Editing EMI (section)

==== Film, Theatre and Television ====
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EMI Films was created in 1969 following the acquisition of [[Associated British Picture Corporation]] (ABPC). At the time ABPC owned 270 [[ABC Cinemas]]; a half share (under the [[Associated British Corporation]] name) in the [[ITV (TV channel)|ITV]] contractor [[Thames Television]]; [[Elstree Studios (Shenley Road)|Elstree Studios]] at Shenley Road, and had recently bought [[Anglo-Amalgamated]], a film studio.<ref name=74ar/> [[Bernard Delfont]] of the Grade Organisation became chairman and Chief Executive.<ref name=kine>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Kine Weekly]]|date=13 February 1971|pages=3–6|title=The Derek Todd Interview|edition=Supplement to Kinematograph Weekly}}</ref> In 1970, Delfont sold his own Bernard Delfont Organisation to EMI and the agencies were divested.<ref name=kine/><ref name=BDO>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=10 June 1970|page=3|title=EMI Buys Bernard Delfont Org From Impressario For $192,000 in Its Stock}}</ref> He later became Chief Executive of EMI in 1979.

Their flagship cinema was the [[ABC1 Shaftesbury Avenue|ABC 1 and 2 Shaftesbury Avenue]] which was built at the old Saville Theatre in London.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Kine Weekly]]|date=13 February 1971|page=14|title=EMI Looks to the Future With Film Centre Projects|edition=Supplement to Kinematograph Weekly}}</ref>

In 1974, the Film & Theatre Corporation was split into EMI Cinemas and EMI Leisure Enterprises.<ref name=74ar/> On formation, EMI Cinemas ran 272 cinemas in the UK, including those of ABC.<ref name=74ar/>

Following EMI's merger with [[Thorn Electrical Industries]] in 1979, EMI's film division was renamed Thorn EMI Screen Entertainment. In April 1986, Thorn EMI sold its film production and distribution arm (Thorn EMI Screen Entertainment), home video ([[Thorn EMI#Thorn EMI's film and video interests|Thorn EMI Video]]), and cinema (ABC Cinemas) operations to businessman [[Alan Bond (businessman)|Alan Bond]]. Bond, in turn, sold it to [[The Cannon Group, Inc.|The Cannon Group]] a week later.<ref name="terramedia.co.uk">{{cite web|url=http://www.terramedia.co.uk/media/film/vertical_integration.htm|title=Vertical integration|website=Terramedia|access-date=21 February 2018}}</ref>