GribbleGrunger on 15 August 2013
Sony Reaches Programming Deal With Viacom for Online Pay-TV Service
Preliminary Agreement Is a Boost for the Japanese Company as It Races to Secure Content Rights
BY AMOL SHARMA AND SHALINI RAMACHANDRAN
Sony Corp. has reached a preliminary agreement with Viacom Inc. to carry the media company's cable channels on its planned Internet-based TV service, a person familiar with the matter said, a significant boost for the Japanese company as it races to secure content rights against technology firms vying to offer similar services.
Sony plans to stream traditional cable channels as well as on-demand content over the Internet, posing new competition for cable, satellite and phone companies which have long sold subscription TV services.
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