Showing Badges are a flexible tagging system within IndyAdmin that can be used across movies, performances, price cards, and website filters. They help label and visually identify special types of screenings like Event Cinema, 3D, Sensory Friendly, Kids’ Club, or Captioned performances — both for internal planning and public display.
They can also be used to influence pricing, signage, and even your TMS (Theatre Management System) setup.
🧩 Where Showing Badges Are Used
Showing badges can be applied to:
Movies — to mark the entire film with a badge (e.g. “Event Cinema”)
Price Cards — to link pricing to all showings with that badge
Individual Performances — to override defaults and mark a single performance (e.g. one-off Sensory Friendly screening)
✅ Internal Note: Badges assigned at the performance level will override any inherited from the movie or price card.
🌐 Website Integration
Showing badges can be surfaced in several areas on customer-facing sites:
On listings pages – small badge or label beside the screening button
Filtered web pages – e.g. a webpage showing only Event Cinema or Captioned Screenings
Showtime buttons – badges can appear inside or below the button
✅ Internal Note: Showing badges are a key part of accessibility filtering (e.g., wheelchair access, captioned). Encourage clients to use them to improve UX.
🛠 Creating and Editing Showing Badges
Step 1: Go to Settings > Showing Badges
Step 2: Click Create Showing Badge
You'll be able to set the following fields:
Field | Description |
Name | Internal name of the badge (e.g. Event Cinema) |
Display Name | What appears publicly, can be different from internal name |
Description | Short sentence (e.g. “This is a streamed live event”) |
Appearance | Choose between: name, icon, or name + icon |
Icon | Select from the built-in icon library (e.g. |
Color | Sets the badge color on buttons/listings |
Display Location | Inside or below the showtime button |
Show on Signage | Toggle ON/OFF for physical or digital signage |
TMS Tag | Used to trigger alternate templates in your Theatre Management System |
TMS Template Name | Name of the alternate TMS template (e.g. different lighting, sound, or automation cues) |
Priority Order | Drag to reorder badges so the most important appears first |
🔁 Sorting Badge Display Order
Badges can appear in a priority sequence, especially when multiple apply to a single screening (e.g. 3D, 18+, wheelchair accessible).
Use drag and drop to manually reorder
For example: show 3D first, then 18+, then Wheelchair Access
✅ Internal Note: This priority sorting affects web button labels, signage display, and ordering logic across platforms.
⚙️ How Badges Interact with Other Elements
🟦 1. Movies
Go to Movies > Select a Movie > Showing Badges
Apply badge to all performances of this movie
🟧 2. Price Cards
Go to Pricing > Price Cards
Add showing badges to apply that pricing model only to performances with matching badges
(e.g. use a different price card for Event Cinema)
🟩 3. Performances
Go to Programming > Booking Weeks > Performance
Click into an individual screening and assign or override showing badges
✅ Internal Note: Assigning a badge at the performance level allows for maximum flexibility — e.g. one Sensory Friendly showing of a regular kids' movie.
🎛 TMS Integration (Theatre Management Systems)
Some cinemas use TMS integrations where showing badges can trigger:
Different automation cues (lights, curtains, playback)
Alternate TMS templates
To configure:
In the showing badge, enter the exact tag as it appears in your TMS (case-sensitive)
Optionally enter the TMS template name
This allows the TMS to recognise the screening as unique and apply different operational behaviour
✅ Internal Note: Useful for marking 3D, Open Caption, or Alternative Content showings that need unique automation settings.
🌍 Website Filters and Listing Pages
You can use showing badges to build filtered landing pages, such as:
/event-cinema/captioned/kids-club
These pages can pull all performances or films with a matching showing badge and only display those to customers.
✅ Internal Note: These filtered pages are often requested by marketing and accessibility teams. Make sure badge labels are consistent and correctly assigned at either movie or performance level.
✅ Example Use Cases
Badge | Used On | Effect |
Event Cinema | Movie + Performance | Shows tag on website, filters into Event Cinema landing page |
3D | Performance | Sends alternate TMS tag and triggers 3D lighting profile |
Sensory Friendly | Performance | Customer-visible and used to apply unique pricing |
18+ | Movie | Shows warning badge on listings |
Wheelchair Accessible | Price Card | Triggers eligibility for access discounts |