CBS STUDIOS INTERNATIONAL AND AVEX ENTERTAINMENT INC. EXPAND ON DEMAND MOBILE VIDEO DEAL TO SOFTBANK MOBILE'S UULA SERVICE
LOS ANGELES, March 15, 2013 CBS Studios International and Japan's Avex Entertainment Inc.today announced the expansion of their multi-year licensing agreement to include CBS programming on SoftBank Mobile's subscription video-on-demand service, UULA.
The UULA service, a joint venture between Avex Entertainment and Softbank, will now include content for SoftBank's smartphone and tablet subscribers from CBS's extensive television library, including early seasons of current hits such as NCIS, NCIS: Los Angeles and 90210 and full seasons of classic series such as Star Trek, Star Trek: Enterprise, Medium and The 4400. The UULA service joins Avex's existing "dVideo" subscription on-demand service, available to customersof mobile carrier NTT Docomo.
"We're excited to expand this content licensing agreement and provide UULA subscribers the flexibility to watch CBS programming on their mobile devices," said Barry Chamberlain, Executive Vice President, CBS Studios International."The international digital space continues to provide more choice for viewers and additive revenue opportunities for content providers."
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CBS Studios International is the leading supplier of programming to the international television marketplace, licensing to more than 200 markets in more than 30 languages across multiple media platforms. The Studio participates in international channel ventures, currently comprised of 22 channels in 20 languages across 87 territories, reaching more than 100 million international households. CBS Studios International also exports a diverse lineup of formats for local production around the world. The division distributes content from CBS Television Studios, CBS Television Distribution, Showtime, CBS News, CBS Films and a library of more than 70,000 hours of programming. CBS Studios International is a division of CBS Corporation.
Avex Entertainment Inc.(AVEX) is Japan's leading music & video content company based in Tokyo, Japan, and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Avex Group Holidings, Japan's leading entertainment conglomerate. AVEX's business arm expanded to the digital space when Avex Broadcasting & Communications Inc., a joint venture company between AVEX and NTT Docomo Inc., Japan's leading mobile carrier company, launched "d-market Video Store powered by BeeTV", a 525 Yen/ month Subscription Video on Demand (SVOD) exclusive to NTT Domoco's Andorid OS devices on November 2011. The SVOD service has been renamed to "dVideo powered by BeeTV"("dVideo"), and as of end of 2012, the service has over 3,500,000 subscribers. Within the past year, AVEX established a new joint venture company UULA Inc. with Softbank Corp., a parent company of a major Japan's mobile carrier, Softbank Mobile Corp. UULA Inc. launched "UULA", a 490 Yen/ month subscription on-demand service exclusive to Softbank Mobile Corp's smartphones and tablets including iPhones and iPads, on Feburary 14, 2013.
Paramount Global is a media, streaming and entertainment company. The Company has three segments. TV Media segment consists of its broadcast operations: CBS Television Network, CBS Stations and its international free-to-air networks; domestic premium and basic cable networks, including Paramount+ with Showtime, MTV, Comedy Central, Paramount Network, The Smithsonian Channel, Nickelodeon, BET Media Group, CBS Sports Network and international extensions of certain of these brands, and domestic and international television studio operations. Direct-to-Consumer segment includes its portfolio of domestic and international pay and free streaming services, including Paramount+, Pluto TV, BET+ and Noggin. Filmed Entertainment segment consists of Paramount Pictures, Paramount Players, Paramount Animation, Nickelodeon Studio, Awesomeness and Miramax. Filmed Entertainment segment consists of Paramount Pictures, Paramount Players, Paramount Animation, Nickelodeon Studio, Awesomeness and Miramax.
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