Sony Goes Over the Top with Viacom Deal

Sony, like Dish Network and others that we've reported on recently, is developing a broadband-fed services and they took a step closer to reality yesterday as they announced that they had completed a distribution deal that covers 22 Viacom cable channels at launch, as well as access the Viacom's full on-demand package.  In addition to popular services, including BET, Comedy Central, MTV and Nickelodeon, Sony will be able to offer customers access to Viacom’s TV Everywhere websites and apps as well as its full VOD package.  The company first announced its plans to offer pay TV channels over the Internet by the end of this year, and this is a big step in delivering on that promise.  More: Bloomberg.com 09/10/14 - Sony Recruits 22 ViacomNetworks for Internet TV