Retail Industry
Industry: Email Alert RSS FeedFox on line with CinemaNow: studio's first-run films in first Internet deal. (Internet Vod).(20th Century Fox)
Video Business, April, 2003 by Bloom, David
The first online movie distribution deal has been cut by 20th Century Fox, which signed with CinemaNow to provide first-run films concurrent with the pay-per-view window. The first Fox and Fox Searchlight films are now available: Unfaithful and The Good Girl. Like Mike, One Hour Photo and The Banger Sisters will arrive soon, and successive first-run Fox films will be made available the same day as their debut on traditional PPV systems.
The deal also covers Fox library product, though the company is going through the process of clearing rights, and it might be some time before they are available. Nonetheless, the deal is big for CinemaNow. "The implications for us are huge," said CinemaNow CEO Curt Marvis, who tipped off the deal at the recent...
Most Recent Business Articles
- Multiple criteria evaluation and optimization of transportation systems
- Multi-criteria analysis procedure for sustainable mobility evaluation in urban areas
- A two-leveled multi-objective symbiotic evolutionary algorithm for the hub and spoke location problem
- Multi-criteria analysis for evaluating the impacts of intelligent speed adaptation
- The development of Taiwan arterial traffic-adaptive signal control system and its field test: a Taiwan experience
Most Recent Business Publications
Most Popular Business Articles
- 7 tips for effective listening: productive listening does not occur naturally. It requires hard work and practice - Back To Basics - effective listening is a crucial skill for internal auditors
- FAS 109: a primer for non-accountants - Financial Accounting Standards Board's "Statement 109: Accounting for Income Taxes"
- LIFO vs. FIFO: a return to the basics
- Too Young to Rent a Car? - 25-years-old the minimum age for car renting - Brief Article
- Design a commission plan that drives sales - Sales Commissions
Presented by American Express