Erik Gruenwedel
April 5, 2019
Paramount Pictures has stopped selling and renting movies at ParamountMovies.com, citing the pending shutdown of the UltraViolet cloud-based storage platform on July 31.
UltraViolet is shuttering after most studio members – except Paramount and Lionsgate – joined rival platform Movies Anywhere.
ParamountMovies.com stopped offering transactional content on March 18 but cautioned the site would still be functional to redeem digital codes and peruse new Paramount releases.
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Consumers who purchased digital titles on the site can still access them through their UltraViolet accounts – provided they are linked to another service such as Vudu.com or FandangoNow.
ParamountMovies.com will also cease offering UltraViolet links on July 31.
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Just join MA and make it easy for us customers you fools!
I refuse to buy any Paramount titles until they join MA. What a horrible service they offer customers
Perhaps it evidences where they place customer satisfaction in their priority chain?
I also will not be buying anymore paramount digital movies ( or any other studio that does not port to movies anywhere) until I can get all my movies on movies anywhere
Not joining MA is keeping me from purchasing titles I want from Paramount, Lionsgate and MGM. This failure to join MA for your customers is getting ridiculous.