December 2, 2003 New York – Rainbow Media Holdings LLC today released the programming schedule for its World Picks On Demand services – a collection of international subscriber video-on-demand services in Hindi, Mandarin, Russian and Spanish. Each service provides premier international content directly from the country of origin.
"We are pleased to formally unveil the programming we have secured for our World Picks Russian On Demand service. We believe World Picks is without question, the most in-depth international programming available in the U.S.," said Harold Gronenthal, Vice President, Programming, Digital Media. "World Picks is committed to providing only the finest in entertainment and educational international programming. We have invested a great deal of time and energy seeking out the highest level of programming available so that we could bring it home to people in the U.S."
Prior to securing the content, World Picks consulted with a team of cultural attach