Curzon Eastbourne moves to DCM and celebrates digital milestone

DCM welcomes the Curzon Eastbourne to its estate following its conversion to digital last year, the latest innovation in the cinema’s 93 year history.

Originally named the Picturedrome, the historic site opened its doors in 1920, when it showed silent films accompanied by piano until the advent of talkies in the 1930s. Widescreen and cinemascope took over in the 1950s before the arrival of Dolby sound in 1967 when the cinema changed its name to the Curzon.

“DCM is delighted to be working with Roy Galloway and his team at the Curzon Eastbourne,” says Rebecca Rau, Exhibitions Manager, DCM. “The addition of the site to DCM’s estate has strengthened our presence in the South West, improving the reach we can offer advertisers. Added to this, the Curzon’s investment and commitment to digital operations mean DCM can serve advertisers flexible marketing solutions that maximise the benefits of this new technology.”

Roy and his Curzon team are pictured below, alongside local Eastbourne MP Stephen Lloyd, who visited the cinema shortly before the digital conversion as part of a CEA initiative to raise awareness amongst key policy decision-makers about UK cinema exhibition at the critical time in the industry’s digital transformation. Mr Lloyd lent his support to the independent cinema by telling the local press “As a regular user of the Curzon, I cannot recommend highly enough to local residents that they should use our town centre independent cinema wherever possible.”

Please join us in congratulating the newest addition to the DCM estate on this digital milestone.