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#MOVIE BIJOU SAN ANTONIO MOVIE#
With the onset of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, movie theatres, and other public gathering spaces were forced to shut down, thus opening uncharted opportunity for streaming services to take full advantage of people staying at home and taking advantage of their platforms.Īccording to a 2021 Forbes article, “Post-Pandemic Media Consumption: Online Streaming Accelerates A New Content Experience”, “When the Covid-19 pandemic triggered stay-at-home orders and canceled social plans, consumers turned to online media streaming to fill the void…TV/video streaming services touted exclusive content and low prices to lure viewers, and by June 2020, 48% of US online adults had subscribed to at least one streaming service…in June 2020, 39% of US consumers liked the idea of seeing newly released movies on streaming services and planned to continue watching them at home rather than in movie theaters.” From music to films to television, streaming was already making waves through platforms such as Hulu, Netflix, Apple, Disney+, and Peacock. Streaming services have revolutionized every way possible on the consumption of media. Even after theaters reopened, some moviegoers have been reluctant to return to their seats… operators also are facing mounting competition from streaming services.” Cinemas were closed and film production halted for months. “Beyond that, the ‘art-film dynamic is changing,’ said Andrew Brooks, Santikos’ executive director of marketing and sales… the theater industry as a whole was hit hard by the pandemic. Sign up for our Events Newsletter.The owner continued to cite the ever-changing dynamic of film distribution as another reason for the sudden closing of the theatre. Get our top picks for the best events in San Antonio every Thursday morning. The latest turn for the Bijou also comes after an announcement late last year from the city of Balcones Heights that it was spending $5.4 million on a 46% ownership stake in the mall. Those theaters now operate as Santikos Westlakes, which began showing movies again last month, and Santikos New Branfuels, which resumed last summer. The Bijou's reported closure follows a buying spree by Santikos, which absorbed and reopened two of the Austin-based Alamo Drafthouse chain's local outlets. It took over after longtime operator Regal Cinemas shuttered the location, which it also operated as an arthouse property. Santikos has operated the theater since 2003, devoting some of its screens to foreign and art films while bolstering sales with food and alcohol.
However, the Bijou no longer appears on the San Antonio-based theater operator's website, which lists 10 other area holdings.
The Current was unable to reach Santikos Entertainment for comment. A sign posted Monday at the Santikos Bijou Cinema Bistro, the long-running arthouse theater inside Wonderland of the Americas mall, has announced its closure, news site MySA reports. The Bijou is located inside Wonderland of the Americas mall.
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