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Plus, for a limited time, when you link two or more accounts through Movies Anywhere, you'll get five movies for free as an incentive to try it out. "Movies Anywhere means that consumers never have to remember where they purchased a film or which device they can watch it on, because all of their eligible movies will be centralized within their Movies Anywhere library and available across platforms through the Movies Anywhere app and website," Walt Disney Studios Senior Vice President Karin Gilford, who is general manager of the Movies Anywhere team, said in a statement (Opens in a new window). With support from five of the world's biggest movie studios, Movies Anywhere offers access to a library of more than 7,300 digital movies. The Movies Anywhere app works on iOS, Android, Apple TV, Android TV, Roku, Amazon Fire devices, and Chromecast. All the movies you've purchased from participating studios-Disney (which also encompasses Pixar, Marvel, and Lucasfilm), Fox, Sony Pictures, Universal, and Warner Bros-will be available for you to watch. To try it out, head to the Movies Anywhere website (Opens in a new window) or app and create a free account, connect your digital retail accounts to import your movies from the four aforementioned services, and voila. A new service launching today in the US, dubbed Movies Anywhere, will let you bring those flicks together into a single library accessible on any device. Good news for those of you who have purchased movies over the years from iTunes, Google Play, Amazon, and Vudu.