CinemaNow Adds SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT, EMI and Sanctuary Music Video Content to WatchMusicHere.com.Agreement Expands Site's Selection with Premium Download-To-Own Music Video Content from Artists Such As Lily Allen, David Bowie, Coldplay, The Decemberists, Fat Boy Slim, Gorillaz, and Norah Jones Norah Jones (born Geethali Norah Jones Shankar on March 30 1979 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American singer-songwriter, musician and occasional actress of American and Indian descent. MARINA DEL REY Del Rey may refer to:
With these agreements, CinemaNow and WatchMusicHere.com will offer more than 6,000 videos from SONY BMG, EMI Music, Sanctuary Records and Warner Music Group Warner Music Group (WMG) is one of the four major record labels. Warner Music Group also has a publishing arm, Warner/Chappell Music, which dates back to 1929, when Jack Warner, president of Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. , making the site one of the largest distributors of downloadable music videos from major recording labels. The selection will also include uncut European versions of select music videos as well as concert performances from around the world. Music videos will be available for purchase on a download-to-own basis for $1.99. Select live performances and long-form videos will be available for purchase on a download-to-own basis from $9.95 - $14.95 and on rental basis from $2.99 - $3.99, all in the WMV (Windows Media Video) A family of digital video compression technologies from Microsoft based on MPEG-4. Version 9 of the WMV codec was released to the SMPTE organization and became the SMPTE 421M standard, otherwise known as VC-1 (see VC-1). format. "Now, music videos and concert performances from artists responsible for the majority of worldwide music sales will be available on WatchMusicHere and CinemaNow," said Curt Marvis, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of CinemaNow. "Our music video catalog is growing rapidly, as we strive to offer our customers the widest selection available in today's marketplace." "We see CinemaNow as an important entertainment destination," commented Thomas Hesse Thomas Hesse is President of Sony BMG Music Entertainment's Global Digital Business and US Sales. He reports directly to Tim Bowen, Chief Operating Officer for Sony BMG Music Entertainment. He is based in New York City. , President, Global Digital Business & U.S. Sales, SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT. "As consumers increasingly rely on the Internet for easy access to high quality content, we think that the service will occupy an even more prominent place in the entertainment landscape. We are happy to be working with them to make our artists' videos and concerts available alongside the movies, television programming and other types of entertainment content already on the site." WatchMusicHere.com is the first premium video download service to offer videos in a convenient 1500K single-file format. This eliminates the need to download two files - one for a PC and another for a portable media player (PMP See point-to-multipoint and portable media player. PMP - Portable Media Player ). CinemaNow is integrating its service capabilities with more devices than any other online video provider to ensure that videos can be easily accessed via PCs, set top boxes (STBs), game consoles, and portable media players (PMPs), all with the ability to connect to TVs. The site is compatible with the latest WiFi PMPs from ARCHOS, which enable users to wirelessly download CinemaNow videos directly to their PMPs and stream them to their TVs. CinemaNow is also integrated with HP's upcoming line of MediaSmart LCD TVs, which enable users to rent or purchase CinemaNow movies from their couch. The MediaSmart TV connects to a customer's home network either wired or wirelessly, so that a user can use their remote to purchase or rent a movie from CinemaNow, download the file to a designated hard-drive within their home network, and watch the video directly on their MediaSmart TV. "A key part of EMI's strategy is to put our music where our fans are, and CinemaNow is a great partner and a terrific new platform that is helping us reach that goal," said Lauren Berkowitz, Senior Vice President of Digital for EMI Music North America. "CinemaNow is an exciting new business model that we are embracing to help us give fans the easy ability to access and buy our artists' content, and a new revenue stream for our artists." About CinemaNow CinemaNow, Inc. (www.cinemanow.com) is the premier online destination for downloadable Hollywood movies and TV shows. CinemaNow legally offers downloads of more than 7,000 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, New Line Cinema, 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. About SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT is a global recorded music joint venture with a roster of current artists that includes a broad array of both local artists and international superstars, as well as a vast catalog that comprises some of the most important recordings in history. SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT is 50% owned by Bertelsmann A.G. and 50% owned by Sony Corporation of America Sony Corporation of America (SCA) is the United States subsidiary of Japan's Sony Corporation. It is based in Inglewood, California. It is the umbrella company under which all Sony companies operate in the United States. Subsidiaries
About EMI Music EMI Music is the recorded music division of EMI Group, the world's largest independent music company. Its EMI Music division represents artists spanning all musical tastes and genres. Its record labels include Angel, Astralwerks, Blue Note, Capitol, Capitol Nashville, EMI Classics, EMI CMG CMG Coastal & Marine Geology (USGS) CMG Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (stock symbol) CMG Companion (of the Order Of) St Michael and St George CMG Computer Measurement Group , EMI Records, EMI Televisa Music, Manhattan, Mute, Parlophone and Virgin. Artists on EMI labels include Lily Allen, The Beatles, Coldplay, Corinne Bailey Rae, The Good The Bad & The Queen, Gorillaz, Norah Jones, The Kooks, Korn, Kylie Minogue, Pink Floyd, Rolling Stones, Joss Stone, 30 Seconds To Mars, KT Tunstall, Keith Urban and Robbie Williams, as well as international artists such as Amaral (Spain), Diam's (France), Utada Hikaru (Japan), LaFee (Germany), Radja (Indonesia), RBD RBD Rebelde (Mexican Novela) RBD REM (Rapid Eye Movement) Behavior Disorder RBD RNA-Binding Domain RBD Rebuild RBD Required Beginning Date (qualified retirement plans) (Mexico) and Vasco Rossi (Italy). EMI has been at the cutting edge of the rapidly growing digital music marketplace since it released David Bowie's 'Hours' as the world's first ever album to be offered as a digital download in 1999. EMI has signed agreements with hundreds of digital partners to distribute its music across the globe, including most recently its premium DRM-free, higher-quality offering sold through partners including Apple iTunes, Amazon.com, PassAlong Networks and more. It continues to facilitate the development of a growing range of new digital business models to enable fans to experience and purchase its artists' output through a number of different platforms including making its videos available for access via CinemaNow and YouTube, advertising-supported online music streaming in China through Baidu, legal peer-to-peer agreements with QTrax, Mashboxx and GNAB GNAB Guide to New Australian Books GNAB Georgian National Association of Broadcasters GNAB GridNet Advisory Board GNAB Gram Negative Aerobic Bacilli GNAB Gram-Negative Anaerobic Bacilli GNAB Global New Age Beverages, Inc. , and a deal to offer advertising-supported videos on mobile phones in the US through Rhythm NewMedia. About Sanctuary Records Sanctuary Records is one of the world's leading independent music companies and leading developer of music, audio-visual and entertainment intellectual property rights ("IPR IPR Intellectual Property Rights IPR Inprocess/Inprogress Review IPR Industrial Property Rights IPR Institute for Policy Research (Northwestern University and University of Cincinnati) IPR Institute of Public Relations "). The Group has offices in the USA and UK. In Recorded Product, the company maximizes the value of the Sanctuary owned music and audio-visual catalogues on a worldwide basis, records established acts, and, on a low risk approach, new artists. It owns one of the world's largest independent catalogues of music and has worldwide distribution for its recorded music and audio-visual output, in both physical and digital formats, as well as providing niche websites to help market music products. |
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