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CinemaNow Japan inks licensing deal with Warner Bros.
MUMBAI: CinemaNow Japan Inc., a joint venture between CinemaNow Inc., Tokyo-based Transcosmos and Microsoft, has inked a licensing agreement with Warner Bros. International Television to make movies available for download via its website on a pay-per-view and subscription basis.
CinemaNow Japan is the first online service to offer movies from a major Hollywood studio to the Japanese market via an online subscription.
“This agreement is a great accomplishment for CinemaNow Japan and will deliver a first-of-its-kind service to the burgeoning Japanese market. It marks another major step forward in CinemaNow’s mission to build a truly global distribution network that reaches localised markets,” said CinemaNow Japan chairman and CinemaNow CEO Curt Marvis.
As part of the agreement, Warner Bros. International Television will offer hit titles like Ocean’s Twelve and Constantine, as well as library titles ranging from Rebel Without a Cause to the original Batman movie.
These titles will be available via CinemaNow Japan’s unique subscription service, which offers any user with a broadband internet connection the ability to download films on an unlimited basis and watch them anytime, anywhere, for as long as they are a subscriber.
CinemaNow Japan president Toshiyuki Tomii said, “Leveraging CinemaNow’s unmatched operational experience, technical expertise, and growing content portfolio, CinemaNow Japan was able to quickly establish itself as a leading online video-on-demand service. With the addition of Warner Bros. International Televisions content, CinemaNow Japan will offer its broadband users a high-quality, easy-to-use, on-demand entertainment experience that is unmatched in the marketplace.”
CinemaNow Japan’s new monthly subscription option will also offer access to hundreds of videos in total for 1,480 Yen ($12). In addition, users can choose to download and watch any of the videos on a pay-per-view basis for as low as 250 Yen ($2) per film for 48 hours access.
The agreement was negotiated on behalf of CinemaNow Japan by CinemaNow president Bruce Eisen.
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EPIC Company unifies all brands under single EPIC identity
IN10 Media rebrand aligns TV, digital and films into one ecosystem
MUMBAI: The EPIC Company, formerly known as IN10 Media Network, has announced a sweeping brand consolidation, bringing its television channels, digital platforms and content IPs under a single identity, EPIC.
The move is aimed at simplifying the company’s structure while creating a more connected content ecosystem spanning television, digital and films. By aligning multiple verticals under one umbrella, the company is looking to present a sharper, more cohesive face to both audiences and partners.
As part of the transition, several channels have been rebranded to align with the EPIC identity. EPIC will now operate as EPIC TV, while Nazara becomes EPIC Bharat, Filamchi is now EPIC Bhojpuri, Gubbare transitions to EPIC Kids, and ShowBox is reintroduced as EPIC Music. Ishara will continue under the identity EPIC Parivaar, maintaining its core positioning.
The company has also refreshed EPICON, its streaming platform, to reflect a more unified and modern brand experience. The overhaul is designed to improve content discovery and create a seamless experience across platforms.
This consolidation follows the recent launch of EPIC Studio, a unified production arm that brings together Juggernaut Productions and MovieVerse Studio, as the company expands its footprint across films, OTT and television.
The EPIC Company managing director Aditya Pittie said, “As our scale has grown, it has become important to simplify how we operate and how we present ourselves to the ecosystem. This consolidation gives us a clearer, more future-ready structure to partner, invest, and build at scale, while ensuring that for viewers, the experience is more seamless and intuitive.”
With the rebrand, The EPIC Company is positioning itself as a platform-agnostic content network, focused on scale, simplicity and integrated storytelling. By bringing everything under one banner, it is aiming to make its content universe easier to navigate and harder to ignore.
