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NEW DELHI: Asia Pacific's dominant Video on-Demand (VoD)
channel Anytime, which recently announced launch of Anytime
on Volt in collaboration with Australia’s Fairfax Digital,
has acquired subscription video-on-demand rights, and internet
distribution rights apart from traditional video-on-demand
rights of feature films of NBC Universal International TV
Distribution.
The new expanded multiple-year agreement between Anytime
and NBC covers multiple territories across the Asia Pacific
region, reflecting the addition of two new territories, India
and China.
Highlights of motion pictures included in the agreement are
Children of Men, The Holiday and The Good Shepherd,
as well as the upcoming Evan Almighty, I Now Pronounce You
Chuck and Larry and The Bourne Ultimatum, as well
as titles from NBC Universal’s library of more than 4,000
feature films.
Anytime is Asia Pacific’s dominant VoD channel delivered
to consumers over IPTV, broadband and digital cable networks.
Anytime has output deals and access to the libraries of five
of Hollywood’s leading studios — Fox, Sony, Warner,
NBC Universal and Buena Vista (Disney) International Television
— and licenses with regional content providers like Celestial
Pictures, Icon Film Distribution.
Chaired by Greg Coote, Anytime’s shareholder’s include
Columbia Pictures Entertainment Holdings Inc. (Sony), Fox Media
Services Inc., Intel Capital, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.,
YTC Group (a Singapore based multinational conglomerate), and
the Macquarie Bank Group. |
