ntl Agrees Content Deal with the Universal Music Group to Supply Music Video Content for on Demand TV Services.LONDON -- ntl, one of the UK's leading communications and content distribution companies, announces the completion of a content distribution agreement with The Universal Music Group. The new deal will provide ntl customers with access to a huge choice of music videos, through the company's Video on Demand digital TV service. Music video content from Universal Music will feature multi-platinum selling acts such as U2, Scissor scissor pertaining to scissors; like scissors in effect. scissor bite see scissor bite. scissor mouth a narrow space between the rami of the mandible so that the molar arcades do not meet. Sisters, Keane, Eminem, Nelly, Gwen Stefani, Ashanti, Ronan Keating Ronan Patrick John Keating (born March 3, 1977 in Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish pop singer. Biography Personal life Ronan Keating grew up in Bayside, Dublin. He attended Bayside Primary School and St. Fintan's High School, Sutton, Dublin. , Girls Aloud Girls Aloud are Smash Hits Poll Winners, TMF Award winning and BRIT Award nominated British girl group who found fame after winning the ITV1 talent show Popstars: The Rivals in 2002 on which they were created. , Daniel Bedingfield, McFly and The Bravery. Universal Music will also offer catalogue music videos such as Guns N'Roses, Dire Straits, The Cure and international solo artists Shania Twain and Enrique Iglesias. Shai Weiss, managing director of ntl's consumer products division said: "Our on demand music video jukebox service is particularly popular amongst customers and so I'm delighted to welcome the addition of Universal Music to our line up. The quality of their music output is superb and the inherent nature of our on demand service means that customers can watch their favourite music videos whenever they like. It's TV as it's meant to be." ntl On Demand offers 1000's of music videos as well as concerts, magazine shows and documentaries - all available instantly on demand. The service features 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. style features including pause, fast-forward and rewind. A mixture of free and paid for content is available. All content management will be handled by the ON Demand Group. Andy Birchall, Chairman ON Demand Group commented: "The addition of Universal Music to ntl's on-demand service provides customers with their own TV music video juke box enabling them to watch their favourite music videos whenever they like." The ON Demand Group recently brokered the movie Video-On-Demand joint venture FilmFlex, the recently launched movie VOD See video-on-demand. VoD - video on demand service backed by joint venture partners Sony Pictures Television Sony Pictures Television, Inc. (SPT) is an American television production and distribution company. It is a subsidiary of Sony Pictures Entertainment. In turn, the latter is part of the Japanese conglomerate Sony. International (a Sony Pictures Entertainment company), Walt Disney Television Walt Disney Television is the television production division of The Walt Disney Company with Walt Disney name. Until 1983, Disney shows were aired under the banner of the parent company, then named Walt Disney Productions. International (a division of The Walt Disney Company Ltd). ntl On Demand is available in over 250,000 digital TV customers in Glasgow, Cardiff, Newport, Swansea, Nottingham, Belfast, Mansfield, Newark, Melton, Chesterfield and Lincoln. The roll out continues across the UK. About NTL Incorporated --NTL Incorporated (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :NTLI) offers a wide range of communications and content distribution services to residential and business customers throughout the UK. --ntl is the UK's largest cable company with 3 million residential customers, and the UK's leading supplier of broadband services to consumers, with over 1.4 million broadband customers. --ntl's network can service 7.9 million homes in the UK. --Information on ntl and its products can be obtained at www.ntl.com |
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