During her 10 year tenure Alison was a key player in the launch and management of 40 channels and oversaw the highly profitable expansion of Disney’s TV licensing business and investment portfolio. In 2005 Alison was appointed CFO of a private equity backed international TV broadcasting business, Sparrowhawk Media, which was successfully sold to NBC Universal at the end of 2007. Vue chief executive Tim Richards said the cinema chain will try to prevent any lay-offs but that it is suffering from the “big blow” of a lack of new major movie releases. Glitzy film premieres could return to Leicester Square by next year and cinema-goers will return to socially-distanced screenings at pre-Covid levels in six months, according to the boss of the Vue cinema chain. It is the LA thing: 'how can you help them?' “In turn, without these new releases, Cineworld cannot provide customers in both the US and the UK – the company’s primary markets – with the breadth of strong commercial films necessary for them to consider coming back to theatres against the backdrop of Covid-19.”. Glitzy film premieres could return to Leicester Square by next year and cinema-goers will return to socially-distanced screenings at pre-Covid levels in six months, according to the boss of the Vue cinema chain. "Cameron has proven that 3D is not just flash-in-the-pan; it is here to stay," says Richards. The son of a diplomat, Richards had an itinerant childhood, much of it in Brazil. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Your Privacy Controls. I would love to have seen it here, personally. In the great crash of 1929, attendances went up in the US and worldwide between 30% and 50%, and every economic downturn has been the same.".
A little over a decade later, Vue is among the largest chains in the market, with 69 cinemas across the country. In 2003, SBC acquired the Warner Village; a 36 site portfolio in the UK, marking the launch of Vue International.
He is a Chartered Accountant and has an MA in Mathematics from Oxford University. “We came into this as a very strong industry; we just need to make it through the next three or four months where there are no movies.”. Prior to entering the entertainment industry, Tim was a Wall Street lawyer engaged in international finance and cross-border mergers and acquisitions while based in London and New York. Thu 18 Feb 2010 20.01 GMT "I had no idea how to respond.
This was a big blow for us. Overall attendances fell to 54m, but last year were above 174m, a near 6% gain on 2008. The early days were spent in his garage, his dining room and then in an insalubrious rented office above a Greek restaurant in Chiswick. His statement comes after rival chain Cineworld revealed it will close all its cinemas in the UK and the US.
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Cineworld said it would close 127 Cineworld and Picturehouse sites in the UK, confirming reports over the weekend, and sending shares down by as much as 57% as markets opened in London. All rights reserved. He joined AMC in 1987 and pioneered multiplex operations in the United Kingdom, with the first ever purpose built multiplex opening in Europe in 1985 which saw a step-change for the industry. Tim then joined Paramount/Universal in 1990 where he was responsible for business development and legal affairs in 44 international markets, prior to joining Warner Bros. International Theatres in 1994 as Senior Vice President. Odeon joins 'struggling' cinemas with plans to go weekends only after Cineworld announced closure of all sites.
It did not specify how many jobs are at risk in the UK; however, on Sunday, the PA news agency understood that 5,500 would be hit. Prior to joining Terra Firma Robbie held senior finance roles at Vodafone Group plc including group financial controller and chief financial officer of Vodafone’s operations outside Western Europe. The transforming deal was when he bought the Warner Village chain of 36 sites in 2003 after spending two years chasing them.
Speaking at Vue’s Westfield cinema in West London, he said: “Mulan is a big screen movie. If I had missed that paper, who knows what might have happened. His positions included Operations Director and Managing Director of the UK business during a time when AMC was acquired by Paramount Pictures and Universal Studios and renamed United Cinemas International (UCI) in 1989. In 1999, Tim left Warner Bros. Overnight, he had 42 cinemas. "I have always been a behind-the-scenes person. Over the course of the past 30 years in cinema exhibition, Tim has developed extensive international development and operational experience in all major international markets in Europe, South America, Australia and the Far East. To enable Verizon Media and our partners to process your personal data select 'I agree', or select 'Manage settings' for more information and to manage your choices.
By 2002 SBC had five operating cinemas. The chief executive of Vue Cinemas has said the company will try to avoid lay-offs but is being forced to look at all options, after rival Cineworld closed all its theatres in the UK and US. "I have never been a Hollywood person," he says. I said: 'I am not a threat: I am a nobody, I have one cinema'.
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