CinemaNow, which provides VOD Internet access to over 3,000 feature-length films, selected SAVVIS to provide managed hosting services for IP-based video-on-demand distribution. CinemaNow said more than one million unique users per month are using its website on either a pay-per-view or subscription basis. CinemaNow offers both download and streaming options for viewing its library of films.
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- CinemaNowhas developed its own “PatchBay” proprietary content-on-demand distribution and digital rights management system. It has also licensed “PatchBay” to Walker Asia and Chunghwa Telecom (film distribution), NHL.com (sports programming), Phish (musical group), CenterSpan (peer-to-peer network) and Arescom (hotel broadband provider).
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CinemaNow was founded in 1999 and its investors include Lions Gate Entertainment, Microsoft and Blockbuster. The company is located in Marina del Rey, California.