Printer Friendly
The Free Library
19,595,263 articles and books
Member login
User name  
Password 
 
Join us Forgot password?

Angelina Jolie and Jude Law Are Most Downloaded Actors as Movielink Marks Third Anniversary Leading Digital Movie Distribution.


SANTA MONICA Santa Monica (săn`tə mŏn`ĭkə), city (1990 pop. 86,905), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1886. Tourism and retailing are important, and the city has motion-picture, biotechnology, and software industries. , Calif. -- Customers Rent More Than Two Million Movies from the Pioneering Internet Service, Which Continues to Add Content and Customers

Two of Hollywood's most popular stars are also tops with customers of Movielink (www.Movielink.com), the leading broadband video-on-demand (VOD See video-on-demand.

VoD - video on demand
) service. To celebrate its third anniversary, Movielink is revealing new information about the trends of its loyal consumers.

Movielink customers have rented more movies starring Angelina Jolie and Jude Law than any other actors. Jolie slightly edged out Law in the popularity category with 32,700 downloads while movies featuring Law have generated 32,500 rentals.

Movielink also released the following fun facts:

--Most common zip code zip code

System of postal-zone codes (zip stands for “zone improvement plan”) introduced in the U.S. in 1963 to improve mail delivery and exploit electronic reading and sorting capabilities.
 - Brooklyn's claim to fame is being known for its bridge and as the home of the original Dodgers, but now the city can celebrate that it houses the most common zip code, 11219, in Movielink's database of users. Congratulations!

--Movielink's top customer - Movielink's number one customer is from the lovely town of Greenwell Springs, Louisiana Greenwell Springs is a community in Louisiana and is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.

Coordinates:  
, having rented more than 720 films in the past three years.

--Favorite place to view a Movielink film - A majority of respondents from a Movielink-conducted user profile survey said the living or family room is their favorite place to watch Movielink movies.

Movielink launched its broadband video-on-demand service in 2002, and its selection of titles including hit movies, classics, independents and documentaries continues to grow. Its distribution partners include AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services.  Broadband, Verizon, SBC (1) (SBC Communications Inc., San Antonio, TX, www.sbc.com) A large, national telecommunications company that grew from a multitude of local and regional companies, including Southwestern Bell, Pacific Bell and Nevada Bell, into a single, unified brand by 2002.  Communications, Bell South, RealNetworks, Roadrunner roadrunner
 or chaparral cock

Either of two species of terrestrial cuckoo, especially Geococcyx californianus (family Cuculidae), of Mexican and southwestern U.S. deserts. About 22 in.
 and Charter Communications.

Movielink is available to U.S. Internet users with broadband connections. Consumers can easily browse Movielink's user-friendly site and view trailers of available titles without charge. Once customers are ready to rent a title, they register with Movielink and pay for their rental via credit card. Movielink's Movies in Minutes(TM) feature let's customers begin watching titles within 2-10 minutes, or store them for up to 30 days and experience unlimited viewing for any 24-hour period. Customers can also use Movielink's MultiPlay (TM) feature to re-rent titles for additional 24-hour viewing periods for up to 30 days after the initial rental.

About Movielink:

Movielink (www.Movielink.com) is the online movie download service offering U.S. broadband customers an extensive selection of recently released films and classic movies covering every genre, from action, comedy, drama, family and romance to sci-fi, horror and thrillers. The service is owned and operated by Movielink, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol.

LLC - Logical Link Control
, a joint venture of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Universal Studios and Warner Bros BROS Brothers
BROS Benefits and Retirement Operations Section (King County, Washington)
BROS Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society (London, UK) 
. Studios. Movielink content offerings are drawn from the current releases and vast libraries of those studios as well as from those of Walt Disney Pictures, Miramax, Artisan and others, on a non-exclusive basis.
COPYRIGHT 2005 Business Wire
No portion of this article can be reproduced without the express written permission from the copyright holder.
Copyright 2005, Gale Group. All rights reserved. Gale Group is a Thomson Corporation Company.

 Reader Opinion

Title:

Comment:



 

Article Details
Printer friendly Cite/link Email Feedback
Publication:Business Wire
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Nov 9, 2005
Words:447
Previous Article:JiWire Chosen by Expedia to Enable Customers to Select Hotel Locations With WiFi Access; Visitors to Expedia Can Now Access Information About Hotels...
Next Article:Progressive Gaming International Announces Exercise of Over-Allotment Option by Underwriters.
Topics:



Related Articles
HOLLYWOOD RAIDER.
DESPITE JOLIE'S EFFORTS, 'TOMB RAIDER' IS A BUST.
`TIN' CAN'T SUSTAIN ITS ALTITUDE.
GRUESOME `BONE COLLECTOR' PILES ON THE MOVIE CLICHES.
DOCTOR CAN'T SAVE `PLAYING GOD'.
21st century gay icons: three out experts speculate about which new stars are ready to fill the shoes of Hollywood's legends and the walls of adoring...
Home delivery: actor Morgan Freeman teams up to distribute first-run movies over the Internet.

Terms of use | Copyright © 2012 Farlex, Inc. | Feedback | For webmasters | Submit articles