BT Vision Scores 3D Film Slate from NBCU

LONDON: BT has struck a deal with NBC Universal International Television Distribution for the U.K. VOD rights to all 3D movies that the studio will release within the next 12 months.

Under the terms of the NBCU deal, the two titles already in the lineup for BT customers are Step Up 3D, available from November 29, and Despicable Me, available March 14 of next year.

BT also signed an agreement with Vertigo to show StreetDance, the first British movie to be shot in 3D.

Marc Watson, the chief executive of BT Vision, said: “We already have an extensive catalogue of more than 500 movies in the U.K. courtesy of our long-term deals with major Hollywood studios and independents like Vertigo. Now Vision viewers can experience films at home in fantastic 3D, thanks to these new deals. This is just the start of 3D on Vision—viewers can expect to hear much more from us in the coming months.”