ARCHOS and CinemaNow Enter Content Partnership Agreement.New Content Offering to Be Unveiled During the ARCHOS Generation 5 Product Launch DENVER -- ARCHOS[TM], a technology leader in the field of portable media players, and CinemaNow, the leading Internet provider Internet provider - Internet Service Provider of downloadable Hollywood movies and TV shows, have signed an agreement to deliver online video content and services directly to consumers. CinemaNow is the first online video service to offer downloads to consumers in 1500K single-file format, which can be played on desktop and laptop PCs, Media Center Edition PCs, and ARCHOS portable media players. ARCHOS and CinemaNow will unveil additional details of the content partnership during the launch of the Generation 5 line of ARCHOS devices this summer. About ARCHOS ARCHOS introduced the hard-drive-based MP3 player A digital music player that supports the MP3 format, which was the audio format that started a revolution in online music downloads and distribution. All portable music players, the iPod being the most popular, support MP3 along with one or more other audio formats. with the Jukebox 6000 in 2000, and since that time has revolutionized consumer electronics devices. The company invented the portable video player A handheld device that plays videos. The term may refer to lightweight flash-based or hard disk-based MP4 players that download video content from a computer or to heavier, but still very portable, devices that play DVDs. See portable DVD player, Portable Media Center and portable media player. in 2003 and was the first to bring television recording, wireless and touch screens to the Portable Media Player. ARCHOS' award-winning products let consumers enjoy television, music, movies and photos anytime, anywhere. Established in 1988, ARCHOS has offices in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , Europe and Asia. ARCHOS is quoted on Compartment C of Euronext Paris, ISIN Isin (ĭs`ĭn), capital of an ancient Semitic kingdom of N Babylonia. The city became important after the third dynasty of Ur fell to the Elamites and the Amorites (c.2025 B.C.). The phase from c.2025–c.1763 B.C. Code FR0000182479. More information is available online at www.archos.com. About CinemaNow CinemaNow, Inc. (www.cinemanow.com) is the leading Internet provider of downloadable Hollywood movies and TV shows. CinemaNow legally offers downloads of more than 4,000 feature-length films, shorts, music concerts and television programs from more than 250 licensors, including 20th Century Fox, ABC News, Disney, HDNet, Lionsgate, MGM MGM in full Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. U.S. corporation and film studio. It was formed when the film distributor Marcus Loew, who bought Metro Pictures in 1920, merged it with the Goldwyn production company in 1924 and with Louis B. Mayer Pictures in 1925. , Miramax, NBC Universal, Paramount Pictures, Sony, Sundance Channel and Warner Bros BROS Brothers BROS Benefits and Retirement Operations Section (King County, Washington) BROS Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society (London, UK) . Founded in 1999, CinemaNow counts EchoStar, Index Holdings, Menlo Ventures, Transcosmos, Microsoft, Lionsgate, Cisco Systems and Blockbuster as investors. ARCHOS is a trademark of ARCHOS, Inc. All other company or product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders and should be treated as such. |
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