CinemaNow and Universal Studios Partner to Download Movies-On-Demand.Business Editors & Entertainment Editors MARINA DEL REY Del Rey may refer to:
Universal Will Make Films Available on a Test Basis in a Streaming and Download Format via CinemaNow's Web Site CinemaNow, Inc., an IP-based video-on-demand (VOD See video-on-demand. VoD - video on demand ) distribution service, and Universal Studios Pay-Per-View have agreed to a four month test of delivering first-run pay-per-view and library titles on-demand via CinemaNow's VOD service web site, www.cinemanow.com, it was announced today. As part of the agreement, CinemaNow will offer the films in both streaming and download formats. "Universal recognizes that Internet video-on-demand is a growing distribution platform for feature films with increasing demand and revenue potential," said Holly Leff-Pressman, senior vice president of worldwide pay-per-view and video-on-demand, Universal Television Distribution. "Working with CinemaNow allows us to explore the demand for both the downloading and streaming of our content to an established audience while testing the quality and security of the environment." Titles to be made available will include Big Fat Liar Big Fat Liar is a 2002 comedy directed by Shawn Levy and starring Frankie Muniz (Malcolm in the Middle), Paul Giamatti and Nickelodeon's Amanda Bynes Plot Jason Shephard (Frankie Muniz , The Scorpion King, and Brotherhood of the Wolf, all premiering in November 2002. These films will appear on CinemaNow during their traditional pay-per-view windows. Additional titles from the Universal film library are also available, ranging from the Alfred Hitchcock classic Psycho to Erin Brockovich starring Julia Roberts. "For the past three years we have been perfecting our business, creating a simplified interface for streaming and downloading content, while providing a technology that can securely deliver any piece of content on-demand in a financially viable manner," 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. "We are thrilled Universal has chosen to license such high quality product to CinemaNow." PatchBay(TM), CinemaNow's proprietary video-on-demand technology solution, already employed for online content distribution throughout the world, will facilitate all aspects of the films distribution. These include digital and territorial rights protection, user profiling, comprehensive pay-per-view services, and detailed report generation. About CinemaNow CinemaNow, Inc. (www.cinemanow.com), the leader in Internet video-on-demand distribution and technology, currently delivers nearly 2 million video streams to approximately 1 million users per month. The Company makes films available via its Web site in both streaming and download formats and on a pay-per-view, subscription, and ad-supported basis. CinemaNow has also developed PatchBay(TM), a proprietary video-on-demand content distribution and management system which runs the CinemaNow Web site and is available as a licensable technology solution. CinemaNow is majority owned by Lions Gate Entertainment
See: American Stock Exchange :LGF LGF Little Green Footballs (blog site) LGF Local Government Finance LGF Local Government Funds (Ohio) LGF Långsamtgående Fordon (Swedish vehicle with a maximum allowed speed of 45 km/h) ). About Universal Universal Studios Pay-Per-View (www.universalppv.net) licenses and markets its movies to pay-per-view and video-on-demand distributors on a worldwide basis. Universal Studios Pay-Per-View is a part of Universal Television Distribution (UTD UTD United UTD University of Texas at Dallas UTD Up to Date UTD United Teachers of Dade UTD Uniform Theory of Diffraction UTD Uniform-geometrical Theory of Diffraction UTD Urban Thermo Dynamics (hip hop) UTD Unit Training Device ), a division of Vivendi UNIVERSAL Entertainment, the U.S.-based film, television and recreation entity of Vivendi Universal, a global media and communications company Communications Company is a communications unit of the United States Marine Corps. They are part of Combat Logistics Regiment 37 , 3rd Marine Logistics Group (3MLG) and III Marine Expeditionary Force (III MEF). The unit is based out of the Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. . All product and company names herein may be trademarks of their respective owners. |
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