Santikos Theatres will expand from 121 screens in the San Antonio, Texas area to 377 screens in seven states across the Southeast with the purchase of 17 new theatres, the company has announced. The theatre chain, founded in San Antonio in 1911, will acquire The Grand Theatres and AmStar Cinemas from New Orleans-based VSS-Southern Theatres, making Santikos the eighth largest theatre chain in North America.
The UK’s leading mochi ice cream brand, Little Moons, has signed up as a category partner to Picturehouse Cinema’s 2023 Outdoor series, in a partnership brokered by Digital Cinema Media and MediaHub.
Die Hard has been named the UK’s favorite action movie of all time, according to new national research. The 1988 all-out-action classic, starring Bruce Willis as a New York City police detective, took 18 percent of the vote, beating out competition from Steven Spielberg’s Raiders of the Lost Ark and Tom Cruise favorite Top Gun (13 percent), according to the nationwide study carried out by Showcase Cinemas.
National CineMedia today announced that its plan of reorganization has been confirmed by the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas. This milestone comes less than three months after filing, representing a swift and significant stride forward in the company's financial restructuring efforts. The company is expected to emerge from Chapter 11 on or around August or September.
Christie is once again sponsoring the Lavazza IncluCity Festival, presented by the ICFF. Taking place from June 27 to July 22, the festival is a celebration of Canada’s cultural mosaic through a selection of curated international films. The festival returns to Toronto’s Distillery Historic District, with a unique, vast, and diversified slate of outdoor screenings of over 40 films from 20 countries and transforms the neighborhood into a cinema village.
Pixar Animation Studios’ Elemental has been mastered in 4K theatrical high dynamic range available exclusively on the cinema LED screen Samsung Onyx, Samsung Electronics announced.
Odeon Multicines has reached an agreement to install Cinity Cinema Systems, with components that include Christie Real|Laser illumination technology, in six premium large format theatres across Spain. The Cinity format for PLF auditoriums enhances the overall cinematic experience with 4K, 3D, high brightness, high frame rate, high dynamic range, and wide color gamut display capabilities, paired with immersive sound. Christie partner Ingevideo, in collaboration with Equipo de Cine, will supply, install, and service this integrated system.
Arts Alliance Media and Microcine, an Italian cinema technology integrator, have announced the first deployment of AAM’s Screenlighter theatre management system in Europe at Tivoli Cinema in Bologna, Italy.
GDC Technology and DTS announced last week at CineEurope a strategic partnership agreement to launch DTS Surround, which will be offered to exhibitors worldwide exclusively through GDC
The Space Cinemas, a division of Vue International, announce plans to bring Laser Projection by Cinionic to 114 screens across Italy. The move to laser is part of a larger initiative by The Space to reduce the overall energy consumption of theatres in line with Italy’s recovery plan. Laser projection is the green choice for cinema presentation technology today through lower electricity use, elimination of waste from consumables, and a smaller carbon footprint.
