SPTI Scores Scandinavian EST Deal for Movies

LONDON, May 8: Sony
Pictures Television International (SPTI) has concluded an electronic-sell-through
(EST) agreement with Scandinavian home-entertainment provider Bonver to make
current and library Sony Pictures titles available for purchase on its online
service, www.film2home.com, in Norway, Sweden and Finland.

The agreement covers all
current titles from Sony Pictures as well as a selection of library films.
Available immediately are movies like Ghost Rider, starring Nicolas Cage, and Spider-Man 3 with Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst. Other films
available at launch include The Da Vinci Code, starring Tom Hanks and Audrey Tautou. These are
among the titles that customers of www.film2home.com can view and retain on
their PCs, with more movies to be added over the coming months.

Stuart Baxter, the
executive VP of European distribution at SPTI, said: “Bonver has been a
long-standing partner of our home-entertainment business and we are pleased to
now extend that relationship through the digital delivery of our movies via the
film2home service. Scandinavia has been at the forefront of making content
available to customers digitally and this EST agreement with Bonver is an
important milestone for our business in the region.”

Added Cecilia Versteegh,
the founder of Bonver and film2home, “We are extremely happy that Sony Pictures
Television International has chosen us as their first partner in the Nordic
countries. Their movie lineup is strong and is an important step for us in
building a large catalogue with high-quality movies”.

—By Irene Lew