Zip.ca to Offer Streaming Content Online

Zip.ca, Canada’s answer to Netflix, has announced that they plan to deliver digital video service by the end of the year. The details:

Sonic Solutions is partnering with Canada’s leading DVD-by-mail rental company, Zip.ca, to deliver its Roxio CinemaNow digital movie service to the great white north, the companies announced today.Zip.ca will introduce the digital movie service to customers by the end of the year, offering movie and TV show downloads both on its Web site and embedded in consumer electronics devices.

The companies will announce later what movie and TV content will be available on the service. Although Roxio CinemaNow has deals in the U.S. with every major studio, to deliver content, it must negotiate new deals for the Canadian market.

Zip.ca is exploring both a la carte rentals and purchases and a subscription model for what will be the first large-scale movie download service in Canada.

Good news for Canuckians. Thanks VidBiz.