ARTS ALLIANCE MEDIA AND SONY PICTURES TELEVISION INTERNATIONAL ANNOUNCE DOWNLOAD-TO-OWN DISTRIBUTION DEAL IN THE UK

LONDON, October 17, 2006 – Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) and Arts Alliance Media (AAM), Europe’s leading provider of digital film distribution services, have signed an agreement that enables consumers in the UK to purchase download delivery of Sony Pictures movies for retention and viewing on a permanent basis. Downloads of the recent hit, The Da Vinci Code, along with other favourites such as The Legend of Zorro, Fun with Dick and Jane and many more can be purchased through internet sites, LOVEFiLM (www.lovefilm.com), and AOL (www.aol.co.uk), starting from October 24th. The Download-to-Own (DTO)1 deal was announced today by Stuart Baxter, Executive Vice President of European Distribution, SPTI, and Mark Livingstone, President, Arts Alliance Media.