Big Cinemas Jalandhar

Latest News About Big Cinemas Jalandhar: Film and entertainment services company, Reliance MediaWorks, is planning to increase the number of screens of its BIG Cinemas chain to 330 from the present 250 by the end of next financial year, a top company official said. Presently, we have 250 screens spread across 78 cities in India and are planning to increase it to 330 by March 2011,” Reliance MediaWorks Chief Executive Officer, Anil Arjun, told reporters on the sidelines of a function here today.

The new screens would come up in cities like Hyderabad, Mumbai, Jalandhar, Chennai and Bangalore, among others, he said.

The Anil Ambani-run Reliance MediaWorks has an overall 525 screens including 250 in India, spread across 125 cities in 5 countries.

The company has tied-up with UFO Moviez, a chain of satellite-based digital cinemas, to establish a gateway for digital film releases on the silver screen in the country.

UFO Moviez has world-class digitalisation technology while Reliance MediaWorks has high-end digital cinema experience and extensive theatrical programming expertise.

The alliance would create a strong platform that would enable the producers and distributors to start utilising more number of digital screens to ensure a wider release, consistency in quality and curb piracy.

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It would also ensure that movie exhibitors can enhance their revenues as they can have hassle-free, timely release and greater availability of movies without issues of print quality or delivery dates.

“The tie-up will create a robust and secure network and will also eliminate the logistics and transportation cost for the exhibitors,” Arjun said.

Under the tie-up, UFO Moviez would set up an additional encoding and encryption facility at Reliance MediaWorks premises.

Through this tie-up, a movie can be released simultaneously in several more screens, leading to over 20 per cent increase in box-office revenues, which benefits the producers, distributors and exhibitors.

UFO Moviez is a chain of satellite-based digital cinemas in the world with more than 1,800 screens across the country. The company beams digitally mastered high-quality movie images through satellite directly to cinema halls facilitating wide release of any film without any additional cost in prints for content owners. <