(ETM-ENTERTAINMENT-NETWORK) ETM Ticket Machines offer golf courses
reservations; automated kiosks provide ''a link to the links'' with
booking service for PGA Southern California Section Preferred Tee
Times
Business Editors
COSTA MESA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 9, 1997--ETM
Entertainment Network Inc. (ETM) has signed an agreement with PGA
Southern California Section Preferred Tee Times to provide reserved
tee times at participating golf courses throughout Southern
California.
PGA Southern California Section Preferred Tee Times, a Southern
California-based golf network that offers golfers the convenience of
booking tee times for more than 40 different courses with one toll-
free phone call, chose ETM to harness the convenience and
availability of ETM Ticket Machines, which are located in high-
traffic retail locations such as malls and grocery stores.
''The whole exciting concept starts with giving the public a
great way to reserve tee times, and eventually golf courses will
also be able to promote special programs or events at their
facility,'' said SCPGA Preferred Tee Times President Howard Kelly.
''As leaders of fast-growing companies, I've felt that Howard
and I were reading from the same page,'' said ETM co-founder Peter
Schniedermeier. ''We want to create a new level of customer service
for the golf industry and at the same time increase our presence in
the marketplace.''
To accomplish this goal, ETM is installing more ETM Ticket
Machines throughout Southern California.
The growth of SCPGA Preferred Tee Times is evident by its ever-
increasing list of participating golf courses. The number of
participating courses is expected to reach more than 500 nationwide
within the next two years. A new tee time reservation feature will
soon be available on its Web site, www.teevision.com
According to both companies, the fee to use the new service will
be no more than $2 per player. The service will actually be free to
members of SCPGA Preferred Tee Times. Golfers will also be offered
the convenience of joining the membership through the ETM Ticket
Machine.
The ETM Ticket Machine provides the public with the best
combination of convenience and service. With an ease-of-use similar
to a typical ATM, the ETM Ticket Machine's touch screen will allow a
golfer to view a golf course and reserve a tee time. Tickets with
the reserved tee time are printed right on the spot after a purchase
is made with a credit card or smart ATM card.
The ETM Ticket Machine also broadcasts the latest promotional
information about up-coming events, concerts, and merchandise and
other products such as recorded music, clothing and souvenir items
available through ETM Entertainment Network.
There are 40 ETM Ticket Machines currently installed throughout
Southern California. The ETM Ticket Machines are in Hughes Family
Markets, Vons Pavilions Markets and Gelsons Supermarkets. The
company is introducing ETM Ticket Machines to other cities
throughout Southern California. A machine will soon be installed at
The Galleria at South Bay, Redondo Beach!!
For further information about the company and ETM Ticket
locations, call 714/437-0103. For more information about SCPGA
Preferred Tee Times, call 714/634-4653.
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CONTACT: ETM Entertainment Network Inc.
Gary A. Bird, 714/444-5667
or
Financial Relations Board
David Lawton, 310/442-0599 (general info.)
Moira Conlon, 310/442-0599 (analyst)
Steven Seiler, 310/442-0599 (media)
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