First Amazon Prime teams up with HBO to offer streaming content to its customers, and now AOL is taking a similar route with classic films from the Miramax studio.
The company struck a deal with the studio to steal movies from its library onto its AOL On video website, and users can also stream the content through their TV and mobile apps as well.
Specific films weren’t mentioned in the deal, but fan favorites like the Kill Bill movies, the musical Chicago and There Will Be Blood are likely to be included, among others.
The films will be at no cost, but will feature advertising, another move in AOL’s recent online video ad campaign. It’s been a huge success thus far, with 3.8 billion video ads seen by U.S. viewers for the month of March alone, according to a report from comScore.
Could more movies follow the Miramar deal? Only time will tell, but it definitely sounds like a serious competitor to Sony and its Crackle streaming.
Source: GigaOm
