Sony Delivers MTV Content on PSP

FOSTER CITY, January 25: In its first collaboration with a
television content provider, Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) has
made MTV programming available on Universal Media Discs (UMDs), the data
cartridges used by the handheld PlayStation Portable (PSP) device.

The following MTV titles are now available at retail:
volumes 2 and 3 of Beavis & Butt-head: The Mike Judge Collection; volumes 2 and 3 of Jackass; volumes 1 and 2 of Wildboyz; volumes 2, 3 and 4 of Viva La Bam; and Aeon Flux: The Complete Animated
Collection, sold as a two-disc set.

The PSP system has more than 10 million users in North
America, and sold 1.4 million units during the holidays alone. The most recent
PSP design features a video-out port, enabling consumers to watch videos at
full standard-definition resolution on a TV set, in addition to being lighter
and slimmer.

“This collaboration with MTV is a key first step in meeting
the needs of our consumers, who are utilizing PSP as a video player more than
ever and are thirsting for more content, particularly short-form videos,” said
Phil Rosenberg, the senior VP of sales and business development at SCEA. “MTV’s
programming is hugely popular, and SCEA can utilize our internal resources to
appropriately manage the publishing and distribution of these hit shows on UMD.
This demonstrates our commitment to supporting the UMD video format by
delivering what consumers want to watch at the right price. SCEA will continue
to license movie, TV, and other video content, leveraging our sales and
marketing strengths, as a strategic focus moving forward.”

“We’re very happy to be working with SCEA to bring our
content to the PSP,” said Paul DeGooyer, the senior VP of home entertainment,
games and music for MTV Networks’ Music & Logo Group. “Our viewers
consistently choose to experience our programming on a number of platforms, and
the PSP is a particularly well-loved device among our audience. We’re very
pleased that PSP users will be able to watch their favorite MTV shows when they
are on the go—plus, the shows look fantastic on the PSP’s LCD screen.”

—By Ned Berke