VIEWERS in the UK are to get more choice and more access to Warner Bros movies including The Dark Knight, The Hangover, Gran Torino and Sex and the City 2.
Warner Bros has signed a major film distribution agreement with LOVEFiLM, it was announced today by Josh Berger, president and managing director of Warner Bros UK, Ireland & Spain, and Simon Calver, chief executive of LOVEFiLM.
The multi-year, multi-layered pact offers consumers wider choice and more access to Warner Bros content across a range of options. The deal spans LOVEFiLM's digital subscription, download to own and pay per view services, as well as Warner Bros' branded SVOD service WarnerFilms.
An exclusive second window subscription pay TV deal will see Warner Bros.' recent and forthcoming film releases added to LOVEFiLM's Watch Online service through the LOVEFiLM Player, either on the PC or accessible via Sony PlayStation(R)3, Apple iPad, a growing number of web-enabled TV sets and Blu-ray players, and later this year Microsoft Xbox 360.
Movies exclusively available at the start of the deal in December will include The Dark Knight, The Hangover, Gran Torino and Sex and the City 2. And, in the coming months and years, LOVEFiLM customers, who subscribe to streaming as part of their package, will be able to instantly watch a regular flow of Warner Bros' recent movies.
Underscoring both companies' commitment to giving customers a broad-ranging set of options to watch Warner Bros' content, the deal continues to make the studio's film releases available for purchase or rent digitally; via LOVEFiLM's market-leading DVD and Blu-ray subscription rental service, through which DVDs and Blu-rays will be available by post 60 days after retail release, from 2012; and via Warner Bros' branded SVOD channel, WarnerFilms.
Scheduled by Warner Bros and offering a great selection of recent and classic movies from Warner Bros' portfolio of titles, WarnerFilms provides 24 hours a day on-demand acce...
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[Source: Coventry Telegraph - The Geek Files]
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