Fox releases Prometheus early through Digital HD start-up

Prometheus is available immediately for $14.99 some three weeks before it arrives on Blu-ray, DVD and VoD. Customers will be able to watch films on HDTV, tablet or smartphone.

Other available recent releases include Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, Ice Age: Continental Drift and The Watch.

“With almost 800 million broadband connected devices globally, and millions of people accessing entertainment on those devices, we feel the medium’s time has come,’’ said Mike Dunn, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment’s president of worldwide.

“Digital HD redefines digital ownership in a way that presents consumers with a full range of benefits in a coherent way, and it allows them the chance to build digital movie collections that can literally be carried in the palms of their hands. ”