Amazon’s CreateSpace, HBO in On-Demand DVD Agreement

SEATTLE, June 16: CreateSpace,
part of the Amazon.com group of companies, has reached an agreement with HBO
Video to make a selection of documentaries from HBO and Cinemax available for
purchase online through its DVD on Demand service.

The service allows for the
manufacture and shipping of packaged DVDs as soon as customers place their
orders. The documentaries will be available at Amazon.com and HBO.com. The
first HBO/Cinemax documentary title to be released via CreateSpace DVD on
Demand is When I Knew, a
personal film about when individuals knew they were gay. It will be available
on June 26 after its June 25 premiere on Cinemax. The documentary Hard Times
at Douglass High: A No Child Left Behind Report Card, which examines the impact of the No Child Left
Behind Act on a storied inner-city institution, will be available on July 8
following its June 23 premiere on HBO. Both titles can now be preordered on
Amazon.com and HBO.com for $24.98 each. Additional HBO and Cinemax titles will
be made available on DVD on Demand via both websites throughout the year.

These DVDs will be
encrypted with the Content Scramble System (CSS) copy protection, becoming the
first major content label titles to be manufactured on demand with this
protection.

“HBO has an amazing
selection of unique and award-winning programming,” said Peter Faricy, the VP
of movies and music at Amazon.com. “This will further broaden the extensive
television DVD selection that Amazon.com customers have to choose from today
and enable customers to find, buy and collect an even greater selection of HBO
titles.”

“We’re excited to help
make more HBO titles available to a broader audience on both HBO.com and Amazon.com,”
added Dana LoPiccolo-Giles, the co-founder and managing director of
CreateSpace. “With Disc on Demand, customers can now order a copy of these
titles and receive their DVDs in just a few days.”

—By Irene Lew