Leading independent UK cinema operator City Screen owner of Picturehouse Cinemas has become the latest exhibitor to sign a digital cinema deal with Arts Alliance Media. City Screen operates 58 screens all of them digital in 20 sites across the UK. The sites will be equipped with AAM’s Theatre Management System to manage all digital content scheduling and security keys and larger sites will also receive AAM’s Library Management Server. Under the agreement Virtual Print Fees will be payable across selected sites in the City Screen network. AAM CEO Howard Kiedaisch says “Hitting the 2000 screens milestone is a great result for AAM and all our partners and being the biggest integrator outside the US is a huge validation of our hard work over the past years. We’re thrilled to be able to announce a deal with City Screen in the UK at the same time. They’ve always been forward thinking when it comes to digital and we look forward to working with them to continue to provide the quality and variety digital offers to their loyal audience.” Lyn Goleby of City Screen says “Our cinemas are known for their innovation and for providing a fantastic service to our customers and with this deal in place with AAM we’ll now be able to guarantee the quality and reliability of our digital screens and the efficiencies of the TMS software means we can continue offering the widest most flexible programming in our cinemas.” Arts Alliance Media www.artsalliancemedia.com City Screen www.picturehouses.co.uk
