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Movielink VOD has All Hollywood Majors

Movielink is expected to announce a digital distribution agreement with 20th Century Fox; meaning the broadband video-on-demand service will now include movie titles from each of Hollywood's major studios.

"Fantastic Four," "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" and "Kingdom of Heaven" are among the new and library movies included in the deal, which will launch this week by offering users "Robots," featuring a voice cast of Ewan McGregor, Halle Berry, Robin Williams and Mel Brooks, and "Hide and Seek," starring Robert De Niro and Dakota Fanning.

Movielink CEO Jim Ramo said the agreement was a major milestone for the online digital distribution of movies.

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