T-Online

Universal, NBC Offer Download-to-Own Content via Germany's T-Com

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on April 11, 2007 - 2:15pm.

Berlin - Universal Pictures International Entertainment and NBC Universal International Television Distribution have signed a deal with German telco T-Com to distribute download-to-own media content in Germany, Variety reported. The company will be the first in Germany to offer the ability to download Hollywood films and burn them to DVD, with most offered day-and-date with their DVD releases. T-Com will offer Universal and NBC content via its T-Home IPTV and T-Online video-on-demand services.

Germany's T-Online Negotiates Internet Movie Deal with MGM

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 14, 2003 - 4:23am.

Frankfurt -- T-Online International, the No. 1 ISP in Europe, announced on Monday that it has signed a deal with Hollywood studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) to show MGM's movies on the Internet. Under the deal, T-Online will have access to more than 4,000 titles in MGM's vast movie library. In a statement, MGM Worldwide Television Distribution President Jim Griffiths said that the "landmark" agreement "speaks to the promising future of video-on-demand worldwide." T-Online expects to launch its T-Online Vision service by year's end, allowing customers to download videos over the Internet and watch them on their TV sets. Financial terms were not disclosed.