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).
CinemaNow was founded in 1999 and its investors include Lions Gate Entertainment, Microsoft and Blockbuster. The company is located in Marina del Rey, California.
