The pitch: Subscribe to MoviePass and you could watch unlimited movies in theaters all month long. In reality, the company used deceptive practices to prevent customers from doing just that, including resetting their passwords or subjecting them to "premium" fees. Now shuttered, MoviePass and its executives this week settled multiple lawsuits from the FTC and California district attorneys over its "unlawful business practices."
Remember MoviePass? Remember that brief, glorious period during which 3 million of us paid about 10 bucks a month to see whatever movies we wanted to in theaters? Remember how the service sounded like it had to be too good to be true from the start, and in the end it was? Remember how we felt like …
On Monday, the Federal Trade Commission charged the executives of the long-defunct MoviePass app over allegations that they fraudulently blocked customers from using the service as advertised while failing to protect their data privacy. The FTC also announced that it had reached a settlement with …
You couldn't get more popular than MoviePass when the service initially rolled out, and it's easy to see why. Paying just $10 a month to see as many …
California's Contra Costa County District Attorney's Office announced Wednesday that it entered into a negotiated settlement agreement with former MoviePass CEO Mitch Lowe and Ted Farnsworth, the former CEO of MoviePass' parent Helios and Matheson, after the DAs alleged they were "engaging in …
MoviePass might be ready to capitalize on just how much movie lovers have missed going to a theater this past year. After shutting down the service …
A new docuseries from Mark Wahlberg’s production company will examine the spectacular failure of subscription service MoviePass. Wahlberg’s company …
The FTC and MoviePass settled a complaint that accused the company of blocking subscribers from using the service as advertised. The FTC and MoviePass …
The movie ticket subscription service startup was popular with subscribers. It may have ultimately failed as a business, but some say it succeeded in disrupting the movie theater business model. ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: MoviePass is no more. The movie ticket subscription service is shutting down. But …
