Ster-Kinekor

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Ster-Kinekor
Company type
Public
IndustryEntertainment
HeadquartersSouth Africa, ,
Number of locations
43
Websitehttps://sterkinekor.com

Ster-Kinekor is a

D-BOX
, Kids’ Cinema, Nouveau and Cine Prestige) with 129 in South Africa. In Africa, the company operates in 6 cinema complexes with 33 screens and 4 077 seats in Africa.

Its head office is at the Ster-Kinekor Office Park in Sandton, Johannesburg.[1]

History

1896 The first movies were shown in South Africa in 1896, at the Empire Palace of Varieties.

1910

The first dedicated bioscope opened in 1910. Then the

20th Century Fox
also entered the local market.

1955

A game-changing sale took place in 1955 when African Consolidated Ltd sold to 20th Century Fox. Over a decade later, in 1969, 20th Century Fox sold to Sanlam. Sanlam that already owned Ster Films and Ster Theatres.

1970 - 1997

During this period Government decreed that companies be run separately as Ster and Kinekor, but in 1970, Government permitted the merger of the two companies as Ster-Kinekor. Also in 1976, broadcast television arrived in South Africa.

1976 saw the Cinema Multiplex Complex Development and in 1997, Ster-Kinekor developed an art circuit rebranding and Cinema Nouveau was born.

2008

saw the start of the digitalization of Ster-Kinekor. During 2013, the company embarked on a massive roll-out project to convert and equip every cinema with the very latest in digital projection and sound technology. 3D Cinema was introduced in 2008, in 2011, Ster-Kinekor Mobi was introduced and the following year, in 2012, Ster-Kinekor launched apps and Cine Prestige. The award-winning SK App, which is downloadable on all smartphone operating systems, is interactive, user-friendly and feature-rich, and recently recorded over 1.9-million downloads.

In more recent times, Ster-Kinekor sites introduced

D-BOX
screens, 4 Kids’ Cinema screens, 200 digital screens, 131 3D screens.

Competition

In South Africa, Ster-Kinekor holds the largest

Nu Metro Cinemas. Smaller, independent operators, including CineCentre, Movies@, and Epic Cinemas, make up the rest of the market.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Contact Us." Ster-Kinekor. Retrieved on 27 September 2011. "Physical Address: Ster-Kinekor Office Park 185 Katherine Street Eastgate Ext.4 Sandton"
  2. ^ Staff Writer. "Ster-Kinekor vs Nu Metro: movie ticket prices in South Africa". Retrieved 2020-08-15.

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