SANTA BARBARA, Calif., July 19, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- Soleil Film, Inc. (Pink Sheets:SFLM) announced today that it has signed a four-year video on demand deal with CinemaNow, Inc., for its "Autograph" TV Series, which gives the company 50% of all revenues earned by CinemaNow, a service that allows people to rent downloadable video content. Most major studios' movies on DVD are also available through CinemaNow, which makes it one of the leading video on demand services in the world. "We are extremely pleased that "Autograph" is catching on and we look forward to a wider distribution domestically and to its expansion internationally," CEO Kenneth Eade, commented. He continued, "Our distributor continues to have discussions with a number of other prominent television distribution outlets for the series and are feeling more confident about other deals materializing with every passing day."
"Autograph" (www.autograph.tv), starring Agata Gotova, is Soleil Films' celebrity profile series that interviews classic stars of Hollywood, who each tell their own story, with the aid of clips from their filmographies. The first season of Autograph includes exclusive in depth interviews with Janet Leigh, Ben Kingsley, Robert Duvall, Bo Derek, Martin Landau, Michelle Phillips, David Carradine, and 15 other stars. "Autograph", which has never aired in the United States, is the winner of the New York Festival's bronze medal 2002 for Best Biography Profile. Its debut episode on Janet Leigh received a Globe Gold Award from the International Media Festival in 2003. Autograph's current season is now broadcast on the Colours Television Network on Dish Network.
About Soleil Film, Inc.
Soleil Film is a diversified entertainment production company, primarily focused on driving shareholder value by investing in and producing highly original, television series and full-length feature films. Along with its equity interest in the widely anticipated, soon-to-be-release feature "All That I Need", the Company has amassed an impressive media library including the award winning "Autograph" television series ( www.autograph.tv ), "Fallacy," a feature film starring John Savage and Stephen Baldwin, and "Say it In Russian," written by award winning director, Jeff Celentano (Gunshy) in collaboration with Hollywood screenwriter, Larry Gross (48 Hours), edited by David Rawlins (Urban Cowboy), and cast by Casting Director, Rosemary Welden (The Kiss.).
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