MovieTickets.com Speaks Spanish

MovieTickets.com Speaks Spanish

Leading Online Movie Ticketing Service Provides Hispanic Market with Online Movie Ticketing

LOS ANGELES, May 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Serving the growing number of Hispanic moviegoers domestically, MovieTickets.com, the most powerful online movie ticketing provider, has launched a Spanish language version of its site. The site is available directly at http://www.movietickets.com/ via a language pull-down menu.

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The new, translated MovieTickets.com immediately offers its Spanish speaking audience with the same convenience, and access to online movie ticketing as the English language version. The site currently provides the Hispanic market with a connection with MovieTickets.com's theater inventory, which represents 77 theater chains and more than half of the top-grossing screens in North America, including most of the highest performers nationwide.

"We developed and launched a customized, Spanish language site in recognition of the Hispanic market, one of the U.S.'s largest growing demographics. Now Spanish speaking moviegoers can enjoy the convenience of online movie ticketing, and exhibitors can service this powerful audience in an even more effective way," said Joel Cohen, Vice President of Business Development, MovieTickets.com.

MovieTickets.com will integrate the Spanish language site into its extensive affiliate network, which includes some of the highest trafficked destinations on the web and will utilize the new site to support Exhibitors with locations in Spanish speaking countries.

About MovieTickets.com

MovieTickets.com, the 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 spring 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 exhibitor expertise to deliver consumers a premium movie ticketing experience. MovieTickets.com enables consumers to buy tickets online for movie screens across the United States and Canada, and in the U.K. 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.

MovieTickets.com exhibitors currently include:

Access Digital Theatres, All Star Entertainment, AMC Theatres, Ashbrie Cinemas, Atlantic Theaters, Atlas Cinemas, Baederwood Movie Theatre Co., Brooklyn Academy of Music, Bryn Mawr Movie Theatre Co., Camera Cinemas, Celebrity Theatres, Channelside Cinemas, Cinema Centers, Cinema Four-Quad, Cinemagic Movies, Cinemall, Classic Cinemas, Clearview Cinemas, Consolidated Theatres, Cornelius Cinemas, Crown Theatres, Dickinson Theatres, Drexel Theatres, Eastern Shores, Emagine Entertainment, Entertainment Retail (Hollywood Hits), Famous Players, Film Forum, Foxmoor Movies, Greater Huntington Theatres, Greenville Cinemas, Hallett Cinemas, Harkins Theatres, Hollywood Cinema 9, Hollywood Premier Cinemas, Hoyts Cinemas, IFC Center, Kew Gardens (Cobble Hill), Krikorian Premiere Theatres, Landmark Theatres, Main Street Cinemas, Malco Theatres, Mann Theatres, Marco Movies, Marcus Theatres, Marquee Cinemas, Metropolitan Theatres, MJR Theatres, MovieMax Theatres, Narberth Theatre, National Amusements, Omniplex Theatre Group, O'Neil Theatres, Pacific Theatres, Paris Theater, Phoenix Theatres, Pickwick Theatres, Premiere Cinemas, Rave Motion Pictures, Reading Cinemas USA (City Cinemas), Rio Entertainment, Ritz Theatres, Riviera Cinemas, Rocky Mountain Cinemas, Roxy Theatres, Santikos Theaters, Sayville Theatre, Sea Turtle Cinemas, Silver Screen Cinemas, Spotlight Theatres, Studio Movie Grill, Sunrise Cinemas, Tango Theaters, UltraStar Cinemas, Watson Theatre, Wellfleet Cinemas, and Westates Theatres.

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CONTACT: Melissa Zukerman of Principle Communications Group,
+1-323-658-1555, Melissa@pcommgroup.com

Web site: http://www.movietickets.com/

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