Announced over on the official PS blog, a new movie streaming service is coming to the PS3. Integrating with MUBI, the service promises to add a new dimension of cinema to your viewing choices.
Emphasising quality, the new app will focus on independent and arthouse works from some of the world’s most groundbreaking auteurs. The service also sports social networking features that will allow movie fans from across the globe to interact with one another and express their love for movies. MUBI’s Efe Cakarel explains the new feature:
At the moment, some of us are at the Cannes Film Festival announcing a major collaboration with SCEE for PS3. So, soon, you will find a new application on your console, which will let you stream the best of international cinema from the comforts of your couch. This is not a simple virtual videostore; we emphasize quality over quantity. You’ll find undistributed festival gems ripe for your discovery, your favorite recent independent and art-house releases. Names like the Coen brothers, Godard, Kitano, Almodóvar, Tarantino, and Van Sant are some we’ll bring home to you. Palm d’Or winners and simply films we think should have won awards. But that’s not all. We’ll bring you exclusive online premieres, collaborations with international film festivals, and retrospectives of some of the best cinema the world has ever seen.
It’s not fully understood which countries this service will launch in – or exactly when. That said, the post is flagged for AE, AU, GB, IE and NZ. We’re assuming the rest of Europe will follow suit.
Anything that expands the PS3 as a media hub is positive news in our book. Kudos to Sony for bringing something different to the PS3’s already impressive feature list. You can find out more about MUBI here.
Source: Official PlayStation blog