Internationally acclaimed Australian actor Toni Collette has thrown her support behind the country's first movies-on-demand internet service.
BigPond Movie Downloads was launched in Sydney on Wednesday with the help of the Sydney-born star who says she's "passionate about movies".
"I'm really excited about this - it gives film fans a new way to access and watch films," Collette said.
"It also provides bigger potential audiences for small film makers and, importantly, as the first legal download service, it ensures the rights of artists and studios are protected in the online world."
Feature films, latest release and classic television series are all part of the new download network.
More than 1,000 titles are available, including Spider-Man and Bewitched, the classic Midnight Cowboy and foreign favourites such as Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon.
Children's titles are also available as are music video downloads.
The catalogue will be updated with new titles each month and the system is simple to use.
Customers join up, install the BigPond Media Manager on their PC, go to the website and select their titles from the Downloads collection.
"Similar to a video store, customers can 'rent' content to view as many times as they want in 24 hours or on a weekly basis," Justin Milne, BigPond's group managing director said.
"Once the rental period is over, the content is automatically deleted from their PC."
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