TiVo signs video-on-demand deal with studios
Seven’s TiVo has signed a deal allowing its customers to rent video on demand from NBC Universal International Television Distribution, Icon Film Distribution and Umbrella Entertainment.
The announcement:
Hybrid Television Services (ANZ) Pty Limited, the creator of CASPA On-Demand and the exclusive licensee of TiVo® products in Australia and New Zealand, today announced that it has signed comprehensive video on-demand (VOD) content agreements for Australia with NBC Universal International Television Distribution, Icon Film Distribution and Umbrella Entertainment. From today, CASPA will showcase more internationally acclaimed and locally produced new release and library titles, including Hollywood Blockbusters, Independent and Arthouse titles. The new studio agreements boost the CASPA new release and library movie portfolio two-fold to give CASPA customers more choice than ever before, without the need to pay late fees or the inconvenience of leaving the lounge room.
NBC Universal is the fourth major studio to provide its movie catalogue to the CASPA On-Demand service, joining Paramount Pictures, Sony Entertainment and Disney Media Distribution. From September, CASPA customers can indulge in an array of hit new release and library movies including; Green Zone, The Wolfman, It’s Complicated and classic library titles such as 40-Year-Old-Virgin, American Gangster, Apollo 13, The Bourne Trilogy, Lost in Translation and The Pianist – with more exciting titles to follow.
