Sony Pictures Digital and Sprint Introduce Full-Color Wireless Entertainment
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'XXX', Q*Bert Now Available to PCS Vision(SM) Customers
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. and CULVER CITY, Cal., Jan. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Sony Pictures Digital and Sprint (NYSE: FON, PCS), which operates the largest all-digital, all-CDMA Third-Generation (3G) wireless network in the United States,
today announce an agreement in which Sony Pictures Digital will develop and distribute content for PCS Vision. PCS Vision(SM) customers can now download content based on a number of Sony Pictures properties, including games,
ringtones and screen savers.
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Sony Pictures Digital will create original mobile Java games based on a number of Sony Picture Entertainment's most popular franchises including "XXX: Triple Threat", the classic nostalgic video game Q*Bert and coming soon:
"Stuart Little 2: Air Adventures," "Wheel of Fortune," "JEOPARDY!" and "Pyramid."
In addition, Sprint wireless customers will be able to download screensavers and ringtones based on a wide array of properties from the library of Sony Pictures Entertainment including "XXX," and "Stuart Little 2."
"We are delighted to work with Sprint in the ongoing growth of the mobile entertainment marketplace," said Rio Caraeff, vice president of wireless services for Sony Pictures Digital. "We are developing exciting mobile games
based upon our strong stable of consumer brands that will bring new levels of service to Sprint customers everywhere."
"Sprint is committed to offering fresh, popular wireless content to its Vision customers," said Chip Novick, vice president of consumer marketing for the PCS division of Sprint. "The Sony Pictures Digital partnership means our
customers can now download pop culture favorites, such as XXX, and Q*Bert, offering our subscribers a new mobile full-color, full-sound entertainment experience."
The addition of content from Sony Pictures Digital expands on the content offered through PCS Vision, which includes services that allow customers to browse the Internet wirelessly; take and transfer digital pictures on select
Vision phones; check personal and corporate e-mail; and download polyphonic ringers and full-color, graphically-rich games and screen savers.
"Sony Pictures Digital is committed to delivering high quality, personalized experiences to the mobile consumer," said Patrick Kennedy, executive vice president of Sony Pictures Digital. "With our diverse portfolio of games, film and television content, we're able to maximize the distribution channels of all our mobile partners by providing them with a broad range of offerings."
For more information on accessing Sony Pictures Entertainment, please visit sonypictures.com . For more information on PCS Vision, please visit sprintpcs.com .
About Sprint
Sprint is a global communications company serving more than 26 million business and residential customers in over 70 countries. With approximately 75,000 employees worldwide and more than $26 billion in annual revenues, Sprint is widely recognized for developing, engineering and deploying state-of-the-art network technologies, including the United States' first nationwide all-digital, fiber-optic network and Sprint's award-winning Tier 1 Internet backbone.
Sprint provides local voice and data services in 18 states and operates the largest 100-percent digital, nationwide PCS wireless network in the United States.
About Sony Pictures Digital
Sony Pictures Digital, an operating unit of Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE), oversees the activities of SPE's digital production and online assets including Sony Pictures Animation, Sony Pictures Imageworks, Sony Online
Entertainment, and Sony Pictures Digital Networks which includes SoapCity, Screenblast, the studio's online promotional arm, SPiN, and the UK interactive television service GoPlayTV. Sony Pictures Digital focuses on three areas:
1)producing and developing visual effects, digital character animation and full-length CG motion pictures;
2) developing new forms of online content, games and interactive programming; and
3) leading SPE's efforts to provide online, open-access video-on-demand, interactive and wireless entertainment. |
