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AUGUST 27, 2012

Mobile consumers drove what Los Angeles-based movie ticketing and information site Fandango says is its best summer in its history today, as mobile purchases drove a 26 percent year-to-year increase in ticket sales on the service. The company reports that it saw more than 26 million downloads of its various mobile apps.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Los Angeles-based Fandango , the movie ticketing service, said that it has connected into Apple's new Passbook App, which Apple announced for iOS 6. Fandango said that its mobile tickets are available to store in Apple's Passbook for iOS 6, allowing movie users to store the mobile barcode tickets within the app.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2012

Los Angeles-based Fandango is getting a spot in its first SuperBowl ad this weekend, the firm said Friday, as part of a promotion for Universal Pictures' new action movie, Battleship. Fandango said that the SuperBowl advertisment will feature a tag which links viewers to its mobile apps. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 2, 2013

Los Angeles-based Fandango , the online and mobile movie ticketing service which is a unit of NBCUniversal, said today that its 2012 was its "best year in company history". The company said it had a 12-year record high in ticket sales, web and mobile traffic, and app downloads. Fandango is run by Paul Yanover.

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DECEMBER 21, 2011

Los Angeles-based Fandango said Wednesday that it has added support for PayPal on its iPhone and Android apps. Fandango's apps provide movie showtimes, information, and ability to purchase tickets from a mobile phone. Fandango said that currently, more than 20 percent of its ticket sales are coming form mobile devices.

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APRIL 15, 2013

Los Angeles-based online and mobile movie ticketing and information service Fandango announced today that it has extended a current ticketing contract it has with Regal Entertainment Group. Fandango said that Regal is the largest movie theater circuit in the United States, with more than 1,000 screens. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 28, 2013

It looks like you can now get Siri , Apple's talkative personal assistant, to help you, via a new link with Fandango , the Los Angeles-based movie ticketing and information service. Fandango said that users of the iPhone, iPad, and iPod tocuh running iOS 6.1 READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 13, 2012

Los Angeles-based Fandango , the online movie tickets site, said today at SXSW that it has launched a new Facebook Timeline app called "Movies with Friends". Fandango said it is hopping to grow its user base on Facebook via the app. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 15, 2014

Los Angeles-based online and mobile movie ticketing provider Fandango announced this morning that it has signed on three new theater chains--bringing it roughly 85 percent of the nation''s theaters which have online and mobile ticketing. Financial impact of the move was not announced. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 24, 2013

Fandango , the movie ticketing service and mobile app provider, said Wednesday that it is powering a new, mobile ticket app feature specifically for customers of Visa. Los Angeles-based Fandango said that it has launched TIXPRESS, a new mobile ticket app feature for only Visa Signature account holders. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 1, 2012

Fandango , the online and mobile movie ticketing provider based in Los Angeles, has hired former Disney Online executive Paul Yanover as President, the company said today. Fandango said Yanoger reports to Nick Lehman at NBCUniversal Entertainment Network, which owns Fandango. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 24, 2014

Los Angeles-based online and mobile movie ticketing service Fandango reports this morning that it has signed a multi-year, contract extension with Cinemark USA. According to Fandango, it will continue to serve as the exclusive third-party online and mobile ticketing partner for Cinemark and it''s 4,400 U.S. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 4, 2012

Los Angeles-based Fandango , the movie ticketing and information service, said today that it has had the best ever number in May for traffic and ticket sales, for the company's entire 12-year history. Fandango is owned by Comcast, which acquired the movie site back in 2007.

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MARCH 8, 2013

Los Angeles-based movie ticketing site Fandango is debuting a new tool to predict interest in upcoming weekend movies, which it calls "Fanticipation". Fandango said it will release its list of movies weekly on its site. Fandango is launching the new movie buzz product at SXSW this weekend. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 22, 2010

Los Angeles-based Fandango , which operates an online website focused on new movies and buying movie tickets, said this morning that it has launched a new application for the Apple iPad.

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MAY 23, 2012

Los Angeles-based Fandango and AOL's Moviefone , both of which provides movie information and tickets, announced today that the two are in a deal which will make Fandango the exclusive ticketing partner for Moviefone. Moviefone also said the deal will make it easier to make ticket purchases online and through mobile devices.

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JULY 3, 2012

Los Angeles-based Fandango said this morning that it has seen its best quarter in its company's history, with a 28 percent, year-over-year growth in its second quarter ticket sales. The firm, which did not disclose financial numbers, said the growth was driven by mobile purchases, which were up 107 percent year-over-year.

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JULY 23, 2014

Los Angeles-based movie ticketing site and service Fandango said late Tuesday that it has launched a new app, this time on Amazon''s new Fire Phone. The app--like the company''s other mobile apps--offers up movie discovery and movie ticketing. fandango amazon fire phone movie ticketing content hollywood theater tickets'

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

Los Angeles-based online and mobile movie ticketing provider Fandango announced today that it has expanded its coverage in Southern California, Chicago, and Washington, D.C., with a new relationship with theater chain ArcLight Cinemas. Terms of the agreement were not announced.

