Ultraviolet, One Of The Earliest Digital Movie Lockers, Is Shutting Down
By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 31, 2019 9:30 am EST
The Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem (DECE) announced that the Ultraviolet digital movie locker will shut down this summer. What does that mean for customers who have a collection of movies redeemed through the Ultraviolet digital movie service? Find out below.
Variety has word on Ultraviolet shutting down, but users don’t have to worry about losing access to their digital library immediately. Ultraviolet won’t be dead until July 31, and they’re offering customers the ability to link their library to another collaborating retailer in order to hang on to their digital library. Most users with a collection of digital movies will have likely already done this by making their movies available at retailers like Walmart’s Vudu or Fandango NOW, but if you haven’t done that, Ultraviolet has instructions of how to do this on their website.
For those Ultraviolet users who are worried about losing their movies, Vudu went out of their way to reassure customers that this won’t have an impact on their libraries in any way. Vudu vice president Scott Blanksteen said:
There’s a chance that some movies and TV shows from your Ultraviolet library won’t stick around once the service closes. But the company is anticipating very little disruption for customers in that regard. And if you happen to buy a movie or TV show with an Ultraviolet digital copy, you’ll still be able to redeem it through July 31. It will also show up in whatever retailer’s library is linked to the service.
“Customers who use Vudu to watch, rent, or buy movies and TV shows will not be impacted by the discontinuation of the Ultraviolet platform. These customers will continue to be able to enjoy Vudu content as they have been and continue to access any and all movies and TV shows they have saved in their Vudu library, even after the shutdown of the Ultraviolet service.”
