If you registered for the UltraViolet throughout its eight-year stint, now’s your last opportunity to rescue copies of your films from oblivion prior to the service closes down Wednesday. Earlier this year, the cloud motion picture locker sent out e-mails to consumers informing them that it will go dark on July 31.
It’s very little of a surprise, considered that the cross-studio service has actually slowly been supplanted by the more comprehensive Movies Anywhere service in time. UltraViolet mainly concentrated on providing digital variations of films that individuals acquired on physical Digital HD and Blu-ray discs. It supposedly collected more than 30 million users, who jointly saved over 300 million TELEVISION programs and films in their cloud libraries.
Your films will still be offered through connected sellers, however you require to make certain they’re all related to one in order to keep gain access to. You can still redeem “UV” codes, however they’ll be related to the private seller accounts instead of your UltraViolet account.
Here’s the e-mail, with directions, completely:
We are composing to notify you that the UltraViolet service is preparing to close down on July 31, 2019. You are getting this message due to the fact that you registered for an UltraViolet Library or for a service that developed an UltraViolet Library for you.
What does this mean for you?
- Between January 31 and July 31, 2019
- You can continue to access your UltraViolet films and TELEVISION programs through the seller(s) connected to your UltraViolet Library.
- You can likewise continue to acquire brand-new films and TELEVISION programs and redeem digital codes by following the redemption directions. Depending on the seller, these brand-new purchases and redemptions might or might not be contributed to your UltraViolet Library.
- Linking your UltraViolet Library to extra sellers can optimize your access to your Library and assist prevent possible disturbance.
- After the shutdown date
- Your UltraViolet Library will instantly close and, in the bulk of cases, your films and TELEVISION programs will stay available at previously-linked sellers.
- You can continue to make online purchases and redeem codes, however these might just be offered through that seller, and will not be contributed to your UltraViolet Library.
What should you do now?
- As quickly as possible, login at myuv.com and pick Retailer Services to validate the sellers connected to your UltraViolet Library. If your Library is not presently connected to a merchant or if you wish to connect to extra taking part sellers, choose several sellers to connect to your UltraViolet Library.
- Don’t unlink or close your UltraViolet Library, as UltraViolet and sellers will be interacting to optimize your ongoing access to films and TELEVISION programs.
Look for more interactions from UltraViolet and your sellers over the coming months, as some sellers might detach from UltraViolet prior to July 31.
Some information might be upgraded, so check out myuv.com/faq frequently for the most existing info and responses to regularly asked concerns.
Thank you for making UltraViolet part of how you take pleasure in digital home entertainment. Please do not be reluctant to call consumer assistance at customercare@uvvu.com if you have extra concerns.
Sincerely,
The UltraViolet Team
Originally released Jan. 31, 2019.
Update, July 29: Notes that UltraViolet is closing down today.
