The launch makes Guba the first video sharing community to distribute Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE) movies online. Initial titles available for download include Spider-Man 2, Evolution and Memoirs of a Geisha. SPHE will steadily increase the number of films available for internet sale over the coming months, with an expected 500 films being offered to consumers within a year.
Guba users can purchase films on a download-to-own basis. New releases are priced at $19.99 and catalog titles will retail from $9.99. All video content can be downloaded and played on compatible home computers. Some titles will also be available for rental on a video-on-demand (VOD) basis.
With one of the most digitized film libraries in the world, we want to give people as much choice as possible in how they access and use their favorite movies, stated Benjamin Feingold, SPHE president of worldwide home entertainment, digital distribution and acquisitions. That’s why we are working to make it possible for consumers to be able to see movies purchased online on a number of their media devices, from televisions to computers to other kinds of portable players.
