Showtimes & Streaming widget

Widget

Pros

Paste just 2 lines of code & takes 5 mins to add to your website

No need to change your existing webpage- integrate automated direct ticketing/streaming links onto your website without any coding

Your website can host all your marketing traffic saving you time and hassle setting up SEO poor standalone websites

pre-matched to your titles- to help you improve content discovery, sell more tickets, and generate more streaming revenue.

By making your content discovery easier for fans 

Can customise the design to make your film page pop

Cons

The widget will add better engagement and purchases but if your website has issues, this might be the best time to consider investing in a comprehensive, long-term solution (i.e. Content Discovery Platform)

across all titles/entire catalogue

You will be responsible for your own marketing analytics as we do not control your website

Content Discovery Platform

usheru Connect

Pros

All your current, classics & future film titles available on a single platform, making it easy for your audience to discover and enjoy your movies.

Know your site will always be optimised and fine tuned. 

Building your own first-party data, through your platform, so you won’t have to rely on cinemas to understand your audience and can use it to improve your marketing efforts.

pre-matched to your titles, to help you improve content discovery, sell more tickets, and generate more streaming revenue.

Asset Locker capabilities (Press downloads), B2B forms (sales agents) and CRM integrations are available to create one home for all audiences & partners.

Simple, easy to use tracking & actionable insights for your marketing campaigns- get detailed insights on your audience demographics and intent across various channels & sources

One destination for all your content means you grow a marketing engine that your slate deserves

No need to build standalone movie landing pages – Ability to host multiple branded film sites with vanity URLs within your website

fully managed by usheru, to ensure your platform and content are safe from cyber threats and data breaches.

Cons

Although it will save time almost immediately, you will have to shift mindset to create long term value.

but can pay over multiple releases (if it helps your P&A budget)

  • Needs longer build time (compared to widget/single-use movie website) to ensure you are satisfied with design & branding (2 x design feedback loops included)

Single-use Movie website

(AKA Film-Branded Ticketing site)

Single movie website

Pros

Flexible and quick to design websites for a specific film release / franchise

pre-matched to your film title, to aid ticket sales and/or streaming revenue

Quicker & easier to launch compared to content discovery platform- suitable for urgent/one-off marketing campaigns

to track & enhance the performance of your marketing campaigns- get detailed & actionable insights on your audience demographics and intent across various channels & sources

Cons

Single-use movie showtime websites are wasteful from an SEO perspective and as your audience is your most important asset, a longer term solution might be better.

viewing your entire audience and slate insights, on one platform, is not possible. 

You will need to manage/monitor multiple websites & pay for all domains separately

 

Not having a single platform where audiences can discover your other relevant/interesting content and/or entire catalogue