Sony in Amazon Deal for BRAVIA Sets

SAN DIEGO, September 11:
Amazon’s video-on-demand service is now available to Sony’s BRAVIA TV sets,
delivering premium movies and TV shows via the Internet Video Link module.

Amazon Video On Demand
offers immediate access to premium, commercial-free movies and TV shows
purchased or rented by users who stream them directly to compatible Sony BRAVIA
televisions equipped with the optional BRAVIA Internet Video
Link—available for about $300—through an in-home broadband service.
In addition, streaming high-definition content is now available on the service
from Dailymotion and other providers at no additional cost.

"Consumers want
immediate access to premium on-demand movies and top TV shows in their living
room and the BRAVIA Internet Video Link service now offers one of the largest
on-demand streaming libraries available," said Randy Waynick, the senior
VP of Sony Electronics' home products division in the U.S. "From
high-quality, full HD movies on Blu-ray Disc players, to the immediate
satisfaction of streaming feature-length videos directly to BRAVIA TVs over the
Internet, we are in a position to deliver entertainment for any consumer
taste."

Amazon Video On Demand and
Dailymotion channels add to the existing BRAVIA Internet Video Link lineup,
which includes YouTube, CBS, Sony Pictures' Crackle and The Minisode Network
and FEARnet, among others.

—By Mansha Daswani