BT is to launch a broadband movie download-to-own service in UK…it will launch on Monday under the BT Vision brand, will offer initially about 150 films through a deal with Universal Pictures. It is not like the download to burn and own service from CinemaNow or a version of it from Movielink here in U.S., but BT will offer consumers a “three-product” offering of films to watch and own, which will be viewable via a PC, a portable device, and a DVD that will be mailed out.
Interestingly, BT has secured the rights to offer the films at the same window as the DVD sale window, around three months before channels like Sky Movies air them as PPV.
Prices per movie will range from
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