Village Roadshow Pty Ltd - Australian Company Profile

Village Roadshow Pty Ltd is a locally owned private company that derives its revenue from cinema exhibition, theme park operations, film distrubution operations and sales and loyalty programs. The company operates in Australia, New Zealand, China, Hong Kong, Europe, UK and USA, employs approximately over 1.560 employees and is administered by its head office in South Yarra, Victoria. 

Village Roadshow Limited was listed on the ASX under the code VRL until December 2020 when it was acquired by private equity firm BGH Capital.

Village Roadshow's main operating businesses are Cinema Exhibition, Film Distribution, Theme Parks and Marketing Solutions. 
 

• CINEMA EXHIBITION

Village Roadshow, independently and through strategic partnerships, is involved in the operation of around 577 screens at 57 sites across Australia. 

The company provides premium cinema concepts that include Gold Class, Village Max, Village Premium and Village Junior.  

• FILM DISTRIBUTION

Roadshow Pictures provides movies to cinema, video, pay TV and free to air television in Australia and New Zealand. Under contract, Roadshow Pictures distributes films for Warner Bros., ABC, BBC, Relatively, and Village Roadshow Pictures.

Roadshow Entertainment is responsible for distributing DVDs, Blu-Ray and digital to retail and rental chains as well as online throughout Australia and is involved in digital distribution of theatrical, television and children's content for electronic sell-thru via platforms such as iTunes, Foxtel, Telstra Bigpond, Youtube and Google.

Roadshow also has an interest in film and television production through investments in Roadshow Rough Diamond, BlinkTV and FilmNation.

• THEME PARKS

Village Roadshow Theme Parks operates a variety of theme and water parks in Australia. The current operating parks include: Warner Bros Movie World, Wet 'n' Wild Gold Coast, Village Roadshow Studios, Paradise Country, Australian Outback Spectacular, Topgolf Gold Coast, Sea World and Sea World Resort & Water Park, all located on the Gold Coast. Village Roadshow Limited also operates and has majority ownership (50.09%) of Wet 'n' Wild in Las Vegas, Nevada and has expanded into China developing and managing a Wet'n'Wild in Haikou on Hainan Island and the Lionsgate Entertainment World in Novotown on Hengquin Island.

• MARKETING SOLUTIONS

The marketing solutions division is comprised of Australia-based Edge Loyalty and UK-based Opia, a system of data-oriented sales promotion and customer retention businesses designed to help sell more product, increase customer base and retain existing business. Along with the two core marketing solutions businesses, the company also offers Lifestyle Rewards, to provide a platform for businesses to offer its customers rewards and benefits through its loyalty programs.