Entertainment.ie

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Entertainment.ie is a Dublin-based Irish website that provides extensive cinema, TV, live music, theatre, comedy, exhibition and festival listings for free, as well as celebrity gossip, music and movie news, movie and DVD reviews, CD reviews and up-to-date lottery results.

The site was developed in 1997 by Fusio Ltd, a web development company, and won the 2005 Golden Spider media award for Irish entertainment website of the year.^[1] It also won the prize for Best Entertainment Site at the Digital Media Awards Grand Prix in 2006.^[2]

The Irish Times acquired a 30% stake in the company in May, 2007.^[3]

Entertainment.ie underwent a redesign in September 2007 by ebow, and is currently promoting an extensive TV and billboard/bus advertising campaign.