Arts Alliance Media and Barco Announce 100 Million Euro Digital Cinema Leasing Program

Arts Alliance Media (AAM), a leading digital cinema provider, and Barco, the global Digital Cinema Technology Leader, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to offer a financial leasing program to exhibitors across Europe to convert to digital cinema. The fund, named the Barco Leasing Program, has a provision for up to €100m and will offer financing packages to cinemas looking to convert from 35mm to digital. The offer is supported by ING Lease Belgium. It will be available to interested exhibitors of any size and will utilize AAM’s existing VPF agreements with all 6 Hollywood majors and nearly 100 local European distributors.