MusicGiants Launches VideoGiants Service With Paramount Films

MusicGiants, the digital music service which recently announced the addition of digital video services called VideoGiants, says it has entered into a distribution deal with Paramount Pictures Digital Entertainment to distribute motion picture films from the Paramount library.

In a press release, the MusicGiants writes that "select titles from Paramount Pictures' library will be offered through the VideoGiants service in specially designed movie collections for hard drive delivery, or on an a-la-carte basis via direct download, onto any media server using the MG MediaStore software.

"The VideoGiants service will offer motion pictures from Paramount's download-to-own catalog, which includes films such as 'Shooter,' 'Mission: Impossible,' 'Braveheart' and hundreds of other popular titles."

For Paramount Pictures Digital Entertainment, the launch of its films through VideoGiants represents an alternative means of distributing content.

"This is the first time we have licensed our films for sale and delivery on a hard drive," says Derek Broes, senior vice president of Worldwide Business Development at Paramount Pictures Digital Entertainment.

"What appeals to us about MusicGiants, and their VideoGiants movie delivery service, is that their target demographic is focused on high-end consumers with home theaters and this audience consists typically of early adopters of new technology. Therefore, we want to ensure that our films are easy to legally purchase, store, and enjoy."

According to MusicGiants, its download media store is already being built into media servers made by Crestron, Imerge, Niveus, Russound, ReQuest, Xperinet, Cutting Edge, Inteset and others.

It adds that over the next several months, MusicGiants' VideoGiants solution will become available inside numerous other consumer electronic devices and will function as the primary means of content acquisition for upscale households.

Read the full press release here:
Musicgiants Launches Videogiants Service with Films from Paramount Pictures