CinemaNow & Ultraviolet Link - When?

[sbuberl]

Re: CinemaNow & Ultraviolet Link - When?

So you can see here, I didn't get many answers. But seems as if linking my accounts created me an additional Flixster account? I can't investigate that until I'm home later today and I'll let you know then. But As you saw my conclusion it shouldn't be that way and I can only chalk it up to the fact that it's still being implemented. It could also be that I haven't activated a device yet and I will attempt that later today also. It's not really the tech's fault for not knowing either...

That's strange. Probably just not implemented yet. I have two activated devices, and my library still takes me to the "WELCOME TO YOUR CINEMANOW LIBRARY" page.

[RandomNinjaAtk]

Re: CinemaNow & Ultraviolet Link - When?

So Contacted there support, here is the chat log:

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Please wait while we find an agent to assist you...
You have been connected to Luis.
Luis: Hello. Thank you very much for contacting Customer Support. May I have your full name, e-mail, device manufacturer and device type?
Customer: My Name, my@email.com, xbox
Luis: Thank you very much for this information. How can we assist you?
Customer: I'm curious about the UltraViolet Linking
Customer: Just discovered today that you offer linking to my UltraViolet account
Customer: I'm currently a user mostly through Vudu and Flixster
Customer: I noticed after linking though that I cannot watch anything that is in my UltraViolet account, is that because it's still a work in progress?
Luis: Allow me a moment as I pull up your account. Thanks.
Luis: Thank you for holding
Luis: How does it work?
Copyright ?2012 Rovi Corporation. Company confidential.
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When you purchase a UV-enabled Title on CinemaNow:
?It becomes part of your UltraViolet locker
?You can playback the UltraViolet content on any UltraViolet-enabled retailer or device as long as the retailer has the title in their catalog and the content is compatible on the current device.
?You can stream your UltraViolet titles only
?You are allowed unlimited streams (but no more than 3 simultaneous streams) For additional information, please visit www.uvvu.com/what-is-uv.php
Customer: I understand that, thanks, but can we play movies that we have in our locker already through CinemaNow?
Customer: for example, I have over 175 titles already in my UltraViolet Locker
Luis: Allow me a moment
Luis: Thank you very much for holding.
Luis: Working on your issue.
Customer: ok
Luis: Thanks for holding.
Luis: If a movie they purchased on CinemaNow isn‟t playing on another service through UV, they need to contact that support
Luis: If a UV title is greyed in their CinemaNow library, that means the UV title was purchased with another UV Service
Customer: My library is empty though, not showing any titles
Luis: One moment
Luis: Thank you for holding , may I know what username youre using to log in to your account?
Customer: my@email.com
Customer: It's my best buy account
Luis: No , your user name is #########@flixster.com there i see 5 pages of movies titles.
Customer: #########?
Customer: my flixster.com username is my@email.com also
Luis: https://canada.cinemanow.com/activate
Luis: Sorry working on your issue
Customer: what about that url?
Customer: ok
Customer: np
Luis: Thank you very much for holding. Do you see the movies?
Customer: where should I be seeing them?
Customer: wen I go to "My Library" on CinemaNow, I get:
Customer: WELCOME TO YOUR CINEMANOW LIBRARY


Buy or rent a movie or TV show today and start building your CinemaNow library! The convenience of digital starts here:

Access Your Library On All Your Compatible Devices
Always the Latest New Release Movies and Next Day TV episodes
Pay Only For What You Watch
Watch in Glorious HD on Compatible
HD Devices
See List of Compatible Devices

Customer: I have yet to activate a device, and can later today
Luis: You should be logged with this username #########@flixster.com
Customer: whats the password for it?
Customer: im logged into cinemanow with my cinemanow username and password
Luis: I dont have that information we only able to view the username no password.
Luis: If you want i'll send you a password reset link
Luis: to your email my@email.com
Customer: so I'm supposed to login to CinemaNow via username: #########@flixster.com?
Luis: Please go to http://www.flixster.com/
Luis: And sign in.
Customer: but I already have flixster account and it's my@email.com ....
Luis: Yes , sign in with this username #########@flixster.com
Customer: I'll write that down, but that shouldn't be the answer.. just so you know
Customer: I appreciate you looking into this for me though, it was more out of curiosity, but seems as though CinemaNow has some work left on the implementation part before it's ready
Luis: We apologize for this inconvenience, also you could go to http://www.uvvu.com/what-is-uv.php
Luis: For more detail information.
Customer: Thanks, have a good day!
Your session has ended. You may now close this window.
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So you can see here, I didn't get many answers. But seems as if linking my accounts created me an additional Flixster account? I can't investigate that until I'm home later today and I'll let you know then. But As you saw my conclusion it shouldn't be that way and I can only chalk it up to the fact that it's still being implemented. It could also be that I haven't activated a device yet and I will attempt that later today also. It's not really the tech's fault for not knowing either...

