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Ninety-four percent of 808 “unique” critically acclaimed or...

Ninety-four percent of 808 “unique” critically acclaimed or high-grossing films were available through at least one online VOD service in the U.S., said an NBCUniversal-commissioned report by KPMG released Thursday (http://bit.ly/1CnwiY5). The report analyzed the availability of 808 critically acclaimed…

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and/or high box office grossing films, 60 independent films and 724 TV shows among 34 online VOD services, like Hulu and Netflix, it said. The data was compiled in December, it said. Eighty-one percent of the top films were available on at least 10 of the 34 VOD services, it said. Ninety-six percent of the 100 most popular TV shows in 2012 were available on at least one VOD service, it said. The growth of VOD services “reinforces and encourages the creativity and hard work of the men and women behind the scenes of the film and television industry,” MPAA CEO Chris Dodd said, in a separate news release Thursday (http://bit.ly/1ysEqbf).