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TIME WARNER CABLE CUSTOMERS CAN NOW ACCESS SHOWTIME ANYTIME® ON THEIR COMPUTER AND MOBILE DEVICES
New York City, November 26, 2013 – Time Warner Cable today announced the launch of Showtime Networks’ authentication service, SHOWTIME ANYTIME. Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks customers who subscribe to SHOWTIME® now have free, unlimited on demand access to hundreds of hours of the network's programming, as well as the live broadcast of both the East and West Coast feeds of SHOWTIME, on any computer, iPhone®, iPad®, Android™ phones and tablets or Kindle Fire™ anywhere in the U.S.
"We're excited to be able to add SHOWTIME ANYTIME to our growing TV Everywhere offering," said Mike Angus, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Video for Time Warner Cable. "Our customers now have easy access to their favorite SHOWTIME programs anytime, anywhere."
“We are very pleased to have Time Warner Cable come onboard as a SHOWTIME ANYTIME partner,” said Tom Christie, President, Distribution, Business Development, and Network Operations for Showtime Networks. “This is a significant milestone in our efforts to make SHOWTIME ANYTIME available to 100 percent of the multi-channel video universe.”
For the first time, Time Warner Cable subscribers will have the ability to use SHOWTIME ANYTIME to watch current and past seasons of award-winning SHOWTIME original series including HOMELAND, DEXTER®, RAY DONOVAN, MASTERS OF SEX, CALIFORNICATION, HOUSE OF LIES, WEB THERAPY, EPISODES and NURSE JACKIE, along with box office hits, hard hitting sports, documentaries and specials, whenever and wherever they'd like to watch it – at home, at the office, or on the go.
To access SHOWTIME ANYTIME, Time Warner Cable’s SHOWTIME subscribers can go to www.ShowtimeAnytime.com or download the SHOWTIME ANYTIME app via the iTunes App Store (https://itunes.apple.com/app/id484232467), Google Play Store (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.showtime.showtimeanytime), or the Amazon Appstore (http://amzn.to/ZnVeNL). Customers can authenticate their SHOWTIME subscription by signing in with their Time Warner Cable username and password, make their viewing selection and begin watching. SHOWTIME ANYTIME is also available now nationwide to AT&T U-verse, Cablevision's Optimum TV, Comcast Xfinity, DirecTV and Verizon FiOS customers.
About Showtime Networks Inc.
Showtime Networks Inc. (SNI), a wholly-owned subsidiary of CBS Corporation, owns and operates the premium television networks SHOWTIME®, THE MOVIE CHANNEL™ and FLIX®, as well as the multiplex channels SHOWTIME 2™, SHOWTIME® SHOWCASE, SHOWTIME EXTREME®, SHOWTIME BEYOND®, SHOWTIME NEXT®, SHOWTIME WOMEN®, SHOWTIME FAMILY ZONE® and THE MOVIE CHANNEL™ XTRA. SNI also offers SHOWTIME HD™, THE MOVIE CHANNEL™ HD, SHOWTIME ON DEMAND® and THE MOVIE CHANNEL™ ON DEMAND, and the network's authentication service SHOWTIME ANYTIME®. SNI also manages Smithsonian Networks™, a joint venture between SNI and the Smithsonian Institution, which offers Smithsonian Channel™. All SNI feeds provide enhanced sound using Dolby Digital 5.1. SNI markets and distributes sports and entertainment events for exhibition to subscribers on a pay-per-view basis through SHOWTIME PPV®.
About Time Warner Cable
Time Warner Cable Inc. (NYSE: TWC) is among the largest providers of video, high-speed data and voice services in the United States, connecting more than 15 million customers to entertainment, information and each other. Time Warner Cable Business Class offers data, video and voice services to businesses of all sizes, cell tower backhaul services to wireless carriers and enterprise-class, cloud-enabled hosting, managed applications and services. Time Warner Cable Media, the advertising arm of Time Warner Cable, offers national, regional and local companies innovative advertising solutions. More information about the services of Time Warner Cable is available at www.twc.com, www.twcbc.com and www.twcmedia.com.
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CONTACTS:
Showtime Networks Inc.
Johanna Fuentes
(212) 708-1590
Time Warner Cable
Nathalie Burgos
(212) 364-8545
Bright House Networks
Lorelie Johnson
(407) 210-3188
Lorelie.johnson@mybrighthouse.com
