CinemaNext (Ymagis Group – ISIN:
FR0011471291 TICKER: MAGIS), the specialist in exhibitor services for the motion picture industry, today announced an agreement with Austrian cinema chain Cineplexx, a
subsidiary of Constantin Film Holding GmbH., to deploy the company’s
proprietary Melody Theatre Management System (TMS) and Symphony circuit management
software across its entire network.
This represents a total of 228 screens and 31
different sites. The roll-out is expected to begin this summer at all Cineplexx
cinemas located in Austria, Italy, Croatia, Albania, Montenegro and Serbia.
The deal was
concluded during last week’s CineEurope, the European convention for major,
regional and independent cinema exhibitors, in Barcelona (Spain).
“Selecting both Melody
TMS and Symphony is a tremendous vote of confidence for our technologies from Cineplexx,
which is known for being at the forefront of technological innovations in
Europe,” explains Christof Federle, CinemaNext Regional Manager for Austria and
Eastern Europe. “Currently operating on 1,300 screens, Melody is a
fully-featured TMS at the cutting edge of technology. We are constantly working
to adapt this solution to exhibitors’ evolving needs such as the upcoming
mobile app, which allows users to transform the auditorium into a conference
room by controlling every feature (projection, sound, light). Our brand new software solution for cinema
chains, Symphony, helps connect, visualize and oversee a widespread group of
cinema complexes from one central site resulting in significant time savings by
allowing users to remotely schedule all shows for their cinema network”.
“We are thrilled to strengthen our collaboration with CinemaNext
by deploying their innovative proprietary Symphony and Melody TMS solutions in
our cinemas,” said Christian
Langhammer, Managing Director of Constantin Film Group in Austria. “The fact that
these new reliable solutions have been designed and produced from an exhibitor
perspective to be as intuitive as possible as well as allow the automation of
many time-consuming and error-prone processes is essential to delivering
trouble-free and superior cinematic experiences to moviegoers.”
The Melody TMS is compatible with any third-party
software (e.g., digital signage, points of sale), making it fully automated and
therefore requiring less human intervention. It is also interoperable with all existing
server technologies. Symphony provides a real-time monitoring interface that
allows exhibitors to ensure cinemas are running smoothly and help detect any
potential errors. Later this year, local cinema exhibitors will no longer need to
spend time programming every week as they will have the ability to use centralized
playlists and schedules created by central booking department across all
cinemas.
More information about Melody
TMS and Symphony can be found online at:
Melody TMS by CinemaNextSymphony by CinemaNext