{"id":2722,"date":"2016-04-15T23:49:02","date_gmt":"2016-04-15T15:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/04\/15\/amc-says-it-wont-allow-texting-in-theaters-not-today-not-tomorrow-and-not-in-the-foreseeable-future\/"},"modified":"2016-04-15T23:49:02","modified_gmt":"2016-04-15T15:49:02","slug":"amc-says-it-wont-allow-texting-in-theaters-not-today-not-tomorrow-and-not-in-the-foreseeable-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/04\/15\/amc-says-it-wont-allow-texting-in-theaters-not-today-not-tomorrow-and-not-in-the-foreseeable-future\/","title":{"rendered":"AMC says it won't allow texting in theaters: 'Not today, not tomorrow and not in the foreseeable future'"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Do you hear the people sing? Singing the song of irate film audiences who don’t want phone screens lighting up all around them?<\/p>\n

AMC revealed earlier this week that it was considering a pilot program that would allow texting in certain movie theaters. Audiences and media outlets responded with swift, near-universal anger. As a result, AMC has now declared that texting is not and will not be allowed in its theaters.<\/p>\n

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SEE ALSO: AMC mulls separate ‘texting-friendly’ movie theaters<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

In an official statement<\/a>, the theater said this:<\/p>\n

The decision came days after AMC Entertainment CEO Adam Aron first explained that the chain might experiment with texting-friendly theaters. Read more…<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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