Vongo Lands More Concert Fare With Eagle Rock Agreement
27 12월 2006 - 10:15PM
PR Newswire (US)
The Doors, Alicia Keys, The Pretenders, The Who, and Wyclef Jean
Headline New Concert Debuts for Unlimited Subscription Video
Download Service ENGLEWOOD, Colo., Dec. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Starz
Entertainment announced today that Vongo will be increasing the
service's concert selection with a new music content acquisition
agreement with Eagle Rock Entertainment. Thirty-eight Eagle Rock
full-length concerts from the worlds of classic rock, modern rock
and R&B, join the hundreds of other concerts and music
documentaries already available to Vongo subscribers for unlimited
subscription downloads. Vongo delivers broadband movies and other
video content for playback on Windows-based PCs, laptops, select
portable media devices and TV, and provides subscribers unlimited
access to more than 1,000 movies and 2,300 total video selections
as well as a live, streaming Starz TV channel for a monthly cost of
$9.99. Highlights from the Eagle Rock concerts include: The Doors:
Live in Europe 1968 (2004), The Diary of Alicia Keys (2004), The
Pretenders: Loose in LA (2003), The Who: Live at The Isle of Wight
1970 (2004), Wyclef Jean's All-Star Jam at Carnegie Hall (2004),
Yes: Live in Amsterdam (2002) and The Cure: Trilogy (2003). Several
of the concerts debuted this month, and the remaining will debut
throughout the balance of December 2006 and January 2007 (see
appendix below). Several concerts will also be available for
individual PPV purchase for $0.99. All of the concerts featured
will have two-year license terms to Starz Entertainment and are
anticipated to have lengthy scheduling runs on Vongo. "Unlimited
movie downloads put Vongo on the map in the broadband universe, but
concerts and music video programming have proven very popular with
our loyal customer base," said Joe Cantwell, vice president of
marketing, advanced services for Starz Entertainment. "The Eagle
Rock concerts offer great performances across many musical genres
and have a particular appeal to those who seek portability for
their 'video on the go.'" Nancy Silverstone, vice president of
program acquisitions for Starz Entertainment, negotiated the deal
and added, "Concerts and long-form musical content have great
appeal to a big segment of many of our audiences, and particularly
works well for Vongo. Eagle Rock has a great library of music
content and we are thrilled to partner with them to bring our
customers access to some of the music world's most exciting
concerts." Peter Worsley, managing director of licensing for Eagle
Rock added, "We are excited to be involved at such an early stage
in Vongo which we believe will bring our programming to a whole new
audience". In addition to Windows-based PCs, laptops and portable
devices, Vongo subscribers can also transfer their Vongo content
onto a TV for optimal viewing. Vongo was launched at the 2006
Consumer Electronics Show and was nominated for two Emmy(R) Awards
this year. Vongo is currently offering a 14-day free trial and in
available as a free download for broadband subscribers in the
United States at http://www.vongo.com/. As one of the largest
content aggregators in Hollywood, Starz Entertainment has access to
thousands of theatrical films that it makes available on Vongo
including The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the
Wardrobe, Flightplan , Sin City, National Treasure, The Aviator,
Hitch, The Incredibles, Bewitched, Fun with Dick and Jane, and
Chicken Little and coming in 2007, The Da Vinci Code, Cars,
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, and Pirates of the
Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest. Starz Entertainment is the exclusive
subscription provider of first-run output, classic and favorite
films from leading Hollywood studios including Walt Disney
Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Overture Films, Revolution
Studios, Miramax Films, Touchstone Pictures, Hollywood Pictures,
Pixar, TriStar, Screen Gems, Sony Classics, Samuel Goldwyn and
Warren Miller Films. Select first-run theatrical films from The
Weinstein Company and IFC are also available, and a vast collection
of library and classic titles are provided by a wide array of other
Hollywood studios. Starz Entertainment, LLC, is a premium movie
service provider operating in the United States. It offers 16 movie
channels including the flagship Starz(R) and Encore(R) brands with
approximately 14.9 million and 26.6 million subscribers
respectively. Starz Entertainment airs more than 1,000 movies per
month across its pay TV channels and offers advanced services
including Starz HD, Starz On Demand and Vongo(SM). Starz
Entertainment (http://www.starz.com/) is an operating unit of
Starz, LLC, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Liberty Media
Corporation that is attributed to Liberty Capital Group
(NASDAQ:LCAPANASDAQ:LCAPB). Eagle Rock Entertainment is one of the
leading independent sources for music audio and audio/ visual
programming, which it releases worldwide on DVD, CD and other
formats, as well as through channels such as television and VOD.
Eagle Rock's mission is to bring music fans high quality music
audio and audio/visual content from the broadest range of artists,
with superior production, sound and high definition visuals, as
well as other historically significant releases. Contacts: Eric
Becker David Coates Starz Entertainment Brodeur for Starz
Entertainment (720) 852-4065 (617) 587-2927 Eagle Rock Concerts
Available Now on Vongo (original commercial release date) Electric
Light Orchestra: Live at Wembley (2006) Jerry Lee Lewis and Friends
(2005) The Who: Live at the Isle of Wight 1970 (2004) Pet Shop
Boys: Somewhere (2004) Jethro Tull: Nothing is Easy - at the Isle
of Wight (2005) The Beach Boys: Good Timin' Live at Knebworth
(2003) George Thorogood & The Destroyers: 30th Anniversary
Tour: Live in Europe (2004) Big Brother & the Holding Company
with Janis Joplin: Nine Hundred Nights (2004) Engelbert Humperdink:
Live (2003) Dizzy Gillespie: At the Royal Festival (2001) Wyclef
Jean's All Star Jam at Carnegie Hall (2004) Yes: Live in Amsterdam
(2002) Miles Davis: Miles Electric - A Different Kind of Blue
(2004) Blind Boys of Alabama: Go Tell it on the Mountain (2005)
Etta James and the Roots Band: Burnin' Down the House (2002) The
Doors: Live in Europe 1968 (2004) The Diary of Alicia Keys (2004)
Marvin Gaye: Greatest Hits Live in 1976 (2000) Hank Williams: The
Man and His Music (2003) An Irish Holiday (2003) Debuting
12/29/2006 Busta Rhymes: Everything Remains Raw (Version 2) (2004)
Elvis Costello and the Imposters: Club Date-Live in Memphis (2005)
Fatboy Slim: At the Big Beach Boutique (2002) Joni Mitchell: Woman
of Heart and Mind (2003) Little Feat: High Wire Act Live in St.
Louis (2003) Debuting 1/5/2007 Alice Cooper: Brutally Live (2000)
The Pretenders: Loose in LA (2003) Chic: Live at Montreux 2004
(2005) John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers & Friends: 70th
Birthday Concert (2003) Nazareth: Homecoming (Greatest Hits Live in
Glasgow) (2002) Debuting 1/12/2007 The Cure: Trilogy (2003) Diana
Krall: Live in Paris (2002) An Evening with Peter Green and the
Splinter Group: Pt.2 - The Electric Set (2003) Procol Harum: Live
at the Union Chapel (2004) Debuting 1/19/2007 Marilyn Manson: God,
Guns and Government (2002) Roy Orbison: Greatest Hits Live (2003)
Willie Nelson & Friends: Outlaws & Angels (2004) Cat
Stevens: Majika t-The Concert (2004) DATASOURCE: Starz
Entertainment, LLC CONTACT: Eric Becker of Starz Entertainment,
LLC, +1-720-852-4065, ; or David Coates of Brodeur,
+1-617-587-2927, , for Starz Entertainment, LLC Web site:
http://www.starz.com/
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