AMC Theaters will launch its own service for renting and buying digital films

ronjor · Oct 15, 2019

By Julia Alexander Oct 14, 2019

AMC Theaters on Demand enters the digital space
AMC Theaters, the largest movie theater chain in the US, is launching an on-demand video service, according to The New York Times. The service will let customers rent or buy movies, much in the same way Apple’s iTunes Store and Amazon’s Prime Video have operated for years.
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guest · Jul 29, 2020

AMC strikes historic deal with Universal, shortening number of days films need to run in theaters before going digital
Previously, theaters would have the exclusive rights to films for 90 days.
July 28, 2020
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/28/amc...-to-run-in-theaters-before-going-digital.html

The feud between AMC Theaters and Universal Pictures, which started over the video on-demand release of “Trolls: World Tour” in March, is over.

On Tuesday, the two companies announced an agreement that would see AMC show Universal films on the big screen once more and grant Universal a smaller theatrical window so it could make its titles available on-demand sooner.

As part of the deal, Universal and Focus Features must play movies in cinemas for at least three weekends, or 17 days, before releasing those films on premium video on-demand platforms. Previously, theaters would have the exclusive rights to films for 90 days.

“AMC will also share in these new revenue streams that will come to the movie ecosystem from premium video on demand,” Adam Aron, CEO of AMC, said in a statement.
Neither company disclosed the full terms of the deal, stating that it was confidential.
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Historic deal
The agreement between AMC and Universal is truly historic. For decades movie theaters have held tightly to the 90-day theatrical window, not even budging it for Netflix when it first sought Oscar contention.
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