TISCALI LAUNCHES 'MOVIES NOW'
ONLINE FILM DOWNLOADS
Over 500 titles available to rent or buy from Movies Now
http://www.tiscali.co.uk/moviesnow
LONDON, 3 May 2007 - Tiscali, the broadband, telephone and media company, today announces the launch of ‘Movies Now’, its online video on demand (VOD) download service in partnership with Arts Alliance Media, Europe’s leading provider of digital film distribution services.
The new online service brings the company’s TV VOD brand to an unlimited UK broadband audience, with over 500 films and specialist entertainment programmes available to anyone who visits the Tiscali web site. Users can choose to ‘rent’ or download to own from as little as 99p.
The online ‘Movies Now’ library includes classic blockbusters such as The Bourne Identity, 8 Mile, Bridget Jones and United 93 as well as recent releases, Children of Men, Jarhead and Smokin’ Aces. The library also contains classic sports events such as The British Open Golf and natural history programmes from National Geographic.
Download rentals have a seven-day window for viewing once the download is completed. Once playback is started, the viewer can watch the film or programme as many times as they like, within a 24 or 48 hour playback window, on their laptop, PC or on their TV if it is networked to their PC Prices start from only 99p, with the latest blockbuster films in the catalogue available for rent at high quality for £2.99 or at super high quality for £3.49.
Alex Hole, Online Media Director, Tiscali UK says: “We are living in an on-demand society and there is a real consumer hunger for on-demand media and entertainment. Tiscali has been offering films on-demand for some time, but we are now pleased to offer a comprehensive top quality catalogue that includes new and classic blockbusters. We look forward to working with Arts Alliance Media to further develop the catalogue of movies and entertainment programmes available to our customers.”
Mark Livingstone, President of Arts Alliance Media, says: “We are very pleased to be powering the new online Tiscali ‘Movies Now’ service. The Tiscali portal has unparalleled reach and the new service will bring the benefits and freedom of on-demand movies to an even greater number of people.”
Access to over 500 titles can now be found at:
http://www.tiscali.co.uk/moviesnow
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For more information please contact
Tiscali: Ivan Ristic on 0207 608 4647 or Tom Malcolm on 020 7608 4639
Arts Alliance Media: Kate Pidgeon - kate@artsalliancemedia.com / 0207 751 7512
About Tiscali
Tiscali UK forms part of Tiscali SpA., headquartered in Cagliari, Italy. The UK company was launched in July, 2001 following the acquisitions of Liberty Surf, World Online and LineOne. Tiscali UK also acquired Tiny and Gateway ISPs and more recently the Video Networks Limited in 2006 to enable it to provide Triple Play broadband, telephone and home entertainment IPTV and Video on Demand services.
Providing broadband, dialup, telephone and now TV services to over 1.7 million customers, Tiscali UK is positioned within the UK market as the 3rd largest DSL broadband provider.
One of the most comprehensive sites on the web, Tiscali's portal www.tiscali.co.uk provides 23 channels and over 55,000 pages of constantly updated information, resources and entertainment content. The site receives over 6.8 million unique visitors per month, a total of 265 million page views. The site gives access to online services from shopping to sport and money to entertainment and also provides services such as legal music downloading from a catalogue of over 1 million tracks, a free Video Email service and a Members Area with exclusive content and offers.
Tiscali S.p.A. (Borsa Italiana, Milan: TIS) is one of the main independent European telecommunication companies. With one of the largest and most interconnected IP networks in the world, Tiscali is able to supply its customers, residential and business, with a full range of services: Internet access, both dial-up and ADSL, voice, VoIP, media, value added services (VAS), and other technologically advanced products.
As of 31st December 2006, Tiscali had 3.5 million customers in Italy and the UK, 1.9 million of which are broadband and 584,000 were receiving unbundled services.
Tiscali's corporate website can be found at www.tiscali.com.
Visit the Tiscali Press Centre at www.tiscali.co.uk/press
About Arts Alliance Media:
- 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.
- 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. AAM’s Vizumi Network currently carries content from Fox, Sony Pictures, Universal Pictures and Warner Bros. , amongst others, and powers downloads on partner sites including LOVEFiLM and Empire.
- AAM is the largest single shareholder of LOVEFiLM International, and provides the technology and content for digital distribution.
- 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 February 2005, Arts Alliance Digital Cinema won the UK Film Council contract to install and operate 240 digital screens, the world’s first 2k digital cinema network. AAM is participating in Odeon’s digital cinema trial in the UK and also operates a digital cinema network in Norway.
For more information, visit: www.artsalliancemedia.com