Current Logo of Hoyts Cinemas Australia introduced in Jan 2007

Hoyts is an Australian chain of cinema multiplexes. The company is jointly owned by West Australian Newspapers Limited and Publishing and Broadcasting Limited. Hoyts sold most of its theatres in the United States to Regal Entertainment Group. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 296 pixel Image in higher resolution (1414 × 524 pixel, file size: 60 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Hoyts Cinemas Logo Australian Version Introduced Jan 2007 This is a logo of an organization, item, or event, and is protected by copyright... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 296 pixel Image in higher resolution (1414 × 524 pixel, file size: 60 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Hoyts Cinemas Logo Australian Version Introduced Jan 2007 This is a logo of an organization, item, or event, and is protected by copyright... Publishing and Broadcasting Limited, or PBL, is one of Australias major media companies. ... Regal Entertainment Group (NYSE: RGC) is North Americas largest movie theatre chain, operating 6,273 screens in 584 locations in 40 U.S. states. ...

Hoyts operates cinemas in Australia, New Zealand, Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay. Their main rivals are Village, Greater Union and, to a lesser extent, Dendy. Village Cinemas is Australias largest cinema chain. ... Logo of Greater Union Greater Union is an Australian chain of cinema multiplexes. ...

History

Former Logo of Hoyts Cinemas with the slogan There's No Substitute

Former Logo of Hoyts Cinemas

At the start of the 20th century—specifically, in 1909—Melbourne dentist Dr Arthur Russell, who was, in his spare time, a cornet player and a magician, purchased a share in a small American travelling circus, known as Hoyts Circus, and travelled with them as the resident magician. After a financially disastrous run, Russell returned to his work as a dentist. Image File history File links Hoyts_Logo. ... Image File history File links Hoyts_Logo. ... Image File history File links Logo_hoyts. ... Image File history File links Logo_hoyts. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999... Melbournes CBD has grown to straddle the Yarra River in three major precincts. ...

Undeterred, he leased the old St. Georges Hall in Bourke Street, Melbourne(later known as the Hoyts Esquire), and began showing short films on Saturday nights. Unlike his previous venture, it was successful, and as a result, he formed a new company called Hoyts Pictures Pty. Ltd. By the time he died at the end of World War I, Hoyts had expanded into the suburbs of Melbourne, and into Sydney. Bourke Street Mall Bourke Street is a major street in the central business district of Melbourne, Australia. ... Melbournes CBD has grown to straddle the Yarra River in three major precincts. ... The Sydney Opera House on Sydney Harbour Sydney (pronounced ) is the most populous city in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of over 4,200,000 people[1]. Sydney is the state capital of New South Wales. ...

In 1926, Hoyts and two other companies, Electric Theatres Pty. Ltd. and Associated Theatres Pty. Ltd., merged to become Hoyts Theatres Limited. In 1932, the Fox Film Corporation (now Twentieth Century Fox) secured a major shareholding in the company. Year 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar). ... Year 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will take you to a full 1932 calendar). ... Related articles FOX Television Network Fox Searchlight Pictures Fox Entertainment Group List of Hollywood movie studios List of movies Variant of current 20th Century Fox logo External links 20th Century Fox Movies official site Twentieth Century Fox is also the punning title of a song by The Doors on their...

In August 1982, Twentieth Century Fox sold Hoyts to a group of four Melbourne businessmen. In April 1985, the Fink family brought out the other partners to become the sole owner. The Finks began to expand the company, into areas such as film distribution, home entertainment, and cinema operations in New Zealand, USA, South America and Europe. 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ... This article is 150 kilobytes or more in size. ...

In 1987, the corporation was restructured and two of the companies in the corporation were listed on the Australian Stock Exchange: Hoyts Media and Hoyts Entertainment. However, the company that owned the cinemas, Hoyts Cinemas, was not floated until 1996. The years between 1987 and 1986 saw considerable expansion, so that by 1994, Hoyts was the 10th biggest cinema chain in the world and was owned by an American investment company—Hellman and Friedman—directors and senior management, and the Australian company Lend Lease Corporation. 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) is the primary stock exchange in Australia. ...