[RandomNinjaAtk]

Re: CinemaNow & Ultraviolet Link - When?

Contacting support via Live Chat to see if I can get any answers

[nycomet]

Re: CinemaNow & Ultraviolet Link - When?

Thanks for the info guys. This seems very promising.

I need to check my Apple TV to see if it has Cinema Now. I doubt it but I would be so amazing to get to view UV movies on my Apple TV someday.

[RandomNinjaAtk]

Re: CinemaNow & Ultraviolet Link - When?

Actually, I just logged into my my CinemaNow account and there was an option to link my UVVU account (which I did). But it doesn't seem to support importing my UV library into my CinemaNow account. Maybe there will be a big announcement once everything works cause I find no mention of it in quick news search.

I didn't have CinemaNow account, but did just the same thing. Logged in via my Best Buy account and noticed that I could link the account to my UV account. So I've linked it but it doesn't seem to let me watch anything in my locker... I'm sure this is still a work in progress but great to see!

Edit: Also I noticed that under my UV account on the linking page. CinemaNow is not listed in addition to my other services. However, a new link which is just Rovi looks new. Which CinemaNow is powered by Rovi so this makes sense. I wonder if Best Buy will offer a D2D like Vudu? I could easily see them doing this also...

[sbuberl]

Re: CinemaNow & Ultraviolet Link - When?

I am clueless about Cinema Now. What is it?

How does Cinema Now work and what does it mean that it is now Ultraviolet?

Is there a press release where I can read about this?

Cinema Now is another VOD service like Vudu that used to be called RoxioNow until it was bought by Best Buy couple years ago. I think it used to only support SD except for some Intel PC's, but it seems it's HD support is growing and apparently they have have Android and iOS Apps. They've upgraded themselves quite a bit in last year or or so since I last considered using it.

Actually, I just logged into my my CinemaNow account and there was an option to link my UVVU account (which I did). But it doesn't seem to support importing my UV library into my CinemaNow account. Maybe there will be a big announcement once everything works cause I find no mention of it in quick news search.

[RandomNinjaAtk]

Re: CinemaNow & Ultraviolet Link - When?

CinemaNow is simply a Vudu competitor, it's also owned by Best Buy. It's their service.. Best Buy is part of the DECE, so it was only a matter of time before they started supporting UV in their store.

Hopefully all this will mean is that we have one more choice for purchasing and watching UV titles. Hopefully it will end up like Vudu and you can watch any UV title that you have in your UV locker. The benefit of this could be that if CinemaNow offers a andriod/windows phone app and Vudu still doesn't. We could simply use their app to watch our UV titles.

Edit: Also noticed MIB3 is showing it as well: http://www.cinemanow.com/title/476333

[nycomet]

Re: CinemaNow & Ultraviolet Link - When?

I am clueless about Cinema Now. What is it?

How does Cinema Now work and what does it mean that it is now Ultraviolet?

Is there a press release where I can read about this?

[RandomNinjaAtk]

Re: CinemaNow Now Ultraviolet

The Dark Knight Returns brings CinemaNow into Ultraviolet:

I couldn't see the image from my location but found it here:

http://www.cinemanow.com/title/466270

You can see the UV logo next to the title. So looks as if it is coming soon! I'm thinking a lot of announcements for UV will be waiting for CES 2013. I would expect to hear about the CFF and Certified players then, plus any additional studios coming on-board such as Disney... (one can dream right...?)

[E55KEV]

CinemaNow Now Ultraviolet

The Dark Knight Returns brings CinemaNow into Ultraviolet:

[sbuberl]

Re: CinemaNow & Ultraviolet Link - When?

I wonder when Best Buy's CinemaNow will link with UVVU.com? With the pre-release of Prometheus UV and CinemaNow redeem option one would think they would now be ready to link with UVVU? I have these titles on CinemaNow that I would liked linked to my UVVU and Vudu accounts.

Batman: Year One
The Blind Side
The Departed
Ocean's 11
Wedding Crashers

Well the preorder of Prometheus is available through mostly non-UV retailers. Fox is giving the user choices. Either Best Buy or CinemaNow is a UV member and I'd have suspected it would have it by now, because the backend is made by Rovi who upgraded their store software to support UV. But no word of CinemaNow rolling it out soon. I think we'll see Amazon UV before them.

[E55KEV]

I wonder when Best Buy's CinemaNow will link with UVVU.com? With the pre-release of Prometheus UV and CinemaNow redeem option one would think they would now be ready to link with UVVU? I have these titles on CinemaNow that I would liked linked to my UVVU and Vudu accounts.

Batman: Year One
The Blind Side
Crazy Stupid Love
Dark Tide
The Departed
Green Lantern
Haywire
Ocean's 11
Wedding Crashers