Comcast to Carry First-Run IFC Films
Comcast Corp., the nation’s largest cable operator, has reached a deal with IFC Entertainment to show selected independent movies at the same time the releases hit theaters.
Philadelphia-based Comcast said indie films from “IFC in Theaters” would be shown through its on-demand service, which stores movies, TV shows and other videos for subscribers with digital set-top boxes to watch at any time.
The offerings, priced at $5.99 each, will be launched nationwide March 22.
IFC, a cable channel and independent film studio owned by Cablevision Systems Corp. in Bethpage, N.Y. will offer about two dozen new films a year to Comcast with simultaneous release in theaters.
IFC, which is behind such indie hits as “My Big Fat Greek Wedding,” “Boys Don’t Cry” and “Fahrenheit 9/11,” said it was in talks with other cable operators as well, but declined to name them.
IFC in Theaters is offered on Cablevision.
The first IFC indie films to be shown on Comcast include “American Gun,” starring Donald Sutherland, and “CSA: The Confederate States of America.”
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