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Industry: Email Alert RSS FeedMajor studios embrace download-to-own movies.(CinemaNow Inc. and Movielink L.L.C. services for film studios)
Online Reporter, The, April, 2006
"The studios are embracing the Internet as a viable distribution platform for their movies," said Movielink CEO Jim Ramo when announcing the deal his company has made to offer download-to-own movies from six of the seven major movie studios.
Ramo's comment is one that many have been hoping to hear for a while now, although the "embrace" is still somewhat tentative.
Movielink's new service makes select major studio titles available for download on a permanent basis as an option to the company's 24-hour rental service.
The major breakthrough, however, is one that shatters traditional release windows. The studios have agreed to let Movielink offer some hit movies for download the same day they come out on DVD. Typically, the online services have...
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