Tuesday, September 13, 2011

With the support of the YC can't wait is a mobile social network for movie trailers

Alexia Tsotsis currently works at TechCrunch as a writer. She is also a blogger who attended the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, California. She majored in writing and art, moved to New York shortly after the end of the work in the entertainment industry and media. After four years of his life in New York and to attend courses in New York. ? Read More

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Anyone who has spent the late night hour or three viewing movie trailers on trailers.apple.com understand Utility cannot wait for iPhone app. co-founders Eric Florenzano and Eric Maguire tell me that app nearest competitor trailers.apple.com himself, and that the only way to track updates to this website via its RSS feed.

Can't wait is a slick mobile cinema trailer player built on the basis of the YouTube API. This is hardly the first application, which includes movie trailers (see movie apps like Flixster and Fandango, for example), but the application has a strong emphasis on interaction with other users, as well as a reminder when there are movies that you are interested in.

Cinephiles can download the application for viewing the latest movie trailers, which includes options for sorting by just added, and release date. After watching the trailer, users can then share them with specific friends, both inside and outside can't wait or all users of the application, clicking Gonna pass or cannot wait.

Button can't wait will also choose you for notifications to when the film will hit theaters, which takes into account other similar trailers, or when a friend recommends something.  Co-founders plan to integrate more social features, such as an opportunity to comment on another post about the trailer in later versions.

Of course, because the movie trailers, basically the first transformation point for theatre tickets, tickets can be bought film from within the app, can't wait monetizes, taking charge of branch from Fandango. In addition, people cannot wait for the trailer and share with your friends (in fact attract new users) have the opportunity to win free movie ticket. Co-founders mulling over the expansion of this sort of Groupon film inspired function.

Florenzano said that eventually he hopes that can't wait to help people organize their nights with friends and that they're planning on creating algorithmic technology to help people any surface trailers, they would like to see more of. He would like to see cannot wait for content consumption model for extensions for video games, music and consumer electronics. Android app is also in the works.

"People are bored, they sat at the train station, bus stop and they've got their phone to be them and got a time to kill," said Florenzano. "They don't have time to watch the whole movie or do something important, but they have 1-2 minutes to watch the trailer. We're not curing cancer, but we help people to have some fun ".


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