CinemaHosting.com Features
| Access to multiple website templates | More than 14 different movie cinema themed website templates to choose from, each with it's own unique color scheme. You can switch the look and feel of your site at any time with the flick of a switch! |
| Movie showtime submission to movie data syndicate | We submit your showtimes to the large movie data syndicates that supply showtime data to the largest sites on the internet (Google, Yahoo, MovieTickets.com, etc.) |
| CinemaHosting.com ads displayed "above the fold" | Family-friendly advertisements from ad servers will be displayed in prime locations on your website (top left, top right, top). |
| Automatic Movie Details | Movie details such as MPAA Rating, Stars, Director, Movie Studio, Runtime, Synopsis are supplied by CinemaHosting.com so you don't have to manually enter any movie data. |
| Movie Poster Images | Movie Poster Images are supplied by Cinemahosting and sized appropriately for use on your website. |
| Link to official movie website | A link to each movie's website is provided. An external browser window is launched when a movie link is clicked so the visitor does not lose your website. |
| Mobile user identification and showtime display | We automatically identify mobile devices (phones, pda, etc.) and display a text-based version of your cinema website with the necessary information (cinema name, address, phone, showtimes, etc.) |
| AJAX-powered showtime retrieval | Side menu showtime retrieval is done using the latest in internet technology (AJAX) to avoid full page reloads which are very costly in terms of server payload and internet bandwidth. |
| Calendar view of movie showtimes | A two week calendar view is provided so visitors to your site can view showtimes in a calendar view. Calendar views display showtimes in a clear and concise manner which helps to eliminate visitor confusion when finding showtimes. |
| Matinee distinctions for showtimes | You specify your cutoff time for matinees and all showtimes before the cutoff time will have the special matinee distinction. The showtime will be surrounded by parenthesis or color-coded to distinguish matinees. |
| Last Showing reminders | Display "LAST SHOWING" reminders for movies to inform your visitors of movies that are nearing the end of their booking. This helps customers to know in advance if they need to see a movie this weekend because the movie will be gone by next weekend. |
| Coming Attraction listing | List movies you have opening in the coming weekend at the bottom of your home page in a "Coming Attractions" section. Lists the first 4 days of showtimes for the new movie. |
| RottenTomatoes Reviews | Display RottenTomatoes.com reviews or a link to RottenTomatoes.com reviews. Rotten Tomatoes is a world-class resource for movie-goers. |
| Cinema Rating / Review | List your own review of any movie you list on your site. |
| Customer Rating / Reviews | Allow your visitors to further their connection to your website and other customers by giving them the ability to post their own reviews of movies. You will have full control over the display of customer reviews. |
| Showtime submission | Set up movie showtime schedules in a matter of minutes. Set up a 4 week showtime schedule with 1 line of data! |
| Run start and end date submission | Specify your movie's run start date (opening) and the run end date (last showing). Special identifiers are shown in the movie listings for Opening dates and Last Showing dates. |
| Advanced Scheduling | Set your movie schedule weeks in advance with our system. CinemaHosting.com will display the appropriate movies based on the current date. ie. If a movie is set to open in two weeks, it won't be displayed in the "Coming Attractions" until the week it will be released. |
| View Contact Us submissions | Contact us submissions are emailed to the administrator's account, but we will also store the contact us submissions as a backup measure. You will have access to the contact us submissions in your site administration section. |
| Reply to Contact Us submissions | You will be given the ability to reply directly to Contact Us submissions from your site administration section. |
| Control access to reviews from RottenTomatoes | You are given 4 options for displaying RottenTomatoes reviews on your website: Do not display reviews, Display link to RottenTomatoes only, Only display positive reviews from RottenTomatoes, Display all reviews from RottenTomatoes. |
| Cinema Review / Rating Access | Option to set your own star rating and review for each movie. Turn ratings on or off. |
| Admin control over your customer's ratings | Control display of customer ratings. Submitted customer reviews require your approval prior to being displayed on your site so you can weed out any inappropriate reviews. |
| Control access to reviews from other CinemaHosting.com sites | You have the option to display user reviews from other CinemaHosting.com websites. |
