Disney Scores HK VOD Deal

HONG
KONG, April 16: Buena Vista International Television-Asia Pacific (BVITV-AP)
has concluded a multi-year video-on-demand movie agreement in Hong Kong with
ViDeOnline Communications, a third-party provider of VOD content over
broadband, mobile and IPTV.

This
is The Walt Disney Company’s first VOD agreement in Hong Kong. It brings a
range of titles from Walt Disney Pictures, Touchstone Pictures and Miramax
Films to ViDeOnline’s O8Media internet platform, which launches this month. In
addition, this agreement allows ViDeOnline to distribute the Disney movies
on-demand to Hutchison broadband customers on a pay-per-view and subscription
basis, allowing users to rewind, pause and fast-forward during the movie.
Hutchison launches its broadband to PC service this month jointly with
ViDeOnline’s O8Media platform. Disney movies on-demand will also be available
to Hutchison TV customers when the company rolls out its digital set-top-box
service later this year.