CinemaNow to Add A&E Television Networks and Showtime Networks Content for Download to Own Service
More New, Critically Acclaimed Television Series Increase CinemaNow’s Selection of Premium Video Content
Marina Del Rey, CA (December 18, 2006) - CinemaNow, Inc., the leading Internet provider of downloadable videos, today announced it has signed licensing agreements with Showtime Networks Inc. and A&E Television Networks (AETN) to offer select television content through its Web site (www.cinemanow.com). Starting this month, AETN series from A&E® Network, The History Channel® and The Biography Channel®, including Biography® and Modern Marvels, and SHOWTIME television series including The L Word®, and Sleeper Cell will be available for purchase on a download to own basis. To kick off its relationship with SHOWTIME, CinemaNow will be offering the premiere episode Sleeper Cell: American Terror available free to its customers.
CinemaNow, Inc. is the leading Internet provider of premium on-demand movies and video content. CinemaNow legally offers downloads of more than 4,000 feature-length films, shorts, music concerts and television programs from more than 250 licensors including 20th Century Fox, ABC News, Disney, HDNet, Lionsgate, MGM, Miramax, NBC Universal, Paramount Pictures, Sony, Sundance Channel and Warner Bros. Founded in 1999, CinemaNow counts EchoStar, Index Holdings, Menlo Ventures, Transcosmos, Microsoft, Lionsgate, Cisco Systems and Blockbuster as investors.
