LIBERATION ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCES DIGITAL
RETAIL AGREEMENT WITH COOLROOM
London – UK – 7th December 2007. Liberation today announces that it has signed a digital distribution agreement with UK online retailer, Coolroom.
A full range of programmes will be made digitally available from Liberation’s extensive catalogue and exciting new release schedule on Coolroom’s download store on www.coolroom.com and on Coolroom’s bespoke and unique IPTV channel across Microsoft Media Center.
Consumers with Windows XP or Vista PCs* can view Coolroom through Media Center and ultimately enjoy Liberation’s content from the comfort of their sofa on the TV screen via a remote controlled home entertainment PC.
Liberation’s titles will be available to consumers via Download to Own and Download to Rent from £0.99. As is the nature of the Liberation catalogue, there will be a wide selection of titles on offer representing genres as diverse as Music (eg The Beach Boys’ American Band), Documentary (eg Manufacturing Dissent), Feature Film (eg The Prodigal) Children’s titles (eg Chuckle Brothers’ Pirates of The River Rother) and Sport (eg Ricky Hatton: A Life Story).
“Liberation is very excited to be working together with Coolroom to make our content available through a first-class digital retailer. Central to Liberation’s business plan for 2008 and beyond is the digital distribution of both our current catalogue and our slate of new frontline releases. It’s platforms like Coolroom that are really pushing the boundaries in this field and with their partnership with Microsoft we are able to make our titles available to an even wider audience and develop new and creative ways to monetise our content”, says Isaac Moshe of Liberation Entertainment.
“We’re delighted to be adding Liberation’s broad range of features to the Coolroom channel, ensuring the offering is continually diversified and that legitimate digital content is readily available at consumer friendly prices”, said Rupert Fleming, Coolroom Managing Director.
* Microsoft Media Center comes as standard on the following operating systems; Windows XP Media Center Edition, Vista Home Premium & Vista Ultimate.
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About Liberation
Los Angeles and London based Liberation Entertainment is an integrated independent entertainment distribution company, primarily engaged in the business of acquiring and selling film and television content and maximising the value of its catalogue worldwide via DVD distribution, digital distribution and TV broadcast sales.
Launched in 2006, Liberation Entertainment owns the rights to a wide variety of audio-visual content, including over 250 feature films, two and a half thousand hours of classic television series, a large animation library, Sport, Special Interest, Interactive DVD and Music DVD from artists such as Stereophonics, Paul Weller, Beach Boys, Carlos Santana and The Beatles.
About Coolroom
Coolroom is a digital entertainment download store promoting and retailing premium content, including full-feature movies and music, with a unique 3D virtual environment. Coolroom is a cross-platform offering, available to consumers both online at www.coolroom.com and uniquely via Microsoft Media Center on Windows Vista & XP. Premium entertainment from Coolroom can also be securely remoted throughout a wireless home network with digital media adaptors including Microsoft’s Xbox 360 and Intel Viiv enabled devices. Coolroom has been ‘Highly Commended’ in Britain’s Digital Elite awards commissioned by Real Business & Microsoft. |
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www.liberationentertainment.co.uk | www.coolroom.com
For more information please contact:
Isaac Moshe
T: 0207 940 7576
E-mail: isaac.moshe@liberationentertainment.co.uk
Rupert Fleming
T: 0207 8371116
E-mail: rupert.fleming@coolroom.com
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