GRAVITAS VENTURES SIGNS MULTI-YEAR INTERNATIONAL LICENSING DEAL WITH WARNER DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION
Comprehensive new media rights deal covers cable video on demand (VOD), satellite pay per view (PPV), internet protocol television (IPTV) and electronic sell through (EST)
LOS ANGELES- April 26th, 2007 Gravitas Ventures, a world class new media distributor, extended its relationship with Warner Digital Distribution by signing a multi-year international licensing agreement. Under the agreement artists and producers represented by Gravitas will have the opportunity to reach over 100 million households and hotel rooms in the United States and Canada and an even larger worldwide on-line audience.
Warner Digital Distribution successfully licenses to dozens of clients in the video on demand (VOD), pay per view (PPV), internet protocol television (IPTV), and electronic sell through (EST) marketplace. Under this agreement Gravitas Ventures programs will be available to industry leaders such as iNDEMAND, Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Cox Cable, Cablevision, TVN, AT&T, Verizon, Direct TV, Dish Network, On Command, Lodge Net, Apple i-Tunes, Microsoft X-Box, Amazon Unbox, CinemaNow, Movielink and many more.
Commenting on the new agreement, Nolan Gallagher, Founder and C.E.O. of Gravitas Ventures, said “New technologies are fostering enormous creativity and by partnering with Gravitas Ventures artists have a tremendous opportunity to take advantage of the best in class sales and marketing capabilities of Warner Digital Distribution.”
“Furthermore, today marks an important milestone in the growth of Gravitas Ventures. As a company we strive to match our video library with partners across numerous platforms and by collaborating with Warner Digital our clients have unprecedented access to home entertainment marketplaces poised for tremendous growth.”About Gravitas Ventures
Gravitas Ventures is a world class distributor and marketer of video for the new media space. Gravitas Ventures represents numerous producers of feature films and television programs. The Gravitas new media rights library includes hundreds of hours of features, documentaries, animation, wrestling/mixed martial arts, fitness, poker and stand up comedy programming. Gravitas Ventures with its motto of “delivering your ideas to the digital market” provides a turn key approach for artists to reach new media customers by handling the distribution contract, copyright procedures, insurance requirements, coordination of marketing materials, quality control, film delivery and timely royalty payments.
For questions: Nolan Gallagher Gravitas Ventures (310) 804-5934 or nolan@gravitasventures.com
