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diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2006/12.18.06/Mon/sony.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2006/12.18.06/Mon/sony.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5f160d1 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2006/12.18.06/Mon/sony.txt @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +According to London's Financial Times, Sony will soon be [offering movie downloads][1] for the popular PlayStation Portable (PSP) game console. The move will pit Sony against Apple's iTunes Store which began offering video downloads early this year.
The article claims the users will be able to buy a movie from Amazon and other Sony partners and download it onto a Sony MemoryStick. The user can then legally transfer the film via the MemoryStick to one Sony PSP.
Sony is currently distributing a 4 gigabyte version of the MemoryStick which the company claims can hold up to ten movies. Presumably they mean heavily compressed movie files.
For now Amazon is the only official partner onboard although Sony is said to be in talks with both MovieLink and CinemaNow about possible distribution deals.
One player decidedly not invited to the party is Apple's iTunes Store. Currently, the iTunes Store's movie selection is limited to offerings from Disney Studios, whereas Sony will offer films from the Home Entertainment of Sony Pictures.
With more than 20 million PSPs sold worldwide Sony, the demand for PSP movies certainly exists, at least in theory.
Sony expects to launch the service in the first quarter of 2007 after securing more deals with online video providers.
[1]: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/f290b0ec-8df6-11db-ae0e-0000779e2340.html "FT on Sony Announcement"
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