Fandango, one ofthe US' leading online and telephone film ticketing services, is expanding intoCanada through a partnership with Cineplex Galaxy.

The company willnow sell tickets online to Cineplex Odeon theatres in the Greater Toronto areaand plans are afoot to roll out into four additional provinces in 2004.

"Our objective is to makemovie-going as easy and convenient for as many people as possible, and ourexpansion into Canada with Cineplex Galaxy for their Cineplex Odeon cinemashelps us further achieve this goal," Fandango resident and chief executiveofficer Art Levitt said in a statement.

Fandangolaunched in 2000 and allows customers to book tickets up to 45 days in advance.It claims to cover more than 10,500 screens in 950 theatres across 43 USstates.