HOLLYWOOD MEDIA CORP. (Nasdaq: HOLL) is a leading
provider of news, information and ticketing covering the entertainment and media
industries. The company's network of consumer and B2B businesses has a proven
track record of developing comprehensive entertainment industry databases, as
well as unique and useful content for consumers. The company's network includes:
Hollywood.com , a premier movie and entertainment destination on the Internet;
CinemaSource, the nation's largest provider of movie showtimes listings on the
Internet; EventSource, which licenses to Web sites and wireless providers the
first and only nationwide online database of general events information,
including live theater data; and Broadway.com, which offers the Web's most
comprehensive coverage of live theater worldwide.
CinemaSource is the largest supplier in North America of movie
showtimes and related content as measured by market share. CinemaSource has
developed a highly efficient data-gathering infrastructure that maintains a
database of movie showtimes for every cinema in the United States and
Canada, totaling approximately 36,000 movie screens. We syndicate this
information to the leading newspapers and their Web sites (The New York
Times, The Detroit News, San Francisco Examiner, Houston Chronicle, New York
Daily News, and Knight Ridder newspapers), the most highly trafficked
online Web sites (including AOL, Yahoo!, MSN, Movies.com), wireless
companies (Verizon, Sprint PCS, AT&T Wireless), and the leading voice
technology companies (Tell Me, Volt Delta, Metro One, InfoNXX.)
EventSource compiles and syndicates the largest "local city
guide event information" database in existence. EventSource provides
detailed information about live entertainment in cities nationwide,
including concerts and live music, sporting events, festivals, fairs and
live theater. EventSource exclusively supplies local event information to
AOL Digital City, Vindigo, The New York Times and many other media
companies.
Theatre Direct International (TDI) is a live theater marketing and
sales agency serving thousands of domestic and international travel
professionals, traveling consumers and New York-area theater patrons. TDI
provides a comprehensive range of group and individual ticketing options for
more than 100 shows and 200 venues in multiple markets. As a marketing
agency, TDI represents a cooperative of between 14 and 20 of the top
grossing Broadway shows (including Aida, Rent, Mamma Mia and The
Lion King) in a comprehensive marketing outreach to the worldwide travel
industry. TDI sells tickets to individuals through its toll-free
1-800-BROADWAY number.
Hollywood.com is one of the leading movie-related sites on the
Internet, featuring over one million pages of in-depth movie information,
including photos and reviews, showtime listings, entertainment news, and an
extensive multimedia library. Hollywood.com benefits from a well-established
visitor base, with approximately one billion annual impressions.
Broadway.com offers the most comprehensive online coverage of live
theater in the world. Broadway.com features online theater ticketing for
shows in New York and London's West End and theater showtimes for virtually
all professional live theater venues in North America and in London's West
End and hundreds of college and local live theater venues. The site also
contains the latest theater news, interviews with stage actors and
playwrights, opening-night coverage, original theater reviews, and video
excerpts from selected shows. Broadway.com also offers current box office
results, show synopses, credits and biographies, video previews, showtunes,
and an in-depth Tony Awards® area.
MovieTickets.com is one of the leading destinations for the
purchase of movie tickets through the Internet. MovieTickets.com is an
online ticketing service owned by a joint venture formed by Hollywood Media
and several major movie exhibitor chains. Hollywood Media currently owns
26.4% of the equity of MovieTickets.com, Inc. MovieTickets.com has been
selected by MSN Network, Yahoo! and several other premier online
destinations, as the exclusive provider for online movie ticketing services.
HOLLYWOOD MEDIA CORP. continues to drive its revenues from a variety
of sources, including advertising and sponsorships, content syndication,
ticketing and subscriptions. The Company also benefits from a growing list of
strategic partners, including Microsoft and AOL Digital City. Wireless
distribution partners include AT&T Wireless, Sprint PCS, Verizon Wireless
and AvantGo
HOLLYWOOD MEDIA CORP. was founded by Mitchell Rubenstein and Laurie S.
Silvers, who earlier founded the Sci-Fi Channel, which they sold to USA Network
in 1992.
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