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noreplyforum@eu.sony.com — Sun, 27 May 2012 11:13:55 GMT

Well it doesn't tell me it's not technically or legally possible. It might tell me something about the controlling interests of the consumer electronics and media industry however.

I can watch them on my tablet, pc & games machine - some of them also manufactured by Sony for heavens sake, and my point was that as these days there is little to technically distinguish any of these devices, there is no reason I shouldn't be able to watch them on my tv either - except a manufacturers arbitrary decision that I should not, which they would be understandably reluctant to admit in a public forum.

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noreplyforum@eu.sony.com — Sun, 27 May 2012 08:57:08 GMT

This repeated answer that Sony is in talks with the broadcasters and is under NDA so cannot talk about the issues in public is nonsense.

Sony are (in this respect) a hardware manufacturer and the distinction between tvs, tablets, computers etc is minimal and growing ever smaller yet I can watch anything I please from the internet on all but the tv.

If Sony wanted their tvs to deliver the same content as other digital media platforms they could, they have the technological ability in hardware and software already, and there are simply no legal restrictions preventing them from doing so either.

The reason they won't however is that as part of the global media industry they are engaged,along with the film, music & other media corporations in protective practices designed to ensure the maximum profitability from their products in the face of prevailing technology, widespread practice and pressure from the public.

Sony could easily give us what we want and what we can get on other platforms, they simply won't , which is why they won't talk about it either.

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ITV PLAYER & CHANNEL4 ON DEMAND - Any Updates Yet ? Please Petion this thread to show the demand want for this features on Interent Content

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