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Sony to introduce video delivery service via Playstation Network

New movie and video service to launch on the PSN this month. Updated: Classic movie service to be added later in the year.

The PlayStation 3's just become even more of an entertainment hub, following this morning's announcement of a video delivery service to launch on the 20th of May this year.

There'll be hundreds of films to rent or own, from many of the major players. "The films come from major movie studios and distributors including 20th Century Fox, ContentFilm, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (MGM), Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, Walt Disney Studios, Universal, Roadshow Entertainment, and Warner Bros. Digital Distribution," said a Sony release.

The pricing model is $3.99 to rent a HD Or SD film, while purchasing to own will start at $7.99. Launch titles include Avatar, Inglourious Basterds, Sherlock Holmes and Surrogates.

Update, 19.5.2010: It's just been announced (and reported below by commenter wingnut0021) that Sony will be partnering with another movie service later this year. MUBI, and online movie library that specialises in classics and arthouse titles ranging from Battleship Potemkin to Forrest Gump. And there's a lot of Coen Brothers material, too, so it gets a giant thumbs up from us.

MUBI currently has over 300 films. At launch PSN users will need to download the MUBI app from the PlayStation Store, and then watch away. No news yet on additional pricing, but the MUBI site itself charges $2 for a single film or $8 for five, with an option to subscribe for $8 per month to get unlimited movies.

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9 Comments

12345 May 18, 2010 2:57 PM	if we can get unmetered downloads from the major ISPs. even better ;) I'd think twice about using my small quota downloading movies for rent considering I can get a new release for 2.95 and weeklies via 5 min walk. Both would probably take just as much time from searching to loading it up onto the tv. Good to have choice and expand my ps3 capabilities via an online rental service but I just dont have gigs of data worth giving up with the plan I have.
bozo01 May 18, 2010 3:27 PM	Have you checked out TPGs $75/month unlimited deal? It has real unlimited usage: it doesn't slow down your internet speeds when you go over your monthly limit like with the Optus unlimited broadband.
wingnut0021 May 18, 2010 3:28 PM	I love having unmetered steam content with internode, i think they should pick up on this too. If they want content like this to take off its a must. Also, its about time.
alexdtree May 18, 2010 4:30 PM	at first look my concerns are the same as "12345's" the quote issue is gonna be big for alot of people. im thinking this direction should have been taken a while back as i think the layman see's PS3 as a good entertainment device, you know with the whole "Gasp it has blue ray"
Hawkeye May 18, 2010 6:00 PM	To my knowledge, there's no unmetered plans for this just yet.
wingnut0021 May 19, 2010 7:31 AM	http://www.joystiq.com/2010/05/18/ps3-getting-mubi-movie-streaming-service-in-europe/ We also get this, a service called MUBI, same sort of setup but its more arthouse films.
Hawkeye May 19, 2010 10:23 AM	Yeah, just got that release, actually. I'll update the original article.
tantryl May 20, 2010 2:04 AM	Yeah, streaming only sort of kills it in Australia for all but those with the craziest of download limits. And yes, I'm sure all you people who can get TPG or aaNet or whatever's good deals are very happy for yourselves. But not all (and I'd wager not even most) people can get that.
skywarp00 May 20, 2010 10:52 AM	Its about time! the US psn store has so many movies available.

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