fighting colds but they talk about the recent second annual Digital Cinema Media Awards, which took place at the Ham Yard Hotel at the end of September to celebrate the very best in cinema advertising. They also discuss Tom's highlights from the best London Film Festival in recent years.

This month Tom Linay is joined by DCM's Marketing Manager Ana Takis to discuss the programme for the 60th BFI London Film Festival, which runs from 5 - 16 October. DCM's Communications Manager, Ryan Watson, also drops in to talk about what he's looking forward to at the capital's biggest film festival.

This month Tom Linay chats with Tanya Easterman of Cinema First. Tanya manages the comparethemarket.com flagship marketing initiative 'Meerkat Movies' for the UK exhibition and distribution industry. Tom and Tanya discuss the first 15 months of the partnership, what makes a successful partnership and how they can help grow the cinema industry.

This month Tom Linay chats with Jonathan Durden, the 'D' in PHD, one of the UK's biggest media agencies. They chat about Jonathan's early career, to establishing PHD and what he's been up to since, including working with DCM, appearing on Big Brother and establishing his own men's skincare range.

This month Tom Linay chats with a titan of the media and advertising industries, Nigel Sharrocks. Nigel is now Chairman of DCM but he was formerly Chief Executive of Aegis Media Global Brands where he was responsible for brand networks Carat, Vizeum and Posterscope. Prior to that he was managing director of Warner Bros UK, where he oversaw the release of more than 150 major films, including the Harry Potter series and The Matrix and he was also chairman of MediaCom. Tom and Nigel discuss the current state of cinema advertising along with some of the highlights of his time at Warner Bros.

This month's podcast is an Advertising Week Europe special. DCM held a session as part of AdWeek on The Nostalgia Resurgence and Tom Linay spoke to actor, writer and director, Dexter Fletcher about his career, his most recent film, Eddie The Eagle, and why nostalgia is big business in cinema at the moment.

To celebrate the release of Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice, Tom Linay and DCM's Innovation Manager, Michael Pollard, discuss the first of the year's big blockbusters and what we can expect from the big films across the summer.

On this month's podcast, Tom Linay chats with Justin Skinner, SVP of Marketing at Cineworld Cinemas, one of the UK's largest cinema chains. They discuss Cineworld's plans for 2016, the latest innovations in exhibition, Justin's role and the films he's most looking forward to this year.

For the first podcast of 2016, Tom Linay left the studio at DCM and headed to the offices of Curzon, to interview Curzon's Head of Programming, Claire Beswick. Despite a noisy air-con engineer disrupting proceedings, Tom and Claire had a great chat about programming Curzon, their own distribution arm and their plans for 2016.

For the final podcast of 2015, Tom Linay is once again joined by DCM's CEO Karen Stacey. Tom and Karen discuss her first year in the job, the amazing year for cinema in 2015 and what we can look forward to from DCM and cinema in 2016.

This month Tom Linay is joined by film journalist Ian Sandwell, who writes for Screen International and Digital Spy. They both highlight their favourite films from the 59th BFI London Film Festival and discuss the festival as a whole. Tom is also joined by DCM's Marketing Manager, Ana Takis, to discuss the closing night film, Danny Boyle's Steve Jobs.

This month, Tom Linay is joined by DCM's Director of Marketing and Research & Insight, Zoe Jones, to discuss the hugely successful inaugural Digital Cinema Media Awards and the upcoming London Film Festival.

This month on the DCM podcast, Tom Linay is joined by Rob Morton, who heads up the Film Buying team at Vue Cinemas, one of the UK's largest cinema exhibitors. Tom and Rob discuss the day to day job of a film buyer for a major exhibitor, how Rob got a start in the industry, his favourite films of 2015 and what he's looking forward to in the future. Don't forget you can subscribe to the DCM podcast on iTunes. Go to iTunes, search 'Digital Cinema Media' and click 'subscribe'.

This month on the DCM podcast, Tom Linay is joined by Tom Wong, Managing Partner of McCann London, one of the largest creative agencies in the UK. Tom and Tom discuss the Up On The Roof outdoor cinema week McCann are running in conjunction with DCM and Picturehouse Cinemas. They also discuss McCann's output, the clients they work with and the foundations of their business. Don't forget you can subscribe to the DCM podcast on iTunes. Go to iTunes, search 'Digital Cinema Media' and click 'subscribe'.

This month on the DCM podcast Tom Linay is joined by Clare Binns, Director of Programming and Acquisitions at Picturehouse Cinemas. Tom and Clare discuss the brand new Picturehouse Central, which has transformed the Trocadero site at London's Piccadilly Circus. They also discuss the upcoming Picturehouse releases, including the Cannes winning The Lobster.

This month on the DCM podcast, Tom Linay is joined by Zoe Jones to announce the inaugural Digital Cinema Media Awards, taking place in September to celebrate the very best in cinema advertising. They also discuss the record breaking admissions of 2015, Mad Max: Fury Road and the latest Pixar masterpiece.