Flix Premiere Online Cinema Launches in the United States
New Online Movie Theater Turns Mobile Screens into Red Carpet Experience with Changing Program of Curated Film Gems That Debut on Flix Premiere Platform and App
New York(21 Jun 2016)
Movie audiences in the U.S. can now experience film premieres on their mobile screen with the Online Cinema Flix Premiere. A closely curated and changing selection of new films will be available to U.S. audiences for the first time via the Flix Premiere site —www.flixpremiere.com — and the Flix Premiere app for iOS and Android. The U.S. is the second market to go live for Flix Premiere, following the U.K., as part of the company's global launch in seven countries within the next year.
Priced at $4.99 per film, Flix Premiere viewers can pick movies from a slate of film festival gems that spans across genres, including drama, comedies, documentaries, and thrillers. Flix Premiere moviegoers can buy tickets for exclusive Red Carpet Premieres, advanced screenings of theatrical releases with access to behind-the-scenes footage, cast, and production interviews. The movies shown at the Flix Premiere movie theater change every ten to twelve days. All films stay exclusive to the site for twelve months.
"Launching in the world's largest movie market, the U.S., is take two of our global mission to bring the magic of theatrical releases to mobile screens. Every week U.S. consumers spend 5.6 hours of watching movies, TV shows and videos online, according to Forrester's Consumer Technographics study. That's about 292 hours of streaming media consumption per year per person, with a preference for exclusive content. Our curation team is scouting film festivals around the world to bring the best movies into the Flix Premiere Online Cinema. These are movies that vow audiences with superb storytelling and complex characters," said Martin Warner, CEO and Founder of Flix Premiere.
The Flix Premiere Online Cinema will show more than twelve films on-demand to U.S. audiences at the time of the US launch, including ‘A Nightingale Falling’, ‘Changeover’, ‘Get Happy’, 'I Put A Hit On You', ‘Lipstikka’, 'Love Me Do', 'Noble Fir', ‘Sonata for Cello’, ‘Superbob’, 'Tension(s)', and ‘Tula: The Revolt’.
The first two Red Carpet Movie Premieres are the drama ‘Interwoven’ with Academy Awards Winner Mo'Nique, directed by VW Scheich, and ‘The Paddy Lincoln Gang’, directed by Ben Jagger and starring Dean S. Jagger.
Flix Premiere is available on the web across every browser and as an iOS app and Android app across a full range of mobile devices. The company is adding over-the-top content (OTT) distribution on streaming media devices, including to game consoles, later this year.
Movie tickets costs $4.99 per film. Movie buffs can buy five movie tickets for the price of four tickets. The movie is available for 24 hours after ticket purchase. To check what is playing on Flix Premiere, go to flixpremiere.com.
About Flix Premiere
Founded by serial entrepreneur and film producer Martin Warner, Flix Premier is the world's first online movie theater that offers carefully curated theatrical releases of world-class film productions. By combining curated theatrical releases with on-demand availability, Flix Premiere offers a single destination to discover brand new movies from award-winning movie directors, break-out stars and the new voices of global cinema. Every 10-14 days, the Flix Premiere online platform offers viewers 8-9 new exciting movies, exclusive to the site. In addition, Flix Premiere viewers can enjoy theatrical releases of movies online, offering a red carpet experience at home with behind-the-scenes footage, cast and production interviews and much more. Flix Premiere films span a variety of genres, including drama, comedies, documentaries, and animations. The company has offices in London, New York and Los Angeles.