Universal Studios films to go online 17 days after cinema release

AMC, the world's biggest cinema operator and the owner of the Odeon, has struck a potentially revolutionary deal with Universal Studios to cut the delay between movies making their debuts in US cinemas and becoming available online. The agreement will reduce the previously sacrosanct "theatrical window" from as much as 90 days to just 17 and puts pressure on other studios and cinema chains to follow suit. It only applies to the US at this stage. The pact also resolves a bitter dispute between th