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Fandango
Digital network for movie ticketing and on-demand streaming
About Fandango
Fandango Media, LLC is an American company that sells movie tickets and provides a digital entertainment network. Founded on April 27, 2000, by James Michael Cline and Art Levitt, the company started as a movie ticketing service and has since expanded into a multifaceted entertainment platform. It is a joint venture between NBCUniversal, which holds a 75% stake, and Warner Bros. Discovery, with a 25% stake.
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Fandango's primary business is selling movie tickets through its website and mobile apps, for which it charges a convenience fee per transaction. This model was established to compete with rivals and provide a streamlined moviegoing experience. Over the years, the company has diversified its revenue streams to include advertising on its platforms and affiliate marketing. Its digital network serves as a key destination for movie enthusiasts, offering trailers, celebrity interviews, user reviews, and original video content.
A significant part of Fandango's growth has been through strategic acquisitions. In 2016, the company acquired review-aggregation site Rotten Tomatoes and its parent company Flixster from Warner Bros. Entertainment. This was followed by the acquisition of rival MovieTickets.com in 2017, solidifying its market position. To bolster its home entertainment offerings, Fandango acquired M-Go in 2016, which was rebranded to FandangoNOW. In a major expansion into the video-on-demand market, Fandango acquired Vudu from Walmart in 2020. In 2021, Fandango consolidated its streaming services, FandangoNOW and Vudu, under the Vudu brand, which was later rebranded to Fandango at Home in 2024. This service operates on a transactional model, allowing users to rent or buy from a library of over 200,000 movies and TV shows without a subscription, alongside free, ad-supported content.
The company's portfolio also includes Movies.com, Movieclips, and international ticketing services in Latin America through the acquisition of Ingresso and Cinepapaya. Headquartered in Beverly Hills, California, Fandango operates at the center of the entertainment industry, facilitating partnerships with major studios and exhibitors.
At a glance
- Status
- Operational
- Founded
- 2000
- Headquarters
- Beverly Hills, United States
- Employees
- 371
- Open positions
- None listed
- Dealroom signal
- 71.5/100
- Industry
- Media
- Sub-industry
- Publishing
- Sector
- Consumer Services, Adtech, Ticketing, Retail, Advertising, Messaging, App, Chat
- Client focus
- b2c
- Investment activity
- 10 companies, latest Apr 2020
- Capital deployed
- —
- Preferred round
- ACQUISITION
Latest news
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Funding history
Company financing events and reported valuations.
| Deal type | Date | Amount | Valuation | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SERIES CEquity / VC | Jan 2003 | $15M | $61M | TCV | — |
| LATE VC✓Equity / VC | Mar 2000 | $30M | $120M | General Atlantic · Accretive | — |
Growth signals
Latest recorded traffic for Fandango is 54M monthly website visits, up 86.2% over the last three months. Fandango's team declined 0.3% over the past year.
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VuduSunnyvale, United StatesProvides digital technologies and services that deliver Internet entertainment to consumers' HDTVs and home theaters
$60Mvaluation
MovieTickets.comBoca Raton, United StatesMovie ticketing and a destination for news, celebrity interviews, movie reviews, and trailers
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CinepapayaLima, PeruOnline and mobile movie ticketing for emerging markets
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CinePapayaLima, PeruA Peru-based movie ticketing company
$564Kvaluation
Rotten TomatoesSan Francisco, United StatesPlatform aggregating movie reviews from the web, and classifying good and bad reviews
$4Mvaluation
FlixsterSan Francisco, United StatesMovie social networking site for discovering and learning about movies, and meeting others with similar tastes in movies
$20Mvaluation
M-GOCulver City, United StatesTouch the M-GO button, and instantly access movies and TV shows on the devices you use and choose
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Show de IngressosSão Paulo, BrazilInternet ticketing platform for shows and events in brazil
$6Kvaluation
MOVIECLIPSLos Angeles, United StatesHot New Trailers, Movie News, and all the Classic Clips you know and love
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Movies.comLos Angeles, United StatesOnline database that allows individuals to get the latest updates about movies
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Investors
From Dealroom's funding and investor records, grouped by the round each investor first entered.
Series B and later3 investors entered at this stage
General Atlantic
Accretive
TCV
Other known investors1 additional known investor
Waverley Capital
Source: Dealroom Talent Intelligence.
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team presence
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