SHENZHEN, China, Sept. 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Tencent, China's
leading online communications, social and entertainment services
company, today announced that it has collaborated with Disney Media
Distribution to bring some of the Studio's most popular live-action
and animated features to "Hollywood VIP," a leading online movie
service in China.
A growing number of Hollywood
studios including Lionsgate, Miramax, Universal, and Warner Bros.
already offer movies through "Hollywood VIP."
"We are very excited to be working with Disney to bring both new
and classic movies to Chinese viewers," said Sun Zhong Huai, Vice President of Tencent, who oversees the online video business.
"Our partnership with Warner Bros., Universal, Miramax, and
Lionsgate has been a huge success, with hundreds of thousands of
repeat customers enjoying millions of movies views on our film
service since we launched the service. With its extensive user base
and wide range of platforms and content, Tencent is ideally-placed to drive the growth of
the Chinese digital distribution market and meet increasing
consumer demand, supported by some of Hollywood's biggest studios."
"We're excited to provide Tencent's 'Hollywood VIP' with the
best of the Disney movie slate featuring a wide range of movies,
and some of our best animated features and blockbuster films.
Millions of Chinese online viewers can now see films from Disney,
Pixar, and Marvel studios at home or on the go," said Dai Hua, Vice President and Managing Director of
Disney Channels and Disney Media Distribution Greater China.
With this collaboration, "Hollywood VIP" (URL: film.qq.com) will
now feature movies from the blockbuster Disney stable which
includes: Marvel Studios, home of "The Avengers," one of the
China's top 3 foreign films of
2012; Pixar Studios, home to Academy Award-winning titles such as
"Toy Story 3" and "UP;" and Walt Disney Studios titles, such as the
record-breaking franchise "Pirates of the Caribbean."
"Hollywood VIP" subscribers have on-demand access to an
extensive selection of new and classic films, with newer titles
available the same day they are released on Blu-ray and DVD. In
addition to the monthly subscription video-on-demand (SVOD)
service, "Hollywood VIP" customers can purchase newly released
movies such as "Oblivion," "Kick-Ass 2: Balls to the Wall," "We're
the Millers" or "The Conjuring," on a transactional basis (TVOD),
just two weeks after their U.S. theatrical release. Dozens of
domestic Chinese movies are also available on the service, just one
to two months after their local theatrical release dates, such as
"The Blind Detective." All in, more than 1,500 movies (SVOD and
TVOD combined) will now be available through the online service,
many of them exclusively to "Hollywood VIP."
Notes to editors:
About Tencent
Tencent uses technology to enrich
the lives of Internet users. Every day, hundreds of millions of
people communicate, share experiences, consume information, seek
entertainment, and shop online through our integrated platforms.
Our diversified services include QQ, Weixin and WeChat for
communications; Qzone for social networking; QQ Game Platform for
online games; QQ.com for information; as well as our eCommerce open
platform. Our company was founded in Shenzhen in 1998 and went public on the Hong
Kong Stock Exchange in 2004. We seek to evolve with the Internet by
investing in innovation, providing a
hospitable environment for our
partners, and staying close to our users. For more
information, please visit www.tencent.com/ir.
Contacts for Tencent:
Jane Yip + 86 755 8601 3388 ext 81374 /
janeyip@tencent.com.hk
Jerry Huang + 86 755 8601 3388 ext
65333 / yuntaohuang@tencent.com
About Disney Media Distribution
Disney Media Distribution is the distribution arm of The Walt
Disney Company responsible for the licensing of branded and
non-branded entertainment to all platforms in Asia Pacific including free-to-air, cable and
satellite broadcasters and mobile, broadband and VOD platforms. Its
program portfolio includes quality feature films,
critically-acclaimed network television series, ABC news
programming, the very best in animation and prestigious specials
such as the Academy Awards. Disney Media Distribution also oversees
channel distribution of the much-loved Disney Channel, Disney XD
and Disney Junior which are distributed on all major pay TV
platforms in the region.
SOURCE Tencent
