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Fandango Acquires MovieTickets.com

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Los Angeles-based Fandango announced Friday morning that has acquired online movie ticketing service MovieTickets.com. According to Fandango, it expects the deal to close in Q4 of 2017. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. MovieTickets.com was based in Boca Raton, Florida. READ MORE>>.

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Apple's Siri Helps Users Buy Movie Tickets, Via Fandango

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Need some help buying a movie ticket? It looks like you can now get Siri , Apple's talkative personal assistant, to help you, via a new link with Fandango , the Los Angeles-based movie ticketing and information service. Fandango said that users of the iPhone, iPad, and iPod tocuh running iOS 6.1 READ MORE>>.

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Fandango Buys M-GO

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Los Angeles-based movie ticketing site Fandango said Friday that it has acquired M-GO , the on-demand, movie release service which is a joint venture between Technicolor and DreamWorks Animation. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. M-GO offers up rental and purchase of movies, with typical rentals costing $5.99

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Fandango Buys Movieclips From ZEFR

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Los Angeles-based Fandango has acquired the assets of MOVIECLIPS from Venice, California-based ZEFR , the two said this morning, along with the team supporting the MOVIECLIPS service. According to Fandango, it will use the acquisition of MOVIECLIPS to expand its product offerings in the area of video, content, and movie discovery.

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Fandango Launches New R&D Group, FandangoLabs

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Los Angeles-based movie information and ticketing provider Fandango has booted up a new, research and development group called FandangoLabs , the company said this morning. The new unit also will be working closely with design firm IDEO in its efforts, according to Fandango. READ MORE>>.

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Fandango Debuts New Movie Buzz Indicator

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Los Angeles-based movie ticketing site Fandango is debuting a new tool to predict interest in upcoming weekend movies, which it calls "Fanticipation". According to the company, the new tool measures moviegoer excitement and helps to predict the films that fans will be most interested at the weekend box office.

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Hunger Games Pushes Surge In Sales For Fandango

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The popularity of "The Hunger Games" has apparently helped out Los Angeles-based Fandango , which sells online and mobile tickets to movie-goers, as the firm said Thursday that it had the best selling, first quarter in the company's history.

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