![]() As of February 8, 2012, Fandango began providing ticketing for all AMC Theatres in the US, after which 's fellow shareholders sued AMC for breach of contract. Loews had previously attempted to break the contract in 2002 under pressure of bankruptcy and from (then) AOL Moviefone and its partner, Loews' Cineplex subsidiary Fandango successfully sued both Loews and Moviefone and retained Loews' business. However, it provided online ticketing for AMC Theatres that were originally part of the Loews Cineplex Entertainment chain, due to contractual obligations in place prior to the 2005 merger of the two movie chains. Prior to 2012, Fandango did not provide online ticketing for many AMC Theatres. ) The company's advertising agency reportedly chose the name "Fandango" because it sounded "fun, kinetic and smart", and "easily pronounce and remember-even though it really has nothing to do with movies." ( was publicly owned and traded under the stock symbol HOLL. Regal and its partners founded Fandango partly to prevent the older from establishing a monopoly on phone and online ticketing services. Before being acquired by Comcast in April 2007, Fandango was privately owned its major stakeholder, Regal Entertainment Group, which owned the United Artists and Hoyts theater chains, was the second largest movie-theater chain in the U.S. Until its acquisition of its rival in 2017, Fandango was one of three major online advance movie ticket sale sites, along with and Atom Tickets. įandango's Android app was listed among Techland's 50 Best Android Applications for 2013. Īs of March 5, 2015, Fandango provides members the ability to refund or exchange their orders up to 2 hours before the showtime of their film. Services įandango's website also offers exclusive film clips, trailers, celebrity interviews, reviews by users, movie descriptions, and some web-based games to Fandango members. On April 20, 2020, Vudu announced it has entered into an agreement to be acquired by Fandango Media. Later that same month, Fandango moved to Fox Interactive Media's former headquarters in Beverly Hills. In December 2016, Fandango Media purchased Cinepapaya, a Peru-based website for purchasing movie tickets, for an undisclosed amount. would become a 30% shareholder of the combined Fandango company. In February 2016, Fandango announced its acquisition of Flixster and Rotten Tomatoes from Time Warner's Warner Bros. On January 29, 2016, Fandango announced its acquisition of M-GO, a joint venture between Technicolor SA and DreamWorks Animation (NBCUniversal acquired the latter company three months later), which it would later rebrand as "FandangoNOW". įandango made its first international acquisition in September 2015 when it bought the Brazilian ticketing company Ingresso, which provides ticketing to a variety of Brazilian entertainment events, including the biannual Rock in Rio festival. ![]() That October, Paul Yanover was named President of Fandango. In March 2012, Fandango announced a partnership with Yahoo! Movies, making Fandango the official online and mobile ticketer for registered users of the Yahoo! service. In June 2008, the domain was acquired from Disney. On April 11, 2007, Comcast acquired Fandango, with plans to integrate it into a new entertainment website called " ," set to launch the summer of 2007. ![]()
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