COURT TV'S PREMIERES VIDEO ON DEMAND CONTENT THAT EXPANDS BRAND
Programming Provides Operators with New Product and Revenue Streams
Chicago, IL - June 10, 2001
-- Court TV's Video-on-Demand product "Court TV on
Demand: The Best of Court TV", comprised of thousands
of hours of archived Court TV programming content, is
now available to all distribution platforms including
cable operators as well as content aggregators. The
announcement was made today by Glen Moss, Senior Vice
President of Business Affairs and Affiliate Relations.
"Court TV, a leader in offering new VOD product,
is unique because as the leader in creating and owning
content in television's hottest genre, we can offer
distributors delivery flexibility," said Moss. " We
think that the growth of the VOD segment of the
operators' businesses will result in significant
increases in their revenue streams. Court TV's
programming, which is dedicated to crime and justice,
offers subscribers the opportunity to literally buy
into the criminal justice system;"
Court TV presently has deals with content aggregators In Demand and TVN, and is in discussions with operators who are creating their own VOD packages.
The network's VOD packages reflect the public's
fascination for compelling programs about crime, with
such themes as," "Hollywood and Crime," "Forensic
Files," "Fatal Attraction," "Fame and Misfortune,"
"Innocent Suspects," "Serial Killers: Mugshots" and
"Inside Prison: The System."
Court TV (www.courttv.com or AOL keyword: Court TV), a basic cable network, provides a window on the American system of justice through distinctive programming that both informs and entertains. As the destination for crime and justice programming, CourtTV broadcasts trials by day and compelling stories of the criminal justice system in the evening. A service of AOL Time Warner and Liberty Media Corp., Court TV has over 60 million subscribers, and expects to reach 65 million by early 2002.
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