Television
July 14, 2010
MEO Videoclube Launches “MEO SERIES” Video-On-Demand Service,Offering Hit Television Programming From Warner Bros. Entertainment
(July 14, 2010 – Lisbon, Portugal and Burbank, CA) – MEO ADSL and MEO Fiber subscribers will have access to the “MEO SERIES,” a brand-new subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) entertainment service featuring hit television shows from Warner Bros. Entertainment. As part of the launch of “MEO SERIES,” Warner Bros. International Branded Services is launching its SVOD branded service – WarnerTV – for the first time in Portugal, it was announced today.
Through the WarnerTV SVOD branded service, MEO subscribers will be able to watch a number of favourite shows, including blockbuster comedies such as "Friends" and "Two and a Half Men," as well as one-hour series "ER," "Smallville," "Supernatural," "One Tree Hill," "The O.C.," "Nip/Tuck," "Moonlight," "Babylon 5" and "Gilmore Girls."
“We’re excited to be launching WarnerTV for the first time in Portugal and to be in business with MEO, the leading on-demand provider in the marketplace, with more than 600,000 IPTV subscribers,” said Malcolm Dudley-Smith, Executive Vice President, Business Management, Warner Bros. International Branded Services “We couldn’t ask for a better platform or partner to debut the WarnerTV branded service.”
This new subscription service will be available on a trial basis at no extra cost to all clients during July.
After this promotional period, MEO ADSL and MEO Fiber clients can subscribe to “MEO SERIES” for just €5 a month, enjoying full access to a catalogue of great and exciting series available at the touch of a button, 24 hours a day.
About MEO
Launched in April 2008, MEO has more than 600,000 clients. Multiplatform based with IPTV (ADSL or Optical Fiber), Satellite and Mobile offerings, it currently presents 120 channels, more than 2,500 movies at MEO VideoClube and a variety of advanced features such as TV Guide, Pause TV, Digital Recording, Buy Channels (directly on Menu TV, through the TV remote control), High-Definition content, Catch-Up TV, Karaoke and Games. Other interactive services are joining these features: SAPO at MEO, MEO Kids and Photographs at MEO.
About Warner Bros. International Branded Services
Warner Bros. International Branded Services launches both linear and video-on-demand branded programming services – including subscription-based (SVOD) and advertiser-supported (AVOD) offerings – around the world. The WarnerTV on-demand services offer around-the-clock access to Warner Bros. Entertainment programming and have previously launched on Top Up TV, Talk Talk TV, Virgin Media and BT Vision in the U.K.; FASTWEB in Italy; Videoload and Maxdome in Germany; Imagenio in Spain; Telekom Austria in Austria; Elisa in Finland; Ziggo in the Netherlands; vod.onet.pl in Poland; Free in France; USEN Corporation’s GyaO in Japan; and QOOK TV in Korea. The WarnerFilms SVOD service, exclusively featuring theatrical motion pictures from the Studio, has launched in the UK on both BT Vision and LOVEFiLM, and in Finland on the Elisa platform. Additionally, Warner Bros. International Branded Services operates the highly successful linear Warner Channel throughout Latin America, debuted WB India in 2009 and has launched a WarnerTV-branded 24-hour, linear general entertainment channel throughout Asia. ###