Sony Signs Streaming Deal with LOVEFiLM

SEATTLE: Amazon’s LOVEFiLM has scored the exclusive streaming rights to new and upcoming titles from Sony Pictures Television during the second pay-TV window as of June 2012.

Sony now joins LOVFiLM partners that include Warner Bros., Entertainment One, StudioCanal, Disney, Momentum and Lionsgate. LOVEFiLM members can exclusively stream Sony Pictures titles, including The Social Network, Salt and the sci-fi film 2012 via LOVFiLM instant at no extra charge.

Amazon’s LOVEFiLM will continue to rent Sony Pictures titles on DVD and Blu-ray via its LOVEFiLM By Post service.

Simon Calver, the chief executive of Amazon’s LOVEFiLM, said: “Our latest major content agreement means we’ll be able to exclusively offer our members world-class content from Sony Pictures. The number of recent high-profile deals we have secured means we are able to keep expanding the service, offering our members high-quality films and TV and the ability to watch as much as they want for one low monthly price.”