LOS ANGELES, June 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Fandango, Inc., the nation's
leading moviegoer destination, today announced that it has acquired
Movies.com, a leading movie content site previously owned by the Walt
Disney Internet Group, a unit of The Walt Disney Company.
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Fandango.com has exclusive ticketing access to more than 15,000 movie
screens across the country and its consumers enjoy great movie content,
including exclusive movie trailers and videos, coming attractions, user
ratings and reviews, and personalization features. Movies.com is a
complementary site that provides a broad array of information to passionate
movie lovers, including movie synopses, reviews, movie and celebrity news,
DVD releases and a host of other features.
The synergy of these two well-established and popular movie sites, both
launched in 2000, will create new opportunities for exhibitors, studios,
advertisers and other partners to reach the moviegoing audience, and will
provide additional information and entertainment for moviegoers. Fandango's
advertising sales force will represent both sites with a wide variety of
advertisers.
"We are pleased to expand our rich entertainment reach through this
strategic addition of Movies.com," said Chuck Davis, CEO of Fandango.
"We'll be able to leverage our combined assets to offer millions of new
moviegoers the best movie-related information available on the Web."
With the addition of Movies.com, the Fandango network expands to reach
a new audience. Fandango has enjoyed robust growth, with a 24%
year-over-year increase in traffic* this year. During the month of May
2008, Fandango reached 6.3 million monthly unique visitors, while
Movies.com served 1.9 million monthly unique visitors.** There is little
duplication between the audiences of the two sites.
Additionally, Fandango now provides online ticketing for Movies.com
users, who will have access to more than 15,000 screens across the nation.
About Fandango:
One of the Web's top movie and entertainment destinations, Fandango
sells tickets to more than 15,000 screens. Fandango entertains and informs
consumers with reviews, exclusive interviews, commentary and trailers, and
offers the ability to quickly select a film, plan where and when to see it,
and conveniently buy tickets in advance. Fandango is available at
http://www.fandango.com, 1-800-FANDANGO and via your wireless mobile device
at mobile.fandango.com.
Fandango theater partners include the nation's leading exhibitors: AMC
Theatres, Carmike Cinemas, Century Theatres, Cinemark Theatres, Edwards
Theatres, Regal Cinemas and United Artists Theatres, as well as American
Cinematheque, Brenden Theatres, CineArts Theatres, Cinebarre, Cobb
Theatres, Hollywood Theatres, IMAX, Kerasotes Theatres, Majestic Crest
Theatre, Premiere Theatres, R/C Theatres, Wehrenberg Theatres and
Winchester Theatres.
* Unique visitors, 2008 year-to-date [January-May], according to
Nielsen//NetRatings
** May 2008, according to Nielsen//NetRatings
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