Turner Classic Movies on Tuesday launched an online video destination devoted to classic films.
Dubbed the Media Room, the new video portal lives on the TCM.com site and launched with more than 3,000 pieces of shortform video content in the form of short films, movie clips, trailers and interstitials from TCM programming.
The launch also featured the online premiere of the 1937 romantic comedy Living on Love in its entirety. In the future, Media Room will offer features in a widescreen Cinemascope format and without letterboxing, which is designed to duplicate the cinematic experience.
"We are offering a customizable, uncluttered, cinematic user interface that re-creates the effect of a theater experience," said Richard Steiner, vp new media at TNT, TBS and TCM. "It's a unique experience, one that demonstrates TCM's continued commitment as curators of classic film."
While TCM's Media Room content will be updated daily and drawn from the cable network's television programming, it also will offer the ability for users to create playlists and search for content based on an actor, director or filmmaker.
Dubbed the Media Room, the new video portal lives on the TCM.com site and launched with more than 3,000 pieces of shortform video content in the form of short films, movie clips, trailers and interstitials from TCM programming.
The launch also featured the online premiere of the 1937 romantic comedy Living on Love in its entirety. In the future, Media Room will offer features in a widescreen Cinemascope format and without letterboxing, which is designed to duplicate the cinematic experience.
"We are offering a customizable, uncluttered, cinematic user interface that re-creates the effect of a theater experience," said Richard Steiner, vp new media at TNT, TBS and TCM. "It's a unique experience, one that demonstrates TCM's continued commitment as curators of classic film."
While TCM's Media Room content will be updated daily and drawn from the cable network's television programming, it also will offer the ability for users to create playlists and search for content based on an actor, director or filmmaker.
- 5/24/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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