CinemaNow

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CinemaNow is a World Wide Web-based digital video distribution company. The company was founded in 1999.

The CinemaNow library contains approximately 10,000 feature-length films, shorts, music concerts and television programs from more than 250 licensors, including 20th Century Fox, ABC News, Disney, Endemol, MGM, Miramax, NBC Universal, Sony, Warner Bros., Sundance Channel, Koch Entertainment, and Lions Gate Entertainment.

On May 14, 2006 it was announced that users would be able to download films with adult content from Vivid Entertainment from the site and then burn them to DVDs. Investors in the company include Microsoft, Blockbuster, Lion's Gate Entertainment, and Cisco Systems.

[edit] DRM

CinemaNow employs Windows Media DRM to control access to their downloaded movies.

[edit] References

• CinemaNow website
• PC Magazine reviews of CinemaNow, Movielink, and Netflix
• "The Low Down on Movie Downloads," a review of CinemaNow, iTunes, Movielink and Vongo.