Boxoffice® Pro - August 2013

The National Association of Theatre
Owners (NATO) is the largest exhibition
trade organization in the world, representing
over 50,000 movie screens in all
50 states and in 68 countries worldwide.
Our membership includes the largest
cinema chains in the world and hundreds
of independently owned theaters.
Headquartered in Washington, D.C.,
with a second office in North Hollywood,
California, NATO represents its members
in the heart of the nation’s capital as
well as the center of the entertainment
industry.
INDUSTRY ISSUES
NATO interacts with motion picture distributors, the creative
community, the media, federal policymakers, and the courts
on many matters of interest to exhibition. Some topics recently
addressed by NATO include:
• The state of the exhibition business and growth of admissions
• Digital cinema specifications and other digital technology
developments
• Building codes
• The window between theatrical release and ancillary market
release
• Camcorder theft of movies in theatres
• Trailers and In-Theatre Marketing
• Americans with Disabilities Act
• Legislative landmines (minimum wage, admissions taxes, beverage
taxes, etc.)
• Administration and enhancement of the ratings system
MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS
• Additional benefits that flow from membership in NATO
include:
• A free subscription to NATO’s official publication, BoxOffice®
Pro magazine;
• Periodic issues of The President’s Report, a confidential
members-only analysis by NATO’s President of current issues
confronting the industry and NATO’s efforts on behalf of its
members;
• Eligibility for a card processing program through Vantiv;
• Periodic confidential members-only Government Affairs
Alerts;
• Daily electronic distributions of articles related to the industry,
segregated by topical areas of interest;
• Access to the members-only section of NATO’s web site,
www.natoonline.org;
• Free copies of movie ratings posters and other ratings publications;
• Access to a sponsored program from Reynolds & Reynolds
that offers savings on casualty and liability insurance;
• Discounts on annual dues to participate in NATO’s Cinema
Buying Group, a group buying program for independent operators;
and
• Discounts on CinemaCon registration fees.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT
DAVID E. BINET, DIRECTOR OF MEMBERSHIP / DB@NATODC.COM
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