CinemaNow to Sell Disney Movies Online

By Geoff Duncan Published May 31, 2006

The Walt Disney Company has reached a deal with CinemaNow to sell digitial versions of its movies online on a download-to-own basis on the same day the films are released to DVD. Buyers will be able to transfer the films to three devices like laptops and portable media players, but will not be able to burn the films to standard DVD.

CinemaNow will kick off its Disney digital movie sales June 6 with the Glory Road baseball drama; Disney plans to offer both new and back-catalog titles via CinemaNow at prices basically equivalent to DVDs ($20 per film), with some older offerings discounted to near $10.

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The announcement follows moved by Disney rivals in April 2005 to offer films for sale via MovieLink. CinemaNow also offers films from Sony, Lionsgate, and MGM.

The CinemaNow service requires Windows Media Player 10, Windows XP and IE6 (yes, this means films cannot be transferred to Macs, iPods, or PSPs). Since the CinemaNow service involves downloading entire films, a broadband Internet connection is a good idea

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