If Sean Parker has his way, opening night for movies will be in your living room

Napster founder, backed by Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson, is pushing Screening Room: a plan to release films in theatres and at home on the same day - for a price

A gathering this week of Hollywood stars, studio bosses and cinema owners will climax with "big screen achievement awards", but the focus will probably not be on achievements or awards - or even the big screen.

Most of the attention at CinemaCon, an annual film industry jamboree, will instead be on a controversial plan to enhance the small screen by beaming new film releases into homes on the same day they open in cinemas.