NEW YORK — Time Warner Inc.’s AOL said on Thursday it will offer movies from four major Hollywood studios for downloading on its new Internet video service. AOL said films from Twentieth Century Fox, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, Universal Pictures and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group will be available for download on AOL Video for $9.99 to $19.99 per movie. AOL Video started in August as a one-stop shop to search and download a wide range of video content from the Web. It said in July that the service would allow users to buy or watch for free thousands of television shows from any one of 45 video-on-demand channels, including programs licensed from Viacom Inc.’s MTV, Nickelodeon and Comedy Central networks and A&E Television Networks. Thursday’s announcement comes amid growing competition in the online video business, which includes movie download sites CinemaNow and Movielink, as well as online DVD rental company Netflix Inc.. AOL Video’s Vice President Fred McIntyre said that its strength was its search function and breadth of content. He did not say how many movie titles would be available for download. ‘Our focus is on providing a single source for users […]

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