With the backing of almost all of the “ Big Six” Hollywood studios, and other heavyweights such as retailers and telecom giants - a consortium known as the Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem - UltraViolet, which launched in 2011, seemed destined to be the default platform for storing home video content in the cloud. As long as you’ve connected your UltraViolet account to at least one of those retailers by the time UltraViolet shuts down on Wednesday, you’ll still be able to watch your content through them. The key phrase there is “linked retailers.” It’s crucial to log in to UltraViolet by July 31 and check the retailers that you’ve linked your collection to - in the U.S., the list includes FandangoNow, the high-end home theater service Kaleidescape, and the Walmart-owned platform Vudu. While there could be some disruption, we do not anticipate this on a broad scale and are working diligently to minimize and avoid such instances. Most, and perhaps all, existing rights in UltraViolet Libraries currently available through your linked retailers that are still operating should continue to be available from those retailers. In most cases, we anticipate very little impact. Here’s what the UltraViolet shutdown FAQ says on the subject: Your digital library can live on beyond UltraViolet’s death, but it’s up to you to make sure that you still have access to it. If you’ve bought a DVD, Blu-ray, or 4K Blu-ray since then, there’s a good chance it came with a code in the package to receive a digital version of the film or TV show on UltraViolet. Wednesday, July 31, is the date of UltraViolet’s closure, the company announced back in January that will be nearly eight years since the service’s debut in the autumn of 2011. UltraViolet is closing imminently, and if you’re relying on that cloud-based service for anything in your movie collection, now is a good time - while you still have time - to make sure you can still access your films in the future.
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