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Is there a national database of cinema showtimes ?

  • 03-01-2012 2:06pm
    #1
    davil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 352 ✭✭


    Hi there.

    I'm not sure if this is in the correct area, but I was wondering,

    Is there a national database of Irish cinema showtimes - i.e. an independent body or company that I could get these details from for free or even for a fee ? This info would need to be in digital format and accessible 24/7 for an app/website I'm thinking about creating ?

    I could contact each company directly (daily) but that would obviously be very inefficient and I'm also sure that each individual company has their own database, but I would need a central info store. I had though about using the google showtime information but I would imagine that is strictly against their terms of use.

    Any ideas ? Pointers ?
    Thanks in advance..
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  • #2
    Mickeroo
    Administrators, Computer Games Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 32,531 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Mickeroo


    practically every cinema's showtimes are on www.entertainment.ie

    not sure if thats what you're looking for though.


  • #3
    davil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 352 ✭✭davil


    No there are a few places like that, as a human we can get specifics from at any one time but I'm talking about a national database that is always up to date and accessible by a computer bot (that I would program) - so that I could use this info to create an alternative to entertainment.ie for example ...


  • #4
    Sad Professor
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 22,693 CMod ✭✭✭✭Sad Professor


    Entertainment.ie is a close as you are probably going to get. They already have a pretty good app for iPhone as well.


  • #5
    Technocentral
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,109 ✭✭✭Technocentral


    Sad Professor wrote: »
    Entertainment.ie is a close as you are probably going to get. They already have a pretty good app for iPhone as well.

    And Android.


  • #6
    don ramo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,533 ✭✭✭don ramo


    Technocentral wrote: »
    And Android.
    non OS person get him :Dlol

    the app i have is cinema times, dunno who does it but it has a lot of cinemas listed,


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  • #7
    Sad Professor
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 22,693 CMod ✭✭✭✭Sad Professor


    Actually, OP, check out West World Media as well. That's what powers the cinema times app mentioned above.

    http://www.westworldmedia.com/


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