National Lampoon, Reel Time sign VOD pact
As many as 12 titles offered per year
By Danny King -- Video Business, 9/22/2008
SEPT. 22 | National Lampoon will offer some of its movie titles via video-on-demand over the Internet by ReelTime Rentals, the companies said in a statement today.
ReelTime will offer such titles as National Lampoon Presents Electric Apricot: Quest for Festeroo and National Lampoon Presents One, Two, Many through VOD on its Web site. The agreement might include as many as 12 National Lampoon films a year, the companies said.
"Having ReelTime Network as VOD partner gives Lampoon fans another convenient platform on which to watch our movies and ensures our titles will be seen throughout America," said Tom Daniels, president of worldwide distribution for National Lampoon.
ReelTime's Web site has about 750 movies, ranging from newer titles such as Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl and National Treasure to older movies including Glory and Groundhog Day.
The Seattle-based company, which trades on the Pink Sheets, in June inked an agreement with Walt Disney Studios to provide video-on-demand versions of films from Disney-Pixar, Touchstone Pictures and Miramax Films, among other Disney divisions.
