Archive for July, 2008
Hall Of Famer Running Back Jim Brown Sues Sony & EA
Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. and Electronic Arts Inc. were sued by Hall-of-Fame running back Jim Brown, who accused the companies of using an electronic football-game character based on him without his permission. Brown, who left the National Football League to become an actor and starred in the movies “The Dirty Dozen” and “Any Given [...]
Sony Providing HD Video Cameras For Duke City Shootout Filmmakers
The Duke City Shootout is getting a nice tech boost this year, courtesy of Sony. The company is providing a new set of Sony PMWEX1 cameras to the Shootout’s videographers and is the official camera sponsor of the week-long filmmaking festival. Sony provided its DHW-F900 Cin Alta cameras in 2004 to the Shootout and all [...]
Sony Signs Asian Deal With ZAC
Sony Pictures Television Intl. has picked up Asian distribution rights to a slate of mobile, online and TV content from U.K. animation house ZAC Toons. The five cartoon characters that SPTI will be distributing include Mr. Patel, an exaggerated and twisted Bollywood extravaganza; Bitter Barney, a vertically challenged egg who finds it hard not to [...]
Steve Mosko Makes New Deal to Lead Sony Pictures Television
Steve Mosko, industry leader and president of Sony Pictures Television (SPT), has signed a long-term contract with Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE), extending his employment as head of the studio’s television division through 2012, it was announced today by Michael Lynton, chairman and chief executive officer of SPE and Amy Pascal, co-chairman of the studio.
Mosko has [...]
Louis Vuitton Settles With Sony BMG
Louis Vuitton Malletier today announced that the company has concluded a worldwide settlement agreement with Sony BMG Music Entertainment (”Sony BMG”) under which Sony BMG has agreed to refrain from future activity involving Louis Vuitton’s intellectual property. This settlement agreement resolves all claims by Louis Vuitton against Sony BMG regarding the unauthorized use by Sony [...]
Sony China’s PMX-M89
It blows my mind that there isn’t a sense of unity in Sony product releases across the world. Often enough we will see devices released in certain regions that would never be released anywhere else. For example, Sony’s new PMX-M89 personal media player is a device that will probably never see light outside of China. [...]
Video: Sony’s 007 Gadget Lair
ChannelFlip headed a top secret London location at the request of Sony, who promised us a day of Bond-tastic gadgets, gizmos - and Martinis fit for 007 himself. Who were they to refuse? Wil and Bella took on the assignment, and have smuggled out this top secret footage - including a first look at a [...]
VentureBeat’s Interview With Shu Yoshida
Earlier this year, SHU YOSHIDA became president of Sony’s worldwide game development studios. He is a natural to lead that job since he ran the U.S. game studios before taking the worldwide job and was among the original Sony staff who helped get the PlayStation off the ground in the early 1990s. Ever since, he [...]
Sony is Teasing Us with HOME… yet again
Most of us have been hoping, waiting and even getting angry with HOME delay on PlayStation Network. It has become one of those wanted items that is so close (due to continuous Sony promises to release it) and yet so far. As many of us PS3 owners are aware that Home open beta should launch [...]
PS3’s Greatest Hits Will Also Be Discounted Online
Earlier this month we reported that Sony would be offering a ‘Greatest Hits’ series for the PS3, which are games that have been on the market for 11 months and have sold 500,000 copies or more. Warhawk was one of those titles announced, and much to the delight of myself and many others, is now [...]
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