Sony And Sky TV Team Up For PSP Video-On-Demand

Looks like those video-on-demand rumours that SPOnG reported late last week were bang on the money, with Sony Computer Entertainment Europe and Sky announcing this morning that these two entertainment giants are to formed a joint venture company to deliver video-on-demand to PSP owners in the UK and Ireland.

The new company will focus exclusively on delivering media to the PSP offering a “wealth of video and film content" for the more than 2.3 million PSP owners in the UK and Ireland.

The two companies are also currently in discussions with entertainment content providers across Europe “to facilitate future introduction of the service to European PSP owners.”

SCEE’s press release just in informs us that:



SPOnG put a call in to SCEE first thing today to try to find out more about the technical delivery aspects of the service and more about the types of TV and movie content that will be provided to PSP users. We were informed that Sony will be making these announcements out at Leipzig later in August.

We have contacted Sky TV’s press office for further information and comment and will update you as soon as we have more on this groundbreaking deal.

Could this, along with the forthcoming slimmer, faster PSP (which, remember, you can plug directly into your HD TV to play video?) signal the reinvigoration of the PSP’s fortunes in 2008 against the DS?

SPOnG will bring you more as we get it as well as our full reports from our team on the ground at the Games Convention in Leipzig on Wednesday, 22nd August.