VIZUMI PRO POWERS ARTS ALLIANCE MEDIA
SCREENINGS ON DEMAND LOUNGE
AT BERLIN FILM FESTIVAL
LONDON, 10th February 2006 - Arts Alliance Media (AAM), Europe’s leading digital film distribution services company, is providing a “Screenings on Demand Lounge” at the European Film Market in Berlin, powered by Vizumi Pro – the company’s secure digital film transportation network designed to be the future of content previewing. AAM is a co-sponsor of this year’s Berlin Film Festival.
Vizumi Pro is a service for film industry professionals and is designed to securely transport films, trailers and promo reels between sales agents, producers, distributors, exhibitors and festivals. The service enables sellers (producers, sales agents) to increase viewing opportunities and know exactly who is watching their content, and buyers (distributors, exhibitors, DVD retailers/rentailers and film festivals) to immediately view films online at their own convenience. AAM first tested Vizumi Pro at last year’s Berlinale, under the name “Arts Alliance Film Network”.
“We are excited to be bringing the revolutionary network technology of Vizumi Pro to the European Film Market” said Howard Kiedaisch, CEO of Arts Alliance Media. “Vizumi Pro provides increased sales opportunities for sellers, and for buyers, the ability to view films over a secure internet connection from anywhere in the world. This network increases security, streamlines logistics and lowers the costs associated with sending out DVD screeners.”
As part of Arts Alliance Media’s partnership with the Berlinale, the company is providing two mini-cinemas (10 seats each) and individual Video on Demand screening stations for EFM participants to screen their films. Pre market take up of the service was impressive, with over 40 feature films, and more than 25 promos and trailers uploaded onto the Vizumi Pro network. Films are also being encoded for the network on site during the festival. At the request of producers and distributors, films can be made available via Vizumi Pro to interested buyers wherever they are and whenever they want, after the conclusion of the EFM.
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Notes to Editors:
About Vizumi Pro and AAM's Screenings on Demand Service
To book a screening, visit AAM in the Lounge (2nd Floor, Martin Gropius Bau). Material provided in PAL DigiBeta format can be encoded on site, please ask for details.
Vizumi Pro is a secure digital network to transport films, trailers and promos between producers, sales agents, distributors, DVD retailers/rentailers festivals and exhibitors. The ultimate goal is to increase profitable transactions for all parties and set the stage for end-to-end digital distribution.
More information can be found at www.vizumipro.com
About Arts Alliance Media
Arts Alliance Media is Europe’s leading provider of digital film distribution services to the cinema, the home, and between industry players.
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 the European leader in the online DVD rental market, through the UKs number one service, LOVEFiLM, and also in Europe with Boxman (Sweden) and Digitarian (Denmark). Together the services provide online DVD rental services to over 150,000 subscribers.
AAM’s Marketing Services provides advertising, market intelligence and research opportunities to the film industry by leveraging the broad reach and rich profiles of consumers of its LOVEFiLM and Newman services.
The company’s in house software team developed Newman, a software-based service for cinemas to drive increased revenue, manage their operations more efficiently, and cultivate stronger customer relationships.
For more information, please contact
Gemma Richardson, Arts Alliance Media
gemma@artsalliancemedia.com
In Berlin: +49 30 246 497 506