Air Canada has announced that it will offer over 200 titles via an online platform created by CineSend. The service is available to members of Air Canada’s loyalty program, Aeroplan, at no cost for one month starting JUne 22, 2020, and is accessible in Canada only.
An email should be on its way to Aeroplan members and Air Canada customers, providing information for how to access the streaming service. For those who are not Aeroplan members, it’s possible to sign up to gain instant access to the platform.
When I clicked on online platform I appeared to be logged in and didnt ask for my credentials and I was allowed to be able to “log out”.
Academy Award best picture winner, Moonlight, is one of the titles available to stream. There is also a plethora of Canadian content, including films and shorts from Telefilm Canada, National Film Board of Canada, the imagineNATIVE film festival, Reel Asian film festival and Prends ça Court, as well as LGBTQ2+ content from OUTtv, like cult favorite RuPaul’s Drag Race. Closed captioning is also available.
“While there is some international content, the majority is Canadian as all of the content is from Canadian studios and distributors,” Anton Vidgen, Air Canada’s director of Brand Experience said, adding that the focus on Canadian and LGBTQ2+ content is in celebration of Canada Day on July 1 and Pride Month, which is currently underway.
Air Canada is considering extending access to the service beyond one month. Vigden went on to say “As this is the first of its kind in the world, we’re keen to see how it is perceived by Aeroplan members. We want to gauge customer reaction for the next month and will certainly be looking at the data so see how we may be able to offer this on an ongoing basis. One of the areas we’d love to expand more in the future, is how we may be able to offer Hollywood blockbusters on this service as well.”
Written by Dominic Fernandes aka CanadaPointsGuy.
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