Sky has
announced that it can now offer download movies on its
Anytime
PC service from all major studios, after agreeing a deal with
Warner
Bros and
Paramount.
The broadcaster said that the agreements make it the first online download
service to offer the latest movies from all six major movie studios.
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"The Paramount deal will provide
Sky
Movies customers with PC access to titles such as Mission: Impossible
3, The Weather Man, Saving Private Ryan and Top
Gun through
Sky
Box Office," an official Sky statement said.
"And, in early 2008, all Sky customers will be able to download movies
including Shrek The Third and Transformers."
The Warner Bros deal includes Harry Potter and The Goblet Of Fire,
Superman Returns and Poseidon.
Sky claimed that, since the launch of its Anytime service in January 2006,
customers had downloaded over two million films.
Customers who subscribe to all of the premium Sky Movies channels have access
to between 400 and 500 subscription movies to download to their PC at no extra
cost.
"Working with leading content providers has been a key factor in the success
of Sky Movies and we are delighted to be the first download service to offer
titles from all the major studios," said Ian Lewis, director of Sky Movies and
Sky Box Office.
"The evolution of Sky Movies into a multi-platform, multi-media service is
driven by customer demands to watch the best movies how and when they want."
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