SAN JOSE, Calif. - (Business Wire) Emil Rensing, chief digital officer at EPIX, the next generation premium entertainment service from Viacom, Paramount Pictures, Lionsgate and MGM, will give the keynote presentation at the 2009 Streaming Media West show on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. EPIX is a multi-platform entertainment service, delivering the latest movie blockbusters, new releases, library classics and original content across its premium, HD television channel, video-on-demand and online. Viewers with an EPIX subscription have access to everything – great entertainment anytime, anywhere, on every platform.
Rensing's keynote will discuss EPIX's vision of multiplatform entertainment, what today's and tomorrow's consumers are demanding and how the industry needs to focus on quality across all potential platforms, enhancing user interfaces and greater, more immediate content selection options.
“We are excited to give the audience at Streaming Media West a close look at the EPIX vision, and share what we have learned by participating in this pivotal time in entertainment consumption,” Rensing said. “We have learned a lot by bringing our studio partners' content across platforms, and in the process of raising the industry bar, we have gotten a good taste of how the industry's evolution will unfold in the next 10-20 years. We have believe the best entertainment brand values – quality of experience, presentation and programming – will remain paramount, and that as platforms evolve, consumers expect their entertainment services to keep pace. We are looking forward to sharing a behind the scenes look at the headway we have made on all fronts.”
About EPIX
EPIX, a joint venture between Viacom Inc. (NYSE: VIA and VIA.B), its Paramount Pictures unit, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (MGM) and Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF), is a next-generation multiplatform premium entertainment channel, video-on-demand and online service launched on October 30, 2009. EPIX is currently distributed by Verizon FiOS on Channel 395 in SD and Channel 895 in HD and will be distributed by other partners. With access to more than 15,000 motion pictures spanning the vast libraries of the partner studios, EPIX will deliver films from Paramount, Paramount Vantage, MTV Films and Nickelodeon Movies released theatrically on or after January 1, 2008 and MGM, United Artists and Lionsgate titles released theatrically on or after January 1, 2009, which will be available exclusively to its subscribers.
Providing a powerful entertainment experience with more feature films on demand and online and more HD movies than any other service, EPIX will air new Hollywood titles plus classic feature films, original series, and music and comedy specials. It is the only premium service providing its entire monthly line-up on video-on-demand, online and on the linear channel. Further, EPIX has made the commitment to deliver the industry’s most expansive online collection of movies, making more than 3,000 titles available online to subscribers via its enhanced service EPIX Megaplex.
The joint venture controls all rights to EPIX’s programming and Viacom provides operational support, including marketing and affiliate services through its MTV Networks division.
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