100 IMAX Enhanced movies will arrive on Rakuten TV in Europe over the next six months, Rakuten and the IMAX Corporation announced this week.
Like Apple iTunes and Vudu, Rakuten lets users rent and buy movies individually and stream them to a media box or Smart TV over the internet – no subscription plan required.
Rakuten TV already has a large selection of movies in 4K with HDR. A handful of these are IMAX Enhanced with an expanded aspect ratio and DTS Core instead of Dolby audio.
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse in IMAX Enhanced and DTS Core on Rakuten. Screenshot: FlatpanelshD
The company expects its catalog to "include one hundred IMAX Enhanced titles arriving on service over the next six months".
- "Rakuten TV users will soon have the opportunity to experience more of their favorite blockbuster movies in IMAX Enhanced, taking movie nights to new heights with IMAX's exclusive expanded aspect ratio and IMAX signature sound by DTS," said Sidharth Jayant, chief product officer for Rakuten.
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Rakuten TV's IMAX Enhanced releases will be available across eight European countries; the UK, France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Netherlands, Norway, and Poland.
