Leading Movie Ticketing Provider Unveils mobile.movietickets.com and
iphone.movietickets.com
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- MovieTickets.com
(http://www.movietickets.com), the world's most powerful Internet movie ticketing
service, has just made buying movie tickets in advance even easier with the
launch of two powerful new mobile web applications. These new solutions
mean moviegoers can search for a movie by location or title, buy tickets,
access a listing of new releases, box office information, read movie news,
and even view detailed local area maps to the theater and more. They can be
accessed by visiting mobile.movietickets.com from any Internet enabled
mobile device or iPhone users can visit an optimized site at
iphone.movietickets.com.
"MovieTickets.com was an early mover into the mobile space with the
launch of our first mobile application over five years ago. These new
applications demonstrate our commitment to improving our service offerings
and popularizing advance movie ticket purchases as buying options expand
and new technology platforms emerge," said Joel Cohen, Executive Vice
President and General Manager, MovieTickets.com.
The new MovieTickets.com mobile web applications were developed in
conjunction with wireless application service provider MobileGates, a
leader of location-based services on mobile phones. Along with in-depth
domestic movie related information and the addition of mapping
functionality, the mobile services also offer personalization features,
which include the ability to recall individual searches, favorite theaters
and provide quick and easy access to movies and showtimes in specific
locations.
Through the partnership with MobileGates, MovieTickets.com will also
soon offer users the ability to purchase movie related mobile content for
their phones, such as games, ringtones, wallpapers and screensavers. In
addition, MobileGates' proprietary transcoder delivers rich, interactive
color maps, directions, and other content optimized for most phones
currently available in the US.
MovieTickets.com theater chains currently include:
Academy 8 Theaters (P & G Theaters), Access Digital Theatres, All Star
Entertainment, AMC Theatres, Amherst Cinema Art Center, Arena Grand Theatre
(Columbus Hospitality), Ashbrie Cinemas, Atlantic Theaters (Movies at
Midway), Atlas Cinemas, Bank Street Theatre, Bow Tie Cinemas, Brooklyn
Academy of Music, Bryn Mawr Movie Theatre Co., Camera Cinemas, Celebrity
Theatres, Channelside Cinemas, Cinefe' 8, Cinema Centers, Cinema Four-Quad
(Quad Cinema), Cinemagic Movies, Cinemagic Theatres (MN), Cinemall,
Cineplex Odeon, Classic Cinemas, Clearview Cinemas, Cleveland Cinemas,
Consolidated Theatres, Cornelius Cinemas, Dickinson Theatres, Drexel
Theatres, Eastern Shores (O'Neil Theaters NE), Emagine Entertainment
(Cinema Hollywood), Entertainment Retail (Hollywood Hits), Elvis Cinemas,
Famous Players, Film Forum, Fine Arts Theatre - Beverly Hills, Fox Bay
Cinema Grill, Foxmoor Movies, Galaxy Cinemas (Canada), Galaxy Cinemas (GA),
Greater Huntington Theatres, Greenville Cinemas (Camelot Cinemas), Hallett
Cinemas, Harkins Theatres, HLB Entertainment
(Palace 9, Majestic 10), Hollywood Cinema 9, Hollywood Premier Cinemas,
IFC Center, Jarvis Conservatory, Kew Gardens (and Cobble Hill), Krikorian
Premiere Theatres, Landmark Theatres (and Ritz Theatres), M Park 4, Main
Street Cinemas, Malco Theatres, Mann Theatres, Marcus Theatres, Marquee
Cinemas, Metropolitan Theatres, Mission Grove Theaters, MJR Theatres, MnM
Theatres, MovieMax Theatres, NAOS Entertainment, Narberth Theatre, National
Amusements, Nelsonville Movies 10, North American Cinema, Oasis Cinema,
Omniplex Theatre Group, O'Neil Theatres (Louisiana), Pacific Theatres,
Paris Theater, Penn Cinema, Phoenix Theatres (MI), Phoenix Theatres (TN),
Pickwick Theatres, Premiere Cinemas, Rail Road Square Cinema, Rave Motion
Pictures, Reading Cinemas USA (City Cinemas, Angelika), Rio Entertainment,
Riviera Cinemas, Roxy Theatres, Sayville Theatre, Scotiabank Theatres, Sea
Turtle Cinemas, Showplace Cinemas, Silver Screen Cinemas, Spotlight
Theatres, Star Vu Drive-In, Studio Movie Grill, Sunrise Cinemas, Tango
Theaters, Trans-Lux Cinemas, UltraStar Cinemas, Village Theaters, Warren
Theatres, Watson Theatre, Wellfleet Cinemas, and Westates Theatres.
About MobileGates
MobileGates is a leader in location-based services and mobile
applications. MobileGates has pioneered the first carrier-grade suite of
interoperable location based applications that provide maps, directions and
live services such as Wi-fi Finder and fuel finder (fuel pricing). The
company's mobile applications are currently available through Verizon
Wireless, Sprint-Nextel, Alltel. For more information please visit
http://www.mobilegates.com.
About MovieTickets.com
MovieTickets.com, (http://www.movietickets.com) the world's most powerful
Internet movie ticketing service, provides consumers with the ease of a
virtual box office from the convenience of their home or office. Formed in
2000, MovieTickets.com is a joint venture between AMC Entertainment,
Hollywood Media Corp. (Nasdaq: HOLL), National Amusements, Famous Players,
Marcus Theatres (NYSE: MCS), Viacom (NYSE: VIA), and America Online, and
leverages the collective theater chain expertise to deliver consumers a
premium movie ticketing experience. MovieTickets.com enables consumers to
buy tickets online for movie screens across the United States, Canada and
the U.K, including Ireland. Its elite collection of partner theaters
consistently represents over 50% of the top 50 and over 50% of the top 100
grossing theaters in North America on any given weekend. The
MovieTickets.com theater chain group, which includes 102 theater chains, is
about five times the number of chains of its nearest competitor.
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