Amazon’s LOVEFiLM inks 20th Century Fox deal
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In the latest of a string of studio deals, LOVEFiLM, an Amazon Company, has announced a major multi-year content deal with Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution. Thanks to this new deal, LOVEFiLM members will have instant, exclusive on-demand access to what is known as the second-pay window of 20th Century Fox film content as well as access to movies and TV series from the studio’s library.
“We are delighted to be partnered with LOVEFiLM on this new window for Fox films in theUK,” said Gina Brogi of Worldwide Pay Television and Subscription Video on Demand for Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution. “This film and series agreement enables us to give UK fans yet another avenue to enjoy the great stories and characters that have come to know and love from our studio.”
The film deal commences with titles theatrically released in the UK in 2011, which will be made available to subscribers of the LOVEFiLM service as early as March 2013. Viewers will also be able to watch episodes from early seasons of supernatural series like Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel beginning in July 2012.
LOVEFiLM members will be able to enjoy these and a huge number of other titles, on-demand as part of their LOVEFiLM Instant subscriptions available on their PC or Mac computers or via their Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360 or Apple iPad as well as a growing number of Internet connected TV sets and Blu-ray players. Amazon’s LOVEFiLM will continue to rent 20th Century Fox titles on DVD, Blu-ray and Blu-ray 3D via it’s LOVEFiLM by Post service.
“It feels great to announce another major studio deal for LOVEFiLM,” said Jim Buckle, Managing Director of LOVEFiLM. “Twentieth Century Fox is one of the world’s leading studios, known across the globe for creating fantastic, iconic content. This partnership will give LOVEFiLM members access to the studio’s huge range of recent movies and the opportunity to revisit some of the best American TV produced in recent years.”
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