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FilmOn Networks Completes Acquisition of World's Largest Privately Owned Film Library

As Part of a $25 Million Investment Into Several Major Film Libraries and a State of the Art New Digitization Facility, 30,000 Hours of Content Will Be Added to FilmOn's Already Substantial Streaming Television and Video On Demand Film Network; Includes, Rare Classics by Stanley Kubrick, Federico Fellini, Ingmar Bergman and John Huston as Well as Never Before Seen Footage of John F. Kennedy, Elvis Presley, Michael Jackson and the Beatles.

BEVERLY HILLS, CA --(Marketwired - April 21, 2014) - FilmOn CEO Alki David announced the acquisition of the CineBx Library with 40 other catalogues such as that of Allied Entertainment, A1 Entertainment, Four Star, and HanVideo. Together these collections include over 10,000 films and 10,000 hours of historical television footage. The addition of this substantial list to FilmOn's already hefty offerings builds on the company's strategy as a major licensor and acquirer of quality long-form content.

"Our global audience of tens of millions of users has made it clear that they want more and more quality content to be available on FilmOn," said David. "In addition to our ongoing licensing of content, the CineBx acquisition is the first step in our 2014 push to add entire libraries to FilmOn's free VOD service as well as expanding other distribution channels and technologies."

FilmOn has created a state of the art restoration and digitalization facility in Irvine, California to preserve these rare films and videos and prepare them for the public's consumption.

The largest part of the acquisition is the Allied Entertainment Library, originally formed in 1982 before it joined with Viacom and Gill Cable to program the early cable channel Classic Movie Channel. The management has continued to acquire and preserve rare film and television content.

Highlights include: John Cassavetes' seven lost films, rare features and shorts by Robert Altman, Stanley Kubrick and uncut versions of Orson Welles' films. Other directors include: John Ford, Frank Capra, John Huston, Roman Polanski, Bernardo Bertolucci, Federico Fellini, Alfred Hitchcock, Sydney Lumet, Ingmar Bergman, and Otto Preminger.

There are 640 Westerns (22 starring John Wayne and 24 directed by Quentin Tarantino favorite William Whitney), 150 Broadway musical films, 50 Blaxploitation titles, 18 Bruce Lee related titles, and countless war films and television documentaries. There are comedies from Steve Martin, Johnny Carson, Bill Murray, Richard Pryor, Robin Williams, Abbot & Costello, Buster Keaton, Lucille Ball, the Marx Bros., and Mel Brooks.

Classic television is represented with shows from pioneers like Ed Sullivan and Milton Berle to the golden age of talk shows with Steve Allen and Jack Paar to TV news of Edward R. Murrow. Classic soap operas, game shows and the cartoons of Hannah Barbera will provide for massive binge viewing.

The acquisition includes one of the largest catalogues of Olympic sports documentaries ever assembled, covering thousands of world athletes facing the cameras at the moment of their triumphs between 1949-2010.

The collection has a robust section of music documentaries with rare footage of hundreds of artists including Ray Charles, Elvis Presley, Frank Zappa, Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong. And it includes the archives of the Beatles' first music company, founded before Apple Corp.

"We have music historians going through our vaults cataloging this great collection of original recordings from the Sixties and Seventies," David said. "And the historic music and sports libraries are also part of FilmOn's transformative push into live events with its new hologram business."

As a recent executive brief from SNL Kagan said, "Regardless of how the Supreme Court rules in the Aereo case, FilmOn will still have a viable business model…. Those services and platforms that have compelling content will ultimately prevail over competitive services and platforms that do not."

These additions join FilmOn's already robust content offerings which include 600 streaming television channels and now over 90,000 VODs. The new films and videos are streaming live on FilmOn's Living History Channel, Chillings Channel, Shock Masters Channel, and TV Gold Channel, and 700 are already available on FilmOn's VOD service.

About FilmOn Networks:

Founded by Greek billionaire and media entrepreneur, Alki David, FilmOn is the world's number one free TV service and number one live TV app with 40 million downloads. FilmOn offers over 600 live TV channels including original programming, 600 video and audio podcasts from premium brands as well as over 90,000 video on demand titles at FilmOn.com and other destination sites online, including BattleCam.com. Last month the site's 40 million unique users generated 1.2 billion video streams. The service is available globally via computers, smartphones, tablets as well as the FilmOn App for iOS 7, Android, Windows 8 and IP-enabled set-top boxes and devices. With offices in Beverly Hills and London and data-centers in Los Angeles, London, and Geneva, FilmOn curates the best of free televised entertainment from around the globe. FilmOn TV is an Independent TV Broadcaster with stations in the UK (Sky Channel 292 and Freesat channel 410 and throughout the US. For more information please visit FilmOn.com and connect with us on Twitter and Facebook.

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