Sony Pictures Digital and Sprint Introduce Full-Color Wireless Entertainment

Sony Pictures Digital and Sprint Introduce Full-Color Wireless Entertainment

Sony Pictures Digital and Sprint announce an agreement in which Sony Pictures Digital will develop and distribute content for PCS Vision. PCS VisionSM customers can now download content based on a number of Sony Pictures properties, including games, ringtones and screen savers.

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."

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