Founder Rıfat Oğuz
(CEO) Investor Aslanoba Capital Office London, UK | Founded 2014 Headquarters Istanbul, Turkey | |
Industry Film, Entertainment, Technology | ||
Sinemia is a subscription-based movie going service across Turkey. Service is based on location technologies and banking infrastructure. Sinemia, gives its members the ability to see any film (2D, 3D, IMAX and 4DX included) everyday for a fixed monthly fee. Members may choose which theaters they wish to visit and there are no blackout dates. Members can see any film more than once. Sinemia works in nearly all movie theaters that accept the MasterCard credit card. Prices start at 55TL per month.
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Sinemia was launched in January 2015. They are aiming 20 countries until the end of the 2016.
Service
Sinemia works via a smartphone app (iPhone, Android and Windows Phone) and a specially designed, reloadable debit card (MasterCard infrastructure), which is mailed to new subscribers when they sign up.
In order to purchase a ticket, members must be within 150 meters of the chosen theater. They check-in to the theater via the Sinemia smartphone app and select their preferred movie. Once they check-in, their debit card is automatically loaded with the exact price of a single ticket for that particular theater. The card can then be used like any other form of credit or debit card to purchase a ticket at the ticket counter.
Additional service
Sinemia Social is a content platform for cinema and contents are unique. Platform doesn’t need subscription to Sinemia.
History
Sinemia was founded in 2014 by entrepreneur Rıfat Oğuz.
Sinemia has a seed investment from Aslanoba Capital in December 2015 via Turkey's Stock Exchange Private Market.
Sinemia has been selected as People’s Favorite Award in 14. Altın Örümcek Web Awards in Information Technologies Hardware/Software Category.
Media coverage
Sinemia has been featured in a wide range of publication because of its innovative tech in Ekonomist, Stuff, CNN Turk, Chip, Webrazzi and Haber Türk and researches among movie-goers Milliyet
Hürriyet columnist Savaş Özbey and Stuff columnist İzel Özten was interviewed with Rıfat Oğuz about Sinemia.
Sinemia want to fill the empty seats and contribute to Cinema of Turkey with increasing going habbits which is 0.8 in 2015.