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UCG unlimited cards - limiting the range of flims shown?

  • 02-01-2005 5:46pm
    #1
    otron
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 175 ✭✭


    A friend of mine mentioned to me the other day that the fact that UCG sells the unlimited cards means that some studios won’t distribute certain films. Apparently it’s because the studios/distributors don’t want people viewing their product at a cut price. The example given was that UCG couldn’t show the latest Bridget Jones film (in the UK anyway)

    Can anyone confirm or deny this?


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  • #2
    smiaras
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,030 ✭✭✭smiaras


    This post has been deleted.


  • #3
    Kevin_rc_ie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,487 ✭✭✭Kevin_rc_ie


    well i imagine you are talking about UGC. well it is extremely rare for ugc dublin not to show a film that's found else where in ireland (exception of that temple bar cinema thing).
    the studios/distributors
    are getting the same income from ugc whether it's card holders or non holders who see the film. so can i confirm, that certainly ugc dublin isn't afflicted by
    studios won’t distribute certain films.


  • #4
    otron
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 175 ✭✭otron


    Kevin_rc_ie wrote:
    well i imagine you are talking about UGC.
    Yup, Sorry... :o
    Kevin_rc_ie wrote:
    are getting the same income from ugc whether it's card holders or non holders who see the film.

    Thats what I thought but was told that it was just a position the big boys took.


  • #5
    Victor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 78,495 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    Kevin_rc_ie wrote:
    [the studios/distributors] are getting the same income from ugc whether it's card holders or non holders who see the film. so can i confirm, that certainly ugc dublin isn't afflicted by
    It's an accounting exercise. Unlimted card tickets have a face value of about half price, so by one measure, the the studios/distributors do get less. However unlimted cards have had the effect of increasing the total number of customers. So swings and roundabouts.


  • #6
    ixoy
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 17,994 Mod ✭✭✭✭ixoy


    I'm not 100% sure how they pay the studios in these cases and was always curious about how it worked. Having said that, the only movie I can think of that they didn't screen, which I thought they would, was the "Thirteen Ghosts" remake last year. If that's all we have to miss for the cheaper prices, I'm happy enough.


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  • #7
    steveland?
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,842 ✭✭✭steveland?


    I have a UGC card and whenever I use it it goes through the system as €3.60 or something like that (can't think of the exact amount) so they seem to have taken the average amount of times someone would use it compared to the cost and averaged out that you'd be spending that much on a ticket if you were getting to see the same amount of films for 15.99 a month...

    Jesus that made no sense...

    Anyway yeh I don't think UGC have not shown any major releases over hear yet, IFC (IFI) excepted


  • #8
    Raoul Duke
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 989 ✭✭✭Raoul Duke


    The man behind EasyJet started up a cinema in London a few years ago with the intention of following the cheap arilines model. This would have lead to tickets being as cheap as 20p (or something as crazily low as that). He just wanted asses in seats. However the studios wouldn't give him any films to show :D So the original plan had to be thrown out the window. Maybe this is where this rumour started.


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