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HBO to sell select documentaries on Amazon.com

Indiantelevision.com Team

(18 June 2008 3:00 pm)

MUMBAI: CreateSpace, which is part of online retail major Amazon.com and US broadcaster HBO Video, today announced an agreement to provide consumers with a selection of HBO and Cinemax documentaries through the CreateSpace DVD on Demand service.

This allows for the manufacture and shipping of packaged DVDs as soon as customers place their orders. These documentaries will be available on Amazon.com and HBO.com.

Amazon.com VP movies and music Peter Faricy says, "HBO has an amazing selection of unique and award-winning programming. This will further broaden the extensive television DVD selection that Amazon.com customers have to choose from today and enable customers to find, buy and collect an even greater selection of HBO titles."

CreateSpace co-founder, MD Dana LoPiccolo-Giles says, "We're excited to help make more HBO titles available to a broader audience on both HBO.com and Amazon.com. With Disc on Demand, customers can now order a copy of these titles and receive their DVDs in just a few days."

HBO and Cinemax DVD on-demand documentary titles will be encrypted with the Content Scramble System (CSS) copy protection. These DVDs will be the first major content label titles to be manufactured on demand with this protection.

HBO Video president Henry McGee says, "The CreateSpace DVD on Demand programme will allow HBO to bring a selection of our highly acclaimed documentary programming to consumers in a very cost- efficient and timely manner."