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Odeon Cinemas Group UK & Ireland Boss Carol Welch Exits To Join Retail Company
Carol Welch is leaving Odeon Cinemas Group.
The cinema chain's Managing Director, UK and Ireland, and Commercial Officer, Europe, has resigned after six years.
She is moving to become CEO of AF Blakemore, a large family-owned retail and food distributor in the…
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Sundance London Sets 2021 Dates, Edgar Wright Opener; Locarno To Fete Gale Anne Hurd; Odeon Cinemas UK Re-Opening; IPL Suspended; C4 ‘Screw’ Cast — Global Briefs
Sundance London Dates, Opener
Sundance Film Festival: London will return to Picturehouse Central, London, for its sixth year from 29 July to 1 August 2021, as an in-person event. The program of at least 12 features will open with the UK premiere of Edgar Wright's debut documentary The Sparks Brothers, about the U.S…
UK Cinema Chain Odeon To Close Venues During The Week
Odeon, one of the UK's major multiplex exhibitors, is scaling back operations with a portion of its venues set to close during week days.
The move follows the shift of Bond pic No Time To Die from November to April 2, 2021, due to ongoing challenges from the pandemic. The move caused an uproar in the beleaguered…
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As The UK Economy Suffers A Record Slump, Can The Return Of Movie Theaters Help Ease The Pain?
The UK economy suffered its biggest slump on record between April-June as the effects of the pandemic triggered an official recession for the first time since the economic crisis of 2009.
According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), the economy shrank a record 20.4% compared with the first three months of…
UK’s Largest Cinema Chain Odeon Slows Reopening Amid Moving Film Slate
EXCLUSIVE: Odeon Cinemas, the AMC-owned chain which is the UK's largest cinema operator by number of sites, has decided to slow down its reopening plans amid ongoing coronavirus disruption and a film slate that is seeing major titles continue to shift back.
The chain reopened an initial 10 sites on July 4, which was…
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UK Multiplex Chain Odeon To Re-Open July 4; Exhib Outlines COVID Safety Procedures But No Decision Yet On Masks
Odeon, one of the UK's major multiplex chains, has outlined its plan to re-open venues in England next month following news yesterday that the government has given exhibitors the green light.
Cinemas are allowed to resume operations from July 4, and Odeon will open doors at 10 sites on that date, including in…
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AMC Reopens The First Of Chain’s Shuttered Theaters: Odeon Cinemas In Norway
Some good news here, especially on the AMC Theatres front. The Leawood, Kansas-based chain–the No. 1 circuit in U.S and Europe–is reopening three Odeon Cinemas in Norway effective today.
Odeon Cinemas Oslo Storo 14, Sandvika 8 and Lillestrøm 7 are the first three locations within the AMC and Odeon cinemas circuit to…
AMC Entertainment Shares Spike On Unconfirmed Report That Amazon Is Circling
Shares of AMC Entertainment were up a hefty 40% in early trading Monday on a report in U.K. outlet The Daily Mail that Amazon may be interested in acquiring the theater chain, which has been hard hit by COVID-19.
The report is not confirmed. AMC Entertainment had no comment. Amazon said the company does not comment on…
Cineworld Share Price Hits All-Time Low As Euro Markets Plunge Over Coronavirus Fears
Cineworld, the second-largest exhibitor in the world, clocked its lowest ever share price today as global markets continue to drop in the face of the coronavirus pandemic.
European markets are down as much as 10% this morning. Entertainment shares are being hit hard, and UK-based Cineworld, which owns U.S. outfit…
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AMC-Owned Cinema Chain Odeon Responds To Outcry Over £40 ($51) Ticket Price
European cinema chain Odeon found itself the subject of consumer ire this week after its flagship UK venue Odeon Leicester Square revealed a top-end ticket price of £40.75 ($52). The newly refurbished cinema will re-open later this month, showing Mary Poppins Returns.
According to Odeon, the cinema’s 22 ‘Royal Box…
MoviePass UK Copycat CPass: Meet The Startup Who Wants To Be The ‘Netflix Of Events’
The launch late last week of a potential UK equivalent to U.S. ticketing upstart MoviePass created a stir among Blighty’s exhibition community. No-one knew who was behind the audacious offer called cPass, whose site included the logos of all major UK theater chains. So, over the weekend I tracked down the U.S. and…
UK MoviePass Copycat: Theater Chains Odeon, Vue, Cineworld Mystified
A company supposedly positioning itself as a UK equivalent to U.S. ticketing upstart MoviePass, has been met with wonder by the UK Cinema Association (UKCA), whose members include theater chains Odeon, Cineworld, Vue and Curzon — we’ve been told none of its members are signed up to the service.
A professional-looking w…
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