| Reference Type |
The Australian
newspaper
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| Title |
Multiplex Shadow |
| Author(s) | Lynden Barber |
| State |
Unknown |
| Country |
Unknown |
| Publication Date |
04-09-1998 |
| Citation Date |
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| Page Number |
15 |
| Comments |
Small independent cinema
Threat of new cinema mutliplex
Vertical integration of Australian distribution-exhibition industry
ACCC voluntary code of conduct for the Australian distribution-exhibition industry |
| Synopsis |
Barber explores the fight by a small Canberra independent cinema, Electric Shadows, to stop the proposed construction of a nearby eight-screen multiplex cinema. Electric Shadows owner Andrew Pike fears the multiplex would prove potentially fatal for his cinema, citing the larger cinema's ability to screen more films, and thus gain rights to screen mainstream new releases.
"Pike says that although his cinema is an arthouse, to be viable in a city the size of Canberra, it needs to supplement its programming with mainstream titles." Barber also reports on an ACCC inquiry that found four big distributors (Village-Roadshow, UIP, Fox and Columbia-TriStar) control roughly 90 per cent of the market. While the main exhibitors (Hoyts and the Village Roadshow-Greater Union combine) accounted for 70 per cent of the box office. |
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