SPTI Inks VOD Deal with T-Online Germany

BERLIN, August 31: Just a month
since entering into a VOD deal with ProSiebenSat.1 Media’s broadband platform
maxdome, Sony Pictures Television International has reached a similar deal with
T-Online’s VOD service in Germany.

Under the terms of the deal, a
raft of SPTI movie content will be available at www.t-online.de/vod in Germany. In
addition to blockbusters such as The Legend of Zorro, Men in Black and Charlie’s Angels, the service will also offer Godzilla by director Roland Emmerich and
the German production Anatomie. The new deal also includes rights to an array of future
Sony Pictures productions. T-Online’s VOD service averages 120,000 film
downloads per month.

Commenting on the deal Stuart
Baxter, the SVP of European distribution for SPTI, noted, "T-Online is the
German broadband market leader and ventured into VOD at an early stage. This
makes them an ideal partner to begin experimenting with new media propositions
as we expand digital exploitation around Europe spearheaded by our new Digital
Initiatives team."