DarrellP
12-18-02, 05:38 PM
Just received this from HDTVMagazine:
HDNET LICENSES ITS FIRST-EVER FEATURE FILM PACKAGE IN DEAL WITH WARNER BROS.
DOMESTIC CABLE DISTRIBUTION
DALLAS - Dec. 18, 2002 - HDNet has licensed the high-definition television
(HDTV) rights to an extensive selection of Warner Bros. feature films in a
long-term deal with Warner Bros. Domestic Cable Distribution (WBDCD). The
deal represents HDNet's first-ever acquisition of a feature film package.
Under the terms of the agreement, WBDCD will provide HDNet with some 30
features films each month, which have been converted to high-definition
format for broadcast on HDNet via satellite and cable distribution.
HDNet viewers will enjoy a diverse slate of popular films that will attract
a wide audience. The list of titles from Warner Bros., which spans all
decades of the company's extensive 75-year library, includes Stanley Kubrick
's four-time Oscar winner "Barry Lyndon," "A Clockwork Orange" and "Full
Metal Jacket"; Martin Scorsese's "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore"; Clint
Eastwood's "Thelonious Monk: Straight No Chaser"; "A Chorus Line," starring
Michael Douglas; "The Main Event" and "Nuts" starring Barbra Streisand and
five-time Academy Award winner "Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolfe" starring
Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor.
HDNET LICENSES ITS FIRST-EVER FEATURE FILM PACKAGE IN DEAL WITH WARNER BROS.
DOMESTIC CABLE DISTRIBUTION
DALLAS - Dec. 18, 2002 - HDNet has licensed the high-definition television
(HDTV) rights to an extensive selection of Warner Bros. feature films in a
long-term deal with Warner Bros. Domestic Cable Distribution (WBDCD). The
deal represents HDNet's first-ever acquisition of a feature film package.
Under the terms of the agreement, WBDCD will provide HDNet with some 30
features films each month, which have been converted to high-definition
format for broadcast on HDNet via satellite and cable distribution.
HDNet viewers will enjoy a diverse slate of popular films that will attract
a wide audience. The list of titles from Warner Bros., which spans all
decades of the company's extensive 75-year library, includes Stanley Kubrick
's four-time Oscar winner "Barry Lyndon," "A Clockwork Orange" and "Full
Metal Jacket"; Martin Scorsese's "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore"; Clint
Eastwood's "Thelonious Monk: Straight No Chaser"; "A Chorus Line," starring
Michael Douglas; "The Main Event" and "Nuts" starring Barbra Streisand and
five-time Academy Award winner "Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolfe" starring
Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor.