Crispin Tristram, chief marketing and digital officer of Hoyts, will leave the company following the decision to shelve the Video-on-Demand service which he had been developing for more than two years.
The LEGO Movie will be the second major movie to be released this year on home entertainment platforms 90 days after its theatrical launch, instead of the traditional 120-day gap.
Dendy Cinemas will launch its Video-on-Demand service in July, initially providing about 1,000 films to rent or buy online.
The traditional 120-day holdback between theatrical and home entertainment release looks like being shortened for a limited number of films.
Chief operating officer Matthew Liebmann is departing the Hoyts Group on Friday amid a head office restructure.
Hoyts Corp. will launch Video-on-Demand streaming service Hoyts Stream in early 2014, roughly 12 months later than the originally targeted date.