Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 3, 2014. The Department of Justice filed a civil antitrust lawsuit today seeking to block National CineMedia Inc.’s (NCM) $375 million acquisition of Screenvision LLC. The department said that the acquisition would combine the only two significant cinema advertising networks in the United States, eliminating competition that has substantially benefitted movie theaters, advertisers and, ultimately, movie goers.
The Antitrust Division’s lawsuit, which seeks to prevent the companies from merging and to preserve their…