| Automated showtime updates (RTS software required) | Sit back and relax while we automatically update your cinema website. Once per hour we will check your RTS showtimes and update your theatre website automatically. You must be using Ready Theatre Systems' POS software to have access to this feature. |
| Online ticketing link (RTS software required) | Sell more tickets...cut down on your theatre lines by promoting your theatre's online ticketing. We provide a sales link directly to RTS movie ticket checkout. You must be using Ready Theatre Systems' POS software to have access to this feature. |
| Cinema Address/Phone listed | Your cinema contact information (address and phone number) is listed in an accessible location on every page of your website. |
| Box Office Times | Your cinema box office hours are listed on every page of your website. |
| Map / Directions | A link to your map and directions page is listed on every page of your website. You also have the ability to place a Google maps image of your cinema on your website. |
| Contact Us Submission Page | Allows users to send questions or comments directly to the cinema's administrative contact. NO email addresses are published on your website. |
| About Us Page | This page is provided so you can give a history of your cinema and any features that might set you apart from your competition. |
| Control of showtime display | You control how the movies are displayed in the Now Showing section on your website's home page. |
| Custom ticket pricing | Control your ticket pricing. Allows for custom ticket types and price listings. |
| Matinee control | Control your cinema's matinee cutoff time and all showtimes before the cutoff time will have the special matinee distinction. The showtime will be surrounded by parenthesis or color-coded to distinguish matinees. |
| Multiple ticket pricing levels | Ticket pricing levels are provided for Adult, Child and Senior. Custom levels are also available to you. |
| Multiple matinee pricing levels | Matinee ticket pricing levels are provided for Adult, Child and Senior. Custom levels are also available to you. |
| Ticket / Showtime Disclaimer | Control the ticket pricing and showtime disclaimer for your cinema. |
| Cinema Announcements | You can create cinema announcements to communicate specials offerings or events to your customers. Announcements can also be included in your cinema newsletters. |
| - Announcements included in newsletter | Your announcements can be included in your cinema newsletters to customers for maximum exposure. |
| - WYSIWYG editor for announcements | A WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) editor is used for announcements to allow you to create announcement web pages with ease. |
| Additional Pages / Links | Additional Pages/Links allows you to create a more permanent and prominent link to your cinema website content. Create links to important resources such as: Advertising, Gift Cards, Private Parties, etc. |
| - External links | Create links to external websites. Any external link will open in a new browser window. |
| - Internal links & page creation | Create quality content pages to communicate to your customers and potential advertisers. |
| - Control display properties | Place your links in key positions on your website. |
| - WYSIWYG editor for additional pages | A WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) editor is used for internal link pages to allow you to create internal web pages with ease. |
| Cinema Newsletter | Our flexible cinema newsletters allow you to communitcate with your customers on a more personal level. Supply showtimes, coming attractions and announcements directly to their email inbox weekly. |
| - Custom newsletters | You have the ability to create a custom newsletter based on your announcements and showtimes. |
| - Showtimes in newsletter | Showtimes are listed in the newsletter in an easy to read format to encourage top-to-bottom reading of your newsletters. |
| - Announcements in newsletter | Announcements can be listed in your newsletter to communicate any specials you are offering. |
| - Choose when and how newsletters are sent | Newsletters can be sent any day of the week. You have the ability to turn newsletters on and off. |
| - Upload email addresses | If you already have an email list, you can upload you list to CinemaHosting.com to include in your newsletter subscriptions. |
| - Access to past newsletters | CinemaHosting.com stores all of your newsletters in our database for future reference. |
| Email access for more in depth marketing | You will have access to your newsletter subscription list for further marketing. Please review our Privacy Policy. |
| Cinema controlled ads (coming soon) | You will be able to upload banner ads or create text ads in key areas on your website...creating another revenue stream for your cinema. |