ProSieben inks VOD deal with Fox

German broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 has inked a programming deal with Fox for its Maxdome video-on-demand service. It has secured a raft of movies from the studio including Avatar.

The agreement with Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment starts this month and gives ProSieben non-exclusive rights to new and library Fox features.

The deal means maxdome has content agreements with all of the Hollywood studios as well as local producer/distributors including Constantin and Kinowelt.

“Adding Fox to our portfolio allows us to maintain maxdome´s market leadership in Germany,” Dr. Christoph Schneider, managing director Maxdome.

Maxdome is a JV between ProSieben and United Internet and offers movies and TV series on a rental, subscription and download-to-own basis.