Monday, September 29, 2003

Shaw Licenses Universal Studios Content for its VOD Offering

Shaw Communications, which provides cable TV services to approximately 2.9 million customers in Canada,entered into a long-term licensing agreement with Universal Studios Pay-Per-View (USPPV) to provide major Hollywood movies and other programming content for Shaw's Video-on-Demand (VOD) and Pay-Per-View (PPV) services. Universal Studios, which is part of Vivendi UNIVERSAL Entertainment (VUE), is now licensing and marketing its movies to pay-per-view and video-on-demand distributors worldwide.
http://www.shaw.ca/http://www.universalppv.net/

  • In June 2003, Twentieth Century Fox signed a long-term agreement to provide movies and other programming content for Shaw's Video-on-Demand (VOD) and Pay-Per-View (PPV) services.