Sony is reported to be taking a shot at Apple’s stronghold on the digital music and video market with a new multimedia subscription service, coming to the PlayStation Network (and beyond) next year.
The Financial Times reports that Sony will unveil that music and video subscription service at the IFA technology show in Berlin. The service, which would replace Sony’s long defunct Connect music store, is expected to begin its life on Sony’s PlayStation platforms and extend to other networked Sony devices, from televisions to Vaio computers.
Sony head honcho Sir Howard Stringer has long promised a PlayStation Network service that expands to a wide range of electronics, so this comes as little surprise. Actual visible progress of that expansion would be welcome.
Chief competitor in the space, Apple, is holding its own musically themed event in San Francisco on September 1, at which updates to iTunes, iPod and Apple TV are expected to be announced.
Sony rises to digital-media challenge [Financial Times]
Braaains
September 1, 2010 at 10:44 AM
It’ll be interesting to see if their pricing is any better than the sick joke that is their PSN movie download/rental service.
Report PermalinkBlake
September 1, 2010 at 11:45 AM
With a back catalogue as extensive as Sony’s they may be able to provide some pretty serious competition.
Report PermalinkEzyLee
September 1, 2010 at 12:33 PM
Good luck to them, but I think it may be a little too late as Apple have a huge share out there which is mostly due to the huge popularity in iPhones.
Report PermalinkGobbo
September 1, 2010 at 1:13 PM
Interesting to see how they’ll pitch the music side of things, given that Vidzone does a good enough job at being a streaming loungeroom jukebox, and is free…
Report PermalinkKyle_Katarn
September 1, 2010 at 6:21 PM
Lol, stronghold? Try stranglehold. Doesn’t matter though, reguardless whether you buy your music or not, you’re still going to be a criminal.
http://xkcd.com/488/
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