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"Comcast has just announced its acquisition of the Los Angeles-based movie ticket site Fandango.  The price hasn't been disclosed.  \nMore interestingly, Comcast announced its intention to launch Fancast.com, a video and entertainment hub that spans television, computers, DVDs and wireless services.  It sounds a lot like \"YouTube for movies\", which might give Flixster some worthwhile competition.  In fact, the description pretty much sums up Flixster's popular offering: \"consumers will be able to search for their favorite shows, movies, actors and actresses, or simply enjoy the video content on the site.\"  \nComcast adds that \"Fancast will provide consumers with a place to discover when their favorite shows or movies are on, and where they can view them via television, video-on-demand, online or on other devices\", which sounds similar to some of the TV scheduling startups.  In fact, the licensing of TV and movie content could put Comcast in competition with NewTube, the News Corp challenge to YouTube.\nFandango, which launched in 2000, is said to have between 4 and 5 million unique visitors per month, and will add substantially to Comcast's traffic."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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