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The HOYTS Group of companies in Australia and New Zealand includes HOYTS Cinemas, a cinema chain, and Val Morgan, which sells advertising on cinema screens and digital billboards. The company was established by dentist Arthur Russell in Melbourne , Victoria in 1908, showing films in a hired hall.
In 1945, the last year of World War II, there was a box office boom and the British Rank Organisation purchased a half share in Greater Union Theatres. During this time Greater Union acquired the rights of ownership of many theatres across the country including what became the Phoenician Club in Broadway, Sydney in 1943, originally owned by McIntyre's Broadway Theatres and established as a ...
This is a list of movie theater chains across the world. [1] [2] ... Hoyts Cinemas (2003 US locations) Eastern Federal Theatres (2005) Consolidated Theatres (2008)
This purchase united the industry's two biggest online movie-ticketing services (Fandango's ticketing network spanned more than 33,000 screens worldwide; MovieTickets.com's over 29,000, with significant overlap between the two, e.g., both companies sold tickets to both AMC and Regal Cinemas) and increased Fandango's global screen count by ...
Village Force Sololink, Village Rialto Solo Duo and Hoyts New Centre Crosstown new mid Auckland remained separate brands (similar to the Australian arrangements between joint venture partners, Village Cinemas and Greater Union/Birch Carroll & Coyle), yet merged back-office operations and marketing, leaving half-a-dozen staff redundant.
In October 2010, Hoyts announced that it will acquire AMC for an unknown amount. The purchase was completed in November 2010. Hoyts has stated on their website that AMC customers will now have access to a wider variety of films, promotions, competitions and cinema offers. Hoyts have also promised to increase 3D facilities for the cinema chain.
The Movie Masters Cinema Group was formed in the 1990s as a co-operative initiative between two locally owned and operated Western Australian cinema companies, Ace Cinemas and Grand Cinemas. The Movie Masters brand was initially formed to allow Ace Cinemas and Grand Cinemas to effectively compete against multi-national exhibition chains such as ...
A ticket is a voucher that indicates that an individual is entitled to admission to an event or establishment such as a theatre, amusement park, stadium, or tourist attraction, or has a right to travel on a vehicle, such as with an airline ticket, bus ticket or train ticket. An individual typically pays for a ticket, but it may be free of charge.