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DIVA TV to supply movie content for Philips NetTV.

DIVA TV, the Swiss-based supplier of digital hit movie content from rights owners and distributors around the world, is expanding its footprint with an exciting new deal with Philips NetTV.
The deal, unveiled at IFA, covers the UK, Germany, Austria and Switzerland, and will see DIVA provide high quality movie entertainment to owners of Philips equipment enabled with the NetTV service. This includes current models of Philips 7000, 8000 and 9000 series TVs.
Kai Henniges, CEO of DIVA AG, said, “DIVA is committed to making it easy and pleasurable for new audiences around the world to enjoy high quality movies and entertainment. By partnering with Philips NetTV Europe we are pleased to be able to offer such content to users who have made a discerning choice to purchase Philips equipment enabled to deliver our over-the-top movie offering.”


DIVA TV. Adding value and enjoyment for Philips NET TV users

With its inclusion on the Philips NetTV platform, DIVA TV brings the end user a choice of hit movies.
NetTV users will have 365 day a year access to DIVA’s online video library, which includes popular classic movies and current top blockbusters from major Hollywood studios.
In each market, DIVA TV will make many Hollywood movies available in the local language version, as well as with original voice. In addition, DIVA will enable NetTV users belonging to major migrant minority groups to view cinema favourites from their home countries.
NetTV’s easy to use navigation makes it simple for users to access DIVA’s catalogue of over 1,000 titles, from genres including action, comedy, thrillers and hit TV series. Apart from its paid offering DIVA provides free movies and preview trailers for users to browse.
NetTV users will pay EUR  2.99 for 48 hour access to each film, and will be able to purchase films individually, on subscription or against a prepaid account.

DIVA TV. Movies on your Philips TV AND on your mobile.

DIVA also offers users who have the NetTV service full portability of their purchased content. By using the diva.tv website, subscribers can manage their account, and choose to view purchased movies on Android mobiles, as well as via a number of other connected devices. The facility will shortly be extended to cover Apple’s iPhone.

Diva licenses children's TV series including all time classics, Heidi, Wickie, Sindbad and many others. The deal also includes a list of movies which will be made available via iTunes and other prime video on demand destinations.

Among the movies are Empty Nest, winning 8 awards one of them San Sebastian Silver Seashell, Lost Embrace, winning 10 awards one of them Silver Bear at the Berlinale and Shadows,  with a Park City Film Festival Gold Medal for Excellence.

Bavaria Media appoints Diva to handle its video on demand disribution for selected territories and platforms. Seven of the titles will instantly go onto some of the largest US cable and OTT VoD platforms, among them Moscow Belgium which has won no less than 14 awards.

Diva is featured in a recent New York Times article:

News Article New York Times

Das MYGATE Filmangebot liefert der Video-on-Demand-Anbieter Diva

Zürich, 15.07.10 – Mit seinem neuen VoD-Portal bietet der Triple-Play-Provider MYGATE seinen Kunden neu den Service, Filme aus einem breiten Angebot auf Abruf anschauen zu können. Die ersten Filmangebote stammen vom Schweizer Inhalte-Anbieter Diva AG.

Das Film-Portfolio besteht zum Start aus einem Basisangebot aus den Genres Action, Comedy, Drama, Romanzen, Science Fiction, Sport, Thriller und Erotik. Dieses Basisangebot wird MYGATE in Zusammenarbeit mit Diva in allen Sparten noch wesentlich ausgebauen und kontinuierlich mit neuen Filmen ergänzen.

„Mit unserem neuen DIVA-VoD-Service, Diva TV, bieten wir MYGATE Kunden die Möglichkeit, Filme auszuwählen und sie sich zu ihrer Wunschzeit anzuschauen“, sagt Peter Helfenstein, CEO der MYGATE AG Schweiz. „Der neue VoD-Dienst zeigt als Ergänzung zu unserem umfassenden Fernsehsender-Angebot mit höchster Bild-Qualität exemplarisch auf, welche Services ein modernes Multimedia-Angebot über den Glasfaseranschluss erschwinglich nach Hause bringen kann.“

„Gemeinsam mit MYGATE können wir erstmalig einen Video on Demand Dienst unter der Diva Marke anbieten, bei dem wir 100% aller Contents von uns aggregiert werden“, sagt Kai Henniges, Geschäftsführer der Diva AG. „Wir können Rechte und Erfahrungen aus über 200 internationalen Lizenzbeziehungen einfliessen lassen und so sicherstellen, dass MYGATE’s Kunden ein optimales on Demand Angebot erhalten.“


Das VoD-Portal steht ab 14. Juli 2010 allen MYGATE Kunden zur Verfügung.

Vudu, a subsidiary of WalMart, is available through its own box, sold by Wal-Mary, BestBuy, Amazon and tother prominent North American retailers. The Vudu store is also available via a series of connected devices LG, Visio, Mistubishi, Sharp, Samsung, Sanyo, and Toshiba.

Diva will supply Vudu with prime entertainment contents in HD.

The USD 20m production budget Lionsgate horror movie reached no 5 in the US box office charts within a week of its theatrical release in the US. In partnership with Tiberius Diva is representing the movie exclusively for selected VoD platforms on a day and date release due for summer 2010.

Diva will feature a hosted end-to-end proposition for hundreds of attractive on demand titles grouped into genres.

to the critically acclaimed Hit Comedy Diggers and the award winning Thriller Borderland. Diva will work with multiple Eastern European and Scandinavian VoD platforms to maximize the digital revenues of these pictures.