Sanjay Dutt's 'Chatur Singh Two Star' in 449 UFO Digital Theatres
Sanjay Dutt starrer 'Chatur Singh Two Star' will screen in 449 UFO digital theatres across India for the week of August 19-25, 2011. Ram Gopal Varma's 'Not a Love Story' screens in 275 UFO Digital Theatres for the week of August 19-25, 2011. 'Aarakshan' continues to screen in 246 UFO Digital theatres in its second week.
- (1888PressRelease) August 20, 2011 - Superstar Shivarajakumar's 100th Kannada film and magnum opus 'Jogaiah' releases today in 83 UFO Digital Theatres
Marathi film 'Morya' releases today in 105 UFO Digital Theatres
Sanjay Dutt starrer 'Chatur Singh Two Star' will screen in 449 UFO digital theatres across India for the week of August 19-25, 2011. Ram Gopal Varma's 'Not a Love Story' screens in 275 UFO Digital Theatres for the week of August 19-25, 2011. 'Aarakshan' continues to screen in 246 UFO Digital theatres in its second week. 'Sahi Dhandhe Galat Bande' releases in its first week in 155 UFO Digital Theatres. 'Singham', which released on July 22, 2011, continues to screen in 151 UFO Digital Theatres.
Actor turned producer Sanjay Dutt says, "I am very happy now that films can now release simultaneously in digital theatres across the length and breadth of the country on a first-day first-show basis. I remember that when I used to watch Friday releases at Gaiety theatre in Bandra, Mumbai, we used to see a small poster of a forthcoming film but now even trailors are shown in digital theatres. Recent films like 'Double Dhamaal', 'Ready', 'Aarakashan' and 'Singham' have done well in single screens as well as in multiplexes thanks to digital theatres. As an actor and a producer, it makes me very happy and it is good for the industry if digital cinema can increase the box office size while offering quality experience at affordable ticket prices."
In terms of non-Hindi films, Marathi film 'Morya' releases today in 105 UFO Digital Theatres. Popular Singer and Music director Avadhoot Gupte's new film 'Morya' screens in 105 UFO Digital Theatres for the week of August 19-25, 2011, creating some kind of a record as Gupte's earlier film, 'Zenda' released on January 22, 2010, in 56 UFO Digital Theatres but went on to screen in 146 UFO Digital Theatres as of August 5, 2011. In 2011, Mahesh Manjrekar-produced Marathi film 'Faqta Ladh Mhana' during the first week of release; viz., August 5-11. Only 2 other Marathi films last year- Paaaradh (in August 2010), 'Ideachi Kalpana' (in December 2010) - in 2009 and 2010 screened on 100 plus UFO Digital Cinema.
Superstar Shivarajakumar's 100th Kannada film and magnum opus 'Jogaiah' releases today in 83 UFO Digital Theatres creating some kind of a record within the network of UFO Moviez, the world's single largest networked digital cinema platform, which has revolutionized the way films are distributed and exhibited throughout India. 'Jogaiah' is expected to create a new wave in the action film category. Telugu film 'Kandireega', which released on August 12, 2011, screens in 79 UFO Digital Theatres. Telugu film 'Dhada', which released on August 11, 2011, screens on 68 UFO Digital Theatres. Tamil film 'Kanchana', which released on July 22, 2011, continues to screen on 62 UFO Digital Theatres.
Source: www.ufomoviez.com
UFO Moviez, the world's single largest networked digital cinema platform, has revolutionized the way films are distributed and exhibited throughout India. The advantage offered by UFO Moviez' digital cinema solutions lies in the fact that theatres are able to quickly source and screen alternative content in situations that call for flexibility in content and quick turnaround time. This serves as a win-win situation for all involved in the film distribution-exhibition chain.
Presently, UFO has a base of close to 2500 digital screens, spread across more than 1300 cities in 26 states of India. Out of these 2500 screens, around 350 screens are in multiplexes (which constitutes over 30% of the multiplex population in the country) and the balance are single screen theatres. The total capacity of these screens is over 1.3 million seats. UFO has so far released more than 3500 films in 29 languages and has conducted more than 7.5 million shows.
UFO Moviez India Limited (UFO) is the pioneer in the Digital Cinema space in India. UFO was founded by Valuable Group in 2005. Leading Indian industrial house Apollo Tyres Group and international PE investors 3i UK and Providence Equity Partners have made investments in UFO.
In a short span of time, UFO has established a very robust network of cinema screens across India and Nepal. With its unique satellite based delivery and most advanced MPEG4 technology, UFO is the market leader in the Digital Cinema space in India.
UFO has significantly contributed to the expansion of the Indian film industry through wide spread day one releases of films across geographies. UFO's present base with satellite based delivery allows the industry to have a much wider release than has been possible through the traditional print medium. The Digital Cinema System provided by UFO is very cost effective and with zero compromise in quality, reliability and security. UFO has successfully demonstrated its technical capabilities by bringing cricket matches of Indian Premier League 2010 (IPL), live to 800 screens in high definition thus providing an option of alternate content to the exhibitors for the first time in India.
UFO has achieved a major technological break-through in the field of 3D. It has indigenously developed a very cost effective technology to convert existing 2D screens into 3D screens. The technology was successfully tested during IPL 2010 and the last four matches were brought live in 3D with exceptional results. With its unique business model wherein the theatre owners are not required to make any investment in the equipment, UFO expects to install 1250 3D screens on its network over the next two years, up from the present 100 3D screens.
Additionally, UFO also markets a unique Ticketing cum Settlement Platform for the entertainment industry called IMPACT. This is a Valuable Technologies initiative to bring transparency, efficiency and accountability in the Media and Entertainment business. The back-end software and infrastructure for Impact has already been developed and deployed along with the online computerized ticket system in more than 200 screens across the states of Maharashtra and Gujarat in India. IMPACT also provides all the stakeholders registered on the IMPACT Exchange with an easy to use but secure web-based portal that can be used as the interface for commerce. In future, IMPACT will handle & guarantee settlements to each stakeholder in addition to providing a common system to be used by the entire value chain.
UFO has recently acquired a strategic stake in Scrabble Entertainment Pvt Limited (Scrabble). Scrabble is the sole aggregator of DCI compliant screens in India and already has more than 280 DCI screens. Scrabble has very recently signed contracts with Hollywood Studios for expansion of its activities in Middle East countries as well. With the strategic investment in Scrabble, UFO is now in a position to provide a complete offering i.e. both DCI as well as non DCI systems for its international forays. UFO is already present in Nepal and is actively looking at markets like Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Malaysia, Middle East countries and Latin American and East European regions among others for both DCI and Non DCI rollout.
Awards and Recognitions
Deloitte fastest growing 50 companies in TMT (Technology, Media and Telecom) space - UFO Moviez was declared the 14th fastest growing company in the TMT space with 278% growth rate in 2010.
Global Entrepolis @ Singapore Award - UFO Moviez was acknowledged as 'Technopreneur of the Year' in the Asia-Pacific region for 2007 at the Global Entrepolis @ Singapore Award.
International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Award - UFO Moviez was presented the prestigious IIFA Award for the 'Biggest Innovation in the Film Industry' at the 8th International Indian Film Academy Awards held at Yorkshire, England in 2007.
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