January 26, 2006

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

BALLANTYNE OF OMAHA, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	1-13906	47-0587703
(State or other jurisdiction of	(Commission	(IRS Employer
incorporation or organization)	File No.)	Identification Number)

4350 McKinley Street
Omaha, Nebraska		68112
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

(402) 453-4444

(Registrant’s telephone number including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Form 8-K

Item 8.01 Other Events

On January 26, 2006, Daniel E. Faltin, Executive Vice President, adopted a plan under SEC Rule 10b5-1 to sell, in a series of transactions, a total of 125,000 shares of the Company’s common stock through the exercise of vested stock options.

The information contained in this Current Report under Item 8.01 shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section. The information in Item 8.01 of this Current Report shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	BALLANTYNE OF OMAHA, INC.


Date: January 26, 2006	By:	/s/ Brad French
		Brad French
		Secretary/Treasurer and
		Chief Financial Officer