Swank Motion Pictures and Digital Video Systems Partner to Bring Streaming Premium Entertainment to Cruise Ships at Sea

Swank’s first-run movies and TV content matched with DVS’ live streaming and sports events will provide a wider range of entertainment options

ST. LOUIS, MO, UNITED STATES, April 13, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ — Swank Motion Pictures and Digital Video Systems have entered into a strategic partnership that will bring satellite entertainment channels directly to cruise ships at sea via DVS’ maritime entertainment platform, CRUISESAT. The partnership will enable cruise lines to provide the latest and greatest entertainment from major studios seamlessly and directly to their onboard customers. Previously, that was accomplished through a process of sending secure physical hard drives to the ships.

Swank spreads the magic of movies and TV shows beyond homes and theaters through licensing and distributing content to cruise ships and other maritime vessels around the world. In addition to providing screenings of films onboard, Swank provides the ability to have video-on-demand content directly on in-cabin TVs and personal devices for both guests and crew.

DVS is a maritime systems integration and content provider currently working with the world’s largest cruise lines. CRUISESAT is DVS’ proprietary maritime entertainment and technology platform. CRUISESAT was conceived and developed to acquire and introduce popular high-definition news, entertainment, sports and cultural content to the global maritime market using a single antenna system for all video content including linear television channels and nonlinear video content, multicultural programming, audio content and branded networks for the cruise industry.

Swank and DVS will be providing cruise lines a series of licensed premium content channels in addition to the DVS core offering of channels worldwide.
“We are excited to introduce this premium content offering in a new way that will enrich the guest experience onboard,” said Bill Evjen, vice president and CIO of Swank Motion Pictures. “We have jointly developed with DVS a means to very simply provide a ship with a premium content offering that wasn’t possible before.”

“We are thrilled that we have been able to combine the expertise and technology of our two longstanding companies to deliver new and innovative products to the cruise and maritime industry which continue to enhance the onboard entertainment value of our customers’ guests and crew,” said Chuck Sackermann, president of DVS.

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About Swank Motion Pictures Inc.
Founded in 1937, Swank Motion Pictures licenses and distributes visual content to nontheatrical markets like cruise lines, U.S. colleges and universities, hospitals, motorcoaches, Amtrak trains, and other markets such as parks, art museums and businesses. With one-on-one customer service, groundbreaking technology and close partnerships with the world’s best studios, we help our customers entertain, inspire and inform their audiences wherever they are. Privately owned by the Swank family and led by Chairman Tim Swank, Swank is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, with a second office in Paris, France.

SWANK MEDIA CONTACT
Bill Evjen
Vice President and CIO
Phone: +1 314-984-6263

About Digital Video Systems
DVS has been a leading provider of maritime and land-based telecommunications, managed services and systems integration using state-of-the-art technology for 40 years. DVS has leveraged its knowledge of telecommunications technology and video systems integration to create CRUISESAT (www.cruisesat.com), the premier satellite direct-to-ship and vessel entertainment television service platform that delivers popular high-definition and standard-definition news, entertainment, sports and cultural networks to the maritime market.

DVS MEDIA CONTACT
Cristian Tache
Vice President, Product Development & Engineering
Phone: +1 954.239.4410 (office)
Email [email protected]

Bill Evjen
Swank Motion Pictures
+1 314-984-6263
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