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MARCH 26, 2014

Los Angeles-based Fandango said Wednesday that it has added another 1,000 screens available via its mobile and online movie ticketing service, from five different movie theater companies. Fandango said the new screens brings its U.S. fandango movie ticket service exhibitor purchase screens film hollywood mobile'

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JUNE 25, 2012

Los Angeles-based Fandango has scored a deal with MSN , to power MSN's online and mobile movie tickets, on both MSN Movies and MSN Entertainment, the firm said today. According to Fandango, the deal makes it the official online and mobile movie ticketing provider for both sites. users per month.

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APRIL 5, 2012

The popularity of "The Hunger Games" has apparently helped out Los Angeles-based Fandango , which sells online and mobile tickets to movie-goers, as the firm said Thursday that it had the best selling, first quarter in the company's history.

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OCTOBER 25, 2013

Los Angeles-based Fandango , which provides movie information and movie tickets, said Thursday that it has released a newly updated, iOS app, which it has updated to support the latest features of iOS 7. Fandango said that previous versions of its app have been downloaded more than 38 million times. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 8, 2012

Los Angeles-based movie site Fandango reports that it hit another ticketing record this weekend, after the debut of The Avengers. Fandango said it set a new record for the most tickets sold for any opening weekend in the company's 12-year history, surpassing its recent record breaking opening of The Hunger Games. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Los Angeles-based movie ticketing and information service Fandango reported on Tuesday that it sold more than 30 percent of the tickets for "Black Panther" over the film's four-day opening weekend. According to Fandango, the sales represent one of the company's largest share of opening weekend for any movie in the company's history.

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APRIL 29, 2019

Los Angeles-based Fandango , which offers up online and mobile movie information and ticketing, said it has sold more than $127M in cumulative sales for Avengers: Endgame. According to Fandango, those sales numbers represent the biggest cumulative box office haul through opening weekend in the company's history. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 23, 2016

Los Angeles-based movie site Fandango is planning a major push of its brand new video on demand service, FandangoNOW , with ads running on TV, online, mobile, outdoor, and in theaters. The move comes six months after Fandango acquired video-on-demand service M-GO from Technicolor and DreamWorks Animation. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 13, 2017

Los Angeles-based Fandango announced Friday morning that has acquired online movie ticketing service MovieTickets.com. According to Fandango, it expects the deal to close in Q4 of 2017. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. MovieTickets.com was based in Boca Raton, Florida. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

Los Angeles-based online movie ticketing and information site Fandango said Friday morning that it has acquired Ingresso , Brazil's largest online ticketing firm. Fandango said it was advised by The Raine Group and G5 Evercore in the deal. Fandango said it was advised by The Raine Group and G5 Evercore in the deal.

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APRIL 12, 2016

Los Angeles-based movie ticketing site Fandango has jumped on the Facebook bot bandwagon, saying Tuesday at Facebook's F8 conference that it will be launching its own, Fandango bot, which will book movie tickets via Facebook Messenger. The new bot will roll out sometime in May.

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APRIL 24, 2015

Los Angeles-based movie site Fandango launched a new app for the Apple Watch today, letting users pull up barcoded movie tickets on the new Apple Watch, as well as other feature as directions to a theater, countdown-to-showtime clock, and more. Fandango said the Apple Watch app works in conjunction with Fandango's app on the iPhone.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Irvine-based mobile car financing startup AutoGravity said this morning that it has appointed Meesh Pierce as the company's new Vice President of Product Management. Pierce was most recently VP of Product Management at Fandango, and also served as a consultant to Epson America, Energy & Power Solutions, and other companies.

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DECEMBER 3, 2014

The startup is tackling legal clipping of video, saying it is creating a mobile app which lets consumers clip video from television shows and share them with their friends. demand demandmedia rosenblatt richard application mobile hollywood content television clipping video whipclip' READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 3, 2011

Venice, California-based Tecca , the online and mobile site providing articles, reviews, how-to articles, and other information about electronics products, said Monday that it is now reaching over one million unique visitors a month. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

Join us tomorrow as TechZulu brings you the Digital LA Entertainment Apps panel live featuring speakers from Disney ABC TV, FOX, Universal, Comcast, Fandango, Mobile Roadie, etc. They'll discuss the development, content, creation, approval process, and marketing for smartphone and tablet apps (iPhone, iPad, Blackberry, Android, etc.)

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NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Los Angeles-based movie streaming service FandangoNOW , the recently launched on-demand video service from Fandango, is now included on the VIZIO SmartCast app, the two companies said this morning. The companies said that users can rent or buy from FandangoNOW, without any need for a subscription.

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JUNE 3, 2016

Los Angeles-based local search site YP said Thursday that it has linked up with Groupon , to integrate Groupon's local deals into its discovery site and mobile apps. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed.

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