Virgin Media launches online movies service

Virgin Media is launching an online movies service, with launch titles including Fantastic Mr Fox and District 9.

Virgin Media Online Movies lets users stream their choice of film directly to laptops, PCs and onto TVs.

All rentals will offer unlimited views for 48 hours and the film can be watched wherever the account holder logs on – at work, or at home. Users of the new service do not have to be Virgin Media customers.

Alex Green, executive director, commercial, TV and online, Virgin Media said: “Virgin Media already offers the UK’s leading movies on demand TV service and we wanted to bring the same high-quality, easy-to-use experience to film fans online.

“Virgin Media Online Movies will help visitors discover and enjoy a whole world of film and we’ll continue to develop the service by adding download functionality, even more titles and a great choice of HD films to the line-up.”

The online movie service is powered by FilmFlex Movies. FilmFlex has helped operate Virgin Media’s movies on-demand TV service – which saw over 11 million films watched on-demand in 2009 – since January 2005.