Now defunct Houston theatre alleged exhibition giant had clearance pacts with studios.
Exhibition giant AMC is on course for a potential antitrust trial after a Texas judge rejected its arguments to throw out a case by a now defunct Houston theatre.
Federal judge Arnold Bennett dismissed AMC’s motion for summary judgment in light of a 2015 case brought by Viva Cinemas Theaters that the major exhibitor has so-called clearance pacts with studios to ensure exclusive first-run screenings in a geographical region.
While AMC’s lawyers had claimed that ‘horizontal agreements’ between suppliers (film producers/studios) would be illegal, it argued...
Exhibition giant AMC is on course for a potential antitrust trial after a Texas judge rejected its arguments to throw out a case by a now defunct Houston theatre.
Federal judge Arnold Bennett dismissed AMC’s motion for summary judgment in light of a 2015 case brought by Viva Cinemas Theaters that the major exhibitor has so-called clearance pacts with studios to ensure exclusive first-run screenings in a geographical region.
While AMC’s lawyers had claimed that ‘horizontal agreements’ between suppliers (film producers/studios) would be illegal, it argued...
- 8/21/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
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