NEW YORK, April 4, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- YOU On Demand
Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: YOD) ("YOU On Demand"), a leading
multi-platform entertainment and Video On Demand company
in China, today announced the expansion of its cooperation to
offer feature films from global film and television
studio, Miramax, via YOU On Demand's mobile service.
YOU On Demand will now make available Miramax's library titles
including Oscar®-winners "Chicago"
and "The English Patient," through its Subscription Video On Demand
(SVOD) package and via its Transactional Video On Demand (TVOD)
offering.
"The Miramax library includes some of the best known,
award-winning and critically acclaimed
films Hollywood has to offer," said Shane McMahon,
Chairman of YOU On Demand. "We are very excited to expand our
partnership with Miramax and continue YOU On Demand's pursuit
to provide rich and diverse content to customers anytime and
anywhere on a wide variety of platforms, including mobile, digital
cable, IPTV and Over-the-Top."
About YOU On Demand Holdings, Inc.
(http://corporate.yod.com)
YOU On Demand (NASDAQ:
YOD), is a leading multi-platform entertainment company delivering
premium content, including leading Hollywood and China-produced movie titles, to customers
across China via Subscription
Video On Demand and Transactional Video On Demand. The Company has
secured alliances with leading global media operators and content
developers. YOU On Demand has content distribution agreements
in place with many of Hollywood's top studios including Disney
Media Distribution, Paramount Pictures, NBC Universal, Warner
Bros., Miramax Films, Lionsgate and Magnolia Pictures, as well as a
broad selection of the best content from Chinese filmmakers. The
Company has a comprehensive end-to-end secure delivery system,
governmental partnerships and approvals and offers additional
value-added services. YOU On Demand has strategic partnerships with
the largest media entities in China, a highly experienced management team
with international background and expertise in Cable, Television,
Film, Digital Media, Internet and Telecom. YOU On Demand is
headquartered in New York, NY with
its China headquarters in
Beijing.
About Miramax
Miramax is a leading worldwide film and
television studio with a library of more than 700 motion pictures
containing some of the most original and acclaimed independent
films, such as Pulp Fiction, Chicago, Good Will
Hunting, The English Patient, Life is Beautiful,
and City Of God – as well as scores of commercially
successful films such as Bridget Jones's Diary and the
Scream, Scary Movie and Spy Kids franchises.
Collectively, the Miramax library has received 284 Academy Award®
nominations and 68 Oscars®, including four Best Picture
awards. Miramax's world-class global distribution team has
successfully brought this acclaimed collection of titles to
existing and emerging platforms in nearly every country in the
world.
Miramax's new development projects include both television and
film. Currently the studio is working with industry luminaries to
create new derivative television series based on their respective
award-winning stories and characters. These titles
include Gangs of New York with Martin Scorsese, Cop
Land with James Mangold, and
Robert Rodriguez's From Dusk
Till Dawn: The Series, currently in active production. Film
projects include Jeremy
Garelick's The Wedding Ringer (starring
Kevin Hart, Josh Gad and
Kaley Cuoco) to be released by
Sony's Screen Gems January 16, 2015.
Miramax also recently announced a multi-title, multi-year agreement
with The Weinstein Company to create derivative work for film,
television and stage.
Miramax was purchased in 2010 by Qatar Holding, together with
the investor group led by Miramax Chairman Thomas J. Barrack, Jr.'s Colony Capital, and is
headquartered in Santa Monica,
California with a sales office in London. For more information, please visit
miramax.com.
Social Media
Facebook: facebook.com/Miramax
Twitter: twitter.com/Miramax
Instagram: instagram.com/Miramax
Pinterest: pinterest.com/Miramax
CONTACT:
Jason
Finkelstein
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Robert Rinderman or
Norberto Aja
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YOU On
Demand
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JCIR
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212-206-1216
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212-835-8500
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jason.finkelstein@yod.com
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YOD@jcir.com
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@youondemand
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