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Foxtel pay per view to match DVD release dates

November 2, 2010 12:51

Foxtel customers will be able to pay to watch movies on demand at the same time they get a DVD release in deals revealed by the company today.

The announcement:

FOXTEL announced today it has reached new landmark agreements with a number of Hollywood studios to start bringing forward movie release dates in line with DVD release. Starting this week, selected titles on FOXTEL’s existing pay-per-view movie service, and its new broadband connected FOXTEL On Demand Internet television service, will be released within the DVD window time-frame.

FOXTEL has pay-per-view deals with all major Hollywood studios – including Twentieth Century FOX, Universal Studios, The Walt Disney Company, MGM, Paramount, Roadshow Television, SONY and Warner Bros – along with a range of independent movie distributors.

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