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Hot on the heels of Fangoria TV making its broadband internet debut
comes news this morning that The Horror Channel has inked a deal with
AKIMBO to begin airing on it’s new internet to VOD service come
Halloween. Haven’t heard of AKIMBO? Don’t feel bad I hadn’t
either but some quick searching on the net turned up the info pretty
quick and you know what? It’s pretty feakin cool. You can click here to head on over to the AKIMBO website for all the info and read on below for the press release from THC about the partnership:
The Horror
Channel, the premier broadband venue for the best horror, terror and
suspense programming, has entered into an agreement with Akimbo™
Systems, creator of the first and largest Internet-to-TV
video-on-demand service for television. The Horror Channel’s wide
array of programming, including each of its original online series,
will be available to Akimbo Service subscribers just as this year’s
Halloween season is reaching its peak.
Akimbo is the
first fully functional marriage of TV and the Internet, combining easy
access to new and fresh shows with the comfort of watching them
anywhere in the home. The Akimbo Service features more than
13,000 on-demand videos from 200 content providers in seven
languages. Consumers can choose from approximately 100 categories
of mainstream and specialty video that fits every interest.
“This deal with
Akimbo marks The Horror Channel’s first step toward offering our fans
programming via television,” said Nicholas Psaltos, Founder and CEO,
The Horror Channel. “Akimbo subscribers can browse the
user-friendly, onscreen Akimbo Guide and click on The Horror Channel to
download our thrilling movies, specials and series for viewing in the
comfort of their living rooms.”
“The Akimbo
Service is an ideal way for The Horror Channel to break into the world
of television and helps them reach horror and suspense fans wherever
they may be,” said Akimbo CEO Josh Goldman. “Akimbo subscribers
will be delighted to access The Horror Channel’s unique selection of
classic movies like Night of the Living Dead and Dementia 13,
contemporary horror flicks like The Dead Next Door and Howling III: The
Marsupials and original series such as Shadow Falls and Heartland
Horrors.”
Akimbo will be
available this month on the new RCA Akimbo Player, an Internet VOD
set-top box retailing for $199.99. Akimbo is also
accessible in the Online Spotlight area of Microsoft Windows Media
Center 2005 PCs, and is coming soon to the AT&T Homezone home
entertainment service. A monthly subscription to Akimbo costs
$9.99 per month. For more information, please visit
www.akimbo.com.
It’s different but exciting. Good luck to THC as they venture down this uncharted highway.
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