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Vongo Lands More Concert Fare With Eagle Rock Agreement
The Doors, Alicia Keys, The Pretenders, The Who, and Wyclef Jean Headline
New Concert Debuts for Unlimited Subscription Video Download Service
ENGLEWOOD, Colo., Dec. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Starz Entertainment announced
today that Vongo will be increasing the service's concert selection with a
new music content acquisition agreement with Eagle Rock Entertainment.
Thirty-eight Eagle Rock full-length concerts from the worlds of classic
rock, modern rock and R&B, join the hundreds of other concerts and music
documentaries already available to Vongo subscribers for unlimited
subscription downloads.
Vongo delivers broadband movies and other video content for playback on
Windows-based PCs, laptops, select portable media devices and TV, and
provides subscribers unlimited access to more than 1,000 movies and 2,300
total video selections as well as a live, streaming Starz TV channel for a
monthly cost of $9.99.
Highlights from the Eagle Rock concerts include: The Doors: Live in
Europe 1968 (2004), The Diary of Alicia Keys (2004), The Pretenders: Loose
in LA (2003), The Who: Live at The Isle of Wight 1970 (2004), Wyclef Jean's
All-Star Jam at Carnegie Hall (2004), Yes: Live in Amsterdam (2002) and The
Cure: Trilogy (2003).
Several of the concerts debuted this month, and the remaining will
debut throughout the balance of December 2006 and January 2007 (see
appendix below). Several concerts will also be available for individual PPV
purchase for $0.99. All of the concerts featured will have two-year license
terms to Starz Entertainment and are anticipated to have lengthy scheduling
runs on Vongo.
"Unlimited movie downloads put Vongo on the map in the broadband
universe, but concerts and music video programming have proven very popular
with our loyal customer base," said Joe Cantwell, vice president of
marketing, advanced services for Starz Entertainment. "The Eagle Rock
concerts offer great performances across many musical genres and have a
particular appeal to those who seek portability for their 'video on the
go.'"
Nancy Silverstone, vice president of program acquisitions for Starz
Entertainment, negotiated the deal and added, "Concerts and long-form
musical content have great appeal to a big segment of many of our
audiences, and particularly works well for Vongo. Eagle Rock has a great
library of music content and we are thrilled to partner with them to bring
our customers access to some of the music world's most exciting concerts."
Peter Worsley, managing director of licensing for Eagle Rock added, "We
are excited to be involved at such an early stage in Vongo which we believe
will bring our programming to a whole new audience".
In addition to Windows-based PCs, laptops and portable devices, Vongo
subscribers can also transfer their Vongo content onto a TV for optimal
viewing. Vongo was launched at the 2006 Consumer Electronics Show and was
nominated for two Emmy(R) Awards this year. Vongo is currently offering a
14-day free trial and in available as a free download for broadband
subscribers in the United States at http://www.vongo.com.
As one of the largest content aggregators in Hollywood, Starz
Entertainment has access to thousands of theatrical films that it makes
available on Vongo including The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch
and the Wardrobe, Flightplan , Sin City, National Treasure, The Aviator,
Hitch, The Incredibles, Bewitched, Fun with Dick and Jane, and Chicken
Little and coming in 2007, The Da Vinci Code, Cars, Talladega Nights: The
Ballad of Ricky Bobby, and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest.
Starz Entertainment is the exclusive subscription provider of first-run
output, classic and favorite films from leading Hollywood studios including
Walt Disney Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Overture Films,
Revolution Studios, Miramax Films, Touchstone Pictures, Hollywood Pictures,
Pixar, TriStar, Screen Gems, Sony Classics, Samuel Goldwyn and Warren
Miller Films. Select first-run theatrical films from The Weinstein Company
and IFC are also available, and a vast collection of library and classic
titles are provided by a wide array of other Hollywood studios.
Starz Entertainment, LLC, is a premium movie service provider operating
in the United States. It offers 16 movie channels including the flagship
Starz(R) and Encore(R) brands with approximately 14.9 million and 26.6
million subscribers respectively. Starz Entertainment airs more than 1,000
movies per month across its pay TV channels and offers advanced services
including Starz HD, Starz On Demand and Vongo(SM). Starz Entertainment
(http://www.starz.com) is an operating unit of Starz, LLC, which is a wholly owned
subsidiary of Liberty Media Corporation that is attributed to Liberty
Capital Group (Nasdaq: LCAPA, LCAPB).
Eagle Rock Entertainment is one of the leading independent sources for
music audio and audio/ visual programming, which it releases worldwide on
DVD, CD and other formats, as well as through channels such as television
and VOD. Eagle Rock's mission is to bring music fans high quality music
audio and audio/visual content from the broadest range of artists, with
superior production, sound and high definition visuals, as well as other
historically significant releases.
Contacts:
Eric Becker David Coates
Starz Entertainment Brodeur for Starz Entertainment
(720) 852-4065 (617) 587-2927
eric.becker@starz.com dcoates@brodeur.com
Eagle Rock Concerts Available Now on Vongo (original commercial release
date)
Electric Light Orchestra: Live at Wembley (2006)
Jerry Lee Lewis and Friends (2005)
The Who: Live at the Isle of Wight 1970 (2004)
Pet Shop Boys: Somewhere (2004)
Jethro Tull: Nothing is Easy - at the Isle of Wight (2005)
The Beach Boys: Good Timin' Live at Knebworth (2003)
George Thorogood & The Destroyers: 30th Anniversary Tour: Live in
Europe (2004)
Big Brother & the Holding Company with Janis Joplin: Nine Hundred
Nights (2004)
Engelbert Humperdink: Live (2003)
Dizzy Gillespie: At the Royal Festival (2001)
Wyclef Jean's All Star Jam at Carnegie Hall (2004)
Yes: Live in Amsterdam (2002)
Miles Davis: Miles Electric - A Different Kind of Blue (2004)
Blind Boys of Alabama: Go Tell it on the Mountain (2005)
Etta James and the Roots Band: Burnin' Down the House (2002)
The Doors: Live in Europe 1968 (2004)
The Diary of Alicia Keys (2004)
Marvin Gaye: Greatest Hits Live in 1976 (2000)
Hank Williams: The Man and His Music (2003)
An Irish Holiday (2003)
Debuting 12/29/2006
Busta Rhymes: Everything Remains Raw (Version 2) (2004)
Elvis Costello and the Imposters: Club Date-Live in Memphis (2005)
Fatboy Slim: At the Big Beach Boutique (2002)
Joni Mitchell: Woman of Heart and Mind (2003)
Little Feat: High Wire Act Live in St. Louis (2003)
Debuting 1/5/2007
Alice Cooper: Brutally Live (2000)
The Pretenders: Loose in LA (2003)
Chic: Live at Montreux 2004 (2005)
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers & Friends: 70th Birthday Concert (2003)
Nazareth: Homecoming (Greatest Hits Live in Glasgow) (2002)
Debuting 1/12/2007
The Cure: Trilogy (2003)
Diana Krall: Live in Paris (2002)
An Evening with Peter Green and the Splinter Group: Pt.2 - The
Electric Set (2003)
Procol Harum: Live at the Union Chapel (2004)
Debuting 1/19/2007
Marilyn Manson: God, Guns and Government (2002)
Roy Orbison: Greatest Hits Live (2003)
Willie Nelson & Friends: Outlaws & Angels (2004)
Cat Stevens: Majika t-The Concert (2004)
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