Posts Tagged ‘sony’

September 8 2011

Sony Gets Confessional

Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has bought Keifer Sutherland web series The Confession to air on its international channels and branded online platforms.

The Digital Broadcasting Group-produced digital series, which also stars John Hurt, will debut on AXN Korea on September 12 before launching on AXN Central Europe’s 10 localised websites on September 20.

It will then roll out to territories including Spain, Portugal, Latin America, Hong Kong, Singapore, Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and Japan – with the show to premiere on AXN-branded platforms in 125 countries in total.

The 10 episode short-form series comes with four back-story episodes and behind-the-scenes footage, which combined makes up around two hours. SPT says will be available “in varying formats” across the channels and on AXN.com in every region.

SPT will also handle additional worldwide distribution of the show, while Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will handle digital and DVD distribution exclusively outside of North America.

“The Confession is one of the highest-quality multi-platform series we’ve seen in our many years developing and buying content for our TV and digital platforms,” said SPT executive VP of programming and production for networks, Marie Jacobson.

June 23 2011

Sony Spat With Netflix Suggests Fragmentation Ahead In Streaming Video Source: Sony Spat With Netflix Suggests Fragmentation Ahead In Streaming Video

Netflix recently had to pull Sony films from the service that were provided to them by Starz. The reason is that Starz and Sony are renegotiating some contract and until it’s sorted, Sony films are no longer to be shown on Netflix. Now this could be because Sony is already set to lose some $3 billion this year and needs to recoup money wherever they can and they might feel that Starz sucker punched them when they offered up a massive pile of films to Netflix (who most likely paid a pretty massive amount).

December 9 2010

LOOT Launches: The Amaterasu Experience on Playstation Home

LOOT, Sony Pictures Entertainment’s interactive entertainment development team, today announces the launch of “The Amaterasu Experience“, a new premium personal space available in Sony Computer Entertainment America’s PlayStation Home for PlayStation3 computer entertainment system, which invites users to host a party on a luxury watercraft.

The Amaterasu Experience features LOOT’s proprietary Entertainment-On-Demand system which allows users to communicate via Bluetooth headsets while watching popular television shows, web series and other types of content—all from inside the PlayStation Home 3D social gaming environment.  Among the content featured on the LOOT Entertainment-On-Demand system are Dilbert and The Tick, provided by Crackle, as well as popular web series such as HD NationScam School, Penn Point with Penn JilletteFilm Riot and Digg Dialogg from Revision3, the leading television network for the internet generation.

“The Amaterasu Experience represents a new kind of entertainment experience where people can watch their favorite shows with their friends, all while residing inside of the PlayStation Home environment,” said Loot General Manager David Sterling. “It’s like a drive-in movie theater experience re-engineered for the digital age.  We intend on including the EOD experience in every LOOT space possible for PlayStation Home going forward.” Sterling added that in the future, the Entertainment On Demand system offerings will be extended to include feature films, concerts and sporting events and will even include a Pay Per View option.

PlayStation Home provides the perfect platform and the ideal audience for the social viewing experience now possible in The Amaterasu Experience personal space, according to Revision 3 CEO JimLouderback. Available for purchase for $ 4.99 at the LOOT store in the PlayStation Home Mall, TheAmaterasu Experience is the next step in the evolution of Sony Computer Entertainment America’s PlayStation Home 3D social network experience.

Posted by GDN News