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Utopia Group

The Utopia Group SA was a Luxembourgish cinema chain which owned and operated cinemas located in Belgium, France, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands. In 2015, its French, Luxembourg and Dutch operations were acquired by the Kinepolis Group. The Utopia Group's Belgian operations were bought by the French Union Générale Cinématographique (UGC), following a ruling against Kinepolis' bid by the Belgian competition authority . Originally formed in 2002 as a result of a merger between Luxembourg's Utopia SA and the Dutch Polyfilm BV, the company operated 19 cinemas, predominantly in the Benelux region, under the brand name of "Utopolis", with its flagship cinema, Utopolis Kirchberg (now Kinepolis Kirchberg), based in Luxembourg City. Whilst most of the Utopia Group's cinemas have been renamed following the changes in ownership, a tribute remains in the form of the "Utopia" cinema in the Limpertsberg district of Luxembourg City.

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The Utopia Group SA was a Luxembourgish cinema chain which owned and operated cinemas located in Belgium, France, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands. In 2015, its French, Luxembourg and Dutch operations were acquired by the Kinepolis Group. The Utopia Group's Belgian operations were bought by the French Union Générale Cinématographique (UGC), following a ruling against Kinepolis' bid by the Belgian competition authority . Originally formed in 2002 as a result of a merger between Luxembourg's Utopia SA and the Dutch Polyfilm BV, the company operated 19 cinemas, predominantly in the Benelux region, under the brand name of "Utopolis", with its flagship cinema, Utopolis Kirchberg (now Kinepolis Kirchberg), based in Luxembourg City. Whilst most of the Utopia Group's cinemas have been renamed following the changes in ownership, a tribute remains in the form of the "Utopia" cinema in the Limpertsberg district of Luxembourg City.

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  1. date of formation: 2002 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the date of formation is "2002". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359610304

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