Top Hollywood entertainment ‘on-Demand’ to be delivered to homes across Asia Pacific

ATF, Singapore– Buena Vista International Television-Asia Pacific (BVITV-AP), the international television distribution arm of The Walt Disney Company, has concluded a multi-year movie video-on-demand (VOD) IPTV agreement with Asia Pacific’s leading Video on-Demand Channel ANYTIME. This agreement will make available a range of current and library features on the ANYTIME channel in Australia through TransACT and Regional Internet Australia (RIA), Buddy Broadband in Thailand and TDMC in Taiwan. This agreement is in line with The Walt Disney Company's focus on the application of technology to enhance its content and expand its distribution to deliver anytime, anywhere.

Through this agreement, IPTV customers in Australia, Taiwan and Thailand will be able to enjoy a wide selection of feature films from Walt Disney Pictures, Touchstone Pictures and Miramax Films. Titles include the worldwide hits “Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl,” and “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe,” as well as blockbusters “Cinderella Man,” “Eight Below,” and “Flightplan”. The selection also includes the action-packed thriller “Face/Off,” and family comedies “Herbie: Fully Loaded” and “Freaky Friday.”

The agreement also includes important provisions for cooperation against piracy of BVITV’s content, while at the same time safeguarding the privacy of end users and remaining consistent with local law and industry practice.
“We are very pleased to have concluded this pan-regional VOD deal with ANYTIME to offer our top movie titles ‘on-demand’ to IPTV subscribers across the region,” commented Steve Macallister, BVITV-AP’s senior vice president and managing director. “As flexibility and choice of viewing become increasingly important, our focus will continue to be on finding innovative and convenient ways for consumers to access our content.”

President and CEO of ANYTIME Craig Zimbulis said: “We are delighted to be able to add BVITV to existing ANYTIME deployments. The appeal of BVITV content is indisputable and its inclusion for us greatly enhances ANYTIME’s ability to present the very best in entertainment to all age groups.”

Zimbulis added: “BVITV’s award-winning line-up of entertainment further establishes ANYTIME as the pre-eminent Video on-Demand channel in Asia Pacific.”

ANYTIME provides video content owners, such as BVITV, with a streamlined process for getting product to market, giving fast access to new audiences and revenue streams. It provides carriers with a complete programming solution covering content and metadata, data encoding and encryption, interface development and marketing support.

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ABOUT BUENA VISTA INTERNATIONAL TELEVISION – ASIA PACIFIC

Buena Vista International Television – Asia Pacific (BVITV-AP) is the international television distribution arm of The Walt Disney Company that licenses quality feature films, critically acclaimed network television series and news programming, the very best in animation and prestigious specials such as the Academy Awards to video-on-demand, mobile, pay-per-view, pay and free-to-air platforms across Asia Pacific. BVITV-AP is a proud distributor of multi-award winning programs including Desperate Housewives, Lost, Grey’s Anatomy and The Amazing Race.

BVITV-AP is headquartered in Hong Kong with liaison offices in Sydney, Seoul and Mumbai, and liaison persons in Beijing and Shanghai. BVITV provides programming to 160 broadcasters in over 35 territories in the region and licenses 30,000 hours of programming globally.

ABOUT ANYTIME

Headquartered in Singapore, ANYTIME is Asia Pacific’s leading video on-demand channel delivered to consumers over IPTV, broadband and digital cable networks. With output deals and access to the libraries of five of Hollywood’s leading studios—Fox, Sony, Warner, Universal and Disney —and licenses with regional content providers like Celestial Pictures, ICON Film Distribution and Becker Entertainment, ANYTIME has an unsurpassed programming line-up.

When added to proven technology, ANYTIME delivers compelling content with the control and convenience that consumers demand.

ANYTIME has existing carriage deals in Australia, India, Taiwan and Thailand, and the rights to license into 14 territories in Asia Pacific.

ANYTIME’s shareholder’s include CPE Holdings Inc. (Sony), Fox Media Services Inc., Intel Capital, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., YTC Group (a Singapore based multinational conglomerate), the Macquarie Bank Group and Coote/Hayes Productions LLC (a U.S. based TV and film production company).