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Hollywood Studios Demonstrate Blu-ray Interactivity at CES 2008

Fri Jan 4, 2008 4:48pm EST
Critic & Film Historian Leonard Maltin Hosts a Demonstration of
  the Advanced Bonus Features and Interactive Capabilities of Blu-ray
        Disc(TM) With Special Guest Writer/Producer Dean Devlin
--(Business Wire)--Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE):

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WHAT:          Leonard Maltin ("Entertainment Tonight") hosts a
                showcase of Hollywood studios demonstrating the
                technological advancements and highlights for what's
                to come from Blu-ray Disc(TM) at the Consumer
                Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Dean Devlin (producer,
                Godzilla, Independence Day) will be a special guest at
                the event.

               Focusing on Blu-ray interactivity, studios will demo
                many new features that take advantage of internet-
                connected Blu-ray players and will enable users to
                download additional content to the player's internal
                memory, along with other "Web-enabled" interactive
                features, picture-in-picture technology and more.

WHERE:         Las Vegas Convention Center
               Central Hall/Sony Booth/#14200

WHEN:          Monday, January 7, 2008
               11:30 a.m. PST

INTERVIEW
OPPORTUNITIES: David Bishop - Worldwide President, Sony Pictures Home
                Entertainment
               Lexine Wong - Sr. EVP, Worldwide Marketing, Sony
                Pictures Home Entertainment
               Don Eklund - EVP, Advanced Technologies, Sony Pictures
                Home Entertainment

               Bishop, Wong and Eklund will be available for
                interviews immediately following the presentation and
                throughout CES. To set up an interview please call or
                email the media contacts below.
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GCI Group for SPHE
Lily De Smedt, 310-801-4249 (mobile)
ldesmedt@gcigroup.com
Lindsey Carlin, 512-663-6844 (mobile)
lcarlin@gcigroup.com

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