MovieTickets.com Announces Affiliate Partnership With Clear Channel Radio

MovieTickets.com Announces Affiliate Partnership With Clear Channel Radio

Deal Allows Clear Channel Radio to Offer Movie Ticketing Services on Hundreds of Radio Station Web Sites via MovieTickets.com

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- MovieTickets.com, the world's most powerful Internet movie ticketing service, has been selected by Clear Channel Radio as its exclusive online movie ticketing partner. The deal allows Clear Channel Radio to offer MovieTickets.com online ticketing services across its vast network of radio station web sites.

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Ticket buyers who search for movies and show times at Clear Channel Radio station web sites can make ticket purchases via a co-branded site that offers tickets for the array of theaters affiliated with MovieTickets.com. The online ticketing service's exhibitor partners are among the largest in the nation and can represent more than sixty percent of the top 100 grossing theaters in North America on any given weekend.

"We're pleased that Clear Channel Radio has selected MovieTickets.com to provide their audience with our online ticketing solution," said Joel Cohen, executive vice president and general manager, MovieTickets.com. "With the addition of another major brand we continue to expand our affiliate program and gain more visibility for the theater chains represented by MovieTickets.com."

Clear Channel Radio station web sites reach over 14 million unique visitors and deliver nearly 40 million on-demand plays of music videos, exclusive artist performances, celebrity interviews, station-created comedy bits and more each month, while Clear Channel's on-air broadcasts reach 100 million listeners across the country each week.

"The latest movies are always a hot topic, both on-air and online. Because of this, studios and distributors have long turned to our stations and their web sites to promote the latest releases," said Paul Miraldi, Senior Vice President of Programming & Marketing for Clear Channel Online Music & Radio. "The addition of MovieTickets.com's ticketing engine -- along with movie trailers and station-created reviews -- provides our listeners and advertisers with a valuable service that complements our existing entertainment content."

MovieTickets.com exhibitors include: Academy 8 Theaters (P & G Theaters), Access Digital Theatres, Alco Theaters, 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, Back Seat Conceptions (941 Theater), Bowtie Cinemas, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Bryn Mawr Movie Theatre Co., Camera Cinemas, Carolina 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, 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), Hawthorne Theater, Hallett Cinemas, Harkins Theatres, Harrisonville Cinema, HLB Entertainment (Palace 9, Majestic 10), Hollywood Cinemas (UK), Hollywood Cinema 9, Hollywood Premier Cinemas, Howell Theater, IFC Center, Island Cinemas, Jane Pickens Theater and Event Center, Jarvis Conservatory, Kew Gardens (and Cobble Hill), K&G Theaters (Bloomfield 8), Krikorian Premiere Theatres, Landmark Theatres (and Ritz Theatres), M Park 4, Maplewood Theatre, Maiden Alley Cinema, Main Street Cinemas, Mall of America 14, Malco Theatres, Mann Theatres , Marcus Theatres, Marquee Cinemas, Metropolitan Theatres, Mission Grove Theaters, Missouri Cinema 6, MJR Theatres, MnM Theatres, Morley Theatre, Moore Family Theaters, Movie Tavern, MovieMax Theatres, NCG Cinemas, NAOS Entertainment, EPIC Cinemas, 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, Regency 8 Cinema, Republic Theater Group, Rheem Theater, Rio Entertainment, Riviera Cinemas, Roxy Theatres, Safari Cinema, Sayville Theatre, Scotiabank Theatres, Sea Turtle Cinemas, ShowBiz Cinemas, Showplace Cinemas, Showtime Cinema, Silver Screen Cinemas, Silver Screen Partners, Southern Theatres, Spotlight Theatres, Starplex Cinemas, Startime Entertainment, Studio Movie Grill, Sunrise Cinemas, Syracuse Stadium 6, Tango Theaters, Torch Theaters, Tower Theaters, Trans-Lux Cinemas, United Entertainment Corp., UltraStar Cinemas, Village Theaters, Warren Theatres, Watson Theatre, Wellfleet Cinemas, and Westates Theatres.

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 60 percent of the top 50 and over 60 percent of the top 100 grossing theaters in North America on any given weekend. The MovieTickets.com theater chain group, which includes 145 theater chains, is about seven times the number of chains of its nearest competitor.

Source: MovieTickets.com

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