CreateSpace and A&E Home Entertainment announced that the publisher is releasing a six-part series, detailing the recent marriage of Prince William and Kate Middleton, through the CreateSpace DVD on Demand service.
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Unedited press release follows:
Lifetime’s ‘Royal Wedding of a Lifetime’ Released Through CreateSpace DVD on Demand
CHARLESTON, S.C. & NEW YORK–The recent marriage of Prince William and Kate Middleton was a fairytale event with people all over the world tuning in to witness the royal nuptials firsthand. To help fans and royal-watchers celebrate the ultimate storybook romance from their own living room, CreateSpace, part of the Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) group of companies, and A&E Home Entertainment today announced the DVD release of Lifetime’s six-part series, “Royal Wedding of a Lifetime.” “Royal Wedding of a Lifetime” ($24.49) became available through CreateSpace’s cutting-edge DVD on Demand platform on June 21, 2011.
“We are delighted to work with A&E Home Entertainment to bring this fascinating documentary portrait of one of the most celebrated relationships of our time to royal-watchers far and wide on high quality DVD, so they can relive the historic romance again and again,” said Libby Johnson McKee, managing director of CreateSpace. “CreateSpace’s groundbreaking DVD on Demand technology makes it easy for networks to release their latest content to a wide audience quickly and cost-effectively.”
“Royal Wedding of a Lifetime” examines the history of William and Kate’s romance and run-up to their wedding, comparisons of Kate to Princess Diana, the wedding gown and fashion surrounding the nuptials, cuisine for the high-profile event, a preview of the wedding day and a glimpse into their future together. Episodes featured on the DVD release include William and Kate, A Love Story; A Tale of Two Princesses; Kate’s Gown of Renown; Feast Fit for a Prince & Princess; A Day to Remember and The Future King & Queen.
Using the CreateSpace DVD on Demand platform, major networks can rush their most buzz-worthy content to the broadest possible consumer base faster than traditional methods of DVD distribution. The innovative and inexpensive solution allows networks to avoid estimating market demand and missed sales due to stock-outs on popular content during peak demand, as titles are only manufactured in response to customer demand. In addition, CreateSpace has the ability to distribute content through Amazon.com and other channels, including Amazon Video On Demand.
For more information about CreateSpace visit www.createspace.com.
About Lifetime Television
Lifetime Television is committed to offering the highest quality entertainment and information programming, and advocating a wide range of issues affecting women and their families. Lifetime Television®, Lifetime Movie Network®, Lifetime Real Women® and Lifetime Digital™ (which includes myLifetime.com, LMN.tv, Lifetime Games, Roiworld.com, DressUpChallenge.com and LifetimeMoms.com) are part of Lifetime Entertainment Services, LLC, a subsidiary of A&E Television Networks, LLC. A&E Television Networks is a joint venture of the Disney-ABC Television Group, Hearst Corporation and NBC Universal.
About CreateSpace
CreateSpace is a leader in manufacture on-demand services for independent content creators, publishers, film studios and music labels. CreateSpace provides inventory-free, physical distribution of Books, CDs and DVDs on Demand, music downloads via Amazon MP3 and video downloads via Amazon Video On Demand. CreateSpace is a brand of On-Demand Publishing LLC, a subsidiary of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN).
About Amazon.com
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), a Fortune 500 company based in Seattle, opened on the World Wide Web in July 1995 and today offers Earth’s Biggest Selection. Amazon.com, Inc. seeks to be Earth’s most customer-centric company, where customers can find and discover anything they might want to buy online, and endeavors to offer its customers the lowest possible prices. Amazon.com and other sellers offer millions of unique new, refurbished and used items in categories such as Books; Movies, Music & Games; Digital Downloads; Electronics & Computers; Home & Garden; Toys, Kids & Baby; Grocery; Apparel, Shoes & Jewelry; Health & Beauty; Sports & Outdoors; and Tools, Auto & Industrial. Amazon Web Services provides Amazon’s developer customers with access to in-the-cloud infrastructure services based on Amazon’s own back-end technology platform, which developers can use to enable virtually any type of business. Kindle, Kindle 3G, Kindle with Special Offers, Kindle 3G with Special Offers and Kindle DX are the revolutionary portable readers that wirelessly download books, magazines, newspapers, blogs and personal documents to a crisp, high-resolution electronic ink display that looks and reads like real paper. Kindle 3G, Kindle 3G with Special Offers and Kindle DX utilize the same 3G wireless technology as advanced cell phones, so users never need to hunt for a Wi-Fi hotspot. Kindle is the #1 bestselling product across the millions of items sold on Amazon.