HD Leader NME Signs Exclusive Worldwide Deal for Classic and Award-Winning Film and TV Titles
January 10 2008 - 3:39PM
PR Newswire (US)
For the First Time on HD, Now Available on NME's HD Bundle Box,
Feature Length Movies, including Rudyard Kipling's 'The Jungle
Book,' 'Sudden Death,' 'Instant Love,' 'Wilma' and Many More. LOS
ANGELES, Jan. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- New Medium Enterprises
(NME) (OTC:NMEN) (BULLETIN BOARD: NMEN) , provider of the
affordable, high-quality HD VMD (Versatile Multilayer Disc) format,
today announced their exclusive worldwide distribution deal with
SFM Entertainment LLC (SFM). The deal calls for the release of rare
and classic film and TV titles never before seen in HD on NME's
Bundle Box, including Rudyard Kipling's "The Jungle Book," "Sudden
Death" starring Robert Conrad, "Instant Love," "Wilma," "Bud
Greenspan's Favorite Stories of Olympic Glory," "Bud Greenspan
Remembers the 1936 Olympics," and the four tele-features based upon
the Emmy-winning TV series "Cagney & Lacey." This deal
represents a deeper partnership that will expand to include SFM's
library releasing through NME's HD VMD format throughout 2008 --
solidifying NME's position as a low-cost HD alternative. Through
NME's HD VMD Bundle Box, SFM has found a dynamic and consumer
friendly way to release its classic and never before seen titles on
HD for the first time. SFM, a world leader in film, television and
new media distribution, represents a renowned library of titles
ranging from "A Streetcar Named Desire" and "The Life and Legend of
Wyatt Earp" to "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" and "The Joey Bishop
Show." Utilizing their proprietary red laser technology, NME offers
consumers an inexpensive HD playback solution that lets them
continue to view and even enhance their existing DVD collection.
NME's HD VMD format is far more economical for studios and content
rights holders, and its HD player is the lowest priced on the
market. As a result, NME's HD products have become widely popular
around the world and are now poised to make a major impact on the
American marketplace in 2008. "It's an honor for NME to be
releasing SFM's legendary titles on our HD VMD Bundle Box," said
Yelena Popovic, Executive VP of US Operations for NME. "Bringing
those classic and never before released film and TV titles to
consumers worldwide in our HD format is an excellent demonstration
of our versatile, high-quality technology." "NME's incredible
quality and dedication to making HD affordable for all consumers
makes this deal a win for everyone," added Michael Maizes, Senior
Vice President and CFO of SFM Entertainment. "Through our
partnership with NME, we've found a state-of-the-art HD format to
bring our classic film and TV titles to consumers in the U.S. and
around the world." Other movie titles being considered for release
by SFM through NME's HD VMD Bundle Box include: Academy
Award-Winning "The Hellstrom Chronicle," "Murph the Surph," Monkees
of Bandapur" and "Get Rollin." The two companies plan to follow-up
these releases with a HD VMD Bundle Box of classic television shows
constituting of "Real McCoys," "Make Room for Daddy," "Adventures
of Jim Bowie," and many others. Currently, NME products are sold in
the U.S. through retail outlets including PC Rush and are also
available at http://www.nmestore.com/. SFM's catalog of DVD and
Video licensed products are sold worldwide, and its television
shows are aired domestically and internationally. New Medium
Enterprises is based in Los Angeles and London. SFM Entertainment
is based in New York City. About NME New Medium Enterprises Inc. is
listed on the OTC BB exchange in the U.S. under the symbol NMEN.
NME's HD VMD drives offer the world's first affordable format in
true High Definition based on current red laser technology and the
existing DVD industrial infrastructure. Incorporating break-through
optical storage capacity, red laser-based players, the HD VMD file
format, copyright encryption, authoring tools and compression
technologies, NME is providing the only high-quality and high-value
offering for the consumer electronics market. For additional
information about NME, please visit http://www.nmeinc.com/. About
SFM SFM Entertainment LLC is the number one advertiser oriented
provider of television programming on a national basis. It now
operates independently after having been part of SFM Media which
was the United States' second largest media buying company before
it was sold to the French-based Havas Company. SFM has pioneered
different media vehicles for a variety of advertisers that has
given the company a reputation of being one of them most innovative
companies in the advertising and programming business. It has
executive produced and distributed numerous television series,
specials and mini-series. For more information, please visit
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