Apollo Cinemas Commits 100% to Arqiva’s Digital Cinema Satellite System

The Apollo Cinema chain has chosen Arqiva’s Digital Cinema Satellite Distribution System for their entire cinema circuit. This will enable Arqiva to electronically deliver Digital Cinema Packages and live events to all of Apollo’s sites around the UK. The first performance streamed live via satellite for Apollo was the Bolshoi Ballet’s ‘La Flame de Paris’ from Moscow on April 8^th2010.

Barrie Woolston, Commercial Director at Arqiva Satellite & Media, said: “Apollo has a reputation for being at the cutting edge of cinema. Arqiva’s innovative satellite system uses professional broadcast equipment to provide a robust and reliable electronic delivery system for live and feature content. We congratulate Apollo on being the first UK cinema chain to fully deploy digital cinema for which Arqiva’s electronic distribution is ideally suited.”

Arqiva provides robust satellite and IP networks for the managed delivery of entertainment, information and advertising worldwide. It works with leading media distributors to provide electronic delivery services of live events and feature films into digital cinemas across Europe.

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About Arqiva: Arqiva operates at the heart of the broadcast and mobile communications industry and is at the forefront of network solutions and services in an increasingly digital world. The company provides much of the infrastructure behind television, radio and wireless communications in the UK and has a growing presence in Ireland, mainland Europe and the USA. There are three operating divisions - Terrestrial Broadcast, Satellite & Media and Wireless Access. Arqiva has its headquarters near Winchester and other major UK offices in London, Warwick, Buckinghamshire and Yorkshire. The company is owned by a consortium of investors led by Macquarie Communications Infrastructure Group. Major customers include the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Five, BSkyB, Classic FM, the five UK mobile operators, the RNLI and the Metropolitan Police.
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