ANIME
NETWORK INKS
SVOD DEAL
WITH CHARTER
COMMUNICATIONS
Carriage
Agreement
Raises
Network’s
Growing VOD
Distribution
to 35
million
Houston, TX
– January
28, 2008 –
Cementing
its
stronghold
as the
leading
video-on-demand
(VOD)
offering in
North
America,
Anime
Network has
signed a
carriage
agreement
with Charter
Communications.
Beginning
January 3,
Charter
Communications
launched
Anime
Network as a
subscription-based
video-on-demand
(SVOD)
service.
"Anime
Network is
thrilled to
include
Charter
Communications
in our
ever-growing
list of SVOD
affiliates,”
said Kevin
McFeeley,
the
company’s
Vice
President,
Affiliate
Sales & New
Media, in
making
today’s
announcement.
"We are now
available in
over 35
million VOD-enabled
households,
and the
popularity
of our
independent,
niche
content has
translated
into a
sustainable
on-demand
business."
Cathy Fogler,
Vice
President
and General
Manager of
Video for
Charter
said: “We’re
pleased to
offer Anime
Network to
our
customers.
Charter
strives to
provide
value by
offering a
wide variety
of
programming
and SVOD is
an excellent
way for us
to provide
niche
content like
Anime
Network.”
Anime
Network has
over 95%
penetration
into all VOD-enabled
households
in North
America.
About Anime
Network
Anime
Network, a
subsidiary
of A.D.
Vision Inc.
(parent
company to
ADV Films),
is America’s
#1 Anime
Channel,
reaching
more than 43
million
households
with
thousands of
hours of
exciting,
eye-catching
serialized
programming.
Launched in
North
America in
late 2002,
Anime
Network is
the nation’s
top
video-on-demand
(VOD)
offering,
and is also
available on
mobile and
broadband
platforms.
The network
continues to
broaden its
national
roster of
multi-system
operator (MSO)
agreements,
bringing the
elusive
18–34,
tech-savvy
male
demographic
back to
television
and driving
demand for
additional
digital
services
offered by
MSOs. For
more
information,
visit
www.theanimenetwork.com.