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History
| 1995 | Cine-UK business set up by Steve Wiener and Senior Management Team backed by consortium of equity investors. | ||
| 1996 | Cine-UK’s first multiplex cinema opened in Stevenage under Cineworld brand. | ||
| 1996 – 2004 | Additional 34 multiplex cinemas opened under Cineworld brand. | ||
| Oct-04 | Blackstone Group acquire Cine-UK from a consortium of private equity investors, with the management team retaining a significant proportion of their interests in the business. | ||
| Dec-04 | Cineworld acquired UK operations of UGC comprising 42 cinemas and business merged with Cine-UK business under Cineworld brand. | ||
| Nov-05 | 8 screen multiplex cinema opened in Bury St Edmunds. | ||
| Mar-06 | 11 screen multiplex cinema opened in Cheltenham. | ||
| May-07 | 5 screen multiplex cinema opened in Didcot. | ||
| May-07 | Cineworld listed company on the London Stock Exchange. | ||
| Mar-08 | 12 screen multiplex cinema opened in High Wycombe. | ||
| Jul-08 | Cineworld set up joint venture screen advertisement business, Digital Cinema Media Limited, with Odeon. | ||
| Oct-08 | 5 screen multiplex cinema opened in Haverhill. | ||
| Jan-09 | Cineworld order 74 additional digital projectors doubling its digital estate - taking a lead in the market in digital and 3D cinemas. | ||
| Oct-09 | 10 screen cinema in Aberdeen and a 5 screen cinema in Witney, both with digital projection facilities in all auditoria, are opened. | ||
| Jun 10 | Agreement signed with Arts Alliance Media in respect of the digital rollout | ||
| Jun 10 | Acquisition of the O2 cinema at Greenwich | ||
| Jun 11 | Launch of new luxury cinema "The Screening Rooms" in Cheltenham | ||
| Nov 11 | 7 screen mutiplex cinema opened in Leigh. |
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