PS3 To Get More Movies as Sony Signs Deal With All Six Studios for Movie Streaming

Wed, 03/10/2010 - 04:44 EDT  in
 

Dan Rayburn submits: Sony (SNE) just announced that 20th Century Fox, Walt Disney Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Universal Pictures, and Warner Bros have all agreed to allow Sony to stream their movies over the PlayStation Network to users of the PS3. The service, which launched yesterday, is only available in the U.S. but will be expanded to consumers in U.K., France, Germany, and Spain.The PlayStation Network is the first gaming console to offer high definition movies from all of the major movie studios and consumers will have the option to either buy or rent HD titles. There's no word as to how many titles the studios will make available or how quickly they will be added, but Sony did list 18 new movie releases in the press release from all six studios that are available today.Complete Story »

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