Horror Channel and Akimbo sign a deal just in time for Halloween October 18, 2006
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With Halloween just around the corner, the folks at the Horror Channel and Akimbo have signed a deal making content on the Horror Channel available to Akimbo subscribers.
Not familiar with Akimbo? It’s an Internet to TV Video on Demand (VOD) service which works either with a standalone RCA Akimbo Player (which will be available this month) or with Windows Media Center PCs. Under Windows Media Center, you can access Akimbo via the Online Spotlight section. If you don’t see it there - make sure to get the Update Rollup 2 for MCE.
Akimbo offers more than 13,000 on demand videos from over 200 content providers across seven languages. With the Horror Channel deal in place, gruesome and chilling movies and stories will now also be accessible from the Internet on your television set via the Akimbo service.
We mentioned the RCA Akimbo Player - it’s an Internet Video on Demand set top box which retails for $199.99. Simply connect the device to your Internet connection and subscribe to the Akimba service. It’s capable of storing 100 hours of programming and you can access the entire Akimbo service via the set top box. The Akimbo service itself will cost you $9.99 a month. Not too bad if you’re into the content provided by the service.
The Horror Channel Inks Deal with Akimbo for Internet-to-TV VOD Service
Selection of Spine-Tingling Movies, Specials and Original Series Arrives on Akimbo Just Before Halloween
GUTTENBERG, N.J. –(Business Wire)– Oct. 16, 2006 The Horror Channel, the premier broadband venue for the best horror, terror and suspense programming, has entered into an agreement with Akimbo(TM) 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 http://www.akimbo.com.
The Horror Channel is the premier broadband venue for the best Horror, Terror and Suspense programming. By licensing classic and contemporary movies, specials and series from the libraries of established distributors, as well as introducing original series, miniseries and films by top Horror filmmakers, The Horror Channel has become the network of choice for Horror fans, filmmakers, authors and actors.
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