Film Journal March 2018

day, day of week, seat availability
and other factors.
All B&B sales will run through
movieXchange, Vista Group’s
newest ticketing API, ensuring
guaranteed seating and a
seamless in-theatre redemption
experience for the customer.
By compiling the sales and API
inventory data, Dealflicks’ pricing
and inventory can get “smarter”
as time goes on.
Launched in 2012, Dealflicks
has grown to over 500 locations
and raised over $4.2 million in
capital. While Dealflicks’ product
has traditionally been deals,
this new partnership with B&B
Theatres marks the beginning of
Dealflicks’ next phase—dynamic
pricing for all movie tickets.
“Dealflicks has been the number-one
leader in the movie-ticketing deal
space for the past few years,” says Sean
Wycliffe, the CEO and founder of Dealflicks.
“But now, we can be the first and
last stop for moviegoers when they are
looking to see a film.” (dealflicks.com)
TICKETING POS
Fandango
Fandango’s mobile
and social ticketing innovations
serve moviegoers
and exhibitors
with best-in-class
movie information,
trailers and original
content for movie discovery,
and ticketing
to more than 33,000
screens worldwide.
Fandango works closely with technology
partners like Apple, Facebook,
Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Snapchat
and others in building new mobile, social,
AI bot, and voice-recognition tools that
enable moviegoers to discover movies
and buy tickets—or ask Alexa which
movies are playing in nearby theatres.
Fandango ticketing is integrated into
Apple’s Messages platform and Facebook
Messenger, so that when fans are
planning a group movie outing, they can
access Fandango without leaving their
messaging conversation. Fandango has
also incorporated new digital payment
platforms, including Apple Pay, Google
Pay, PayPal, Visa Checkout and Masterpass,
enabling ticket purchases via
debit and credit cards, speeding through
ticketing checkout with just one tap.
Fandango also offers Split Pay, making it
easier to share the bill for tickets with
multiple friends.
Recently, the company added Movie-
Tickets.com to its growing suite of ticketing
properties, joining Fandango and
Flixster, as well as Ingresso in Brazil and
Fandango Latin America, enabling the company
to now serve hundreds of millions of
moviegoers worldwide. (fandango.com)
Jack Roe
There was once a ticket system that
was very, very simple.
Paper tickets were easy, but their
reporting rather dismal.
And so arrived the 386 with its RAM
and memory,
Consigning chunking ticket machines
to distant history.
And since then the ticketing companies
have made life even better.
With time clocks and EMV they’ve
changed our lives forever.
And then came internetticketing.com
with its graphs and pretty curves
So gone are the days of shared desktops
getting on your nerves.
With film booking and loyalty systems,
websites and mobile apps
They’ve everything you could possibly
need and if not only ask.
Their software products are a candy
store as far as you can see
Where you pick the suites that fill
your seats down in good old Tennessee.
—Alan Roe, CEO, Jack Roe (jackroe.com)
Omniterm
In today’s ever-changing cinema POS
environment, theatres are demanding
more from their POS suppliers. Omniterm,
as your true partner, is introducing
the new, compact yet powerful 1.8 Intel
Celeron Quad
Core processor
POS terminal,
the OMNI 7650.
The OMNI 7650
is a fan-less POS
terminal with a
scratch-proof,
projected capacitive
touch screen. Housed in a beautiful
body, the kiosk has the system performance
and reliability Omniterm customers
have come to expect. The OMNI
7650, combined with the Integra Ticketing
Retrieval software, will help speed the
line of customers waiting to see a movie.
(omniterm.com)
POSitive Cinema
Increase revenues,
enable data
mining and improve
customer satisfaction
by giving customers
the power to control
their cinema-going experience. Introducing
POSitive Cinema’s enhanced mobile
app. Features for your customers include:
▶ Ticketing: Booking and pre-booking
▶ Concessions: Pre-purchase concessions
and in-seat dining
▶ Dine-In: Use their own device to
place and see status of orders
▶ Marketing: Receive app-exclusive
campaigns
▶ Customer Service: On-demand
customer interaction and support for
in-hall issues
▶ Loyalty: Earn, redeem and view status
of points
▶ Skip the Queue: No need to wait on
line when ordering in advance
▶ Profile: Manage their own customer
profiles
Benefits to your cinema include:
▶ New Revenue Generation:
Through cross-selling and up-selling of
movies and concessions. Fully integrated
with POSitive Cinema’s Campaign Management
Module
▶ Savings: Reduce headcount as wait
staff is no longer needed, only runners
▶ Reduce CapEx: Allowing customers
to BYOD
▶ Increased Customer Satisfaction:
Complete control of the cinema-going
experience from before they select the
movie, through to seeing the movie, and
following up on their experience
▶ Data Mining: Track customer activity
before and during the cinema experience
(lsisoftware.pl)
Retriever Solutions
Retriever Software, a leader in
theatre point-of-sale technology, is
expanding our product offerings to
include network and IT services for
theatre exhibitors. Retriever can
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