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Sony Preparing Movie Downloads For Mobile Technology
 By Chris Richardson
Staff Writer
Article Date: 2005-04-04
Sony Pictures is preparing to offer a download service featuring the company's top 500 movies for mobile technology users. The company's goal is to have this upcoming service ready by next year.
The movies will be downloaded and stored on Flash memory, a preferred storage format for mobile technologies. The movies will be available through legal download services like Movielink.com.
Not only is Sony doing this to improve usability of the mobile industry, they also have eyes on disrupting the various P2P clients, which they feel will discourage movie piracy. Techtree.com reports,
According to Michael Arrieta, senior vice president of Sony Pictures the company was aiming to become the iTunes of movie downloads. He also said that they wanted design business models, pricing models and distribution models similar to the way Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO had done for music.
Sony's announcement comes at a time when movie studios are joining hands to fight illegal file-sharing on peer-to-peer networks. Motion Picture Association of America is also currently taking legal action against service providers like BitTorrent and eDonkey.
Whether or not Sony can duplicate iTunes' success remains to be seen. It is doubtful the movie downloads, whether in mobile format or not, will be the same price as an iTunes $.99 song purchase. Sony has not released any information concerning movie download prices.
About the Author:
Chris Richardson is a search engine writer and editor for WebProNews. Visit WebProNews for the latest search news.
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