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Sony Online Service to challenge iTunes selling music, movies, and books as digital downloads

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Computing, Gaming, Mobile | by Samuel Axon | Fri Nov 20, 2009 7:40PM | 0 comments

Sony announced in Tokyo today that it will launch a new music, movie, and book downloading service called Sony Online Service. It's going to be an extension of the existing PlayStation Network for a wide variety of Sony devices (not just gaming consoles), and it's likely to bear a striking resemblance to iTunes.

iTunes currently doesn't have a strong competitor. Services like Rhapsody and Amazon MP3 offer the same kinds of content, but their sales pale in comparison to Apple's accomplishments. Sony is hoping to do better.

The company's executives also said that they would consider eventually selling third-party apps for its devices through the Sony Online Service.

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