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    OSCAR(R) Nominated Films and Past OSCAR Winners Available On MOVIES ON DEMAND(R) On Cable

    PRWeb – Fri, Jan 27, 2012

    Fans Can Catch Up on Top Movies in February with Click of the Remote

    National Harbor, MD (PRWEB) January 27, 2012

    As the excitement about 84th Academy Awards® builds, movie lovers can catch up on many Oscar®-nominated films without ever leaving their homes. With just the push of a remote control button, viewers can instantly watch some of the top films of the season – before the winners are announced on February 26.

    The following films received a nomination in at least one of the Academy’s 24 categories and are either currently available or coming soon, to digital cable customers through Movies on Demand™:


    • “Anonymous” (avail. 2.7.12)

    • “Beginners”

    • “A Better Life” (avail. 2.1.12)

    • “Bridesmaids”

    • “Drive” (avail. 1.31.12)

    • “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2”

    • “Hell and Back Again”

    • “The Help”

    • “The Ides of March”

    • “Kung Fu Panda 2”

    • “Midnight in Paris”

    • “Moneyball”

    • “Real Steel”

    • “Rise of the Planet of the Apes”

    • “Transformers: Dark of the Moon”

    • “The Tree of Life”

    • “Warrior”

    Movie buffs can also discover or relive the best of the best in cinematic history with past Oscar-winning movies, which are among hundreds of films offered currently on Movies on Demand on cable. They include:

    • “American Beauty”

    • “As Good As It Gets”

    • “The Blind Side”

    • “Crash”

    • “Crazy Heart”

    • “The Departed”

    • “Erin Brockovich”

    • “Mary Poppins”

    • “Million Dollar Baby”

    • “The Pianist”

    • “Slumdog Millionaire”

    • “Walk The Line”

    Many of the latest films are on Movies on Demand weeks before they arrive in the mail or show up in kiosks, and years before they become available via legal streaming subscription services. Customers can find out what new titles are currently available and what’s coming soon at http://www.rentmoviesondemand.com.

    • Disclaimer: CTAM and its members have neither a relationship with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nor its awards program.

    For media inquiries, contact:


    Jason D. King, ABC


    Director, Communications & Media Relations


    CTAM


    (301) 485.8914


    jason(at)ctam(dot)com

    Matt Biscuiti


    Senior Vice President


    The Lippin Group


    (212 986.7080


    matt(at)lippingroup(dot)com

    About Movies on Demand® On Cable


    The Movies on Demand® initiative is an integrated marketing campaign produced by the Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing (CTAM) Marketing Co-op. The cable company sponsors include Armstrong, Atlantic Broadband, BendBroadband, Bright House Networks, Comcast, Cox Communications, Insight, iO TV, Mediacom, Suddenlink and Time Warner Cable. The studios include 20th Century Fox, Lionsgate, NBCUniversal, Paramount, Relativity, Sony/Columbia, Summit Entertainment, The Walt Disney Studios and Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc. The initiative is also supported by CTAM corporate partner, iN DEMAND.

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    Jason D. King
    CTAM
    301.485.8914
    Email Information


     

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