SnapStream Media Partners with CinemaNow to Feature CinemaNow Media Center Edition in SnapStream Spotlight
SnapStream Spotlight enables users to stream or download movies on-demand from CinemaNow with Firefly PC Remotes
June 25, 2004 (HOUSTON) - SnapStream Media, Inc. (www.snapstream.com), a leader in PC entertainment products, and CinemaNow, Inc., the global leader in Internet based video-on-demand distribution and technology, announced today the inclusion of CinemaNow Media Center Edition in
SnapStream Spotlight. SnapStream Spotlight is a new addition to the Firefly™ PC Remote package.
The Firefly PC Remote with SnapStream Spotlight brings the latest online movies, radio, news and music into the living room by leveraging the power of the PC and the Internet. SnapStream Spotlight serves as a portal to various online media providers, such as CinemaNow, for Firefly PC Remote
users. Its savvy interface makes it easy to access online media content in a living room setting.
CinemaNow Media Center Edition offers more than 1,000 movies internationally through its ten-foot user interface. Its “See it in Seconds” feature lets users watch downloads in as little as 30 seconds.
SnapStream Spotlight and CinemaNow Media Center Edition provide Firefly PC Remote users a video on-demand experience on their PCs. Users can download and stream movies from across the room with the Firefly PC Remote. The addition of SnapStream Spotlight to the Firefly PC Remote package makes
Firefly one of the most powerful and versatile PC remotes on the market.
“We are excited to partner with CinemaNow to provide Firefly PC Remote users with an easy-to-use Internet video-on-demand service,” said Rakesh Agrawal, President and CEO of SnapStream Media, Inc. “The CinemaNow Media Center Edition is an excellent complement to the Firefly PC
Remote, expanding our users’ PC digital entertainment experience.”
“As the leading provider of on-demand movies via the internet, CinemaNow understands the role of convenience in how people want to access and manage media," said Bruce Eisen, executive vice president, CinemaNow. "The Firefly PC Remote is a great benefit for CinemaNow users and we
are thrilled to be featured in the SnapStream Spotlight.”
About Firefly PC Remote
Firefly PC Remote gives users remote control access to audio and visual media stored on their PCs. It is sleek, lightweight and designed to fit comfortably in the user’s hand. It is an RF remote and can transmit signals through walls and up to 30 feet away. Firefly comes with its own media
center software, SnapStream Media’s Beyond Media™ Basic, but is also compatible with others such as Microsoft® Windows® XP Media Center Edition. Beyond Media Basic is a PC entertainment gateway with included music, video and photos players.
About CinemaNow, Inc.
CinemaNow, Inc. (www.cinemanow.com) is the global leader in Internet-based video-on-demand (VOD) and subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) distribution and technology. Through its growing list of content partners including 20th Century Fox, Disney, Lions Gate, MGM, Miramax and Warner Bros., the
CinemaNow Web site has become the premier destination for the authorized downloading and streaming of feature films on the Internet. CinemaNow has also developed PatchBay™, a proprietary content-on-demand distribution and management system that runs the CinemaNow Web site, and is available as
a licensable technology solution. CinemaNow is majority owned by Lions Gate Entertainment (AMEX: LGF).
About SnapStream Media, Inc.
SnapStream Media, Inc. is a leading developer of digital entertainment products based in Houston, Texas. SnapStream's vision is to create high-quality consumer entertainment experiences that leverage PC technology. The company's personal video recording (PVR) software, Beyond TV™
was called "dazzlingly cool" by the Los Angeles Times, referred to as "an idea whose time has come" by the Associated Press and declared "better than TiVo" by Maximum PC. Interested parties can find more information about SnapStream Media and its products at www.snapstream.com.
Contact Information
Christina Lee
Phone: 713-644-6240, x28
Fax: 713-644-3215
Email: pr@snapstream.com
Website: www.snapstream.com
CinemaNow, Inc.
Jared Goldsmith
Phone (310) 255-5007
jaredg@cinemanow.com
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