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Author Topic: How to update Yahoo et al movie listings? Don Bruechert Mmmmmmmmm, bird! Posts: 340 From: Manitowoc, WI, USA Registered: Jan 2003 posted 03-24-2003 02:19 PM                        Does anybody know of a way that we can enter our own listings into the yahoo, hollywood.com or moviefone databases? It is very annoying to constantly have "No Information Available" posted on all the sites when I am more than capable of entering in that data. I have sent emails to these places asking, and all I get is an automated response. Thanks.  |  IP: Logged Don Bruechert Mmmmmmmmm, bird! Posts: 340 From: Manitowoc, WI, USA Registered: Jan 2003 posted 03-26-2003 08:51 AM                        bump  |  IP: Logged Michael Gonzalez Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 790 From: Grand Island , NE USA Registered: Sep 2000 posted 03-26-2003 09:57 AM                     Don it is like trying to get a hold of someone who runs E-bay, it's impossible. Our company has completely given up on these companies and we now run and update our own websites (one for each theater). We have gone through great pains to make sure that the customers know to go to our site for times and not the others (I think that they make up our times because they sure dont get them from me). I think that there was another thread dealing with a similar subject that you might try searching for. But hey if you ever find a way to get a hold of someone, let me know. Instead of them making up our times I would perfer for them to just link our site.  |  IP: Logged Ian Price Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1714 From: Denver, CO Registered: Jun 99 posted 03-26-2003 11:15 AM                     I think this is the address I send my schedule to each week for listing in Yahoo and Hollywood.com. schedules@cinema-source.com  |  IP: Logged Jack Ondracek Film God Posts: 2348 From: Port Orchard, WA, USA Registered: Oct 2002 posted 03-26-2003 11:38 AM                        Also try times@nowshowing.com  |  IP: Logged Tony Ratcliff Expert Film Handler Posts: 216 From: Madison, IN, USA Registered: Mar 2002 posted 03-26-2003 01:16 PM                     I also send my times to Cinema Source at the address Ian gave.  |  IP: Logged Don Bruechert Mmmmmmmmm, bird! Posts: 340 From: Manitowoc, WI, USA Registered: Jan 2003 posted 03-26-2003 01:20 PM                        Thanks guys. I've been told by the owner he wto set up a website for our theater, and I am certainly able to do it, but I don't know the legal rules relating to some of the content. I could do movies and showtimes easily enough, and promos, etc, but I have seen a number of websites that just ship you off to Yahoo Movies when you click to see what something is about. I don't know if that is legit or not, and wouldn't want to get busted for stealing content. I also dread the thought of having to create my own content... What do you guys do?? Just link to Yahoo? Do you need special permission to do this? Should I link right to the studio site? Thanks again.  |  IP: Logged Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 03-26-2003 05:29 PM                        How do Yahoo, Moviefone, etc. get the showtimes from theatres that don't submit them via email? Do they pay people to call the theatre and listen to the recordings? Don--there shouldn't be any problem with simple links to another site. That's (obvioulsy) the whole point of the web. Personally, I'd suggest linking to the Internet Movie Database: http://us.imdb.com/  |  IP: Logged Charles Everett Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1470 From: New Jersey Registered: May 2001 posted 03-27-2003 04:44 PM                     Re Moviefone and Hollywood.com: If you don't submit your listings promptly each week your theater gets shut out -- period. That's what happened to the Princeton Garden Theatre this past week. The theater gets listed with "Sorry, schedule not available" or a version of same. This is embarrassing as I rely on theater websites, Hollywood.com and Moviefone for show schedules. I had to call long distance to Princeton on 3/22 to find out if Spider was still playing (which it was).  |  IP: Logged Scott Jentsch Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1061 From: New Berlin, WI, USA Registered: Apr 2003 posted 04-15-2003 02:53 PM                        My publication receives showtimes from CinemaSource, and I have found them to be very responsive, albeit not perfect and in need of monitoring... I tracked down information for Don and sent it to him, but I wanted to let everyone here know that it is not a hopeless cause to be listed in the databases of these suppliers. For the theaters whose showtimes we publish, we monitor if their showtimes are present, and we hassle CinemaSource if there are any problems, so the theaters don't have to. After eight years of doing this, we catch things that CS' data entry personnel do not. Persistent problems are few and far between, and overall, we've been very happy with the service that CinemaSource provides. If your theater is doing online ticketing through movietickets.com, the process is even simpler since the showtime data is pulled right from your POS system and imported directly into their system. As long as the coding for each movie is done right on both sides, there are very few data related problems that can occur. re: linking to sites for movie information: The IMDb is an excellent site, but very overloaded with information for the casual theater patron. We encourage links to our web site for movie information, and there's no charge for doing so. For example, here is a link to Anger Management: http://www.bigscreen.com/NowShowing.php?movie=39217 If anyone has any questions, I'd be happy to answer them to the best of my ability.  |  IP: Logged Steve Anderson Expert Film Handler Posts: 168 From: Nashville, TN Registered: Feb 2000 posted 04-15-2003 04:03 PM                        Hey Scott, Nice website.....just for your information the following theaters you have listed have been dead and gone for quite some time. Regal Courtyard 3445 Lebanon Rd Hermitage, TN Regal Nippers Corner Cinema 10 15534 Old Hickory Blvd Nashville, TN Carmike Hermitage 4 Hermitage Plaza Nashville, TN Old Hickory Cinema 16 109 N. Gallatin Nashville, TN Message: 615-865-7992 Carmike Cinema North I-65 & Two Mile Parkway Goodlettsville, TN Carmike Fountain Square 14 2298 Metro Center Boulevard Nashville, TN Carmike 6 Harding Mall Harding Mall - 4030 Nolensville Road Nashville, TN Carmike Lions Head 5 90 White Bridge Rd Nashville, TN Campus .50 Twin 726 South Tennessee Blvd Murfreesboro, TN Message: 615-890-0205 Carmike Cool Springs Galleria 10 Crossroad Plaza - 1730 Galleria Blvd Franklin, TN Watson Glen Cinema 10 901 Rand Pl - South Royal Oaks Blvd Franklin, TN Message: 615-790-1627 Carmike Williamson Square 8 1113 Murfreesboro Rd Franklin, TN  |  IP: Logged Paul Goulet Master Film Handler Posts: 347 From: Rhode Island Registered: Jan 2000 posted 04-15-2003 08:53 PM                        Hey Scott! How about posting in "Who the Heck are you?" thread so we know Who the Heck You are?? Also, the following Theaters in my area have also been closed for awhile: GC Lincoln Mall Cinemas - RI Lincoln, RI Hoyts Franklin Cinema 6 Franklin, MA Crescent Cinema Brockton, MA Limelight Cinema Warwick, RI Hoyts Milford 3 Milford, MA Woonsocket Cinema Woonsocket, RI The Theater I work at (TRI-BORO, N. ATTLEBORO) is listed but without showtimes. Where do I fax or E-Mail showtimes so we can also be included? Paul Goulet  |  IP: Logged Scott Jentsch Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1061 From: New Berlin, WI, USA Registered: Apr 2003 posted 04-17-2003 08:48 PM                        Steve and Paul, Thank you for the updates, I have verified that they are inactive and marked them as such in our records. I'll definitely post in the "Who the Heck are you?" thread, sorry for not doing so sooner. In regards to getting your theater listed, we don't have the funds to list every theater in the country by default, but we do work cooperatively with theaters to arrive at a mutually beneficial arrangement... I'll contact you directly with the details! If anyone notices incorrect information in our guide, please let me know about it. It's very difficult to keep up on which theaters have closed, so any help is much appreciated. I'll get it corrected as soon as possible.  |  IP: Logged Daniel Fuentz Expert Film Handler Posts: 230 From: Fresno, CA, USA Registered: Apr 2003 posted 04-18-2003 02:57 AM                     These theaters listed for my area have long since been buried: UA Manchester Mall Fresno, CA (Not to be confused with the Signature 16-screen theater also located at Manchester Mall, which is still open. The UA was a 2 screen second-run dump that closed in 1998.) UA Northgate Cinemas 4 Fresno, CA UA Movies 4 - Fresno Fresno, CA Mann Festival 6 - Fresno Fresno, CA Mann Fig Garden 4 Fresno, CA Edwards Fresno IMAX Fresno, CA Mann Regency 6 Clovis, CA  |  IP: Logged Scott Jentsch Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1061 From: New Berlin, WI, USA Registered: Apr 2003 posted 04-18-2003 02:04 PM                        Daniel, Thanks for the updates, those theaters are now deactivated as well.  |  IP: Logged

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