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PSN downloadable TV Shows soon?

Posted on May 13th, 2008 at 12:38 EDT

In the latest rounds of innovative PlayStation 3 advertisements, Sony may have let slip one of their more anticipated secrets of the year. With some sneaky screen capturing, the guys over at Kotaku have picked up on a PlayStation Store screenshot revealing several high-ranking television networks. We've included the screenshot below as well as the original advertisement for you to enjoy. Beware: The song is quite catchy and may get stuck in your head.

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With Sony scheduling a press conference for this Friday, we could get confirmation of this much-anticipated feature within days of this article. We'll let you know if anything is confirmed and for when.

 

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posted 12:46pm EDT - May 13th, 2008
1

That's going to be awesome =)

posted 12:47pm EDT - May 13th, 2008
2

damn that is a catchy song and if sony do start a downladable tv service it will definatly attract new buyers and please people like me.

But if its sony it probably won't come out until 2109........

posted 12:52pm EDT - May 13th, 2008
3

@Doogal_UK

a know what your saying there,lol, if sony are thinking of this they should hury to compete with xbox because i love watching family guy on my xbox =)

posted 12:57pm EDT - May 13th, 2008
4

YYYYYEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I've always wanted this, as well as movies that can be bought and rented!

posted 1:05pm EDT - May 13th, 2008
5

I bet it's all crap stuff.

 

If Europe gets it at all.

posted 1:13pm EDT - May 13th, 2008
6

Sony spending advertising money??  I wonder who made that commercial for a minute there I thought it was an apple Ad

posted 1:19pm EDT - May 13th, 2008
7
Video store+In game xmb=2.40
posted 1:34pm EDT - May 13th, 2008
8

Europe? No way...

posted 1:41pm EDT - May 13th, 2008
9

 Honestly this is gonna be biddass, now if i miss a show i can download it. (Smallville, Supernatural,Jackass etc)

posted 1:50pm EDT - May 13th, 2008
10

psn id: gingo... would be amazing if this came out this year but i think its a lot to ask especially when we're still waiting for in game xmb and home

posted 2:05pm EDT - May 13th, 2008
11

Dave, you need to give credit where credit is due. Kotaku weren't the ones that found out about this, it was some guy on the Official Playstation Boards (I forgot his name, but it definitely wasn't Kotaku).

posted 2:12pm EDT - May 13th, 2008
12

nice ad ^_^ and i hope its real that the ps3 will get tv shows i would love to watch some in high def :)

posted 2:46pm EDT - May 13th, 2008
13

What!? No porn channels? I'm disgusted Sony... I hope they get Bravo in there. I really like watching GamerTv.

posted 3:24pm EDT - May 13th, 2008
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@Die-Romantic... That would be tight if this feature came out along with In-Game XMB! Man that is pretty catchy!
posted 3:56pm EDT - May 13th, 2008
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Holy cr*p seriously wasn't expecting this, anyway with enought luck this does come with 2.40 update

posted 4:26pm EDT - May 13th, 2008
16

LOL!!! No MGS4, but they have LBP?!?!?

posted 4:57pm EDT - May 13th, 2008
17

 what the?! its Bionic and Kool Raul. both dancers from Ca. sony better put this up this year.

posted 5:22pm EDT - May 13th, 2008
18

this isnt really anything new.... tv for free on your ps3....if you have the bandwidth.... minimum 1.5 mb per sec....stream rate.....or you'll have to dl it...ive read that most of the major networks have signed on. (no fox yet....)    ...plus about 5 or 6 cable channels...also you'll be able to transfer these vids to your psp....all for free besides movies.... lame only because I get hbo on demand (pc version) already included in my time warner cable/ phone / internet package....I think I read that it will cost 10.99 per month for hbo...free for network tv....

posted 5:24pm EDT - May 13th, 2008
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MMm...I just had a though when watching that trailer.

I noticed the PSeye present in it & that the guy was virtually controlling the XMB.

Now, I wonder if this is a possible aspect with the PSeye? To virtually point at the screen using the PSeye and controlling the XMB?

Maybe it would also be used for DVD/BR/Video controls?

posted 6:16pm EDT - May 13th, 2008
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I was thinking the same. Maybe it's tv channels to watch live TV?
posted 6:53pm EDT - May 13th, 2008
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The ad is pretty cool, but the one thing i hate, really hate, is the fact that they only show 2 games when they are showing off "Play Games In High Definition". MLB08 was shown for like over 75% of the time. It's like Sony WANTS people to say they have no games. Nonetheless, I'm excited for shows now!
posted 7:24pm EDT - May 13th, 2008
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all i can say is, WWWWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

posted 8:56pm EDT - May 13th, 2008
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Errr... "Weee-hooo"?!?  Nice to see $ony finally getting with the program.  Those of us with sense already use our PS3 as a media client to watch TV and movies.  You can bet that this is going to cost an arm and a leg... still, there are plenty of sheep that'll go for it.

posted 9:20pm EDT - May 13th, 2008
24

I hope CBS is on there so i can download Jericho.

posted 9:19am EDT - May 14th, 2008
25

That makes no sense, NBC is owned by Microsoft. Why would Microsoft let Sony use their shows. Dont get me wrong i love NBC shows, i would love to watch Scrubs on my PS3 but it still puzzles me

posted 12:09pm EDT - May 14th, 2008
26

@happypeoplearegay: nbc is owned by general electric and  universal (vivendi) msnbc is  co owned by g.e. and microsoft....were going to see this content first   * CNN, HBO, Cinemax, TBS Superstation, Turner Network Television, Turner Classic Movies, Warner Brothers Television, Cartoon Network, Sega Channel, TNT, Comedy Central , E! , Court TV  because time warner is the first partner in this....

posted 1:40pm EDT - May 14th, 2008
27

Family guy all the way!! That and if they get Spike on their as well then its MMA all the way!!

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