AAM Overview
Arts Alliance Media (AAM), based in London, is Europe's leading provider of digital film distribution services, dedicated to building a European digital network to deliver film to the cinema, to the home and between industry players.
Digital Home
For Download-to-Rent and Download-to-Own, AAM provides ISPs, media companies and e-tailers with turn key solutions for acquiring rights and securely distributing digital video content over the internet to their audiences, powered by the Vizumi Network.
Arts Alliance Media has digital distribution deals with Fox, Sony, Universal, Paramount, Warner Bros., Momentum, Icon, Fremantle, Tartan, Discovery Networks, and Revolver Entertainment, amongst others, and powers downloads on partner sites including Empire (www.empiremoviedownloads.com), and Tiscali (www.tiscali.co.uk/moviesnow). A complete list of content and distribution partners can be seen at www.vizumi.com.
AAM is the largest single shareholder of LOVEFiLM International, Europe's largest online DVD rental company, and provides the technology and content for digital distribution.
Digital Cinema
For digital cinema, AAM provides end-to-end digital cinema solutions encompassing equipment selection, financing and integration, operator training, installation and support, and content management and delivery.
In April 2007, Arts Alliance Media ompleted the installation of the UK Film Council's 240 screen Digital Screen Network, and in June 2007 announced Europe's first Virtual Print Fee (VPF) deals, with Fox and Universal. These deals were followed in 2007 by digital cinema deployment deals with Sony, Paramount and Disney. AAM signed the first exhibitor up to its European digital cinema rollout in December 2007, when CGR Cinemas in France agreed to digitise 100% of its 400 screens. AAM is participating in Odeon’s digital cinema trial in the UK, and also operates a digital cinema circuit in Norway.
Arts Alliance Media also sources and distributes alternative content programming, including live music, opera and ballet, into cinemas across Europe.
Industry
Vizumi Pro
Vizumi Pro is AAM’s secure, professional VOD service designed to transport films, trailers, promos or any other media between producers, sales agents, distributors, festivals and exhibitors.
Newman
Newman is our online cinema management solution, offering independent cinemas a customisable website with online ticket sales, as well as a complete back office and point-of-sale system.
Arts Alliance Media is the Official Main Partner of Berlin's European Film Market.
For more information, please see the Berlinale website.
Arts Alliance Ventures is AAMs sister company, and is a venture capital organisation supporting a growing network of entrepreneurs. They have a "hands on approach" to investment and provide both creative talent and strategic advice to Portfolio Companies in the technology and services, and communications sectors.
Investments include City Screen, operator of Picturehouse Cinemas - one of Britain’s leading independent exhibitors, and Smartjog, which provides services to distributors and broadcasters of television content.