Video: Sony's Breakthrough Streaming Deal

Published August 17, 2013
Sony has reportedly reached an agreement to stream Viacom's programs over the Internet in the first major deal of its kind, putting the media and entertainment conglomerate in the lead of Internet pay TV.

Media reports say Sony will stream Viacom's popular cable TV programs like SpongeBob SquarePants onto an Internet pay TV service it's creating.

That means Sony's young customers who may have cut the cable cord can start watching Nickelodeon and MTV programs on their PlayStation gaming consoles, Bravia TVs, and later, on tablets and smartphones. It's the first deal of its kind involving a major programmer and a tech company.

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