Bar-coded movie tickets introduced to curb fraud

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A bar-coded ticket scanning system has been launched at the Sree theatre here by the minister for cinema K B Ganesh Kumar on Friday.
The system has been introduced on a trial basis and will be gradually extended to other theatres run by the Kerala State Film Development Corporation (KSFDC).
The system, which is being introduced for the first time in the state, has been developed by KELTRON.It works on a network that involves a scanner and a main server. The ticket issued by the printer will be scanned at the entrance of the screening hall. The bar code in the ticket will be read and all the data will be sent to the server. All details like the number of tickets sold for each show and the revenue generated can be accessed instantly through this mechanism.
The producer of a film will be allotted with a log in and he can garner the information using the server.
It could also prevent tax-evasions by theatre owners. Since all the data regarding the daily collection report (DCR) get stored in the system instantaneously, any possible fraud can easily be averted. Wireless scanners or hand-held scanners will also be introduced in near future.