In 1996, Hoyts Cinemas was floated and in 1999, the late Kerry Packer's private family company, Consolidated Press Holdings, bought the chain for $620 million dollars. After that, Hoyts began to sell off cinemas. This trend began in 1999 when their Polish operations were sold, and in 2000 when their UK operations were also sold. In 2003, Hoyts sold its Hoyts America operations to Regal Entertainment. 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Regal Cinemas (NYSE: RGC) is North Americas largest movie theatre chain, operating 6,273 screens in 584 locations in 40 U.S. states. ...

In 2004, it joined forces with Village Roadshow and AHL to bail out Val Morgan Cinema Advertising, eventually taking their stake to 100% in 2005. In December that year, Publishing and Broadcasting Limited and West Australian Newspapers purchased the company from Consolidated Press Holdings. 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Australian Consolidated Press (ACP), a member of Publishing and Broadcasting Ltd. ...

Hoyts currently has Australia's largest multiplex cinema screen, located in Hoyts cinema 5, Blacktown, Sydney NSW it measures 26 metres across.

On March 29, 2007, Hoyts opened their latest cinema in Sylvia Park[1], in Auckland, New Zealand - featuring what is now the largest 35mm film screen in the world[2] and bean bag seating. March 29 is the 88th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (89th in leap years). ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ... Sylvia Park is a large commercial property development and shopping mall in the Auckland, New Zealand suburb of Mount Wellington. ... Schematic map of Auckland. ... This article does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

Hoyts Distribution

Hoyts Distribution is the film distribution arm of the company. It existed in its own right in the 1980s-early 1990s, and was later merged with the distribution operations of Columbia Tristar and Twentieth Century Fox. In 2002, the company was brought back to life, distributing primarily films produced by Nine Films and Television, Channel 9's film production arm, and major independent studios, such as Lions Gate Films. Columbia Pictures logo, used only in the early-1990s Columbia Pictures, now Columbia-Tristar Pictures after their merger with the former Tristar Entertainment, is a film production company, and part of Sony Pictures Entertainment. ... Related articles FOX Television Network Fox Searchlight Pictures Fox Entertainment Group List of Hollywood movie studios List of movies Variant of current 20th Century Fox logo External links 20th Century Fox Movies official site Twentieth Century Fox is also the punning title of a song by The Doors on their... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... Nine Films and Television is the film and television production arm of the Nine Network. ... Channel 9 refers to several television stations, among them are: Nine Network, Australia Channel 9, Malaysia C9TV, Northern Ireland WCPO, Cincinnati, Ohio Channel 9, MSDN Channel 9 is also the name of a fictional television channel on the comedy sketch show series, The Fast Show This is a disambiguation page... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Lions Gate Films. ...

Home entertainment

In the 1980s and early 1990s, Hoyts operated the local operations of RCA-Columbia Pictures Home Video, known as RCA-Columbia Pictures-Hoyts Home Video. It was later known as Columbia Tristar Hoyts Home Video, but Hoyts soon dropped out of the business. Hoyts Distribution releases are distributed on video and DVD by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is the home video, DVD, and UMD distribution arm of Sony Pictures Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation. ...

There was also four imprints the company had: First Release Home Entertainment, Video Box Office, Magic Window (children's videos) and RCA-Columbia Pictures International Video.

Hoyts also had a joint venture with Polygram, forming Hoyts Polygram Video at the around the same time as their joint venture with RCA-Columbia Pictures Home Video. Their only well known release was the film version of New Zealand comic strip Footrot Flats, entitled Footrot Flats: The Dog's Tale. PolyGram was the name from 1972 of the major label recording company started by Philips as a holding company for its music interests in 1945. ... Footrot Flats was a comic strip written by New Zealand cartoonist Murray Ball. ...

External links

• Hoyts Cinemas online
• Hoyts Distribution online