• Disney Movies Now on Xbox Live

    Disney Movies Now on Xbox Live

    Techtree News Staff, Jul 11, 2007 1447 hrs IST

    Hereon, consumers will have access to a growing catalog of current and classic movies in both standard and high definition from Walt Disney Studios...

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At the ongoing E3 Media & Business Summit, Microsoft has penned an agreement with Disney-ABC Domestic Television to bring feature films from Walt Disney Studios to US members of Xbox Live.

Speaking on the occasion, Peter Moore, corporate vice president of the entertainment and devices division at Microsoft, said, "With this partnership, we will be able to feature blockbuster new releases as they become available, as also an incredible array of classic family films."

Hereon, consumers will have access to a growing catalog of current and classic movies in both standard and high definition from Walt Disney Studios on the Xbox Live Marketplace. And this includes titles from Walt Disney Pictures, Touchstone Pictures, Hollywood Pictures, and Miramax Films.

The titles to be featured include: Bridge to Terabithia, The Queen, Deja Vu, Metro, Bad Company, Moonlight Mile, Bringing Down the House, Cold Creek Manor, The 13th Warrior, Coyote Ugly, The Water Boy, Unbreakable, The Great Raid, to name a few.

On Xbox Live, high definition new releases cost 480 Microsoft Points each, while standard definition new releases come for 320 Microsoft Points each.

Whereas classic feature films in high definition are 360 Microsoft Points each, and classic feature films in standard definition are 240 Microsoft Points each.

With the Microsoft-Disney agreement, Disney joins existing studios such as Warner Bros Home Entertainment, Paramount Pictures, Lionsgate, etc, in bringing downloadable movie content to Xbox Live.

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