JAMAN.COM AND LIONSGATE ANNOUNCE ONLINE DISTRIBUTION DEAL The Bank Job, Dogville, Girl with a Pearl Earring and Requiem for a Dream among the more than 100 titles added to Jaman’s online library
San Mateo, Calif. – August 26, 2008 – Jaman.com, a global community and online destination for quality entertainment, today announced a deal to distribute a large collection of premium titles from Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF), the leading next generation filmed entertainment studio. Already one of the most prestigious and prolific in the industry, this deal makes more than 100 of the movies from Lionsgate library available to Jaman’s broad community of film fans.
Under the terms of the deal, Jaman.com will showcase select Lionsgate titles on its site. A number of these titles will be available for free, ad-supported and instantly streamed in high- definition quality. With a simple click, viewers can watch these films immediately in their Web browser, with no need to download an additional client. Premium feature-length films from Lionsgate will also be available for download rental from $2.99 to $3.99 each.
Among the Lionsgate titles available at Jaman.com are: The Bank Job Caramel Dogville Girl with a Pearl Earring Open Your Eyes Requiem for a Dream Reservoir Dogs Step into Liquid Teeth Tyler Perry’s Diary of a Mad Black Woman
“We are delighted to add these excellent Lionsgate films to our collection of quality movies,” said Gaurav Dhillon, founder and CEO of Jaman. “These titles, ranging from critically-acclaimed independent films to popular favorites, perfectly complement our mission to be the destination where film lovers discover, discuss and share the best films of the world.”
“Lionsgate is constantly identifying fresh opportunities to distribute and deliver our filmed entertainment library in an increasingly digital world and Jaman brings a unique value proposition to our efforts,” said Jon Ferro, Executive Vice President TV Distribution at Lionsgate. “They have created a high-quality platform that allows us to reach a diverse and highly enthusiastic group of film fans who continually look for new content. In cooperation with Jaman, we continue our innovation of digital distribution and viewer choice by giving audiences the ability to watch great Lionsgate films free with advertisements or renting movies add-free.”
About Jaman Jaman.com is revolutionizing the way people discover, enjoy and share movies all over the world. The company is pioneering entertainment on the Internet by delivering high-definition films to a growing online community of fans and filmmakers. Viewers around the globe can browse and select from Jaman library of thousands of unique films and then view these movies on their PCs, Macs, televisions and home-set-top boxes. Jaman’s popular community features provide a forum where people around the world can review, discuss and share world-class films with each other. Jaman is based in San Mateo, California and is backed by luminaries in technology and media. For more information, please visit www.jaman.com.
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About Lionsgate
Lionsgate is a leading next generation filmed entertainment studio with a major presence in the production and distribution of motion pictures, television programming, home entertainment, family entertainment, video-on-demand and digitally delivered content. The Company is leveraging its content leadership and marketing expertise through a series of partnerships that include the operation of the highly successful FEARNet branded VOD and Internet horror channel with Sony and Comcast, the recent announcement of the fall 2009 launch of a new premium entertainment channel with partners Viacom, Paramount Pictures and MGM, investment in the leading young men's digital distribution platform Break.com, ownership of the premier independent television syndication company Debmar-Mercury LLC and an alliance with independent filmed entertainment production and distribution company Roadside Attractions. Lionsgate also has forged partnerships with leading content creators, owners and distributors in key territories around the world, including Televisa in the U.S. and Latin America, StudioCanal in the UK, Hoyts and Sony in Australia and Eros International in India.
The Company has generated more than $450 million at the North American theatrical box office in the past year and has released a string of hits including The Forbidden Kingdom, Tyler Perry's Meet The Browns, The Bank Job, Rambo, The Eye, Saw IV, Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married?, Good Luck Chuck, 3:10 To Yuma and War, most of which have opened at #1 or #2 at the box office. The Company has also forged leadership positions in television and home entertainment with the production of such critically-acclaimed television series as Weeds and Mad Men, the distribution of Tyler Perry's House of Payne, Family Feud, South Park, Trivial Pursuit and The Dead Zone, among others, and approximately 9% market share and the industry's leading box office-to-DVD conversion rate in home entertainment. Lionsgate handles a prestigious and prolific library of approximately 12,000 motion picture and television titles that is an important source of recurring revenue and serves as the foundation for the growth of the Company's core businesses. The Lionsgate brand is synonymous with entrepreneurial innovation and original, daring, quality entertainment in markets around the globe. For more information, please visit www.lionsgate.com. .
Contact: Richard Manfredi Kristin Robinson mPRm Public Relations for Jaman Lionsgate 323-933-3399 (310) 255-5114 [email protected] [email protected]
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