Fandango and TMS Bring Ticketing and Movie Information to InfoSpace's Search & Directory Web Sites

Fandango and TMS Bring Ticketing and Movie Information to InfoSpace's Search & Directory Web Sites

CHICAGO, June 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Tribune Media Services (TMS) and Fandango ( http://www.fandango.com/ ), the nation's largest movie ticketing service, have entered into an agreement to provide movie information and ticketing to InfoSpace Search & Directory, a leading Web search and online directory services provider and a business of InfoSpace, Inc. (NASDAQ:INSP).

Three of InfoSpace's popular metasearch and Internet yellow pages Web sites, Dogpile.com ( http://www.dogpile.com/ ), WebCrawler.com ( http://www.webcrawler.com/ ), and Switchboard ( http://www.switchboard.com/ ), are now live with TMS' local movie showtimes and theater information and Fandango movie ticketing.

Dogpile.com and Webcrawler.com utilize InfoSpace's sophisticated IntelliFind(TM) system to assess the likely intent behind every entered keyword, enabling these sites to return TMS and Fandango content at the top of the results page when it is likely to be relevant to the end user. Switchboard.com now displays up-to-date movie listings and show times within the directory listings of movie theaters nationwide. In both cases, the new content helps visitors to InfoSpace sites to quickly select a film, plan where and when to see it, and buy tickets in advance from Fandango.

The TMS and Fandango license agreement also extends to MetaCrawler.com ( http://www.metacrawler.com/ ), Excite ( http://www.excite.com/ ) and Infospace's network of private-label Web site partners.

"Part of InfoSpace's strategy is to combine the best information from the leading providers and present it in a way that is highly relevant to our consumers," said Brian Bowman, vice president of product management and marketing for InfoSpace Search & Directory. "The introduction of TMS and Fandango content into the IntelliFind system on our metasearch properties and the directory listings on our Internet yellow pages sites marks yet another step forward in delivering easy-to-use, relevant content."

"We're pleased to work with InfoSpace to extend our reach to even more moviegoers," says Art Levitt, CEO and President of Fandango, Inc. "With the busy summer movie season upon us, we hope to continue to make moviegoing as convenient as possible for the nation's film fans."

About Fandango

Fandango, the nation's largest online and phone movie ticketing service, sells tickets to approximately 1,100 theaters and 12,500 screens (nearly 70 percent of theaters in the U.S. enabled for remote ticketing) and to four out of the five largest U.S. theater chains. Fandango's convenient service lets moviegoers quickly select a film, plan where and when to see it, and buy tickets in advance on http://www.fandango.com/ and at 1-800-FANDANGO. Fandango sells tickets to more theaters than all of its competitors combined and is the exclusive ticketing service for the largest North American exhibitors: Carmike Theatres, Century Theatres, Edwards Theatres, Loews Cineplex Entertainment, Regal Cinemas and United Artists Theatres, as well as to Brenden Theatres, CineArts, Cineplex Odeon Cinemas, Cobb Theatres, Crown Theatres, Eastern Federal Theatres, Kerasotes Theatres, Magic Johnson, Majestic Crest Theatre, R/C Theatres, Signature Theatres, Star Theatres and Wallace Theaters. Fandango allows customers to bypass the box office with in-theater ticket pick-up kiosks and Print at Home ticketing, and offers the "gift of the movies," Fandango Bucks, and an e-mail invitation tool, Evite Friends.

About Tribune Media Services Entertainment Products Division

Tribune Media Services (TMS) is a leading provider of print, online and on-screen entertainment listings and editorial information to newspapers and online media, cable and satellite operators, and consumer electronics companies. Offering a full line of enhanced entertainment information products and services, TMS' TV information clients include Time Warner Cable, Cablevision, New York Times, USA Today, TiVo and Microsoft. TMS collects information from more than 12,500 broadcast, cable and satellite sources worldwide. Its newspaper, cable and satellite program magazines reach more than 30 million households in over 50 major markets on a weekly and monthly basis. Additionally, TMS' passive program guide (PPG) is available in 9 million homes worldwide.

TMS print and online advertising networks provide opportunities to reach nearly 70 million people, through major market newspaper TV supplements and Zap2it.com. TMS Movies collects data from more than 35,000 movie theater screens in North America to create and market print and electronic movie information products and services. TMS Movie information clients include Loews Cineplex Entertainment Corp., Clear Channel Interactive, Cox Communications, Inc., Los Angeles Times and others. TMS Movies is also the exclusive licensing agent for the Fandango Ticketing Service, the nation's largest online and phone movies ticketing service.

Additionally, TMS offers Zap2it.com, a leading entertainment information website for TV and Movie listings and editorial, and information on the latest video and DVD releases.

For more information about TMS, visit ( http://www.tribunemediaentertainment.com/ ).

CONTACT:
Harry Medved
Fandango, Inc.
310-451-7690 x112
harry.medved@fandango.com

Kristy Bremer
Tribune Media Services
323-660-9004
kbremer@tribune.com

Source: Tribune Media Services; Fandango

CONTACT: Harry Medved of Fandango, Inc., +1-310-451-7690 x112,
harry.medved@fandango.com ; or Kristy Bremer of Tribune Media Services,
+1-323-660-9004, kbremer@tribune.com

Web site: http://www.tribunemediaentertainment.com/
http://www.fandango.com/

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