In 1995, Paul Bolté, with a visionary entrepreneurial team, produced a successful business plan and launched the first cinema media sales team in Canada at Cineplex Odeon.
Primary objective was to promote, sell and accelerate the growth of a new medium, cinema, to third-party national advertisers and media agencies and to other movie exhibitors in Canada.
Profitable Results
Created theatre distribution channels
Procured exclusive and long term advertisers
Created media extensions - event and promotional vehicles and new marketing initiatives
Launched the first HD Digital Cinema Network in April 2005 -
Reel Entertainment. Began achieving ROI by August 2005.
Today cinema advertising is seen in over 95% of all movie
theatres in Canada and has grown from $2million in 1995 to
over $60 million in media advertising revenue today!