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Hungama.com brings Warner Bros movies on VoD service

Hungama Movies have over 5,000 Bollywood film and video titles from studios like Yash Raj Films, Big Entertainment, UTV Movies among others

Urvi Malvania Mumbai
 
Digital entertainment company Hungama.com's Video on Demand service (VoD) has acquired the rights to a bunch of Hollywood movies under the Warner Brothers studio banner.

The titles include old classics like Gone With the Wind and contemporary hits like The Departed, Harry Potter series, Shawshank Redemption, The Dark Knight and The Blind Side.

Apart from motion pictures, the digital on-demand content provider has also acquired animated classics like the Tom & Jerry and Looney Tunes cartoons.

Hungama Movies have over 5,000 Bollywood film and video titles from studios like Yash Raj Films, Big Entertainment, UTV Movies, Star India, Shemaroo, Ultra Home and Ananda Audio Video Kavitalaya.

Siddhartha Roy, COO, Hungama Digital Media Entertainment said, “With the addition of the Warner Bros library, we now provide some of the world’s best international films to our 50,000 plus subscribers.”

Chris Dyde, Senior Vice President, International Licensee Markets, Warner Bros Home Entertainment Group said, “Providing consumers with more choices and improving the movie experience at home is at the heart of Warner Bros' digital strategy and we’re delighted to be working with Hungama.com, to offer viewers across India a fantastic selection of some of the biggest blockbusters from the Warner Bros catalogue.”

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First Published: Jul 05 2013 | 1:48 PM IST

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