Sony US movie service for PS3
p2pnet news | Movies:- Sony plans to launch a movie download service for PlayStation 3, it says.
The US will be first with Europe and Japan following.
In Sony Group Corporate Strategy Update FY2008 – FY2010, released today, it states:’
“We are planning to expand services that will enable our customers to enjoy content such as motion pictures and television programming through the network on a variety of Sony products such as BRAVIATM LCD TVs, PS3, PSP (PlayStation Portable) and Walkman video music players.”
The document says Sony has four main onjectives >>>
- Expand our PC, Blu-ray DiscTM-related products and component/semiconductor businesses into ‘trillion yen businesses’, joining LCD TVs, digital imaging (digital cameras and camcorders), game and mobile phones and raising the total number of ‘trillion yen businesses’ to seven.
- Ensure that 90% of our electronics product categories are network-enabled and wireless-capable by the fiscal year ending March 31, 2011 (’FY2010′).
- Roll out video services across key Sony products by FY2010, starting with the summer 2008 launch on the PLAYSTATION Network.
- Double annual revenue from BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, China) countries to 2 trillion yen by FY2010.
It goes on this November, Sony Pictures Entertainment will offer ‘Hancock’ exclusively to all internet connected Bravia LCD TVs in the US before it’s available on DVD.
“This film will be distributed to Sony customers directly to their televisions outside conventional distributors and without the need for any set-top box,” it says, going on:
“This is an industry first.”
With the advance in digital technology and broadband networks, “technological innovation is moving at a pace never experienced before,” it notes.
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June 27th, 2008 at 5:47 am
No thank’s Sony, Even if I did want this service with all the ISP capping going on it would take about 6 months to download a blu-ray quality movie anyways, especially in the UK where BT cap my daytime downloads to 20kbp/s.
June 28th, 2008 at 1:23 am
Dear Neo Space- Your an idiot…
August 14th, 2008 at 10:39 am
The whole concept seems good but like stated above the speed will probably be really slow, at least Sony is offfering something other than High prices to their customers.