Digital Cinema Media Podcast

It's the first DCM podcast of 2018 and Tom Linay is joined by Dara Nasr, Managing Director of Twitter. Tom and Dara chat about film's popularity on the platform, what Twitter's plans are for 2018 and why Dara is obsessed with Paddington. Just don't ask to be verified. Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast on your chosen podcast app.

For the final podcast of 2017, DCM's Marketing & Insight Director, Zoe Jones, interviewed Tom Linay about his favourite films of 2017. They also spoke about the upcoming awards season and trends we can expect to see in 2018.

Tom Linay caught up with Simon Gosling shortly after they both came off stage at DCM's recent Upfronts presentation. Simon is a Futurist at Unruly and Tom and Simon chat about what a Futurist does, the connected home, why brands need to be building brand love and why they're both excited for Incredibles 2.

This month, making her DCM podcast debut, is DCM's Sales Director, Davina Barker. Tom and Davina chat about DCM's amazing success at this year's Media Week Awards, the Digital Cinema Media Awards, which took place last month, and the London Film Festival. They also chat about which films Davina is looking forward to for the remainder of this year and early next year. Don't forget to click subscrib...

This month on the DCM podcast, Tom Linay chats with Antonio Garcia, DCM's Client Director. They chat about the biggest films still to come in 2017 and why Q4 is a great time to be on cinema. They also discuss the recently launched BFI London Film Festival programme and what we can look forward to. Please subscribe to the podcast via your chosen podcast app.

This month on the DCM podcast, Tom Linay chats with Pier Pettineo from Compare The Market. They chat about Meerkat Movies, how the partnership has been working since it started in 2015, and the films Pier is most looking forward to. Please subscribe to the podcast via your chosen podcast app.

This month on the DCM podcast, Tom Linay is in Barcelona at the annual gathering of the UK's cinema industry, CineEurope. Tom grabs 20 minutes to chat with Dorothy Smith, cinema owner, hotelier, restauranteur extraordinaire. They chat about what it's like to own a cinema in one of the most beautiful areas of the UK and the challenges that come with that. They also discuss the films Dorothy is most...

On this month's DCM podcast, Tom Linay chats with DCM's Director of Marketing & Insight, Zoe Jones. They chat about the incredible start to the year made by cinema, the upcoming third edition of the DCM awards, and the recently launched DCM website's online campaign planner. They also discuss the films they're most looking forward to in August and September, and Zoe quizzes Tom on his role at the...

This month Tom Linay chats with Phil Clapp, Chief Executive of the UK Cinema Association. Tom and Phil chat about the remarkable performance of cinema in Q1 2017 and what we can expect from the rest of the year. Phil also chats about the recent CinemaCon expo in Las Vegas, the latest developments in cinema technology and whether being a doctor of Inorganic Chemistry has been useful in his current...

This month's podcast is an Advertising Week Europe special. Tom Linay chats with Film Director Gurinder Chadha, about her career to date, including box office hits such as Bend it Like Beckham and Viceroy's House, the power of cinematic storytelling, and how the film industry can increase diversity behind and in front of the camera. The podcast also has new intro music. Don't forget to subscribe t...

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...

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 lookin...

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 yea...

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 Ha...

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.