Amazon’s LOVEFiLM Announces Deal with Warner Bros. International Television Distribution
(April 12, 2013 – London, U.K.) – LOVEFiLM, an Amazon company, today announced a milestone deal with Warner Bros. InternationalTelevision Distribution that will bring yet more must-see programming to the exciting range of top-quality TV content already available on LOVEFiLM Instant.
LOVEFiLM’s U.K. members will be able to stream iconic Warner Bros. Television shows. Just some of the great content coming to the service includes seasons one through seven of the Emmy Award-winning presidential drama “The West Wing,” all nine seasons of acclaimed U.S. teen series “One Tree Hill,” every season made of Golden Globe winner “Nip Tuck” and sci-fi spin off “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles,” seasons one and two.
The deal with WBITD bolsters an already extensive and unrivalled catalogue of award-winning TV available to stream on the LOVEFiLM Instant service, which is becoming known for offering the highest-quality on-demand programming following a string of high-profile content deals.
Chris Birds, Director, Film Strategy at LOVEFiLM, said: “It’s easy to see why we’re the first choice subscription service for TV fans who want to be able to access top-quality programming on-demand. This latest content deal with Warner Bros. is hugely exciting for TV fans as even more fantastic must-see content goes live on LOVEFiLM Instant, including iconic titles such as ‘The West Wing’ and ‘Nip Tuck.’”
Jeffrey R. Schlesinger, President, Warner Bros. International Television Distribution added: "This deal once again indicates that the programming we produce has a long life after their primary exposure on network television. The addition of these long running, serialized, addictive series to the LOVEFiLM service will provide its subscribers with many hours of compelling viewing.”
About LOVEFiLM:
Warner Bros. International Television Distribution is one of the world's largest distributors of feature films, television programs and animation to the international television marketplace (broadcast, pay cable, basic cable, satellite, pay-per-view, video-on-demand, digital platforms, etc.). It licenses some 61,000 hours of programming (including more than 6,500 features and 3,000 television programs, comprised of tens of thousands of individual episodes), dubbed or subtitled in more than 40 languages, to telecasters and cablecasters in more than 175 countries.###
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• LOVEFiLM is an Amazon company and is the leading European film and TV series subscription service with over 2 million members in the UK, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, and Norway
• LOVEFiLM has signed a number of film and TV content deals with major studios including Miramax, Twentieth Century Fox, NBC Universal,Marvel, Sony Pictures, Warner Bros., Disney, ABC, BBC, ITV, Channel 4, STUDIOCANAL and eOne
• LOVEFiLM members can enjoy the benefits of DVDs and Blu-rays delivered straight to their door with LOVEFiLM By Post giving them access to more than 70,000 titles and the very latest new releases
• LOVEFiLM Instant is available on over 280 Internet-enabled devices including PCs, PlayStation3, iPad, Kindle Fire and Kindle Fire HD, Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii and Wii U, plus a growing number of Blu-Ray players and Internet-connected TVs including Sony, Samsung and LG
• LOVEFiLM is available for one low monthly price – with no late fees. Packages start from £4.99
• LOVEFiLM offers a range of video games rental options in the UK market to support gaming across Xbox 360, Xbox, PlayStation3, PlayStation2, Wii and DS
• For additional information including a breakdown of packages visit www.lovefilm.com
Warner Bros. International Television Distribution is one of the world's largest distributors of feature films, television programs and animation to the international television marketplace (broadcast, pay cable, basic cable, satellite, pay-per-view, video-on-demand, digital platforms, etc.). It licenses some 61,000 hours of programming (including more than 6,500 features and 3,000 television programs, comprised of tens of thousands of individual episodes), dubbed or subtitled in more than 40 languages, to telecasters and cablecasters in more than 175 countries.