HDNet Licenses Its First-Ever Feature Film Package In Deal With Warner Bros. Domestic Cable Distribution

19-Dec-02

HDNet has licensed the high-definition television (HDTV) rights to an extensive selection of Warner Bros. feature films in a long-term deal with Warner Bros. Domestic Cable Distribution (WBDCD). The deal represents HDNet's first-ever acquisition of a feature film package.Under the terms of the agreement, WBDCD will provide HDNet with some 30 features films each month, which have been converted to high-definition format for broadcast on HDNet via satellite and cable distribution.HDNet viewers will enjoy a diverse slate of popular films that will attract a wide audience. The list of titles from Warner Bros., which spans all decades of the company's extensive 75-year library, includes Stanley Kubrick's four-time OscarÆ winner ""Barry Lyndon,"" ""A Clockwork Orange,"" and ""Full Metal Jacket""; Martin Scorsese's ""Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore""; Clint Eastwood's ""Thelonious Monk: Straight No Chaser""; ""A Chorus Line,"" starring Michael Douglas; ""The Main Event"" and ""Nuts"" starring Barbra Streisand; and five-time Academy AwardÆ winner ""Who's Afraid Of Virginia Wolfe"" starring Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor.""We couldn't be more pleased than to serve as a major supplier of programming to this exciting new network, devoted to showing our great films in a high quality that has never before been seen by television viewers,"" said Eric Frankel, President, Warner Bros. Domestic Cable Distribution. ""It is our hope that by broadening its programming lineup to include world-class films, shown in HDTV, we can help HDNet grow its channel distribution and subscriber base exponentially and that this will truly be the beginning of a long-term, mutually-beneficial relationship.""""As a leading entertainment company, Warner Bros. is a great partner to help HDNet expand our schedule of high-quality HDTV programming for our viewers,"" said Mark Cuban, co-founder and President of HDNet. ""Feature films have always served as a driver in emerging media--be it pay television, cable networks, pay-per-view, or VOD. We believe that by offering our viewers a slate of first-rate films, we will continue to expand HDNet's audience and availability.""For more information about HDNet, visit www.hd.net.

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