Add to ORKGDigitalization of cinemas brings the biggest change in the distribution of films in the last decades and its impact affects all cinemas worldwide. The new programming options, extended range of alternative content and deeper dramaturgy are among other news which have been brought by digitalization. Are these new opportunities sufficient to make the classic and art-house cinemas competitive with multiplex? The content of this work is analyse of the art-house cinemas in the Czech Republic. It explores the impact of digital distribution of films on these cinemas. Financing and technological changes which cinemas had to go through during the process of digitalization is the main focus of the work. The overall evaluation of the impact of digit...