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Sony Adds Slacker Personal Radio to BRAVIA Internet Video Link Service
Howcast Also Added to Expanding Channel Line Up
By: PR Newswire
Nov. 19, 2008 08:01 AM
Slacker Personal Radio delivers millions of licensed songs and more than 100 individually programmed genre music stations, while Howcast offers up a selection of its engaging how-to videos. Both channels offer content at no additional charge to BRAVIA Internet Video Link users. "Internet content is expanding faster than ever and Sony is bringing it
straight to BRAVIA televisions," said Slacker's library of CD-quality music across all genres and eras ensures that music lovers can enjoy radio stations on their BRAVIA HDTV ranging from music of the golden-era classics to today's hottest hits. By simply linking their BRAVIA Internet Video Link to your online Slacker account, users can easily enjoy their own custom Slacker stations created online where they have fine-tuned categories to set artist, year, popularity and more. Slacker's service also allows users to personalize choice across the web, BRAVIA Internet Video Link, Slacker G2 or soon on BlackBerry smartphones, ensuring that your favorite artists and ratings follow you to whatever device you're using. Recently named a top website of 2008 by both Time and PC Magazine, Howcast.com features useful how-to videos and guides. Howcast will offer nearly 100 videos on the BRAVIA Internet Video Link including select content from channels like "Hot How-To's," "Fun & Games," "Food & Drink," "Home & Family," and "Health & Beauty." The BRAVIA Internet Video Link Module, which attaches to the back of a compatible BRAVIA TV, streams on-demand entertainment including hit movies, televisions shows, user generated videos, and a variety of other high- definition and standard-definition content not found on network or cable/satellite TV. The module connects to the Internet via an existing broadband Ethernet connection and streams content, much of which is available at no additional charge. The Slacker and Howcast channels add to the existing BRAVIA Internet Video Link lineup, which already includes Amazon Video On Demand; YouTube; Dailymotion; CBS; Yahoo!; Sports Illustrated; blip.tv; CondeNet's Style.com, Men.Style.com, Epicurious, Wired.com and Concierge.com channels; Sony Pictures' Crackle, and others. The device is currently available for about Note: Broadband Internet connection speed of at least 2.5 Mbps recommended. News releases and digital images with captions are available at http://www.sony.com/news. For information regarding the nearest Sony authorized dealer or service location, your readers can call 1-800-222-SONY.
Sony Contacts:
Greg Belloni
Sony Electronics, Inc.
858-942-4460
greg.belloni@am.sony.com
Tania Scheer
PainePR
949-809-6782
tscheer@painepr.com
SOURCE Sony Electronics, Inc.
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