National CineMedia picks Sprint for campaign
National CineMedia (NASDAQ: NCMI) of Denver has entered a multiple-year contract with Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S) of Overland Park, Kan., for Sprint to sponsor public service announcements encouraging moviegoers to turn off their cell phones during movie showings.
The Sprint PSAs, currently being developed by Goodby, Silverstein & Partners of San Francisco, will be seen at more than 1,100 U.S. movie theaters starting in October.
AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) has sponsored the PSAs since 2007, after its acquisition of Cingular Wireless a year earlier. Cingular had handled the campaign since 2001.
National CineMedia operates the largest digital in-theater network for movie theaters in North America for the country’s three largest theater chains — AMC Entertainment Inc., Cinemark Holdings Inc. (NYSE: CNK) and Regal Entertainment Group Inc. (NYSE: RCG). Denver businessman Phil Anschutz founded Knoxville, Tenn.-based Regal Entertainment, and remains controlling shareholder.
National CineMedia’s products, used in more than 17,000 screens, include lobby advertising, the First Look program shown before a movie starts and meeting/special event services.
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