Warner Bros. Launches U.K. VOD Service on Tiscali

BURBANK/LONDON, June 5:
More than 400 hours of content from Warner Bros. International Television
Distribution (WBITD) will be made available on an on-demand basis to
subscribers of Tiscali TV in the U.K. via a new branded service.

Warner TV will feature Nip/Tuck,
The O.C. and Smallville, among others. The VOD channel will be open to
subscribers as part of Tiscali’s Entertainment Xtra Mix. The move is in line
with WBITD’s recently announced initiative to expand its branded VOD channels
business. The Tiscali news follows the launch of Warner TV VOD channels with
ProSieben in Germany, Virgin Media and BT in the U.K., USEN Corporation’s GyaO
in Japan and Free TV in France. Additional services are scheduled to launch on
Orange in France, as well as in India.

—By Mansha Daswani