Bigtree Tries To Play Ticketmaster With BookMyShow
Bigtree Entertainment, an attempt at doing a Ticketmaster in India, has launched an online ticket booking site called Bookmyshow, reports IBNlive. So far, they’re covering 27 cities and have Adlabs, PVR, Fun, Inox, DT Cinemas, Wave, SRS, M2K, Prasadz, Chanakya, 24 Karat, Movietime and Velocity on board—not all the theaters in Delhi, by the looks of it…I checked for the Simspons Movie (which I intend to watch soon), and Satyam Cineplex isn’t there.
Payment is via credit card, and there seems to be an additional, “convenience charge”, of Rs. 15. Transaction details are available on email and mobile—those are details which the company is likely to add to their “database”. Now Ticketmaster has bookings for Music, Sports, Arts & Theater and family entertainment like circuses. Bigtree plans to try theaters next. Bigtree is a TV18 group co, and while the Buzz18 the events section fits in with plans for Bigtree…it still links to movietell, rather than bookmyshow.
Disclaimer: I have an inconsequential number of shares of TV18 group companies
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Comments (8)
Aug 7, 2007 6:08 AM
Who are the show maker, I mean “Techology Partner” ??
Aug 7, 2007 9:22 AM
one97 communications.
Aug 7, 2007 9:41 AM
Really !!!! :) One 97 seems to be everywhere now days ………. One97 seems to be venturing out with some pretty interesting stuff .
Aug 7, 2007 12:44 PM
actually thats untrue, the site was done by Bigtree’s internal tech team and designed by UrbanEye Media at web18
Aug 8, 2007 1:24 AM
Clarification : Book my Show would soon be available on phone. It is the technology of this application that One97 has developed. Thanks to all well wishers. :)
Aug 8, 2007 2:25 AM
well thats definately not what the question was, it was “who was the technology partner.” your talking about just one little aspect IVRS , if your talking about technology on the cell phone… the phone app has been built inhouse by the Web18 team
Oct 6, 2007 5:34 AM
I was addicted to Book my show till recently when i realized that they even swipe your credit card without you approving it. In the first week of september i was charged for a movie which i didn’t even book. Since then i have written to them seven times and everytime i got the same response - sorry,we will refund your money very soon. However, nothing is been done till date!!
Folks- pls get ur systems in place before launching something as big as this!
Mar 7, 2009 9:00 AM
hmm I wonder how this press will affect the website traffic. What happened Seeraj?