MusicGiants Launches VideoGiants(TM) Service with Films from Paramount Pictures

Wed Jan 9, 2008 8:45am EST
 
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MusicGiants Launches A First-Of-Its-Kind Service That Sells Films
Directly Into High-End Home Theater Systems, Starting With Many Of
Paramount Pictures' Titles
LAS VEGAS--(Business Wire)--MusicGiants today announced that they have entered into a
distribution deal with Paramount Pictures Digital Entertainment to
distribute motion picture films from the Paramount library through
their new VideoGiants(TM) home theater digital content delivery
platform. The MusicGiants Download Media store is already being built
into most of the media servers for the high-end home theater industry,
including Crestron, Imerge, Niveus, Russound, ReQuest, Xperinet,
Cutting Edge, and Inteset among others. Over the next several months,
MusicGiants' VideoGiants(TM) solution will become available inside
numerous other consumer electronic devices and will function as the
primary means of content acquisition for upscale households.

   "Over the past several years, high-end home audio consumers have
come to rely on MusicGiants as the source for all of their favorite
music. We are now pleased to announce that we are going to do the same
thing for films and television shows through our VideoGiants(TM)
service," said Scott Bahneman, CEO of MusicGiants. "Our company is
uniquely positioned to sell the highest quality content into premium
connected homes because our MG MediaStore software is being built into
so many home theater devices."

   Select titles from Paramount Pictures' library will be offered
through the VideoGiants(TM) 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(TM) 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(TM) is one of the most recent initiatives
that furthers efforts to seek out alternative ways to distribute
content digitally. "This is the first time we have licensed our films
for sale and delivery on a hard drive," said Derek Broes, Senior Vice
President of Worldwide Business Development at Paramount Pictures
Digital Entertainment. "What appeals to us about MusicGiants, and
their VideoGiants(TM) 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."

   MusicGiants already has over 600 commissioned dealers across the
United States who focus entirely on selling and installing great home
entertainment systems. The VideoGiants(TM) service saves dealers and
end-users a lot of time and money and eliminates the headache of how
to legally load movies onto a media server. Additionally, the
VideoGiants(TM) service should speed the adoption of media servers
because the devices can now be legally loaded with the best movies and
music at or before installation.

   "What's revolutionary about our new service is that our hardware
partners' customers can get content from us in two ways," added
Bahneman. "First, they can get large collections delivered on a hard
drive - a recent collection came to $22,000 for a single customer.
Second, they can purchase content directly from their media server.
There is no need to buy an additional, single purpose box, because our
store is built right in a wide range of existing consumer electronics
devices."

   Seagate Technology, the worldwide leader in design, manufacturing
and marketing of hard disc drives, has teamed with MusicGiants.
Seagate's drives are used to deliver MusicGiants and VideoGiants(TM)
content collections to installers and their clients.

   "We are very happy to be working with MusicGiants in bringing this
revolutionary approach to content acquisition and storage to the 32
million HDTV households in the United States," said Pat King, SVP of
Seagate Technology. "We think the trends that MusicGiants is
experiencing at the high-end will quickly migrate to the mass market
once people see how easy it is to acquire premium content delivered on
hard drives or downloaded directly into a media server attached to
their home entertainment system. We are very excited to be working
with MusicGiants and their consumer electronics (CE) partners to bring
the solution to the market."

   For more information, visit www.MusicGiants.com.

   About MusicGiants

   MusicGiants delivers high definition and premium entertainment
from all of the giants of the industry right into customers' home
theaters. Our MG media store is integrated into many of the top media
servers for convenient delivery of premium content. MusicGiants is the
perfect companion for home entertainment systems and anywhere else
that high quality content matters. For more information on MusicGiants
visit www.MusicGiants.com.

   About Paramount Pictures Digital Entertainment

   Paramount Pictures Digital Entertainment is part of Paramount
Pictures Corporation (PPC), a global producer and distributor of
filmed entertainment. PPC is a unit of Viacom (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), a
leading content company with prominent and respected film, television
and digital entertainment brands. The company's labels include
Paramount Pictures, Paramount Vantage, Paramount Classics, MTV Films,
Nickelodeon Movies and DreamWorks Studios. PPC operations also include
Paramount Pictures Digital Entertainment, Paramount Home
Entertainment, Paramount Pictures International, Paramount Licensing
Inc., Paramount Studios, and Worldwide Television Distribution.

For MusicGiants
Caster Communications, Inc.
Joe Paone, 401-792-7080
jpaone@castercomm.com
or
Lauren Simmen, 401-792-7080
lsimmen@castercomm.com
or
For digital images log on to www.castercomm.com
or
Paramount Pictures Digital Entertainment
Jodi Lederman, 310-205-0618
Jodi_Lederman@paramount.com

Copyright Business Wire 2008

 

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