PS3 Video on Demand "This Calendar Year"

[VG Aficionado]

PS3 Video on Demand "This Calendar Year" (http://ps3.ign.com/articles/789/789738p1.html)
Sony UK Boss confirms PAL downloadable content plans.
by Alex Simmons, IGN UK

UK, May 18, 2007 - Sony Computer Entertainment Europe president David Reeves has confirmed that video on-demand will be available via the PlayStation Network by the end of the year. Speaking at a PSN event in London recently, Reeves said that Sony will indeed be "offering video on demand", adding "I can't give you a time but it is not in the distant future, it will be within this calendar year."

According to Reeves, full-length movies, music and TV programmes will all be available for download, direct to both the PS3 and PSP, although he gave no indication of exactly what would be available at launch or indeed the pricing structure. Reeves added, "It will not be in all of our PAL territories but it will be in the major territories."

We'll bring you more details when we get them.

[OmniCloud]

Good stuff VG!!! Very good stuff...I wish they could give us a date though, but this year is good enough.

[Z]

can't wait. I hope they don't pull a LIVE and lock the downloads from other regions even though you are signed in with a NA account.

I also would like to see them not strangling the service with payment amounts and constraints.

[dendj55]

Great find, I would +rep you if I could.

[VG Aficionado]

80GB PS3 to Usher in Sony's VOD Initiative (http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5718&Itemid=2)

Sony’s decision to release an 80GB hard drive equipped PlayStation 3 model in Korea next month may have been informed by its plans to offer video on demand (VOD) services throughout the region via PS3s.

According to today’s Korea Times, Sony has announced its intentions to offer VOD services via PlayStation 3 consoles if negotiations with a number of Korean telecoms companies proceed as expected.

“We are contacting some Korean firms in order to incorporate VOD applications into PlayStation 3 service line-up,'' Sony spokeswoman Park Seo-yun said.

The report states that at least two domestic landline telecom carriers, Hanaro Telecom and KT, appear to be involved in the negotiations.

A Hanaro spokesman said, “We are negotiating with Sony and the atmosphere is pretty good. We hope we will be able to reach an agreement in June.'

“Should we strike a deal with Sony, PlayStation 3 users can watch all the HanaTV programs after downloading software, without having to buy a dedicated set-top box,'' he added.

Seoul-based Hanaro has been running VOD services since July 2006 under its HanaTV banner and has amassed in excess of 430,000 users to date. It supplies various media content via broadband lines for a fee in the region of 10,000 won ($10.75) a month. The Hanaro spokesman forecast that PlayStation 3 users would be able to access HanaTV content for the same price as regular subscribers if the deal goes through.

The Korean move represents the first step in Sony’s plans to roll out the VOD initiative on a larger scale in the near future. SCEE president David Reeves recently confirmed that VOD services would be available for PS3 and PSP users via the PlayStation Network by the end of the year. He said that consumers would be able to access full-length movies, music and TV programmes, although he gave no indication of launch details or pricing structure.

"I can't give you a time but it is not in the distant future, it will be within this calendar year," he said at a recent PSN event in London.

"It will not be in all of our PAL territories but it will be in the major territories," he added.

Microsoft currently offers North American Xbox 360 owners access to VOD services via Xbox Live. The service allows users to download movies, TV shows and other media content on a pay-per-item basis. It was the first gaming console to offer standard and high-definition TV media content via digital distribution.

[VonGak]

Great find, I would +rep you if I could.

Yeah :( VG makes way too many rep worthy posts.

Maybe he should split up his account into VG-1, VG-2, VG-3, ..., VG-X just like BBC.

[VideoGame mania]

I want to see how much content Sony can deliver, talk is cheap.

[LiquidEagle]

Well if it's coming out this year, we're definitely going to see that at E3 then. No doubt about it :)

[Fats]

I've got a strange feeling that this years E3 is going to be something special. :)

This is excellent news of course. Depending on how much content they get on there, the quality of the content and the pricing scheme they've got me interested. How they're going to compete with tv-links.co.uk I don't know. ;)

[Domination]

80GB PS3 to Usher in Sony's VOD Initiative

Sony’s decision to release an 80GB hard drive equipped PlayStation 3 model in Korea next month may have been informed by its plans to offer video on demand (VOD) services throughout the region via PS3s.

According to today’s Korea Times, Sony has announced its intentions to offer VOD services via PlayStation 3 consoles if negotiations with a number of Korean telecoms companies proceed as expected.

“We are contacting some Korean firms in order to incorporate VOD applications into PlayStation 3 service line-up,'' Sony spokeswoman Park Seo-yun said.

The report states that at least two domestic landline telecom carriers, Hanaro Telecom and KT, appear to be involved in the negotiations.

A Hanaro spokesman said, “We are negotiating with Sony and the atmosphere is pretty good. We hope we will be able to reach an agreement in June.'

“Should we strike a deal with Sony, PlayStation 3 users can watch all the HanaTV programs after downloading software, without having to buy a dedicated set-top box,'' he added.

Seoul-based Hanaro has been running VOD services since July 2006 under its HanaTV banner and has amassed in excess of 430,000 users to date. It supplies various media content via broadband lines for a fee in the region of 10,000 won ($10.75) a month. The Hanaro spokesman forecast that PlayStation 3 users would be able to access HanaTV content for the same price as regular subscribers if the deal goes through.

The Korean move represents the first step in Sony’s plans to roll out the VOD initiative on a larger scale in the near future. SCEE president David Reeves recently confirmed that VOD services would be available for PS3 and PSP users via the PlayStation Network by the end of the year. He said that consumers would be able to access full-length movies, music and TV programmes, although he gave no indication of launch details or pricing structure.

"I can't give you a time but it is not in the distant future, it will be within this calendar year," he said at a recent PSN event in London.

"It will not be in all of our PAL territories but it will be in the major territories," he added.

Microsoft currently offers North American Xbox 360 owners access to VOD services via Xbox Live. The service allows users to download movies, TV shows and other media content on a pay-per-item basis. It was the first gaming console to offer standard and high-definition TV media content via digital distribution.

Now that's awesome! Hopefully the deal doesn't change any.

[qzak]

Yeah :( VG makes way too many rep worthy posts.

Maybe he should split up his account into VG-1, VG-2, VG-3, ..., VG-X just like BBC.

LOL. Funny cause it's true.:laugh: