(3 October 2006 6:00 pm)

MUMBAI: Mobile firm Orange has entered into a multi-year video-on-demand agreement with Fox in France

This agreement will provide Orange access to over 75 new release and library feature films each year.

With this agreement between Fox and France Telecom’s Orange service, subscribers to Orange’s digital television by DSL or broadband internet services in France will be able to access new films distributed by Twentieth Century Fox such as In Her Shoes, New York Taxi and The Family Stone plus classic library films such as Alien, Chariots of Fire, Ice Age and Moulin Rouge.

Subscribers to 24/ 24 vidéo will be able to watch films on either their TV or PC. For between EUR2 and EUR5, a film can be rented for unlimited viewing within a 24 hour period, with the ability to pause, rewind and fast-forward in dubbed or subtitled versions.

Twentieth Century Fox is the latest partner for 24/ 24 vidéo, a growing video-on-demand offering in the French market. 24/ 24 vidéo now offers a variety of films making over 2200 titles of all genres available from major studios and independent producers and distributors.

24/ 24 vidéo is able to respond to the expectations of a broad audience by providing diversified and quality programming.