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Cogeco Cable and Twentieth Century Fox Film Sign Video On Demand Deal
Cogeco Cable and Twentieth Century Fox Film Sign Video On Demand Deal.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\nMONTREAL, March 26 /CNW Telbec/ - Cogeco Cable and Twentieth Century Fox\nannounced today that they have signed an agreement that will bolster Cogeco\nCable's video-on-demand (VOD) offering by adding Twentieth Century Fox's new\nreleases and classic movies to the service.\n\n\nTwentieth Century Fox's stellar new release line up will be available to\nCogeco Cable customers on a VOD basis as of today. Twentieth Century Fox's box\noffice hits available on the service include X-Men The Last Stand, Ice Age:\nThe Meltdown, The Devil Wears Prada and Little Miss Sunshine, in addition to\nmany other new release and library titles. On April 4th, the groundbreaking\nphenomenon Borat will debut on Cogeco Cable's VOD service giving customers\neasy access to this critically acclaimed and award winning comedy.\n\n\n"Our VOD service is growing in popularity and we are thrilled to be\nassociated with 20th Century Fox, which produces many blockbusters each year.\nThis agreement will enable us to enhance our VOD selection as well as our\ncustomers' VOD experience," said Ron Perrotta, Vice President of Marketing at\nCogeco Cable.\n\n\n"With a top slate of films over the past several years, we've had some\ngreat results with our VOD partners in the U.S. and Canada and we are excited\nto build on that success with Cogeco," said Jamie McCabe, Executive Vice\nPresident, Worldwide PPV, VOD and EST, Twentieth Century Fox.\n\n\nCogeco Cable customers can access the VOD content on channels 1, 299,\nand, in Ontario, 267, where they can choose from more than 1000 titles of\nprogramming including new movies, classic titles and children's programs.\n\n\nSubscribers enjoy access to the movie libraries of Twentieth Century Fox,\nWarner Bros. Picture, Sony Pictures Television International, Universal\nStudios Television Distribution Canada, MGM Home Entertainment, Alliance\nAtlantis Motion Picture Distribution (which also represents certain U.S.\nstudios), Lions Gate, representing 70% of domestic box office receipts, as\nwell as Corus Entertainment and several other VOD programming providers.\n\n\nThe Cogeco Cable network employs technology that makes interactivity\npossible. Through the digital platform, customers benefit from a two-way\nconnection with the network, enabling them to take advantage of an array of\ninteractive services ...