Cinemark

Cinemark Holdings, Inc, doing business as Cinemark, is an American movie theater chain that started operations in 1984. 
==History==
Cinemark was started by Lee Roy Mitchell as a chain of theatres in California, Texas and Utah. http://corporateofficehq.com/cinemark-theatres-corporate-office/ While Cinemark officially claims to have launched in 1984, online records show Cinemark might have started as early as 1977. The roots of the company date back to the 1960s when brothers J.C. and Lee Roy Mitchell created Mitchell Theatres, Inc. "Interstate Purchases New Drive-In Theatre." Waco News Tribune, February 9, 1966, p. 5. 
By 1972, the company was named Texas Cinema Corporation. Lee Roy Mitchell then formed a group of theaters under the Cinemark name beginning in 1977. Cinemark Corporation and Texas Cinema Corporation merged operations in June 1979 creating a portfolio of 25 theaters in Texas and New Mexico under the Cinemark brand. "Realty Insight." Dallas Morning News, June 17, 1979, p. 4B. 
On March 26, 1980, Henry G. Plitt of Plitt Theatres Holdings purchased the Cinemark circuit of theaters. But Cinemark Corporation continued operations acquiring existing theaters and began to build new theaters. In 1987, Cinemark acquired all of the Plitt Theatres. https://www.newspapers.com/article/fort-worth-star-telegram-cinemark-purcha/49473797/ 
Cinemark began building theaters with colorful interiors and large video game arcades. Legal advertisements indicate that the company known as Cinemark USA, Incorporated, officially began December 31, 1987. https://www.zippia.com/cinemark-careers-2464/history/ The following year, Cinemark introduced its Front Row Joe mascot created by San Antonio based independent animation studio Wilming Reams Animation. http://cinelog.org/cinelog/2011/02/12/the-golden-era-of-cinema-mascots/ 
In 1998, Cinemark announced that it would replace its bright color interiors with what Cinemark characterized as a more classic Art Deco design. http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/stories/1998/12/07/story7.html 
Cinemark introduced a brand new premium offering, Cinemark XD, standing for Extreme Digital Cinema in 2009. The first XD screen opened at the Century San Francisco Centre 9 theater in San Francisco, California. This auditorium features a giant, wall-to-wall display, Barco 4K digital projection with 2D and RealD 3D capabilities, immersive, surround sound audio systems that enabled customers to hear the movies as the filmmakers intended and premium seats with Luxury Lounger electric recliners. https://ir.cinemark.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/176/cinemark-launches-new-xd-large-format-digital-auditorium-in 
==Channel==
The Cinemark channel was created on October 26, 2011. Their first video was uploaded on February 24, 2012. 
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