Mr. Frydman aimed to convince Studio 43 that AMC was not likely to be a fifth column for American movies: though many other multiplex operators are part of big production and distribution companies, Mr. Frydman said, AMC is solely in the business of running theaters.
Multiplex operators are happy to have events to show during off-hours.
The movie, about a group of oil drillers in Alaska who become hunted by wolves, was made outside the studio system and acquired for $5 million last summer by Open Road Films, an upstart distributor backed by the multiplex operators AMC Entertainment and Regal Cinemas.
Over the last day Sony reached out again to the big multiplex operators asking if they would rebook the film, according to people briefed on the discussions, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because negotiations were continuing.
Ofcom estimates that even after extra spectrum has been allocated to DAB, around 90 local radio stations will be unable to transmit on DAB, either because there is no space for them on a local DAB multiplex, or because they cannot afford the high transmission costs of DAB that the multiplex operators are charging.
Its broadcast assets also include the multiplex operator SDN, which operates a digital terrestrial multiplex license in the UK.
ITV tries to fill a huge gap in internet strategy by buying Friends Reunited for £120m and DTT multiplex operator SDN, reversing coolness towards Freeview.
Today the national multiplex operator, Digital One, controlled by GWR and cable group NTL, announce a £3m joint venture with UK firm Imagination Technologies to make a cheaper second-generation chip.
The areas comprise 28 proposed towns suggested by Comux, the multiplex operator, as well as further appeals for interest in Swansea and Plymouth which did not attract bids in the previous round.
Ed Hall who heads local TV multiplex operator Comux admits the stations are launching against a background of repeated failures and closures in UK broadcasting, but says: "We know the model.
