Industry Entertainment Headquarters Greenwood Village | Website fathomevents.com Founded 2005 | |
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Key people John Rubey, CEO
Larry Gillman, Chief Financial Officer
Jamie Woglom, Vice President of Marketing
Lynne Schmidt, Vice President of Operations
Kymberli Frueh, Vice President of Programming
Tom Lucas, Vice President of Studio Relations
Kyle Villella, Vice President of Distribution | ||
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Fathom Events is an entertainment content provider that broadcasts entertainment events in movie theaters throughout the US including live performances of the Metropolitan Opera, the performing arts, major sporting events, and music concerts.
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Background
Fathom Events is owned by AC JV, LLC., which comprises AMC Entertainment Inc., Cinemark Holdings, Inc. and Regal Entertainment Group, the three largest movie theater circuits in the United States.
John Rubey is Fathom Events' first CEO and was previously President of AEG-TV and Network LIVE, where he produced many events for Fathom and others. Rubey founded and owned Spring Communications a leader in Pay-Per-View special events.
On January 7, 2016, Fathom Events announced three new additions to their executive team, including Larry Gilman, who was appointed as the new Chief Financial Officer of Fathom Events after previously being the Executive Vice President and CFO for the TV Guide Entertainment Group, as well as Tom Lucas and Kyle Villella being promoted to Vice President of Studio Relations and Vice President of Distribution, respectively.
In August 2016, The Denver Post featured a profile of Fathom Events, making note of their use of satellite feed to broadcast to theaters. This past year Fathom Events introduced Ben Lyons as the 'Official Host of Fathom Events'; Marking a first for Fathom Events, Lyons will engage the audiences in person and provide a historical retrospective on the evolution of cinemas - appearing in Fathom’s original pre-show content. As the new brand ambassador, Lyons will host live Q & A’s, present monthly reports on Fathom Events and give people an insight of upcoming release.
Events
In 2015, Fathom featured 115 unique events on 170 event nights including the tenth anniversary season of The Met: Live in HD, concert events with Roger Waters and Ed Sheeran, dance productions such as Lincoln Center’s San Francisco Ballet: Romeo & Juliet, faith-based events including The Drop Box and Four Blood Moons, and special sporting events like the USA v Mexico men’s soccer match.
In 2012, Turner Classic Movies (TCM) and Fathom Events began a partnership to return catalog films back to theaters. The strategic relationship evolved into the TCM Big Screen Classics series in 2015, which broadcasts catalog films to theaters once a month.
In 2009, Fathom paired with RiffTrax, a series of comedic audio commentaries from the creators of Mystery Science Theater 3000, to bring live shows to cinemas across the United States, heckling notorious films such as Plan 9 from Outer Space, Birdemic: Shock and Terror, Godzilla (1998), Manos: The Hands of Fate, Reefer Madness, The Room, Santa Claus Conquers the Martians, Starship Troopers, and Time Chasers.
The two day showing of Batman: The Killing Joke became their most successful screening they distributed, making about $4.3 million, beating out the Doctor Who fiftieth anniversary special, Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor in 3D.
Fathom Events is working with Woody Harrelson on the 2017 live film Lost in London.
Awards
On May 27, 2014, The Theatre Museum Awards honored Fathom Events with the Awards for Excellence in Theatre History Preservation.
In 2015, Fathom Events was named "Best Distributor in the Americas" and received eight box office awards by the Event Cinema Association (ECA).