demand founded 1999 1999 founder curt marvis and bruce eisen headquarters los angeles california usa area served us canada and united kingdom services video content delivery number of employees 120 parent filmon website cinemanow.com cinemanow is an international over the top ott provider of on demand internet streaming media available to viewers in the united states canada and the united kingdom . the company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in los angeles california . 1 contents 1 products and services 2 history 3 see also 4 references 5 external links products and services edit the cinemanow platform is available on the web on mobile devices running ios and android the xbox and playstation game consoles and ce devices including samsung lg panasonic and toshiba . 2 3 videos from cinemanow are available for electronic sell through via download to own in the home video release window dvd burning as well as rental time limited viewing in the pay per view window . 4 as of 2016 the company had 55 000 movies and tv episodes in its library . 5 history edit cinemanow was founded in 1999 as one of the first on demand internet streaming media platforms . the company was backed by menlo ventures index holdings cisco systems microsoft lionsgate and echostar . 6 7 in november 2008 sonic solutions acquired cinemanow . 8 in january 2009 sonic and blockbuster inc. announced a strategic alliance to provide digital content delivery under the blockbuster brand essentially merging the digital storefronts of cinemanow and its erstwhile competitor in 2007 . in 2010 sonic solutions and best buy announced a strategic alliance which resulted in best buy acquiring the cinemanow brand . 9 10 sonic solutions rebranded the cinemanow movie technology as roxionow which became a white label movie store business . 11 sonic solutions was acquired by rovi corporation for 775 million in december 2010 12 and continued to operate the white label movie store business which was renamed the rovi entertainment store . 13 14 in july 2013 rovi announced that the rovi entertainment store was acquired by reliance majestic holdings llc a new media company backed by proveho capital a private equity firm based in austin texas . 15 16 in july 2014 best buy sold the cinemanow business to the private equity firm regent equity partners . by january 2016 regent equity partners had sold cinemanow to the uk based company filmon . 5 see also edit comparison of digital distribution platforms for mobile devices references edit retail cinemanow inc. . businessweek . june 16 2009 . archived from the original on june 16 2009 . raby mark may 16 2012 . cinemanow app comes to xbox live . slashgear . archived from the original on april 23 2016 . retrieved august 14 2014 . takahashi dean november 3 2009 . cinema now movies on demand service to be built into best buy s web connected gadgets . venturebeat.com . archived from the original on march 4 2016 . retrieved may 17 2016 . lawler richard december 20 2012 . best buy s cinemanow opens home disc to digital program makes cloud copies of dvds for a fee . engadget . archived from the original on december 24 2012 . retrieved august 14 2014 . a b spangler todd january 27 2016 . filmon buys cinemanow movie tv digital storefront . variety . archived from the original on february 14 2016 . retrieved may 17 2016 . marshall matt july 12 2006 . cinemanow lands 20 million to keep up with everyone else . venturebeat.com . archived from the original on march 4 2016 . retrieved may 17 2016 . cinemanow secures 20.3 million investment press release . cinemanow via vfinance.com . n.d. archived from the original on may 9 2015 . albrecht chris november 19 2008 . sonic solutions to buy cinemanow . gigaom . archived from the original on march 5 2016 . retrieved may 17 2016 . fritz ben may 18 2010 . best option best buy acquires cinemanow name for its digital video offering . los angeles times . archived from the original on may 10 2015 . retrieved may 17 2016 . russell terrence april 17 2009 . best buy breaking into movie downloads . venturebeat.com . archived from the original on march 4 2016 . takahashi dean january 4 2010 . sonic solutions to launch richer version of cinemanow movie service . venturebeat.com . archived from the original on march 4 2016 . retrieved may 17 2016 . rovi to buy sonic solutions for 775 million to add streaming to listings . bloomberg l.p. december 23 2010 . archived from the original on may 17 2016 . retrieved may 17 2016 . spangler todd september 25 2013 . target opens digital video store designed to shield kids from r rated content . variety . archived from the original on march 4 2016 . retrieved may 17 2016 . rovi announces intent to pursue sale of rovi entertainment store business and narrows estimates range for fiscal 2012 press release . rovi via globe newswire . january 3 2013 . archived from the original on march 5 2016 . retrieved may 17 2016 . rovi corporation reports second quarter 2013 financial performance announces agreements to sell rovi entertainment store and consumer website businesses press release . rovi via marketwatch . july 31 2013 . archived from the original on march 4 2016 . retrieved may 17 2016 . pringle sarah november 6 2013 . divx likely to draw interest from strategics . the deal . archived from the original on july 17 2015 . external links edit cinemanow.com market wire august 18 2008 . cinemanow selects widevine to enable multiplatform content distribution to consumer electronics devices and pcs and widevine s open drm and digital copy protection solution enables cinemanow users to download digital content regardless of computing platform or browser . bloomberg . seattle washington . best buy press release announcing the re launch of cinemanow best buy is now the owner of cinema now . bby.com . may 18 2010 . v t e video digital distribution platforms digital library streaming media video on demand free 56 . com 9now abc iview acfun 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