Monday, 21 September 2009

IP Vision has signed a deal with Disney-ABC-ESPN Television to deliver movie content via its FetchTV IPTV platform.  The deal means that FetchTV SmartBox owners will be able to access features from the Disney-ABC-ESPN portfolio on its Fetch TV Video-On-Demand (VOD) service.

The content deal covers premium movies including current releases such as Walt Disney Pictures' "Bedtime Stories" with Adam Sandler and Miramax Films' "Doubt" starring Meryl Streep.  There is also a wealth of library titles available to view including Walt Disney Pictures' "Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl", "Calendar Girls" and "Signs" from Touchstone Pictures, and Miramax Films' "The English Patient".

New movies cost £3.49 for 24 hours and library movies cost £1.99 for 24 hours.

IP Vision's FetchTV SmartBox is the new Freeview+ box in the UK that can deliver VOD content to the TV screen without any monthly subscription tie-ins.  Customers simply buy the box, connect it to their current broadband supplier and choose and pay for just the content they want to watch.

Eddie Abrams CEO IP Vision said:

"This deal is great for our customers because it allows them access to great blockbuster family entertainment movie titles without being tied into any monthly subscription.  Users will have access to some of the best family entertainment available from the latest movies to some classic library blockbusters."

Maria Kyriacou, senior vice president, New Media Distribution, EMEA & Canada, Disney-ABC-ESPN Television, commented:

"The flexibility of IP Vision's FetchTV gives UK viewers the opportunity to enjoy our diverse portfolio of features 24 hours-a-day on a pay-as-you-go basis.  We continue to work with partners to offer viewers the power to choose the content they want, at a time that suits them, and our deal with IP Vision underlines this ongoing strategy."

Besides over 1500 hundreds of hours of VOD content IP Vision's FetchTV Freeview+ SmartBox also offers its users access to catch up content direct to their TV screen.  The SmartBox provides free access to a growing range of web video services. Users are able to watch BBC iPlayer catch-up content directly on the TV as well as selected video from Channel 4, Sky Sports News, Discovery Channel and CNN.

The FetchTV SmartBox is available from John Lewis stores nationwide or online at www.fetchtv.co.uk and retail at £219.