For cinemas and venues · Pilot program
Every shout-out, coordinated by hand.
Guests book a birthday or celebration moment from their phone, no app needed. The lobby speaks, and their card fills the screen. Add the optional beacons, and it fires the moment they walk through your doors.
See it in action
Preview films of the pilot experience.
Sound familiar?
- Staff juggle birthday requests by phone, sticky note and radio.
- Guests who would pay for a moment have no way to buy one.
- Every shout-out that happens takes someone off the floor.
What the pilot includes
Door moments
A short hype announcement at the entrance, the moment the guest walks in. Audio only, with the optional beacon kit.
Lobby moments
The guest's line in the voice they picked, with their card on the lobby screen. A smart TV's browser is all it takes.
Paid by the guest
Guests pay when they book. Announcr keeps its share and the site plan out of that payment and pays your venue its split.
How it works for a guest
- Scan the sign in the concession line. A “Get Announced!” sign with a QR code opens the shop in your phone's browser. Pick the moment, a name if you want one, and a voice from the catalog, then pay. No app or account needed. About 90 seconds.
- Start it in the lobby. Bought in line, it joins the queue as soon as you pay. Bought ahead, scan the code on the lobby screen to start it. With the optional beacons, walking through the doors starts it once the Announcr app is available.
- The lobby speaks. Your line plays in the voice you picked, and your card fills the screen. Staff did nothing: it scheduled itself and fired.
- Everyone turns around. And the next guest scans the sign.
How the pilot works for the venue
- Apply.
- Open
venue.announcr.fm/linkin a smart TV's browser and pair it with your phone. The TV's screen and speakers carry the moments, and nothing touches your existing lobby AV. - Want door moments? Add the optional kit: Bluetooth beacons at the doors and a mini computer on your lobby speakers. We install it with you in an afternoon, and the venue buys it.
- Moments run on their own, and your split is paid out.
The beacon kit also works at a stadium gate, without a screen.
Built by the team behind ScreenBlazer, cinema screen and lobby technology built for a planned pilot with US theater chains.
Apply for a pilot
Questions
Do guests need an app?
No. Guests scan a QR code and book in their phone's browser, with no account. Beacon moments that start as guests walk in will need the Announcr app, which is still coming.
How does it know who walked in?
With the optional beacons, the guest's phone hears a Bluetooth beacon at the door and starts the moment they booked. Without beacons, guests start it by scanning the code on your lobby screen. No cameras either way, and nothing for staff to do.
Does it plug into our automation?
Phase 1 includes a light integration with your automation. Deeper integration follows.
What about the big screen?
In-auditorium pre-show moments come in phase 2.
What does it cost the venue?
A smart TV you already have is enough. The beacon kit is optional, and the venue buys it if it wants door moments. Your venue is paid its split of what guests spend.