What is BookMyShow? BookMyShow Review, Features

BookMyShow was founded in Mumbai in 2007. It is an online ticketing platform under the Indian entertainment company Bigtree Entertainment. It started as a movie ticketing website and later began to engage in ticketing services in multiple fields, including sports matches, live events, movies and dramas.

Development Status

Currently, BookMyShow covers 350 towns across India. It is also actively expanding internationally, expanding its business to Sri Lanka and Indonesia, and investing in companies such as Do-It-Yourself, Townscript, and Fantain.

Development experience

-In August 2007, India launched India’s first ticketing aggregator – BookMyShow, which is now one of the largest ticketing portals in the country.

- In March 2010, BookMyShow became the official ticketing partner of Mumbai Indians, Kings XI Punjab and Delhi Daredevils.

- In 2011, BookMyShow became the exclusive ticketing partner for the Indian Grand Prix Formula One.

- In 2012, BookMyShow won the prestigious CNBC Young Türkiye Award for “Hottest Company of the Year”.

-In 2013, BigTree Entertainment acquired Chennai-based online ticketing company Ticket Green.

- In 2014, SAIF Partners invested $25 million i.e. Rs. 150 crore in BookMyShow valuing it at Rs. 1000 crore.

-In 2015, BigTree Entertainment acquired Eventifier, a Bangalore-based social media analytics company.

-In 2016, BookMyShow acquired a majority stake in Chennai-based Fantain Sports Pvt. Ltd. BookMyShow won the 'Best Omnichannel Customer Experience Brand' at the OneDirect Quest Customer Experience (QuestCX) awards.

-In January 2017, BookMyShow acquired Hyderabad-based online ticketing platform MastiTickets.

-In February 2017, BookMyShow acquired a majority stake in Pune-based DIY event ticketing and registration platform Townscript.

-In July 2017, BookMyShow acquired Burrp, India’s oldest food tech company.

-In August 2017, BookMyShow acquired Nfusion’s audio entertainment product – Jukebox.