New York – YOU On Demand Holdings, Inc., China’s leading national Pay-Per-View (PPV) and Video On Demand (VOD) platform, has entered a licensing agreement with Screen Media Ventures to distribute their films via Transactional Video On Demand (TVOD) and Subscription Video On Demand (SVOD).
Among the Screen Media films that will be available through YOU On Demand are Mike Myers’ Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery; Drop Dead Gorgeous, which starred Kirstin Dunst;What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, which featured Leonardo DiCaprio’s breakout Oscar-nominated performance opposite Johnny Depp;Where The Heart Is, which starred Ashley Judd and Natalie Portman; and Jude Law and Gretchen Moll’s romantic comedy film Music From Another Room.
Shane McMahon, Chairman and CEO of YOU On Demand, said, “Screen Media is one of the leaders in distribution and marketing of independent feature films and we’re very excited about adding their content to our platform.”
Screen Media now joins Warner Bros. Entertainment, Disney Media Distribution, NBCUniversal, Paramount Pictures, Lionsgate, Miramax, Magnolia Pictures, Gravitas Ventures, Film Buff, K2 Communications, 3net and Big Mama Digital Entertainment (Karaoke) as content providers working with YOU On Demand in its efforts to bring the best in home entertainment to audiences in China.