Legal movie download services to take off?

The son of five major studios in Hollywood, Movielink has just reached an agreement with giant Twentieth Century Fox so that for the first time in history, it can provide all of its films over the Internet.

This important agreement was announced Monday morning (November 21 - US), amidst studios and TV networks looking for ways to release new movies, including on-demand videos or paring. Films suitable for cell phones and iPod videos.

Although before, 20th Century Fox also provided a number of film productions on sites like CinemaNow.com , but until now, the new label has signed a contract with Movielink. The reason was that Fox wanted to suppress the wait until the broadband usage rate was higher, as well as the new technology that allowed watching movies downloaded on the more popular radio screens.

Peter Levinsohn, Fox's president of Digital Communications and pay-TV, predicts the next few months will be " really exciting ", and the online movie market will " start growing ".

Mean Girls, one of the "hit" movies is available on Movielink

Movielink's existence and many other legitimate movie downloading services are in part to combat unauthorized movie copying. But until now, Movielink has not been able to take off because the downloaded movies can only be viewed on a computer screen or a TV with a messy cord.

This is the basis for Levinsohn to predict the next few months will witness a strong rise of Movielink, when both consumer electronics devices such as the Xbox 360 game console can watch movies.

In addition, studios will also test more new business models, including allowing viewers to buy movies online and make DVD copies. " 2006 will be a pivotal year for the digital film industry ," said Jim Ramo, Movielink's chief executive.

During the opening ceremony, Fox will be offering many hit movies such as " Robots " by actor Will Smith. New movie titles will be continuously updated in the coming time.

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