Second Season for AXN’s Sony Style

SINGAPORE/HONG KONG, March
7: A second season of the half-hour “info-tainment” series Sony Style will premiere on AXN on March 18, with a new host,
Oli Pettigrew.

Airing Tuesdays, Sony
Style 2 is a lifestyle
entertainment newsmagazine series, which provides up-to-date information on the
latest Sony gadgets and the hottest trends in movies and music.

Oli Pettigrew will take
over as host for this new season. Twenty-six-year-old Pettigrew is a
globetrotting model who was recently the host of Animax’s tech series Technomax.

Jack Lim, the VP of
advertising sales for SPE Networks in Asia, said, “Oli has a great outgoing and
vibrant personality. He captures what we look for in a Sony Style’s host. His
sense of humor and gift of the gab certainly gives Sony Style 2 an edge and lots of
energy.”

He added, “Sony Style was launched last year with much success. We are
glad Sony is on board once again to bring viewers a highly stylized,
action-packed entertainment newsmagazine show that is in tune with the
lifestyle needs of Asia audiences.”

Kazuo Nakai, the managing
director of Sony Electronics Asia Pacific, commented, “Sony Style is an entertaining program for everyone, not just
those keen on gadgets. We are excited to work with action and adventure channel
AXN to show viewers the far-reaching strengths of Sony’s technology and
products in a fun and engaging style.”

—By Kristin
Brzoznowski