Sony Announces 'Video On Demand' and 'Music Unlimited' Services

Sony today announced 'Video On Demand' and 'Music Unlimited' services powered by Qriocity.

"Video On Demand powered by Qriocity", a premium streaming video service, will be available this fall in five European countries including France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the U.K. With "Video On Demand powered by Qriocity," customers can choose from hundreds of box office hits from 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, Lionsgate, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (MGM), NBC Universal International Television Distribution, Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, The Walt Disney Company, and Warner Bros. Digital Distribution, as well as popular content from top local studios. Many movies are available in High Definition (HD) as well as Standard Definition (SD), and all can be rented at the touch of a button on Sony’s 2010 models of network-enabled BRAVIA TVs and Blu-ray Disc players, and Blu-ray Home Theater systems. "Video On Demand powered by Qriocity" has been available in the U.S. since April 2010.

Sony also announced plans to introduce "Music Unlimited powered by Qriocity", a new, cloud-based, digital music service. Available by year’s end, "Music Unlimited powered by Qriocity" will give music lovers access to millions of songs stored and synchronized through the cloud. "Music Unlimited powered by Qriocity" will initially be available across Sony’s 2010 models of network-enabled BRAVIA TVs, Blu-ray Disc players, Blu-ray Home Theater systems , as well as PlayStation 3 computer entertainment systems and VAIOs and other personal computers, and will become increasingly available on a range of Sony’s portable devices.


Details of the service plan will be announced in the future.

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