METV.COM, a new Internet video-on-demand company, opens its feature film
licensing drive with the arrival of veteran film-buyer JOHN REWEDA as vice
president of content acquisition. "John's (Reweda) expertise will play a
key role in establishing contact with the leading movie studios and
independents as we move toward our June 2000 consumer launch date," said
Martin French, MeTV.com senior vice president. Reweda will help the
fledgling business develop and obtain content for its MeTV.com Web site,
which is the delivery platform for phase one streaming movies, a
merchandise mall and a movie database. The company already has alliances
with Microsoft Broadband's Jump-start Initiative, encoding.com, interVU and
iBEAM. Since 1975, Reweda has filled increasingly senior positions with
American Multi Cinema, Inc, moving up from general manager for operations
at the AMC University Square Theaters to head film buyer for the Western
division to vice president film buyer, where his responsibilities included
negotiating contracts with key distributors.
Rick DeMott
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