LOS ANGELES, March 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- MovieTickets.com
(www.movietickets.com), the world's most powerful Internet movie ticketing
service, today announced a partnership with B&B Theatres, a family-owned and
operated company overseeing 202 screens in Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma.
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"We're pleased to announce the addition of B&B Theatres to our growing
list of prominent exhibitors, as the continued expansion of our program into
new metro markets further solidifies the value of our service," said Joel
Cohen, executive vice president and general manager, MovieTickets.com. "We are
excited to work with B&B and look forward to offering our various ticketing
platforms in the markets they currently service."
B&B Theatres will benefit from the increased exposure and ability to sell
their movie tickets through the prominent affiliate program that
MovieTickets.com operates, which includes some of the most highly trafficked
sites on the Web. The movie ticketing inventory that MovieTickets.com
represents reaches a significant percentage of the entire Internet population
through exclusive relationships with the Web's most well-known portals and
movie-related destinations. MovieTickets.com is actively extending the
visibility of its exhibitors' inventory, as evidenced by the recent release of
a new mobile application, located at mobile.movietickets.com.
B&B Theatres, in business since 1924, is the 26th largest theater company
in the nation. President Robert Bagby said the company was eager to bring
advanced technology in ticket services to its loyal customers.
"Our mission has always been to provide entertainment solutions that, like
our relationship with our customers, continue to grow and evolve," Bagby said.
"Our partnership with MovieTickets.com, which brings the most advanced online
ticketing technology directly to our customers, speaks to this mission."
MovieTickets.com exhibitors 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, B&B Theaters, Bank Street
Theatre, Bowtie Cinemas, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Bryn Mawr Movie Theatre
Co., Camera Cinemas, Celebrity Theatres, Channelside Cinemas, 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, Dipson
Theatres, Discovery Theater, Drexel Theatres, Eastern Shores (O'Neil Theaters
NE), Emagine Entertainment (Cinema Hollywood), Entertainment Retail (Hollywood
Hits), Elvis Cinemas, Eveningstar Cinema, Famous Players, Film Forum, Fine
Arts Theatre - Beverly Hills, Fox Bay Cinema Grill, Foxmoor Movies, Frank
Theaters, Funasia Theaters, Galaxy Cinemas (Canada), Galaxy Cinemas (GA),
Galaxy Cinemas (NC), Greater Huntington Theatres, Greenville Cinemas (Camelot
Cinemas), Hallett Cinemas, Harkins Theatres, Harrisonville Cinema, HLB
Entertainment (Palace 9, Majestic 10), Hollywood Cinema 9, Hollywood Premier
Cinemas, Howell Theater, 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, Movie Tavern, 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, Quarry
Cinemas, Rail Road Square Cinema, Rave Motion Pictures, Reading Cinemas USA
(City Cinemas, Angelika), Regency 8 Cinema, Rio Entertainment, Riviera
Cinemas, Roxy Theatres, Safari Cinema, Sayville Theatre, Scotiabank Theatres,
Sea Turtle Cinemas, Showplace Cinemas Silver Screen Cinemas, Spotlight
Theatres, Star Vu Drive-In, Starplex Cinemas, Studio Movie Grill, Sunrise
Cinemas, Tango Theaters, Tower Theaters, Trans-Lux Cinemas, UltraStar Cinemas,
Village Theaters, Warren Theatres, Watson Theatre, Wellfleet Cinemas, and
Westates Theatres.
For more information or to speak with a MovieTickets.com representative,
contact Formula at (310) 578-7050 or via e-mail at casey@formulapr.com.
About B&B Theatres
B&B Theatres is a family-owned and operated company serving medium-sized
cities. The company has been in business since 1924 and currently operates
and/or books 202 theater screens in Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma. B&B
Theatres is the 26th largest theater company in the nation. For more
information, please visit http://www.bbtheatres.com.
About MovieTickets.com
MovieTickets.com (www.movietickets.com), the world's most powerful
Internet movie ticketing service, offers moviegoers a convenient way to buy
movie tickets in advance. MovieTickets.com enables consumers to buy tickets
online for movie screens across the United States, as well as in Canada at
MovieTickets.ca; in the U.K. at MovieTickets.co.uk; in Ireland at
MovieTickets.ie; from any Internet-enabled wireless device at
mobile.movietickets.com; and from any phone at 877-789-MOVIE. 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. Its elite collection of partner theaters consistently
represents over 50 percent of the top 50 and over 50 percent of the top 100
grossing theaters in North America on any given weekend. The MovieTickets.com
theater chain group, which includes 116 theater chains, is about five times
the number of chains of its nearest competitor.
SOURCE MovieTickets.com
Allie Mayer of Formula, +1-310-578-7050, mayer@formulapr.com
