Company Profile:

NetMovies is the leader in DVD rental over the Internet, with the largest library (roughly 9 thousand titles) and widest coverage in Brazil. It offers subscription plans that allow customers to watch as many movies, shows and documentaries as they want, without time limit for return and without late fines, for a fixed monthly price.
Since the start of its operations in February 2006, NetMovies has already won over subscribers in the greater São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro metropolitan areas. In September, it absorbed its competitor, FlexFilmes.

Business Model:

The efficacy of the operation is based on use of the latest technology to make the site agile, accessible and easy to use; in administering the processes and logistics, which involve a high number of deliveries and retrievals daily throughout the coverage area; and supply of an innovative, convenient and high-quality service.

Products and Services Offered:

Subscription plans for DVD rental over the Internet.

Synergy with other portfolio companies:

Bolsa de Mulher: Store.
TrinnPhone: IP telephone.
Media Factory: Sending e-mails and dissemination.
iMusica: Store.
Braspag: Electronic billing system.

Main Customers and Partners:

It is a B2C company, totally oriented to final consumers.

Technology:

By the characteristics of the business itself, NetMovies operates with the latest proprietary technology, both in IT and process technology.

Strategy:

The company intends by the first quarter of 2007 to implement new functionalities at its site and aggregate new features to the service. These innovations will bring even more convenience to subscribers, through innovative communication means.
Within the same time frame, NetMovies also intends to expand its coverage to the main metropolitan areas of the Southeast, Midwest and South regions, enabling an increasing customer base to access this groundbreaking way to rent DVDs without leaving home.
Competitive Advantages:

- Process technology;
- Scalability of volume and coverage;
- Cost/benefit ratio;
- Largest library in the business, approximately 9 thousand titles;
- Widest coverage in Brazil.

Interest: