"UCI Cinemas Logo History" made by TR3X PR0DÚCTÍ0NS, 21/01/2023.
Here is my second video today, and this focuses on the idents from UCI (United Cinemas International) Cinemas. The organisation was announced in October 1988 as a joint venture between United Artists Theatres, United International Pictures (a partnership of Paramount Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Universal Pictures), and AMC Theatres, but AMC pulled out of the joint venture in December 1988. The joint venture was known as Cinema International Corp./United Artists Communications Inc. in 1988, but was renamed to United Cinemas International in 1989. They operated eighty-six cinemas while they were based at Manchester, England, and they managed the old CIC cinemas in London, the Empire, Leicester Square and the Plaza, although these were still owned by CIC (source: U.K. Circuit Renamed United Cinemas Int'l, Don Groves - 1st May 1989). Variety. p. 1.). During the 1990s, the group expanded to build and operate cinemas in countries like Brazil, Germany, Italy and Portugal. In late 2004, the European division of UCI was bought by Terra Firma Capital Partners, along with rival chain Odeon Cinemas. The majority of the British UCI cinemas were re-branded to use the Odeon name. UCI's Brazilian cinemas were acquired (also in 2004) by American conglomerate National Amusements, and Odeon continues to operate UCI cinemas in Germany, Italy and Portugal as of January 2023.
-TR3X