Sony is expanding its video-on-demand service to Europe. The Video On Demand powered by Qriocity service has been available in the US since April and will launch this autumn in France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK. Available from Sony's 2010 models of Bravia connected TVs and Blu-ray players, the VoD service offers film rentals from 20th Century Fox, Lionsgate, MGMa, NBC Universal, Paramount, Sony Pictures, Disney and Warner Bros, as well as content from top local studios. Sony also announced plans to introduce 'Music Unlimited powered by Qriocity', a cloud-based digital music service. Available by year's end, the service will give users access to "millions" of songs, stored and synchronized through the cloud. Music Unlimited powered by Qriocity will initially be available across Sony's 2010 models of network-enabled Bravia TVs, Blu-ray disc players and home theater systems, the PlayStation 3 and Vaio and other PCs, and will later be added to a range of Sony's portable devices. Going forward, Qriocity will be the name for Sony's online services, offered over its networked devices.
