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September 8 2011

Sony Gets Confessional

September 8th, 2011

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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

June 23rd, 2011

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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

December 9th, 2010

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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 Nation, Scam School, Penn Point with Penn Jillette, Film 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.

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October 25 2010

Big Brands + 25-30 Minute Episodes = Sony’s “The Tester” Season Two

October 25th, 2010

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Tags: air force, EA, electronic arts, FORD, playstation network, reality series, sony, the tester, USAF, webseries

Sony PlayStation Network, the game console’s online entertainment hub, has signed on Ford, Electronic Arts, and the U.S. Air Force to sponsor the second season of The Tester, PlayStation’s original online reality series in which gamers compete for a job at the company as a professional video game tester.

According to Mediaweek, the Playstation Network has had a 60 percent increase in ad revenue this year, due to original series such as The Tester. The series’ second season, produced again by 51 Minds (the Endemol company behind VH1’sRock of Love), will feature a more traditional television style format. Episodes will be extended to 25 to 30 minutes long with scheduled commercial breaks—a change from the shorter and more experimental format of season one.

September 8 2010

Qriocity: Sony’s Cloud Based ‘On Demand’ Media Streaming

September 8th, 2010

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The IFA 2010 conference in Berlin took place this week, and it was overshadowed a bit by the Apple live event on September 1, where a number of new devices, products and updates were announced. But Sony had a few announcements of their own, most notably the introduction of their new streaming media service, Qriocity.

With iTunes expanding, Sony is hoping to create a cloud-based competition that will start off inn Europe, hopefully making a dent in the market there before moving onward. This seems like a great plan, as there is always a need for greater expansion in the media sharing/streaming industry. Online radio formats have become more popular than ever in the last few years.

“We are excited to offer our customers high-quality, cloud-based entertainment experiences across many of Sony’s network-enabled devices,” Sony president Kazuo Hirai was quoted by Information Week.

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