Tribeca Enterprises LLC has selected Comcast Media Center as one of the service providers to help manage and distribute video-on-demand delivery for its new independent film distribution platform.
CMC will launch a branded Tribeca Film VOD offering on April 21, in conjunction with the Tribeca Film Festival's opening day, with 12 features that will be delivered via the CMC to participating cable operators, including Comcast, Cablevision and Verizon FiOS.The titles will be available for a minimum of 60 days.
Five are acclaimed titles from the festival circuit, while seven will premiere on demand day-and-date with their premiere at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival. The initial roster includes: The Birth of Big Air; Climate of Change, The Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle, The Infidel, Metropia, My Last Five Girlfriends, Road, Movie, sex & drugs & rock & roll, The Swimsuit Issue, Timer, The Trotksy and The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia.
"The Comcast Media Center's VOD capabilities make it a great partner to support our national distribution platform," said Adam Sloan, executive vice president of Tribeca Enterprises, in a statement. "The CMC's reach, encompassing more than 90 percent of the country's top cable system operators, allows us to bring our diverse selection of quality-driven entertaining films to a national audience."
"We are pleased to support Tribeca Enterprises in extending access to its stable of quality entertainment from the independent film community into VOD-enabled households served by our national VOD content distribution platform," said Gary Traver, senior vice president and COO of the Comcast Media Center. "The opportunity to showcase films featured at the renowned Tribeca Film Festival is a great way to launch the country's newest on demand entertainment channel."
