Orange partners with MGM to provide an exceptional Video on Demand offer as part of its "24/24 Video" package
Paris, December 11, 2007
Orange has signed a multi-year agreement with US studio MGM for France, Spain, Poland and the UK
MGM is the 5 th American studio to join the Orange Video on Demand offer available on the Internet and on Orange TV
With this new partnership Orange confirms its position as a VOD leader on the French market
The agreement with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. will allow Orange customers with a broadband digital television package or a broadband Internet package in France, Spain, Poland and, soon in the UK, to benefit from an exceptional range of films on demand from the MGM catalogue.
For French Orange customers, the offer will include all new MGM feature films such as Casino Royale and a wide range of films from the MGM catalogue. This includes great movie classics such as Some like it Hot and Annie Hall, and box office hits like Silence of the Lambs, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Rocky and Platoon.
24/24 Video, suited for every taste and every interest
Subscribers to "24/24 Video" can watch all these films on their TV or their PC. At any time "24/24 Video" offers the widest range of films included in the "Programmation Cinéma" selection, which is based on the catalogues of major film studios as well as independent French and international productions. "24/24 Video" uses its catalogue of 3,000 films and 6,000 TV programmes to update its offer every week.
Prices start at 1 euro a film for 24hrs rental with unlimited viewing, pause, fast forward and rewind functions, either in French or in the original language with subtitles.
About Orange
Orange is the key brand of France Telecom, one of the world's leading telecommunications operators. France Telecom serves more than 167 million customers in five continents as of September 30, 2007, of which two thirds are Orange customers. The Group had consolidated sales of 51.7 billion euros in 2006 and 39.4 billion euros for the first nine months of 2007. At September 30, 2007 the group had 106.9 million mobile customers and 11.4 million broadband internet (ADSL) customers.
Launched in June 2005, the NExT program (New Experience in Telecommunications) will enable the Group to pursue its transformation as an integrated operator and make France Telecom the benchmark for new telecommunications services in Europe. In 2006, Orange became the Group's single brand for Internet, television and mobile services in the majority of countries where the company operates, and Orange Business Services the banner for services offered to businesses worldwide. France Telecom is the number three mobile operator and the number one provider of broadband internet services in Europe and one of the world leaders in providing telecommunication services to multinational companies.
France Telecom (NYSE:FTE) is listed on Euronext Paris and on the New York Stock Exchange.
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