DOWNLOADS TIMED FOR RELEASE OF DVDS CINEMANOW, DISNEY TO OFFER FILM FARE.Byline: GREG HERNANDEZ Staff Writer CinemaNow Inc. will announce today a partnership with Disney's Buena Vista Home Entertainment that will enable consumers to legally download certain movie titles they can own instead of rent. The movies -- beginning with the basketball drama ``Glory Road'' on Tuesday -- will be available for downloading the same day they debut on DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. . While they can be moved from computer to certain portable devices for unlimited play, they will not be able to be played on a regular DVD player A stand-alone device that plays DVDs. It contains a DVD drive and the electronics to decode the digital video. The device may play only manufactured DVDs, or it may be able to play DVD-R, DVD-RW and DVD+RW discs. DVD players are cabled to a TV or home theater system for display. . ``Disney picked us to be the first company to launch with. It's a real nice vote of confidence and we take it real seriously,'' CinemaNow President Bruce Eisen said Tuesday. ``We are very nimble, very flexible, and able to move fast and make things happen.'' Disney and CinemaNow, which had already been partners in the on-demand rental market, will also be offering recent releases ``Eight Below'' on June 20 and ``Annapolis'' on June 27 on a download-to-own basis as well as last year's Jodie Foster Alicia Christian Foster (born November 19 1962), better known as Jodie Foster, is a two-time Academy Award-winning American actress, director, and producer. She has also won two Golden Globes, 3 BAFTA awards and a Screen Actors Guild Award, making her one of the few select hit ``Flightplan'' and such catalog favorites as ``The Insider.'' ``We are pleased about this broadband distribution opportunity which allows Buena Vista Home Entertainment to provide viewers with more flexibility in viewing their favorite new releases and catalog movies on this emerging distribution platform,'' said Pat Fitzgerald
Disney declined to comment on the deal Tuesday. CinemaNow, based in Marina del Rey Del Rey may refer to:
horror film horror n → film m d'épouvante horror film horror n ``Hostel'' have been offered. Eisen said so far the number of downloads ``has not gone through the roof but is in line with our expectations.'' He declined to give any specific figures. The movies sell for $19.99 per download, which Eisen acknowledges is a ``a little higher than it should be.'' He said the company is experimenting with some discount pricing for the future. greg.hernandez(at)dailynews.com (818) 713-3758 CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Schin A.S. Kerr dunks the ball in ``Glory Road,'' which will be available for download the same day it debuts on DVD. |
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