via Gizmodo
One of the more interesting services to be announced for the PSP has just gone live in the UK & Ireland, allowing owners to access a new video-on-demand service with Sky, beginning with a 1-month free trial.
Users will be able to access content from Disney-ABC-ESPN Television, BBC Worldwide, Sony Pictures Television International, NBC Universal International Television Distribution, National Geographic and Sky Sports. The service is PC-based and uses the Kontiki peer-to-peer software for downloading programmes which can then be transferred to your PSP. What, no Wi-Fi access to download directly to the PSP?
It will come served up in three subscription packs: Comedy, Sport and Entertainment and no, it will not be free after that 1 month trial. The packs cost £5 per month for 1, £8 for 2 and £10 for all 3. There's also something called Rental TV which allows you to skip the monthly fee and just download the programmes you want. TV episodes cost from £1.50 per episode and movies from £2.50 each.
According to Sony and Sky:
"Programming will range from US dramas such as library series’ of Lost and Desperate Housewives (produced by ABC Studios) to hit UK shows such as Doctor Who and Top Gear (from BBC Worldwide) through to FA Premier League football action and blockbuster movies."
New content will be added regularly throughout the summer. With many of you PSP owners, will you be checking it out? Find out more here.
